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Connecticut western news., 1921-09-29

very reliable kidney medicine. Statement given September 15, 1916).
 On March 7, 1921, MT. Curtis added: "Doan's Kidney Pills are as high in my regard as they were in 1916 when I last endorsed them. Whenever little back trouble comes on or when my kidneys are out of order, use Doan's Kidney Pills and they always fix me up in the same good way. I believe in Doan's and for this reason I am glad to recom- mend them"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that MT. Curtis had. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-29
Up-to-Date Baroes.


 It Is a far cry from the Erie canal to the present barge canal of New York state, and just as far from the mule-hauled canal boat to the latest type of self-propelled barges which were recently built to run on the barge canal. These barges, five in number, were built in Duluth, and will be propelled by 140-brake-horsepower direct reversible Diesel engines. They are 25O feet long, 36-foot beam, 10-foot draft, with a displacement of 2,150 tons each. Besides being self-pro1 pelled they are all thoroughly equipped with electric auxiliaries, having cleo tric hydraulic steering gear, electric anchor windlasses, and electric cap stan. They are all electrically lighted, the electricity for the various pur- poses for which 1t Is used being pro vided on each barge by three 10-kilO- watt generators, driven by a 15-horse- power Deisel engine. The cargo ca pacities range from 1,500 to 1,750 tons each, which, to any one who remem- bers the old canal boats, will give an idea of the type of traffic to be Nx- pected on the canal.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-29
PROPERTY OWNERS ATTENTION

If you contemplate selling or hold ing an auction, consult Fahey & Randall, Sharon, Conn, they pny cash for your goods or hold sales on commission and pay you the cash when sold and assume all notes. Real estate, merchandise, personal prop erty of all kinds. Consult them If you wish assistance.
 Their many satisfied customers are their best recommendation.
 Constantly on hand and for sale. The best new milk COWS and spring CTS they cap find Let them know your wAnts
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-29
Condensation by Charles E. L. Wingate

Ek A FIERY, what girl was that in my mothers room just A ~ nOw?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
DADDY WOEFUL BACK NUMBER
How Is Ii Possible for Young America
to Look Up to a Father
Like Thls2

Dad was fOrty-five, well dressed,
evidently all business. Son was IF
teen or sixteen. Both were standing
up on an East Tenth street car.
"SOn, this fellow Ruths-Babe
Ruths you call him-is he the mascot
for the teamT
mo, dad" replied the lad with an
embarrassed grim, hes heavy hitter
for the Yankees. What made you
think he was a mascot?
"Why. Babe. you know. Babe.
thought he was little fellow. And
what is 1t you say, 'Yank'?'
mo, dad, Yanks, Yanks." Then, af-
ter a moment, disguised: Say, dad
didn't you ever hear of John Nc
Crawl"
"McGraws, McGraws. No, can't
remember that name"
The lad was visibly perturbed, and
getting closer to dad. he whispered
"Say, dad, when we get home I'll
slip 1t to you who some of these birds
are so you will know next time."-In-
dianapolis News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02

Birds" Some Illustrations of what
the birds have done are cited by the
department, as follows:
On one Utah farm infested by the
alfalfa weevil, English sparrOws alone
in one season fed to their young, it
is estimated, 5OO,OOO,OOO of the pests,
making them about one-third of the
diet of the growing birds. Sixty-siX
kinds Of birds feed on the cottOn-ball
weevil, the greatest feathered enemy
of this pest being the orchard oriOle.
A single stomach of this kind Of bird
contained, upon examination, Al boil
weevils. The green bug or wheat aphis
alsO-but let the department tell the
story:
"On a 2O0-acre farm in North Caro-
lima, where wheat, rye and oats were
severely attacked by green bugs. 1t
was found that the birds were very eff
fective I'm destroying the pests. The
outbreak was at it's height during the
migration season of such birds as the
gOldfinch and the vesper and chipping
sparrows, which, with other species on
the farm, numbered more than 5000
individuals. 1t was found that these
birds were destroying green bugs at
the rate of nearly 100000 a day, and
on days when additional f1ocks of mi
grants were present this destruction
was doubled. During the season such
numbers of birds flocked to the grain
fields that the aphis infestatiOn was
reduced by an incalculable number"
Hardly an agricultural pest exists,
the department states, but has numer-
Gus effective bird enemies For In
stance, % kinds of birds are known to
feed upon the clover weevil and a like
number on the potato beetle, SO on
the codling moth, 43 on the gypsy
moth, 40 on horseflies, 81 on billbugs
80 on clOver-root bOrerS, 9S on cut.
worms, 100 on leaf hOppers, and 1913 on
wirewOrms.
"A classic instance of the concentra'
ton of bird attack upon an army OF
insect invaders" the department says
occurred during the severe outbreaks
of the Rocky mountain locusts be
tween 1865 and 1877. SO numerous
were these voracious pests that many
places visited by them were denuded
of every green thing. A thorough in
vestigatlon was made of the relation
of birds TO the outbreak, and it was
found that practically every species
IL 4 IL n.
tiniest humming birds, from ducks and
other aquatic fowl to typical bird den
liens of the dry plains, turned to feed
ing upon locusts. In fact. most birds
gorged themselves with this abundant
supply Of food, and in doing so were
the means. in numerous cases, of saw
ing crops from destruction"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
Settlind His Doubts.

A Boston man of discriminating
taste. dining ut his favorite eating
place, ordered fricasSee chicken, took
one look at Ii and called the waiter:
when does a chicken become a
fowl here:"
The obliging waiter scowled hard
before finding his answer: "When II
is a rooster. sab it's matter
Of sex"
But the patron did not seem con-
WINGED, and the steward was sum-
moned Again the polite inquiry
When does a chicken become a fowl,
NJ
Never. sir. I'm this restaurant T.
came back the steward: and the guest
went pleasantly on with his meal
Pittsburgh Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
SMALL GIRL GOT HER WISH
Little One Took a Good Deal for
Granted, but as IL Turned Out.
She Was Justified.

My new young man took me TO call
on his sister, who was married. I
wanted TO make a good impression. so
dressed In my best dress and was on
my best behavior.
Two brothers dropped I'm, and over
heard them say they wanted to give
Fred's girl the once over"
A four-year niece administered
the finishing touch when she asked. in
a voice that could be heard In the
kitchen. when you and Uncle Fred
get married, may | be your flower
grip
The brother grinned, brother-ln-law
In the kitchen howled, while / turned
q most unbecoming red.
The youngster thought she'd waited
long enough for an answer, so she
said, MAY II
managed TO say yes, and two years
later we were. and she was.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
SIMPLE METHODS
With HEN FLOCK
Costly Building: Are Not Requil I'd
and Only Add Expense to
Maintenance Costs.
Advisable to Secure Purebred Stock
of Good Quality for Foundation
MOT Good Business to Pur-
chase Fancy Birds.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
Simple methods and simplicity in
buildings, equipment, and ratiOns have
much TO do with the success of poultry
men, according to observations and
experiments made by the United States
Department of Agriculture. There is
a mistaken idea among many mex
perienced poultry raisers that the
more elaborate the preparations made
for conducting a plant or for caring
for q small flock the better the chance
of success. The safer way is to keep
down expenses as much as possible
without interfering with the health,
comfort, and nourishment of the birds
1t is natural to take pride in fine
looking building provided with all the
refnementS that have been designed
to save labor and stimulate egg pro-
duction, but the bank balance is Of
more Importance TO the average per
son than such satisfaction. In build
cautions against the weather are fire.
quently taken. Warmth is sought at
greatly increased overhead expense by
putting in double walls, double floors.
interlaid paper, ceilings, etc., when
single thickneSses well laid to pre-
vent drafts are sufficient except in
localities where the winters are ex-
tremely severe.
No Need for ventiIating Systems.
Complicated and costly ventilating
systems are sometimes used when just
as good results would be obtained In
the production of eggs by using WIN
dows and open fronts, closed when
necessary by glass and cloth. Wood
has been found the best material for
house construction in most cases, al
though satisfactory buildings of other
materials are in use. Concrete makes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02

even with telescopes as much more
powerful than the biggest ones now in
use as the latter are stronger than the
naked eye.
So careful an astronomer as Agnes
NJ Clarke tells us that skiff in
vast, unfurrOwed ocean could not
be more utterly alone than is our solar
system in its little corner Of the uni
verse. She continues:
"Yet the sun is DO isolated body. To
each individual of the unnumbered
stars Strewing the armament, down to
the faintest speck of light, ii
stands in some kind of relationship"
SpectroscOpic studies and sky Oh
servation alike tell us that our sun
and his family are all headed in a
great migration across the sky to-
ward q point between the constella-
lions of Hercules and Lyra.
The speed with which we are trav-
second. The velocity of an artillery
shell is around 5000 feet a second
that Of the sun Is $1,000 feet. An
artillery shell with the velocity of the
solar system through space would, ac-
cording TO Kippax. penetrate a sheet
| of steel four city blocks thick.
Is our great family journey through
space along a straight road, or is it
revolving around some greater body,
even as the earth revolves around the
sun and the moon around the earth?
| The astronomer tells us frankly that
If the sun has an orbit It's curve as yet
defies detection.
Star Cluster in Hercules.
A faint idea of the stupendous num-
Der of stars that dot the sky and the
staggering distance that separate them
| from our earth may be obtained from
fuzzy little speck of light in the con-
stellation of Hercules. 1t is visible
TO the unaided eye only on the clear
est nights; but train a high-powered
| telescope on Il and you will see one
Of the finest star clusters in all the
| heavens.
Ritchey's photograph of this cluster,
taken with the big 60-inch Mount Will
son reflector, discloses that ii is made
up of more than $4,000 stars, very
many Of them as big and as bright as
our own sun. How far away they are
cannot be said, for they are too re-
mote for measurement with the finest
| instruments yet devised It is GER
tain, however, that they are at least
so distant that the light coming TO the
earth from them this year may have
started on its hurting journey through
| space about the time Of Joshua's con-
quest of Jericho.
a glance to another spot in the
armament will afford a weak sugges-
ton of the tremendous age Of the uni
verse. The central star Of the sword
of Orion appears to the naked eye as
merely n dim little fellow that might
be passed without a thought But
telescope discloses IL as the most
magnificent nebula i'm the heavens. It's
diameter is thought To be 20.OO0OO0
times greater than that of our sun.
When the sweet singer of Israel
sang that "the heavens declare the
| glory Of God and the armament shew-
eth His Handiwork," he had never
seen more than 5000 stars. With the
latest Mount Wilson reflector 800 0O0.-
600 write themselves upon the photo
graphic plate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
The Block Signals
fire Working-

In some respects, human experience
is like railroading.
Every moment of the business and
social day the block signals are giving
right of way to keenness and alertness
while the slow and the heavy must
wait ON the sidetrack for their chance
to move forward.
The ability to Ego through" and to
"get there" depends much on the poise of
body, brain and nerves that comes with
correct diet and proper nourishment.
That's why SO many choose Grape.
Nuts for breakfast and lunch. Served
with cream or milk it is completely
nourishing, partly pre-digested, and it
supplies the vital mineral salts 50
necessary to full nutrition.
GraPe-Nuts has a rich, delightful
flavor, is ready to serve on the instant
and is distinctly the food for mental
and physical alcrtness and speed. At
all grocers.
~Ihere's Reason"
for Grape-Nuts
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02

q good floor If built over n well-drained
foundation, but If the poultry house is
built entirely of this material Ii is
liable to be too damp.
TONES and various concOtions add
10 the expense of maintaining many
fiocks when they might very well be
eliminated. Plenty of feed Of the
quarters make the best health regula-
tors and are unequaled as stimulants
Of egg production. II has been the
experience of poultry raisers that a
sick hen is best treated by an applica-
ton of the Ratchet.
Strange to say, the inexperienced
person who is tempted 10 spend money
for unnecessary construction in the
house and superfluous equipment is
often inclined TO be niggardly when it
comes 10 paying out money for the
foundation OF his flock, prices for
market poultry serving as his guide
as to what is the proper price to pay
IL is not good business to pay fancy
prices 10 obtain birds of the highest
excellence for II takes an experienced
poultryman TO realize on their pos
sibilities
If the location of poultry business
is a matter of choice, there are num-
Der of things TO be considered. Often
the proximity of good or special
market for eggs and chickens will
determine the selection.
Rule for Figuring Expenses.
II Is sometimes rather troublesome
for the owner Of a poultry flock to
determine with much accuracy Just
what 1t costs him TO maintain flock
OF laying hens. Experience derived
from the egg-laying contests conducted
by the Farm bureau at Santa Cruz.
has resulted in the formulation of a
rule that should be useful in arriving
at the approximate cost. This rule
may be expressed as follows: All
OF the expense for maintaining flock
Of laying hens apart from the cost
OF grain and mash but including mis-
cellaneous supplies. interest on invest
ment. depreciation. all labor but that
Of the owner, etc, amounts 10 ap-
prOximately two-thirds OF the cost OF
the grain and mash. In other words.
the cost of the grain and mash is 60
per cent and all other expenses 40
per cent OF the total.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
"Powerizing" the Farm

Greater production, the more
astute application of good bust
ness methods. the sterilization
of agricultural economics. will
put farming-America's basic
industry-On a sound and sub
Stantial foundation; if-as the
closest students believe-im-
proved machinery and refined
sources Of power will increase
production. lower costs. snd cut
some OF the peaks and valleys
out Of rhe farmers PHOTOGRAPH.
then the steady "powerizatiCn"
of the American farm is inevi-
table.-Secretary Wallace.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
Did Lock Bad.

"Oh. yes. we are engaged TO be mar
ried next spring; but / fear she has
not that utter confidence in me that
comes with perfect love-"
"Why sof"
well. when a fellow looks back and
sees her testing the diamond in her
engagement ring on the window pane
don't you think he has good caiise &c
feel bit dubious?'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
IMPORTANCE OF VENTILATION
Uncomfortable Housing Is Given az
Cause Of Freezing Of Combs and
Scarcity of Eggs.

1t is not So much the cold as the
humidity that causes the freezing If
chickens combs and the winter laying
strike that results from uncomfortable
housing. Proper ventilation is given
as the most important consideration
In housing poultry for the winter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
BIRDS effective IN
DESTROYING INSECTS
English SparroWs Devour Alfalfa
Weevil in Utah.
Greatest Feathered Enemy Of Cotton
Boil Weevil Is Orchard Oriole-
Green Bugs Killed in North
Carolina Fields.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture)
Mobilization of the wild birds. an
army of the air that allies itself with
man to fight crop pests. nearly always
follows the presence of large numbers
Of insects that prey upon growing
plants. Their aid In stamping out the
menace is almost incalculable. says the
biological survey, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, in Yearbook
Separate, Farm Help From the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
Sure Cure.

Mr.. Yearwed-Pshawi Breakfast
has been late every morning this week
Can't you do something TO get Bridget
up on time?
Mrs Yearwed-I did get her an
alarm clock.
Mr.. Yearwed-Yes, l know, but
alarm clocks don't always 60 off. Why
not lend her the baby?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02

About the only work some office
holders do Is work for reelection.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02

Red Cross Ball Blue should be used
I'm every home. IT makes clothes white
as snow and never Injuries the fabric.
All good grocers-Advertisem
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-12-02
Letter to the Dean.

MY son will be unable TO attend
school today, as he has just shaved
himself for the first time" North
western Cauldron.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-25
FINE ST. PATRICK'S DAY
PROGRAM

The annual st. Patrick's supper
and entertainment of the Ladies
Guild of Christ Episcopal church was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
ID. E. Crane, Pine and King streets
The program was novel and pleasing
Miss Elsie Billiard sang "There's a
Typical Tipperary Over Here"
SLIDER; Miss Pauline Setback gave a
violin solo mighty LAX a Rose
Nevin; Miss Tessie Newman gave
Needham's "Irish Lullaby" and Mrs.
w. E. Billiard sang ireland the Foot
stool of God" Miss Florence Edith
Wilcox gave several songs illustrated
by short talk and J. hurry Acker
sang "Song of the Canoe" Gilbert
and "An Irish Lullaby" Shannon, in
his beautiful tenor voice.
Miss Adelaide Ellis appeared at
tired in an Irish costume and her
dancing was heartily encored. Mr..
Crane added much amusement by his
stories relating to Irishmen. Miss
Lucille Osmer gave two readings,
"What Father Knows" and "Mrs.
Malone and the Censor" Miss Lena
Gregory acted as accompanist.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-25
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Johnson of De.
troit, are visiting at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A F. Hollis,
North Ball street,
MIR and Mrs. Frank Mack of Detroit
who formerly lived in Owosso. are here
with the intention of removing to
Owosso again.
New Lothrop high school Won the
Glass G basket ball title at the Mt.
Pleasant tourney. defeating Hemlock
II tn 0, aud winning from Cliffor 13
to
A drop of one cent in the price of
bread, lowering the price from fourtee n
cents to thirteen C, Mt, will be made by
several Owosso bakeries next Mond, v
morning. While all of the bakers have
not decided to change their prics so far.
competition will probably force the
price down to the new figure through.
out the city.
Miss Lolita E. Cook, aged "a, daugh.
ter OF Mr. and Mrs. Chris Cook. 900
Prindle street, died Wednesday She
had been in poor health for long time
and her condition had grown critical in
the last few days. The funeral will be
held at 1:3O o'clock Friday afternoon at
the home, and at o'clock at the Evan.
gelical church.
The board of education will submit
contracts tosteachers in the city schools
next week. Although there are certain
to be some changes in the staff, the mum.
Der that will not be here next year is not
expected to be large. The board has in
the last year or two raised the salaries
to point where they compare favor.
ably with those paid in other cities of
this siza, and no general cut is planned.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-25
ANNUAL SWEET CLOVER
SHOWS STATE INCREASE.
New Crop Attracts Attention of
Farmers-M. A. c. Sending Out
Seed Samples and Infor-
nation.

East Lansing, Mich, March o.
Information regarding the culture OF
Hubam Glover, a new crop commonly
known as Annual White Sweet Clo-
yer, is being distributed to Michigan
farmers in a circular just issued at
the Michigan Agricultural College.
Small seed samples-enough to plant
short single row in the garden for
increase purposes-are also being
sent out to interested growers.
Hubam Clover has attracted wide
spread interest in the state during
the last year, the crop holding great
prospects for the future. 1t is an
annual spring planted sweet clover,
making hay by midsummer and seed
by fall. The new clover is of recent
origin, but gives promise of filling
an important place in the crop list
of Michigan agriculture.
The bulletin giving information on
handling and cultural methods for
the crop has been edited by Pro-
fessors Cox, Spragg, and Down of
the M. A. c. farm crops department,
and is known as Experiment Station
Circular, Number 45. 1t can be had
on request, as can the small increase
seed samples.
Large increases of the seed are be-
ing made through the Michigan Crop
Improvement association.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-25
Mr.. r.. @. King Tells a Wonderful
Story About Rats. Road Il.

For months my place was alive with
rats. Losing chickens. eggs. feed.
Friend told me to try RAT-SNAP.
did. Somewhat disappointed at first
not seeing many dead rats, but In a few
days didn't see live one. What were
not killed are not around nv place
RAT-SNAP sure does the trick" Three
sizes. 3oc CSC, 80. Sold and guAran.
teed by Sprague & Co. mar
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-25

WANTED-A first. class dry goods
man window trimmer; good ste dy job;
must have good references. Address
w. 8. Proud, Alma. Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-25

WANTED-Successful experienced re.
sponsible farm manager. For full par
ticulars send &c for recent Issue.
The Courier, Addison, Mich.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-02-24
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