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NOTtTTT PTiATTR SEMT-WKKKTiY TRTRTTMR Pacific Coast Is Excited Over Japanese WASHINGTON. The Pacific const again i.s becoming highly wrought up over the silent, steady penetration of that section of the country by the Jupnneso. and Intends to press reme dial measures at the next session of congress. The house committee on irauilgrutlon has been Investigating the situation, holding hearings In Cullfor nla and visiting tho Japanese settle ments, in preparation for action on vurlous pending hills ranging all tho -way from outright exclusion of Japa nese to amendment of the Constitu tion, withholding American citizenship from American born Japanese. Senator Phclnn of California sees Japan reaching out for domination of tho Pacific, and professes great fear that unless .la pan is halted the Uni ted States will be worsted by the ori ental power, not only In trade, but In war. Not Many Conscientious Objectors Left pOHTV-ONH conscientious objectors r are still being Jield in military prisons nod disciplinary barracks for iheir refusal to recognize and obey unitary authority, according to a bul letin Issued by the American Civil Uhcrties union. Most of the sentences these men aire serving will expire this year. Two sentences will expire in 1025 and one In 102:1. A few will expire in 1921 and 1022. These objectors are the remnant of a lotnl of some (5.000 out of :J,r00, 000 men called to the colors who re fused to perforin military service. The others accepted noncombatant service or went on farms, or with reconstruc 1lon units. Of those whose scruples prevented .them from rendering any service or obedience whatever, only forty-one re main, and these could obtain their ".liberty at any time, the union admits. If they would forego their scruples to the point of obevlng tho rules and regulations and performing the duties required of other prisoners. The union claims that America Is the only country among those which recognized conscientious objection to "active participation In war, which has Taking No Chance on RIGHT THIS .WrtT.rJRnDX' I'LL TAKE CARE OF NYRODY standing at the right spot at the right moment In tho big Union station In Washington one night might have seen Representative Hen Johnson of Kentucky performing jin odd chore. It wouldn't havo looked so funny If Johnson were not so tnll and of such dignified appearance. He stood by the big gate where most of tho passengers wore coming from a train and every few moments remarked. In n tone of authority, to nobody In particular: "Right tills way, Mandy: I'll tnke care of you." Now, there wasn't nnybndy named Mandy there, you understand, and ev erybody wondered why u congressman Hardwood Scarce, Furniture Takes Jump SOARCITY of high-grade hardwood lumber and Its increased cost have largely contributed to the Increased cost of furniture, says the forest serv ice of the United States department of agriculture In a report to the senate on timber depletion, prices, exports, jind ownership. Higher lumber prices are multiplied in retail furniture prices. An increnso in ruw marerlal cost to the manufac turer of $.ri adds 50 to $10 to the retail cluirge. and the purchaser actually pays for the lumber In a piece of furniture three or four times prewar, prices. Other Industries, such as those mak ing veneer, handles, vehicles, and agri cultural Implements, which require high-grade hardwoods have likewise been seriously affected. Tho history of all these Industries has been much the same, tho report states. They began In the northeast where for many years local supplies of timber were ample for their needs. The waning of these supplies forced the Industries westward, where they found magnificent virgin hardwood Ktande, and expnndod rapidly. In the last ilfteen or twenty years they havu "Unless we take to heart the lessons of history," says Senator Phelan, "wo will, by our lack of vigilance, permit a foothold to be gained by these peo ple which will ultimately not only de feat us commercially In tho carrying trade, as they are fast doing, but mili tarily In the next world war. Our civilization Is at stake." "A Japanese colony under tho Amer ican fiag is not compatible with tho growth of an American state," con tinues Senator Phelan. "The soil of California Is being absorbed by the Japanese and legislation, state and federal. Is now being evoked to stem the yellow tide. It In n nice as well as an economic problem. "California refuses submissively to permit Its native population to be driven off the soil. If these people want California let them tnke It, not Btcalthily, by this process of economic penetration, but let them light for It. California, unfortunately, Is Just as much their tributary territory today under our generous laws as though they had conquered It by the power of arms. "The Japanese government looks af ter Its nationals throughout the world. It can cnll on them wherever they are. They nro not released from al legiance. Emperor worship Shlnto lsm Is their creed." not long since released all men Im prisoned for this reason. "These men," says the union's bulle tin, referring to conscientious objec tors still In military prisons In this country, "are being released slowly as their sentences expire, or by 'special order' for reasons not explained by the war department, which has no consistent policy of dealing with con scientlous objectors and never hnd any. All that can be mid of the pros ent policy Is that the department will not release before expiration of full sentence men who refuse to work un der military authority In prison. "There Is no prospect for 'general amnesty.' Letters on specific cases addressed to the secretary of war may help In securing 'special orders' of release." Not Getting Mandy I should be standing there snylng over and over again: "Right this way, Mandy; I'll take cans of you." What sense wns there to a man do ing such a thing as that? After ho had said It ninny times Johnson went away, but In a couple of hours he was back again, repenting the snme line, with the snme calm dignity as before. People were puzzled. Yet it was all simple enough. The Johnsons had sent to Kentucky for a cook, name of Mandy. They knew her name, but that was all ; they didn't even know for sure whnt train would bring her. But, nccordlng to reports, she wns a wonderful cook who could play culinary selections on n gas stove Just by ear, producing southern dishes of rare quality and fragrance. She was too good a cook to lose, and she wns not accustomed to finding street addresses in strange cities. And thnt was the reason why the dignified congressman went to all tho trains and cried out, every time he saw an alile-hodled colored woman: "Right this way, Mandy; I'll take care of you." been forced to reach out both north and south for timber, ns the forests along the Ohio river wero exhausted. At present, their sources of supply are very largely the more remote and Inaccessible parts of tho Appalachian mountains nnd tho lower Mississippi valley. When these forests are cut out, no other extensive virgin hnrd wood forests will be left for tho Indus tries to draw on. A demand for furniture in excess of the normal capacity of the factories, low stocks of hardwood lumber, great ly decreased production, and the diffi culty nnd uncertainty of obtaining adequate supplies of material, hnve nil Injected u very large speculative ele ment Into the furniture Industry. PROMISE GIVEN OF MORE SUGAR Crop Conditions Give Assurance of Increase Amounting to About 333,000 Tons. BEET ACREAGE MUCH LARGER There Is Also Substantial Addition to Cane Acreage, Especially In Louisi ana Growing Conditions Show Improvement People who have soft-pednlcd the sugar bowl for six years may be In terested In the statement that crop conditions on July 1 promised an In crease In next fall's sugar production In tho United States; an Increase nmouatlng to, approximately, HIW.000 tons, or enough to load a train of freight enrs 70 or 75 miles long, allow ing 40 tons per car. This prospective crop Is equal to more than 22 pounds One of the Many Widely Varying Types of Sugar Beets Found In Com mercial Fields. of sugar for every man, woman nnd child within (he United States, and the Increase over last year equals more than six pounds per person. Dig Beet Acreage Tho sugar-beet crop this year covers nlmost a million acres as against the five-year average of about two-thirds of a million ; and the growing condi tion on July 1 was above the ten-year average. There Is more than half a million acres of sugar cane this year, about half of which Is intended for nugar and the other half for sirup, after deducting considerable amounts for planting the next crop. There Is a substantial Increase In ncreage over last year, especially In Louisiana, where nearly all the cane sugar of the United States Is made. The growing condition of the cane In Louisiana Is much better than ilast year, but con siderably under the average for the past nine years. Protection for Crop. The department of agriculture, which has carried on a number of projects looking toward making this country self-sustaining from a sugar standpoint. Is co-operating with other ngencles In protecting the crops from Insects nnd disease anil oth erwise promoting the production nnd utilization of n bumper sugar crop. It should bo borne In mind, however, thnt the forecast for 1020 Is bawd upon conditions on July 1. nnd the actual out-turn would be above or below this forecast according ns con ditions between July 1 and harvest are better or worse thnn nvernge. PROPER TRAINING FOR STOCK Finest Colt In World Is of Little Use to Fanner Unless It Has Been Broken. Nohndy really cares what makes the wild cat wild because the wild cat Is no good even when It Is tame. Rut It makes all the difference In the world whether useful live stock I.s trained or wild. The finest colt In the world, product of the best draft stock. Is of little use to a farmer unless It has been broken to harness, Is brldle-wlse nnd gentle. A cow may bo a champion milk pro ducer, but she Is of comparatively lit tle value If nobody can milk her. A setter may carry the blue blood of Count Gladstone and have a nose for birds that Is unequalled, but nobody wants to hunt behind him unless he has felt the Jerk of the trainer's choke line and learned not only to find birds, hut to give his owner an opportunity to bag them. MOLD IN SILO PREVENTABLE Use of Plenty of Water at Filling Time Will Overcome Difficulty Pack Thoroughly. The use of plenty of witter at silo filling time Is one of the surest ways of avoiding difficulty from molds If the corn has been frosted or has be come overripe. If oile has the facili ties for running a steady stream of water Into the blower and at tho Fame time Is careful to see that the tramping Is thoroughly done the loss from molds can be made nlinot negll glide. As a mutter of fact. It Is pos slblo to entirely prevent the growth of molds If the corn Is cut at the proper time and thoroughly llstrlb uted nnd tramped In an alr-tlght silo. What 'air remains after this Is done Is used up In the fermentation prne esses which begin as soon as the corn Is ensiled the oxygen being converted nito carbonic acid gas nnd ullage acids. ... Sudan Grass for Pasture. Sudan grass furnishes good pasture for horses, cattle, sheep or hogs. It Is best not to pas ture n young seeding until It Is about a foot high. Ry this time It will have become firmly rooted nnd under nverago conditions will not be Injured much from tramping nnd pulling by animals. A hay crop can bo cX about tho last of July and an abundance of succulent pasture secured throughout August whin other pastures are burned up. or It can bo pastured the early part of the summer nnd a hay crop secured afterwnrd. The crop also may be cut nnd fed green with good results. BEST AND EARLIEST EARS FOR SEED CORN Quite Practicable to Allow It to Ripen on Plant. Exnmlne Grain Carefully, Removing Any Worms Found and Then Fold Back In Place and Tie With Elastic Band or String. The best wny to secure home-grown sweet corn seed, according to United States department of ugrlculture spe cialists. Is to allow It to ripen on the plant, ami, since a single ear will ho seed enough for a small garden, It In quite practicable to do fills. Select the best nnd earliest ears by stripping down the husks to examine the grain and to remove nny worms that may be found, anil then carefully fold them back and hold them In place by an elastic band or n string. Allow these ears to ripen thoroughly on the stalk. In the North It Is often better to pull and bang the plant where there will be no danger from moisture, frost, or even chilling until the seed In thor oughly dry. All the ripe ears remain ing at the end of the season In any cron of sweet corn should be harvested Well-Formed, Properly Dried Sweet Corn for Seed Crosby's Early. and saved. Tho best ears will mako fairly good seed, and nearly everyone, knows the enjoyment In parched sweet corn. Sweet corn spoils much more quick ly than field corn, nnd ennnot readily bo cured In lnrge shocks, but should be husked from the stalk and spread thin ly on staging to cure. A convenient wny of storing sweet corn Is on tho ear. GUARD TWINE FROM INSECTS Solution of Kerorene and Crude Creo. sote Is Recommended by an Illinois Entomologist. If tho twine one buys Is not nl roadv nrotected from crickets nnd grasshoppers the following formula given by W. T. Flint, entomologist of Illinois, can be used very satlsfactorl ly. lie recommends a solution of two gallons kerosene, and one gallon crude creosote. Mix these together and Im merse the twine for n period of about one hour or until It Is saturated, then lay out In the sun nnd dry thoroughly before using. Tho Missouri Agrleul tural college recommends a solution of one gallon of lime sulphur and ten gallons of water. Soak for a similar nerlod and dry thoroughly before using. IMPROVEMENT OF GAME BIRDS Pulaski County, Virginia, Continues as Leader in Stock Improve ment Campaign. The nggresslve character of live stock Improvement activities In Pu laskl county, Virginia, Is Illustrated by a recent sidelight In the "Rotter Sires Retter Stock" movement. poultry man enrolled his !"0 Indian (lames (Cornish) headed by an In dlun name cock in tho campnlgn. Ho kept no oilier stock. Pulaski county. Virginia, continues to retain first place among all counties In the country for the number of per sons agreeing to use purebred sires only. POULTRY FLOCKS FOOD PRODUCTS FROM FOWLS On Average Farm Poultry Furnish About 10 Per Cent of Meat for Family Use. A large proportion of tho poultry product.- of this country are produced en general farms. Nearly every farm lias Its poultry tlock. The nverage American farmer reserves about three rior.cn eggs a week for family use and about f0 fowls are consumed by the family during the year. These food products can bo secured absolutely fresh, which considerably enhances the value of this contribution from tho fnrm, says the United State depart ment of agriculture. Of the meat fur nished by the farm to the operator and his family, poultry constitutes about 10 per cent. A small llock of poultry can be kept on the farm nt little cost. The fowls find scattered grain about tho farm stead and on the adjoining grain fields after harvest. Garden refuse and kitchen waste are usually available for them. They also feed on Insects nnd worm. In ninny cases the farm er's wife and children find pleasure In caring for the llock. STEW OR SELL ALL ROOSTERS Male Bird Does Not Aid In Produc tion of Eggs and Should Be Dis posed Of In Summer. Farmers lose ninny millions' of dol lars annually 'from bad methods of producing and handling eggs. Much of this loss Is preventable, bccniifo It is due to the partial hatching of fer tile eggs, which have been allowed to become warm enough to begin to Incubate. Yon can help save the loss duo to blood rings by keeping the male bird from your (lock after tho hatching season Is over. Tho rooster does not help the hens to lay. He merely fcrtlllr.es the germ of the egg. The fertile germ In hot weather quickly becomes u blood ring, which spoils the egg for food nnd market. Summer heat has tho samo Hens Not Running With Rooster Pro. duce Best Eggs for Market and Preservation. effect on fertllo eggs ns tho hen or Incubator. After tho hatching season Is over, cook, sell, or pen your rooster. Your bens not running with n male bird wilt produce Infertile eggs quality egga that keep best and market best. United States Department of Agricul ture. CLEAN CONDITION OF FLOCK Boards Under Roosts Make It Easy to Remove Droppings Dally Little Sand Helps. To keep the Hock In a clean nnd sanitary condition dropping honrds should be provided and roosts above them. Tills makes It easy to roinovo the droppings each morning and helps greatly to keep the house free from objectionable odors. A little sand sprinkled on the dropping boards af ter each cleaning will mako the clean ing easier. HOMEMADE HOPPER IS HANDY Joint of Stovepipe and Wooden Box Make Convenient Device for Feeding Dry Mash. An easy way to mnke n hopper for feeding dry mash to poultry Is with n Joint of stoveplpo and a wooden box, 10x10x1 Inches. Set the box on tho floor nnd hang tho stovepipe from tho roof so that It Is about A Inch from the bottom of the box. Fill tho plpo with the dry mash. It will feed down Into the box ns the chickens ent It out. D0ULMN1 Outlier tho eggs twice dally. Market tho eggs nt least twlco a week. Keep tho eggs In a cool, dry room or cellar. As food thero Is nothing better to supply protein and mineral matter than oggs. . Trees with good-sized tops nnd out In the open so that air may clrculnto freely about them, nro a tired hen's Idea of paradise. Fix up somo open iheda If you cannot have trees. if . ASPIRIN , Name "Bayer" on Genulna "Bayer Tablets' of Aspirin" Is genu ine Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for ovci twenty years. Accept only an unbroken "Rayer package" which contains propel directions to relieve Hcndacho, Tooth ache. Earache, Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Colds and Pnln. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger "Rnyer packages." Aspirin Is trade mark Rayer Manufacture Man oacetlcacldestcr of Sallcyllcacld. Adr, Filial Love. Tho family had company for din ner, nnd the father of the house was telling for his guest stories of his boy hood. Among them were feats of his marvelous eating ability. "No wonder, when mother was such a wonderful cook," he smacked his Hps In remem brance of her dishes. "She could make pies that were dreams, anil strawberry shortcake I After eating one of mother's shortcakes n fellow thought all others very ordinary.' In deed'." Little John looked across at the glass dish of strawberries. Then ho piped out In his clear Ilttlo treble: "Oh, dad, don't you Just hope that I can talk Just thnt nice about mother when I grow up?" Father and Daughter Get Relief by Eatonic It. J. Powell, Sweetwater, Texas, Bays, "Katonlc helped nie ut once, but It was my daughter who got tho marvelous benefits. She could not even tnko u drink of water without ' awful misery, but It relloved her; she Is feeling much better. All this from one box, so send mo four more nt once." Hundreds of people now tnko en tonic; ono or two tablets after each meal keeps them In good health, feeling fine, full of pep. Eatonic simply takes up the excess acidity and poisons nnd carries them right out of the system. Of courso, when thr cause of tho misery Is removed, Ui sufferer ennnot help hut get well. You will find It a quick, sure relief for heartburn, Indigestion, sour, acid, gassy, bloated stomnch. It costs but a trifle and your druggist will supply you. If you don't feel well, you give eatonic n test. Adv. He Drank the Qravy. "Too many cooks spoil the broth," but If there Is no broth well, hero't the story as the young mini told It: "I went to a church luncheon and thought It mighty strange thnt the meat was brought In first and 11 few minutes Inter a howl of soup. "So I laid the meat aside, reached over for the soup and began dipping my spoon In It. "There was a loud cry from the In dies giving the luncheon, and one of them rushed up, crying: ' 'Goodness gracious, man, you're drinking the grnvyl" Columbus Dis patch. WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidnoy and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Womens' complaints often prove to bo nothing else hut kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other or gans to become diseased. Pain iu the buck, headache, loss of am bition, nervousness, are often times symp toms ot Kidney trouble. Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamn-Root. a nhrsician's pre scription, obtained at any drug store, may do just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or larse size bottle im mediately from any drag store. However, if you wish hrst to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. luimer & Co.. Hinahamton. N. Y for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Adr. Forests to Pay Country's Expenses. A HCheiue bus been outlined for tho county of Otsego In N'ow York by which forests now existing nnd those to be planted will pay the operating expenses of the county in the near future. I2nch of the twenty-four townships In tho county will under take to plant 100 acres of trees nnd the profits of these tracts will soon be sulllclent to take care of tho run ning expenses of tho county, so that taxes will bo lowered to tho minimum point. Cutlcura Soothes Baby Rashes Tli at itch and burn with hot baths of Cutlcurn Soop followed by gentle anointings of Cutlcura Ointment. Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe cially If n Ilttlo of tho fragrant Cutl cura Talcum Is dusted on at the fin ish. 25c each everywhere. Adv. Naturally. "When you go to Kuropo now, you havo to have your birth certificate." "Of courso, you do. If you huven't, somebody else on tho steamer might get your berth." Like a New Car. "Sho seems very proud of her hus band." "Yes. Sho'o had him only a, few weeks."