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NEW BARN PLANS
FOR DAIRY COWS
Designed for Farmers Hav-
ing Less Than 6 Animals.

New plans have been designed by
the agricultural engineer working with
the dairy extension Office at the North
Carolina State college by which cow
stalls and stanchions Of lumber may
be built at. home by those who wish
to remodel old barns to house dairy
cattle.
The plans have been designed in re-
Spouse to many requests from per-
sons having a few cows and no place
to keep them. Using these plans,
barns, stables or sheds may be made
sanitary and convenient for handling
a small dairy herd.
A. T. Holman, agricultural engineer,
who designed the new plans, says they
are intended for the small producer
having less than six cows. This class
includes the family cows and the small
herds from which sour cream is sold.
The plans are not recommended for
those in the dairy business and pro-
ducing milk on a comparatively large
scale. AS explained by Mr.. Holman,
the plans show three complete STAN
chions and COW stalls including the
feeding alley, manger, platform. gut
ter and rear walkway. Everything is
to be built of lumber except the bot
tom of the gutter, which is of con-
crete.
Mr.. Holman says one of the best
features of the new set Of plans is the
low cost Of construction. Only one
sack Of cement and about $50 board
feet of lumber are needed to build
stanchions and stall for three cows.
The average cost of the materials used
should be around So for one cow. The
designs are simple. permitting any
farmer, handy with tools, to do his
own work.
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FOREWORD

My primary purpose in writing this
story of the American expeditiOnary
forces In France is to render what ]
conceive to be an important service
to my country. In that adventure
there are many lessons useful to the
American people, should they ever
again be called to arms. and | felt it
a duty to record them as ] saw them.
The World war found us absorbed
in the pursuits of peace and quite
unconscious of possible threat TO our
security. We would listen to no
warnings of danger. We had made
small preparation for defense and
none for aggression. So when war
actually came upon US we had TO
change the very habits of our lives
and minds to meet its realities. The
slow processes by which we achieved
these changes and applied our latent
power to the problems of combat in
Europe, despite our will. our numbers
and our wealth. | have endeavored to
describe. Therein lie the lessons of
which | write.
| wish to dedicate this modest
work to the men of all ranks who
served with me in France, and es.
pecially to those who gave their lives
to the cause for which we fought.
To my comrades of the allied
armies ! wish TO say that ] am not
attempting to write history of the
World war or of the epic part they
took in il. | write of our own army
and for our own people, and ] have
not consciously magnifed or mini.
mized the effort of any army or any
people. There is credit for all of us
in the final triumph of our united
arms. The struggle of the allies was
much longer, their sacrifices very
much greater, than ours.
am grateful to President Wilson
and Secretary Baker for selecting me
to command our armies and for the
whole-hearted and unfailing support
they accorded me in France. No com
mander was ever privileged to lead .
finer force; no commander ever de-
rived greater inspiration from the per.
Torrance of his troops.
JOHN ]. PERShINC.
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Writer Declares This
Is Era of eyes" Men

Compare, let us say, thousand as
sorted pioneers of the Berkshire hills
in Massachusetts in 1900 with thou
sand assorted New York bank clerks
in 1880, and, unless the monumental
history of the Berkshires which l
have lately ingested is tissue of
falsehoods, you will find about as
many mo" men in the former area
as you will find "yes" men in the lat
ter. The ratios, should guess, have
reversed themselves in $50 years.
With the mo" men will lie charac-
ter, courage, individuality, saltiness.
With the yes" men will lie radios,
motor cars, bathtubs, and complete
paralysis of the will to act in accord
ance with their fundamental inclina-
lions.
That Berkshire babies were COM
pounded of better stuff than bank
clerk babies. absolutely deny. Opin-
ion for opinion and belief for belief,
it is probable that the New York
thousand nave a more civilized out
look, better stock Of human values
in their heads, than had the Pittsfield
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/ construed this message to mean
that these troops were to form d.
vision, which, together with such other
troops as might be sent over at once,
would be under my command.
Within a day or so after the receipt
of Scott's telegram it was intimated
to Col NJ. 81. Barnum, my chief of
staff, that we might be called upon
for recommendation, and after con-
sultation with him l selected the Six
teenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-eighth regiments of infantry
and the Sixth field artillery. These.
together with two other artillery regi-
ments and the necessary auxiliary
units, were later organized as our
first division.
Surprised by Developments.
I had scarcely given a thought to
the possibility of my being selected to
be in supreme command of our forces,
as afterward developed, although my
old friend, Maj. Gen. ]. Franklin Bell,
had written me that he thought my
selection almost certain. After l left
the Philippines, in 1913, where he was
in command, he and had kept up an
intermittent correspondence in which
we freely exchanged condolences on
army matters.
In one of his letters early in April,
1917, General Bell spoke of the pos
sibility of our sending an army to
France and gave list Of the general
officers who might be considered for
the supreme command. Discussing the
chances for and against each one, he
predicted, much to my surprise, that
all the others, including himself,
would be passed over and that / would
be selected.
was the Junior On the list of ma
jof generals, hence l could not fully
accept General Bells view, but he was
so strongly convinced that he was
right that he requested an assignment
under my command.
The major generals senior to me at
the time were, in order of rank: Leon
ard Wood, General Bell, Thomas Fl.
Barry, Hugh L. Scott and Tasker Fl.
Bliss.
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thousand. But for the latter integrity
was cheap and abundant, while for
the former it is very dear. Like all
luXuries, it can be bought, but few
dare to pay the price. For the price
may be the job, and the job means
life or death.
While jobs grow more uncertain,
desires, built in by the high-pressure
fraternity, grow more clamOrous. In
this compound pressure pump, the
wayfaring man finds it almost i'm
possible to be true to his intermost
nature.-Stuart Chase in Harper's
Magazine.
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CHAPTER. II

/ arrived in Washington May and
the next morning called at the Office Of
the chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Hugh l.
Scott. He spoke of my assignment,
which, as had been my impression
from his message of May 2, was to
command division, and told me that
it had been made upon his recon-
mendation.
General Scott outlined the general
plans in so far as anything definite
had been determined. Beginning with
February 3, the war college division
of the general staff presented a num-
Der Of recommendations for action in
the event of war with the central
powers. One was for the enactment
of draft law and others referred to
the size of the army to be organized
and the necessity for the procurement
of equipment and supplies.
chagrined by Unpreparedness.
March Is, acting under instructions
of the chief of staff, the war college
division ~ubmitted a more detailed
scheme for raising an army of 100000
men. But these were all eleventh
hour suggestions and no definite action
was taken on any of them until May
Is, when congress passed the law
authorizing the increase of military
establishment through the application
of the draft.
l was really more chagrined than
astonished to realize that so little had
been done when there were so many
things that might have been done long
before. 1t had been apparent to every
body for months that we were likely
to be forced into the war and a state
of war had actually existed for sew
eral weeks, yet scarcely a start had
been made to prepare for it. The War
department seemed to be suffering
from kind of inertia, for which ii
was probably not altogether respon-
sible.
But the truth is that the general
staff at Washington had never been
organized along modern lines, it's mem
bership had been recently reduced by
congress, and but few of its officers
had the experience necessary fully to
understand its functions. In this fact
we no doubt lind the basis of many of
the difficulties that arose later in con-
nection with the preparation of our
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10
Barnyard Kept Sanitary
Will Prevent Diseases

Cows should never be compelled to
wade knee deep in mud and manure
whole going into and out of the barn
or when turned out for exercise or
water. A few loads of cinders or
gravel or a few tile properly placed
will prevent this condition. The cows
themselves should also be kept rea-
sonably W III bedded and clean. This
will involve a little extra labor, but a
cow that is worth keeping at all will
fully repay in increased production
any reasonable amount of care of this
kind taken to make her comfortable.
Clipping the hair closely on the tanks,
thigh, and udder of cows will great
ly reduce the amount Of labor neces-
sary to keep them clean.
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Galoshes Tickets to Movie

Old galoshes will be accepted as
tickets to motion picture theaters in
Soviet Russia. Old clothes, bags,
small amounts Of potatoes, eggs,
flowers and other articles are also
accepted by theater owners, but ga
loshes are especially acceptable. 1t
is for the box Office cashier to judge
whether or not the odds and ends Of
fered are sufficient to admit the
bearer. These conditions of barter
are believed to be most prominent in
the rural districts where the short
age of currency is particularly felt.
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Hoards Found by Soldiers

Many boards of ancient and mediev-
al coins were found by soldiers dur
ing the World war while they were
digging trenches. Not many years ago
at Brescello there was dug up hoard
containing $4,000 pieces of gold, all
dating between 46 and 80 B. c. Gold
coins are the most desired by numis-
matists, because gold shows no effect
from burial in the earth, whereas sill
yer, especially if buried in volcanic
soil, turns black or tends to mass or
shows crystalline change that makes
it brittle. Bronze tends TO oxidize or to
become covered with an accretion of
verdigris.
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The Caves at Han

One of the most beautiful specta-
Giles in Belgium is the famous grotto
of Han. The nearest rail point is
Rochefort. After making the ascent
from the village of Han-sur-Lesse nv
tram TO the Faule rocks one enters
the grotto and fresh wonders. won
ders which have been fashioned aft
the caprices of centuries of time. ap-
pear before the eyes at every step.
The exit is by canoe and the sudden
temperance of daylight. framed in
verdure, which so strikingly cuts
across the absolute obscurity when
one energies, leaves upon the mind
an indefinable impression of comir
to the last page of Arabian Nights
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General PerSIninQ'S
Story of the A. E. r.
By Gen. John ]. Pe1sztizzg

of record but was well known to those
with whom he had served.
Throughout the war Harbord never
hesitated a moment to express his
opinion with the utmost frankness. no
matter how radically it might differ
from my own, nor did he ever fail TO
carry out instructions faithfully even
when they were not in accord with
his views. Entirely unselfish, he la
bored necessarily for what he believed
to be the best interests of our armies.
His ability, his resOurcefulness, his
faculty for organization, and, above
all, his loyalty, were outstanding quail
tiles, and these, together with CON-
polling personality, made him invalu-
able TO the nation in this important
position.
After consultation with the perma-
manent heads of staff and supply de-
partments, and with no little insistence
on my part in more than one instance,
the corresponding representatives to
accompany me were designated, and
they in turn chose their assistants.
Although the list did not include all
would have selected. as some were not
available, yet all rose to important
places in the final organization, except
one or two who failed in health.
The total number in my party that
sailed on the Baltic was as follows:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10
Dishes That Will Not Break

After experimenting for several
years, a British inventor has succeed
ed in treating cotton in such a way
that it can be made into serviceable
dinner plates and other light articles
usually made of some material
that is easily broken, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. Aside from be-
ing unbreakable when dropped. the
cotton dishes and other articles also
are light in weight as compared with
the materials used ordinarily for
such purposes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10
Farm Life of Other DAYS

pleasant picture of American
rural life as reported in the Farm
Journal of November, 1879:
The tobacco has all been gathered
cora and seeding Their wives are
making pumpkin pies The big boys
are after the girls. The little hoy.
ire after the muskrats."
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tuberculosis sanitarium in Delaware
Hope farm.
The nationwide sale of seals was
thereafter sponsored as a means OF
raising funds and as an educational
device by the Red Cross. The distri-
button is now, however, in the hands
Of the National tuberculosis associ-
alton and it's many state and local
branches, and the double-barred cross
which appears on the Christmas seals
is the symbol of that organization.
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Big Irripatinp Project

The Coolidge dam is located across
the ella river. about nine miles south
of San Carlos, Ariz. 1t will store
water for the irrigation of 100000
acres of land-5O,000 acres in the
ella river Indian reservation and So
600 acres in Pinal county, Arizona.
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WakefuI
restless CHILD
needs Castoria

w E can never be sure just what
makes an infant restless, but the
remedy can always be the same.
Good old Castoria! There's comfort
in every drop of this pure vegetable
preparation, and not the slightest
harm in its frequent use. As often
as Baby has a fretful spell, is
feverish, or cries and can't sleep,
let Castoria soothe and quiet him.
Sometimes it's touch of collie.
Other times it's constipation. Or
diarrhea-a condition that should
always be checked promptly.
Just keep Castoria handy, and give
it promptly. Relief will follow very
promptly; if it doesn't you should
call physician.
All through babyhood, Castoria
should be mothers standby; and
a wise mother continues it in more
liberal doses as child grows I'D.
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Idit NSt TdSSCO way TO-
The method of raising our armies by
CONSUMPTION was based on studies
made by the war college under instruc-
tons from General Scott. President
Wilson recommended the plan to con-
gress April Z, 1917, but the draft act
was not passed until May Is. forty
two days after the declaration of war.
Roosevelt Offer Rejected.
The appeal of Col. Theodore Roose-
welt at this time for permission to
raise volunteer division aroused pop
ular sentiment throughout the country
in his favor, but approval would have
opened the door for many other ap-
plications and the policy would have
interfered materially with the orderly
and businesslike application of the
draft law.
Moreover, the regular establishment
would have suffered from the loss of
an undue proportion of the best Off
GERS, who inevitably would have been
selected for important positions in
these special units at time when
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10
In Reverse

"Does your husband give you an
allowanceY asked Mrs. Meek.
"No," replied Mrs. Strongwill. but
/ permit him to have a small allow
ance out of what he makes"
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their services were urgently needed In
building more largely.
Another important reason for disap-
proving Colonel Roosevelt's application
was that in such war it was neces-
sary that officers, especially those in
high command, should be thoroughly
trained and disciplined. Furthermore,
Colonel Roosevelt was not in the best
of health and could not have with.
stood the hard work and exposure of
training camps and trenches.
tTO BE CONTINUEDo
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HH

Reports say that the trading is done
in all parts of Russia because of the
general poverty of the people and Of
the very high prices of all food or
manufactured products, badly worn
secondhand pair of shoes often cost
ing more in Moscow than a new pair
in Europe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10

A rut differs froll a groove only
In it's depth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10

Anybody can win a boys conf
dence If he is interested in the boy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10

Few love to hear the sins they
love to act.-Shakespeare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-04-10

Readily obtained at any drug
store, the genuine easily identified
by the Chas. H. Fletcher signature
and the name Castoria on the
wrapper like this:
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Copyright, 1881, in all
countries by the
North Americ an
Newspaper Alliance.
World rights re-
served. including the
Sc andinavian. Re-
production In whole
orin partprohibitedl
-WNU Service
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Dairy Facts

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
$13,189, $50 is ADDED
TO INCOME FROM OIL
Average Increase Of ID Cents q
Barrel Cheers Producers
in Midwest.
BY H. STANLEY NORMAN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FORT WORTH, Tex, November T.
The average increase of Is cents bar
rel for crude oil posted in the mid
continent and Southwest this week
added approximately $l3,189,850 to the
monthly income of producers in the IA
vored States of Texas, Kansas Okla
homa, Louisiana and New Mexico.
The bulk of the increased income was
accorded Texas, its production averag-
ing just under 100000 barrels daily.
Considering the production from this
State at 993. 700 barrels daily, the esti-
mate last compiled by the American
Petroleum Institute, Texas will receive
in the neighborhood of $l9,427, $50
monthly from its Oil production alone.
Prior to the increase in prices, the rev.
enue from oil production crossed about
$13,414,950 monthly.
Oklahoma and Kansas producing
more than 100000 barrels caily, will re-
ceive about $2,700,00 monthly more for
their oil than under the previous price
schedule.
Business observers who have followed
the trend of affairs in the southwest
and the midcontinent for a period OF
years have repeatedly asserted that the
oil industry Is the most reliable noica.
tor of conditions, due to the rapidity
with which it yields to adjustments.
Assuming that past history Is a true
guide to the future, business leaders IN
this section are -ruch heartened by the
crude oil price increase as reflect1on
of better conditions in other branches
of trade.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Trade Trends
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Lumber.-With lumber mill production
continuing on low level, new business
received during the week erded october
81 exceeded the cut by Is per cent.
Geographic reports from 806 leading
hardwood and Softwood mills to the
National Lumber Manufacturers Asso-
citation indicate Shipments of these
mills were 81 per cent above produc-
ton, which amounted to 156 932 600
feet A week earlier 825 mills reported
orders per cent above and shipments
8 per cent above a cut of 163,219,00
feet.
Metals.-Total stocks of lead at
smelters and reflneries in the United
States increased during September to
202,563 short tons as of october /. as
compared with 199,443 tons September
l, and 145,011 tons october 30, 1880.
the American Bureau of Metal Stats
tics reports The Malayan government
has purchased the $500 tons of tin
that constituted its excess output above
the quota agreement at the end of
September Reduction of its exports in
September already had reduced the ex-
cess 1900 tons from the original 4,700
tons excess as of September l.
Petroleum. average price of
crude petroleum at 10 representative
producing fields was higher last week
from the preceding week at 87.1 cents
a barrel. against 85.4 cents. The aver
age at this time a year ago was $l2415
barrel, according to the Oil, Paint
and Drug Reporter. Average gasoline
prices at four refining centers were
higher last week at All cents a gall
Ion. against 4.562 cents gallon a week
ago. The average at this time last
year was 5.625 cents a gallon.
Railroad equipment.-Tne Alaska
Railroad is inuuiring for one locomotive
, Of type 4-8-2, Railway Age reports.
The Norfolk s. Western will build 10
locomotive tenders and will make ex-
tensive repairs to 500 steel coal cars.
Steel.-Operations of steel plants in
the youngstown district this week will
increase per cent to 81 per cent of
rated capacity, Dow. Jones & Co. esti-
mates. Swelling orders for automobile
steel will advance Republic Steel Cor
poration's operations In the district to
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BANK STOCK YIELD
HIGHEST IN Il YEARS
Stockholders Reveal Rapid
Increase as Market Has
Br0adened.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November THE
stockholders Of 16 leading New York
City banks and trust companies now
number 1922 1886, against 81 1853 in 1920.
an increase Of 1874 per cent, according
to a survey just completed by Holt,
Rose g. Troster. No other group Of
stocks. in the United States, with the
exception Of the public utility group,
has experienced such an increase in
stock ownership.
The market value Of the outstand-
ing shares Of the 16 banks, the firm
points out, Is at present approximately
$2,114, 10000, which total compares
with $638, 978, 500 in 1920, and with an
average valuation OF $9,063, 045, 900 in
1929.
The yield Of the 16 stocks on the
average makes a very interesting show
ing. The present yield is approximately
6.25 per cent. virtually the highest for
any period in the past IL years. In
1921 the yield was 610 per cent and
in 1929 went as low as 211 per cent.
The present yield is considered more
significant because of the abnormally
low money rates prevailing during 1881,
compared with the high rates of 1921,
Commenting upon the above figures
the firm states that lone of the most
significant developments of the past
decade has been the emergence of New
York City bank stocks as popular in
vestments. Twelve years ago bank
stocks were owned only by the wealth.
lest people, but reduction in par values,
creating moderate-priced issues ac-
ceSsible to the general public has re-
suited in a wide distribution of stock
ownership.
The result of this large public own
PrShin has
readily marketable. Twelve years ago
bank stocks were quoted with wide
spreads between bid and asked prices
and quotations on some leading issues
were even nominal. Today they COM
mand well organized and extremely
active market where thousands Of
shares are bought and sold daily"