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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1916)
Bank Clearings Increase—Agri culture Is a Paying Indus try-Manufactures Doing Well. “Business experts assert that Can ada is on the threshold of perhaps the most prosperous era in her his tory. The unprecedented value of the farm products of 1815, together with the very large output of factories^ working on munitions of war lias sud denly brought the country into a po sition, financially, scarcely hoped for as a nation for years, to come. Ex port surplus of $50,000,000 a month is making Canada very strong In cash.” —Extract from official bulletin of Feb ruary 11, 1010. The response by the farmers of Can ada to the call for increased produc tion in 1015 was a total net output exceeding one billion dollars, an In crease over normal years of at least three hundred millions. The three I’rairie Provinces contributed prob ably nearly one-half of the total prod-j uct. i ne wnenr crop was worm ■>>i 000, nnd accounted for about 30 per cent of the total agricultural product., Other things counted also. Look at; dairying. In Ontario the dairy pro duction was increased 20 per cent, nnd prices were over 10 per cent ahead of 1014. Other provinces shared in the increase, especially Albert*. Saskatchewan, Quebec and Nova Sco tia. The dairy cow was “on the job”, in 1015. So also were the beef cattle, tlie pigs and the liens. It is not fair to the farmers of the j Prairies to call the whoot crop of 1915 n "miracle” crop. The farmers culti vated more land nnd gave attention to their seed. Providence gave them favorable weather. Then they toiled early and late in the harvesting and threshing. Good cultivation gave big ger yields than careless work, 45 bush els as against 25. The wealth of Western Canada Is ti.v no means all in its wheat crop. If the country had no wheat nt all It would still be famous ns a land of suc •essful farmers on account of its stock production. From one shipping point IHigh River, Alberta) over $75,000.00 worth of tiorses have been sold in the ast two months. The average price ;o I lie farmer lias been about $175.00 (•or head. According to Government returns there are a million and a half I'orses in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and ' Alberta, worth probably $150,000,000. Tlie Investments which farmers of Western Canada are making in live stock nnd farm improvements are good evidence of tlie fact tlint they have money for these purposes. It is apparent, however, that they are also spending some of their profits on those things which will tiring greater comfort and enjoyment to themselves, their wives and their families. The automobile trade all through the country is particularly active, and farmers are tlie hlgg. st buyers. A re cent report of the Saskatoon district shows that in two months a million dollars’ worth of automobiles have been sold, largely to farmers. Nor are u 1 i of these cars of the cheaper makes; some high-priced machines are in de mand. iiitiiii clearings iiiruugnuui me ivest ern Provinces show greater cotnmer chd activity Ilian at the same season In 15)1.5 or 1914, tlie increase for the hist week of February being §8,000,000 and almost §9,000,000, respectively, for the first week of March $15,000, D00 over 1015 and §1S,000,000 over 1914. The same excellent story comes from Moose Jaw. Snsk., where tliey Showed from 40 to 100 per cent over the previous year. Calgary, Alta., hank clearings continue to reflect the greatly improved business conditions tis compared with a year ago. Cana da’s bank clearings for the month of February, 1910, were the greatest for my February In tlie country’s history. 1'Iie totals amounted to $004,222,000.00, ns compared with §487,290,000.00 for the same month a year ago. An in treuse of $177,000,000.00 in bank clear ings for tlie month tells its own story ,if the country’s prosperity.—Adver tisement. Something Different. ‘Flubdub has written a very un usual romance.” “What’s the startling theme?” “It’s about a married couple who live happily together.” Never Varies. Doctor—What was the patient's mean temperature last week? Wife—Oh. doctor, It's always mean. Yea, Verily! Little Lemuel—What an essay, paw? Paw—An essay, son, is a paragraph] paddod with words. One Reason for Peace. Miss Faddie—I’m sure you’ll sign tlds petition we're getting up to end the war. Reggie—Rah Jove, I’ll go you ! They say that if It lasts much longer we'll iiavo 50-cent gasoline.—Life. Overheard on Joy Street. “Why are you down on Sain. Rns tus? He thinks a great deal of you; he told me so.” "Well, you just tell dat nigger fo’ me dat his feelin’s am not reelp rossitied dat's all.”—Rostou Evening j NEW PHOTO OF BEATEN AUSTRIAN LEADER j Grand Duke Leopold of Austria (right) eoavarsSmg with l’ximw William at Wtsd. king of Albania. ORDINARY REFRIGERATOR. __ ! This is the rating of an ordinary ■heap refrigerator (about $10 to $20), i mch as $40 to $70 a month apartments ire equipped with. The refrigerator is 18 inches high, 28 Inches wide, and IS inches deep. There is an icebox at Jio top and food chamber below it The ice box is entirely separate from the ,'ood chamber. The wall is 1 % inches illicit. Tho outermost layer is wood, ap parently three-eighths of an Inch thick, the Innermost layer is galvanized iron. IVhat Is between I do not know, but probably wood and paper. The wail lurface of the refrigerator Is 89.6 feet. The Interior of the box is painted white. There are two doors on the Sront, one into the Ice chamber and »ne into the food chamber. The doors ,'asten by the familiar combination latch and clamp, to hold the door shut uid to press it tight against the frame. The icebox holds a little over 90 pounds of ice. The drain from the ice pox runs as a one inch tubo through Ihe food chamber to the bottom of tho pox, where it empties into a drip cup. This drip cup acts as a water seal to prevent warm air from entering the POX. , On the day when tho box was scored ‘.ho avorage temperature of the room , ji which the box was located was 74. ; The average temperature in tho food ! chamber was 59. The amount of ice used in 24 hours was 40 pounds. Tho i heat transmission factor was 7.99. The lay wus cool. The score given tho re j Irlgerator on this test was as follows: 1 t-errect. ocoro. Temperature of food chamber.. 46 20 ! Ice consumption . 20 2.8 ; Humidity . 8 7.S > olrculatduk of air . 7 3 I interior finish .12 8 j Drains *u . 3 2 i lixtarior finish . 5 1 Totals .100 44.0 Reasons for tho low score: Temperature of Food Chamber—Bac teria multiply very slowly below 50. At 56 they multiply rapidly. Milk sours oeforo all of it is consumed. Vegetables wither and meats spoil in a few days. Such a refrigerator moans much wasted 'ood and slight danger from putrefied food. If 45 is given a temperature under 40, 20 is a liberal allowance for a tem perature' of 56. Ice Consumption—-The amount of ice consumed bv this refrigerator makes Its cost of maintenance prohibitive. A box costing twice as much would savo_ the extra cost in ice in less than two” seasons. The performance of this box Is only about one-sixth the calculated perfect for a box of its size. Humidity—There was no precipi tated water on the wails anywhere ex cept for a little dampness on the roof of tho food chamber, the bottom of the ice chamber. A relative humidity of 66 at temperature. 56 means that the air holds very little moisture. At such a humidity meat and food will not mil dew. On tho other hand, it is not dry enough to damage eggs or other foods which must not be kept too dry. The score for humidity is 6.S out of a pos sible 8. Circulation of air—That this is fair, within the box, is shown by the ab sence of moisture from the walls. However, a proper circulation is one In which the air from the food cham ber has a chance to flow over the ice, deposit its moisture and odors there and flow to the food from the ice. Interior finish—Eight out of a pos sible 12. A painted metal finish is not Ihe equal of porcelain tile or glass. The ice chamber is not so easily cleaned as it should be. There are no glass inner doors by which the interior can be inspected without opening the doors. Drainage—Perfect, 3; allowed, 2. The seal at the end of the drainage pipe cannot be cleaned easily. The drainage pipe is not cleared easily. Cold water low forms of life can and will grow in it. Exterior finish—Perfect 5, allowed,!. The exterior finish is that of an ordi nary $20 refrigerator. A better and more economical icebox can be made and sold for less than $20. A better refrigerator is more eco nomical than is this one. 100 YEARS’ WAR COST 65,000,00t.000 FRANCS From the New York World. Paris—Wars cost Bui ope from the beginning of the 19th century up to \ugust, 1914. about 65,000,000,0u0 francs, or not half of vhat the belli gerent powers have already expended during the present conflict, according io statistics compiled by Edmond Thery, the French economist, and pub lished in an article written to indicate the progression of the cost of war. The 15 years of war waged by }Ia W I poleon increased Ota public debt of Franca by 588,000,000 francs, while the j Crimean war alone cost the republic , 1.680.000. 000 francs, according to Thery. ; Great Britain spent 1,560,000,000 In the Crimean, whiie that war cost Austria 348.000. 000 and Turkey and Sardinia together 642,000,000 francs. France spent 650,000,000 francs on the Mexican w&r, he says, and 853,000,000 In the conflict against Austria for the libera tion of Italy. Prussia, In her wars against Den mark and Austria, spent about 2,000, 000,000 franca, while the German states and France together spent about 1$, 000,000,000 francs on the war of 1870, Including 6,000,000,000 francs Indemnity 1 paid by France to Germany. The war , of 1877-78 agalnet Turkey cost Russia ! about 2,700,000,000 franca, while she j spent *,800,000,000 francs in the war with Japan as against 4,500,000,000 franca spent by Japan. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The fear of being Btruck by lightning 1* both a very real and a vay eenalble | fear. But lightning can be avoldad like all other evlla It will etrike In certain I places and It will not etrike In other i places. There are reason* for It* be- < havlor In both cases, for nature never j operates by chance. A rteam engine or a railroad conoh le an safe as any place In the world a* far as lightning is concerned. No one has ever been struck by lightning while he was aboard a train. The business part ot a city likewise le never struck by lightning. Neither are tall skyscrapers ever hit. It is a matter of record that Insurance companies never have any losses from lightning striking any building with metallic sides and framework of Iron and steel. A steel battleship is also safe from the bolt from the clouds, as is a steal windmill tower. This is because every one of these objects is its own lightning rod and needs no further protection than they can give themselves. There is another Ust of things which lightning will sure strike. It will strike a country house or a house in the out skirts of a town. It likes to hit a barn, church, school house, tree, stack or ani mal, especially if it Is near a wire fence. As for a house, the safest place in a lightning storm is your iron or brass bed. It is very dangerous to stand near the bed because you are taller than the bed. The reason why you are safe when lying on it is that the bed head and foot ex tend above your head. The current will not leave the bed to pass through your body. The walls and the floor of the room may be ripped to pieces, but you will be safe as long as you lie still in your bed. Feather beds offer no protection what ever from lightning unless they lie on a metal lied. If the lied is of wood and the springs are steel the weed of the bed may be split to pieces, but you will nevertheless remain unharmed. During the day the safest place in a house is in the center of a room, provided there Is no stove near. Contrary to popular opinion It makes no difference whether doors or windows arc open or closed. Lightning can get in under any circumstances if it wants to. Music vs. Castor Oil. From London Answers. "Now, daddy’s darling must take the nice medicine to make her well,” pleaded the man who bent over the cot In the nursery. “ 'Taint nice!” retorted the little woman in the cot, as with a well aimed kick, she sent the castor oil flying all over the floor. With a sigh of resignation father poured out another dose, ami, by dint of present ing her with a bright new three penny I bit, persuaded her to swallow it. Next day she was on strike again—this time at practicing the piano. Mother tried hard to coax her. but she was Arm. “Well, little treasure, if you will prac tice for half an hour mummy will give ypu a penny," “mummy” said, after many wasted minutes. ”A penny!" sneered the wise youngster, descending determinedly from the piano stool. “Pooh! 1 can make more than that taking castor oil!” Complete Evidence. From the Argonaut. Over In the college city of Berkeley one morning Perkins looked over bis fence and said to his neighbor: "What are you bury ing there?” "I'm just replanting some of my seeds, that's all." was the respouse. "Seeds!” exclaimed Perkins angrily. “It looks more like one of my bens.” "That’s all right," came frxrm the man on the other side of the fence. "The seeds aie inside.” The G. O. P. Tariff Commission. From the Chicago Nows. Speaking of not caring what color the wagon Is painted. Just so it is red, the republican platform demands a tariff commission that will impartially decide upon a protective tariff. MANY AGENCIES AT WORK Most Active Fight Against Tubercu losis Is Being Carried on at Numerous Points. Statistics made public by the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis show that nearly 3,000 agencies are now listed In the fight against tuberculosis in the United States, an increase of 1,600 per cent since 1904, when the national warfare on this disease was started. These figures are taken from a new tuberculosis directory issued by the association. The list includes 557 sanatoria and hospitals, 158 tuberculosis boarding houses, 90 hospitals for the Insane and 35 penal Institutions making special provision for tuberculolsis, 455 dis pensaries, 310 open-air schools, and 1,324 antituberculosis associations and committees. To these are added 15S Canadian institutions and associa tions, making a total of 8,087. The di rectory also gives a summary of mu nicipal and state legislation on tuber culosis. When the national association was 1 formed in 1904 and the first list of agencies was printed, only 1S3 organi zations and Institutions were found. The second edition of tile directory in 1908 reported 649 different agencies; and 1,440 were listed in the third edi tion published In 1911. On the basis of the latter figures, the number of agencies in the antituberculosis move ment has increased 115 per cent in the last five years. Who Is the Boss? The superintendent of a big depart ment store in Boston conducts a school of salesmanship in ills establishment, nnd one of the first questions he puts to his class of beginners is: “Who Is the boss?” After salesmen pupils have guessed every official about the establishment, the superintendent explains. "No, no, no; he is not the boss. The real boss In tills store la the customer. It’s tho customer that you nnd I are here to please. It’s the customer who pays your wages and mine. Now, If you are sitting behind your counter, doing nothing, and you see me coming, don’t Jump up; but If you see the customer —the boss—coming, Jump! That al ways makes a deep Impression.” The lesson Is a good oue to mem ories.—Retailers' Journal. Up to the Audience. Mr. Seymour Hicks relates with jreat relish the following yarn: When he was golDg to Richard HI, llie hump-backed king, a well-known dramatist remarked to him: "Seymour, I hear you are going to play Richard?" "Yes, I am,” replied Mr. Hicks. "Ah, well,” the other remarked, thoughtfully, “you’ll be saved some trouble In the make-up. You won’t have to wear a hump.” "Why not?” Mr. Hicks asked, rather surprised. “Ob. your audience will have that,” ivas the prompt reply. Their Part In the War. Several young clubmen met recently and the question of tho war became tho chief topic of conversation. Thoy felt awfully sorry for the poor soldiers In tho trenches. “We ought to do some thing for them,” said one. “So we 6houl<d,” advised another. A third member, In speaking of this a few days later, remarked, “Bo we drunk their health all evening."—-London Mail. When a man goes Into a restaurant nnd is given a tough fowl, he Is very apt to lose his respect for old. age. People who are fond ofcnusic do not necessarily caie for grand opera. Conservative. There wns once a lady from Dexter, [a., who spent five solid hours rooted :o one spot on the rim of the Grand :anyon, during which time the strong Ight of the desert afternoon melted Into pools of turquoise and purple inze; the mile-long shadows Hung hemselves into the depths or went striding across the plateaus. . . . I’ll >e picking the pockets of my own soul lere In a minute. But, anyway, I am rylng to tell you that this lady from Iowa witnessed a sunset In the Grnnd ’nnyon; und when night came she ’ound her tongue. “ ‘It is highly gratifying,’ she sighed. Yes—highly gratifying !’ ” If you will not take my word for tt ake the word of the Iowa lady. She vas cautious, even conservative; she ltd not overstate the case.—C. E. Van L.oan, in the Saturday Evening I’ost. Experimenting on Wheat. The slender angular liend of the vheat, stalk with Its needlelike barbs —the characteristic of the Amerlcnn rrown crop—Is doomed, If Professor iVilllnm F. Freedman, graduate of Cornell university, is successful in ex )crlmcnts In wheat production. Pro ’cssor Freedman has at Ills disposal vheat specimens gathered from all liiartcrs of the globe. Among these s the "benrless” and “forked-head” product of Russia. His experiments dm primarily to reproduce an accll nated American wheat that possesses the “beardless” and “forked-head” or rlpo.dllke properties of the Russian stalk. Electricity Kills Insects. A process 1ms just been developed In [he department of agriculture by means of which Insects and pests may x* killed by electricity. The process xmsists in the application of snlt wa ter to the ground that Is to be treated, aid then causing a current of elec tricity to pass through the soil. The current generates a gas which will In stantly kill nil germs, larvae and In sect pests In the soil, without In any way Injuring the vegetation. A lurge iren of ground enn be treated by dig ging shallow trenches in which a pow erful current enn bo developed. Well Named. “I am going to call my magazine New Blood.” “I suppose that Is because you want t to have a good circulation.” Wlmt has become of the old-fash oned woman who used to open a can >f peaches when she hud company at tern? NOT A FRIEND TO BE SOUGHTj Man Who Continually "Blows HI* Own Horn” Is as a General Prin ciple to Be Avoided. ——— '• Beware of the person who Is contin-j [tally telling you of the good he’s do-1 Ing. Something about that man Is not! light. He has some reason for desiring to, make you think him better thnn he is. He either wants to work you Into something, or he wants to reach some-; tne else through you. The man who does deeds of klnd-l ness, prompted by a heart which laj light, seldom tells of them. He might) mention one to an intimate friend, per-; imps, but then only incidentally. The man who gives, not because he; really wants to do so, but because of some selfish desire, will never get! 'redIt any higher than his own roof, ills desire for effect and his insincer ity make him a man to be avoided— never trusted. Look out for the man who wants youi to turn his grindstone. IF TOO on ANY FRIEND Suffer with Rheumatism or Neuritis, acute or ■hronlc, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma ;ism—Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book! tver written, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse A. Jsae, Dept. C. W., Brockton, Mass.—Adv. Sawed-Off Sermon. Whore Ignorance is bliss it is folly for u woman to acqnire wisdom by going through her husband’s pockets.' The jovial spiritualist might be ap propriately termed a happy medium. Where there’s a will there's usually a contest. 1. ", ...... "■■—■■a Sioux City Directory “Hub of the Northwest." gy TTTIJV^l Alfalfa tfi, 8 went Clover $8. Farm* ff" 9 IV for aalo and ronton cron payment*; iJjUljl/t} J. MliLilALL, 8oo City, Iowa DEVELOPING SVOdaKS and PRINTING Send for Catalogue and Finishing Price List. ZIMMERMAN BROTHERS, $08 Pierce St. SIoaxGiy. la. Farmers Attention! Did you know that von could buy Hail In ■uruuoe buy mall) and sav® tbo middle men's profits or about one-fourth the cost of your iuiurancs. Write telling us how much you farm, what county you are in, and bow much Insurance you want to carry and let us figure with you. F. L. McCLURE SIOUX CITY, LA. SIOUX CITY PTQ. CO., NO. 28-1916. The Wheat Yield Tells the Story fr^w9|pPKl I ^of Western Canada’s Rapid Progress I The heavy crops In Western Canada have caused ilajjffgl new records to be made in the handling of grains 2) g by rtflmads. For, while the movement of these J"g|f Ei Ski vtf’jrJ heavy shipments has been wonderfully rapid, the A m ~g| resources of the different roads, despite enlarged ” ff~ M ag g§9 equipments and Increased facilities, have been f ~w ‘SI strained as never before, and previous records "“‘“"‘“""""Tf bare thus been broken in all directions. The largest Canadian wheat shipment* through New York ever known B are reported for the period up to October 15th, upward* *1 tear and a ■ quarter million bushels being exported In less than six weeks, I and this was but the overflow of shipments to Montreal, through which H point shipments were much larger than to New York. Yields as high as 60 bushels of wheat per acre are reported from all J parts of the country; while yields of 45 bushels per acre are common. W Thousands of American farmers have taken part in this wonderful pro* I i duction. Land prices are still low and free homestead lands are eas9y secured JB in good localities, convenient to churches, schools, markets, railways, etc. M Tbera is no war tax on land nnd no conscription. Write for illustrated pamphlet, reduced railroad rates and ofher information to Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa. J. M. MacUtUas. Drawer 197,W«t.r* Iowa, S. D.j W.V. Bennett, Room 4, Bea Bldg., Omaha, Neb., and R. A. 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