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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28

try to outguess the pitcher. But
Hornsby has different and far sim
pier system.
1T may be all right to try to out
guess the pitcher" says Hornsby.
But that isn't what do.
II just go up there and swing at
the ball when 1t comes over / don't
try to figure whether he is going to
throw fast one, slow one, curve,
high or low. just wait and see what
comes up and If I think I can hit 1t
right, take a cut at 1t. That's all
there Is to batting, in my opinion.
IF you try to outguess a pitcher
you invariably get the worst Of it If
you fail. For instance, If you're al
most sure In your own mind the pitch
er Is going to give you fast one and
you get curve. see what happens.
You're set for speedy one and when
the curve comes you swing too soon
and probably miss 1t altogether.
ION the other hand, II you have an
open mind you are ready for anything
and you can't get crossed"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Distinct Advantages in
Use Of Manure Spreader

Most men who use a manure.
spreader are agreed that 1t is a profit
able piece of farm machinery, but the
greater number will also admit that
it isn't kept going enough Of the time.
There are several distinct advan-
tages In the use Of manure spread
err One Of the most attractive fea-
lures of course is that the horses do
the unloading, and this is indeed a
real advantage. However, the fact
that manure can be spread uniforms
ly is one of the best reasons for the
use Of this machine This is Of par
ticular value in top-dressing wheat
with manure. If wheat is given a
light coating of manure during the
early winter there will be an increase
not only in the grain crop, but also in
the stand of grass or clover follow
ing.
The improvement In grass and clo-
yer stands and the increased GER
tainty Of maintaining the regular ro-
tation without serious interruption,
should be Of sufficient value to pay
the cost of manure spreader in very
short time says F. L. Duley Of the
Missouri College Of Agriculture. A
manure spreader, however, is profit
able only when used It won't help
much while standing in the barnyard
while the manure pile decays.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Plan Spraying to Save
Potato Crop From Pest

Potatoes can be increased In Yield
approximately one-third above nor
mally II they are protected from In
jury by the potato leaf hopper, ac-
cording to w. F. Flint, Illinois state
entomologist. Experiments conducted
during the last three years in Illinois
and other states have shown that in
creases Of from 80 to 60 bushels per
acre may be had by combating this
pest, Mr. Flint said.
1.-THE method of control is simple
and does not require the services Of
an expert" according to Mr. Flint.
Spraying with a good home made
or commercial bordeaux mixture does
the work, a fresh mixture being pre-
ferred.
apply the first spray when the po-
tato vines are from six to eight inches
high, and follow up four or five sim
liar sprays at seven to ten days in
tervals. 1t Is necessary that both the
upper and under side Of the leaves be
covered with the spray This is not
difficult to do with the angle MOBILES
attached to either a field or hand
sprayer. 1t cannot be done with q
sprinkling can or brush.
IF the striped Colorado beetle is
present in the vines, add two pounds
Of arsenate Of lead to spray solution"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Feeding Value Of
Oats for Horses
Acreage and Production
Have Increased Rapidly
and Consistently.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agrtculture.)
Acreage and production of oats In
the United States have Increased rap
idly and consistently since the an
nual estimates became available In
1865. according to the United States
Department of Agriculture. However.
production has shown some fuctua-
ton, due chiefly to low acre yields In
good years. The peak Of production
occurred in 1917, when the United
States produced 1902. 100000 bushels
of oats. The largest acreage up to the
World war was grown in 1918, when
A, 349, 900 acres were harvested, from
which 1888, 124,00O bushels were gar
nered. The heavy drop in acreage in
1919 was followed Immediately by a
raise to 42,401, 900 acres in 1920, and
still further increase Of 45, 495 900
acres in 1921. the largest acreage ever
grown. Following the record acreage
Of 1921 with an average acre yield
Of 23.7 bushels, the lowest since 1890,
decided drop in acreage occurred
again In 1922, when only 40,893, 900
acres were grown. The acre yield
also has Increased rather steadily
since $780,
Acreage May Be Reduced.
Concerning the situation and out
look in oat production, the depart
ment indicates that 1t is probable that
the acreage Of this crop may be some
what reduced during the present dec
ade. The advent and rapidly in
creasing use of motorized transfer and
trucking in both the City and country
are markedly reducing the commercial
demand for feeding oats. The farm
tractor may also reduce the number Of
work horses on the farm, thus fur
Their reducing the quantity Of oats
srequired. However, there still will re-
main demand for oats by certain In
dustries that will continue to use
horses. Notwithstanding the rapid de-
velopment of the farm tractor,
large percentage of the farms of the
United States will continue TO be titled
by the use of the horse as the chief
source of motive power, and conse-
quently oats will continue to be In de-
mand as one Of their principal feeds.
Occupies Unique Place.
The important and rather unique
place this crop occupies, regardless Of
the fact that It's cash value alone sell
dom offers much inducement for pro-
duction, is due to its unsurpassed feed
ing value for horses and young stock,
the difficulty Of replacing it by any
other crop in our general farming sys-
tenn, and the economy of labor in grow
ing and handling the crops.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28

The Fact Is That When You Get to Know Man
and His Surroundings
By IRWIN COBB. in Motor.

Y AM constrained to believe from my knowledge gained the
front and behind the lines of the soldiers Europe
il had been possible prior 1914 for all the peoples the Continent
to the abundance cheappced which the
human beings tha country have and had there been artificial
barriers at the national boundaries keep no from seeing neigh
bor not Prussian mlsm could have driven all the
OF the world into dreadful struggle
The fact that when get to know and his surroundings
and do know them better when riding along
road than you from railroad find
general OF human beings land very much like the
of human beings in almost any other.
Along with the prayer for everlasting peace which going up
nearly resde where real Americans sit the for
normal conditions in this country for curing the evils which e
last loosed indust socially economically and financially
That good and should pray also for thing that spiritual
perhaps but which has its material side well of
grow material good We should prayevery of usor greater
charity toward fellow for nder impulse for his shocom
ngs and for BROADER wider understanding Of him and his likes and
dislkes
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Boarder Cows May
Lose Their Homes
Owner Fails to Realize
High Cost Of Milk.

From che number Of "boarder' cows
found upon many Of our dairy farms,
one might think that their owners
grow so fond Of these three-teated.
Observation-Disclosures, perambulating
feed bins that no cost Is too great IL
they can be kept stuffed with good
feed. In return for this treatment
each "boarder" presents the world
with a calf fully as worthless as its
mother, dirties the milk pail for a
few months. and eventually sends her
owner to the window marked Loans"
rather than to the one marked DE
posits."
In most cases, however. 1t is not the
owners affection for scrubs but his
failure to realize the high cost Of pro-
ducing milk with these cows, that
keeps them In comfort on the farm
when they should be In the stock
yards awaiting their turn to Increase
the supply Of hamburger. If use Is
made Of the information contained In
bulletin No. pa Of the University Of
Illinois agricultural experiment sta
be pried loose from their comfortable
homes and started on long journey,
the last stage Of which will be made
in nice cool refrigerator car.
This publication reports in detail
the feed cost exclusive Of pasture)
of producing milk and butterfat with
1905 Holstein cows kept on practical
dairy farms. 1t compares the cost of
feed for cows Of one production level
with the cost Of feed for cows of
various other production levels. The
method of comparison is based upon
digestible nutrients in the feed con-
sumed and may be used however
much the prices Of feeds may fuc-
tuate.
1t was found that the feed con-
sumed per 100 pounds Of milk produced,
decreased at an ever-decreasing rate
as production increased. Figures are
presented showing the relative feed
cost Of production for cows of vari-
GUS yields. For instance, 1t is shown
that for a 3,O00-pound COW. the feed
cost of producing 100 pounds of milk
IS one and two-thirds times as much
as for 10,OOO-pound COW. With this
great variation in cost, it may be seen
why a dairyman with a low-producing
herd makes little or no profit The
bulletin may be obtained by writing
to the Agricultural Experiment sta
ton, Urbana.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Squibs
of All Kinds

Yale claims the best track team 1t
has had in years.
This long distance endurance thing
is old stuff with the chess bug.
Philadelphia, 1t is estimated, has
5000 private dwellings with billiard
tables.
Mrs. Caleb Fox, one Of the leading
American golf players, is sixty-three
years of age.
Tom Kirby, of Boston, Mass, is the
amateur heavyweight champion Of the
United States.
1t costs $4,000 to lay out an 19hole
golf course, to say nothing Of the
loss in potatoes.
The velocity of golf ball as it
leaves the driver Of good player is
135 miles an hour.
Bill Lerned, ex-tennis champion, has
patented circular shaped racquet.
1t insures even tension on all strings
An early football forecast shows that
Notre Dame will play West Point in
New York city October Is and Prince
ton, October 20 next.
Charles BrOokine, Of iowa univer-
sitx, recently established a new worlds
22O yard low hurdle record, running
it In % 40 seconds.
Georges Carpenters bout with Bat
Ting Sikh on September 16 next will
be his last, according to L'Auto. ''Wir
or lose. leave the ring for good ant
all" Carpenter is quoted as Saying.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
"The Worst, but Only One Of Many Discrimina-
tons Against Middle West
By H. c. KEssINGER Illinois State Senator

Abolish Pittsburgh plus. Stop federal aid funds Build ST.
waterway Elect mdwen speaker of house. mdwesern
resentation federal board cd and interstate
commission (rae Save the interuban lines Regulate the railroads
without destroying them.
Pittsburgh plus Chicago minus You buy steel made
South Chicago haul it your your factory farm
this steel made Illinois have the freight from Pittsburgh
1t the worst but only the determinations against
Middle West We need Middle West and solidarity
aroused and organized public opinion advance Midwest program
justice the matter of the making tariffs evyng
the spending public funds and the regulating freight
All federal aid funds for the Middle West We get
back only small Of the money contribute Pittsburgh plus
part of the than s3ooooo last year for fictitious
freight rates steel manufactured the Chicago district
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Billiard Expert to
Tour United States

Mile. Schrier Of Amsterdam,
Holland. the feminine billiard
artist who has created a sensa-
ton In Paris and who is visiting
the United States. Is a capable
cuist. lie Billiard Sportlf of
Paris credits her with having
made a grand average of IL in
5000 points, 1872 balkline, on
5 by 10 table. The game was
played in 20 sections OF 300 each.
Her opponent was a French pro-
fessor named Andre. In partIcu-
lar sessions she averaged 1920,
1894, 1885, 1873 and Is. Her
best runs were 103. ITO and 1872.
Andre made 1918 points, a grand
average Of 1888 and ran "a.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
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Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound ! feel younger than I did ten
years ago, and my friends all tell me
l look younger, and owe it all to the
Vegetable Compound. do all my house,
work for family of seven now. / viii be
glad to answer any woman who writes
me in regard to my case. Mrs. JOHN
MYERS, 66 Union st., Greenville, Pa.
Many letters similar to this have been
published testifying to the merit of
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. They are sincere expressions
from women who describe as best they
can their feelingsbefore and after taking
this well known medicine.
Many times they state in their letters
their willingness to answer women who
write them. 1t is an offer dictated by
gratitude and desire to help others.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
The Coward May Be Merely Person With
Small GLANDS Of Combat
BY DR. ADoLPH LoRENz, Famous Surgeon

We hearing much nowadays adrenan The quality
makes ready for fight froc due the GLANDS
combat" the adrenals
Once thought be merely little Jumps Of fat they
take important the life forces The active
hormone of this gland adrenaln thrown your
steady when the of fear
effort flood your body with the chemical basis Of
The coward thn be merely person deficient
of this valuable substance which yalor made We
who always ready fling themselves into match
the chip is knocked off their shoulders.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Investment in Airplanes Abundantly Justified
as Business Proposition
By BERTRAND RUSSELL, in the Freeman.

think that the British underestimate
the influence of position
present of France Germany and England relation another
France by military alone the Ruhr field the
Germans cannot resist because they dsarmed Great Britain d
this policy and also dke the reputation the French Of their debt
the British If the British possessed the necessary ornaments they
would collect their debt from the methods which the
French using against the Germans by threat Of these methods G
that proved sufficiently The British do do because they afraid
of French apanes.
Thus the French by of armament alone have been enabled
(a to avoid paying their share of the of the great b
the bulk OF Gemany industrial would therefore,
that the investing money apanes abundany justified
business proposition
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
More Than Ever Today Youth Detests
Selfshness, Injustice and War
By DR. W. E. GARDNER Secretary etc., Episcopal Church

DIR. w. E. GARDNER, Secretary, Episcopal
Youth searching for the power that Christianity always
the that be applied day. More than
dtests selfhnes injustice and every kind The young
think the wrong and evil things they
think they are foolish and unnecessary
The youth the world hunting
twenty and they interested
life because world them that kind Of
Most of the inhabited of the world explored The adventures
life longer discovering countries The adventures
future youth knows the realm Of ideas Every girl
with ambition knows that depends
0 n muscle.
Everywhere boys and girls looking for spiritual They
call it by different names but they seek spiritual They
they need religion mankind has
the ages
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
Rhubarb Plant Requires
Big Amount Of Fertilizer

just because 1t comes up regularly
every year, don't forget to treat the
rhubarb as if It were regula. vegc-
table. Give It manure and cultivation
and you won't have the skinny stalks
that are bound to appear If you neg
lect it. It needs lot Of fertilizer to
give juicy stalks.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
ROGERS HORNSBY HAS
OWN HITTING SYSTEM
Does Not Try to 0utguess 0ppos-
ing Pitcher on Balls.

Rogers Hornsby, OF the st. Louis
cardinals, leading batsman and run
getter Of the National league, differs
from most Of the great present-day
hitters In his method of attack.
The majority Of players. particular
W those who are In the major circuits,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28

uAu WOAAuCAo AOk niCs
II was down In bed
when / started to
take it and weighed
95 pounds. ! had hot
flashes and was 30
nervous and weak
that g v erythin g
would get black and
j could not see. I
would sit and cry and
did not know what /
was crying for. Since
r hoxyo hoon <oJsn~
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
WAYS of the FIIrt.

A fiirt Is girl who carefully shuts
her eyes to her past, opens them for
the present, and carelessly opens and
shuts them for her future Judge.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28

''Slow but sure" is good motto for
the fellow who is satisfied with second
prize.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-28
CHANGE Of LIFE
LOSES TERR0RS
For Women Who Rely upon
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound

Greenville, Pa took your medi-
cine through the Change of Life and It
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

Alaskans have become used to reading strange and impossible tales of the North in Eastern publications Fasteners seem to know more a. bout Africa than they do about AL aska, in spite of all that has been done to educte them. But their ignorance has ceased 10 be surpris- ing to Alaskans. IL is both surprising and disappointing, however, to find in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer a statement to the effect that one can not go from Seward to Juneau by boat because of the lack ofssteamer service between those points The statement appeared recently in con- nection with story about Senator elect Fred Aver, who passed through Nenana few days ago enroute from Nome to the States. The article says in part:
 The first leg of his journey is an 800-mile dog-team trip up the fro- zen Yukon River Valley to Nenana Here he will board the government railway and travel to Seward, about 400 miles distant. Because of lack of steamship connection with Juneau 1t will be necessary for him to take a steamer at Seward for Seattle and at Seattle go North gain to Juneau. He is expected in Seattle about January 21."
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

rier at work on the trail between Minchumina and Telida from the latter part of October till the mail arrived at Minchumina, the mail. ac- cording to Mir. Hill would have come through about seven days in side the limit of time allowed.
 No amount of explanation seems to make the Washington officials understand that there is a power of cold and ice in Alaska that must be respected and considered. That the PostofFice Department wishes to do the best T. can for us is certain. They are giving us almost double the service we previously had. coun- ting increased weight, but they can not understand Alaskan conditions and they refuse to be enlightened. Delegate Sutherland, so Contractor Hill tells us, told Hill that he had tried to explain the necessity of an early decision on this contract but all he got was polite attention. The Postoffice representatives in Alaska explain the conditions yearly, but all to no avail.
 We suffer sadly, but not silently and pray that some day we may get an Alaskan postal official in Alaska with power to act.
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16

 Order to Publish Notice to Creditors In the Probate Court. Territory of Alaska, Fourth Division, Ram part Precinct
 In the matter of the Estate of August Peters deceased, No, l. Probate.
 On motion of the administrator herein requesting an order to pub fish Notice to Creditors, it is hereby ordered -hac Adolph Ott, admins trator of the estate Of August Peters. deceased, be and is hereby ordered and authorized to publish weekly in The Nenana News. for four consecutiv weeks, a notice t0 all persons having claims against the said estate, to present the same at the said administrator residence at Rampant, Alaska, within six months from the date of the first publication of said notice.
 GEO. ". LEDGER, U. s. Commissioner and Ex-Oficio Probate Judge
 Dated this 25th day of Nov, 1922 Date of first publication, Dec. 1922 Date of last publication Jan. 1929
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
HERMAN ANDERSON

No announcement of awards of this years prizes for medicine and peace have been made. It will be remembered that Americans have al ready captured three peace prizes. Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Woodrow Wilson were the winners in 1906, 1912, and 1919 respectively
 The Nobel Institute was estab- ished by the will of Alfred Nobel Swedish scientist, best known for his invention of dynamite. who be- queathed his entire fortune of 30,- 100000 kronor, about s8,O0O, 100000 for this purpose. The annual prizes were distributed in 1901.
 EI Writing paper at The Ner~s
The Nenana news., 1923-01-16
KUsKoKWIM MAIL SERVICE

The experien of Mail Contract or Hill says the editor of the kusko Times illustrates the ignorance of officials in Washington regarding AL aska.
 Mr Hill was awarded the contract over the new trail on September 9th Feed had to be procured and distri- buted along 375-mile route. but at that late date it was already nearing the time when it was doubtful whe- therboats could go up the Alaska streams without being caught by the freeze up, and by the time dog feed and provisions could be obtained and delivered to boats for distribution the boats could not be gotten 70 undertake the trips Bids closed on this contract August 22, which was al least twenty days later than con- sistent with the most economical service, even had the award been made the next day. Delaying the award of the contract seventeen days after the closing of bids has cost the contractors hundreds of dollars and has cost the people of this section at least twenty days of mail service; for. had Contractor Hill had supplies at Diamond, Roos- evelt and Minchumina by boat and a carrier at Minchumina, as he tells Us he planned, and had he been able as further planned to have that car