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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

We'll, after the failure of the BIZ
roundup, the biological survey sen
OUT Williams. His instructions were
1et the Custer wolf and stay til
you do" That was in March, 1920.
Williams first went into the hill
west OF Pringle and found that tn,
wolf was staying around some OLE
dens In the Pelgar mountains. So
Williams started operations by lay
Ing a string Of traps.
Williams started out by playing Q
mean trick on the Custer wolf. In
stead of relying on the usual tricks
to hide his tracks and obllterate his
man smell, he scented up the soles OF
his shoes. The wolf followed his trail
that night clear around the line OF
traps. And then the savage old killer
was so fused up over that scent that
he went straight to the Pelgars,
cleaned out two old dens and dug
a new one that ran back into hill
about 90 feet. One guess as to the
scent Williams used.
The old wolf, however, soon got
over being ratified and proceeded to
| play hide-and-seek with Williams.
The hunter tried to get shot at him,
but was baked by the coyotes. Then
he shot the coyotes. Thereafter the
wolf took few chances. He back
trailed Williams, or took to fallen
timber to hide his trail. But twice
during May the wolf stepped on the
jaws of traps, and in July he actually
rolled into one or lay down on It, 1t
sprang and pulled out a lot of hair.
This scared him so that he disap-
peared for whole month-apparent-
ly he left the territory. He came
back in August and announced his re-
turn by killing and mutilatng right
and left. In September and again in
October he stepped on the pan of a
trap. In each case he was caught by
the side Of paw and was able to pull
loose.
The wolf that steps too often in the
trap gets caught at last. And the
Custer wolf stepped once too often.
Here's what happened as Williams
himself very modestly tells 1t:
HE stepped into trap in the
morning and 1t got good grip on him.
He ran with it about $50 yards when
the hook caught on a tree, but that
did not seem to stop him at all. He
broke the swivel Of the trap and ran
on with 1t on his front foot. l trailed
him three miles and got shot at him
and got him. He had been so lucky
that | expected the gun would fail to
shoot, but 1t worked o. X.
HE is smaller than the average
male wolf, weighed 9S pounds and |
just 6 feet from tip to tip:
II inches from toe to hook, and had a |
tail IA inches long. His teeth would |
be good for Is years longer. He broke
some of them off on the trap, but
aside from that they were In good con.
dition. He is an old wolf, with fur
that Is almost white"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

Captain Watson, II is said by the
Nichl Nichi Shimbun, received two let
tiers signed "Goto Yapada," asking for
an appointment, as the writer desired
to sell for 100000 yen Iabout $780,
00O] Japan's mobilization plans against
"a certain country" Secret maps Of
Formosa and documents showing the
depths Of various parts Of Tokyo bay
were to be included.
Capt. Watson, II Is said. turned the
letters over to the naval authorities,
and an investigation resulted In the
arrest Of Lieutenant Hamaguchi.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

VI SeNcIul NOiulniio ~
the Weekly News Letter. published
by the Agricultural department. Fol
the Custer wolf was the bad man. Of
the predatory animals Of southwest
ern South Dakota. And he died will
his boots on" For years he had beer
an outlaw with price on his head
And 1t took the better part Of year
for II. p. Williams, one of Uncle
Sans best professional hunters, to get
his scalp.
Incidentally. the American gray
wolf is marvel of animal intel.
ligence. John Burroughs, who leads
the instinct school" of American nat.
uralists as opposed to the treason
school," will have 1t that animals do
not reason and are actuated entirely
by Instinct. Consider the presence In
our midst Of the gray wolf and figure
out for yourself where John Bur-
roughs gets of.
In the days of the red man the wolf
had only to keep outside of the range
of the arrow. Then came the pale face
with firearms. The wolf had TO learn
In succession the death-dealng posi-.
bilities of the explorers smooth-bore,
the pioneers muzzle-loading rifle, the
breech-loadng buffalo gun, and the
modern high-power magazine gun.
In the days of the red man the
wolf had to cope with the handmade
snare. With the white man came the
steel trap, the cunning poison capsule
end the bounty on wolf scalps. And
wherever civilization has got foot
nold every hand has been against the
wolf summer and winter, rain and
shine, night and day.
Yet the wolf persists. Every year
the federal government approprates
thousands of dollars for the specific
purpose Of his taking off. Every year,
professional hunters and national park
and national forest rangers wage re-
lentless war. Yet the wolf persists.
Every year, cattlemen and sheepmen
combine TO fight the despoiler of herds
and flocks. Yet the wolf persists.
Now, If you still have faith in John
Burroughs instinct" theory after
these facts, listen TO the story of the
Custer wolf.
The Custer VOLTS early history is
a blank. His public career begins with
his appearance nine years ago In Gus
ter county, South Dakota. This coun-
ty Is in the southwestern corner of
the state, adjoining the Wyoming line,
and one county removed from the Ne.
braska line. 1t is Black Hills coun-
try, but by no means wilderness.
II has towns. railroads and automo-
bile highways. Why, last summer,
Wind Cave national park had 26312
visitors and S.240 private automobiles
and all went through the Custer
VOLTS hunting ground.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

Japan's position relative to the ques-
ton raised by the United States re-
garding the mandate for the island Of
zap is secure, In the belief Of yiscount
Uchida, minister of foreign affairs.
Questioned regarding the merits OF
battle ships and cruisers, NJ. Kato.
minister Of marine. said Japan favored
giving Importance to both types Of
war craft He declared that whether
major ships, submarines or airplanes
would be given a superior place would
depend upon the policy pursued By
other nations.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
SENTENCE HYMNS"

The term sentence hymn" came
from the practice of earlier days,
when hymn books were scarce In
order that all the congregation might
be able to join In the singing the
pastor would read aloud the first two
lines, which were then sung and the
reading and singing would continue
alternately to the end Of the hymn.
This practice Is still continued In
some of the rural churches Of the
South
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

girl passed amid a group of adoring
young men.
The diplomat nodded towards the
pretty girl and said dryly:
I'm afraid she's got a swelled head
She doesn't believe in hiding her light
under bushel."
At this point the young girl threw
herself into her deck chair, crossing
her knees In such a manner as to dis.
play very considerable expanse of
silk stocking.
"Nor her ankles under her skirt"
said Mrs. Glyn.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

finally rose above the waters. This
stone forest lay hidden from view for
countless ages. BY slow disintegra-
ton the imbedded rock was all washed
away and the petritied trees, being
much harder and more durable, were
left scattered in dense profusion on
the surface of the earth, where they
had so long lain buried.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
TRAITOR IN JAPANESE NAVY
Lieutenant Said to Have offered to
Sell Nations Secrets to Amerl-
can Attaehe.

Tokyo. - Naval Lieutenant Tsuru
Hamaguchi was arrested and handed
over to a court-martial In connection
with an alleged attempt to sell Jap
anese naval secrets to Capt. Edward
Howe Watson. naval attache at the
United States embassy.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

Wilmington. The Carolina Steel
shipyard launched It's eighth vessel,
the San Leon, an oil tanker, for a
British firm, of 1900 tons. making the
second of this class of ship which the
yard has launched since the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation finished with
It's six steel freight carriers. which
we're $500 tons each.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
Small THINGS Cause nlsoora.

1t isn't the long journey on foot that
makes you footsore but II is the grain
Of wheat in your shoe or the wrinkle
In your sock. It isn't the thousand
miles your auto runs that wears It out
but the grain of sand In the bearings.
little things make dlscord. Little
things disturb our happiness
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
Petrified Forest in Arizona

The petrlfied forest Is In the midst
of the great desert of Apache. These
trees are Of coniferous. extinct spe-
cies, with the exception Of single
cottonwood trunk. They lie prone up
on the ground as they drifted in a
prehistoric sea. Water-logged and
heavy, they sank TO the bottom, and
were there covered with sand and
changed into chalcedony. The sand
hardened and cemented into stone and
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
. So Thoughtful Of Him.

"Oh, map ventured Hercules, the
youngster "Don't you want the back
yard swept out?"
"No, that can wait until this eve
ming"
Hadn't Dbetter stay at home and
do some work In the gardeni"
NO, II looks like rain today"
Don't You want me to clean out the
paper cupboard"
NO, yop can do that on Saturday"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
Prayer.

In the morning when you awake.
accustom yourself to think first upon
God or something in order to His serv.
ice; and at night also. let Him close
thine eyes.-Jeremy Taylor.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

"But, mother, isn't there anything
that can do today"
Yes. you can go to school, and be
quick about 1t, too"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
Unhesitatlng Advance Wins.

ut is not the squirt at the start. but
the continued unresisting, unhasting
advance that wins the day."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

Gastonia.-Work upon the erection
Of the new plant of the big CASTOR
county fair will begin within the next
few days.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
Owed All to Mother.

All that l am. or hope to be, I owe
10 my angel mother-Lincoln.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
The Belle OF the Bout.

ElInor Glyn, the novelist, was TAX
ing tea on the Mauretania with a
diplomat when marvelously pretty
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.
- HE Custer wolf is dead.

hE SuoteT VOL Is ueuu
So announces the bu
reau Of biological sur
vey, Department OF
Agriculture. Nor Is
Uncle Sam content
with n mere death
notice." He considers
the Custer wolf worth
an Obituary writeup'
of cpvprpl columns In
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25

LESSON TEXT-Matt. 2SI-2O.
GOLDEN TEXT am with you always.
even unto the end of the world. Matt.
820
REFERENCE MATERIAL Matt 81:
h-66. Mark l6;l-lS; Luke 2S Sc, 24l2. John
POLLS; Phil 3S.u.
PRIMARY TOPIC.-The Easter Story.
JUNIOR TOPIC - Our Ever-Present
Friend
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Christ Our Living Leader.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Christ In the Life Of Today.
The Ocala banner., 1921-11-18
The Proper Lining of Soils

Good farmers everywhere now.
realize that a certain amount of lime
must be present in the soil in order
that it may produce most satisfactor-
lily. If the natural lime constituent is
lacking and it is in many soils-it
must be supplied artificially, either
in the form of raw crushed limestone
Calcium carbonate) or in the form
or burned limestone. Lime is not
fertilizer in the sense that manure
and the various chemical plant foods
are; it acts mechanically to improve
the physical qualities of the soil but
its most valuable effects are due to its
action as a chemical agent, bringing
about chemical changes and so induc-
ing conditions more favorable to plant
growth.
The most important of the chemical
effects are neturlizing acid changing
"sour" soils to sweet; rendering
harmless certain poisonous sub
stances, such as oxalic acid, formed in
the process of plant growth: protect
ing the plant from poisonous sub
substances, such as soluble aluminium,
that may be formed in the soil and
promoting bacterial life in the soil
which aids in the fixation of nitrogen.
Mechanically lime serves. to make
tough, waxy soils more mellow as
well as to bind loose sandy soil and
enable it to hold moisture better
Raw crushed limestone for most
purposes gives quite as good results
as water-slacked burned limestone but
it must be, applied twice as heavily
and it cannot be counted on to mellow
clayey soils or to bind loose soils so
effectively. While burnt lime costs
more. than the raw rock, ton for ton,
it is often more economical than the
The Ocala banner., 1921-11-18

instead of No. caps. Since a 6-ounce
stick of picric acid is as strong as an
8-ounce stick of ordinary dynamite, it
should be used stick for stick like
dynamite. 1t was cartridged in this
way for the man who is accustomed
to using dynamite.
Arrangements have been made with
the Department of Agriculture for
the distribution of F1orida's quota of
this picric through the College of
Agriculture, University of Florida.
County agents have been instructed
to receive orders Farmers interested
should see their county agents for
further information Agricultural
News Service.
Progress in Sweet Potato
Storage and Conservation
The work of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture for better
utilization of the Nations sweet po-
tato crop by better storage and
disease-preventive methods has arous-
ed interest throughout the sweet po-
tato producing states. which include
more than 20 of the As.
The department has purchased
three farmers bulletins useful to
those interested in the production,
harvesting. storage, and marketing of
sweet potatoes, which can be had ON
request. They are: No. $40, Sweet
Potato Storage; No 999, Sweet Pota-
to Growing; and No. 1859, Sweet Po-
tato Disease.
The Farmers Mother Goose
Rub-a-dub-dub,
Ii you have a scrub,
A cow that can not pass the test,
Sell her off right away
You will find It will pay,
A scrub brings small profit, at best.
A Champion Hen
An Orpington hen laid 314 eggs in
336 days, at the Delaware college ex--
pertinent station. This is said to
beak the worlds record. Four thou
sand dollars has been offered for the
hen, but she is not for sale.
The hen doesn't deserve much cred
it. 1t was the brains of scientises,
clever at cross-breeding, that created
that record number of eggs. Some
days those brains will make every
hen produce as much as this $4,000,
Orpington
Most of our important activity in
this generation is experimentation
making valuable discoveries for our
descendants.
Material for Concrete Roads
and Best Methods of Mixing
/ Experiments to determine just
what kinds of materials are best for
concrete. and in what proportions to
! mix them so that they will wear well
in road, are being made by engineers
of the Bureau of Public Roads, Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
An apparatus will be used that con-
sists of heavy steel wheels which,
guided by mechanical arrangement,
roll continuously back and forth over
the pavement.
More than 40 different sections Of
concrete pavement. each 10 feet long,
4 will be laid. Materials from many
different parts of the country are be-
ing shipped to the Government Elk
perimental Farm at Arlington, Va,
/ Continued On Page Three)
The Ocala banner., 1921-11-18

Continued On Page Three)
The Ocala banner., 1921-11-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO The FARMER
Z AND STOCK GROWER -

latter because less is needed and less
labor and expense are involved in ap-
plying it; half ton of water-slacked
burnt lime per acre is fully as good
as ton of raw rock. AS rule COM
Iparatively light affiliations at inter-
walls of about six years give better
results than heavy applications at
longer intervals.
OF course the soils must be kept
constantly supplied with humus from
manure and decayed vegetable mat
ter of all kinds. If humus is lacking
lining can never do the soil much
good so far as the production of crops
is concerned. Lime promotes the
nitrification of humus in the soil,
rendering its nitrogen content easily
available to growing plants. Glover
and alfalfa. among the most valuable
plants for maintaining and increasing
the soils fertility, must have lime.
In fact the latter cannot be grown
at all in an acid soil.
Acidity or sweetness of soil can
be determined easily by the litmus
paper test. Anyone can make this
test by placing strip of blue litmus
paper which druggists can supply in
the soil after it has been well wetted
with water If the soil is acid the
paper will turn red. No time should
be lost in applying lime if the test
shows acidity for until this is done
ativeIy improbable. OF course linn
ing, like other good things can be
overdone. The productivity of land
may be reduced by the application
of too much lime and the neglect of
crop rotation designed to maintain
fertility. This has been done by
many farmers and in some instances
has given rise to the notion that lime
is harmful Lime is essential to sue
cessful farming but it must be used
intelligently in combination with a
judicious system of crop rotation in
which clover and other soil-enriching
crops are given due prominence.
Pathfinder
What is Picrid Acid?
Picric acid is high explosive
which was used during the world war
When dry it is fine, dusty, crystal
line, lemon-yellow powder IL cannot
properly be classed as an agricultural
explosive because of its insensitive-
ness and high-shattering effect. Fur
thermore, it could not compete with
commercial dynamite because picric
acid is more expensive to manufac-
ture under present conditions. 1t is
furnished by the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture to farmers
at the cost of cartridging and dis
tributing.
Strength and Shattering Effect
s Picric acid is somewhat stronger
than ordinary dynamite. Each stick
contains 6 ounces of material, while
a stick of dynamite contains ounces.
However, the picric acid stick Is as
effective as the dynami e sick.
Picric acid is quicker acting than
tie o iiaa.y low-g-ade dynamite u.s.
ually recommended for stump blasting,
stump removing, rock crushing and
soil breaking.
condensed Instructions.
Picric acid may be used for agricul-
turai blasting in exactly the same
way hat dynamite is used, except
that No. blasting caps must be used
Evening star., 1921-08-30

Odenburg are reported to have been ar
rested by the residents of the town apd
thrown Into the barracks.
Lieut.. Hetjas is said to be arming the
German-speaking peasants Of Burgen-
land against their will
Setze Railway station.
Late Sunday night Lieut.. Hejjas ap-
peared, heading large detachment OF
his irregular forces, seized the rail-
way station at Odenburg and filled the
streets with uniformed men armed
with pistols.
One detachment of ITO men ad-
vanced to Pinkafield, where they met
with hand grenades and machine guns
the Austrians who were coming in to
take over the territory.
II is reported that Hejjas and the
other Hungarian officers were in full
UNIFORM when the attack was made
There are conflicting reports concern
ing the casualties, but it is not be-
lieved they were great. 1t is said al
lied officers marched with the Aus.
trfan troops when the attack was de.
livered by the Hungarians.
A demonstration by the Czechs IL
expected unless the allies forbid the
occupation of Burgenland. The Czechs
are known to have concentrated a full
division on the frontier near Press.
burg and other forces along the Hun.
garian border,
The movement of occupation ha.
been suspended. and Herr Schober, the
Austrian chancellor and foreign min.
lister, Is appealing to the interalliet
representative here to take the neces
sary steps to secure a fulhllment OF
the terms of the treaty giving Bur.
Evening star., 1921-08-30
SoulsForSale'
A girls redemption through
acting IN the n,ovies

Rupert Hughes master novel commences
in the September Red Book Magazine
Not merely as startling revelation of real life
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The intimate adventures of Remember Sted-
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narrow life a clergymans daughter her re-
bellion at hated conventions, her life midst
Hollywood's movie stars-all lead to an amaz-
ing climax.
Human Frailty and Strength
You come to know this all-too-human girl
to pity her, then admire her. How she becomes
great woman, in spite Of obstacles, is brought
about by means never before employed by
novelist. No more tremendous emotional ex-
periences ever fell to the lot of girl than
hers To her there is but one thought, one
hope one prayer-Redemption.
No truer nor more intimate revelation of
struggling conscience can be conceived Moth
ing else that Rupert Hughes has ever written
possesses the soul-searching qualities of this
master-story.
An Eternal Question
From the first page, in which Remembers
clergyman-father unloosens his wrath against
the iniquities of the films until the end, wherein
the films themselves provide the means of his
own daughters remarkable rehabilitation, it is
story that you and two million others will
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For it brings out anew the theme of two thou
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Buy your copy of the September Red Book
strange beginning Of Remember Steddon's
astonishing career. The supply is bound to be
exhausted early.
Evening star., 1921-08-30
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