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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
Eddie Is in Bad With His Stepmother

HICAGO.-An injunction restrain
~ ing his aged stepmother, Mrs. Min
ME Raul, 2524 North Francisco ave
nue.. from "shrieking carrying on. hol-
iering. rapping furniture with her
cane, or otherwise moleSting him was
granted Edward r. Raul. wealthy glue
manufacturer living nj los East Della
ware place. by Judge Ira Ryner.
According 10 the petition, the senior
Mrs. Raul. now nearly seventy-five,
was the second wife OF the late Adolph
Raul. who died several years ago. leav-
ing an estate estimated nj over 81 ,Oo0.-
600.
Kaurs son Inherited the entire es-
tate. The admission Of the will 10 pro-
bate was bitterly fought by the wild
ow. In "a effort 10 avoid further liti-
CATION Raul entered into an agree
ment whereby the income from a ma
jor portion of the estate was settled
on the widow during her lifetime. Re
Gently she has persisted In charging
that Raul has mismanaged her inter
est" In the estate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
GIVE YOUR BEES NEEDED AIR
Reversible Bottom Board Furnishes
Either Narrow or Wide Entrance
as May Be Desired.

1t is too much to ask of a hard
working bee that it hang outside the
hive during its hours of rest because
the interior of the hive is too hot and
poorly ventilated. Zone remedy is to
tip up the front of the hive one inch
from the base board. using a taper
ing splinter or wedge under each
SIDE" says A. c. Burrell, extension
entomologist of the Missouri College
of Agriculture "Or buy a reversible
bottom board, which furnishes either
narrow or wide entrance as desired.
We do not advise setting the supers
back a half-inch as this artificial ven
tilation interferes with the tanning
bees. Keep your bees in a good shady
location for the hot summer months"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
POCKET GOPHERS ARE
MENACE TO FARMERS
Neighborhood Party Plan Sue
cesSfuI in Nebraska.
Eradication of Pests Difficult Unless
All Farms in the Community Are
Cleaned Up in One Campaign
plan Outlined.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
The neighbOrhO0d party idea has
been successfully applied TO gopher
elimination in Furnas county, Ne
braska, under the direction of a spe-
cialist of the biological survey and the
extension agent in cooperative work
of the United States Department of
Agriculture and the State College Of
Agriculture.
The eradication of pocket gOpherS is
very difficult unless all the farms in a
district are cleaned up in one cam.
paign A district two or three miles
long is selected by the county agent
and farmers in this district are in.
vited TO a gopher poisoning party. =
full attendance is usually secured.
The morning session is given to a
demonstration in cutting the bait and
applying the poison. Sufficient bait is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
Going to Rehabiitate Soviet Russia

up $500 or more TO cover the expenses
of the trip. In Riga the travellers
stayed at the best hotels and pur-
chased great quantities Of seed grain.
Each member signed up to remain in
Russia two years. and If he is dissatis-
fed at the end of that time he may
return To America with all expenses
paid and. In addition. receive a certain
allowance for his labor.
I'm q statement given out by VanhOf-
fen. IL was set forth that the plan Is
TO strike directly at the heart of Rus
sia's Industrial problem. the lack of
skilled workers and machinery, by inn
porting them direct from the United
States. They are TO operate coal mines
In the KuZnets basin and the Nadej-
denski steel plant in the Ural noun
tains region.
The contingent was made up of Rus
slams. Firms, CZechoSlOvaks, Germans,
Scandinavians. Hungarians, Jews and
Irish, all of whom have lived in the
United States several years. and sew
eral native-bOrn Americans from vari-
Gus parts of the country. There was
one three-months-old baby brought by
its father and mother.
The party had clothing for several
years and four carloads of American
food
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
A Word for mothers-in-Law.

A Pennsylvania preacher blames
mothers-in-law for 10 per cent of the
matrimonial disasters and refers TO
them as "mother-out-laws." We ven
ture to say mothers-in-law and fathers
in-law have done more to prevent mat
rlmonial shipwrecks than all the law
and the gospels. asserts Capper's
Weekly. The old folks know the reefs
and how To steer by them. and they
wish the young folks TO have a pros
porous and reasonably happy voyage.
Iothers-in-law and fathers-in-law are
the beacon lights OF the matrimonial
sea. They shine on every dangerous
shore and certainly the world never
had greater need for them than al
present.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
DAMAGE DONE TO
Grain BY MOTHS
Insects Can Be Destroyed by
Use of Heat or by Fumiga-
ton With Poisonous Gases.
CARBON DiSULPHID IS BEST
by Exercising Proper Precautions
infestations in Field Can Be Re-
duced-ThorouehIy Clean Old
Bins and Granaries.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agrtculture.)
Most of the damage done by insects
TO grain in storage and shipment is due
to four species, the granary weevil, the
rice or black weevil. the lesser grain
borer or Australian weevil, and the An
goumois grain moth. according to
Farmers Bulletin 1850, Common
Grain Pests" prepared by Il. A. Back
and r. T. Cotton and just published by
the United States Department of Az
riculture Others of the 40 species or
groups of species described in the bui-
letin can cause great damage If storage
conditions are unusually favorable for
their increase.
Remedial measures are mentioned
only briefly in the bulletin. The in
sects, it is said. can be destroyed by
the use Of heat, or by fumigation with
poisonous gases. A temperature of
100 degrees to 100 degrees, Fahrenheit,
maintained for a short time. will kill
all stages of grain-infesting insects,
without injury to the terminating
qualities of the grain. Carbon disul-
phid, carbon tetrachlOrid and hydrOcy-
anic-acid gas are the fumigants in most
common use today in treating infested
grain OF these, carbon disulphid is
the best for treating grain In the bulk.
1t is said. Information on this subject
is contained in other publications of
the department.
Prevent infestation.
Infestation of grain in the field can
not be entirely prevented, but, by
proper precautions, it can be reduced
to minimum, the bulletin points out.
The first generation of insects in the
maturing grain is usually small, and If
the grain Is cut as soon as ripe,
threshed as soon as dry, and then
placed in clean, deep bins, the damage
from this source will be slight.
1t Is when the grain is left in the
field long after it is ripe that serious
infestation results, for the insects in
crease in one or two generations to
enormous numbers. In the case of
corn in the field only ears damaged
through carelessneSS in shucking, so
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
TOOK ODD BELIEF FOR FACT
Description by Aristotle of Birds That
Never Existed Makes Humor-
Gus Reading Today

Aristotle was one OF the greatest
minds of all time. His philosophical
deductions and reasoning powers have
never been surpassed, but like many
another great genius he often made
the mistake of accepting common sup
positions for truth. He was not him.
self an observer. and his dependence
upon the observation of others often
led him into ridiculous errors. He
wrote in this fashion concerning the
phoenix. a fabulous bird which never
existed.
The Philippians and Indians tell US
Of birds of varied cOlOring and indie
scribable; of the phoenix of Arabia,
most noteworthy of all. Ii is de-
scribed to be of the size of an eagle,
with golden sheen about the neck but
purple otherwise. varied with roseate
feathers on a tail of blue, and with
tufts identifying the face and
feathery crown and head Manlius
says that in Arabia ii is considered
sacred 10 the sun and lives for $50
years. When il grows old it makes
itself a nest of cassis and twigs of
frankincense. In this il dies. Then
from its bones and marrow is pro-
duced what seems a small worm, but
ii afterward becomes chick"
OF the pelican he wrote: when
they find their young killed by SER
pent they mourn and beat themselves
upon their sides. and with the blood
discharged they thus bring back to life
the bodies of the dead
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23

Since a Spanish play, produced at
the Opera Comique depicted dane
ing in churches Parisians believe
that dancing in such establishments in
Spain * quite fashionable, only they
themselves would be against such at
fractions in France. Nevertheless
there exists a church in France where
one day in the year-Saint Marcers
day dancing is allowed in the village
church At Barjols. they kill a calf
and cook il in the church and eat IL
there After the meal the choir makes
way for a local orchestra, which hits
UP the liveliest fox trots and SHIN
mics. and couples gayly whirl around
a floor shorn OF it's pews and chairs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23

@ ACRAMENTO, CALIF.-At the
~ opening of the recent celebration
here of the seventy-fifth anniversary
of the coming OF Capt. John a. Suffer,
founder of the city, Gov. William ID.
Stephens addressed his words not TO
a "sea of faces" but 10 forest of
whiskers." And now the question is:
"How many of the boards will stay?"
You see the Forty-niners all wore
boards because they couldn't take the
time from picking out nuggets TO
shave. So, for the celebration all the
men grew boards by decree of a
Kangaroo Court" which enforced its
decree. Before this cour; the wretched
shavelingS were dragged by the city
police. sherifT's deputies and volun-
teers. Males OF whiskerable age found
I'm the street with smooth chinS were
seized and sometimes handcuffed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
WAS MARRIED TO BEST MAN
Odd Happening Recorded az Wedding
Bridegroom Willing TO Allow
Bride Time TO Consider.

Not So long ago strange error
occurred at church wedding. In
some way the bridal party became
confused and at the close of the cere-
mony il was discovered that the bride
had been married TO the best man.
Further complications arose from the
fact that the best man was already
engaged to the brides younger sis
ter The register had not yet been
signed. and there was nothing for
il but To perform the ceremony over
again. The mistake had arisen
through the best man undertaking to
make the necessary response for the
bridegroom, who was SO nervous as
to be unable TO remember them him
self At a wedding which took place
in country village few years ago
the bridegroom. on being asked the
customary question. "Wilt thou take
this woman 10 be thy wife, scratched
his head reflectively. and. turning To
the bride, asked: "Will We clean my
boots?" The query was met i'm the
affirmative. and the ceremony pro-
ceeded. A laughable incident once
occurred at a village wedding When
the bride had reached the church she
had forgotten her gloves. and fatty
refused To be married without them.
adding: BE quick. lest l change my
mind. :" Two hours later the bride
groom was discovered seated i'm the
local inn calmly nuffinp away M a
cigar. waiting. as he explained. 10 see
If the bride really would change her
mind
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23

M EWARK, y. 1.-The 81 men and
~ IL women who left America for
soviet concessions in Siberia have
reached Riga. Latvia. The party Is
headed by Or. William Mailer of New
ark. In the party is William A. Van
hoffen, a consulting engineer Of Chi
cago. a Russian who has lived in the
United States is years. There are
nine other engineers, the remainder of
the men being miners from Arizona,
Montana, California. Pennsylvania, and
farmers, chiefly from the Dakotas,
Washington and Oregon.
Doctor Mailer and yanhoffen said
in Riga that this party was merely the
vanguard of 5000 10 1000 others in
America who are coming to Russia as
soon as arrangements can be complet-
ed. OF this contingent. each person put
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23

Visits 10 the Raul hcine by the step
mother are described in the petition
for the injunction. which asserts that
the Stepmother is endangering the life
OF KauI's wife who i in poor health.
The petition charges that the aged
woman. in her anger. has destroyed
furniture by "rapping with her cane"
and has caused the neiehborhood 10
stand aghaSi, while she holds forth on
the street below the apartment. shrek
ing vile and opprobrious epithets al
her steps an"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
SCATTER MANURE ON FIELDS
Not Advisable to Permit Escape OF
Gases and Plant Food-HauI
Away Often.

Different farmers have different
ways and means of caring for their
barnyard manures. but suffice il 10
say, do not let it become exposed TO
the rain nor the sun: IL possible. keep
il piled up in order TO prevent the es-
cape Of gases which are rich In plant
food; as often as practicable. haul the
manure 10 the fields. scatter and i'm.
medIately pillow IL under
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
SEVERAL DISEASES OF SOIL
Only way to Overcome FUNGUS and
Bacterial Ailments Is to Let
Land Remain Idle.

There are several diseases of vege-
tables which live over in the garden
soil from one year to the next. and il
the same crop is planted in the same
soil year after year it will be but a
short time until the crop will prove
loss. These are mostly fungous and
bacterial diseases and the only prac-
tical way to overcome them is 10 al
low the land to lie idle for two or
three years or to plant a crop which
is immune to the disease.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
"a Little Learning"

One of the young women knew moth
ing about football and knew she knew
nothing; the other knew nothing about
football and thought she knew some
thing. The result was that the couple
caused endless amusement among the
spectators sitting near them. When
the girl who thought she knew some
thing had given tons of inaccurate
information TO the girl who knew she
didn't know much the latter pointed
to the field and asked:
what are thOseT,
what. dear?" rehied her compan-
ion. DO you mean all those little
figuresF" They're men. of course"
No, no. | mean those posts stuck
In the ground"
And she pointed to the goal posts.
well. fancy you not knowing, what
they are" exclaimed Miss KnOwall.
"Why. they're football fixtures -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
BEST DEPTH OF CULTIVATION
When Corn is Eighteen Inches High
Roots Will Meet Across 3R-Foot
Row in Friable Soil.

When the stalks OF corn are IS
Inches high. the roots have met across
3i2 foot row in light, friable soils
Deep cultivation al this time will cut
many of the roots and check the
growth Of the plants A good rule 10
follow is to cultivate deep early in the
season, and shallow later when the
plants are larger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-23
Tip End of Ear of Corn Showing
Round Holes in Kernels Made by
the Angoumois Grain Moth.

that the kernels are exposed. are sub
ject to the attack of grain insects.
Farmers should therefore, it is said.
grow a variety of corn that develops
long, tight shuck.
Newly harvested small grain should
not be stored unthrashed for any
length of time. as in this condition ii
is very susceptible TO infestation. If
promptly thrashed and stored in deep
bins, only a thin layer on top Of the
bin is likely 10 become infested. Corn
may be stored in the shuck IL the husk
is long and tight and fully covers the
tip, but all ears with loose. broken,
short or damaged husks should be
shocked and stored separately
Avoid Dirty Bins.
Clean grain should never be stored
in old bins, granaries or storehOuses
until they have been thoroughly
cleaned and freed from the accumula-
tons of waste grain and other ma
terials harboring grain insects.
Bags of all kinds that have previous
ly held grain should not be allowed in
granaries or wareb uses or be refilled
until they have been ste-ilized or 9TH
erwise freed from insects. The use OF
tight cribs will keep the grain free
from infeStation by insects that might
fly in from the outside
Copies of the bulletin may be had
fro ,,pop Qualification - tho Jav,ar 80
ment at Washington.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
THE LONGER YOU WAIT 49,.
THE HIGHER THE RATE!

The insurance division is only one
part of the Veterans bureau, but even
at that it ranks as of the biggest
insurance organizations in the world.
1t was not organized with a view Of
competing with commercial companies
but to meet a war time emergency
and to give added protection at a
time and at a rate that no commercial
company could assume.
The government took risks on over
four and one-half million lives. This
insurance plan was worked out by the
greatest insurance experts in the
try and the premium rates were based
on the actual cost of insurance on a
peace-time basis.
Government insurance is divided in
to two classes, the U. S. government
life term insurance, and the U. S. gov
eminent life converted insurance. The
premium rates on the former increase
with the age of the insured and the
premium rates on the latter remain
the same throughout the life of the
contract.
Government life term insurance
must be converted prior to March A,
1926, or the contracts are automatical-
ly cancelled.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
NORTH BENCH

P. A. West and P. M. Collins have
their cattle ready for shipment at the
Nashua stockyards.
Bernard Stenbaken called at the D..
A. Meek home Sunday.
Leila Copeland spent the week end
with Merle Dishart.
Clifford Hunter and Harry Alden
were at the D. A. Meek home Friday.
Mrs. Anna Knaff visited at Am
brose Dishart's Sunday.
The d. A. Meek family visited at
A. 1. Dishart's a week ago Sunday.
Robert and Marie Meek called at
the P. A. West and John Ildstad
homes on Saturday.
Bessie Gray took dinner Saturday
with Mrs. A. A. Noun.
D. A. Meek and son, Floyd, were
Nashua shoppers Saturday.
Emery Plapp called at the D. A.
Meek home Wednesday.
C. H. Foss transacted business at
the county seat Saturday.
Mrs. P. A. West and two daughters
Grace and Ruth, expect to leave for
Chicago Thursday, to be gone for
some time.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
C SAM
DOES WITH TAXES

Washington.-The estimate of ap-
preparations needed for the fiscal
year beginning June 20, 1924, as sub.
mitted by the budget bureau, COM
pletely demolishes that standard piece
of fiction which has been in service
many years, to the effect that 80
cents out of every dollar expended by
this government is expended for war
purposes. The budget board analyses
the estimated expenditures, showing
how the average dollar appropriated
will be divided. The division will be
as follows:
For support of the legislative
branch of the government, 4 cents;
for the veterans bureau, 14.5 cents;
for other commissions, boards and
bureaus outside the regular depart
ments, 1 cent; department Of agricul-
ture, 40 cents; department Of COM
merce, 6 cent; department of the in
terror, 10 cents; department of justice,
including United States supreme court
and other federal judiciary, 6 cent;
department of labor, 2 cent; navy
department, 1O.1 cent; state depart
ment. 5 cent; treasury department,
including appropriations for payment
of interest on public debt and reduc-
ton of principal, 46.5 cents; war de-
partment, including administration Of
Panama canal, river and harbor inn
provements and other non-military &C
Invites, SO cents; District of Column
bia, 8 cent. The p~ostoffice depart
ment is largely supported from postal
revenue.
This clearly shows that the United
States is far from being a militaristic
nation. In fact. in another chart fur
nished by the budget bureau it is DEM
onstrated that out Of every dollar ex-
pended, only 1876 cents goes to purely
military and naval purposes in the in
terest of national defense. The to-
tai expenditures charged as military
functions" are 1927 cents out of every
dollar. This includes the 1876 cents
above mentioned for strictly defense
purposes and 1872 cents for pensions,
retirement pay, veterans bureau, etc.
According to this chart 2A.h cents
out of every dollar expended bv the
government goes for what is CLASH
fled as "non-functional" purposes
that is payment of interest IN the
public debt. retirement IF princinal @,
public debt, etc. For the purpose of
""enersl functions" such as cost of
the legislative branch of the govern
ment and general overhead of the
various administrative agencies. %
cents of every dollar is expended. For
what are known as civil functions,
which constitute practically all of the
administrative agencies of the gov
eminent. 27.3 cents are exnended.
A table accompanying this chart
compares the expenditures of the
!, present fiscal year and the estimated
expenditures for the next fiscal wear
beginning July /. 1923. with expendi-
) lures as far back as the fiscal year
? of 1915. This comparison shows v
general reduction in all classes of ex-
, penditures, but the greatest reduc-
: ton to be in the expenditures for
, military and naval purposes. In 1915
, 41.6 cents out of every dollar was
spent for military functions.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-12-29
WHY NOT A ALL?

Zone sixth Of the income of the
United States is taken away from the
people in taxes" says the National
Industrial Board.
Instead of recommending new tax
alton to make up the deficit which
government n face. Secretary
Mellon advocates the lowering of sur
tax rates on large incomes from the
present so per cent to rs per cent,
contending this action would result in
capital being drawn from it's hiding
places and put to productive work,
thus creating new tax sources natur-
ally.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-29
Rail IVsge Cut Means
$3.50 Il Day for Many
Ne,o Schedule for Maintenance
Of Way Men Beloso Decent
Liring Standard. Leader SAYS
ON z y, .-r-bnne.a WaaA.noton Burea..

From he z'r5nne'o Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 28.-Decision
of the Railroad Labor Board to reduce
the wages Of the maintenance of way
employees of the railroads will work a
great hardship on these employees, ac-
cording to labor leaders here.
W. Jett Lauck, counsel for the statis-
tical expert for the railroad employees,
said tonight the reduction was un-
expected. He said, too, it would bear
heavily on the very employees who
could least afford to have their pay
reduced.
This decision means the mainte-
nance of way men VIII be paid less than
the great bulk Of men in the steel
mills. Allowing for overtime. the men
under this decision will make about
$3.50 day if they work ten hours
Mr.. Lauck said the law required the
wages as fixed by the board to be Gust
and reasonable" and he pointed out
thar az viewed by Senator Cummins,
chairman Of the Senate Interstate Com
Inerce Committee, these words meant
wages under which men would be able
decently and comfortably to provide
for their families He said there would
be an effort to amend the law so as to
give the words Just and reasonable"
IN Interpretation which would insure
the men q living wage.