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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Itemize your bill: The world owes
its best to every man and can well
afford to honor any draft properly
audited and presented during office
hourse. Its treasures are vast and
inexhaustible and fate, the cashier,
hath no option but to pay if the in
voice be in due form.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Aristocrat (returning to schooD "
"My ancestors came over on the
Mayfower." The new girl-"That's
nothing; my father came back from
Europe on the same ship with Mary
Pickford."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Avoid the man who is constantly
stirring up strife. He is is too dan
gerous for any community to har-
Dor. He will destroy the peace of
business men and foul the nest in
which he has housed. His hand is
against every man, while his treach-
erous tongue will SANDER everybody
who will not encourage him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
TAKE BE-EL-EN-KAY-OR
(B. L. and K. R.)

A mild laxative-a fine liver reg
olator. A safe home remedy for
men, women and children. 1t sim
ply does the work. One bottle $1.00
or six bottles $500, prepaid. For
sale by W. M. Bly,, Winchester, KY.
(3-t-t-3-1) -
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23
Wonderful Results.

New Arrival Ito manager Of sana.
torium)-Are the baths here really al
wonderful as stated
Manager - Yes. SIR. Absolutely
Look at that lady over yonder; when
she came here she walked with two
canes and now she walks with tive
heutenants.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Jazz is blamed for nearly every
thing, including the failure of dry
agents to enforce the prohibition
laws.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Adam got his start in a garden,
and town men who have emulated
him a lot since have also had hard
luck with their garden spots be-
cause of a disposition to loaf on the
Job.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

A statistician says the country is
suffering from shortage of $4,000
plumbers. That's nothing to the
shortage that plumbers customers
aresuffering from.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Poets write a great deal about the
dawn, but most poets we have ever
known never get up before 9 or 10
o'clock in the morning.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Add up your talk and you will dis
cover that if you had refrained
from saying half the things you did
yesterday the world would be just
as well off today.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

The road to destruction is 80 wide
it behooves us all to be on the look
out. 1t is much easier to travel the
road OF prosperity if we ever get
on the right trail.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Don't stop to measure happiness,
but if you do, don't worry when it
runs over the rim-for some poor
soul will get it on the lonesome way.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

We have quit worshipping great
heroes who live long way off. In
stead in the future we shall worship
the good citizens around home.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

A man man never realizes what a
boob he was until he reads one of
his love letters after he has been
married about ten years.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Mighty bad to fall by the wayside,
but it's worse than bad to lie there
and boiler, when you might rise and
run
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Of course you know better now
revelation follows acts in Other
books than the Bible.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Sometimes a mans house is his
castle, and sometimes it is his kim
folks headquarters.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-23

Holdup men may eventually do
what police are unable to do-make
soft drink places unpopular.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
ILLINOIS LEADS IN BUILDING
State Constructed 341 Miles Of Perrna.
nent Hard Roads In 1920, Setting
New Record.

One Of the most interesting develop
ments Of the last ten or fifteen wear,
has been the complete rehabilitation
OF the road, In Its age-long role as one
Of ME chief means Of communication
The years that interviewed between the
coming of the railway and the coming
Of the motOrcar saw q great silence
and a great quiet settle down over vast
numbers Of the worlds highways, saws
Christian Science Monitor. The motor.
car, however, has changed all that.
and today states and countries ara
vying with one another In the matter
OF road building, as to both quantity
and quality All honor, therefore to
the state Of Illinois with Its 34l miles
OF new permanent hard roads, last
year, "a record for such construction
ll any state In the Union prior to
1920" =
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
COW WILL INCREASE INCOME
Animal Is Most Efficient Money M,k.,
on Farm and ls Entitled to Good
Treatment,

p. A. Hanson, dairy extension ana.
cialist at University farm, renews The
inquiry, Are you keeping cows or ara
they keeping you" In a collection a.
feeding suggestions recently issued bv
him.
Put the COW to work." he saws
"and she Is the most efficient MONEY
maker on the farm today. A COW nro.
ducing Is pounds Of 4 per cent min
daily makes one pound Of butterfat
q day, worth about 50 cents. This
COW needs ratlons and hay and silape
which should not cost more than *
cents daily, leaving IS cents daily
above the cost Of her feed. Where can
you invest your time and efforts TO hot.
ter advantage? Give your cows =
chance. They are all capable Of doino
better when properly ted"
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09

at this point, but they can be made
with equal success In less valuable
parts, such as the flank or auxiliary
space, where there Is loose connective
tissue that readily abs0rbs the serum.
In making an auxiliary injection the
front legs should be spread apart SO
as to stretch the superficial muscles
between the legs, and the needle should
be directed SO as to avoid the muscles
Of the shoulder.
1t is desirable to make the intec-
lions at a point that will make drain
age easy should an abscess form. Sc
rum should never be injected into a
mass Of fatty tissue, as 1t is not suffl.
GENTLY absorptive. Although the ser.
GUS membrane lining In the abdom-
inal cavity takes up serum readily, ab-
dominal injections are not recommend.
ed because Of the danger Of p0nctur-
. b =
Ing the Internal organs with the
needle or of carrying infection into the |
cavity.
Small pigs and shotes up to 50 |
pounds in weight may be held up by
the hind legs, with the forefeet rest.
Ing on the ground, and the injection
made into the loose tissue of the flank.
A pig so held Is in a good position for
me taking Of temperature, cleansing
ne area OF operation, and making the
injection. Farmers Bulletin SS4
which has been recently reprinted, con.
aims full information regarding hogI
'holera and the methods Of control.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
INJECTING SWINE IN
FLANK MEANS SAVING
Use Of Ham or Shoulder Often
Results in Infection.
Department Of Agriculture Urges Vet.
erinarians to Avoid Possibility Of
Injury by Selection Of Some
Other Place.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Complaints from packers indicate
that there are still many veterinarians
and farmers who persist in immuniz.
Ing hogs against cholera by making
injections in the ham or shoulder, a
practice that often results in infection
and the formation of deep assesses in
the hams and shoulders where the Sc
rum and virus We're injected, The
United States Department of Agricul-
t've has long advised against using
those parts as points of injection, and
the department veterinarians are in.
structed to avoid the possibility of such
injury by selecting some other place.
The ham has been favored as a place
for making the injections because they
can be made more rapidly and easily
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
Board To Sell Dock

Board To Sell Docks. &
Washington Thirteen Of ~
ping Boards drydocks on thes1
ic seaboard and the Gulf ha1g
turned over to vice president
In charge of sales. to be sold ]
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09

that some heartless mother wrapped
her baby n anewspaper and placed i
On the doorstep Of 4 suburban "a.
dence' Then she touched ne ben and
disappeared.
When the servant did come she
found the baby sitting cross.lsered
readins tie sporting nsWs Laadon
Answsrk ''' B
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
Copyright, Western Newspaper Union

that even with an ideal personnel an
a perfect organization it is doubtful
If the high degree Of economy AM
efficiency that characterizes privat
business can ever be attained in tn
government Offices This Is so becaus
economies made by government OIL
Gals are not transformed into divi
dends for themselves as they are il
private business.
There is an impression in congress
and throughout the country that mel
of great ability are not found In gov
eminent service; that the salaries are
not sufficient to attract and hold them
On the contrary, there are a great
many people of distinguished ability
in the government service. One is
more and more impressed by that fact,
especially since the war sent to Wash.
ington SO many men Of large means
and famous names with whom the
government employees could be COM
pared. The comparison was time and
again to the advantage Of the govern.
ment employee. But the salaries are
not the attraction; 1t Is the work it.
self. This is well understood by some
eminent observers Of public life. Sec
rotary Of State Hughes declared him.
self as follows before the advisory
committees of the war risk insurance
bureau: .,...
It has been my experience that with
the higher officers, the officers Of greater
institutions, where efficiency is rewarded
by public representation-whil the field
is limited one because Of the great op-
portunity to men Of ability-it is still en-
tirely possible to draw to the public serv-
ice men Of great ability and distinction,
because Of the desire to render public |
service and the number Of men who are
available for that purpose, while rela-
lively small, Is still sufficient If the ap-
pointing officer wants men Of that class.
In order to obtain them, however, he
must give free field. He must not in-,
terfere as to political action to control
administration tendencies and must per-
nit them to be given the reward which
J well-conducted Office Of Importance will
give to It's incumbent In the public esti-
nation.
Now the difficulty increases when you
,as5 those heads that get the credit ard
'ome to the technical expert who has
,ot to do the regular work and upon
whose efficiency the operation Of the de-
artment finally depends. These men are
title known. The public hasn't time even
0 learn their names. They are interested
q work to q degree Of being willing to
rake sacrifices
There Is active competition for men Of
rains and great ability Of that sort, and
he government will never be served UNI
'ss 1t pays the price for those men. Now [
think that Is plain situation. You ,
lay be able to get director in the bu.
sau Of war risk insurance for 5000 q
ear. or for nothing at all, but you can
OF get an actuary. You cannot get In
lrance men. You cannot get superin- .
'ndents That would be my Judgment.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
70 Curb Car Thieves.

TO Curb Car Thelves, u
Parsons. Kans.-John Wall
dent OF the Kansas branch Of y
Horse Theft Association, is !
on 9 plan for radiophone conf!
ton between sub-branches o. I
der IN efforts to check motor =
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
TEMPERATURE Of
MILK IMPORTANT
Results Of Experiments Obtained
by Dairy Experts Explain
Why Product Sours. /
SURFACE COOLER IS FAVORED
Coolest Water obtainable Should Be
Used and Cans Set in Well In.
suIated Tank-Protection
Needed In Shipping.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Milk of ordinary quality held at "a
degrees Fahrenheit, temperature not
uncommon in the summer, soured in
IS hours, while the same quality of
milk held at S. degrees kept sweet
for 80 hours, and at 10 degrees for
1SO hours. These results were OBJ
tanned in an experiment carried on
by the dairy division, United States
department Of Agriculture, to deter
mine the effect of temperature on the
milk; and the results explain in q large
measure why milk which has not been
cooled on the farmland kept cold
often is sour when 1t arrives at its
destination.
The best and quickest way to cool
milk to SO degrees Fahrenheit IS over
a surface cooler. Use the coolest wa.
ter available, and then set the cans
Of milk in a ,well.insulated tank filled
with water below 40 degrees Fahren-
helt' A 10-gallon can of milk preceded
with water at IS degrees Fahrenheit
and set in a tank of ice water at 81 |
degrees Fahrenheit was cooled at so
degrees in 20 minutes. > |
The use Of a surface cooler is es.
pecially necessary when the time be-
tween milking and shipping is short.
II warm milk is run over a surface
cooler, and then set ia q tank of wa.
:er cooled with ice to 40 degrees
or below, it should not be
1lhhcult to cool milk to 80 degrees
within an hour after 1t leaves the COW.
because preceding with q surface
'ooler Is not practiced and Ice Is not
'ut into the cooling tank before the
milk, much milk reaches the shipping ,
tation in summer at so high q temper.
lure that It sours on the way to the :
ity. :
On many farms the water used for !
ooling milk comes from the general :
forage tank or from a spring. The .
Of such water when it +
caches the cooling tank is much high. ;
! than when It leaves the well or =
)ring. Well Or spring water that has
temperature Of from so degrees to ),
degrees Fahrenheit frequently is :,
armed up to 70 degrees or Is degrees -
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
XII.
WHY GOOD MEN QUIT

"AAA S~~D NAAAN wa
Go today INTO the Treasury depar
ment, the Department of Agriculture
the Department of Commerce, or int
any other establishment of the govern
ment doing important technical work
and they will tell you that their chic
difficulty Is to retain competent EN-
ployees In the supervisory and tech
nical positions. Their turnover Is alb
4. normally high in these positions.
Every day men leave the servic,
to accept private employment at ma
terially increased salaries, so that thu
departments are continuously going
through process Of selecting ant
training executives and technical en-
Dioyees, only to lose them, as they be-
eore really valuable, on account OF
the inadequacy Of their compensation
The second factor which contrib.
utes to the present ineffectiveness of
the government as a business estab.
lishment Is found In the improper Or
ganization Of the executive branch of
the government for effective service.
You are familiar, at least In a general
way, with the defects Of the present
administrative machinery.
You know for example, that the In
terror department now has Jurisdiction
over a great number Of bureaus of a
miscellaneous character that have
nothing to do with each other or with
the functions which the Interior de-
partment was originally established to
perform.
You know that many agencies have
been located In the Treasury depart
ment, the great fiscal department Of
the government, which are purely non.
fiscal In character, such as the coast
guard, the public health service, the
supervising architects Office and the
bureau Of war risk insurance.
Yon know that the great bulk Of
the civil public works Of the govern
ment are executed under the super.
vision Of the War department, although
the bureau Of, public roads Is located |
ID the Department Of Agriculture, and |
the reclamation service in the Depart
ment Of the Interior
You know, furthermore, Of the In.
dependent existence outside the Juris-
1lttion Of any Of the great executive
departments Of some 40Lodd boards,
sctnmlssions, Offices and bureaus.
These are merely examples Of a con-
Hilton that would require volumes to
lescribe fully, but It is generally
InOwn that the executive branch Of the
government Is at the present time T.
oyically and uneconomically organ.
sed Id many important particulars.
+ should be remembered, however,
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09

! The employees are recruited und
9 a law which provides q test
qualifications, and probably nine.tentl
OF the rank and file have satisfactory
passed the entrance test. But tt
better positions, say from $1,000 Vi
! ward, are usually occupied by polite,
appointees. Another considerable
: group OF employees get their apboin
ments BY executive order, waivin
ciyil-service tests Of fitness.
| The newcomer In the service, there
fore, finds himself up against a min
mum Of opportunity for promotion
with the disheartening knowledge tina
the advancement which is earned b,
competence is all too likely to be give
to the friend OF political supporter o
some congressman or executive VIII,
wishes 70 pay q political debt. Ant
the employee Is subject to dismissa
at the will Of the executive Of his de
partment, unless he can bring sufficien,
political influence to bear.
In other words, the civll-service law
is not backed up BY enforcing power 10
the Civil Service commission. Il
merely recruits the applicants for en-
trance. Thereafter the employees
fate Is largely a matter Of his own
luck and negative passive merit. There
is no system by which be may be
fitted to the JOB, and no protection
against dismissal, unless the employee
himself can show that the reason Is
political or religious. "For the good
Of the service as the law reads.
covers every other charge which the
executive official may bring. There IS
no court Of appeal.
Such Is the oppressive, .lncentlyeless
vitiating atmosphere Of the govern.
lnent service. It stiles initiative.
illustrates ambitions and reduces the
mass Of employees to d more OF less
passive state, which Is permeate] BY
sense Of fear.
10 such an atmosphere, naturally
enough, the physical conditions Of en-. |
ployment are far from what thew
shonld be, and the government loses
as does any other employer |
where the wage scale is Inadequate |
md unstandardixed, where sanitary
conditions are bad and hours Of WORK I
90 long and irregular.
The wage scale Is 20 low that the
avil Service commission has difficulty
. securing properly qualified app,i.
ants. and throughout The service the
urnover Il high. Employees doing
ne salne kind Of work often receive
'ldely different rates Of pay; &.
workers often receive less !,
9en beginners, and virtually etery
Ind Of inequality and injustice eri,ts
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
Milk Should Be coo,ec immediste,y
After L 10 Drawn.

fahrenheit before It reaches the cool.
ing tank.
Even under the best conditions. milk
transported during hot weather usual
y is several degrees warmer by the
time It reaches the railroad station
10 show the Importance Of protect.
ing milk in transit during hot weather.
four ten.gallon cans Of milk cooled to
- degrees Fahrenheit were hauled 10
miles from a farm to- the railroad sta.
ton. Can No. l was an insulated TYNE
No. 2 was an ordinary can covered
with a one-inch felt ticket; No. 8 was
covered with a half-inch felt tacket
ana NO. was an ordinary, unprotect.
ed can. During the "Trip, with the air
temperature at 80 degrees Fahrenheit
the milk in the insulated can rose one
degree 10 temperature, the milk In the
cans protected with jackets rose six
degrees. and the milk In the unprotect.
Cd can rose 20 degrees. The cans
were then shipped BY rail ia an ordi.
nary baggage car for more than 100
miles at an average air temperature
Of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. to
study the eject on the milk. In the |
unprotected can the milk had reached |
9 temperature Of 60 degrees Fahren. !
melt 70 two hours, or after Il had tray.
eled about ten miles from the farm
lDefore reaching the railroad tho
MIX 70 the can covered with the hall.
men jacket reached 60 degrees Fahren.
nett only after 1lA hours, or about 2es
nlles Of travel; the can Covered with
ne one-inch jacket Travelled for r.
lours. Or about S32 miles, before
' ! go degrees. Fahrenheit. and
ne mllk Ia the insulated can did not
each 60 degrees Fahrenheit until A..
e = hours Or $50 miles Of trayel.
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
inspect. ne call.r

It pays to examine thu, root c,o,,.
~. lns cellar and 70 throw away eyery.
mlns that y rottins. Rot Is very con.
taslous. and = little care now Nm
oflng through tho winter bushels tint
would otherwise tau even to mako
yood hog feed. >,'''4e
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
Stolen Jewelry Found.

st. Louis Three cases contil
diamonds and jewelry answers
description Of those reported I
oy Lew Kane, Representative
Michael Levy, manufacturing 81
OF New York, were found BY aIs
Dermaid Of a local hotel here, u
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
No Leases For lam.

Washington. Secretary Fail /
Ing to an inquiry from . Japaas
ISOLATION Of Wapata, Wash, re6l
the opportunity Of It's membeIS|
ing lands in the Yakima Indian
walton, said all Indian AGENT &
been notified that leases nj
confined to American citizen. q
The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-03-09
VIEW OF THE EMPLOYEE

The obvious solution Of the COVER
inents employment problem Is Il
Standardization and readjustment
salaries. To be scientific, such r
adjustment must rest upon caref,
fetlGssi8catlon Of the service. Coz
0itions are very different now, bot
u regard to the functions Of Office
and the cost Of living, from what the
were when positions in the govern
ment service we're first classified ant
salaries assigned to those positions
i struck me that On interested bart,
q this inquiry into how the govern
nient conducts Its business was thu
employee himself. He ought to know
from actual daily experience some
thing about the mechanism Of the
national business and the relations be.
tween the working force and employer
Il was clearly impossible to talk to
TIE more than 5OO, 900 men and women
Who work for the government, but
leArned that between $1,000 and CO..
GO Of them are banded together In an
association called the National Fedora
ton Of Federal Employees, It Is a
Z Snrypslnn lslnw ,s,io,. ..J u np,tA,