THE 8EMI-WFFKLY TRIRIIMP NORTH PLATTE. MFRRAKA IRICHS FRENCH FIGHTING AT CLOSE QUARTERS rifle nen Famous Relic Now in the Nation al Museum. ROAD MUM ENDS DYSPEPSIA, y " " ' ' RICH IK Ml Testimony Proves Falseness of Statements as to Onerous Taxation and Conscription. "Tho attempt to check emigration from tho Unltod States to our prairie provinces hy publishing alarming state menta about the enormous war taxes that are being paid hero $500 on a quarter section yearly about forcing young mon to onliat for tho war; about tho cold, no crops and any old Btory that by their extravagant bold noss might Influence men and women from venturing north to Canada, Is real ly In tho list of curios to our peoplo Knowing tho country, we can hardly tako It seriously. Our governments however, dominion and provincial, aro taking steps to expose the falso state montB that aro being made, and thoro by keep tho channel open for con 1 1 mi lug the stream of settlors that has been (lowing to us for tho past decade. Wo have thought to assist In this work, and to do so purpose giving, from time to time, actual experiences of Americans who havo como to Saskatchewan during lato yearn. Wo give tho statements of two farmers In this Issuo as follows: STATEMENT OF M. P. TYSDAL I lived near Lee. Illinois, for 40 years. I camo to Saskatchewan In tho spring of 1912 and bought laud near Brlorcrcst. I havo fanned this land. 1,080 acres, Aver alnco. 1 havo had grand crops In 1914 I had 100 acres of wheat that yielded 40 bushels to tho acre. I sold this wheat at $1.50 per bushel. I like tho country and my neighbors. My taxes on each quarter section (160 acres) aro about $32 a year. This cov ers municipal tax, school tax, hail in surance tax everything. There is no tear tax, so-called. I like tho laws In forco hero. There is no compulsion to mo In any way. 1 am Just as Independ ent horo as I was In Illinois, and 1 feel that my family and I aro Just as woll protected by tho laws of tho provlnco as wo were in our old homo In IlllnolB. What 1 earn hero is my own. 1 havo seven children and they tako their places at school, In sportB and at all public gatherings tho samo as the Canadian born (Signed) M. P. TYSDAL. February 9th, 1016. STATEMENT OP STEVE SOHWEIT S BERGER I was born In Wisconsin, but moved with my parents when a boy to Stephen Co, Iowa. 1 was thoro farm ing for B0 years. I sold my land thon for over $200 an acre. 1 moved to Saskatchewan, and located near Orlop crost in tho spring of 1012. I bought a half section of land. I hnvo good neighbors. I feel qutto at homo hero tho samo as- in Iowa. Wo havn per fect safnty and no trouble In living up to tho laws in forco. My taxes aro about $G5 a year, on tho half suction for everything. 1 havo had splendid cropB. Wiieat In 1915 yielded mo over CO bushols to the aero. That Is nioro than J over had in Iowa and yet tho laud thoro costs four times as much as it does horo. Tho man who comos horo now and buys land at $60 an aero or loss gets, a bargain. (Signed) S. SCHWE1TZBISRGEIL February 9th, 191G." Saskatchewan Farmor, Fobruary, 1916. Advertisement. Extraordinary Youth. "Faihor," said llttlo Gcorgo, "1 can not toll a Ho." , "Very good, my son. But tho ro markablo featuro of this historic opl soflo Is not so much your Inability to falsify as your enthusiastic willing nosB to chop wood." No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. Got a 10-cont box. Aro you keeping your bowols, liver and stomach clean, puro and fresh with CascarotB, or merely forcing a passageway ovory few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Purgativo Waters? Stop having n bowel wash-day. Lot Cascarots thoroughly cleanso and reg ulate tho stomach, romovo tho boui and fermenting food and foul gasos, tako tho oxcess bile from tho llvoi and carry out of tho system all the constipated wasto matter and poisons, In tho bowels. A Cascaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. Thoy work whllo you sloop novor gripe, sicken or causo any inconvenience, and cost only 10 cents a box from your storo. Millions of men and women tako a Cascaret now and then and novor havo Ileadnclio, niltousnoss, Coated Touguo, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation Adv. When d man Helps his wife with the housework It takes her about twice aa long in tlnlsh. H G Wells, the well-known author. Im the son of u professional cricketer, Off ACT ON Liy OILS ThlB remarkable photograph was during an attack at Souchez. STOP GIRD MURDER Scientists Protest Against Wan ton Slaughter. Farmers Fall to Appreciate tho Truo Value of Their Feathered Helpers Their Work Extolled as Foes of Insects. St. Michaels, Md. "If all tho birds wore dostroyod tho world would bo overrun with Insects In from soven to nlno years," says Mlcholot, tho Fronch historian. Tho slaughter of tho bobwhlto, bet ter known hero as quail and partrldgo, has ceased, as the season Is over and tho bird Is aboiA oxtinct. Tho gun ners havo boon porslstent and overy covoy that nested in tho wooda last Bummor wbb trailed and shot this win tor. Maryland Is ono of only aix Btates, with tho District of Columbia, which has an open soason for quail. Forty-Blx states rcallzo that tho bob whlto Is a valuable asset and protect him from tho gunnor. Tho biological survey has boon and Is making efforts to teach tho farmer that birds aro his best friends and that without thorn farming would bo Imposslblo. Thoro is something moro than gamo noss and six ouncos of delicately flav ored meat to bobwhlto. Dr. Sylveutor Judd of tho biological survoy has hold ftutopBlos over hundreds of dead, and Mrs. Margaret Morso Nlco of Clark anlvorfllty has playod dotoctlvo on bob whlto living. Thoy havo discovered that bobwhlto Is marvolously bonoll cent to human kind. Naturo has not provldod such nnothor scourge to In BoctB and exterminator of wood soeds. Ho Is nonmlgrntory nnd will bo found at IiIb business place twelve months of tho yoar. On his ordinary bill of faro will bo found 114 kinds of Insects and 129 of wood seed. Tho gunnor who shoots him lmnglnoa that grain Is nbmit nil lio eats, but ub a mattor of fact it amounts to only one-sixth of his food for tho year, nnd thlH Is taken not from tho standing crops or among tho ahoavos at harvest tlmo, but from what escapes tho reaper. Whon grain Ih sprouting injthp Hold bobwhlto has sthor manors to attend, for Into In tho spring and Bummor two-thirds of his food consists of tho grain's Insect foes, which mako 15 por cent on tho yoar'B total In tho wild, or moro thnn i third In captivity. It Is an Import ant lint, too, for birds not of his kind bbcIiow many or hla favorltos. Ho likes tho potato bootlo. tho cucumber beotlo, squash lady bug, corn bill bug, jutworms, tobacco worms, clover woo rll, cotton boll woovll, Imbricated nout bootlo, May bootlo, plant llco. grasshoppers, Rocky Mountain locust and chinch bug, Tho bobwhlto chlckB. oatlng 41 por aont or their woight dally, llvo for six weeks on Insects, and In this tlmo :onBUino 20,000 each Ono, a wook old. ato 2,326 plant llco and 20 meal worms, f nd wns not dono for tho day. Horo aro some slnglo meals for adults: Boll woavllB, 47; potato bugs. 101; chinch bugs, 100; squash bugs. 12; army worms, 12; cutworms, 12; mos quitoes, 5l!S all In threo hours. And as a sample of n day's work. In addi tion to seeds, grain and grouu food, uoto l,:tfi0 flies and 1.286 roso slugs. r fi.000 plant llco, in tho winter months tho bobwnlto urns to weed soodB. which form moro than half his food for tho yoar. and horo aro samples of ono bird's con aunuulon for ono duy; Rarnynrd grass, 2.500; beggar ticks. 1,400; black mustard, 3,500; burdock, 600; crab grass, 2,000; curlod dock. 1,175; doddor, 1.CG0; evening prim rose, 10.000; lambs' quarters, ir.,000; milkweed, 770; popper grass, 2.4U0; pigweed, 12,000; plantain, 12.500; rab bit's foot, clover, 30.000; bush clover, 1,800; emartwood, 2,250; whlto ver tuken by a French stretcher nearor vain, 18,750; water smartwecd. 2.000. Tho year's consumption by one pair In captivity was 130,905 insects and 10. 442.G8JJ weed seeds. If bobwhlto wan mi exponBive ploco of machinery furmcrs would mortgage their lands rather than bo without him. Hut aa a friend provided by na turo thoy fall to appreciate his value. "Tho euro for lessening game Is leas gunning, and It Is tho only euro," said Prof. M. Llewellyn Ranoy of Johna Hopkins university. "Whon a gunner can be made to Btop firing long enough to reallzo that, It is possible that ho may listen to tho economic ornithologist, who is earnestly telling what tho real function of tho bird In tho world is. The tlmo was when tho southorn rlco growor wao Justified In warring on what ho called tho reed bird bccaiiBo of his depredations on tho crop in tho spring nnd nutumn. But this basis for his classtllcntlon as a gamo bird In tho eastern states has been swopt away, because this Indus try has vanished. In tho North It Is an economic factor of groat import ance, for In May, Juno nnd July 85 per cent of Its food Is Insects. "It ought to bo a ploasuro for tho South to treasure for tho North this ofllciont and melodious harlequin of the meadows, Just as the North should foster tho swallows and orioles, tho blackbirds and meadow larks, which work so bravoly on tho cotton boll weovll of tho South. "Another point In favor of birds Is their ability to travol long distances, so that In case of a local outbreak of an,y spoclos of Insect thoy aro ablo to rally quickly to tho spot and render good service In chocking tho further increaso of tho pest." FEWER JOBLESS IN PARIS Most Persons Thrown Out of Employ ment at Beginning of War Are Again at Work. Paris. No moro remarkable signs of tho business revival In Paris can bo furnished than by tho figures pub llEhe'd of tho progrosalvo docllno In tho numbers of unemployed, especial ly during tho Inst year. UotWoon September 23 .nnd October 24, 1911, whon statistics aro first avail able, tho number of relief tickets Is sued shows that tho total of those who woro without work or means was 257, 1B5. This was Just after tho battle of tho Marno, when tho crlBls was at Its height. In tho fortnight between Feb ruary 14 and March I, 1915, this num bor had dwlndWJ to 150.SG4. or n dim inution of nearly 70.0OU. Slnco then tho decrease has noon rogulnr and rapid. Between November 20 and December 4, 1915, there were but 79,791 of both Boxes out of work. It 1b in tho llboral professions that this docroase Is least marked; but tho original numbers, both of men and womon, In this category wcro novor vory great. GIRL ACTS AS CUPID'S AID License Clerk Drives Twenty Mile In Snow to Help Prospective Bridegroom. Towanda, Pa. Driving twenty miles through tho snow, John Harrison, a young Brndford county farmer, reached Towanda and applied for n marriage Mkouso, only to learn that tho bride-to-be would havo t9 bo present when It was IbhiichI "This Is terrible." almost shouted Harrison "Tho weeding takes place this afternoon at two o'clock, the bride's homo Ib already filled with guests, nnd she can never come horo. answer tho quostlons nnd havo the wedding take place on tlmo." Taking In tho situation. Miss Mary Aboil, clerk to thr mnrrlago license olHco, voluntorod ti act as first aid to Cupid With tho mnrrlago license docket In tho bottom of tho sleigh. MIbb Abell was driven across the coun try twenty mlloa. issued tho marriage license, nnd tho wedding took place In schedule time. Miss Abell wns a guest of honor at the wedding dinner Derringer rtlfle Used by Davy Crockett and In the Graves-Cllley Duel Is Still In Excellent Condition. Washington. D. C.Among the. thousands of relics In tho United States National museum at Washing ton, there aro few objects more re plete with historical Interest than n certain Dnrrinper rifle, catalogue No. 9.509. This rifle was used hy Col. David Crockett of Alamo fame, and w i nlBO the weapon llrnd by Hon. William .1. Graves In the duel with Hon Jonathan Ctlley, resulting the death of tho latter. It was .made about a hundred years ago. and the curator of tho division of technology snyB It Is an exceedingly well-mndo and finely finished gun, being still in excellent condition Col Wright Rives, U. S. A., who has deposited tho rifle In tho museum stntes that It wns mndo for his fa ther. John Cook Rives, by Henrj Derringer. John C. Rives wna one of the publishers of tho Congressional Globe, now the Congressional Record, nnd know many congressmen, several of whom he was accustomed to take nut for rlflo .'ractlco to a field, some times used for horso racing, near where tho corner of Fourteenth street and Park road now Intersect. Among them wns David Crockett, pio neer, hunter, soldier nnd congress man from 1827-31, nnd 1833-35. who later lost his life at tho Alamo In the Texas strugglo for freedom. Crockett seemed particularly to like this rifle nnd often Joined tho shoot ing parties to keep himself in prac tice Tho circumstances whlca led to the fatal duel between Messrs. Grave! and Cllley of the house of representa tlves. In which this rifle figured sc conspicuously, wcro quite unusual and moro or lo3s complicated. Tho reporl of the Investigating committee np pointed by the house, covers tho storj of this duel well; an abstract of It taken from "Notes on Duels and Duel Ing." by Lorenzo Sabine, follows: On February 12. 1838. Henry A WIso of Virginia presented to the house a copy of the Now York Couriei and Enquirer, charging a member ol congress with corruption, and asked for an investigation of tho charge. Mr Wlso stated that tho author of the article wan vouched for by tho edltot of tho paper, and that tho house waa called upon to defend lt3 honor. Tona than Cllloy. member from Maine, op pooed tho resolution, and In debate said that If It was the samo edltoi who onco made charges against a certain institution, and later received facilities amounting to $52,000 from tho samo Institution, which ho then gave his hearty support, ho did not think tho recent charges wcro intitled to much credit In an American con gress. Mr. Cllloy was in order; ho was quoting a published house com mittee report on tho subject, but a few days later tho editor of tho pa per. Col. James Watson Webb, ad dressed a note to him asking If ho woro the editor referred to, and. If so, demanding nn explanation. This noto was directly responsible for tho duel between Mr. Cllloy and William J. Graves of Kentucky, who undertook Its delivery on the floor of tho.houso for his friend, Colonel Webb. Mr. Cllloy rofuaod to roceivo tho noto. becnusc he choso to bo drawn Into no controversy with Colonel Webb, stat ing thnt by so doing ho meant no dis respect to tho bearer; but ho refused to affirm or deny anything In regard to Colonel Webb's character. Mr. CraveB was not satisfied, however, and sovoral notis between them were ex changed, with tho result that Mr. Graves finally challenged Mr. Cllloy becauso ho would not say whether ho refused tho noto on tho grounds of nny personal oxcoptlon to Colonel Wobb as a goutleman and a man of honor. Naturally Mr. Cilloy donted Mr. droves tho right to demand an abso luto "yes" or "no" answer, and ac cepted tho challenge. Tho duel was scheduled for 3 p. ra.. on February .24. 1838, and tho two parties mot near tho boundary lino of tho District, on tho Marlborough road. Mr. Cllloy fired first, and f..r. Graves a second or two after him. but both missed. Efforts to adjust tho mattor woro futile and the parties massumod their positions and exchanged shots ngnln, also without effect. Still being uunblo to ngroo aftor further argu ment, thoy went to their positions tho third tlmo. This tlmo thoy fired very noar)y togothor. Mr. Cllloy was- shot through tho bo'dy and expired a few minutes Inter. Tho congressional committee found Mr. Graves guilty of a breech of privi leges In tho houso, but hoi that Mr. Clll had remained within his rights. Thoy recommended tho expulsion of Mr. Graves from tho house, nnd that th seconds and friends bo censured. Wolves Approach a City. Nevada City, Cal. Tho spectacle of wolves coming close to tho residence soctlon of tho city Is tho latest devel opment of the hoavy storm that has prevailed in this county. Whllo Jack Lnndsburg wns out near his uono re cently ho snw threo largo timber wolves como down out of tho hills anil approach as far aa tho dwelling ol j. M. Hadloy before thoy woro fright ened back Into the trees. USE OF CONVICTS ON ROADS Passed Through Period of Hysterical Wrangle Into One of Actually Suc cessful Accomplishment. "Tho ubo of convicts on tho public roads lins passed through tho period of hysterical wrangle Into a period of actually successful accomplishment and almost universal acceptation," stated E. Stagg Whltln, whoso new course in practical pcnnl probloma at Columbia university was recently an nounced. Doctor Whitln holdo that tho under lying motive in convict rond building must bo to socuro the great efficiency for tho stato out of its possessions. But tho convicts and the roads aro property of the state, and tho work ing of convicts upon tho roads should eliminate many elements of wasto in tho administration of road and prison departments. "Tho efficiency of the convict on tho road gang," ho continued, "differs greatly in different gangs. Thoro Is no doubt In my mind that tho appli cation of tho efficiency records In uso at tho present time la tho Wisconsin road camps for free labor will tend even moro perceptibly to ralso tho ef ficiency of convict labor. "Incentive must bo created beforo good work can bo produced. Coop any of ub up In n stuffy, unsanitary Jail for several montliB, arraign us for trial amid tho excitement of whnt wo misname as Juotlcr-, and thon tako a few months of breaking our, spirit in prison surroundings and there Is llttlo likelihood that the thing wo call ginger will bo very apparoa. Thoro is defi nite need of. building up If tho convict Is to return to society and make good. "The great need," Doctor Whltln concluded, "1b for the foreman of a convict road gang to throw his shoul der to tho task and inspiro his gang with the deslro to bo Hko him. Tho problem lies In securing such men as foreman of tho road gangs.", Tho graduate department of high way engineering at Columbia univer sity hns been in close touch with tho national committee on prisons and prison labor, which is located on tho campus, for a number of years. This work has been carried on under tho Joint direction of tho department and Convicts Building a Road. tho prison committee Doctor Blan chard, professor of highway engineer ing, sees tho great opportunity for tho highway road work, and, as ho stated in a recent article in tho Columbia Spectator: "Tho humane element must bo a factor in tho education of tho highway engineer of tho future." This will bo supplied through tho co-operation of tho national commltteo on prisons and prison labor and tho work under Doctor Whltln at Columbia uni versity. OIL PRESERVES COUNTY ROAD Surface Rendered Impervious to Wa ter and Crown Is Almost Like Asphalt No Signs of Wear. Tho only rond in Berks county. Maryland, which Is strictly a "county road" Is tho Btrotch of five miles be tween Douglnsvlllo and Yollow Houso. By this 1b meant that it is neither a Btato nor township road, but Ib entire ly under tho Jurisdiction of tho county authorities. Recently tho road was treated with a coating of crude oil, and no ono doubts tho wisdom of this action. The road Ib now not only dust-proof, but tho surface has been rendered lmporvl ous to water. Tho crown la almost llko asphalt, and thoro aro no signs ol wear or tear. The Value of Roads. It cost Franco ?G12,000,000 to build tho best system of roads in tho world. For many yenrs it haa reaped untold wealth, onjoyraont and benefit from them, and now those same roads havo becomo tho greatest slnglo factor in saving tho republic from destruction by Invading enemies. Certainly if any Bano man doubts tho profit or advisa bility of tho best roads and tho most of thorn, Franco affords au objoct les son that nono can fall to comprehend. BIN, OAS "Papo's Diapepsin" cures sick, sour stomachs in five minutes Time Itl "Really does" put bad stomachs In. order "really docs" ovorcomo indiges tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and sourness In five minutes thnt Just that makes Papo's Dlapopsln tho lar gest selling Btomnch regulator in the world. If what you eat ferments Into stubborn lumps, you belch gas and eructato sour, undigested food and acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath, foul; tonguo coated; your insldcs filled with bllo and Indlgestlblo wasto, re member tho moment "Papo's Diapep sin" comes In contact with tho stomach all such distress vanishes. It's truly astonishing almost marvelous, and tho Joy Is its harmlessness. A largo fifty-cent caso of Papo's Dia pepsin will glvo you a hundred dollars worth of satisfaction. It's worth its woight infold to mere and women who can't got their stom achs regulated. It belongs in your home should nlways be kept handy In caso of sick, sour, upset stomach, during the day or at night. It's tho quickest, surest and most harmloss Btomach doctor In the world. Adv. Nearly all tho European monarcno are shorter in size than their wives. GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT, BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy; Luxur iant and Remove Dandruff Real Surprise for You. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus trous and beautiful as a young girl's after a "Dandcrlne hair cleanso." Just try this moisten a cloth with a little Danderlno and carefully draw It through your hair, taking ono small strand at a time. This will cleanso tho hair of dust, dirt and excessivo oil and in just a few moments you have doubled tho beauty of your hair. Besides beautifying tho hair at once, Danderlno dissolves every particle oC dandruff; cleanses, purifies and Invig orates tho scalp, forever stopping Itch ing and falling hair. But what will please you most wllL bo after a fow weeks' uso when you will actually see new hair fine and downy at first yes but really now hair growing all over tho scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderlno from any store and Just try it. Adv. Forty per cent of the peoplo in tho United States attend church. LOOK! RESIN0L HAS CLEARED THAT AWFUL SKIN-ERUPTION AWAY Every day, thousands of skln-suf-forors find that tho moment that Resi nol Ointment touches their tortured skin tho itching stops and healing bo gins. That is why doctors havo pre scribed it so successfully for over 20 years In even tho severest cases of eczema, ringworm, rashes, and many other tormenting, disfiguring skin dis eases. Aided by warm baths with Reslnol Soap, Rosinol Ointment usu ally makes a sick skin or scalp heal thy, quickly, easily and at llttlo cost. Reslnol Ointment and Rcsinol Soap also greatly help to clear away pim ples and dandruff. So'd by all drug gists. Adv. X-rays aro being used in India to de termine a man's ?ge. IF BACKlTUrfrS CLEAN KIDNEYS WITH SALTS Drink Lots of Water and Stop Eating Meat for a While If the Bladder Bothers You. Meat forms uric acid which oxcltos and overworks tho kidneys in their efforts to filter it from tho system. Regular eaters of meat must flush tho kidneys occasionally. You must re lievo them llko you rollovo your bow ols; removing all tho acids, wasto and poison, elso you fool a dull misery In tho kldnoy region, sharp pains in tho back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tonguo is coated and whon tho weathor is bad you havo rheumatic twinges. Tho urlno Is cloudy, full of sediment; tho channels often get Irritated, obliging you to got up two or three times during the night. To neutralize theso Irritating addB and flush off tho body's urinous wasto got about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; tako a table spoonful In a glass of water before breakfast for a fow days and your kid noys will thon act flno and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts Ib made from tho acid of grapos and lemon Julco, combined with Uthla, and has boon used for generations to clean and stimulato sluggish kldnoys and stop bladdor Irritation. Jad Salts Is inexpensive; harmless and makes a delightful offorvescent lithla-water drink which millions cf men and women tako now and then, thus amid Ing serious kidney and bladder dis eases. Adv. Over 60.000 people In New York ctty own automobiles.