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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1916)
I 'ilblJ) METHE TRUTH I DIWHTHEPEOPLE to nw r The following unsolicited letter has been received from Mr. J. F. Ward of Ronalda, Alberta. It la a plain state ment of conditions as Mr. Ward has found them: I—", _ ...—:. "It*! with pleas e er * ure I drop a line to Plain Letter, vn|, We had good year. Off of 65 acres, oats and wheat, I got over 2,500 bushels of wheat and oats. Oats went here from SO to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat from 25 to 52 per acre. Just see me being here ono year and have over 700 boshclB of wheat. It Is now over $1.00 per bushel. Oats Is 42 cents, and go ing up. You told me the truth, and I (want the people of Toledo to know It. Hogs aro 8% cents; cattle are high. ■Canada is good enough for mo. I have S good horses. I sold 2 good colts, 2 cows and 18 head of hogs and killed 2. I have 6 hogs left. 1 got 400 bushels of potatoes off an acre and a good garden last summer, fine celery and good onions. One neighbor had over 1.200 bushels of wheat, and sold over $700 of hogs and 2,000 buBhels of oats. This Is a great country. If you should tell the people of Toledo of this It would get some of them thinking. Tho ■oil is a rich black loam, and a pleas ure to work It. "We have a good farm. We have a flowing well with soft water. It la the best water in the country. Some people think they got to go to war when they come out hero. They need Bot be afraid of war. There Is no war tax on land; only school tax, $12.00 ■on 160 acres, and road tax of two •days with your team. I tell you the tmtb, there Is no land In or around Toledo as good as our land here In Al berta. If anybody wants to write us, give them our address. ■"We have had nice weather. We luave had it quite cold for one week, ibtit no rain and Bleet, and the sun whines nearly every day, and It Is hot la the sun. Coal Is $2.26 per ton. Tho people are very nice and good here. Wn are well enjoying tho West. 'Use horses and cows are feeding on 'the prairies all the winter. We Just base two horses In the stable to go to •own with. Yours truly, (Sgd.) J. F. WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 9,1916." E■■■■;—.- ■•■ * . "I was born In o umeuu 8 Wisconsin, but 3chweltxberg8r mnvnd wUh my •parents when a boy to Stephen Co., 'Iowa. I was there farming for 60 years. I sold my land there for over $200 an acre. I moved to Saskatche wan. and located near Brlercrost In the spring of 1912, I bought a half section of land. I have good neigh bors. I feel quite nt home horo tho same as In Iowa. Wo have perfect ■safety and no trouble In living up to the laws In force. My taxes aro about $65 a year on tho half soctlon for ev erything. I have had splendid crops. I Wheat In 1915 yielded me over 60 bnshels to the acre. That Is more than $ have ever had In Iowa, and yet the land there costs four times as much as it does here. Tho man who comes Jbere now and buys land at $50 an acre •or less gets a bargain. (Sgd.) S. Schweitxborgor, February 9th, 1916." Advertisement. Nine to Draw From. Illker—Young Pellets tolls me he makes a specialty of doctoring cats. Piker—Well, his patients are lucky. Illker—Mow's that? Piker--They each have nine lives AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER. Mr. M. A. Page, Oscoola, WIs.. un •Jar date of Fob. 16, 1916, writes: Some years ago I was troubled with •my kidneys and was advised to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. It Is now three years slnco I lln Ished taking these Pills and I have had . no trouble with ray kidneys since. I Jj'k was pretty bad for ton or twelve years Ur M \ Pace pr,0r t0 taklnE your mr. m . A 1 age treatmont and wH1 -my that I have been in good health alnee and able to do considerable work at the advanced ago of seventy two. I am glad you induced me to ^continue their uso at the time, as I am cured. Dodd's Kidney Pills, 50c per box at ▼our dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Baffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspopsia Tab lets for Indigestion havo been proved. -S®c per box.—Adv. The Neglected Vocation. “My daughter writes beautiful poe “Dear me. dear me," sighed the man, “and the world so hungry for good awokV Ftor a really fine coffee at a mod cerate price, drink Denison’s Seminole Brand, 35c the lb., in sealed cans. Only one merchant In each town aells Seminole. If your grocer isn't the one, write the Denison Coffee Co., Chicago, for a souvenir and the name ■of your Seminole dealer. Bay the 3 lb. Canister Can for 31.00. —Adv. Even when a woman can speak with her eyes her tongue doesn't give them m chance.. The average length of a generation few S3 years. AUSTRIANS ON TAIL OF THE MIDP E MAN New Law Provides Nobody May Buy and Sell Necessities For Personal Gain. Vienna (by mall). — Further meas ures for the elimination of the •'mid dleman whose participation In com merce does not add to the value or facilitate the distrlb tlon of necessi ties" are being adootod throughout tho Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Not alone ire new laws for this purpose being enacted, but the provisions already liade by the civil and military bodies ire now being enforced with vigor that fives no quarter to offenders. Laws In force and in the course of enactment provide that nobody within Austria and Hungary may buy an article of necessity and then sell It again for the sake of personal gain, fills affects transactions In foodstuffs especially. When the Kuropeun war broke out It was found that there were many who wished to profit by It through the "cornering" of certain supplies, iri little time the cost of liv ing went up alarmingly, increases ranging from 50 lo 400 per cent. To curb this tendency the government It self took such action as Its power and scope permitted. It wns found, how ever, that the legislative bodies of Aus tria and Hungary, had to act in the matter. Suitable laws wore adopted, and theso are now being so amplilied as to close the loopholes which various actions at law have disclosed, A recent ruling In an Austrian su perior court In this oKy Is of interest because It shows both the letter and spirit, of the "anti-speculation laws" which have been adopted. in thiH case three Galicians had bought a relatively small quantity of foodstuff, mostly grain. At the trial It was shown that the three dealers had sold tho articles again in the same town, In one Instance wheat had been resold to its original owner. A profit had been made, and a slight increase in tho price of food made from tho articles ln question, had resulted, It was proven. The court ruled that under the law this was an offense, because the sule and resale of tho articles had been made by the defendants with a profit to which they were not entitled, having added neither to the value of tho urtlcles, nor facilitated their distribu tion. They hud, In fact, found the judge, rendered distribution more dlf flcult by holding tho articles for a cer tain time. The defense was that the accused had acted within their constitutional rights by buying and selling us they had done, and that they had not hampered dis tribution, because they had at all times been ready to sell. Hut tho prosecu tion obliged tho defendants to make the admission that they had held for a 1 higher price, whereupon tho court found that this was now an offense, because to hold necessities for tho gaining of a profit, through the opera tion of the luw of "supply and demand" was Illegal. Heavy penalties of Imprisonment and fines were imposed upon tho three dealers. Austria did not always have such a law. Taking this view of economics is distinctly a result of tho war—tho spirit that nobody shall gain at the ex pense of the other when "the other" Is likely to be at the front, risking his life for his country and leaving his family in straightened circumstances perhaps. To "deni for profit" has become a very dangerous and unprofitable enter prise in Austria today. Hut the Hun garian government, which hitherto 1ms not been obliged to concern Itself much with this problem Is also beginning to act. Hungary 1ms greater food re sources than Austria, and, for this renson, speculators have not found so good a field there. Food stuffs have been so ro'.atlvely plentiful there that bo far, for Instance, It has not been thought necessary to regulate the con sumption of bread by means of a bread card, ulmost universally used ln Aus tria. uomrary to opinions generally held. In interior affairs, Austria und Hun gary have nothing in common. On this account, Hungary is now improving her own "antlspeculation laws." Before the Hungarian diet, now in session, is a bill, introduced by the llungurian minister of Justice, accord ing to which no person outside of a trade or Industry, or without the spe cial permission of the authorities, may buy or sell, fbr purposes of gaining profit through speculation, any food stuff or other necessity of life. Tills means that only a miller may buy grain and only a halter flour, and then no more than what he will need for the lequlrements of his own business. The hill, which is sure to pass, provides a maximum penalty of two years’ im prisonment and a fine of 20,000 crowns. Another bill, from the same source, provides for a penalty of threo years’ imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 crowns, for the person who wilfully "destroys or depreciates the quantity and quality of food stuffs. Persons convicted of tills offense may also be deprived for three years of all civil and political rights. Heretofore speculation In Hungary lias been curbed principally by means of a law, reading as follows: "Tlie ministry may, for the duration of tiie war, in order to assure to the population a steady supply of food stuffs and necessities and to prevent the forcing up of prices, upply suitable measures in the production and dis tribution of these articles, included among them such emergency regula tions us are neecitd even If theso he in conflict with existing laws." A similar law was adopted In Aus tria, but in both countries speculators tried hard to evade the letter and spirit of tlie regulations which resulted from it. Most of those who have done so have been made to account, and in dealing with them the civil courts have been less relenting than even the mili tary authorities. Meanwhile a lesson in economies is taught, which, as many here believe, will not ho without bene ficial Influence after the war. The gov ernment’s campaign against the "use less middleman" and speculator is fol lowed by the consumer with an inter est and approbation not likely to ter minate with tiie coining of peace. The rivers of the earth carry 6.500 cubic miles of water into the sea each year. Tilts means a column 10 mllus square and 65 miles high. *44 ♦ ♦ 4 INDIVIDUAL REFORM. 4 4 - 4 4 By Tolstoi. 4 4 However stranRe this truly ap- 4 4 pear, the most effective and certain 4 4 deliverance of men from all the 4 t calamities which they indict upon 4 themselves and from the most 4 4 dreadful of all -war—is attainable, 4 4 not by any general measures, but 4 4 merely by that simple appeal to 4 4 the consciousness of each separate 4 4 man, which 1,000 years ago was 4 4 proposed by Jesus-that every man 4 4 bethink himself, and usk himself v 4 who he ts. why he lives, und what 4 4 he shunld ami should not do. ♦ ♦ 4 •4 4 444444444 444444444^4*e r ADVERTISED FOODS AND PURE FOOD ADVERTISING From the Optimist. The most direct method of increas ing the consumption of tinned soup or any other form of canned or prepared food Is by bringing to the attention of the public, by means of Judicial adver tising, first, the delectableness of the article In question; second, its clean liness; and third, its convenience. Before the days of the higher develop ment of prepared food and of food ad vertising, the American public ate 111 - cooked soups, greasy potatoes, and fried steaks—and dyspepsia was con sidered a national characteristic. Tho doctors scolded and raved In vain. Then came the advertisers of foods, who drew roseate pictures of the pala table nature of their wares, and made people’s mouths water for them, it does not pay nearly so well to scold people for their faults as to encourage them In their virtues. The result has been the great wave of food reform that, has swept over the entire country. Now, almost everything from soup to nuts Is advertised In some new, [letter and more palatable shapo than people have been accustomed to, anil [bis food goes to the table of the con sumer In more sanitary and more delec able form than ever before. The world iwi's much to the men who have given heir best bruins to the purity of foods ind to the enlightenment of the public >n the subject. One of the most hopeful things today s the Increasing respect for the human itomaeh—true respect, mark you; not luttery or indulgence, hut regard for [he stomach’s place in the scheme of luman economy. Formerly, people gave thought to the lalntlness, purity and wholesomeness >f their foods chiefly when they were lick. But—praise ho to educational idvertising!—they now make an intel igent study of their regular diet; and ,vhat they want is not so much food for nvallds as food that t^lll keep them [nun becoming invalids. Considering the ratio of cost to effi ■leney, advertising Is not an expensive nethod of selling goods, hut it is ap larent that when conducted on a na lonal scale It means such a large In vestment of money that the necessity >f having the quality of the goods back ip the advertising constitutes a perfect guarantee to tho consumer. The pure food laws have done much o safeguard the health of tho com nunlty, but it is evident that the re tirements enforced by law will never neasure up to the quality that the idvertiser’s own interest urges him to mt Into the foods that he prepares and idvertlses. The manufacturer knows ;hat advertising turns a Hood of light m Ills foods, his factory, his methods, de knows that his competitors will al- j ow no Haw, no condemnatory fact to meape. The rigid observance of the j lighest standard of quality and purity j s the only way to cope with scrutiny 10 penetrating and so persistent. From the above, It becomes evident hat the consumer derives tire following idvuntagcs from buying advertised ’oods: j Quality. Assurance that the Ingro- ] lients are the llnest; that tho methods if preparation are calculated to give he best results; that the skill employed n tho preparation Is the highest. Purity. Assurance that every pos- • ilblo cure Is employed to guard food !rom contamination; that the fnctory j ind the factory linnds vie with tho 1 irrangements of a well managed klteh- | m In a private home; that the pro ■esses are solentiflc, up-to-date, and involve as little handling as possible. Appetizingness. No one knows bet tor than the producer of advertised foods that “the proof of the pudding is the eating of it.” Pre-eminence among •ompotlng foods depends above all ^n the consumer’s palate A .vdlster — tho consumer's palate. Advertised foods must be tasty. Convenience. Tho producer must llm constantly at the convenience of .he housewife—convenience of package, preparation und serving. The advertising of foods is one of the most Interesting contributions to do uestle science. Its effect on the well being of tho community is incalculably treat. It has developed in directions [hat only a year or two ago would have :ieen believed very unlikely, if not Im possible, and It is sure to Hnd new [lelds as time goes on. QUARRELS OF YOUNG MARRIED FOLKS. [Copyright, 1915. by tho McClure News paper Syndicate. What If night came, and not he? Something might mislead his feet. Does the moon rise late? Ah mo! Listen, listen—that Is ho! I was all to blame, today; Swoet, forgive mo, why—I may! "What! Young married couples quar rel? Surely not! Yon say." "Oh yes, but they do, and I can tell you, too, how It if ten comes about; The knot is no sooner ;led than each think they own tho other. Heart, body und soul. There's no fear that lie or sho will wander away—stray far ifleld, become lost, or stolen. The length >f the married tether Is exceedingly short ntendlng little further than tho home roof. Rich and poor couples quarrel over about tho same things. The bride feels iierself aggrieved over the lack of car esses, such us sho believes her young hus band should lavish upon her. The hus band becomes annoyed at tho notion that they should sit and court of an evening In the park now- that they are wedded. Sho accuses him of Ills love growing cold. Ho accuses her of being far more of a foolish girl, than he ever imagined her to be. She accuses him of not Wanting to take her out of an evening, yet passing those hours away from her. He retaliates that he has to work work overtime, to pay their bills, adding that he hadn't cal culated It would cost so much more to keep two than one; continuing he finds he has to put up for the cost of a whole army of people, for that's what the entertain ing she insists upon doing, amounts to. What woman will allow a man to have the last word? She retaliates. Because she Is married does he expect her to shut her self up In the house, never see a human face, or the light of day outside of tho four walls? Ho suggests that a wife's place ts at home, not gadding. This adds fuel to the fire of her wrath. She splut ters hotly. Her eyes are being opened to the fact that it Is a cook und elderly wom an of all work he should have secured, und not a young wife to bo finding fault with. If tho one or the olher turned the first remark off with a smile, refused to answer back, much troublo could be avoided. One angry word brings on an other. He turns moodily away, leaves the house without his goodby kiss, that made his duties, his life und the world so sweet to him. She misses It quite as much; but finds some little satisfaction In resorting to tears, crying herself Into a headache. There Is still a trace of tt when he comes home at night In her swollen face, blood shot eyes. She thinks he does not notice It, when she has her hair so nicely curled, and her best bib and tucker on. But he does. Each Is repentent to be sure. It’s the one who shows the first overtures to wards peace, that gives proof that such little lifts are danger signals, to wreck future happiness. Each young married couple should make a compact that they will never, never, quarrel, but keep r-*lr hearts happy with leva. TOMMIE’S (Copyright. 1916. by the McClure News- i p^per Syndicate.) Tommie Jones was only five years old, bat he thought a great deal, and sometimes he said things that showed 1 he had a great deal of sense in his Iit i tie head. | One day a family moved into the ! house next to where Tommy lived. It ; wag not very near, because the houses f> were far apart and not like the city houses. "O mother! there Is a little boy come to live in the next house,” Tommy told Ins mother. "I saw him go in there just now, and he Is as big as I am.” Tommie meant by that, of course, that the little boy was about his age, and he was so Impatient to see him again that he hardly ate any dinner. That night he came in to supper with a smiling face. “HJs name is Freddie, and he is five years old, just like me,” ho told his mother. The next morning he was up bright and early to play with his new friend, and when he came In to his dinner he had many things to tell. "O mother! Freddie has a cart and a horse that goes all around the floor when you wind it, and he has a baseball and a bat, too,” he said. "He has an Indian suit too, mother, I wish I had one.” That night Tommie came home with many more wishes. “Freddie has a music box over at his house,” he said. 'T wish I had one. "And he has a big boat that will sail in the water, too; he has a knife with two blades, and, mother, he has a watoh, and ho carries it all the time.” I am afraid my little bov will find Freddie has many thiugs that he does not have and cannot have, for Fred die's father has more money to buy things with than your father,” said his mother. "You must not let It make you unhappy because Freddie has so many things to play with and you so few. "Perhaps you will find there is something you have that Freddie has not got, if you keep your eyes open, and then you may think you are much more fortunate than Freddie.” "I guess it is not so about Freddie’s not having everything." said Tommie the next day at the dinner table. "I kept both eyes wide open, and I didn't see that he was without anything. He has lots more than I have, mother, I am sure.” "You keep your eyes open, son,” CHOICE. said his mother, "and If I am not mis taken you have something that you would not part with for all of Fred die's toys or even his watch.” Tommie did not look as though ho believed what his mother said, but that night when he came in the house there were tears in his big blue eyes, and he ran to the kitchen where his mother was preparing supper. "I know what it is he hasn't got that I have," he cried, clinging to his mother’s skirt; “Freddie hasn't any mother, his mother is dead.” Tommie’s sobs came fast and loud. but his mother took him on her lap anti soon quieted him. “Mother knew her boy would not want to change places with poor little Freddie when he knew there was no mother there,” she said. “You see, it was wrong to want anything Freddio has, because he hasn’t any mother and his father buys him all the things that money can get for him, so lie will not be unhappy.” “But he’d rather have his mother than anything else in the whole world,” said Tommie, looking up at his mother througli his tears; “he told me so and he cries every night when he goes to bed, and no one tells him a story or tucks him in his bed same as you do me.” "Poor little Freddie, we must be very kind to him and do all we can to make him happy,” said Tommie’s mother, "and you will never again want anything Freddie has, will you, or be unhappy because you cannot have as much as he has?” "No, mother, I won’t,” replied Tom mie, hugging her tight. WHY DON’T WE EAT MORE CHEESE? upyriBnc, mi#, Dy tne Mouiuro News paper Syndicate.) As a race we don't eat very much cheese. It is not because we are ignorant of the food value of cheese either, for by this time most of us have read and heard more than we can remember about cheese food values. It is because we aren't enough in terested in getting the most for our money that we still neglect cheese. We talk much of the high cost of living, but we don’t by any means, take every chance that presents Itself to cut that high cost down. Cheese has a tremendously high food value. Cheese, if properly prepared, is not a tax on the digestion; that is to say, although it digests slowly, it even tually digests without causing distress. It has a taste that is tempting to most of us and when it is added to other foods It makes them more appetizing. So it is obviously merely a matter of Indifference that makes us eat such a comparatively small amount of cheese as we do. Most of us eat It, not as a food, but as a tidbit at the end of a meal. As the saying says: "Poor men eat cheese for hunger; rich eat it for digestion.” “We're not really poor enough to ap preciate cheese. Wherever mankind has become civilized enough to herd cattle, he has become a drinker of milk and an eater of cheese. And this country, with its vast herds of eows, produces very good cheese. We make not only what we call American cheese, but many of the foreign kinds as well. And, incidentally, we have made the biggest cheese ever made—an exhibition cheese that was made witli the milk of some 8,000 eows, but weighed over 12,000 pounds, and that stood five feet high and some 25 feet in circumference. Yes, we're a cheese-making nation, and it is now our economic duty, at least opportunity, to become a cheese eating nation. Among tne cheese that the housewife can use, with wafers and coffee, in stead of dessert, at dinner, are Stilton, Cheshire, Roquefort, and the softer Camembert and Brie. Cruyere or Swiss cheese makes delicious sandwiches with toast, or bread and mustard. Cream cheese can be eaten in sand wiches. or with salad. Pot cheese or cottage cheese can be eaten with bread and fruit to make a substantial ’unch. Parmesan cheese can be grated, the dried bits of it, to flavor all sorts of dishes cooked an gratin. PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA. In the registration area in 1913, ac cording to Dr. Matthias Nicoll, of New York, 84,000 people died of pneumonia. At this rate the number of deaths from pneumonia in the United States wits about 160,000. The number of ctises of pneumonia was at least 600,000, and it may have been as high as 1,000,000. To ilnd out the number of deaths in any community divide the population by 100,000 and multiply by 132. The result will be too high if the com munity is rural, too low if it is a crowded city. A city which kills so many and sick ens so many more is of great im portance. Therefore, sanitarians are studying it closely. Drs. Cole and Dochez tlnd that four-fifths of the peo ple who get pneumonia catch it from people who have recently had the dis ease or who have been nursing cases of consumption. Cases of pneumonia have the germ which caused the dis ease in their throats for an average of 28 days. Carriers (nurses and others who have been in contact with cases of pneumonia) carry the disease in their “spit" for an average of 23 days. What this information leads to is this: Cases of pneumonia should be re ported to the health department. The health department should quarantine the ease. The quarantine should last from three to four weeks. Just what restrictions should be imposed will have to be decided by eacii health depart ment. In time a standardized method will be worked out. But on some of the points of ths juarantine all health departments would be in agreement from the start fhe sputum of sick persons and con valescents must be received on cloths md these must be burned. The sick person must be kept in a well ven tilated room and all unnecessary visitors must be kept out of the room. Kissing must not be allowed. All towels, sheets, lishes knives and forks, spoons, and pups used by the sick person must be sterlized by hot water. When convalescence is established special precautions against spitting on tile floor or walks must he enforced for it least four weeks. A handkerchief must he held before the face when soughing and sneezing while the dis ease is on, and for four weeks thereaft er. Some sort of an antiseptic mouth wash must be used during the attack ind for four weeks thereafter. The provisions apply witli about equal force to the patient, the nurse and other caretakers. When the quarantine period has passed the health department should aspect and then remove the card and ift the quarantine. Such a public pol cy for the control of pneumonia means hat the present efforts to prevent spit ting in public places must be increased. ADDING CUBITS. Of course we can't add cubits to our nature—but that isn't important to day. We can add them to our collars, and that's the all-important thing to do. The smartest of the new blouses have high collars, at least at the hack. So the high collar might be called the distinguishing mark of this y#tr’s blouses. If you have some of last year's blouses in good condition on hand the only thing you need to do is to remodel the collar. Even if the sleeves are short, they will look well under a coat or jacket if the collars are high. Sometimes, of course, it is possible ' to put in full length sleeves of chiffon or lace, but this is not always worth while. As for the collars, there are several ways of remodeling these. And. per haps, the best way is not remodeling at all, but simply covering the low line of last year. The jabot is in fashion again, and a fluffy bit of lace arranged in a jabot will cover the V-shaped opening in front. To the top of this the collar is attached. The old collar should be removed, and the neck of the blouse neatly bound. Then the new collar can be easily adjusted. This collar can be a high shirred The Romance of the Export Trade. John Chapman in World Outlook. Tho kind ot Romance which insists on | veiled beauties, hair-breadth rescues ot noble ladles from on-springing man eaters doubtless exists—I've seen too many im possible things happen to be a doubter. No doubt their exist little kingdoms wherein the recently graduated college men of the United States uphold the reigning, and always young and handsome ! princess. My only contribution to this J type of romance has been a money contri bution to the authors of these tales. Offhand there's nothing of romance tn selling farming machinery, hut Just the | same I feel like a real missionary when i hit some towns In Siberia and see well fed. well clad. Intelligent people and look oack less than 15 years to the time when i • stock of crepe de chine in the color of the blouse, with cream or white lace for the jabot. Or soft velvet may be used. There are also some charming high collars of tulle or lace, shirred front, back and on each side, and stiff ened with wires or transparent stiff eners. Another sort of detachable collar that can be made to cover up a multitude :>f last year’s blouses is one attached to i ribbon. This ribbon should be stiff, tbout an inch or an inch and a half wide. It follows the V-line of the front closing, and at the back it goes straight along the top of the blouse At the back and sides some sort of flaring lace or muslin collar Is at tached, starched or stiffened to stand up. Such a collar gives a very good line to the old blouse. The ends are crossed and fastened with a pin at the point of the V-shaped opening. There are also various collars of stiffened lace or muslin that are high at the hack and disappear entirely at the front. These can easily be fastened Into old blouses with good results. The coats of the winter were not made to wear without collars, and. therefore, the blouse with a high col lar Is almost necessary under a jacket. These different makeshifts fill the bill auite satisfactorily. t first sold harvesters It lias meant the saving of hundreds of babies who used to starve; It has meant the clearing of the \ve of the mature and changed the most hopeless look that God ever j»ut In a hu man's eyes to the straightforward glance of the man to whom life is more than an existence full of hopelessness. 1 tell you 1 fee! that my life hasn't been wasted when they say In greeting me. "Before you came we starved," ami they can call the men who sent me into the heart of the world criminals and unlawful trust mak ers till kingdom come without 'hanging what I know one whit. By means of wireless, warships can talk to submarines, even when the latter are traveling beneath the water, SOME WEST IADI GRAIN REPORTS | In its issue of February 24th, 1916, the Wadena (Minn.) Pioneer Journal ' _ has the following Oats letter from West 115 Bushels ern Canada written Per Acre. by Walter GToedeu, ----- who is renewing his subscription to bis home paper: “The times we are having up here are very good in spite of the war. I have had very good crops this fall and we are having very good markets for it all. Wheat went from 30 to 60 bu. to the acre, oats from 50 to 100 bu. to the acre. I had an 18-acre field of oats which yielded me 115 bu. per acre by machine measure, so I think this is a pretty prosperous country. I have purchased another quarter sec tion, which makes me now the owner of three-quarters of a section of land. The weather was very nice this fall up to Christmas, then we had quite severe weather, but at the present time it is very nice again.” “I lived many years in Alberta; filed a homestead in the Edmonton district; _ own property in One of the several parts of Al Best Countries berta. I found it I Ever Saw. one of the best --—-- countries I ever saw; its banking system is better than that of the United Stalest one quarter section I own, with about $4,000.00 j worth of improvements, pays $18.00 a ! year taxes. All tax is on the land; im ■ plements and personals are not taxed. I was secretary-treasurer of Aspelund school district for two years. My du ties were to assess all the land in the district, collect the tax, expend it ($1, 000.00 a year), hire a teacher, etc., for the sum of $25.00 a year. Some econ omy, eh! “All school and road taxes are ex- i pended in the districts where they are f ; collected. There are no other taxes. ' Land titles are guaranteed by the gov ernment and an abstract costs fifty i cents. Half of the population of Al- $ berta are Americans on from Eastern r Canada. (Sgd.) WILL TRUCKEN MILLER.” Advertisement, A Just Tribute. “Why did Wombat leave his money to found a home for servant girls?” "Well, you know he was a manufac turer of fine china. And he always said the girls did a lot for his busi ness.” TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH n KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid Which Clogs the Kidneys and Irritates the Bladder. Most folks forget that the kidneys, like the bowels, get sluggish and clog ged and need a flushing occasionally, else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe head aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply must keep your kidneys active and clean, and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, | take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com- ^ bined with lithia, and is harmless to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity. It also neu tralizes the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending blad der disorders. X Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive; I makes a dolightful effervescent lithia water drink which everybody should take now and then to keep their kid neys clean, thus avoiding serious com plications. A well-known local druggist says ha sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be lieve in overcoming kidney trouble while it is only trouble.—Adv. Some Consolation. Wife—Everything we have here in the house is so old and shabby. Hub—Have a little patience, mv dear. When they get a bit older they will be antiques. FOR ITCHING SCALP And Falling Hair Use Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Trial Free. When tho scalp is itching because of dandruff and eczema a shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water will be found thoroughly cleansing and sooth ing, especially if shampoo is preceded by a gentle application of Cuticura A Ointment to the scalp skin. J Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Indignant Denial. “My poor fellow, I fear you are g something of an invertebrate.” “No. ma'am. Never touch a drop.” it Important to Mothers J Examine carefully every bottle of ' CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it ^ Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. | Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria ' Colorado uses more than two mil* ' lion electrical horse power every day i to run its industries ■N*