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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30

Countless Numbers of Crop Pests Can
Be Destroyed by Disking Ground
During Fall.

Various field insects pass the winter
in the soil. Some Of them make earth.
en- nests lined with silk, while others
hide at the base of the roots of plants.
A. G. Ruggles, state entomologist OF
Minnesota, thus explains how count
less numbers of crop pests can be de-
StrOyed:
"When the insect is in the transi-
tional period between the larva or
worm and the adult they are very sus-
ceptible to disturbances. Disking or
blowing the ground in the fall disturbs
these forms and many of them die. 1t
is also known that alternate thawing
and freezing weather has a destructive
effect upon insect life Many insects
can endure freezing alone, but alter
nate freezing and thawing is fatal.
"Also many of the more delicate
forms If the blowing is done properly
can be covered so deeply with soil that
they are unable TO reach the surface
the following year. Many insects ex.
posed by the pillow are also devOured by
birds. For these reasons disking or
blowing are operations recommended
by all economic entomOlogists"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
Sunset Colors.

The gorgeous sunset cOlOrS are due
to the red light which is transmitted
through the cloudy sky and is the re-
verse of the blue of the sky. Water
is apparently blue in itself when one
looks through a sufficiently long layer.
If, however, there were nothing to re-
fleet the light back, the water would,
of course, look black, and certain lakes
do show exactly this phenomenon. If
there is a small amount of rejecting
particles the water looks blue. With
more suspended particles certain
amount of yellow is sent back, and the
water becomes green. In the tropics
the water is an intense blue, except
near the shore, where it becomes an
almost equally intense green.
The water of the Rhone where it
flows out of the Lake of Geneva is
blue, while the Rhine of StraSbourg
is green, and we find that the Rhine
contains 20 per cent more suspended
calcium carbonate than the Rhone.
Sometimes the water in a swimming
tank will be green. This is due to sus-
pended solids in the water. The same
effect can occasionally be obtained in
a porcelain-lined bathtub. The clear
brown brooks that one finds in many
places in New England owe their color
TO the presence of a brown material of
the nature of tannin, 50 this would
really be pigment color and not
structural One.-Scientitic American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
JONAH MERELY A MOUTHFUE
Monster Fish Recently Caught at Nj
ami, Fla. Could Have Accommo-
dated Twenty Prophets.

was Jonah swallowed by a whale9
According TO the biblical story il vas
fsh of this nature that entertained
the prophet in IFS interior for three
days and nights, but the limited size of
the whales throat precludes the posi-
Dillty OF its swallowing a man.
However, there was caught at Mi
ami, Fla. recently. a fish that could
have lunched on 20 Jonahs without
suffering the slightest pang of indiges-
ton, and among the many persons who
have seen the fish are clergymen who
nave formulated the theory that it was
really fish of this species that swal-
lowed Jonah.
Here is the way this deniZen of the
deep Shapes up in the way Of dimen-
sional figures: The net weight of the
fish, when caught, not including its
last meal was 10000 pounds. It's liver
alone touched the beam at LOO
pounds. which is about the weight of
a hefty bullock. From end TO end il
measures 45 feet, which is equal TO the
~N'4hCu lciiStll vi tlShl hOl maj HCHs
AT the thickest part the circumfer-
ence is % feet 8 inches.
One of the most impressive features
of the fish is its month, which is 80
inches wide and 43 inches deep. In
side of the mouth is a tongue 40 inches,
and it has a multitude of teeth much
smaller than q baby'S. Nobody has
ever attempted TO count these mOlars.
The tail resembles the caudal append
age of an airplane and measures 10
feet from tip TO tip.
But big as the fish is. it died in in
fancy. Scientists who have measured
its cartilaginOus formations say they
are far from developed and that had
this monster attained full growth it
would have been two and a half times
as large as it is now.
According to the scientists of the
Smithsonian institution the animal is
a whale-shark, and is the first speci-
men of its kind that has been captured.
They state further that it is an inhabi-
tant of water of 100 feet depth, its
nlde OF Sufhclent thickness TO With
stand the most enormous water pres
sure, and its eyes, which have no lids
and consequently were never closed,
indicating that it dwelt as a depth
where eyes are of no avail.
The Smithsonian scientists believe
that it was thrown up by some subter-
ranean volcanic disturbance which in
jured its diving apparatus SO that it
was unable TO return to its natural
levels and that thus disabled it strayed
beyond confines fixed for the mon
STEERS of the deep.
Capt. Charles III. Thompson of Mi
ami, caught the fish while cruising for
tarpon off Knights key, Florida
New York Independent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
Too Good to Work.

A tall ancestral clock stood upon the
mantelpiece in Southern home.
faithful to it's duty. 1t had run unin-
terruptedly for years. On a holiday
occasion the maid, an old-time negro,
decorating the house with holly and
mistletoe, furnished the clock with a
particularly brilliant wreath, and as
she said, dressed it up for the occa-
sion. The next morning when she
came TO work, the faithful old clock
had stopped
She stood before it, arms akimbo,
and apOstrophiZed it: Il knOwed you
was going TO stop, clock You is just
like a nigger-no sooner n you gets
all dressed up. you think you is too
good TO work"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
Maiden Lanes Fame in Peril.

Maiden lane. in the heart of the
New York business district, may lose
its identity if the diamond and jewel
~ and allied trades there decide 70
move uptown.
Great increase in rents recently
caused the tradesmen TO appoint
committee 10 consider proposal 10
shift the entire trade center. This
committee. il was learned, has recon-
mended several new sites and n can
vass will soon be taken on the prOpo-
stion. More than 10 leading firms.
including large manufacturers, are
said 10 be considering moving.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
EATONIC Users
DO This-Get the
Greatest Benefits

Chicago, Ill.-Thousands of reports
from people all over the U. s. who
have tested EatOnic, show the greatest
benefits are obtained by using it for a
few weeks, taking one or two tablets
after each meal.
Eatonic users know that it stops
Belching, BlOating, Heartburn, and
Stomach Miseries quickly, but the
really lasting benefits are obtained by
using Eatonic long enough to take the
harmful excess acids and gases entire
ly out Of the system. This requires a
little time, for Eatonic takes up the
excess acidity and poisons and carries
them out of the body and of course.
when il is all removed, the sufferer gets
well. feels fine-full of life and pep.
If you have been taking an Eatonic
now and then, be sure and take 1t regu-
larry for time and obtain all of these
wonderful benefits. Please speak TO
your druggist about this. so that he can
tell others that need this help. Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
GOOD MARKET FOR CHICKENS
mand for All Forms of PouI-
try This Autumn.

n. f. Chapman. poultry extensionist
at University farm, predicts good
prices for all forms of poultry next
fall. and says that chicks Matched by
July 1 will get into the soft rooster"
class, weighing from one and one-half
10 four pounds each. Mr.. Chapman
also foresees a strong demand for
broilers weighing from one pound 10
two pounds. 10 be dressed out and
frozen by the packers for winter trade.
During the early summer months the
expense of feeding can be reduced and
a larger percentage OF the chickens
reared because OF more favorable con-
ditions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
SUDAN GRASS YIELD FOR HAY
Average About Two and Half Tons
Per Acre-Cut After Plants Have
Passed Out of Bloom.

Cut Sudan grass for hay after the
pants have passed out Of bloom, but
before the seed has become hard. An
average yield is about two and a half
tons of dry hay per acre, as COM
pared with about three tons for sor-
ghum on the same kind Of land and
two tons of millet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
A HeIpino Hand.

A very shy young farmer was court
ing a serious-minded young woman
who was not averse 10 him or 10 mar
rage, but she found herself after q
long period of silent courtship no near
er the goal than ever; the young man
could not summon up courage TO speak.
One night. as they sat together-in
dead silence, Of course-in her faith
ers parlor, she decided that the hour
and the man had come.
George" she said In her most seri-
Gus tones. George. IL you love me
and don't like TO say so. you may
squeeze my hand"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
DECREASE IN NUMBER
OF CATTLE AND HOGS
Swine Show Falling off of 10 Per
Cent in Births.
About % Per Cent Fewer Births Of
Calves This Year as Compared
With 1919, According to Re-
ports to Federal Bureau.

A falling off in the numbers of cat
tie and hogs in the United States &C.
Cured during the first four months of
this year, as compared with the like
period last year. according TO reports
of special livestock reporters of the
bureau of crop estimates. United
States department of agriculture.
In the case of hogs, the births dur
Ing January, February, March and
April were about 10 per cent fewer
than in the same months last year. The
marketings have fallen off about 10
per cent, the farm slaughter was
about the same I'm both seasons. nj
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30

More Advantageous to Feed Five Times
During Day Than Three-Over-
feeding Harmful.

Undoubtedly chickens will grow
faster when fed FIVE times than when
fed only three times daily, but II
should be borne in mind that more
harm can be done 10 the young chicks
by overlooking than by undertaking
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
Logical Reasoning.

Little Eva-Mother. what is a book
worm?
5iother-One who collects books and
puts them everywhere and all over.
Among the guests next evening was
Miss Sparks wearing many rings. Lit
tie Eva. very observant. suddenly cries
out: Look at Miss Sparks. mother;
she must be a ringworm
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30

Dairy Herd Near wichita Fails, Texas.
the deaths on farms this year are over
40 per cent heavier than last year to
May l. Taking into consideration both
the births and the deaths (from all
causes), it appears that there has been
a relative reduction Of about per
cent during the first four months of
this year as compared with the trend
during the first four months of last
year.
The births of calves from January !
to May l were about 30 per cent few
er this year than last year. The net
disposition Of cattle by marketingS,
farm slaughter and deaths was about
9 per cent greater than last year; it
appears that there has been a relative
reduction of about 6 per cent in total
number of cattle as compared with
last year during the four months JAN
uary l TO May 1.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
AUTUMN SUPPLY OF LETTUCE
Insure Crop Of This Most Sue
cuIent Vegetable.

row of lettuce Sown the middle
Of August will insure a fine fall supply
of this most healthful and succulent
vegetable. The quality will he even
superior 10 the spring grown. Sala-
mander is the best kind for late crops
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
GET INFORMATION ON PRICES
Bureau of Markets, Department Of
Agriculture, Will Give Desired
Market Reports.

Do you want direct information re-
gardlng market prices? Ask the bu-
reau of markets. United States depart
inent OF agriculture. Washington. ID.
c.. 10 tell you about Its market news
services. stating the product in which
sou are interested.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30

crate, shipping tag bearing the ship
per's name and that of his farm often
will aid in selling stock. In case the
shipment is to be long one, wire
pan of water in one corner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
CRATE FOR SHIPPING SWINE
Neatly Built Affair, With Shippers
Name and That of Farm, Is
Good Advertisement

strong shipping crate for hogs
is an easy thing to make. 1t should
be we'll built of pine. \ neatly built
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
Weekly Forecast.

In addition to the daily weather fore
casts published in practically all news
papers, the weather bureau issues on
Saturday of each week q forecast for
the six days beginning the following
Monday. These forecasts are made
for nine separate districts covering
practically the entire United States,
and necessarily are less specific than
the daily forecasts. They are given
wide distribution during the growing
season. and the letter quoted records
but one instance, among many, in
which they have proved of great value
to farmers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
RICH LEMON PIES

Made from Nictor's Special Pie and Cake
Filler. Send soc for samples and be con-
vinced Big money for agents " Z. Marx
4 Co. $50 -. Wells ST. Chicago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
FORECASTS ARE
OF MUCH Value.
illinois Farmers Highly Pleased
With Aid Bulletins Had Been
at Planting Time.
ENABLED TO FIGURE AHEAD
With Prediction Of Rain Everybody
Got Busy With Planters and Crop
Put in Ground Ready to Be
Soaked and Terminated.

That the farmers Of the country find
the weekly weather forecasts of i'm
mense value, especially during the
growing season, is evidenced by let
ter of appreciation recently received
by the weather bureau of the United
States department of agriculture from
en- Illinois farmer. He was highly
pleased with the aid the forecasts had
been TO him and his neighbors in plant
ing their corn. In part he wrote:
OF Untold Benefit.
These forecasts have been of I'M
told benefit TO us this, an unusual
backward spring, and we feel greatly
indebted TO you. With this very reli-
able advanced information you are
furnishing us we are able TO figure
ahead and keep planting right up. For
instance. this section began blowing
for corn last week. When we re-
ceived your bulletin predicting rain
for Tuesday or Wednesday of this
week. we got busy with our corn
planters, some even turning the face
of their calendars TO the wall and
letting one Sunday get away from
them. To make a long story short,
when your predicted rain struck us
Tuesday noon and is still coming down
this, Wednesday, morning, ii found
over One-third Of the Illinois corn crop
In the ground ready to be soaked and
terminated. Had we not been put
wise by your Office am confident that
not One-siXth would have been planted.
While your daily weather reports,
made up by your local observer, help
out some, they cannot be compared
with your weekly forecast sent out
from Washington. l have watched it
quite close since you began this part
of the service five or six years ago,
and have found it most reliable and
dependable"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
GOLD MEDAL
eh1AEM ON
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The national remedy Of Holland for over
400 years; il is an enemy of all pains re-
sulting from kidney, liver and uric acid
troubles. All druggists, three sizes
Look for the name Gold Medal on every ben
and accept no imitation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
BETTER
DEAD

Life is a burden when the body
is racked with pain. Everything
worries and the victim becomes
respondent and downhearted. To
bring back the sunshine take
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-30
Harvest 20 to rs
BusheI to Acre Wheat
in Western Canada

Think what that means TO you in
good hard dollars with the great de-
mand for wheat at high prices. Many
farmers In Western Canada have paid
for their land from a single crop. The
same success may still be yours. for
you can buy on easy terms.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-23
Second Wind
r. GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

THE rac of Success is won Just
l. like any other race-on Second
Wind. Second Wind is nothing more
or less than reserve power responding
and carrying one through to the end.
Be a Second Wind Performer.
Some people never experience Sec
Ond Wind-simply because they never
put forth the necessary effort to en-
able them to draw on their reserve
lung space. But the reserve is there
just the same
BE q Second Wind Performer.
The successful man goes through all
the little processes of failure and dis
enlargement and defeat-then he gets
his Second Wind-pushes all the set
backs aside, and carrying great mo-
mentum, he goes IN and on. This is
always the story Of the one who has
the courage and stamina to press on
until the Second Wind is reached.
Be q Second Wind Performer.
If you want to experience the de-
light and power that results from the
acquiring of your Second Wind you
have but to do more than you are told
to dO-more than you have to do.
Second Wind comes through Initiative,
Enthusiasm and Determination.
Be a Second Wind Performer.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-23
THE WATERMELON

TIME watermelon Is a pleasing and
i harmless beverage which is 20
per cent water and 80 per cent seeds,
much on the order of picnic lemonade.
Owing TO The lack of alcohol in the
watermelon, il is much in favor with
the clergy and can be shipped into a
dry state without requiring the GUS
ONE TO swear that IL is bought for
medicinal purposes only.
Waterlnelons are grown largely In
the South and are used to sustain and
initiate the colOred brother. When a
greedy. wabble-jointed cotton hand
Has wrapped himself around n thirty
pound watermelon and settled back
for a sonorous nap. he will look as if
somebody bad attached a tire pump
to him and forgotten to shut off the
engine. The look OF perfect content
ment which fastens itself upon the
face Of Il Georgia darkey who has
eaten six or eight two-story watermel-
Ons. seeds and ali, is enough to cause
a hardened ~dyspeptic to jump off the
lake front.
The watermelon has been grown in
this country for a hundred years and
thousands have been eaten by III col
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-23
Last Dreams
What They Mean
EATING.

TINE question Of eating Is q very Sc
i rious and unsettled one in Dream
land and about 1t the authorities dis
pute rs ~acrimOniously as do those CIV
en- to the eating habit in the world
of realities over who Is responsible
for the present high cost Of living.
According to some, to dream that you
are eating in company with others,
either at the family d~inner-table or at
q banquet, is a sign that you will be
successful in profitable undertakings
and that your surroundings will be
pleasant and cheerful. The opposing
school warns you to beware of attend
Ing q dream banquet as that signifies
that secret enemies are plotting
against you, recommending only a
small family. party at the table. To
dream Of eating at all, say some Of
the oracles, means that you are going
TO spend money foolishly, to which
the other side retorts that every one
does, sometimes. spend money foolish
ly but not on the banquets of Dream
iillu, Will 4 alNCItCu Will III u
and success. Perhaps the reason for
this disagreement Of the mystic au-
thorities is that the old saying what
j. one mans meat Is another mans
poison" holds good In the realm of
shadow as well as u of it and that
the phantom food of dream tables
gives nOurishment and strength to
some egOs while it gives others psychic
indigestion. AS the authorities refuse
to agree on the eating subject the read
er must determine 1t for himself. The
next time you dream of eating OBJ
serve what happens and then say
which school Of mystics Is right. AS
to different articles of food even the
pessimists admit that 1t Is q good sign
to dream of eating broiled meat. Po-
tatoes are looked upon with favor but
the ban is placed upon turnips. as they
mean Quarreling. and salads are de-
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-23
Just Folks
By G. A. GUEST
II o SEAT.

When l was but a little lad l al
ways liked to ride,
No matter what the rig we had, right
by the drivers side.
The front seat was the honor place
in bob-sleigh, coach or hack.
And l Unanswered to avoid the
cushions in the back.
We children used to scramble then to
share the drivers seat,
And long the pout 1 wore when l was
not allowed that treat.
Though times have changed and / am
old l still confess l race
With other grown-ups now and then
to get my favorite place.
The auto with its cushions fine and
big and easy springs
Has altered in our daily lives innu-
merable things,
But hearts Of men are still the same
as what they used to be,
When Surveys were the stylish rigs,
or so they seem to me,
For every grown-up girl today and
every grown-up boy
Still nungers for the seat in front and
scrambles for it's joy,
And riding by the drivers side still
holds the charm it did
In those glad, youthful days gone by
when l was just a kid.
I hurry, as / used to do, to claim that
favorite place,
And when a tonneau seat is mine l
wear Il solemn face.
I try to hide the pout l feel, and do
my best to smile,
But envy of the man in front gnaws
at me all the while.
I want to be where / can see the road
that lies ahead,
To watch the trees go flying by and
see the country spread
Before me as / spin along, for there
I miss the fear
That seems to grip the soul Of me
while riding in the rear.
And / am not alone in this. Today l
drive a q
And three glad youngsters, madly
strive to share the "seat with
Pa"
And older folks that ride with us, /
very plainly see,
Maneuver in their artful ways to sit
In front with me,
Though all the cushions In the world
were piled up in the rear.
The child i'm all of us still longs to
watch the engineer,
And happier hearts we seem to own
when we're allowed to ride,
No matter what the car may be, close
by the drivers side.
(Copyrieht by Edgar A. Guest.)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-07-23
BLACK o. OBEYS

pLACK FOX ran all the way to the
- farm on the other side of the for
est, there 10 hide until it was light
II then change himself into a
tul key, for once In this form he could
u along with all the turkeys ana
fowl until he could entice them far
enough from the farm, and then he
would change into his own form and
catch some Of them for his breakfast.
Black Fox could not wait for the
day to break 10 try his enchanted
spell, 81 he wished three times 10 be
a turkey, thinking ii would be just as
well TO be ready when the turkey
awoke.
An old witch had kept her promise
just as Black Fox had kept his. She
gave him the power TO change his
form, but not into that Of a turkey,