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. Garrett, aV ,
311 Jacksoa Street, St. Fad, Mina.
Canadian Government Agents jfA.
Exact Copy of Wrapper*
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--—nriifiiiaw>f¥iiniw Tinirni ....
Children Cry For
What is CASTORIA
Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor OB, Pare
goric* Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcutio
substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant nse for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, aU Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of ^
In Use For Over V Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY,
