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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. 1 It i PREVEN I POTATO WASTAGES PLEA growers Urged to Reduce Loss Resulting From Use of Bad Storage Methods, EXPERT MAKES SUGGESTIONS Head of Food Administration Division Tells How Many Causet of Dam age Can Bo Elim inated. Washington. In order thnt the -totintry may honcflt from the large po tato crop which wns mined during the imtt season, tho United States food itdinlnlslrntlnn Is appealing to small growers throughout the country to tnko every precaution to prevent dam age to the surplus crop dm lug the coining winter through Improper stor nge methods. In a statement just is mtcrt, Lou D. Sweet, head of the po tato division of the food administra tion, calls attention to the chief causeH of wastage and outlines the heit stor use methods. Tho statement follows: "It Is pt 'great Importance that all the polatoes raised this yenr should le stored uwder proper conditions. Vavii when every precatitlon Is taken the wastago of potatoes during the winter. Is considerable; under had con rill Ions of storage It Is very great In deed. 'In order that the best methods may Iw adopted by the small growers, those who have not had the experience In (he storage of potatoes, should know the chief causes of the wastage. These causes are: "1. Sweating, heating and conse quent rot ; often due to Insufficient ic nidation. "L'. Hotting, due to potntoes getting wet at the time of putting them in storage. "II. Injury from frost. "I. Decay, owing to disease In the tubers at the time of storage. "f. Sprouting of tubers In the prlng. Losses May Be Reduced. "It Is not possible to prevent alto gether losses from these causes, hut ly using the best methods of stornge, It Is possible to reduce them very ma terially. "This may be done by taking care to Siinrd against losses from each of these causes: "Sweating nnd beating occur If the freshly dug potntoes are piled In too large piles so that tho nlr cannot cir culate between tho tubers. The risk of loss from this cause Is greatest In the fall, Immediately after the tubers liavo been dug, and It Is, therefore, Im portant thnt poUUoes when dug should wot be put In unnecessarily largo plica, ior kept in an lll-vcntiluted room. "If the potntoes at the digging time nre allowed to get wet and go Into xtouigo In that condition, rotting Is tire to occur. He careful to have jour potatoes dry before storing. "Potatoes are easily damaged by frost. If they become frozen, there innrkct value Is destroyed. Therefore, take precaution to protect the tubers from' frost boforo and after digging. Eliminate Diseased Tubers. "Thero nre several diseases of tho potato which destroy the tuber, and if HsenHed tubers nro mixed with tho froutid ones, the disease spreads rap idly; therefore, it Is necessary to sort the potntoes carefully, eliminating all of the disease, the cuts, culls, nnd dirt tieforo placing tbcm Into permanent xtorug for the winter. AH of the. uts, culls, misshapen and diseased tn iters should be fed to the poultry and live stock, but should bo stenmed or liolled before being fed, as In this way ou Increaso the food vnlue, and also destroy tho germs of the disease, so that it will not get Into tho manuro mimI thence Into the land. ''Hy proper ventilation of the cellnr or; storage room, and by holding tho telnpernturo us near 815 degrees V. as liosMblc, you can keep the potatoes front; sptoutlng. "Seed for next yenr's planting flibuhl bo selected from bills thnt pro duce all nice, true to type potatoes. These should be selected nt tho dig ging time, and stored separately In crates or boxes, and by storing them In ii well-lighted room whoro tho tern Tcrnturo enn bo held nt from 31 to 40 degrees, with a little ventilation and this seed planted next spring, tho jrvower will make a start toward Im proving the quality of his potatoes, In stead of m In the past, simply plant ing the culls or runouts." IAFI KBITS 0. S. BALiODii SCHOOL EX-PRE8IDENT IMPRESSED WITH FORT OMAHA COLLEGE. EYES OF ARTILLERY IN ACTION Eight Hundred Pupils Are Undergoing Training for Places In Uncle Sam's Army of the Air. Field Open for More Applicants. Sterling Quali fications Essential. Oinuliu, Oct. 23. Ex-l'rosldunt Taft Inspected tho big balloon school at Kort Oiiiiilm last week, saw the lnigo bausage shaped forms carry the ob servers -1,000 feet In the air, from whero they signalled the activities of tho occupants of trenches five or six miles uway to tho dummy artillery, and at the conclusion of hid tour ex pressed his opinion of the work of this new branch of the service that has como to be known as "tho eyes of the artillery," an "wonderful." At Fort Omaha there are being trnlned at present nearly 800 keen young Americans who will In the near future, from their lofty porches In tho clouds in France and Tlejglum, direct Ihe fire of the American artillery that Is to nnvts tho way for the drlvo to Berlin. As the men at present In training nt Fort Oinnhn leave for active service, their places nre being taken by men "it J.? Kh ?, ,t v a-wheai , t$e more com if 2-meaf A ; use totorejish 6. Mays ? ,- u$0 fast enough r'4: sugar ' O use sirups Sir w ' and serve s i the cause 'of freedom , u&.Httm nviiHlmivru- f from all over tho country, nnd ns tho quarters nro being constantly en larged, there Is still room for n con siderable number of men having tho proper qualifications. In nnswer to many Inquiries, tho commanding olllccr of tho United States Army Halloon School, nt Fort Omaha.'says that the qualifications of men npplylng for tho commission of 1st Lieutenant ns Observation Balloon Pilots nre as follows: The Balloon Service calls for n high class of work nnd applicants for com missions In the lino must possess sterling qualifications. First they must he citizens of United States and not under 10 years of ago and not over 35. The must bo energgtle nnd forceful, and of good mornl chnracter and clenn habits. After passing the examinations re quired the nppllcant Is enlisted as n. first class private In (he nvtntlnn sec tion of the Slgnnl Enlisted Hoscrvo Corps. Ho Is then nsslgned to a school for training, nnd the time of trnlnlng de pends upon the mnn's nblllty. After qualifying as an observation balloon pilot ho Is commissioned ns n first lieutenant, Aviation Section Slgnnl Officers Ttcservo Corps. From the time of his entrnnce Into tho school until he Isi commissioned he receives $100 per month, quarters and fond nllownnce. As n first llcuten nnt $2 000 n year. ApnllcaMnn blnnks can be secured by addressing the President Aviation frvMiiimiig Board nt Fort Omaha, Neb. GOSSIP FROM STATE HOUSE A numbor of students at tho Stato Farm school will bo glvon leaves of nbsenco to help husk corn. Chalrtnon of county councils of do fonso havo received notices calling at tention to tho need of moro telegraph operators in tho army service. Organized agriculture which will hold Us meetings nt Lincoln, January 11 to 19, Is preparing an elabornto program, and promises one of tho host sessions in its history. Under a ruling by tho war depart ment students at cental colleges will bo pormlttcd to finish their studios, nt tho ond of "which they will bo called to tho army dental resorvo. Tho dairy Judging team which tho university will sond to tho national dairy show at Columbus, Ohio, will consist of L. F. Lindgrln, J. D. Mc Kelvey, J. It. Shopherd and Ell Dun-combe. Secretary Charlotte Tcmploton ot the Nebraska library commission re ports that cash subscriptions amount ing to ?7,000 for tho soldiers' library fund hdve boon reported. Sho expects over $10,000 wHl bo raised for tho sol dlors' library. Kolth Novillo Thomas, tho Infant non of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Thomas of Oresham, has been commissioned by Governor Novillo as tho mascot for tho Seventh Regiment of tho N. N G., and his picture will adorn regimental headquarters, as his ago precludes his personal attendance. Overworked Women musi learn not to neglect their health How Women are Restored to Health Spartanburg, S.O. "For nine years I ruf forod from backache, weakness, and irregu larities so I could hardly do my work. I tried many remedies but found no perma nent relief. AfteV taking Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetablo Compound I folt a great change for tho bettor and am now well and strong so I havo no troublo In doing my work. as I did from Its uso." Jlrs. 8.D. McAjieb, I hopo every uaor ot Lydla E. I'lnkbam'n Vegetable Compound will gotaa great relief 122 Dewey Ave, Spartanburg, S. O. Chicago, HI. "For about two years I suf fered from a fomalo trouble bo I was unablo to walk or do any of my own work. I road about Lydla E. I'lnkham's Vegetable Com pound In tho newspapers and determined to try It, It brought almost lmmediato rellof. My woaknesa has ontlroly disappeared and I never nau Douorneaun. l woiga 100 pounus I think monoT nurcnasos Jjyuia js.rinic- and am as Btroug as a man. is well snont which ni ham's Vegetable Compound.'' Mrs. Jos. O'Dryah, 1755 Nowport Ave., Chicago, 111. YOU CAN RELY UPON LYDIA E HBKHKESK2S&a Mk I Jit ' !fi W MM M? m 1 ir"-. Jfejwl l WMYmTWF,'tlM A mJf CJ.,1 ariniuiAn,0n VEGETABLE COMPOUND Governor Novillo has received a gov ernment draft for $2,019.05. The money is tho revenue derived from government forest reserves in Ne braska for tho year ending June 30, 1917. Tho funds are to bo distributed under a s,tato law to counties in which govornracnt forest reserves aro situated. Nebraska's riches aro strikingly sot forth in compilations prepared by Sec rotary Bornocker of tho state board of equalization as gathered from tho as sessment figures for 1917. Only twelve Items out of a total ot ninety two show a falling oft over 191G, and In each of these tho decrease Is very slight. On tho othor hand practically every othor form of real and personal property shows a big Increase. A valuation of 520,000 has boon placed on tho Ashland toll bridge in a finding by Chairman Tom Hall of tho Nebraska state railway commission, as a basis for tho purchase by the stato. It Is expected tho owners will accept tho flguro, although thoy asked for moro. Tho bridge must pass to state hands boforo any of the federal road funds can bo usod In Improving the O. L. D. highway. 10VEMENT3 ARE NOT TAXED Sovoral branches of work aro open to young mon jetweon 21 and 35 years of ago, who wish to enlist in the om ploymont of Undo Sam, among thonf (Hvlatlon and motorboat service. The qualifications aro an experience In tho operation of gas onglnos and a moder ato knowledgo of wood or fabric work, and tho physical examination is tho samo as that for approntico seamen. Tho wages to start with will bo ?32.G0 a month, bosides food, clothing and medical oxponses. Tho demand for enlistments is unlimited, and after an honorablo dlschargo a ,man will havo no troublo in obtaining capital to start in business for hlmsolf. Merge Match Factories. Stockholm, Oct. 22. The mercer of all tho mutch factories In Sweden Is niuwunced. Tho new corporation will hnvo 400,000 shares at 200 crowns onch. , Japanese "Temperature" Ghosts. llhost stories In Japan develop In warm weather. High temperature has raised n ghost ut one of ,tlio fashion nblo baths In Kobe. About the middle of June, u wonuin died In the estab lishment. Two days Inter, another woman was tnken ill at the same place and died when taken home. She as KTtcd that while nt the bath, being entirely alone, her name was distinctly lulled. This call was several times H'pcatcd. This Incident, with usual exaggerations, became known to the jm turns of the bath and custom almost i-cused, The bathhouse keeper has un dertaken to restore tho damaged repu tation of his establishment by employ ing a street orator who delivers sev .(.ml lectures dally on the absurdity of die, ghost story. Thus far, his ut tempt to "lay the ghost" have been of mi, iTvy 'M'tiu'r en itoimv . dj not retiijk Recount In Iowa Election. Des Moines, Oct. 22. Attorney General II. M. Hnvner has ordered a recount of the ballots cast In Mon day's special election on the question of constitutional prohibition. Unofficial returns give the wets un ndvnntago of approximately 1,000, with u total voto of 430,000. In somo qunrters It Is belloved the official count may chango the final result. Any young man of good character, 18 years or more of ago, who has had a high school oducation, or has done such work as stenography, can enroll in tho United Statos navy for the duration of tho war, loam wireless, soo tho war trom a rosorved seat, and becomo acquainted with tho richest ports of tho earth. At tho ond of tho war, tho young ninn will know a trade which will carry him nt any time to almost any place in tho world. Ho will bo able to go to n steamship line, with tho best recommendation possl bio, from tho United States navy, and obtain passage to South America, Rus sia, Japan or elsewhere, simply by offering his services ns a wireless op orator. Ho will bo ablo to make a world tour just for tho fun of It, and rocolvo a good salary In addition Ho will bo nblo to enter tho world com morco as a morchant prlnco, a travel ing snlosman in Soujth America or Uus sin on his own responsibility becauso ho enn earn rnonoy and his keep while going. Assessors in Nebraska found 102,220 automobiles tho first of last April when thoy made tholr rounds hunting for taxablo property. Not ovon tho asses sors believed thoy found all tho cars thoro woro on hand at that time. At the present timo thoro aro 143,000 automobiles licensed In Nebraska. Western Canada Does Not Tax Stock or Improvements but Collects an Additional Tax From Land Speculators. Owners of uncultivated lands In Western Cnnadn are loud In their pro tests ngninst nn extra tax on their ( lands because they are not under cul tivation. Western Canada, through Its provincial governments, Ib endeavor ing to force the speculative lund owner i to either sell his land to n settler or to cultivate It himself. At present a sur tax of a few cents an acre Is levied against all wild land, so that the own er of land held In Its natural state, without Improvements, Is contributing moro taxes to the government than the owner of n farm thnt Is cultivated and even Improved with buildings nnd stock to the value of thousands of dol lars. In order to encourage the farm er to improve nnd to go into stock rais ing, he is not charged one cent of taxes on any of his improvements, imple ments or stock of any kind. As n result of this surtax on un cultivated or speculatively held lands, tho owners nro now trying to sell them to nctunl settlers, and. In nenrly every Instance, have been offering on very easy terms of payment, usually n quar ter down, nnd the balance extending over n term of years nt prices much lower than their productive value would warrant. A world-wide shortage In farm stuffs has given n new vnlue to all agricul tural products and the margin of profit today Is greater thnn ever In the pnst. It Is true labor and Implements hnve Increased In price, but It Is now pos sible to secure f0 profit In farming, and higher. Possibly not on tho $100 to $200 nn acre farm lands hut nn lnnd that can now, under existing condi tions, he purchased at from S15 to $30 per acre. Western Canadian farm lands nro as productive as any in the world nnd enn be ns economically farmed. Wheat yields of from 30 to 50 bushels per ncre hnve been common In Western Cnnndn during the past few years, and the .farmers have been loo busy farming nil they can so as to sell ns much wheat as possible nt $2.00 JKtmm wittle jmjmr Iiver MHK pills. Train Your System through the) liver, to act na turally, at a fixed time every day. The best habit in the world is the habit of health. Take one pill regularly (more only if necessary) until you succeed. Then you can 6top taking them without trouble or annoyance. This has been the good-health-rule for fifty years. Genuine bears signature Small Pill Small Dose -Small Price PALLID PEOPLE SSn j nu5 Puts a ... Stop to all Distemper CURES THE SICK And prevents others having tho disease no matter how exposed. fiO cents nnf (1 n bottle, $5 and 910 a doxea tiottlcH. All good druggists and turf good3 houses. Spolin Medical Co., Manufacturers, Goshen, Ind.,U.S.A. a bushel, that they have not had time to do any talking or writing. It Is doubtful If there ever wns such an opportunity to make big profits In farming. Tho vnlue of each year's crop has been in hundreds of cases more than the market value of the land It was grown on. It is un reasonable to suppose such a con dition will Inst long, as the land now being forced onto the market by sur tax on speculative owners will soon become absorbed by those who have learned of these highly profitable wheat lands. The news Is spreading gradually throughout the high priced land districts in the United States, where thero Is a renewed awakening to the realization that the maximum profit In farming Is not being obtained when It Is possible to secure from forty to seventy per cent return on the Investment in Western Canada. Many who hnve been planning to visit West ern Cannda for the purpose of person ally Investigating conditions nre leav ing this month, when the good wenther can be enjoyed. As threshing opera tlnns nnd marketing of grain Is under way, no better time could be selected to secure first hand nnd rellnble Infor mation from the farmers themselves. The winter months nfford ample time for completing moving arrangements, to nllow the settler to tnke up resi dence In early spring, so as to get something done next year and to mnko u start on the big und profitable farm ing operations In Western Canu'da. Advertisement. Most Admired Statue. What is the most udmlred statue in Washington? The memoriul to airs. Adams by Mr. Snlnt-Guudens, thinks Mr. Moore. He says that "In spite ot the remoteness of location and the dif ficulty of finding It In Rock Creek ceme tery, no other work of art In Washing ton is really seen by so mnn7 people. Undoubtedly the element of mystery In both figure nnd setting hns to do with Its fame; but I prefer to think that in this memorial tho sculptor has ex pressed (using his own words to mej 'the soul face to face with the great est of all mysteries' the problem, If n man die shnll he live again?" Such a piece of sculpture, touching every mind nnd heart, outwears In its appeal all the colossal figures and speaking likenesses. It would triumph in nny referendum nnd need never fear a verdict of recall. New York Sun. Million of particular -women now tuc and recommend Bed Crois Dall Blue. All grocers. Adv. Seattle markets are selling grnyflsh. Russ Fleet Bottled Up. Pctrogrnd. Twenty Russian war ships of vnrlous classes aro bottled up In Moon sound, with n cordon of Germnn wnrcraft barring their egress northward hack Into tho Gulf of Fin land or to the south Into the Gulf of Riga. Tho Russians nttempted to foreo tho Germans bnck off Oesel Island, nnd In tho engagement the bnhleshlp Rlnvn a relic of the dnys before tho Russo-.Tnpnnese war wn sunk ond other nnlts were so badly damn ml Hint the Uusslnn flotilla wn ced to seek rafngo In Moon-sound. In sixty-two Nebraska cities and towns tho Four-Mlnuto Mon division ot tho United Statos committee on pub lic information Iuib boon organized, according to Prof. M. M. Fogg, the stato director of tho work. At tho roquost of suffragists, Secre tary ot Stato Poole has returned the potltlons nsklng that the names of eight Norfolk men be withdrawn from tho referendum petition which is the means of preventing the enforcement ot tho partial sutfrago bill passed by tho last legislature. The suffragists have started a campaign to obtain suf ficient withdrawals to Invalidate tho petition, but tho Intention Is to fllo all of tho withdrawals at ono timo -nd then If tho secretary ot stato refuses The United States Government Food Administrator Says: "Baking Powder Breads pf corn and other coarse flours are recommended" DAVAI BAKING lJ I lLi POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Makes delicious muffins, calces and coarse flour breads CORN MEAL MUFFINS X cap corn meal " 1V4 cupi flour J4 teaipoon a'i 4 level tea'Vooni Hojal Baking Powder 5 tableapoont eugar 1 cap milk tab)eapooni ahortentag Mti thoroughly dry lngredlenta; add milk and tneltel ahortenlngr and beat well. Bake In treated ntfla tint In hot oven about SO mlnntet. NUT BREAD 3 cupt rraham flour o level teaipooni iioyai juuii iuu teaipoona nit cupt milk and water cup augar or corn ejrrup cup chopped nutt (not too tine) or X cap raitlnt, waihed ana nourea Mix together flour, baking powder and aalti add milk and water, augar or com ayrup anC nutmeata or ratitni. Put Into greaied loaf pan, allow to tUsI 30 mlnutei tn warm place. Bake In moderate ovea 40 to 45 minute. Our red, white and blue booklet, "Bear War Time Recipe" containing additional similar recipei, tent free on requett. Addtest Royal Baking Powder Company, Dept. W, US Viltmm Street, New York X 1 .o recognize them to fllo a suit fa re quire him to do bo.