Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, June 13, 1918, Image 3

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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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AMERICAN SObP
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Tlio enntcen service or the Americau iled Cross lius given number ot
portable kltclien trucks to the Italian government. Tho photograph shows
one of the new trucks.
britisherISas
crop doubler
Farmer Proposes New Method to
Increase the Yield of the
Soil'.
CLAIMS MANY ADVANTAGES
Proves Successful In the Experiment
al Stage British Government Ex-
ports Are Much Impressed
With Possibilities.
London. In these days o cereal and
fodder shortage the farmer who suc
ceeds In growing two blades where
one grew before would be looked upon
ns a public benefactor, but an English
farmer has succeeded In going one
better and writes to the Tlmos to give
details of the new method.
He suggests that If his plan is adopt
ed there will be more grazing this
year, more beef next winter, more oats,
wheat and hay In 1010, and more graz
in 1010. If the new method Is as suc
cessful over a large acreage as It has
proved to be In tho experimental stage
It may rightly be termed a discovery
in ogriculture.
The new method Is as follows:
In July, by the use of a specially
devised drill, a winter cereal and an
artificial fertilizer are simultaneously
drilled through any grass land Intend
ed for haying the following year. By
September or October the cereal will
have made a top growth of from eight
to ten Inches. This Is then grazed off
with the grass by whatever live stock
Is turned out upon It, and the grain,
nominally nn animal, Is thus turned
Into a biennial by virtue of Its yield
of valuable grazing In the autumn pre
ceding tho year of the normal grain
harvest.
Double Crop.
The autumn grazing encourages and
strengthens tho roots of the cereal.
Owing to the protection from frost
given by the covering of turf, normal
spring growth begins earlier, more
heads are thrown up, development Is
:
more rapid, and tho grain ripens at tho
surae time ns the hay, both being har
vested together. Tho harvesting is
done by means of nn ordinary mowing
machine fitted with an extra knife at
the proper height above tho grass to
cut the heads of tho grain. The low
er knife cuts the hay as usual and the
upper knife nets as a header.
A carrier behind the "header" knife
deposits the grain in a separate
swath.
Many Advantages.
The advantages claimed for this
method are many, among them being
the following:
The productive capacity of the land
is doubled. Old and valuable grass
Jands ore not only not destroyed, but
are Improved. Economy of labor
throughout; plowing and harrowing
are not needed; both crops are gath
ered together, planting and rolling are
done at the same time, and the gruln
JSOM) Is gathered with ease and cer
'talnty, as there is no green growth
with the gralu to bo stood In the sun
MAIL FOR SOLDIERS
New Service Is Installed for
Pershing's Men.
Military Postal Express In France
Similar to the French
System.
With tho American Army In France.
I A general order Just Issued estab
lishes for the American expeditionary
forces a military postal express serv
ice similar to tho French system.
Under tho adjutnnt general's offtVe,
Lieut. Col. Thorndiko D. Howe will
receive all mall for tho American
forces, supervise its distribution and
attend to the collection and delivery
to postal agents of outgoing mall.
Tho director will cstubllsh his own
regulations as to size and weight of
packages and will have close relations
with the allied postal authorities. A
central military post office will bo es-
KITCHEN IN ITALY
-
to dry. Economy of fertilizers. A
saving of one-half of tho seed usually
needed. TJio autumn grazing Is of a
fresh nitrogenous character. The pas
sage of the drills through tho turf Im
proves the surface drainage. The
equal mixing of strnw with 'the hay for
fodder. Tho grent convenience of July
planting for tho farmer.
Saves Permanent Pasture.
It is asserted that under this method
no permanent pasture need be broken
up, rather that the larger part of tho
nrable land might be put down to per
manent pasture. The permanent pas
tures are In hay and corn one yenr and
grazed the next. In the spring of tho
grnzing year seeds of annual legumes
can be planted through the pastures
with the same machine ns Is used
to drill in the grain, not only on ac
count of their feeding vnlue, but also
to Increase the nitrogen In tho soil for
the following cereal crop.
The drilling of the seed through tho
turf is accomplished by a small knlfo
bladed foot that can be attached to
any drill -In place of the disk.
Government experts have been so
Impressed with the possibilities of tho
method thnt priority certificates have
been granted for the manufacture of
tho fittings or tho Import of any parts
which mny be necessary If they can
not be obtained here In time for this
season's planting.
Willing to Give All,
but Sought No Bond
Franklin, Pa. An old woman
entered n bank here and, pro
ducing a sum of money, said:
"I don't want a Liberty bond. I
hear my country needs the
money nnd I want to give it. It
is all I have, but Uncle Sam shall
takp it."-
The matter was arranged to
her satisfaction, but she has n
Liberty bond unknown to her.
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FIND TOOTH OF MASTODON
Railway Workers Dug It Up In Penn
sylvania and Are Looking
for More.
Sharon, Pn. That the monsters of
the mnstodon family roamed over this
part of Mercer county in prehistoric
ages Is evidenced by the uncovering
of a monster grinder tooth nnd pnrt
of a bone by workmen of the Besse
mer & Lake Erie engaged In building
a line through Otter Creek valley, two
miles north of Mercer.
Tho molar Is of great size, some
eight or ten Inches ncross tho top,
with three pronged roots nearly a foot
long. Near by was found tho socket of
a Joint. Tho bone is about 30 Inches
long, nnd tho diameter of the socket
14 Inches Foreman Andy Nnrly was
In chnrge of the forces when the
find was made. Strict orders have
been Issued to the workmen to be
on the lookout for more fragments of
teeth or bones.
tabllshed at the headquarters of the
supply service.
Tho various military units will have
their own orderlies to care for the
mall. Tho general post office will
keep records which will moke possible
the speedy redirection of letters in
correctly addressed. Branch offices
will be established to take enre of
the mail to and from troops attached
to tho British and French forces.
Other branches will bo set up for
troops as they arrive In Vrance.
FORGET TO HOLD ELECTIONS
Two Towns In Oklahoma Overlook Im
portant Event and Officials
Will Hold OVer.
Oklahoma City, Okln. Two Okla
homa towns, Edmond and Marlow,'
"forgot" to hold city elections this
year, nnd ns a result, tho present city
ofllclals will hold over, according to a
ruling by Joseph Morris, secretary of
the state election board.
The omission of primaries by both
towns was an oversight, tho officials
declared, and as a result, no elections
TREES FOR PALESTINE
Civilian Commission Will Make
Recommehdation.
Aforestation and Improvement of -Water
Supplies Greatest of Coun
try's Needs.
London. Two principal recommen
dations which the civilian commis
sion now In Palestine will make for
the reconstruction of thnt country
will be a scheme for beginning afores
tation, and a proposal for tho conser
vation of water supply by storage uud
by opening up old springs.
A preliminary statement from n
member of tho committee snys: "Tho
greatest of all Palestine's needs Is
aforestation. For centuries the land
has been denuded of Its trees, with
most disastrous consequences. For
tho heavy rains nt certain seasons, In
stead of benefiting the soil, over mora
than four-fifths of tho urea carry away
in rushing torrents much of the littlo
soli that remains on tho high lands
and valley slopes.
"Pnlestlno has not always been tree
less. The Roman emperors hud valu
able forest In tho country, nnd Absa
lom wns caught by the hnlr among the
trees, but today one might gallop from
Dan to Beershebn without having to
duck one's head to avoid n branch.
"Trees of rapid growth will bo plant
ed, nnd for tho more cultivable dis
tricts frult-bearlng trees will be util
ized. "The storage of water In lakes nnd
reservoirs Is comparatively simple. By
erecting smull dams across certain
ways, u series of small reservoirs can
be constructed nt Httio expense, cre
ating a supply thnt will last through
out tho dry season. In southern Pales
tine hundreds of natural springs can
be opened which under centuries of
misrule have been allowed to choke
up and fall into disuse.
"Pnlestlno today possesses an ad
vantage It never had before In a first
class railway connection with Egypt.
All the surplus crops will find a ready
mnrket in the growing Egyptian
cities."
18, WEDS OCTOGENARIAN
Mrs. Catherine Wolf Hart is tho
clghteen-yeur-oltl bride of James Har
vey Hart, a wealthy retired Jeweler
of Brooklyn, N. Y.t eighty-six yeara
old. The elderly bridegroom met his
bride while she was employed as a
manicure in a Brooklyn barber shop.
Mr. Hart's children threatened to have
tho marriage annulled. Ho has threo
grandchildren.
"HERBS" CAUSE HIS DEATH
Elderly Patient Swallows Concoction
and Dies "Poisoned," Says
"Reoular" Doctor.
Anderson, S. C Milton R. Gnrrett,
seventy years old, felt Indisposed nnd
called on an "herb doctor" who gavo
him a concoction which tho doctor con
tended wns "purely vegetable." Gar
rett took a dose of it. His indisposi
tion Increused to f excruciating pnln.
Then ho called a' "regular" doctor.
The physician advised Garrett he had
been poisoned nnd n short time later
the patient died.
can be held. The attorney general has
supported the ruling of tho election of
flclnls. o-o-o-o-o-o-oo-o-o-o-
Naming Dobbin Kaiser
Gets Owner in Trouble
Oakland, Cal.Nnmlng his
horso "Kaiser" .caused John Men
doncn of this city consldernblo
trouble. John was talking rath
er loudly to tho nnlmnl when ho
wns overheard by his neighbor,
Linns Peterson.
Hans got tho Idea that John
was referring to him, n Joyal
American, as "Kaiser." ne
pulled Mcndoncn off his wagon,
bent him and knocked him Into
tho gutter. Tho injured tnun hnd
his assailant nrrestcd on a
charge of battery.
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o-o-o-o-o-o-oo-o-o-o-o-o-o
French postnl authorities are experi
menting with American automatic and
semiautomatic telephone
SfiORl STATE NOTES
News of Nebraska Told In
Condensed Form
More thnn U,000 soldiers who havo
been undergoing intensive training at
Fort Crook, near Omaha, havo been
ordered to Camp Funstoii, Kan.
Two boy, ono named Mortensen
und lbs jthcr named Larson, were
drwncd Sunday while fishing in tho
Blue river near Beaver Crossing.
More than 70,000 people of Omnhn
i contributed to the second Bed Cross
wur fund. Tho city's quota was
?li(X),O00 and more thun 117,000 was
raised.
People of Burt county will havo a
united celebration on tho Fourth of
July, which will bo under control of
the five guard companies In tho var
ious towns.
According to records In tho ofllce
of Adjutant General Clupp, over
20,000 Nebruskuns are enrolled In the
different home guard organizations In
the state.
Omaha doubled Its Hour milling ca
pacity, when the new plant of tho
Omaha Flour Mills company, with an
output of 2,000 barrels u day, began
operation.
Nino passenger trains have been
taken ofT tho Union Pacific in Ne
braska, through tho order of Director
General McAdoo, curtailing service
during tho war.
Nebraska's quota of 027 men for
special service part of tho 21,000 In
Provost Marshal Crowder's recent
call, nre to train nt the University of
Nebraska, at Lincoln.
Addison Walt of Lincoln, former
secretary of state, bus been appoint
ed adjutant of the soldiers' home nt
Grand Island In place of J. Maxwell,
resigned, by tho state board of con
trol. In spite of the various war drives
in Nebraska, nearly n million dollars
In tnxes were paid into the state
treasury during tho month of May,
according to tho monthly report
of State Trensurer Hall.
No disloyalty exists In tho Univer
sity of Nebraska, Chancellor Avery
declared while testifying before tho
board of regents at Lincoln, In the
hearing of chnrges filed by tho state
defense council against certain fncul
ty members.
A Nonpartisan league representa
tive who hnd been soliciting member
ship In' said organization, around Im
perial, wns ordered by the County
Council of Defense to immediately
leave the town and country. Ho com
plied with the order.
Burt county has put Into effect u
card system for tho purchasing of
flour and sugar. The new plan, It Is
thought, will better regulate the dis
tributing of these products. So far as
Is known, Burt Is the first county In
tho fetnte to adopt such a system.
Very fow states In the union arc In
the same class with Nebraska when
it comes to raising funds to carry on,
tho various wur activities that are so
essential to the government. Nebras
ka leads all other states In the sale,
both cnbh and otherwise, of wnr sav
ings certificates. It hns more Bed
Cross members per population than
any other stntc and stands near the
top in the sale of Liberty bonds, Y.
M. C. A. and other wnr work. Two of
Nebraska's ardent war workers, Ward
M. Burgess, state chnlrman of war
savings, and Frank C. Bulltn, his as
sistant, have been called to Wash
ington to aid the government. The
great record this state has made In
Red Cross work Is due, to a largo
degree, to the untiring efforts of
Stnto Director Frank W. Judson of
Omnlin. When all reports nre In It
is expected that the totnl subscrip
tions In the Inst drive will more than
double tho state's allotment, and thnt
every county will show Its quota ex
ceeded. Tho ono glittering spot in all
tho great achievements with which
Nebraska Is credited is the record
made by Saunders county In war re
lief work. A total of $130,333 hns
heen collected for relief purposes in
the county sinco Juno 1, 1017. In
1010 Saunders county hnd a popula
tion of 21,179. This would make ev
ery man, woman and child In tho
county tho contributor of moro thnn
$0 for tho work of mercy, which, It Is
snld, Is a record unexcelled by any
county In tho entire United States.
Tho Salem Lutheran church hns
discontinued the uso of Gorman In Its
services. This Is the first church in
Dodgo county to ellmlnnto German
nnd use tho English language for all
its services.
The Junior Red Cross of tho Colum
bus schools during tho past nine
weeks mndo 5,303 surgical dressftigs
nnd 277 refugo garments.
Dodgo county has taken rank
uiiiuiiK inu icw counui'H u inu swna
that havo moro than doubled their
quotn for tho Red Cross.
Tho corn receipts of tho Omnhn
grain exchange from Jununry 1 to
June 1, this year were 30,000,000
bushels, or moro than the entire re-1
celpts of the twelve months In 1017.
Omnhn Is running n very closo second
to Chicago, and far In the lend of
nny other market In tho country.
In a message to Director General
McAdoo, the Nebraska stnto railway
commission expresses fear thnt the
wholesale raising of railroad rates
will prove Injurious to many lines of
business, manufacturers and general
production throughout the country.
Scores of barns und outbuilding"
wero demolished and n number of per
sons Injured In n tornndo which swept
a path about two miles southwest or
Sutton.
Several comnilttees nre buy Ir
Omnhn on arrangements for tho No
.brnska State Press Association con
vention, which will bo held In the
city Juno 20-22.
Crops, In tho vicinity of Wnusu were
severely damaged by a terrific rain
storm which swept over tho district.
Many corn fields were destroyed, and
replanting will bo necessary.
Chnlrman Ray Nye qf the Dodge
county defeneo council has nsked the
city of Fremont to take over the
operation of tho community drying
plant this season.
According to reports reaching State
Food Administrator Wattles at Onuihu
many localities in Nebraska are abid
ing by Hoover's nppear to abstain
from the use of wheat until the next
hnrvest.
Two weeks of demonstration In
every county in the stute, In which
the preservation of nil kinds of fruits,
vegetables and meats will be taught,
Is a plan announced by J.he unlvet ci
ty extension service ns a part of Its
campaign to lncreaso' the food pro
duction of Nebraska.
Despite tho vigorous campaign
waged In this stnte on the common
barberry bush, which spreads tho
black rust on whent, tho pernicious
plants wero not nil eradicated and
blnck rust has been discovered in tho
wheat around Teknmnh nnd Craig as
a result.
(Business wns suspended In Clny
Center nn entire dny recently nnd cit
izens of the town went into the sur
rounding territory to assist farmers
In restoring buildings and fences nnd
In gathering up the debris scattered
throughout tho adjoining fields by u
tornado.
Tho officers of tho stnto G. A. R.
havo selected the Burlington-Northern
Pacific route for the trip by spe
cial train to Portland, Ore., for tho
national encampment In Augustr It Is
expected that about COO will go. Di
rector McAdoo has made a rate of 1
cent per mile and the trip will cost
$30.00.
Politicians nt Lincoln say It Is
practically certain that the Nonparti
san league in Nebrnskn will not nt
tempt to put a ticket luto the field at
the coming election. Tho great
amount of opposition which has
sprung up against the organization in
all parts of Nebraska, Is believed to
be tho cause.
The war has cut public bond Issues
squarely in two in the Inst six
months, nccordlng to Stnte Auditor
W. il. Smith, who registers nil such
Issues. The aggregate amounts wero
$2,373,318 for tho first six months, in
15J Issues, compared with $l,472,lfri,
In eighty-nine Issues, for tho six
months ending June 1.
Tho report that Nebrnskn Is to
have no Pennsylvania anthracite coal
this yenr has been confirmed offic
ially In a communication from Wash
ington, received by Fuel Administra
tor Kennedy. Ncbraskn must depend
upon Its conl supply this winter from
mines located In Colorado, Wyoming,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansns and Arknnsus.
After signing 400 members to the
non-partlsnn league In tho vicinity of
CInrks, B. A. Felver, organizer for tho
league, was driven out of CInrks by
lndlgnnnt citizens. Ho wus later cap
tured by a band of farmers and
threatened with hnnglng. Ho was re
leased nfter giving up his propaganda
and promising to enlist In the army.
It Is said thnt most of those ho hnd
signed ns members of tho league were
pro-German.
The first yenr of stnto prohibition
has brought Into the public treasury
of the different counties $84,150.00.
Liquor permits brought In $812. The
cost of prosecutions for the entire
stnto nmounted to $15,105.81. There
were 3,401 prosecutions, 2,403 convic
tions, 514 dlsmlssnls and 484 appeals
to tho federal court. Of tho total sum
renllzed In fines, $32,388.50 wns col
lected In Pouglns county nnd $51,
802.10 in the bnlanco of tho stnte.
Eighteen counties reported to Gov
ernor Novlllo thnt no bootlegging
cases or other vlolntions within their
borders during the year. These nre:
Banner, Blnlne, Butler, Chnse, Cum
ing, Dundy. Furnas. Garden, Gnrfleld,
nayes, Jefferson, Ke.vn Paha, Logan,
Loup, McPherson, Sherman, Thomas
nnd Wheeler.
Nebrnskn subscribed $50,513,450 to
tho third Liberty loan, and tho total
number of subscribers Is 214,484, ac
cording to figures announced by Stnto
Director Byrne at Omaha. Tho Rtnto's
quotn was oversubscribed by 58 per
cent. There Is a third Liberty bond
to every 5,i people In the stnte, and
the per capita subscription is $.'10.54.
Railroad men of Nebraska say thai
tho lncrenso in freight rates, effective
Juno 25, will ranko but vary littlo dltt
ferenco in rqtnll prices throughout
tho state.
Tho coming stnte school npportlon.
ment to be mude July 1, will bo tho
lurgest In tho history of Nobrasko, ac
cording to present Indications. There
hns alreudy accumulated for that pur
pose tho sum of $443,000 and collec
tions during Juno will carry It well
over the half million dollar mark.
Several farms wero severely dam
aged In tho vicinity of Bnrada by a
terrific storm, which swept over tho
district.
A tornndo practically destroyed tho
alfalfa mill at Cozad and did cons! if
crnble other damage. I
HIM US. BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION
Canton, Ohio. "I suffered from a
female trouble which caused me much
suffering, and two
doctors docided
that I would havo
to go through an
operation before I
could gat well.
"My mother, who
had been helped by
LydiaE.Pinkham'ii
Vogetable Com
pound, advised ms
to try itbeforo sub
mitting to an opera
tion. It relieved ms
from mv troubles
80 1 can do my houso work without any
difficulty. I advise any woman who fa
afflicted with femalo troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial and it will do as much for
i them." Mrs. Mahie Boyd, 1421 5tb
Bt, w. is., canton, Ohio."'
Sometimes there ore serious" condi
tions where n hospital operation is ths
only alternative, but on the other hand
so many women nave been cured by una
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation waa
necessary every woman who want
to avoid an oporation should give it a
fair trial before submitting to such a
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
E. Finkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.,
for advice. Tho rosult of many years
experience Ib at your service.
BLACK"
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BlLrfata nlrv BJaailuMlla il tut
Vm any I elector, but Cutter t ilmpltit ud ftrontrttt.
Th uoertorltr ot Cutter productl U du t ore IS
y-einoltriecliJli'iir In VACCINB3 AND aiRUMS
ohlt. Insist on Cvttbu's, II uiobuituUo,
crdcr direct.
IK huh uninnr, mirar, ml, si hibh, hi. jj
Kill All Files! THKsTi
rueedanrwher, Dolay Fly Kltt-trftttrct and kllU
ill SUM. Net,cln,ornimnUl,conTnlentaiidch(r.
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VV. (M. U., SIOUX CITY, NO. 2419ia
Hypocrites confess the sins of oth
ers nnd overlook their own.
FRECKLES
Now It tk Tib to Gtt Rid cf These Ugly Spot
Thre' no longer tho slljhtost need of fertlng
cihamtd of your freckles, as Otnlne doublo
strength Is pisrantced to remote theso homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othlne donbla
strength from your druggist, and apply a little
of It night and morning and you should soon see
that ercn the worst freckles bare begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones bare Taelshed en
tirely. It ta seldom that more than one ounce
is needed to completely clear the akin and tsln
n beautiful clear complexion.
I)e sure to ask for the double strength Otblne,
as this Is sold under gusrantee ot money back
If It falls to remote freckles. Adr,
W. A. Kroll In seven yenrs hns is
sued 10,000 marrliigo licenses In Wash
ington, D. 0.
Soothe Itching Skins l
With Cuticurn. Batho witli Cuticura
Sonp and hot water, dry and apply tho
Ointment. This usually affords relief
and points to speedy healmcnt. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
X, Boston." At druggists and by mail.
Sonp 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv.
GET USED TO SUDDEN DEATH
Orlm Humor In the Trenches by No
Means Denotes Callousness of
Disposition.
Cnpt. Leonard C. Wells of Bnltlmore,
who recently permitted himself to bo
bitten by trench lice, thus contract
ing trench fever, that tho doctors
might Rtudy it, snid on his return
home ;
"To submit yourself to tho hungry
Jaws of the trench louse Is a grimly"
humorous procedure, Isn't It? Well,
war Is grimly humorous In many of Its
aspects.
"They tell over the water a story
nhout a company of lough dough boys
from New York's East Bide who snt
plnying poker one night In n dugout
during a hombnrdment.
"Tho gamo went on, tho shells
whizzed and hanged outside, and then
a grcnado enmc through tho doorway
and finished one of tho poker plnyers
playing forever.
"While the rest sat waiting for
tho stretcher-henrers, tho nearest
dough hoy took up the cards from tho
(lend man's hand, studied them, nnd
then put them down nguln nnd snld:
" 'It don't matter, fellers. Poor Bill
couldn't n mndo it, anyway. I had
four kings.' "
In most enses n man seems tc think
thnt his wrongs begin almost ' " ;e
dlately nfter his wedding rites.
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