THE 8EMI-WEBKLY Till BONE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
SAYS SPIES DELAY
U. S. AIR PRORGAM
Senator Overman Declares Foes
Work in Curtiss Airplqno
Factory.
PAINT HIDES CUT IN BRACES
North Carolina Solon Urges Secretary
of War to Commandeer Plant
and Oust .Kaiser's Agents
Machines Tampered With.
Washington, March 30. Stirred by
charges In tho sennto of delnyB In the
aircraft program, the senate military
committee summoned on Thursday
Major General Squler and Colonol
Deeds of the slgnnl corps, In charge of
aircraft production, nnd Howurd Collin,
chairman of the aircraft board, to ap
pear Immediately.
Chnrges thnt German spies were re
sponsible for this country's failure to
keep up Its airplane program, were
made In the senate by Senator Over
man, Democrat, of North Carolina. He
also charged that there were splos In
tho Curtiss plant.
"If I wero secretary of war, I would
commandeer the Curtiss plant and put
out every man employed there and hire
Americans In their places," declared
Senator Ovormnn.
Senator Overman declared sides took
metal braces and, sawing them In two,
joined the pieces with lead anl theu
painted them over. The first Bristol
machine tried fell. An investigation
disclosed tho defect.
Many other pieces also had been
tampered with, and as a result the
building of Bristol mnchlnes was de
layed two months, while Inspectors and
sovernment agents went over and
olosely examined tho vnrlous parts to
replace tampered pieces.
Senator Overman stated that It had
been said there are 100,000 German
spies In this country, but he believed
there aro 400,000. He said he was
making ifo charge against any em
ployee of tho Curtiss plant, but as
serted that some of their names sound
" un-American, and added that "wo do
know that spies are In tho plnnt and
that they hnve delayed the delivery of
machines."
Mr. Overman announced that his In
formation had been obtained from n
detective whoso nnmo he Intended giv
ing to Chairman Chamberlain of tho
sennto military committee, so that ho
and others can be summoned before
the military committee.
WOULD OUST LA FOLLETTE
Williams Urges Expulsion of Wiscon
sin Senator and Declares Berger
Should Bo Interned.
Washington, March 30. Partisan
feeling flared up in tho sennto again
on Thursday when Senator Williams
of Mississippi, Democrat, renewed his
attack upon Representative Lenroot,
Republican candidate for the sennte In
Wisconsin, whom he charged on Wed
nesdny with being lukewnrm In loyal
ty to tho government In tho war. Tho
Mississippi senator declared Senator
La Folletto of Wisconsin should bo
expelled, and thnt former Representa
tive Victor Berger, tho Socialist candi
date for senator, ought to be Interned,
Republican sennto'rs defended Mr. Len
root U. S. BUYS' 12 JAP SHIPS
Tokyo Gives 100,000 Tons In Exchange
for Steel Transfer of 200,000
Tons Near.
Washington, March 30. Formal an
nouncement on Thursday by tho war
trade board of tho new shipping ar
rangement between tho United States
and Jnpnn shows thnt Japan Is to turn
over to tho American fleet Immediately
twelve big steamers of 100,000 ton?
dead weight capacity, In return for
steel, supplies. Negotiations nre pro
ceeding for tho transfer of 200,000 tons
of new construction on tho same
basis.
BRITISH TAKE 3,000 TURKS
Entire Ottoman Force In the Hit Area
In Mesopotamia Captured or
, Destroyed.
London, Mnrch 80. The entlro Turk-
Ish force in the Hit nrea In Mesopo
tamia has been captured or destroyed
by the British, the war ofllce an
nonnces. Thrco thousand prisoners
were tnken. A further advance by tho
Brltlfih forces, which hnVe crossed the
River Jordan, Palestine, Is announced
by the war olllce.
Wilson to Be Cambridge LL. D.
London, March 30. -President Wit
son, tho Press association says, has
expressed his willingness to accept tho
honorary degreo of doctor of laws
from Cambridge university.
Russ Again Fight Gorniane.
London, March 28. Resumption of
ngnting in uKrnino neiwecn me uer-
mnno nnil thn hnlshevlkl Ir mnnrtnri In
n Router dispatch from Potrogrnd. The
noisneviKi are miiu iu hum- recnpiureu
me cuj v lull-mull. ,
CHESTER W. CUTHELL
Chester W.Cuthell. thirty-four years
old, general counsel of the Emergency
Fleet corporation, Is the youngest,
man who holds u similar position for
the Government. He succeeded Judgo
John Bnrton Payne, who haa been
made legal adviser to the director gen
eral of railroads.
REASONS FOR SECRECY
PUBLICATION OF ADDRESSES OF
U. S. SOLDIERS AIDS ENEMY.
Gen. March Also Says Under Old Sys
tem Claim Agents Harass
Kin.
Washington, Mnrch 28. An ofllcinl
statement of the wnr department's rea
sons for announcing only tho nnmes of
American troops killed or wounded In
France was submitted to tho senate
by Major General March, acting chief
of staff, with n statement thnt tho de
partment considers It of best ndvan1
tngo from all points of view. .
General March said the old system
of giving addresses nnd other details,
gavo Information to the enemy and
brought swarms of claim agents to
harass the relatives of tho men.
The policy of the wnr department,
General March told tho senate, Is "to
put In the hnnds of the nenrest rela
tive or the last friend given by the sol
dlcr In his emergency address, prompt
nnd nccurate information concerning
tho casualty before anything Is given
to the press and to prevent any lnfor;
mntlon appearing In tho papers which
will bo of any possible assistance to
the German cnuse."
"Tho old system," General March
added, "which gave the date of tho
casualty, ennbled the Germans to get
exactly whnt effect was produced upon
our troops In n raid of that date.
"The raids which are being conduct
ed along our front are for the purpose
of capturing one soldier, If possible,
with the object of obtaining from him
Information about tho organization
which Is opposed to the German lines
nt tills point. With tho publication of
tho address of the nearest relative tho
German agent In tho United States ap
proaches tho relatives and obtains
from them the Information which Ger
many Is attempting to obtnln from our
front by nttneks on our forces.
' "The whole matter of a chnngo In
our former method In publishing ens
ualty lists was brought up by a cable
gram from General Pershing, In which
lie stnted that representatives of the
French government had formally pro
tested ngnlnst tho methods thnt wero
then used."
WHEAT SEIZED BY THE U. S.
Grain Held by German Farmers In
New Mexico Taken In Food Ad
ministration's Order.
Washington, Mnrch 20. Wheat
hoarded with unpntrlotlc Intent will
bo seized by the food administration.
Already 850,000 pounds belonging to
Kempenlch brothers, farmers of Ger
man extraction In New Mexico, has
been taken nnd orders hnvo gone out
to state administrators to act prompt
ly when hoarding Is discovered. Largo
holders will bo given opportunity to
sell- before their grain is seized. Al
lownnco also will be made for per
sonal requirements.
0. K. URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL
House Adopts Conference Report on
Measuro Carrying $1,150,000,000
Sent to Wilson.
Washington, Mnrch 28. The house
adopted the conference report on tho
urgent deficiency bill, carrying $1,160,-
000,000, providing for the snle of one
my property fn tho United States and
giving the government power to pur
chase .German owned docks nt nobo
ken, N. J. The sennto adopted the
report and the bill now goes to Presl
dent Wilson.
Two Fivers Are Killed.
Fort Worth, Tex., April 1. Whllo
doing solo flying hero F. J. Dwyen,
Itnvnl Flvlne corns, whose home wns
In Scotland, and J. Scott Rownn of
Montreal, Canada, wero Instnntly killed
when their planes crushed to earth.
Russian Warship Is Sunk.
London, April L Tho sinking by
a mine In tho harbor nt Rcval, on tho
Gulf of Finland, of the Russian cruis
er Admiral Makaioff Is reported In
a Petrograd dispatch to Copenhagen,
as forwarded from that point.
GEN. FOGH MADE
CHIEF OF ARMIES
Famous French Commander Ap
pointed Generalissimo of Al
lied Forces.
I). S. TROOPS TO ENTER FIGHT
Pershing Notifies War Dfpartment
That American Divisions and He
sources Will Be Ustfd in Great
Battle if Needed.
Washington, April 1 The war de
partment received the following cable
gram on Friday night from General
Pershing :
"Have made all our resources nvnli
able nnd our divisions will bo used If
needed.
"Frouch nre In line spirit nnd both
armies seem coulldent.
"PURSUING."
Tho American forces In Franco are
now pnrt of the grent allied nrmy that
Is to meet the German thrust with u
counter-attack.
The countcr-nttnek may he under
way already, for tho allied armies aro
now under command of General Foch..
who, If ho has not been by this, time
named generalissimo of nil the allied
forces, Is so In fact, nnd ho Is noted
for his suddenness nnd ngrresslveness.
It was Foch who directed tho attnek
on the German left flank at tho Marno
hat won the battle and saved Paris In
1014.
The soldier folk who have studied
the strategy of the war from the he
ginning tell us .thnt Foch anticipated
orders In this decisive move ; that Gen
eral .TofCrc's order for tho advance was
not given until two hours nfter his
subordinate had started and two hours
mennt much when the enemy was with
in seventeen miles of Paris, with an
unbroken record of victory driving him
on.
Washington got tho news of the
triumph of tho Wilson plan of unified
command when a message was given
out nt tho White House conveying the
president's congratulations to tho gen
eralissimo. This was dispatched nfter the cabi
net had learned of tho offer of Persh
ing to tho high chief of nil the forces
of America for use In tho coming bat
tle. Tho cable to General Foch was as
follows :
"May I not convey to you my sincere
congratulations on your now author
ity? Such unity of command la a most
hopeful augury of ultimate success.
Wo aro following wfth profound Inter
est tho bold and brilliant action of
your forces.
"WOODROW WILSON."
NEW DRAFT BILL IS PASSED
Men Becoming of Age Since June 5
Will Register Under Selectlvo
Army Service Act.
Washington, April 1. Tho resolu
tion nmendlng the selective draft act
by requiring registration of youths
reaching twenty-one years since June
5, 1017, and estimated to add 700,000
more men to tho roll of cllglblcs, was
adopted by tho senate. It now goes
to tho house.
Senator Ncw's amendment providing
for compulslvo universal military train
ing of men between nineteen and twen-ty-ono
years, but deferring their mili
tary service until after majority, wad
rejectod by the senate, 80 to 20.
As adopted, tho resolution provides
that all malo citizens of the United
States residing In this country, at
taining their majority slnco June 5
lnst, shall bo subject to registration,
under regulations prescribed by the
president; shall present themselves for
registration on a day proclaimed by
tho president, and thereafter shall be
liable to military service.
75 KILLED IN PARIS BY SHELL
Long-Range Hun Gun Stays Women
and Children During Good
Friday Services.
Parts, April 1. Seventy-flvo per
sons were killed nnd ninety wounded,
most of them women nnd children,
when a shell fired by a Gerinnn long
range gun fell on a church In tho re
gion of Paris while Good Friday serv
ices were being held, nccordlng to an
official communication issued here.
Among those killed was II. Stroeh
lln, counselor of the Swiss legation In
Parte.
Tho same church was struck by a
Bh?U durlug tho celebration of high
muss lnst Sunday and mnny casualties
resulted.
The long-range bombardment wns
begun shortly after three o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
Americans on Italian Front.
Italian Army Headquarters, April 1.
Ambassador Pago has arrived hero
from Rome, nnd with General Swift
and other membprs of the American
military mission visited General Diaz
at headquarters.
Order Freight Embargoes.
Washington, April 1. Embargoes
acalnst consignees who fnll to unload
their freight promptly wero ordered by
tho railway administration. As a re
sult of tho order two new committees
aro created.
MARK HYMAN
Mark Hymiin, who for several yenrs
has been special assistant to tho at
torney general for antitrust investiga
tions, Is now assisting Assistant At
torney General Todd In the Hog Island
Inquiry.
RUSS RETAKE ODESSA
BLACK SEA PORT RECAPTURED
BY SOVIET TROOP8.
Naval Forces Also Take Part In
Bloody Battle Slavs Slay Huns
at Pskov.
London, March 20. Odessa has been
recaptured by tho soviet and Ukrain
ian troops nfter a bloody battle, lu
which naval forces took part, accord
ing to a MoscoW dispatch from the
semiofficial nows agency.
Moscow, Mnrch 29. Prince Henry
of Prussia, brother of the Germnn em
peror, nnd one of his sons hnve arrived
at Rcval, Esthonln. They wero greet
ed heartily by tho German populntlpn,
but the Esthonlnns refused to par
ticipate in tho reception. Tho visit Is
attributed to. a desire to creato pro-
German feeling In the Baltic prov
inces.
The Germans nre busy collecting
and exporting brendstuffs from the
Pskov district, northeast of Dvlnsk.
At Pcrchorsknya, near Pskov, 40 mem
bers of German detachments requisi
tioning bread were killed by tho peas
ants.
A bolshcvlkl supreme wnr council
has been formed to take chnrgo of
,army organizations. Leon Trotzky has
been appointed chairman of tho coun
cil. Agents nre being sent from Mos
cow Into all the provinces to organlzo
the peasants to supplement tho efforts
of tho city workmen In opposing tho
Germans. Volurfteers will bo cnllod
for, after which local committees will
prepare lists of men refusing to vol
unteer and will post them publicly. To
nil shirkers will bo denied tho right
to participate In public affairs.
Bolshcvlkl troops, an official an
nouncement snys, have been successful
In fighting the Austrlnns Jn tho south
ern Ukraine. The cities of Ulkolnyov,
Kherson nnd Zmnnnnkn hnvo been
captured by the Russians.
MAJ. GEN. WOOD PASSES TEST
Commander Will Be Returned to Hla
Division at Camp Funston, Kan.
May Go to Front Later.
Washington, April 1. MnJ. Gen,
Leonard Wood has parsed his physi
cal examination for active sorvlco at
the front and will bo returned to com
mnnd his division at Camp Funston,
Kan. This disposes of rumors that
through the rigid test to which all gen
oral officers who aro to tako tho field
In France are subjected tho adinlnls
tratlon was preparing to shclvo Gen
eral Wool, senior major general on
the active list of tho army.
28 BRITISH SHIPS ARE SUNK
Submarines and Mines Increase Week
ly Toll of Vessels Owned by
England.
London, March 20. Submarines and
mines hnvo Increased their weekly
toll of British shipping. The ndmlral
ty's report Issued on Wednesday shows
that In the last week 28 merchantmen
wero sunk, 10 of tho vessels bolng 1,-
000 tons or over nnd 12 under thnt
tonnage. Ono fishing vessel was lost
Ships Sink Three Divers.
Liverpool, Mnrch 28. Three Liver
pool vessels have sunk threo Germnn
submarines in the Atlantic recently,
nnd It is now permitted to relate the
circumstances.
Detroit Flyer Is Killed.
Paris, April 1. Phelps Collins of
Detroit, a member of tho Lafayette
flying corps, was killed In an nlr fight
on tho French front. Whllo on patrol
duty Collins was attacked by a num
ber of Germnn machines.
Prince Offered New Crown.
Amsterdnm, April L Tho ducal
crown of Lithuania has been offered
and probnbly will bo accepted by Duko
William of Uracil, according to an an
nouncement made on Thursday by the
trranKruner .eming.
MUST MARKET WHEAT
Government Wants Grain and Will
Selzo It Unless Released, Orders
Reach 8tato Administrator.
Farmers must markot tholr wheat
or tho government will requisition It,
nccordlng to orders received from j
Washington by tho stnto food admin
istration. Tho government wnnts it
for war purposes. "Requisition tho
wheat of thoso who aro holding It
with a dcslro to obstruct tho govern
ment" Is tho order which enmo to
Stnto Food Administrator Wnttles.
Orders to county food administrators,
asking them to report all cages In Ne
braska v.iiere wheat Ib being held on
tho farms with tho hopo of obstruct
ing tho government, wero sent from
Food Administrator Wattles' office.
As noon as theso reports aro received,
notion, following tho request of Her
bert Hoover, United States food ml
mlnlstrntor, will be taken by tho Ne
braska administration to get this
wheat to market.
If the legislature follows the sug
gestion of Governor Neville, nnd
passes the soldiers' voting bill In Its
present form, Nebraska soldiers In
Franco will participate In tho comiiiR
stnto election. They will voto by
mall.
An expert who Investigated fnll
wheat in Cheyenno county reported,
after viewing 420 farms which nro
sowed to fall wheat, that only five
aro not 100 per cent perfect. Chey
enno county has a' larger acreage of
fall wheat than ever before.
Nebraska's quotn of tho third Lib
erty loan will bo $31, 042,800. This Is
slightly higher than tho minimum
quota and much lower than the max
imum quota for Nebraska on the sec
ond Liberty loan, which were re
spectively $20,040,000 uud $'10,400,000.
Oil drillers at work near Red Cloud
hnvo reached a depth of 2,325 feet. A
considerable trace of oil appears In
the formation brought up. Prospects
for finding oil could not bo better,
according to experts on tho ground.
Tho United Brotherhood of Stroms
burg has sent nn urgent appeal to
tho state legislature lu session at
Lincoln to ratify tho federal prohibi
tion umendmcnt during tho present
sesstou.
Tho squabble botween citizens of
Red Cloud and vicinity 'nnd various
telephone companies doing business
iu tho district Is to bo utrcd by the
State Railway. Commission at n hear
ing nt Red Cloud May 1.
The executive committee of tho Ne
braska Stato Press association at a
meeting nt Grand Island fired Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, Juno 20,
21 uud 22, as tho dales for tho mid
summer meeting at Omnha.
A $100,000 IssUo of school bonds
carried In a special election at
Hastings. Tho money will bo used
to completo tho $300,000 of school
buildings Including tho now Junior
normal.
Tho stato food administration has
urged tho Fremont canning factory to
secure as largo an ncrengo ns possi
ble this season, In view of tho heavy
demand for food products.
Governor Neville Issued n procla
mation asking Nobrnskans, on April
0, tho date of America's entry Into
tho world wnr, to dovoto tholr efforts
in promoting the third Liberty lonn.
Mayor Dahlman of Omnha has ls
sued a proclamation calling upon nil
citizens of tho city to observe tho
now daylight saving regulation, which
bocamo effective last Sunday.
A non-partisan lenguo meeting
Bche.dulcd to bo hold nt Wnhoo was
forbidden to tako placo by tho city
authorities on n suggestion of the
Saunders County Council of Defense.
A comploto automobile nmbulanco
outfit for American troops In Franco
Is to bo equipped by tho Nobrasku
Q. A. R.
After twenty-seven years of Berv
lco Omaha's chief of police, Henry
Dunn, resigned his position because
of poor health.
A Red gross auction snlo held at
Gothenburg netted $7,000. A goose
wns sold 0,10 times nnd each time
sold for a dollar.
Tho hearing of Miss Lyda McMn
hon, former superintendent of the
girls' Industrial school at Geneva,
will be held April 17.
A big sign rending "Closed Till
After tho Wnr," appears across tho
Columbia society hall door at Nor
folk. The hall formerly- was known
as the Gorman hall. The society
changed Its. name, recently from the
Landwchr Veroln to tho Columbia
society.
According to a survey inn do by
Stato Food Administrator Wattles,
mills of Nebraska can turn out 447,
000 barrels of comment, 0,1100 barrels
of hominy and grits, 011,500 barrels of
corn Hour, and 18,700 barrels of bar-
loy every SO days.
A service flag with 1,052 stars wns
unfurled at the Union Pacific head
quartars at Omnlia. It carries the
greatest number of stars of any scrv
Ice Hag In Nebraska. Tho stars lndl
cato tho numbor of young men from
tho Nebraska division who hnvo join
ed tho colors.
A rocpnt order from tho war de
partment places all radio buzzer
schools In Nebraska under tho super
vision of the stnto board for voca
tional education nnd hereafter all re
ports to tho government will be mado
through tho Nebraska ofllce.
Ward M. Burgoss, stato director of
tho war saving campaign, has receiv
ed a lottcr from D. B. Klnnlson oC
David City In which Mr. Klnnlson
offers to turn his 80-acro farm over
to tho government for tho period of
flvo years, or for tho duration of tho
war, all tho proceeds nbovo tho actual
expenses of operation and living for
Mr. Klnneson and his family to go to
tho government.
A wnr saving stamp contest was
staged recently In tho public school
nt Stapleton. Sides wero chosen nnd
March 22 was set ns tho date on
which tho contest should closo. Tho
final count showed tho total amount
of stamps bought to M $1,460, or an
avorago of about $14 to tho pupil.
J. M. Glllnn, head of tho Industrial
bureau 6f tho Omnha Chamber of
Commerco estimates that moro thnn
3,000 carloads of potatoes, valued at
$2,000,000, aro rotting In cellars of
Nebraska farmers becauso thero Is no
market for them.
Stnto Secretary of Agriculture
Danlclson announced thnt machinery
men nro making their entries for tho
state fnlr early this year, and lndl
cations point towards ono of the larg
est machinery exhibits In tho history
of tho fnlr.
According to n report Issued by tho
government census bureau there nro
120,503 farmers In Nebraska. Thrco
hundred nnd eighteen nro listed ns
dairy farmers, 2,507 ns stock raisers,
fifteen as apalrlsts and 154 na corn
shelters.
"Tho drlvo on tho western front Is
Germany's supremo effort to call off
tho war before America gets Into nc
Hon," snld Prof. 1 M. Fling, head of
tho European history department of'
the University of Nebraska, at class
lecturo at Lincoln.
Thnt Nebraska women nro ,to do
their pnrt In the third Liberty loan
campaign Is evidenced by tho an
nouncement of Mrs. A. G. Paterson of
Aurora, that chairmen In 72 counties
hnvo been nppolnted.
Fnrmors will have to pay $75 a
month for hired hands this season,
and they will be hard to get at that
price, nccordlng to C. W. Pugsley, of
tho state university agricultural ex
tension department.
Tho smallpox quarantine at Kear
ney has beon lltfed nfter thrco weeks
forced vacation of tho school children.
Theaters nro again permitted to
operate and public meetings may be
held.
Work on tho now homo for tho
Klkhorn Vnlloy Stnto bank at Stan
ton wns begun Just recently, , The
building" will bo ono of tho finest of
tho kind In tho state when completed,
It Is reported, thnt Senator Adam-
McMullcn of Gago county will bo ai
candldntc for tho republican .nomina
tion for congress In the Fourth dis
trict. Uniforms hnve been ordered for tho
Albion homo guards. Tho company
drills onco a week and Is developing
Into ono of tho most proficient units
In tho state.
Extenslvo tests made In tho labora
tory of tho high school at Fremont,
show thnt only 48.20 per cent of seod
corn from last year's crop In Dodgo
county possesses vitality.
Farmers along tho Union Pnclflc
lino In Nebraska have been requested
to co-operato with tho company In
preventing destruction of crops by
llro cnused from locomotive sparks.
Tho third Liberty loan quota for
tho Kansns City district, which In
cludes nil .of Nebraska, Is $130,000,000,
an lncrenso of $10,000,000 over tho
second lonn.
Postmaster Wnhlqulst of nestings
reported n total snlo of over $508,000
worth of war stamps, placing Adumn
county in tho leud from per capita
standpoint.
Fifteen hundred bushels of whlto
corn Is being mado Jnto cornmeal
every dny nt tho Cooper mills In
Humboldt, Richardson county.
Stnte Treasurer Hall now has $500,-
000 of stato funds In depository banks
that are paying tho stnto 5 per cent
Interest for the uso of the money.
The Ulysses Dispatch, published by
T. S. Greer, hns been purchased by O.
D, Krntzer, owner nnd editor of tho
Garrison News. '
Tho Nebraska Baso Hospital unit
No. 40 left Omnhn for Fort Des
Moines lnst Tuesday for n period of
Intensive training.
As the result of an epidemic of
smallpox in Omnha, all school chil
dren In tho city are to be vacclnntod.
A request to Nebraska factory own
ers to secure gardening land for their
employes, to make It possible for thoso
workers to help with tho food pro
duction has been mado by Mrs. Frod
M, Dowesse, chairman "of tho food
production division of the woman's
committee of the Couucll of Defense.
Deposits In 030 stnto banks of Ne
braska gained $27,001,558.28 slnco lnst
Novomber, und $59,000,000 over u.
year ago. Deposits now total $250,
500,824.74, nccordlng to a summary by
Secretary J. J. Tooley of tho otato
banking board.
Tho second will purporting to hnvo
been mado by John O'Connor, aged
rncluso of Hastings, who died August
17, 1017, without any known heirs,
.leaving an estuto of approximately
$100,000, has been declared Invalid
by Judge Snider In tho Adams Coun
ty court.
Burlington railroad officials havo
-started a drlvo toward pluutlng 3,000
gardens ulong tho company right-of-way
In Nebraska. Station agents and
section foremen are urging the towns
people to cultivate tho land on the
right-of-way.