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J&-' RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF -t.1 "y r n I fyC I 'I , f v '- N 1 JUUUUV,WUI) I & J : zr- .s (Prepared by tlio Unltcl States Depart ment of Agriculture.) OriSlSSlNG it longer nrm of destruction tlittu tho rTfcS inlghllc.t of volcanoes, Sf ,l,"l leaving In Its wake a jPBJ nn-mnn's land, rivaling IriMvl war's Bears across the race or Europe, the hurri cane Is chief uniting nnt- fj "l ural forces contending for L nJJ the title, "chniupion of de- i Htrtictlon." To light the hurricane offensively Is folly. For ages mankind has hcen able to wage only a defensive war against Ifs terrifying "drives" and these .ef forts have hcen, until modern time", pitifully feeble. Man's only defence is to be forewarned. That It bns been possible in the present generation to reduce death toll of hurricanes to n minimum, is duo to the marvelous service maintained by the United States weather bureau. The headquarters of tho weather bureau, located qulto to one side of main-traveled thoroughfares In tho national capital, are the nerve center of this unique organization which ex tends across the continent and al.o far out to sen, since many vessels co operate with tho bureau by making dally reports to It. Great Storm Sighted. Early In September n hurricane, destltit-d to devastate a wide qrca bor dering tho Gulf of Mexico, roared Its head like a great monster a thousand miles to the southeast of the United States, among the Islands of the Car ibbean. A to what gave It birth not ven the scientist knows. The forces that propagate all of these storms are shrouded In mystery. This particular hurricane was born In remote tropical water.', probably about September fi. A few hundred miles north of this center of disturbance tho sea was rel tlcly calm and passengers on Kcuin rs passing this way had no Intlmn tlon of the terrific force that was generating off to the south. Likewise, the southland of the United States lay placid. In part bathed In sunshine and In part sbnded by far-stretching blank ets of clouds, mnny of them so ilcecy thnt to the cnpual observer they car ried no suggestion of. the coming storm. ISut tho hurricane In the tropics gath ered strength quickly and flung Itself In fury over the slender chnln of is lands constituting the Florldn keys. In the face of every such rising peril the meteorologist upon whom rests the responsibility for making daily forecasts, stands like one facing n thief In the dark. Beyond the main land coast and a few scattered sta tions In the West Indies, he has no means of learning of the changing ntmorpherlc, conditions in those -sea! to the south and east, save chance re ports from ships. Early reports of this burrlcnno wero meager Indeed. The first Intlmntlon of tho coming of disaster was received September 8. The dally forecast for that date stated that a tropical storm bad appeared to the southeast of Key West. Hut as to Its extent, or Its course, tho chief forecaster at that time could only con jecture. Despite his long experience In bis profession, It was Inevitable that the forecaster should bo anxious every meteorologist who la forecasting nt such a time Is anxious. Ho had been on duty In seasons past when not n Blnglo fiurrlcnno nppeared. Hut In other years between July nnd October more than one such storm had IcfF a trail of devastation ncross mnny states. The forecaster know thnt mil lions of dollars worth of cargoes, about to sail from the Atlantic nnd Oulf ports, might be loft if ho failed Was This Dog a Ghost? At Umbnyo, South Africa, John Jeter, an EngllBli settler, owned iuvery fine hound (hat was run over and billed by n train. For months after tho Jeter family wns much annoyed by the wild whistling of tho passing trains. On complaining of this, they were told by tho engineers that they should keep their dog at home, that Uie whistling was merely a warning to the dog, which was always on the M7 & ;u mmfimMr (LJEf of destruction tliim the j V W iijy ' f?5l mlKlit!ojt of volcanoes, V v (I z JrP' I .-....,... I- - fc XI I S 52Jj- Crv-JJJ- &fW3n"J' - 1 J - . rc QS3I j ? vj n. " c XI ": . - y to make a proper forecast and Issue adequate warnings. .The fate of whole cities rested on his decision. As he turned from his study of tho telegraph ic reports received from the eastern and southeastern section of Ihe couif try, bo Joked a little but In the man ner of one whoo Joviality was a trifle forced, perhaps about his repeated hard luck at being on duty "every time one of these storms hove In sight." There was an unmistakable tenseness In his manner as he studied tho map, pointing to the low barom eter area that was moving steadily to ward tho southern states. Weather Forecast Correct. Tho next chapter In the hurricane'? brief history Is told In the weather re port of September '.): "The tropical storm was central Tuesday night and a little south of Key West where the barometer read 129.09 Inches with n wind velocity of 00 miles nn hour from the northeat't. The storm Is apparent ly moving northwestward, and will pass Into the Gulf of Mexico during Tuesday night." How speedily and 'decisively the forecaster had acted In the face of the oncoming peril is Indicated by the next sentence: "Warnings to ship ping and other Interests hnve been regularly sent since Monday morning when s'tortn warnings were first dis played on the south Florida coast." Thefollowlng 48 hours were laden with grave responsibility for the staff of the weather bureau. It was theirs to decide nt the earliest possible mo ment consistent with nccurncy In what direction the storm now moving with Increasing power and rapidity would travel as it came nearer the mainland. On Wednesday, September 10, the re port rend, "Tho tropical storm passed Key West, Fin., nbout midnight Tues day night with the bnromcter rending ..! incites, nmt est minted wind ve locity of 110 miles nn hour from tho east." Here was evidence thnt one of tho most violent storms of recent years wns about to strike at some point on the Oulf coast. This report revealed the mengerness of available Information nt this date regarding the progress of tho hurri cane: "Tonight, the storm Is probably central In tho Gulf of Mexico, not far from latitude 20, longitude 85, still moving northweet. nnd northeast storm warnings nre ordered on tho Oulf coast from -Carrabelle, Fin., to Now Orlenns, whero tho winds will probably bo strong on Thursday night. Advice has nlso been Issued to, this section to preparo for possible very dangerous winds by Friday." Defensive War Starts. And po limit's defensive war ngnlnst the mighty force of nature was on. With nil its scientific datn regarding the course of previous storms, Instant tracks. Tho engineers described tho dog with such accuracy thnt tho fain- , lly was grently mystified, especially when the engineers added that the dog would always refuso to leave the track until tho engine, wns almost upon him. Not Allowed to Shake Hands. Although today wo all shake hnnds on meeting ns a mntter of course, thcro was n tlmo when purists held thnt friends of opposite sexes should not suluto ono nnother by shaking hands. Sq ly accessible and with reports from all available points of observation tab ulated and recorded on the wentber map, the weather bureau foretold many hours In ndvance the peril that threatened the Oulf coast. Thus the people were forearmed. It will be recalled that storm warn ings weTo displayed regularly on tno .oiith Florida coast since Monday morning. How accurate the weather Injreau's forecasts had been Is shown by the press dispatches dated Wednes day night, September 10: "Lower Florldn was paralyzed today ns a re sult of the violent hurricane thnt pass ed over that section lat night. Not a house In tilth city (Key West) es caped damage; U20 frame buildings practically were razed, two church edlllces wrecked, and five retail stores overturned. The damage Is estimated nt more than $2,000,000. Shipping off the const met with disaster. Severn! smnll vessels were sunk nnd others were driven to the reefs." Uy this time the wentber bureau. In Its fight to keep destruction nnd death at the minimum, wns nble to net with more deflnltcnc, even though thcro wns no ndequnte means of ascertain ing atmospheric conditions In the cen ter nren of the Oulf of Mexico. The report of September 11, flashed ovei the wires from Wnshlngton, rend? "The troplcnl storm Is apparently cen tral tonight In the Gulf of Mexico with latitude 27 degrees and longitude 8S degrees. Absence of reports for bid the definite location of the storm center, nnd It Is therefore Impossible nt this time to stnte the portJon of the mnlnlnnd that It will first reach, although It Is fairly probable that It will be west of the Mississippi river. Storm warnings nr,o displayed from the Loulslnnn coast enstward to cen tral Florida nnd on tho northwest cont of Texas." While tho hurricane wns moving on Its northwestward course additional news, brief but vivid, filtered In from points In Its wnke. September 11 tho Associated Press representative wired: "Nine members of tho Ward lino steamer Corydon crew of 80 men were brought to this port this after noon by the schooner Island Home. They hnd been adrift on an upturned lifeboat, without food and water for three days. One of the crow, accord ing to their story, bad becomo crazed, from suffering nnd privation Wednes day night, nnd sprnng overbonrd." In these hours the thoughts of tho chief forecaster Instinctively turnefl to Onlveston, which In the past had suf fered terribly from similar storms. Dlspntches from thnt city Indicated thnt the tide was rising rapidly. Wn ter was flooding tho low places on llio Island and people were fleeing tho city. A JlO-mlle northeast Ptorm was blowing. Hut for tho weather bureau's timely warnings which had reached Galveston before tho gale struck tho city, millions of tons of cargo nnd scores of ships would hnve put to sen nnd would hnve been lost. In the next 21 hours tho storm burst upon tho Texns coast- In full fury. While tho papers tho next few, day wero filled with nccnunts of tho dam age and death caused by tho hurricane tho fact of greatest significance, nnd which the public has come to tnko al most as a mntter of course, only pnr tlally realizing tho skill nnd responsi bility Iwolved, was thnt tho nvmther bureau had been able to nntlclpnto this storm long enough In ndvance to prevent n loss that probably would have totuled thousnnds of Uvea and millions of dollars In shipping. In 1828, Sir John NIchoII, glvliJtulgs ment In nn English dlvorco ense, re marked that "conduct highly blame ablo nnd distressing to the feelings of a husband had been proved; but al though 0 witnesses hnd been exam ined, no Indecent fnmlllarltlt boyond kissing had been proved. Tho shaking of hands when thoy mot wns now a practice so frequent between' persons of different sexes, however, opinions might differ ns to its delicacy, that no unfavorable lnferenco could bo de duced thence." EUROPEAN BORER IS DESTRUCTIVE Estimated Loss of Million Dollars Daily if kisect Onco Gets Established. FOUND III EASTERN STATES Larva Is Dirty White Caterpillar, About One Inch Long, With Drown Head Ears of Corn Are Bored Through. A million dollars' worth of i1uage a day Is conservatively estimated as the effect of the European corn boter If It once ircts established In the coin belt of Ihe Fulled Stilus. This Is the statement of George A. Dean, head of the eiitiuiiolog. department In the Kan sas State Agilciiltural college. The Insect, which has done tremen dous tin inn ut In F.iiropc ami Asia, has been Introduced Into New York nnd Massachusetts and Is looked for In other regions. Larva Is White Caterpillar. The larva of the Kuropean corn borer Is a dirty white caterpillar, about an inch long, with a brown head, It passes the winter In n nearly full-grown condition within Its food plants. In the spring Its growth Is completed and It then bores Its way to the surface of the food plant, where It makes n sht hole to serve as an exit for the tesultlng moth. The lar a now forms n cocoon In the burrow, pusses Into the pupal stage, and In nbout two weeks the adult moth emerges The moth, which lives about two weeks, deposits .'500 to 700 eggs on the food plant. In nbout live days the eggs hatch, and the oung larvae at llrst feed on the tender shoots of the plants, but finally bore their way Into the main stem of the plant. In nbout six weeks, after burrowing through nil parts of the plant, Jhe larvae pi'.patc as before and emerge us moths about the middle of summer. The female moths of the second brood do the greatest damage to corn, since they attack not .only the stnlk, but nlsii the tassel nnd the ear, and continue feeding until cold weather. Destroy Ears Completely. The ears of com are bored through from bottom to top nnd from side to side, the borers feeding on the kernels while they are soft. CVmpleto do- A Good Harvest of Corn, With Good Organic Matter Left, Which, If Plowed Under, Will Make Next Corn Crop a Better One. strtictlon of the ear Is generally nccotn pllshed cither by the borer or through decay which follows the Injury. Ono moth which emerges In the spring may be responsible for from 100,000 to 800,000 larvae later In the same season. Every farmer and gardener should bo on the look-out for the Insect, Pro fessor Dean urges, and upon discover lug signs of Its presence should Im mediately Inform his state entomolo gist or experiment station, sending In the insect or the plant on which It has evidently worked. HVSULATE HIVES IN WINTER Ample Protection Should Be Supplied to Keep Out Cold Winds Leave Entrance Open. Protect hives from prevailing cold winds, nnd Insulate hives to letaln tho bent generated by the bees. A grove of trees, an adjacent hill, or nenrhy fence may serve as a windbreak. Tho packing usually done should complete ly surround tho hive, Including the bottom, but the bees' entrance should remnln open, though reduced In size. Cork chips, sawdust, fine shavings, dry leaves, chaff, nnd similar material should bo iibCd and packed tightly In a box built about the hive, allowing from six to eight Inches space for tho insulation. QUARTERS FOR YOUNG STOCK Preferable to Have Calves Separated From Mam Part of Cow Barn Mothers Not Disturbed. Some dairymen fall to consider lions Ing tho young stock when they build their bnrtiB. It Is prefernblo to have tho young stock separated from the mnlc jrnrt of the cow barn because of odors and because calves near their mothers will cunso the cows to become restless. Tho quarters for tho calves should be connected with the dairy barn, and a location on the south or AHt side of the barn Is desirable. GRASSHOPPERS MAKE FINE POULTRY FEED Especially Relished by Turkeys and Guinea Fowls. Fowls Consume Millions of Destructive Insects During Course of Yea' With Minimum Amount of Trouble to Farmers. Grasshoppers are beginning to pay big cash dividends In North Dakota thiough the medium of poultry, espe cially In turkeys nnd guinea fowls. The experiment has been successfully tried at the state agricultural college and numerous farmers have taken the cue. Fattened Turkeys Being Driven to i Market. r Wherever there nre green fields, there nre grasshoppers and other In sects. G. It. Greaves of the agricul tural college, who has conducted the experiments, says "It seems the Inexorable law of na ture thnt wherever there Is something good to ent there Is something to cat It, and man's existence Is a continual struggle for supremncy over the crea tures that are determined to consume the food he requires." During past years In North Dakota, prairie chickens, sage hens and grouse held the grasshoppers In check, nnd their plumpness and the dnjlcluus quality of their meat attested to the superiority of their food. Now the prairie chickens especially are going the way of the buffalo, and Mr. Greaves was assigned to find u substitute thnt would keep down the Insect pests with a minimum of trou ble and expense to the fnrmer. Tho answer Is turkeys nnd guineas. Mr. Grenvcs declares that flocks of turkeys and guineas consume millions of grasshoppers and other insect pests, anil naturally do their own foraging. Karly In the season the experimental flocks at the agricultural college havo grown fat and strong on the young Insects. Later In the season they hnve re ceived the nbunihint exercise necessary for their proper market conditioning, by chasing the elusive hoppers, hnve saved the field corps and provided a new, big source of Income. "Three old turkeys kept through one winter," said Mr. Greaves, "produced a flock of young turkeys the following season which kept the fields uenr their house elenr of grasshoppers, and ful filled their destiny by gracing Thanks giving tables." BEST PRACTICE IN PLOWING According to Minnesota Expert It Is Best to Deepen Furrows Gradu ally Each Year. The nature of the soil and the crop to be grown should determine the ques tion of whether to plow deeply or more shallow. As with most other fnrm problems, the farm operator's Judg ment nnd experience must be called Into pluy In determining which prac tice Is best on any farm Andrew Iloss, vice director of the Minnesota experiment station, believes that deep furrows turned on edge, or "three-quarters over," furnish the best conditions for pulverizing and sweeten ing the soil. "It Is not good practice," lie says, "to deepen tho plowing great ly In any one year. It Is better to deep en It by one-half Inch or nn Inch each year until n sufllclent depth has been reached. Itarely Is it necessary to plow deeper than seven or eight Inches, ex cept for certain deep-i'ooted crops like sugar beets, carrots, potatoes and like crops. "Where It Is desirable to Incorporate In the soil water-holding material, such as a green manure crop or a dressing of course barnyard manure, deep plow lug Is wise. Either a very sandy or a very heavy dense clay would be bene fited by such treatment periodically." FALLACIOUS IDEA OF SHEEP Animals Will Consume More Weeds and Shrubs Than Other'Anlmals, but Need Some Feed. 'Mnny farmers who havo fulled with sheep have gone Into the business with the fallacious Idea that sheep will eat anything, simply because snmo misin formed person Btnrted tho tale. Sllocp will consume moro weeds and shrubs than any other class of animals, but to turn them Into the woodlot and expect them to thrive on sprouts and dry leaves Is asking too much of their di gestive Pi steins. However, there Is usunlly wnsto latiil on most farms on which the sheep ma be kept at certain periods of the year very profitably. Nasty Colds Get Instant relief with 'Tape's Cold Compound" Don't stay stuffed-tip I Quit Mowing nnd snuffling! A dose of "Fnpo's Cold Compound" taken every two hours un til three doses nre tnken usually breaks up n cold and ends nil grippe misery. The very first dose opens your clogged-up nostrils and the air pass ages of the head; stops nose running; relieves the headache, dullness, fever ishnc.ss.sncezlng, soreness and stiffness. "Pope's Cold Compound" Is tho quickest, surest relief known and costs only a few cents nt drug stores. It acts without assistance. Tnstes nice. Con tains no quinine. Insist on I'upo's! Ad. FOUND IN AMHERST COLLEGE Discovery of Audubon Collection of Nortli American B'rds Will Delight Ornithologists. The f'linous Audubon collection of North American bluls, which wns mis laid thirty or mote years ago, was dis covered a short time ugo In Appletnu cabinet at Amherst college. In the col lection nio more than S00 type speci mens of birds, from which, It Is be lieved, Audubon painted the illustra tions In his edition of "Minis of North America." Fifty of the specimens bear labels containing Audubon's own hand writing and nre dated lS:t4. The collection wns originally sold by the Audubon estate for $1500 to "Ward's Nat in al Science" establishment, follow In': which It wns sold to II. II. Furiium who, forty years ago, presented the specimens to Amherst college. Curator Ilnngs, of the ornithological collectors at Harvard, will take pos session of the collection, which cop tnlns specimen' of practically every kind of Nortli American bird. LONGJACES "Cascarets" for fciver and Bowels bring back Smiles I ! .- ,.i ,. i i t Turn thu klll-Joyn" out the head ache, biliousness, Indigestion, the sick, sour stomach ami inlsery-niaklng gases turn them out tonight nnd keep them out with Cnscarets. Millions of men and women tnke a Cuscaret now nnd then nnd never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels, or an upset stomach. Don't put In nnother day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach ; remove the sour, fermenting food j take the excess bile from your liver nnd carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison In the bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret tonight straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. Adv. Well Done. "I understand both your daughters have been satisfactorily married." "Yes; one married a baker, who, of course, can always raise the dougli, ami the other married ubutcher, who knows how to make both ends meat." Important to all Women Readers of this Paper Thousands upon thousands of womea havo kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. W'omen'e complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. if the kidneys are not in a healthy con dition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer pain in the back, head ache and loss of ambition. Poor hcalth makes you nervous, irrita ble and may be despondent; it makes any one so. Hut hundreds of -omen claim that Dr. Kilmer's Swnmp-Root, by restoring health to the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Many send for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Hoot, the great kidney, liver and bladder medicine, will do for them. By enclosinp: ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., BinRhamtnn, N. Y you may receive sample sire bottle by Parcel Post. You can purchase medium and urge size bottles at all drug stores. Adr. Kind Advice. Ilelli. I nui having trouble keeping my complexion all light. Nell Are you sure your Jars aro "airtight? Watch Cutlcura Improve Your Skin. On rising and retiring gently smear tho faco with Cutlcura Ointment. Wusli off Olntmeut In five minutes with Cutlcura Sonp and hot wnter. It Is wonderful sometimes what Cutlcura will do for poor complexions, dandruff. Itching and red rough hands. Adv. Most people who grant a favor ex pect two In return. Often tho explanation has nothing to do with tho case.
