AFTER AN OPERATION Mrs. Wilke Couldn’t Get Back Her Strength Until She Took Lydia E. Pinknyn’s Vegetable Compound Rochester, Minnesota.—**I had a very serious operation and it seemed as if x could not get my i health back after it. 1 suffered with pain almost con stantly. My sister came to help take care of me, and she was taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s vegeta ble Compound for nervousness and a run-down condition. She had me try some of it. and in a very rew days time I began to feel better. In two weeks I hardly knew myself and j after taking a couple of bottles more 1 1 was up and helping around, and now I am strong and healthy again and am still taking it. It is a pleasure for me to write this to you, and I hope that many other women who are suffering like I was will find out about your med icine. I will give any information I possibly can.” — Mrs. James Wilke, 883 E. Center Street, Rochester, Minn. Remember, the Vegetable Compound (as a record of fifty years of service and thousands of women praise its merit as does Mrs. Wilke. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Private Text Book upon “ Ailments Peculiar to Wo men ” will be sent you free upon re quest. Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn Mass. I mules with most satisfactory results. E I For thirty years “Spohn's” nat been I I the standard remedy for Distemper, I ■ Influenza, Pink Eye, Catarrhal Fever, I I Heaves and Worms. Excellent for I I Distemper and Worms among dogs. I I Sold in two sizes at all drag stores. I Leaflets on Stalks The box-elder, or ash-leaved maple, is to be distinguished by its ash-like leaves of three to five leaflets on a single stalk, coarsely toothed and ! usually deep green, says the American Tree association of Washington, D. O. The hark on the trunk resembles that of the ash, and Is light brownish j gray, with narrow, shallow furrows. The young twigs are a light olive i green.—Nature Magazine. * JjK* Cuticura Soothes Itching Scalp. On retiring gently rub spots of dan drtiff and Itching with Cuticura Oint ment. Next morning shampoo wltfc. Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make them yonr everyday toilet preparations and have a clear skin and soft, white hands.—Advertisement Traffic Fines for Streets About $750,000 worth of street con struction and repairs will be done in J.os Angeles, Cal., next year as a re sult'of violations of the motor vehicle law by speeders and others. The law now In effect provides that all traffic fines collected must go Into a special fund to be used for street work and nothing else. Fine! Motorist (arrested for speeding)— "Good morning, Judge, how are you this morning?” Judge—‘‘Fine! $25.” —Boston Herald. Popular With Birds One lover of wild game Is able to greet at least 40 per cent 9i the birds lie tags In the fall, that proportion re turnlng to lnin^n the spring. . -- ■ * 4j si ---- j LATEST RULING AIMED TO STOP MANUFACTURE Advertisement or Sale of Ingredients Prohibited by New Regulations Universal Service Washington. April 14.—What !s regarded ns a deathblow at the popu lar pastime of home browing was struck Monday by Prohibition Com missioner Haynes. In a long list of revisions in regu lations under the "dry" law, the first promulgated since the act became effective January 18, 1920, Is con tained the following: "The advertisement, sale, etc. of stills, parts of stills, worms or coils, malt, malt extract or syrups, hops. Isinglass, fruit juices such as grape must, dyed fruits and fermentable materials, as well as recipes hr for mulae for the manufacture of liquor for use in the home or elsewhere for beverage purposes, are prohibited.” Regulations Drastic The stipulations as to fruit juices and dried fruits are regarded as among the most drastic ever enun ciated by the enforcement head. Other revisions of outstanding ini' portance are as follows: Physicians in time of emergencies, such as influenza epidemics, may write liquor prescriptions with the mere notation "grave emergency” In lieu of a detailed description. This is to avoid delay. Authorized dispensers of liquors for sacramental purposes may orally solicit orders. Wholesale Regulations Wholesale druggists will he allow ed to procure and sell potahle spirits, not Including high proof alcohol, t® an amount equal to 10 per cent, of their bonafide drug sales. The per centage of allowable purchase Is to be reckoned in money computed on a basis of $8 per wine gallon. Brews without regard to alcoholio content may not be manufactured In the home or elsewhere except as provided In existing regulations. The revisions in general facilitate the handling anil transfer of spiritu ous liquors by persons authorized to produce or hold them. All changes become effective May 1. PLAN LAST HOVE TO SAVE SLAVER Attorneys Say New Evi dence Found in Case of Frank Simmons Llnocln, Neb., April 14.—(Special) 1—A final effort to save Walter H, Simmons, Boyd county slayer cl Frank Pahl of Spencer from electro cution will be made Thursday, when the state board of pardons and pa roles considers his application for a. commutation of sentence. Attorneys for Simmons and the condemned man himself Joined in a statement denying his guilt, asserting new evidence had been secured since his trial. "We have^a great deal of new evi dence we were not permitted to have considered by the supreme court,” 1 George K. Mann said Monday. “Peo ple at Butte are talking who have not talked before, reputable citizens who knew Frank Pahl, and his dealings with bootleggers. County Attorney A. B. Wallace of Boyd county, when shown the statements, said: "Simmons had a fair trial in Boyd county. He was ably represented by counsel. The trial was presided over by a fair judge. Twelve fair jurymen, after hearing all of the tes timony, unanimously voted the ver dict of guilty and fixed the penalty of death. The supreme court of Ne braska sustained this conviction and found that Simmons had had a fair trial in every respect. “Almost two years have elapsed since this horrible crime was commit ted and the murderer silll lives, if enforcement and application of the criminal law of Nebraska is to act as a deterrent to the commission of crime, then there should be tio further delay In the execution of the penalty fixed.’’ Discuss Chairmanship of Cleveland G. O. P. Battle Washington, April 14.—Selection of a temporary chairman for the repub lican convention, was discussed with President Coolidge by Chairman Adams of the republican committee, preparatory to the meeting in Cleve land, April 80, of the committee on "convention Arrangements. Chairman Adams Raid the president had made no definite recommenda tion. The Hat of those who have been considered includes former Governor Lowden of Illinois, Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Willis of Ohio and Representative Longworth of Ohio. Call Issued for Election Of New Bank Commissioners Lincoln, Neb., April 14.—(Special) —Chairman Knudson of the bank guaranty commission Monday issued notices of the election of members of the commission to be held in the group of counties known as No. 1 at Lincoln, May 22; group 8 at Norfolk, April 22; group 7, Bridgeport, June 1>. These groups arc to nominute three persons »ligihlo to membership on !h ' lommission for a term of three year a. Bald” Woman Demands $5,000 How muc' is a tiny bald spot on tbe back ot the bead worth? Thin Question must be answered by the California courts, fer Mrs. Betty Anderson, of San Francisco, thinks $5,000 is the exact valuation. -When she had a "permanent wave” put in her hair, she avers in her suit, the hairdresser burned her scalp, leaving a small bald spot, for which Bhe la suing. HORNICK MAN KILLED BY GUN Victim of Accident Dies Shortly After Reaching Hospital Sioux City, Iowa, February 15.— Edeson Francis, 28 years old, of Hornick, la., died in a local hospital Monday afternoon as he was being taken Into the operating room after having been wounded when a rifle he ivas cleaning at his home exploded. ; Francis, who had served with the Marine corps in the war was engaged In cleaning a rifle when it exploded wounding him In the left side just below the heart. He was rushed to Sioux City in an automobile and when he arrived at the hospital he was ordered sent to the operating room at once. Just be fore he reached the table he died. He wus horn at Holly Springs, la., January 28, 1896, and lived in Holly Springs and In Morningside and In Hornick Si of his life. He ellsted in the Marines in 1917 at San Francisco and saw duty iin southern waters for over a year. I7e was then transferred to convoy service, and made six trips across the Atlantic with convoys which were protecting transports loaded with soldiers. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis, 5061 Orleans avenue, eight brothers, George, of Kettle Falls, Wash.; J. C. Francis, Lewis Francis, Hobart Francis, Leonard Francis, all of Hornick. W. J. Francis, Oto, la.; Ira Francis, Luton, la., and Lawrence Francis, Sioux City, and five sisters, Mrs. N. E. Wingrose, Des Moines, la.; Mrs. E. Gano, Sloan, la.; Mrs. L. R. Arnold, Hornick, In., and Mrs. N. Jackson and Mrs. O. S. Bower, of Smithland, la., survive him. The body Is at the W. Harry Chris ty undertaking parlors pending fu neral arrangements. BANDITS HOLD UP CEDAR RAPIDS CAFE; ONE MAN ARRESTED Cedar Rapids, la., April 14.—George Jacobs, well known In local police ! circles, was arrested Monday as a suspect In the daring holdup of the Bishop cafeteria early Monday which netted the bandits $1,150. They over looked $1,200. A citizen saw Jacobs and another inan dividing a large sum of money In an alley after the holdup and told the police. Jacobs had no nipney when arrested, and he denied the crime. Mrs. Blanch Brown, cashier of the cafe, who was forced Into an -tee box by one of the masked bandits, was unable to Identify Jacobs, and none of the other employes who also were forced in the ice box were sure he was the man. The holdup was the most sensa tional ever staged here, taking place when there was a half dozen patrons in the cafe. USE LESS COTTON Washington, April. 14.—Cotton con sumed during March annumte! to 483,928 bales of lint and 41,030 of lint - ers compared with 8,087,876 of lint and 41,698 of Unters in February this year and 624.264 of lint and 54,509 of linters In March last year, tihe census bureau announced today. NAB REVOLUTIONISTS. Athens, April 12.—Fifteen soldiers and civilians were arrested today, charged with plotting a counter rev olution. J DAKOTA FLOOD DAMAGE HEAVY Fifty-five Families Are Left Homeless in Belle Fourche District x -— Belle Fourche, S. D., April 14.— (Special)—Survey of Belle Fourche by representatives of the local Red Cross relief committee and Miss Helen Uhl, a representative of the National Red Cross, sent fo the flood area by Walter Davidson, manage! cf the central dlvis; in of the Ameri can Red Cross at Chicago, indicates that the recent Hood ieft 65 families In the city of Belle Fourche home less. One hundred -jud fifty-eight people were driven from their homes by the rising water and arc now quartered in other homes tn the city. Serious destruction of property is reported along the time of the Belle Fourche river In South Dakota and Wyoming. Residents of Hulett. Wyo„ were forced to leave their homes hurriedly for higher ground when the flood waters rose. Many houses were completely destroyed, and others moved considerable dis tances from their foundations. The destruction of furniture, bedding and other household equipment was al most complete In the houses flooded. The Red Cross relief committee, headed by Rev. D. C. Wolcott of (he county chapter, has assumed the re eponsihility of extending emergency relief to the sufferers in the area afflicted. Miss Helen Uhl, repre sentative the national organization, will remain in Belle Fourche to assist the local committee. Available funds will be applied to immediate needR in tHe stricken district. The National Red Cross have ap propriated $2,000 for immediate re lief work. BOY KIDNAPED IN 1871 LOCATED BY ' BROTHER IN EAST * Minneapolis, April n.—Robert T Clark, of Philadelphia, reported t