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Canadian Farmers Profit From Wheat <*^=5=aL-g>Ship Us Your Next Can It Will Bring fou More Money (A~pn j| '!»if Correct weight and test guaranteed, if 1/ 4g U| Prompt da:i\ rer-.itt nee. Cans returned . iVt|l P XI lw|/^ iA, .s r- • ve t. Write for price list ^'*ecTFRW^f # J * II 11 V.UsljbJfTSI ro FACfflffl * IYou Look As YOU FEEL ^ ou know w ell enough when your liver is ioafing. rriNCTTP A TIAV *s the first warning; then you V Jitul IF A1 lull begin to “feel mean all over.” Your skin soon gets the bad news. It grows dull, yellow, muddy and un sightly. Violent purgatives are not what you need—just the gentle help of this old time standard remedy. Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Price. Genuine ^ ^_ ‘tiuturr ^ Blood is the reason for /BARTER’S IRON PILLsl ■tarry coloricaa faces but V^wiil greatly help most pale-faced people. tGave Dadd/ Away. “Ik.tfs ami shoe* repaired neatly kiV y« a wait."* S*< said a notice in /• »i'“ ■•« A small hoy entered the kt asd {dared n |«iir of patent leath 'h m*i ft**-* cuiifitpr. I' • - father wants 'em repaired.” f v< ■ tar**] timidly “What'* lie want done to them?'" in c'red the trtol—man. "Wan’» ’em ».|oi an' heeled.” pi|MHl hr JwuKptfT. "also wants them IretcW. “S’ret.-he.! a* well, .-hr* said the |e waver. ~Ai*d w here do they pitch ■ “Tlcv d<4i't pinch 'im " replied the » au<«ns t-o "lie pitched them.” ■*■00 Model. ■ "1 think y.ei i.ave a model apart 'l‘ Ye a.y husband says it's a model ^^^B the real ’bine.” Hp*. nan ■ 'hi re matrimony. s. me thrust them and other* ( M luefc-. enough to escape If. Back Given Out? M t»»rd for a woman ■ i» :.*.i -..... ter-, us and always i Hu; ;• »e;.. p...ag up. and g,ve il i. Ur » no time to recover. If r ■ .. k o Hue and a and v >ur m-vs irTscular; jf you hare ‘'blue i* *- brmhrbw, nervousness. B*cs, t d rh-urnatie pains, use n K Pill- Ther hare done drr* for t:. issaed- of worn cut A Nebraska Case tml *J| -herfteehfc,star — i C;»>. N*- . | "I i. r with k hi ri*- y f •'T yitr*. »i* I/Xjt r*«f - m ; „ • * *r #- — *d T:* f ' . . pal It k'; • » * - 111] Do.ir'* r. • » *1 l • *f?. r sire &* I ti ■* ^ y E My ■ w>. • h;- t rW »- • ’ r rom my r<e\er re r • Bos DUCT ILLS UjO. N.Y. ARANTEED REMEDY FOR FEVER-ASTHMA DR. R. SCNIFFMANrS W% STHMADQK ASTHMADOR CIGARETTES Cc.. Prpp-etP'! St Paul. Sinn. ebraska Directory k EATING BUTTONS promptly. Free price list. WHERE HE LOST INTEREST Work rg Man Couldn’t See Where There Were Any Bones to Be Left From His Sunday Joint. K**r half an hour the working-class a*:-lienee had listened patiently to the t: i/ed lady who was speaking to them about economical and nourishing e»»'kor> She had talked ab«ut *'gg Its- puddings and butterless cakes imw said, with a smile: “I will now toll yon about a splendid -*u; which can bo made for next to n thing Take the hones left ovei from your Sunday joint—’’ A- that a man in the middle of tht hall rose to bis feet with a disgustet lo**k on bis face, and said to his mate “ 'Ere. Bill, let's get out o' this.” “What's wrong?" asked the other, ir surprise. “Don’t you like soup?” “Aye. I like soup well enough." wat the grumbler's reply; “hut how man.' •ones does sl,e think there are in i half a jH«und o’ liver?"—London Tit Bits. Reproof Net Effective. The new maid would not rise earl; enough. <b title reproof seemed vali and finally the master and mistresi •ried the inferential method of Mann el left the damsel asleep whils y prepared the breakfast for them selves. “\W'IS shame her to it." said tin master. Not a word was said until nlm ■ >'< :• g the 'ante evening, when tin girl tapped at the door of the sittiuj room. “Is there anything else I can do mum?" she respectfully inquired. Tln re was nothing and she turned t< go to bed. but at the door rememberer something. ' 1: you're down before me in tin morning, mum." she observed, “you'l find the eggs in the icebox in the pan try." Encouraged Her. She appeared to be somewhat excit ed when he came home that night un< he naturally asked the cause. "The man in the top flat has fuller in love with our maid," she said. “What of it?" he asked. “He’s b**en trying to get her to rut away and marry him.” "1 to you mean the man who prae tices with the flute every night?" She said she did ; and he made a dive for his pocket. “Tell the maid." he exclaimed, ex citedly. “that I’m a poor man. but I’ll give her ten dollars If she’ll do it!” Quick Punch. Tho daily pinochle game in the smoker was going on as usual when sudd* nly one of the commuters jumped to his feet and yelled wildly for the newsboy. “Give us a new deck of cards, quick.” he orb'd when the boy answered his summons. “The conductor just punched the ace of diamonds instead of my commutation ticket.” Switzerland’s 1915 Imports were val ued at $382,680.836; exports $322, 872.036. I'm glad there's such a big com crop—sags mom POSTTOASTIES : SELF HELPS for the I j nevvsoldier. j 1 • t By 4 United States Army Officer i ♦ • § * »">' i < •• • ;Copyright, 1917, by the Wheeler Syndicate, lac.) COMPANY ADVANCE. Up to the point of encountering the enemy’s fire, a company advances into an engagement in close order, whether for attack or defense. The usual for mation, because of its mobility, is the eolumr of squads. The column of squads has the double advantage of af fording a convenient front for pro gressing along roads ana through com paratively narrow spaces, such as ra vines, declivities, or breaks in the trees, and of being at all times convertible into any other formation desired. The company is deployed upon reaching the zone of hostile fire for the protec tion of the men. but it may then con tinue to advance without returning the fire, depending upon the immediate cir cumstances! The use of “a succession of thin lines” is a frequent matter of facili tating the advance. This reduces thd losses which would otherwise he in curred if the company were deployed by greatly diminishing the man-front offered to the enemy and proportion ately increasing the intervals between Individuals. Thus. If the enemy know that a unit was advancing, and had reason to believe from the apparent extent of its front that it was deployed, he would probably spread his fire ac cordingly. At all events, if the unit were ap proaching under cot or. or partial cover, he would be competed to assume that it is deployed if he had indications of the width of the front, in order to cover the whole area with his fire. Mean while, the company'might he advanc ing in columns of single or double file, with intervals between equal to the intervals between the centers of squads or platoons in deployment. This succession of thin lines, known as “platoon or squad columns,” may otherwise facilitate the advance by al lowing for the passage of the com pany through rough or bushy territory; it also affords a better opportunity to take advantage of cover. The two lat ter factors are perhaps more impor tant than the first with the squad, at least if the advance is against ma chine guns, for a machine gun. if it had a comparatively unobstructed range, could render the unit's entire front un tenable, whether it were in squad col umns, or were advancing in line of skirmishers. Platoon columns, how ever. moving as they do outside the area of a burst of single shrapnel (about 20 yards) may greatly reduce the losses when under artillery fire, or i even under machine guns. The choice of the method of advance is made by the captain, or by the ma jor. if the company is with a battalion, and will depend upon the conditions at hand. If it develops that the deploy ment itself is premature, it is generally found best to assemble the company and proceed in close order. Advancing in the fire attack, as we have already seen, may he accom plished by sending forward deployed squads or platoons in a series of rushes. If this is by squads, at com mand, the first squad (on the right) follows its corporal, running at top speed to the point indicated by the captain, where it halts and finds cover, usually flat on the ground. When the first fraction of the com pany has thus established itself on the line, following the command, “By platoon (two platoons, squad or four men) from the right (left), rush.” the next fraction is sent forward by its platoon leader without further com mand ftom the captain until the whole company is on the line established by the first rush. PLATOON AND SQUAD COLUMNS. Having learned the principle of the advance as conducted by platoon or squad columns—the “succession of thin lines”—it is now necessary to see how this is to be done. Being in skirmish line, at the command. “Platoon col umns, march,” the platoon leaders move forward through the center of their respective platoons. When the company is deployed, the platoon lead er is posted in the rear of the line, in order to control the fire of his men. Having moved through the center of his platoon, the men to the right of the platoon leader (as he passes through the line) march to the left and follow him in single file; likewise, those on the left march to the right. This constitutes a double column of files, which is now conducted by the platoon leader. Platoon guides follow in the rear. The command, “Squad columns, march,” is executed in a similar way. Each squad leader moves to the front, and the members of his squad oblique toward him and follow in single file at easy marching distances. To reiterate what was said in the last article, platoon columns are profit ably used where the ground is so diffi cult and the cover so limited as to make it desirable to take advantage of a few favorable routes, and no two platoons should march within the area of a burst of a single shrapnel. Sqpad columns are of varne principally in ex pediting progress over rough or brush green ground. To deploy platoon or squad columns, the command is, “As skirmishers, march.” Skirmishers then move to the right or left front successively and place themselves in their original po sitions in line. From platoon or squad columns, the company is thus assembled. At the command, “Assemble, march,” the pla toon or squad leaders signal “Assem Me” by moving the arm in quick circles above the head; at this, the men of each platoon or squad, as the case may he, advance, and moving to the right or left, take their proper places in line. Each unit assembles on the leading | j element of the column and re-forms in J ; line. Platoon or squad leaders con duct their units toward the point indi cated by the captain, and to their 1 places in line. The company is re formed in line. Another method whereby the ad vance may he accomplished by a “suc cession of thin lines” is as follows: The captain points out in advance the selected position to he occupied, which is generally from 100 to 250 yards to the front, depending upon the terrain and the character of the hostile fire. The captain gives the command, “(Such numbers) forward, march!" The man designated by his number in each squad—“Xo. 1" for example—• moves to the front until he reaches the new line. In this line, the original in tervals are preserved as nearly as prac ticable. The next number in each squad is sent forward when the first has ad vanced a suitable distance—the dis tances between thest thin advancing | lines are purposely made irregular. I Each number halts upon arriving at j the new lino. ADVANCING ACROSS WIDE STRETCHES EXPOSED TO FIRE. The advance in such a succession of thin lines as that described in the last article is used to progress across a wide stretch which is swept, or in dan ger of being swept, by artillery fire, or by long-range rifle fire. In short, this type of advance is undertaken in places exposed to a fire which it would be profitless to return. The advance by short rushes would both be costly (be cause of the comparative concentration of the men in the fire-swept area) and impracticable, since to return rifle fire against artillery woo Id be futile. It would be almost equally futile against long-range rifle fire. However, when the thin lines have advanced, ns was said before, from 100 to 250 yards, they may then be in a better position to re turn the fire. The purpose of this movement is to build up a strong skirmish line at a point where it may engage in a fire fight, and to build it up with the mini mum cost. This method, while advan tageous from certain standpoints, also has its drawbacks. Because, during the progress of the advance, there is almost entire loss of control over the company. Each individual is left to his own initiative in reaching the new line, but unless otherwise specified, the advance is conducted at quick time, and there is a general uniformity of movement. Yet the seriousness of the loss of control depends very largely upon the previous training and discipline of the company. If this has been of the proper kind, and the company is suffi ciently grounded in discipline, team work, and esprit de corps, it will con tinue to assert itself even when the man is proceeding across the expo see area alone. It is precisely the same as with 8 back-field player on a football eleven: He is alone, his responsibility is single generally speaking, but at that he never loses his consciousness of team play and the essential co-ordination of his efforts with those of the rest of his I team. Against the possible disadvantage ol a temporary loss of control over the j company, moreover, is the more than compensating advantage that such ar advance is less likely to draw fire. This is not only Important from the 1 standpoint of casualties, but would in itself reduce the degree in which such j control may he lost. In other words, it would be even more difficult to re- I tain control over a deployed company j which is subject to a withering fire than over a company advancing in a ' succession of thin lines, if the fire is j scattering and ineffectual. The war in Europe has in many re spects cancelled previous theories ot combat. In view of such developments the regulations specifically state thal other and better formations may be de vised to fit particular cases. But this basic principle remains: “The best for mation is the one which advances the - line furthest with the least loss of men time and control.” • Training in the existing regulations I for extended order work, therefore j schools the young soldier in the under- ■ lying purpose of the fire attack, and : after comprehending this, he can much : more easily adapt himself to any spe- | clal methods which conditions may re quire. Clay Figures for Movies. In a new style of moving pictures ; little clay models of human figures j are used to represent the actors. The i result, when seen on the screen, is both startling and amusing, the tiny clay figures seeming to walk, jump and go through all the motions of talking and singing, as if actually alive. Such pictures are called ani mated sculpture. They owe their origin to a woman sculptor of New York, whose elayfolk, as she calls them, are photographed in a succes sion of slightly different poses, each specially modeled to carry out the action of a regular scenario or film story. The process of molding the figures is slow and laborious, as 16 different poses are required to make a foot of film. Thus if tile action of the story calls for four jtftors in the picture, a film of ordiu: ry length, say 200 feet, requires the cu: eful mold ing by the sculptor’s hands * f at least 12.S00 different poses for 'he clay figures. In some scones, however, only slight changes are needed to give the necessary animation, these being quickly made by the deft touc! of the sculptor.—Popular Mechanics Maga zine. Found the Major. The author of a book telling of experiences in the Gallipoli campaign tells this grim tale, but tells it lightly: “A solemn and dingy person met me in the officers’ mess lounge the other day and asked if he might have the honor of taking my photograph for nothing. I asked him what for. He said, ‘I’m from the Press association.’ ‘Yes,’ I said. *but what do you want my picture forT To which he replied in a sepulchral whisper. “Obishewry list!’ I told him to go and ask the major, and later on I saw two men burying something at the bottom the camp. So I suppose he found the major.” A Patriot. "Old Stickaround has certainly at* quired an aversion for autocracy hero of late.” “What’s the old fellow been up to now?” “He won't even play checkers any more because he doesn’t want to as sociate with man-jumping kings.” j ALCOHOL-3 PER GENT. AVc^ctablc Preparatioa&r As ?5C|5 similatin^ theFood by Re£uli i Thereby Promoting Diction '!;f Cheerfulness and Rest Contois JJ?1". neither Opium. 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When they had gone about 300 yards he called after them, so ^iev tame back. “Ye asked me how long it would take to go to Birmingham?” “Yes.” they said. “Well.” said Tat, “It will take ye four hours.” “Why didn’t you tell us that be fore?” they asked. “Well now." said Pat. “how could I tell ye until I saw how fast ye could walk first?” SOOTHES ITCHING SCALPS And Prevents Falling Hair Do Cuticura Soap and Ointment. On retiring, gently rub spots of dan- ■ druff and itching with Cuticura Oint- 1 ment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water using ! plenty of Soap. Cultivate the use of ! Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every- I day toilet purposes. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Supreme Sacrifice Suggested. As another means of conserving natural resources, talk less and think more.—Boston Advertiser. — Our ideal of n true hero is the man who brings a friend home to dinner on j washday. 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No Amateur Stuff. “The Browns have invited us to din ner.” "Good. I'd rather eat there than anywhere else.” “Why?” “All the vegetables they serve were ' raised by professionals.” Obviously. “Who planned the ventilating sys tem for the building?” “Some draftsman. I suppose.” Feed the Fighters! Win the War!! Harvest the Crops —Save the Yields On the battle fields of France and Flanders, the United States boys and the Canadian boys are fighting side by side to win for the World the freedom that Pros sianftm would destroy. While doing this they must be fed and every ounce of muscle that can be requisitioned must go into use to save this year’s crop. A short harvest period requires the combined forces of the two countries in team work, such as the soldier boys in France and Flanders are demonstrating. The Combined Fighters In France and Flar.ders and the Combined Harvesters in America WILL Bring the Allied Victory Nearer. A reciprocal arrangement for the use of farm workers has been perfected between the Depart ment of the Interior of Canada and the Departments of Labor and Agriculture of the United States, under which it is proposed to permit the harvesters that are now engaged in the wheat fields of Okla homa, Kansas. Iowa. North Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska. Minnesota and Wisconsin to move over into Canada, with the privilege of later returning to the United States, when the crops in the United States have been conserved, and help to save the enormous crops in Canada which by that time will be ready for harvesting. HEP YOUR CANADIAN NEIGHBOURS WHEN YOUR OWN CROP IS HARVESTED !!! Canada Wants 40,000 Harvest Hands to Take Care of Its 13,000,000 ACRE WHEAT FIELD. One cent a mile railway fare from the International boundary line to destination and the iudi rate returning to the International Boundary. High Wages, Good Board, Comfortable Lodgings. 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