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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1916)
I CANADA ANC It Is Essentially an Agricultural Country. ( Western Canada is the Mecca of the /aud-hungry man who wishes to earn u good living from ,V.e soil and save up money to take care of him in his old age without paying a fancy price for tlie privilege. Western Canada is the great wheat producing section of the North Amer ican continent, with an average pro duction of more than 30 bushels to the acre as compared with an average of 17 bushels to the acre in the States. Wheat raising can hardly be made profitable on land that costs from $30 an acre up unless such land will pro ■ duce a much higher than a 17 bushel average, or unless the price of tile . cereal reaches an excessive figure. The initial investment of $50 an acre is more than the average man can af ford to make if he expects to raise wheat and to make a success of It. A good homestead of 100 acres can still be secured free in Western Can ada and additional land admirably suited to the raising of wheat can be secured at so low a cost per acre that It can be made extremely profitable. No other part of the world offers such tremendous opportunities at the present time to ambitious young farmer as the three great provinces of Western Canada. it is worth the while of the land hungry man to cease bis depressing search for local cheap land or for land that is not entirely worked out by long cropping and to look outside bis own district. Western Canada is a country that should receive the con sideration of all such men. The West f era Provinces of Manitoba. Snskatelie I (! wan and Alberta are essentially ugri * cultural territory. Out of 47S million acres there are ISO million acres of first-class agricul tural land actually available for de velopment—a block three and a half times as large as the total land area of Mini lesota, and equal to the combined land areas of Minnesota, Iowa, Wis consin, Illinois and Indiana. Hut whereas the population of the five states mentioned is fifteen million people, the population of Western Canada is only about one and three quarter millions. It has tieen said that the average yield per acre of wheat in the United Stales last year was 17 bushels. This average does not, of course, represent the elliclcney which may have been reached by individual farmers or by individual states. However, place against this figure the fact that the till a Western Canadian average—the average from nearly twelve million acres—was over SO bushels. In the case of the Province of Alberta, the average reached 32.84 bushels per acre. There are already a large number of American farmers in Western Canada, so that the newcomer could never— overlooking tlie fact that the same language is spoken—feel himself In an adieu country. There seems, in fact, a tendency to establish little colonies composed of those coming from the same sections. The characteristics of the country, and the climate and season, are very much the same as in Minnesota or North Dakota. Social conditions bear a family resemblance. Education is free, and is good tits cost being defrayed partly by taxation, partly by grants from the Canadian tiovernment. from the sales of school lands, of which, when the country was first surveyed, two sections in every township were allocated. Taxation in every rural district, in many towns and cities, is based practically on land values alone. Improvements of all kind* being exempted.—Advertisement. 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With its large'square fort and battlemented walls the town presents a much more formidable and imposing ap pearance, view’ed from the Mediterranean to the north and from the desert to the south, than its importance has warranted in recent years. Formerly a populous halting place for the numerous caravans following the “short desert route” from Egypt to Syria, its trade has waned materially since the completion of modern railway connections with Jaffa, Port Said and Alexandria. The town, clings to the banks of a stream which becomes a small torrent after every rain. It is more than 100 miles southw’est of Jerusalem and a slightly shorter dis tance from the Suez canal, W’hich lies to the west. The recent hostilities in this area revive a host of historical associations dating as far hack as the times of the Pharaohs when this tow’n was a place of exile for political prisoners. Its ancient name wras Rhinokolura. Its plesent name is sup posed to be derived from the custom which obtained here of “cutting off the noses” of malefacto ‘s whose death sen tences had been confuted. Some 30 miles to fhe. east of El Arish. on the Rhaphia, m w called Er Rafa, where Josephus tell* us that the Roman conqueror Titus mad'* his first stop on his march against Jerusalem. Here also Sar gon overwhelmed the Egyptians in the Eightli cenutry before the Christian Era. and 500 years later there was fought on the same sands th^ famous battle be-> tween Ptolemy and Antlochus, when the charging elephants cf both armies played such a spectacular role. Of these great befists, which had been Introduced into Syrian and Greek warfare after Alexander’s coi»questc in India, much was expected. The battle opened with n trumpeting dash of *ne opposing armored piountains o* flesh, Rtolemy’s forces com Handing 73 of the terror inspiring charg ers. while Antlochus sent into the fray 102 With the first onslaught practically all o| 1‘tolemy’s elephants were captured, yel n» v*. n tne day. El Arish fell before Napoleon’s Egyptian irmy in September. 179S. the credit for tin HU being given to Fiance’s great general { Kleber. commander cf the vanguard, wh'.e) tlco seized Jaffa and Gaza. It was durin this campaign that Napoleon comm tte the great atrocity at Jaffa, shotting tho jrisoners whom he could neither guar? lor feed, yet whom he feared to release. After Napoleon’s departure Kleber con cluded a convention at A1 Arish with tin English admiral. Sir William Sidnc-j Imith, whereby the French were to bi iliowed to capitulate and were to receivi tafe transport bag's to France. Th i |?reement was revcked by Lord Keith *iowever. Whereupon PCleher, with 10.0.4 men. marched to Heliopolis and admin's .ered a crushing defeat to the Turks, wh< utnumbered him six to one. Had not •* fanatic assassinate*! the great Frenc'i Actician. on the day that Napoleon woj he battle of Marengo, the fate of Frencl1 irms in Egypt might have been differ ing In the center of the town of El Arlst t< a granite wall vu'th an inseru*tion ii jieroglyphics, perpetuating a curioui egerd about the Egyptian god Shu. J ihort distance beyond the walls the trav j'.er !s shvwn the ruins of the building i} rhlch BaldAvin 1. one of the Crus-adei cings of Jerusalem, died in 11 IS, after a* jnsuccessful attack on Egypt. Exit the Colossus. From the Kansas City Star. Historians long ago disposed of th rchool book story of George Washingtoi m<l the cherry tr*3e he chopped dowi tvith his little hatchet. There may havi I een a cherry tree and a hatchet at thi Washington home. Hut there is no evi dence that George cut down a tree un lnr the circumstances of the legend ivhich was current About other great mer p.' the day and was ured by Parson Weems in his biography of Washingtor lo point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale about William Tell shooting the apple off his hoy’s head went by th? board, too, along with a ldt of other tilings we thought were true. Now, with in the last few days, two other cherished traditions have vanished unuer the cold eye of investigation. One was about Ihe little boy who stood outside Independ ence hall in Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. and called to his grandfather: "Ring grandpa, ring." There was no such lit tle boy. The other is about the Colossus ot Rhodes. We always supposed this seventh wonder of the world bestrode the mouth of the harbor of Rhodes and that ships and galleys used to sail under its straddled legs. It was that way in the school books and the picture showed a large galley sailing under it. A recent dispatch from the war zone said: "The tradition that this gigantic image once bestrode the • arbor of the capital has lately been exploded by scholars who have made exhaustive ex plorations on the spot." So goes another fond illusion of child hood. Mexico's Land Owners. From World Outlook. In the United States the farmer is an humble person; in Mexico he is a king of millionaires. You lobk out across a level plain and you see a magnificent house of stone, cement and great timbers, cov ering. sometimes, as much as half an acre. Surrounding it are other houses, hundreds of them, but all small, con structed of adobe, brush, or even of cano stalks. You are not looking at a town, but a ranch settlement. In the great house—which costs many times more than all the little houses put together live the haciendado and his family. In the little houses live the peons. The typical farm in Mexico is not of ICO acres, but of 1,000,000. In the state of Morelos 28 haciendados own all the agricultural lands; 12 own riine-tentns of t. The territory of Quintano Koo, double the size of Massachusetts, is di vided among eight companies. Tne great er portion of the state of Yucatan is held by 30 men, kings of sisal hemp. A major fraction of the agricultural and gxazing lands of Chihuahua is owned by mis family. Lower California, equal in size to Alabama, is nearly all held by live great corporations. The 1.000,000-acre farms lie mostly fal low. While naturally a rich agricultural country. Mexico does not produce even enough corn and beans to feed her own peon population. Modern machinery is needed, but modern machinery will never be used extensively so long as the peon ia so cheap that primitive methods are cheaper than machine methods. Turtles as Tommies' Pets. Lonuon Cable to New York Sun. Duxing lulls in the fighting on the Tigris British soldiers off duty found it very hard to amuse themselves, according to 1 Edmond Candler, the British press repre sentative in Mesopotamia. At one time when the British force in trenched near El Hannah, because the Turkish position was too stiong to be tak- I tlx by a direct frontal attack, the soldiers found themselves In a narrow strip of ground, wich the Tigris on one side and u bait marsh on the other. The soldiers enjoyed bathing in the salt marshes, end a favorite sport was catch ing tortoises. A Tommy Atkins would tic a string around the leg of his pet and put him upon the parapet of the trenches to graze while he fought the enemy. The pet of one of the soldiers, a Scots man, found too little food on the parapets, and died. The body of the victim was gravely buried by the soldiers with an Identification disk nv*oi»t its ne-k. That Bow On Men'* Hats. Why do men wear bows on the left .side of their hats? A hatter gives the following explanation: "In the old days, wrhen men were much in the open air and hats were an expensive article of attire, they used to tie a cord round the crown and let the end9 fall on the left side so that it could he grasped if a gust threatened to carry off their head gear. The reason the cords fell on the left side was that the left hand was more often free than the right hand. Later on the ends came ! fs> be tied in a bow, and later still tney I became useless; but the bow has re mained, and it will probably remain til* the event of the next deluge." MEXICANS USE AMERICAN WIRELESS Photo shows one of the five American de Forest portable wireless out fits being used by the Mexican government. The apparatus can be put together or demounted in a few minutes. The machine will no doubt be in constant use bv the Mexican army in case of actual war with the United States. ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4+44~44-4-4-4+>-4+++-4-4-4+-4++-4-4-4-4-444-4++4-» + 4 4 ♦ +♦. : Multiplication of Auto Cars, t - - 4 From the American Highway Association. 4 In 1905 there were 48,000 motor cars, including commercial vehicles, '' 4 in the United States, according to the registration statistics assembled ,, 4 by the division of road economics of the United States offices of public 4 roads and rural engineering; in 1915 there were 2,445,664. This tvas an 4 increase of 5,000 per cent. Ten years ago of the expenditures on account ‘,l 4 of the building of rural roads and bridges in the United States less ' ’ 4 than 3-10 of 1 per cent was derived.from the tax on motor vehicles; last , 4 year nearly 7 per cent of the money available for this purpose was de 4 rived from this source. -, 4 In 1901 the first revenue derived by any of the states from automobile "' 4 revenues was collected in New York state and amounted to only $954. 4 Other states followed the example of New York, requiring the registra- ^ ’ 4 tion of motor cars, chauffeurs and operators, until in 1905 the total . 4 amount collected in all the states on this account aggregated $62,600; 4 last year the revenues from this source amounted to $18,245,713. In near- « 4 ly all the states practically 90 per cent of the motor car revenues was “ 4 applied in 1915 to road work and 70 per cent of this sum was expended “ 4 under the control and supervision of the state highway departments. In 1 4 42 states all, or a large part, of the revenue from motor cars must be . 4 expended for the construction. Improvement or maintenance of the pub 4 lie roads, or for the maintenance of the state highway departments. In * 4 six states this requirement is not made. * 4 In 1915 the total number of motor vehicles registered in the United * 4 States was 2,445,664. The total road mileage in the United States outside „ 4 of incorporated towns and cities is approximately 2,275,000 miles. This - 4 would mean that there is slightly more than one motor car for each mile " 4 of rural road in the United States, if the distribution of the cars were " 4 uniform for all the states; but it is not, as in the state of Nevada there " 4 is one motor car for every six miles of rural road, and in New Jersey I 4 six motor cars for every mile of rural road. In the United States - 4 there is one motor car registration for every 44 persons, in the state of - 4 Iowa there is one registration for every 16 persons and In Alabama " 4 only one registration for every 200 persons. New View of Ventilation. From the Washington Times. The fact that good ventilation is es lential to good health Is established be yond question. But until recently it was generally believed that a room that was (veil supplied with oxygen was well ventilated, and conversely the air of a room having a low percentage of oxy gen was peculiarly harmful for breath ing. The "Btifling” feeling produced by hot, crowded rooms has been thought to be due to the toxic matter in the expired air and the low percentage of pxygen. Pure air contains about 21 per cent )f oxygen, but this may be reduced very much before the diminution be lomes harmful. Indeed, it is necessary :o go only a short distance up into the mountains to come under an atmos pheric pressure such as to reduce the [>xygen supply much more than it is re luced in crowded assemblies, and yet mountain air is especially healthful. Ihe exact percentage of oxygen in the air, therefore, does not appear to be the determinant factor in good ventila tion, us was once supposed. And re tent experiments seem to show that the leadaches, dizziness and nausea pro luced by the air in crowded rooms are lue to heat, humidity and stagnation )f the air, rather than to its chemical ,on-position. It is found, for example, that in bad y ventilated rooms where the oxygen s greatly diminished by the number of persons present, the usual feelings of liscomforts to preathing will be large y prevented if the air is cooled and tept in motion with electric fans. Even vhere such stirring up of the air does lot actually change the percentage if ixygen, it relieves the bad effects up >n respiration, as movement of the air leems to be quite as important as ihemical composition. Puniahmant. 5y Florence Klmpton Payne, in Neutllus. Here is a little idea I have worked iut for correcting the little tricks tiny labies have before they are big enough o be left alone to think it over, and hat is—to let the punishment fit the rime. Did your tiny child ever pull your lair until you thought you wouldn’t lave any left? Well, of course. It Is rood for the hair to be pulled, but. per onally, I’d rather do It myself, and hen I'd a little rather those brand new eeth shouldn’t be tried on me or my rlends, even though it Is a tempta lon to try new things. But most mothers I know either say. Oh, never mind, he is so little! When le Is bigger he won’t bite and scratch nd kick’’—or else they proceed to slap he little hands and say, “No, no,” or verse. Now It came to me through & wise rtehd, that if our babies knew how hose things felt they wouldn’t do hem, because, you know, even little p btes are kind little creatures—so now ve let my Idea out—viz.—show the ■ee mite how things feel In a mild form, lon’t, as you value the respect and i >ve of your child, give his hair a i harp angry Jerk, but the next time J those tiny fingers grab your hair. Jus! smilingly take a bit of kiddle’s hall and say gently: ’’This Is what you ar< doing to me. Do you think It feeli good?”—and so with the other babi tricks. Not that the things themselves. arS such dreadful offenses, but so much ol the world’s trouble comes because w» don't know how the other fellow's halt feels, and he doesn’t know how hard h« Is pulling ours. So do you think w« can begin too early to make our llttU people get the other's point of view, and Incidentally make them consid* erate even In little things? Tho Japanese Bugaboo. From the Dally Oklahoman. Mexico has been making vain attempts to purchase munitions of war in Japan, but her requisitions have been turnea down with little ado. The Japanese pies has been that the mikado's factories hav« all they can attend to in supplying th« demands of Japan’s allies in the European war. This is no doubt true, but the fact re mains that Japan, if she cared to, could fill at least a portion of Mexico’s ordersi and the further circumstance that sha has refused to comply even in part ought to teach a comforting lesson—that Japan does not hate the United States, as some of our statesmen, equipped with overly vivid imaginations, have been endeavor ing to have us believe. Japan has been represented as awaiting a favorable opportunity to spring at our national throat. Now has arrived a time when she has the chance to lend aid to our enemies. She surveys the opening and refuses to enter. Of late the government at Toklo has on numerous occasions said to Washington that the Japanese people have no ill will toward this country, and that they are hoping for a continuation of the friendly relations heretofore existing. This latest development tends toward proving the truthfulness of these asser tions, and will unquestionably go a long way toward still further cementing thf friendship between the two peoples. Perfume Soothes Lion. From the New York Sun. A new method has been discovered for curbing the temper of lions. It is simple and safe, and, according to Charles Smith, boss of a menagerie at Chicago, it is highly effective. It con sists merely of permitting a lion to whiff attar of roses. Smith gave a demonstration at the Coliseum, when he sprinkled the per fume over a handkerchief and entered the cage of King Leo Leo was sleep ing, but when the cage door wu opened he prepared to spring. Smith tangled the handkerchief in front of the lion's nose and Leo sniffed heavily. Then he burled his jose In the cloth. He seemed more contented than when sleeping, and permitted Smith to brush its mane and head and pat him on the iiack. Smith said he had been experlment ng with perfume with the lions for several months and Is convinced the iroma has a remarkably peaceful and soothing effect on wild beasts. The Jack pines planted in Nebraska’s land hills by the government forest lervice some 10 years ago, are now store than 15 feet in height. ‘ r It’s a Picnic Getting Ready for a Picnic If you choose ] Spanish Olives Pickles Sweet Relish Ham Loaf Chicken Loaf Fruit Preserves Jellies Apple puncheon Meats ^ Pork and Beans cfihyTFoodPi g Inalat on Libby'i el ^ILibby, McNeill & Li A Long Run. “Tills bill lias been running now for three mouths,“ sakl the collector. "Dear me,” said the debtor, “how tired It must be 1”—Detroit Free Press. IF YOU OR ANY FRIEND Buffer with Rheumatism or Neuritis, acute or chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma tism—Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book ever written, It’s absolutely FREE. Jesse A. Case, Dept. C. W., Brockton, Mass.—AUv. It Is No Worry. “Why the cogitation?” "I wish I could And some good sub stitute for gasoline.” “I find walking works very well.”— Pittsburgh Post. ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST As to Your Hair and Skin by Using Cutlcura. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. These fragrant, super-creamy emollients pre serve the natural purity and beauty of the skin under conditions which, If neglected, tend to produce a state of irritation and disfigurement. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Fifty-Fifty Deal. A number of politicians were attend ing a convention In Chicago a short time ago when one of the number was approached by an old acquaintance who was plainly down In his luck. Slidlug up to the politician he said: “Say, Jack, lend me ten, will you? I'm short.” The big fellow went down Into his pocket, flashed out a big roll and hand ed a tive-dollar bill to the down-and outer. “Say, Jack,” said he of the “touch,” “I said ten.” “I know you did,” replied the poli tician, "hut I think this way Is fairer. You lose five nnd I lose five.” Taken Philosophically. Ar. Irishman was sauntering home ward from his labors one pay day when he passed a quarry where some blasting was being done. Just as he passed a blast came and blew one of hid hands off. The quarrymen quickly gathered about nnd condoled with him while awaiting the ambulance. ‘'What a fearful thing I” cried one of thwn. ‘•Oh, well,” answered Murphy, “it might ha’ been worse!” “How’s that?” ashed the man. “It might ha’ been the hand wld me wages iu.” One of the easiest wnys for a man to get married Is to tell a young wid ow that he Intends to remain a bache lor. f Is V , # A New Use For This Word The New Post Toasties are truly entitled to the word “delicious.” They’re distinguished by the tiny bubbles found on each flake and they carry the full, rich flavour of choice, white Indian com — not found in corn flakes of the past. And unlike common com flakes, they are not “chaffy” in the package and don’t grow mushy in milk or cream. t Note carefully the tiny bubbles—then try a hand ful dry to test the flavour. In comparison, other com flakes are aa "chaff.” New Post Toasties Sold by Grocers everywhere. --- -1— Wedding Presents. “I want to get something suitable: for a wedding present.” “Yes, ma’am. Miss Brown, please; show the ludy something for about $3i that will look as though It might have; cost $10.” Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORI A, a safe and sure remedy fori Infants and children, and Bee that it; —-iSzSKfaar. In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria 1 Seals Can Drown. It Is a curious fuct that the fur seal was once a land animal. The bnbjTj seals are actually afraid of water; they would drown If thrown into it,, and hnve to learn to swim by repeated/ efforts. When once they have beenj taught to swim, however, they soon} forget to walk. There are In existence only two im portant herds of fur seals, one ofj. which has its breeding ground In the. Commander islands, belonging to Rus sia, the other in the Pribllof Islands, belonging to the United States. Of' these the latter Is much the larger. The Pribllof Islands nre government, property, and thus It happens that the; United States government finds itself, the owner of by fnr the most valuable herd of fur seals In the world. _ i. Son Wanted to Prove It. Father sat In his study one after-; noon writing out a speech, when hl*» son called shrilly from the garden: “Dad! Look out of the window!" “What a nuisance children are atr times!” grumbled the parent as he: put down his pen and advanced to the: window. With a half smile he raised the sash and stuck forth his head' "Well, Harry, what Is it?” he asked. The boy from a group of young sters, called out, “Dnd, Tommy Per kins didn’t believe that you had no hair on the top of your head.” Fellow Feeling. Mr. Landry, a wealthy though miser ly man, was one day relating to a< Quaker a tnle of deep distress und-' concluded by saying: “I could not but feel for him.” “Verily, friend,” replied the Qnuker, “thou didst right in that thou didst feel for thy neighbor, but didst thoo feel in the right place? Didst thou feel In thy pocket?” Fiction Is a love story in which the hero and heroine marry in the last* chapter and live happily ever after. 1 When a woman Is unable to get what' she wants she tries to convince herself j that it’s not worth having anyway. i - , __ j