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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-11

A bill Of 1ading forgery scheme
which is said to assume international
proportions was broken up last night
when Department of Justice agents
arrested George D. Pteriotis, the al
legged master mind of the project
The man. was arrested as he stepped
from a steamer arriving from Eng
land
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-11

Six Bridgeporters are among the
crew of the U. s. Destroyer Satterlee,
which locked at the Union street
wharf last night. Officers and men
of the speedy craft will be given
shore leave for the weekend.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-11

Raymond w. Harris Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars will send 35 dele
gates to the convention to be kesG
next week in Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-11

Twenty-four passengers in a sight
seeing automobile were injured yes
terday, when the machine collided
with a trolley car in Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn Two women who were
hurt in the crash are in a critical
condition.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-17

ward was through similar sized bodies
Of oak or other timber. Notwithstand-
ing the apparently open nature of pine
woods, they seem to afford wind-pro
lection which is only equalled by
heavy hammock growths. To the
writer's knowledge no scientific data
On this subject ever has BEEN gather
ed but it should prove interesting if
the weather, or other scientific, sharks
would compile them and give out the
results. If a body of heavy pine tim
Der half-mile square will still fairly
stiff wind, what must be the effect of
mile upon mile of pine forest? The
answer is that inevitably they would
act to force the wind upward, above
the tree tops, and thus to afford the
finest sort of protection for citrus
groves nesting behind and below the
protecting pine tops.
AS to the value of trees as wind
breaks there is no doubt Not only
do the many, many miles of wind
breaks planted upon the parties of
Kansas and Nebraska bear witness,
but the Army air-seryice has figures
to show remarkable effects upon the
sitting of wind currents by forests
In earlier mentioning the absence of
scientific data, the writer referred to
the relative value of pine timber and
other sorts of timber in respect to
their stoppage or slowing of wind
currents.
Citrus trees do not like wind. Natur-
ally they do not thrive in windy places.
The large amounts spent at places up
on the lower east coast of Florida,
where the wind blows always, for
wooden windbreaks shows the grow
ers' RELAXATION of this The burnt
condition of outside rows upon the
north and west sides of groves all over
the peninsula following freeze, shows
adequately the effect of cold winds at
such tines. Windbreaks are of value
in protecting citrus trees from the
burning" effects of cold winds, and
in making firing or other grOve-heat- /
ing methods effective. Groves protect
ed from great rush of wind, natural I
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-17
THE RELATION or DEFoRESTA-
TON TO CITRUS CULTURE IN
FLORIDA
sBy p l. Waycoup in The Citrus
Industry

Forest trees, like many other of the
natural assets of our country, are
recognized for their real value only
when their approaching humiliation
compels public attention. The great
pine forests of Florida now threaten
to become things of the past. Already
the bulk OF these once tremendous
forest areas have been stripped, and
continuation of the numbering and tur-
pentfning methods in use for many
years assure short life for the re-
mainder. This is adequately borne
out by such statistics as have been
made available from government and
other sources, and is eloquently at
tested by the sharply rising prices for
lumber and for stumpage upon exist
ing tracts.
Therefore, in truly American fash
ion, we may now look back upon the
destruction which has been wrought,
and begil 10 make some estimate up
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-17

ly, are more easily heated than are
more exposed locations.
Granting the value of adequate
windbreaks, what can constitute more
effective or cheaper wind protection
than the pine foersts which naturally
belong upon practically every acre of
land not under cultivation in the
citrus area of the state? Nor should
we forget the gerat value of miles up
on miles of heavy pine forests such as
once stood as a natural wind barrier
northward of that portion of the state
now given over to citrus cultivation.
When a freeze of sufficient intens-
ity to damage either citrus crops or
trees occurs i'll the citrus sections of
Florida. it is because some great air
movement striking across from the
west is of sufficient volume and NOV
ing at sufficient velocity to displace
the ordinary air currents of the sea-
son. Such great air movements usu-
ally are in the nature of gigantic
whilrs. Their movement, generally
speaking, is highly similar to the little
dust whirls one sees travelling down
a street or road. However, they may
be hundreds of miles across in any
direction and, while the movement
Of the air is of circular or whirling
nature the form of the entire air move
ment may at times drawn out into
long elipse.
The United States Weather Bureau
has given much study to such air
movements. Not only has it charted
individual movements of the sort. but
the habits of such great whirls have
been studied for years, and the result
ing figures show such movements to
have actual paths of travel. One of
these if from the Pacific to the Allan |
tic coast over a path which practically |
parallels the Canadian border. with |
Omaha, Chicago and Cleveland along |
the route until it bends northward to
New England or up st. Lawrence val
ley. Storm after storm follows this
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-12-17

CONTINUED on Page Three
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
FINDS ERRING WIFE.
Minnesota Man Finds Spouse Who
Eloped Living in Franklin
County.

Hampton, Ia.-After search
covering two years, and one that led
the wronged husband into three
states, Henry Bilyeu, of Montivideo
Mimi, found his wife living in the
south part of. this county on farm
with Calvin McCary as his wife. The
pair were arrested by Sheriff Sch
weiger on complaint of Mr.. Bilyeu
The man and woman eloped, it is
said, from the Minnesota city some
two years ago and were traced to
Fargo, N. D., where they stayed for a
time, afterward coming to this coun-
ty where they went to work on a
farm in Grant township. When the
draft came on, the man went to
Waterloo and registered under the
assumed name of Charles Adams.
He evidently feared to register here
under his real name because of be-
ing discovered, and feared Uncle
Sam if he used an assumed name
He was called in the draft from
Black Hawk county and sent to
Camp Dodge where he became i'll and
afterward was discharged. Mean
time his supposed wife supported
herself at Bradford in this county
A child was born to the couple
about year ago.
When arrested by Sheriff Sch
weiger the pair were living on the
Bonward farm in the south part Of
Grant township. 1t is stated that
Bilyeu did not want to prosecute the
woman, but being told that one
could not be sent to the pen without
the other, the small charge of lewd-
ness was made against them and
Judge G. ID. Thompson OF Webster
City, fined them $125 and costs.
The husband has filed suit in the
district court for divorce.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
FARMERS MIGRATING.
Some Farmers i'm Worth County May
Bo Tenantiess This Year.

Northwood, Ia.-Where are all the
people coming from that will oc-
cupy the farms in this county that
will be for lease on March 1? 1t may
be some of them will be occupied by
the new owners, but every week
there is bunch of farmers prepar-
ing to move to the north or north
west. The auctioneers had almost
more than they could attend to this
fall, but the January and February
sales will far outnumber those Of
this fall. Several farms in this vicin-
ity, sold during the land boom last
year, will revert back to the own
ers, and it is stated by several in a
position to judge impartially, that
the prices of farms will drop to a
lower level than they are now.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
WHEN YOUR BATTERY is TESTED
Local Willard Service Expert Gives
Some Valuable Information.

Have you ever wondered just
what the battery man does when he
tests your battery? You know the
test should be made frequently but
do you know why. When we asked
Mr.. Bauder OF Peter Johnson &
Sons, the local Willard Service Sta
ton to answer this question for our
readers, he said, II will try to talk
in words of one syllable and try to
keep away from technical terms"
1.-THE hydrometer test simply
weighs the battery solution. We take
the weight of distilled water as a
standard and call it 'l". Sulphuric
acid weighs more than water so that
when it is added TO water, as it is
to make the battery solution,
the solution will naturally weigh
more than the original water.
Ii is this increased weight which
we measure.
eff the battery is properly charg-
ed, the battery solution should weign
one and 2Si100 times as much as
water. This weight is called specific
gravity. When a battery is discharg-
ed, the acid leaves the solution and
enters the plates which makes the
solution lighter or nearer the weight
OF the water"
"When battery is charged, the
acid leaves the plates, enters the So
luton and makes it havier. There
fore when we weigh the solution
Cor test the battery and find that
1t weighs 1880 times as much as
water, it shows that the battery is
fully charged. If. however, for in
stance it weighs ITO times as much
as water, it shows that the acid is in
the plates and not in the solution;
therefore the battery is discharged
"But remember that you cannot
charge the battery by adding acid.
The original acid is still in dis
charged battery. 1t is in the plates
and must be driven back into the
solution by charging from an out
side source. So you see If you add
acid to your battery, you will have
more than you should have in there
which will cause damage.
There are just two things which
car owner can safely do to his bat
terry himself" went on Mr.. Bauder,
she can add distilled water to a
point half inch above the plates,
and he can weigh the battery solu'
ton himself with hydrometer
syringe. We will be glad to do this
for him without charge but l would
like to warn every car owner in De-
corah against trying to do anything
else with his battery"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Developing New Chautauqua Plan.

= Keith vawter, the well-known
chautauqua man, is developing new
idea. He is going to send troupes Of
players on circuit to give one or
more plays in each town where there
is good opera house. In the COM
muDity season tickets will be sold in
advance on the chautauqua plan.
The chautauqua idea is spreading.
Mr.. Vawter thinks he can give good
plays for less money in this way.
The selling of tickets in advance in
sures the manager against loss. The
idea is not altogether new, but its
application is new. In the days of
Shakespeare there were strolling
players much on the plan suggested
by Mr.. Vawter. Concert companies
have been travelled on the same plan
for a number of years, and there is
10 reason why interesting plays
should not be given to the various
communities. -Des. Moines Capital.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Look Out for These Card Sharks.

Council Bluffs, Ia.,-Officers here
and other Iowa towns are looking for
a. gang of card sharks which is said
to have worked a clever game on the
Foher players of various towns.
An advance agent of the gang sells
TO the local merchants a new make
of playing cards of good quality
and where it is required to force 4
sale makes any old price.
A week or so later couple of
travelling men drop into town and
ingratiating themselves into the con-
fidence of the poker players manage
in some way to get few decks of
the new cards introduced into the
game.
The cards are marked and the
strangers never fail to make a kill
ing with them.
One player at Red Oak, 1t is said
dropped $4,000 to the sharks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Bolt i'm Baby's Throat.

SOuix City, Ia.,-Winsome Park,
3-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Park of Wakefield. Neb., was brot
TO local hospital few days ago,
believed to be suffering with grow
tn in his throat that was interfering
with his swallowing.
An x-ray examination disclosed a
foreign substance of some kind. An
operation was performed and an iron
bolt one and one-half inches long
and half an inch in diameter was re-
moved.
The child had attempted to swal-
low the bolt, it appears, and it be-
come lodged in the aesQphagus.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Pins and Cotton New Diet.

Waterloo, Ia.-Eating cotton like
a sleight of hand performer saved
a IA year old girl, prisoner in the
care of Sheriff ID. B. Henderson, from
pain and worry over swallowing a
pin.
While the girl was helping Mrs.
Henderson put up curtains Tuesday
the pin fell into her partially open
mouth. 1t went down her throat be-
fore she could stop it. A doctor adj
vised eating as much cotton as pos
sible.
The pin was safely dislodged.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
TOWNSHIP FARM BUREAUS.
DEBORAH and Canoe Townships to
Organize Township Farm Bur-
eaus Jan. "a at Large Court
Room,

With the large increase in men,
bership in the farm bureau in the
county, townships are organizing
local bureaus. Meetings have been
scheduled throughout the county for
this purpose.
Mr.. r. c. Mcconnell, president of
Mitchell County Farm Bureau, is
working with the County Agent this
week in different parts of the coun-
ty. On Saturday, they will be here
at DEBORAH to discuss this great
movement with farmers, members
and non-mem bers, and all others in
terested in broad, open, public
meeting. Be sure to attend.
Next week, the township meetings
will be conducted as has earlier been
announced through the county pap,
ers and through the exchange bulle-
tin which has recently been mailed
out. The townships are as follows:
Glenwood, Pleasant, Hesper, High
land, Burr Oak, Bluffton, Washing
ton and Calmar.
All members are urged to be pres
ent to assist in the choice Of the
township director in the County
Farm Bureau Board. Other officers
will also be elected in making up the
complete township bureau. This
organization work will all be con-
Quoted during the week and will
wind up with the annual meeting of
the County Farm Bureau at the
Large Court Room here at DEBORAH
on Saturday, January 81.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Seed Corn Saved Them.

Maquoketa, Ia.-Ears of seed corn
hanging in the attic of the Garlic
Smith home near Charlotte in Jack
son county, saved the lives of the
entire family of five.
The house caught fire in the night
and they were awakened by the seed
corn, popping from the cob, hitting
the floor of the attic above their
heads.
The timbers of the building were
cracking with the fire, which was
burning the strings and causing the
corn to fall.
The family was compelled to take
refuge in the barn and from there
they watched the house burn to the
ground.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Chicks Reared i'm Bacteria Proof
Incubator.

Upon the old question of whether
or not yertebrates can live without
the companionship of the "beneyo-
lent" bacteria which ordinarily popu-
late their digestive tract, penetrat-
ing light is thrown by the recent
experiments of a French bacteriolo-
gist. He is able to report that his
bacterialess subjects have developed
and at maturity have
actually displayed unusual resistance
to cold, thirst, and hunger. Placed
among untreated fowl, they have
easily withstood the inroads of COM
mon bacteria. AS laid out on the
laboratory table, and described and
illustrated in the February Popular
Mechanics Magazine, there is first a
cubical antechamber, about 81 in.
On each edge. Here the scientist
washes the eggs in antiseptic solu-
tions. Communicating with this
antechamber by an air-tight door is
the cylindrical brass incubator. about
Sin. long, where gas jets keep the
eggs at constant temperature until
they hatch. Separated from this
chamber by cloth curtin is a like
wise alright cylinder of glass, so
in. long, where the chicks live until
their transfer to an unprotected
chicken yard, or their death by
chloroform at the end of deter
mined period. Two substances, alone
are admitted: filtered air and aseptic
FOOD. Water is condensed from the
air by a refrigerating coil, which
drops it into an inclined gutter, and
thence into the drinking tub within
reach of the chicks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Two Teams Drowned at Lansing

Richard Thompson Of Lansing had
a heavy loss Monday morning by the
drowning of two teams while at work
hauling logs for the box factory. On
returning from the island across
from De Soto the teams pulled onto
the ice and it slowly started to sink
and the horses dropped from sight.
Each team was worth $500. The men
escaped after hard effort because
of being weighted with fur coats.
Waukon Democrat
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
A $500 Cow Killed.

Atlantic, Ia.,-One of the most
valuable animals in the Angus herd
OF Charles Escher, Jr..Shelby county
breeder, is dead as the result of a
fall on the ice as it was being unload
ed from a train. The animal was a
$4,000 coy. The cow was shown by
Ler owner at the International Live
stock show at Chicago. Escher is the
owner of the largest herd of black
Angus cattle in the country. A re-
cent sale brought him 1876, 1000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21

Some mems wives. like mems sins,
are sure to find them out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
Death Due to Broken Ankle.

Lake City, Ia.-Mrs. William
Bach, wife of a retired farmer of
Auburn, Ia, died at the McCrary
hospital following an operation in
which her left foot was amputated.
Mrs. Bach sustained badly frac-
tured ankle the previous Sunday in
a fall
She was Immediately brought to
the hospital but refused to submit
to an operation until Wednesday
night, when it was performed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21

diately. The soothing. healing oil slim
lions and destroys the germs which
have caused II. Do not wait until to-
morrow. Go to your druggist today and
insist on GOLD MEDAL Haarlem OIL
Capsules. In twenty-four hours you
should feel health and vigor returning
and will bless the day you first heard
of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil.
After you feel that you have cured
yourself. continue to take one or two
capsules each day. so as to keep In
tirst-c1ass condition and ward on the
danger of other attacks
Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brands Three sizes. Money re-
funded X they do not help you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
snow Pusher and shovel Combined
i'm One Tool.

Realizing that light, feathery
snow is more easily pushed than
shoveled, two Ohio inventors have
developed tool, pictured in the
February Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. in which both functions are
combined. Two rods. attached to the
shovel blade normally lie fiat, but
pulling a lever on the handle locks
them into position as braces, and
turns the blade almost at right ang-
les, ready for pushing. A detachable
wing for the pusher denects the
snow to one side.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21

An Englishman has invented ma
chine to enable singer to hear his
own voice as an audience hears it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-01-21
IT'S NOT YOUR HEART
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

Kidney disease Is no respecter of per-
sons. A majority of the ills affecting
people today can be traced back to
kidney trouble.
The kidneys are tAe most important
organs OF the body. The are the
hlterers. the p-Irifiers, of yo-r blood.
Kidney disease is usually indicated by
WEAKNESS. sleeplessness, nervousness,
dependency. backache, stomach trou-
bic. pain in loins and lower abdomen,
gall stones. gravel. rheumatism, sciatlca
and lumbago.
All these arrangements are natures
signals to warn you that the kidneys
need help. You should use GOLD
MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules imme-
The commonwealth., 1920-11-16
FOR TORPID LIVER
Tennessee Iumberman Talks Of E:s
S:..:eessful Use Of Black ~DfaugLi
fc- Coils and Headaches.

Jam ostovn, Te-ln.-T have uced
rIeofo1 Is I3acl--Dr1uGht for Years. III
act it Is the Only liver medicine that
Goes u, any >',' SIS a.
riaran, well-known lumberman OF
this plncs "Naen ! was single, I used
it for acsl <iacAes, and especially # /
get a colo and feel fcvecis!., tal1e
good dose of acI1Draught, and it
sets ne ri~llt.
"Since I have been married, have
used Il Il, nty f:,:1l--., and never have
found It's equal for torpid liver Or dis
arrar ged s11o.-aca, especially WI -
childrta I cen recommend Black
Draught, and gladly do So
Every member Ct the lam;lv oeca-
siona'fv needs the assistance that
.Tlack-Ura light can give, fl helping 70
cleanse tie system and. relieve or pre-
vent tie troubles tnat come from a
lazy, torpid liver.
If your liver is not doing its duty.
you may suffer with headache. consti-
patton, oiliousnes:, Indigestion, etc.
Unless relief is obtained, serious sick
ness may result In its long and Sue
cessful 1lse, Thedfo.d's Biack-Drauaht
has been found in Thousands CT castJ
to relieve such disorders. BY s'irnu'"--
in 90 .:Ec- = DO IS irl,r<''@@-.1i+ y e'-'-.
Ask for Theiford's Elack-Dra ugt'
and insist on ne genuine. Nt~f 81
The commonwealth., 1920-11-16

There is not the emotional ap-
peal for the prohibition Of the
sale Of tobacco as there is in the
case Of liquor. No man ever
spent all his weeks wage in a
cigar store in one evening and
then went home to rob his own
trunk or throw rocks at his own
house.
Yet some Of us have been abus-
ing the privileges of freedom by
burning carpets, scorchlng furnl-
Iture, scratching matches on pol
|ished surfaces, and setting fire
to houses.
And tobacco will pe next If
some Of us smokers don't have a
care.-Selected.
The commonwealth., 1920-11-16
NOTICE OF SALE

By virture Of power vested in
me by that certain deed Of trust
executed to me on the 18th day
Of April, 1912, by Stewart Bow
ers and wife, which deed is re-
corded in the Register Of Deeds
Office in Halifax County, in
Book 33, at page 1863, | will, on
the End day Of December, 1920,
sell in the town Of Scotland Neck
in front Of the Postoffice, at pub
lie auction for cash to the high
est bidder, the following tract Of
land, lying and being in Palmy-
ra TTownship, Halifax County,
State Of North Carolina, and
more particularly described as
follows. to-wlt:
Beginning at a pine near the
School house, thence S 55 w 164
poles to the Everttt line, (now j..
T. Johnson), thence N So w so
poles to Corner Of Lot No. 3 at
,, stake, thence N Al E 112 poles
! to a small chopped pine in Rock
Spring Branch; thence N 80 b
101 poles to the beginning, and
containing sixty more or less.
Time Of sale, IL O'clock
This the 25th day Of October,
1920.
A. PAUL KTTCHIN.
The commonwealth., 1920-11-16
BUY CHRISTMAS RED CROSS
SEALS

Do you know 5000 people die
in North Carolina every year
from tuberculosis because OF lg-
norance. Whose fault is It?
Yours. Buy Christmas seals and
help support a nurse to look al
ter these conditions. On sale at
North End Drug Store and r. I
Whitehead Drug Store.
The commonwealth., 1920-11-16

ing. The fire department was
called out, and before the blaze.
could be extinguished several
hundred dollars worth OF dam
age had been done in burnt avn
ings, blistered paint and broken
glass.