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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
FARM INVENTORY IS
INDEX TO PROGRESS
Practicable Way of Answering
Important Questions.
Bulletin Recently Issued by Depart
ment of Agriculture Enables Farm
er to Determine Exactly His
Financial Status.

What is the net worth of your farm
business? Is it more or less than n
would imagine from a casual inspec-
ton Of your farm? Do you know for
sure whether you are going or coming
in financial standing?
These are important questions to
the farmer, and questions that are not
so easily answered as would at first
appear. Farming is an intricate bust
ness, and one in which returns from
investment are sometimes long de-
layed, so that progress cannot be &C.
curately measured by the amount Of
money taken in a given time. Some
times cash income may be almost
wholly attributable to reduction in
other assets, so that in reality the re-
suit is like taking money from n
pocket and putting it in another.
The farm inventory, or property
list, offers the only practicable way Of
answering these questions. Once the
farmer has made a complete list of
all his assets and liabilities and has
balanced them he knows just what his
net worth is, and when he has made
such a list annually he knows each
year whether he has gone forward or
back, and just how much has been the
increase or decrease in the net worth
Of his business.
The United States Department Of
Agriculture has just issued Farmers
Bulletin 1882 entitled "Farm Inven-
tories" in which are given detailed in
structions for making an inventory of
farm property and revising such a list
from year to year. By using the SIM
pie system described in this bulletin
any farmer "a determine exactly his
financial status and lay the founda-
ton for a permanent system Of ac-
counting. Without the farm inven-
tory as a basis no system Of account
ing that might be chosen would be of
any great use to the farmer.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
Credited With the Word Bohemia.

The novelist to whom nature owes
the word bohemia-not in the geo.
graphical sense, but a moral condition
was perhaps Henri Murger, if the
word "a be ascribed to any one
writer.
Henri Murger, novelist and poet.
was born March "a, 1922, in Paris.
He made attractive to his readers the
irresponsible life of artists and stu
dents in Paris, and left some classic
tales and songs Of dissoIute fhriftless.
ness and literary impecuniOsity. Murg-
er was trained for the profession of
law, became for a time secretary of
Count Leo Tolstoy, but, like that earli-
er bohemian, Villen, he chose dissi-
patton rather than decency. He died
in a charity hospital in Paris in 1861.
A monument has been erected to his
memory. but not without protest. Sew
eral of Murger's songs have been trans
lated by Andrew Lang in Ballads and
Lyrics of Old France published in
1872.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
Printing Stamps by Millions.

Few labor-saving machines are more
ingenious in combining a number of
operations, or more impressive in the
amount of work they do, than the new
stamp-printing presses of the United
States bureau of printing and engrav-
ing. Each press, with two operators,
moistens, prints, gums and rolls a total
of 100000 postage stamps in an
eight-hour day, states an article in
Popular Mechanics. The perforations
are made both l~engthwise and across,
both the roll and the punches being
adjustable for position. One operator,
in front, takes care of the unwinding
roll and adjusts it's path to the per-
forators by means Of a screw. The
other operator, at the rear, regulates
the speed of the machine and inspects
the finished work. Finally, the roll ia
cut into sheets of 400 stamps each.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
imprisoned in Coffins.

The most terrible prison in the world
is in Urga, Mongolia. 1t consists of a
triple stockade enclosing a number of
underground dungeons which are pitch
dark and almost devoid of ventilation.
But this is not all. The w%retched pris-
oners condemned to inhabit them are
shut up separately in heavy, iron
clamped chests, in shape resembling
collins. There'is a small hole in the
side Of each, just big enough for the
poor wretch inside to thrust out his
head or his manacled hands. They
see daylight for but a few minutes
daily, when their food is thrust into
their box-prisons through the hole.
They can not lie down fiat, they can
not sit. for they are not only man
acled but chained to the collins. The
majority are in for life sentences, and
no prisoner is eve allowed out Of his
box under any circumstances, except
when he is to be executed or, as hap
pens very rarely-to be set free.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
HAS PLACE IN LEGEND
According to Mythology the Name Was
Given to Flower by the God
dsss Hebe.

The mysterious Egyptian lotus has
been more identified with the worlds
history than any other flower.
The phrase "lotus eaters" is a com.
mon n in literature, and is used to
describe those who live in a dream
world. The food made from the dried
seeds Of the Egyptian variety seems
to have had an effect similar to vari-
Gus opium products, and once in the
clutch Of the drug the lotus eaters
forgot both past and family, and went
about, oblivious of demands made nv
society, kin Or even their W physical
wants.
The lotus is closely Identified with
the ancient Egyptian religion, and was
dedicated to Osiris, no Egyptian think.
ing Of approaching a temple without
three Of the blossoms in his hand.
The name was given it, according
to mythology, when a beautiful nymph
OF the same name, heartbroken over
the GOODNESS of Hercules, went to Hebe
for sympathy, and by her was trans
formed into a flower.
The sturdy hero taking ship shortly
afterWard with Hylas, a youth he
loved as his OWL son, came to an is
land where the latter landed and
searched for a spring. he found one
in the center of a pool, the pool being
covered with beautiful blossoms. AS
Hylas stared at them, Lotus, in her
nymph form, emerged from the bios
som and drew him to her arms, and
Their to the depths of the pool, where
he drowned.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
Beat Them to Ii.

An Irvington man planted several
mills of bantam sweet corn in an iso-
lated part of his garden to grow seed
for next year. He remarked to a
neighbor woman about the time that
"the blackbirds and sparrows had not
succeeded in finding his seed corn this
year" The second morning after
making this remark he found about
forty blackbirds, near sunup, busily
devouring his corn. He "shooed"
Them away and that evening pulled
all. the ears and put them away for
safe, keeping. The next morning he
looked out to see whether any black
birds were on hand. Sure enough an
immense flock was sitting on the
I ground at the base of the now barren
stalks looking at each other and
around. The puzzled look on their
"countenances," he says, was Judi
crous in the Observation-Disclosures
News.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
Antiuaity of Peat.

The use of peat as a source of heat
goes lack beyond the historical period
in the ancient history of the early
tribes in northern Germany. Pliny, the
Roman naturalist, gives us possibly
fhe first indication of the use Of peat.
He reports that the Teutons on the
border of the north sea dried and
burned mud. what we now would call
peat. In Ireland, Great Britain, Rus
sic. Scandinavia. Germany, Holland,
and parts of France peat has been
used as q fuel since time immemorfal.
The peat was cut from the bog very
much IN the same manner as it is
still being done in many parts Of Eu-
rope, where it is cut in brick shapes,
allowed to dry in ne wind and sun.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
NEVER GAVE UP A PROSPECT
Salesman Would Wait but He Had No
Idea of Losing Sight of a
Possibility.

Some years ago I went into a store
to inquire the price Of something, an
expensive thing this was, that I wanted
to buy some day when I had the price,
says a writer in the New York Herald.
They were just as nice to me as they
would have been if I had come in
ready to- buy and plank down the cash.
Then for the time being I forgot all
about it, but they didn't. About a
year after my visit to the store the
salesman I had seen there came in
to see me. He was a very agreeable
gentleman and in no way ~insistent :
he had just looked in on the chance
that now l was ready to buy; but my
bank account hadn't looked up to any
great extent and I was not ready, as
l told him; but I added that when
| was ready I would come in, and
I would come to him.
That, I thought, ended it as far as
hearing from them was concerned: but
not so. A year later 1 had another
call from the salesman, my friend, if
he will now permit me so to call him,
on the same errand; a pleasant call
and a pleasant little talk, but with
the same result as before; and now,
a year to a day after that second call,
he has been in to see nae again. We
had our usual pleasant, little talk, and
then I asked him:
Don't you ever give up a prospects,
To which he answered, smilingly:
1--WE eve give up a prospect till
he dies"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
BY PRAIRIE DOG
'"DeviPs corkscrews" Found in West
ern Mountains and Plains Are No
longer a Mystery.

Of the many fossils which have
come out Of the mountains and plains
of the West, few have excited wider
interest than the devils corkscrews,"
found, in rocks of the Miocene period,
in northwestern Nebraska. They are
usually white, and stand out clearly
against the buff background of the
rock which incloses them, often attain
ing a length Of Is feet, with many
twists and turns, ending at times in
a large bulb, with occasional side pas
sages.
When first discovered it was thought
that these gigantic "corkscrews' were
huge -petrified vines of roots of some
strange plant. Study of the "cork-
screws" however, failed to reveal any
traces of plant structure. Later the
skeleton of an animal like the badger
was found in a large bulb near the
end of the "corkscrew," and bones Of
a small camel and small deer were
found in others. After that it was
discovered that many Of them con-
tanned bones of a small burrowing
animal about the size of the western
prairie dog. Excavation of actual re-
cent prairie-dog burrows, after filling
them with thin plaster of paris,
showed an interesting fact: the bur
rows of the prairie dog and the pre-
historic "corkscrews' were closely sim
liar. The mystery is considered
solved.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
Keep Pace With the Child.

When the chile Is a tiny creature.
the parent must exercise se~lf-control,
%gentlencss. tact-never allowing her
temper to interfere with Judgment or
to cause her to speak harshly or In
anger, says Mothers Magazine. AS
years go on. the most loving child 10
also n critic, Mothers way" has here.
tofore seemed 70 him the hest way.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
P
MOSCOW

Matt Thompson returned on Fri.
days train from his visit since Nov.
18th, among old acquaintances in the
Twin Cities and Hillsboro, N. Dak.,
etc. He has been accompanied on
his trip, by his daughter Olga, who
stopped off ut Osnabrock for a few
days visit before returning to
Moscow.
Mrs. Melvin Enger of Mimic town
ship visited with Mrs. Louis Larson
of Wales a few days last week.
A sort of grippe and bad cold
accompanied by a severe cough has
gone the rounds here lately, several
Of our citizens being confined to the
house a few days as a result.
The Moscow school board, Anton
Formoe, A. A. Riemer and Carl
Amoth met for their quarterly e
view of school affairs with the clerk,
Guy Amoth Tuesday of last week.
Knute Lauve visited at the Carl
Amoth home Sunday in spite of the
storm.
Ed Hill, who some years ago was
manager of the Wales Telephone
Exchange, last week donned his old
linemans harness and spurs, and did
some hard work, gratis, at tighten
ing, splicing and fastening telephone
wires on our line which was
thoroughly appreciated, and being an
expert at this work could accomplish
a Dot more than US land lubbers
could possibly do.
Some storms we had Saturday and
and Sunday, weren't they? A little
reminder of olden days methinks.
Surely not in keeping with what we
have become used to this winter.
Mr.. A. j. Sundberg returned
Tuesday of last week from his visit
with friends near Park River. N. D.
Asbit quiet lately, as all families
in this neighborhood planned for and
gave their parties during the holiday
season, so our young folks who came
home for their Christmas vacations
could be present. It's hit the hay,
at 8 and 9 p. m. now, instead of at
midnight as was the rule, during the
holiday season.
Knut K. Lien, Jr. left last week
for Fargo to continue his course at
a gas engineering school there,
which he entered upon last winter.
We are sorry to relate the bad &C.
eident which happened at the home
of MI. and Mrs. Rudolf Lick, who
lived in our midst a couple of years
now residing near the Canadian line
north of Wales.
Sunday afternoon their Oldest boy,
Theodore, went upstairs and began
playing with matches, and in some
way the tank, on an oil stove, caught
fire, resulting in the little fellow
receiving some very severe burns.
DR.. Backus was called, and at this
writing the little fellow, is getting
along fairly we'll. considering the
seriousness of the burns.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
She Knew a WindfalI.

Mrs. ioungbride thought the apples
the farmer had brought her were
rather dirty, but he explained that
this was because they had fallen off
the tree onto the ground-in short,
they We're windfails-so she bought
them.
a week later she called the farmers
wife up on the telephone. II ordered
the best cncumbers for picking" she
said sharply. and you sen fme wind
falls"
Sent whatf" gasped the farmers
wife.
"Windfall cncumbers / a tell :
you needn't think ! can't. There's
Dir; on them"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
PREVENT RATTLE OF BONNET
Strip Of Lamp Wick or Rawhide Fas-
tened Along Edge of Radiator
Will Stop Noise.

The motortruck is, of course. pecu-
liarly liable to r%attles, and anything
that helps reduce this will be valuable.
A strip of round lamp wick or raw
hide fastened along the edge of the
radiator upon which the front end of
the bonnet rests will prevent some of
the noise. The ledge can be prepared
for the wick or hide by drilling holes.
through which the material is thread
ed, o. by drilling smaller holes and
securing the wick in place by pieces
of fine wire.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20

pnllos TO measure the temperature Of
patients. The present-day slot machine
and taximeter are limitations Of sim
liar ancient inventions. Even to bal
listic war machines ancient people ap-
piled ideas which play an important
part in modern warfare-the s'poly-
bon" being in a certain meaning, the
predecessor Of u repeating arms, and
the "monankon,' Of the mine thrower.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20

IL rests WIN the mother to make It
seem so always. To this end she must
keep pace with her boys and girls In
thought, in education, in new ideas.
Parents cannot go to school again, but
they can have their minds alert and
open for all new facts. And they
can watch their own manners and
language so that the children can con
tinue to use these as models.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
USEFUL FOR CUTTING BANDS
Device illustrated Is Handy for Man
Pitching Bundles to Shredder or
SiIo Filler.

The following is a handy way for
cutting bands. The man who is pitch
ing bundles to a corn shredder or silo
filler can cut the bands as he pitches
them to the machine, thereby saving
the aid of one man to cut the bands.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
DEVICE FOR HAULING FODDER
Several Shocks of Corn Can Easily Be
Drawn on inexpensive Rack
to Barn or Yard.

A handy device for drawing corn
fodder from the field is shown in the
cut. 1t is a rack made of two poles
which are fastened to the bolster of
the front wheels. The rear end drags
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
Handy Rack for Fodder.

on the ground. Two crosspieces are
firmly fastened to the poles and two
uprights at the rear prevent the
corn from sliding off. Several shocks
of corn can be loaded on this and
drawn to the feeding yard or barn.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20
MUCH SOIL FERTILITY LOST
Soil Washing or Erosion Can BE Pre-.
vented by Keeping lilly Lands
In Sod. Etc.

Much soil fertility is lost every win
ter by washing or erosion. Put a
stop to 1t by keeping the hilly lands
In aod, planting a crop, proyid.
Ing undertakings. hDling the gullies
with brush, etc.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-01-20

1 also find it handy to cut the shock
ties on corn when loading from the
field, says a writer in the Farmer. To
make same I attached a mower sickle
section to the fork handle, as per H.
lu~stration.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11
sCATTERGOOD IGNORED.
Quaker Relief Worker in Germany
 Presented With Medal.

Berlin, July 11.-Alfred Scatter good, head of the Quaker organiza- tion which has been carrying on re- lief work in this city, was enter tained yesterday by government of ficials and prominent residents of Berlin on the eve of his departure for the United States. He was given medal of honor by the city and a special representative of Food Con- troller Hermes conveyed the formal thanks of the government to the Quakers for their labors here. Dur ing the last year and a half the or ganization has spent seven million dollars and has provided one hun dred fifty million free meals for poor children.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11
Conn. Muenfions
Patents Issued June 21, 1921, by the
 U. S. Patent Office to Con-

Patents Issued June 21, 1921, by the
 U. 5. Patent Office to Con-
 necticut Inventors. dist furnished by office of Harold G.
 Manning. 203 National Bank
 Building)
 George w. Beadle, New Rochelle. N. Y.. assignor to the Columbia Graphophone Manufacturing com papy, Bridgeport. Resilient clutch for Dhonographs.
 Edward P. Bullard, Jr., of Bridge port, two patents, assignor to the Bul- lard Machine Tool company Tool slide for machine-tools; controlling means for machine-tools Alfred c. Gilbert, New Haven, as- slgnor to the A. c. Gilbert company, two patents. Electric motor
 Gilbert W. Goodridge, Bridgeport. turing company. Splicing-tool
 Bengt M. w. Hanson, Hartford. Clutch.
 John H. Jennings Georgetown. Rail connecting and supporting means.
 Charles J. Jolidon, Hartford. Fire arm.
 Donald Noble, Bridgeport, assignor to the Singer Manufacturing com pany. Perforating- machine
 Mauritz Olson, Bridgeport, assign or to the A. H. Nilsson Machine com pany. Wire-formins machine
 Arthur H. Pitney, assignor to Pit ney-Bowes Postage Meter company, Stamford. Locking mechanism for numera. wheels, etc.
 Adelaide M. Porter, Greenwich. as- signor to ,Huyler's, New York Wrapped candy doll.
 Adolph C. Becker, Oakville, assign or to the Chase Companies, Inc, Wa terbury. Yielding terminal cap for dry-battery cells. Chi1d's vehicle.
 John c. and G. G. zwart, Glen brook Rail-clamp.
 Trade Mark Registrations.
 Cheney Brothers, South Manches- ter. Fabrics of silk and silk mixtures in the piece.
 Henoinway & Bartlett Silk com pany. Wa.ertown Hosiery.
 The McNab company, Bridgeport Direction and revolution indicators; revolution counters; draft-gages. The Russell Manufacturing com pany, Middletown. Elastic webbings. The H. D. Smith & Company, Plantsvllle, two registrations. Ger tain hand tools; pliers. Applications for Trade-Mark Regis
 tratiOns.
 B. F. K. Manufacturing company, Hartford. Hairpins.
 I. E. Palmer Co., Middletown Ham, mocks.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11
BODIES OF LOCAL BOYS EXPECTED FROM FRANCE
Continued from First Page

of Company B of this city, a section of the famous 1O2d Infantry of the 26th Division. The local soldier received his death wounds in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, being wounded on October 10th. He died in the hospital on the day of the 24th sanniversary of his birth.
 The bodies of the two Anderson boys will be forwarded to Ericson and Carl son, local undertakers
 Private William F. O'Dell was the son of Mrs. Mary A. O'Dell of Blake Court. He was a member of Company l, which with Company B formed the two New Britain companies in the 1O2d Infantry. The New Britain boy was i among the first lads to fall for their country. He was killed in action in the first line trenches in the battle of Seicheprey, the same fight in which several boys in the local companies sacrificed their lives. Private O'Dell was rated as one of the youngest mem bers of his company in age but one of the best in courage and morale. His body~ will be forwarded to M J. kenney, undertaken of this city.
 The body of Lieutenant Joseph Glover, son of MT. and Mrs. Nicholas Glover of Spring street, is expected soon from France, although no word as to the date of it's probable arrival in this city has been received by his family The death of Lieutenant Glover was one of the most tragic reported in this city. The young man was a popular practicing lawyer in this city when he left to enter an officers training camp. He was one of those commissioned and sent overseas early. He was killed in action in the battle of Chateau Thierry.
 The body of Lieutenant Leslie Eddy, son of MT. and Mrs. Horace Eddy of West Main street, is also expected from France in the near future. The young officer was killed in action in Belleau of Fighting Marines He was we'll and popularly known in this city and word of his death in battle was re- ceived with deepest regret.
 The father of the dead officer had requisitioned for his body to be sent here and wrote to the adjutant- gen erals office some time ago. He received letter last month stating that operi.- tions on removing the American dead from Belleau Wood had not started un- til June and that there might be some time elapsing before the body would be shipped to this country. It is under stood that a large number of American soldier dead will be shipped to this country in August.
 Latest reports at press time were to the effect that the body of Elmer Quentin Anderson had arrived in Hoboken- this morning and was inn mediately shipped to this city, prob- fo orriu 0b
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11

R-3, is the biggest airship built. s Navy armen will attempt fly from England Lakehurst, N. J.. in it early the fall
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11

Latest reports at press time were to the effect that the body of Elmer Quentin Anderson had arrived in Hoboken- this morning and was inn mediately shipped to this city, prob ably due to arrive here tonight.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11
FOR TAX REVISION
National Association of Credit Men
 Open Big Campaign Today

Chicago, July 1.-The national as- sociation of credit men comprising thirty three thousand business men today launched a campaign for revi- sion of federal tax laws and for governmental economy.
 We believe most earnestly said a letter sent to mem bers by James H.. Tregoe, secretary, that the exercise of prudence and common sense in oper- ating costs of government would bring the ledger within three billion five hundred million dollars for 1921.'
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11
REAPPOINTMEN EXPECTED.

The. reappointment to the board of fire. commissioners of Chairman F. w. MacomDer is anticipated this week. Mayor o. F. Curtis has announced that lie will take up the matter of filling the vacancy now being taken care Of by Chairman Macomber as a ho;dover.
New Britain herald., 1921-07-11
NEW ORCHESTRA
Sturman Dyson Has Jazz Fi1
 for Summer

Sturman F. Dyson of Harrison street, late of the Columbia College jazz orchestra, has reorganized his New Britain orchestra. He has play ing with him, Earl B. Anderson, on the drums; George Olcott, on the violin; Carl Mason, of Bristol, on the saxophone, and Stanton E. Ashley on the tenor banjo.