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6 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1918 TT 171 f H A n A T T7 T DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATEJt VICTOR BOSEWATER, EDITOR THS BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha poatofiie m seeond-claai matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier Oallr UK aanday par wtak, 18 ,' Duly wiihcat Sundae..... " We , Etralni and Sunday.. ...... ........ la ' emni wltiiout &iodu " to . Sundae Be an It ,. "to " 100 - Boid nonce of chut of address or UTefularlte la daUnty to Omaii , He orctuauoe impctumiil Be UUL mi, M Ou e.00 tM too MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS I ih AaMAtatttt " - e Tha Rjm la a memhe, I. arflliiattele I vitttled to th aw far publication of all Dm ditpatehe credited i ,i n or not otherwise credited to tbi paper ud alee the local nawa ' miblUhrd herein. aJI rlabU of oubtleattoa of our anelal dispatch I it alaa reaarraa . REMITTANCE ( Remit he Anft. einteu nr natal order. On! S-earii stamit tatea la 'iteyiiiMil of email accounts. Faraooai check, eioept so OBtaaa and -wnu excaaag. on aoo-piea. OFFICES "fruha The Be Building. . i-meito Peoeirt Oaa BoUdlna, South Ooiaha 2318 H St. - Now fork 2M Fifth Ate. rouuril Bloifa 14 N. Uals St St. Louie New B't of Oommaro. Uncoln-LIU la Bulldin. Waabloitoo 1111 0 St. CORRESPONDENCE - AcMrea eommunloatlaia relitlm o ow and adltortll B attar le , tunica Bee. raiionai iMpanmew. I JANUARY CIRCULATION " 59,964 Daily Sunday, 52,534 , irtnt etrrulattua for th mania, aubeorlbad and oworD to bs Dwliht 4 iviiliama. Circulation Manager. , i Subscriber laerlnf th city should ba Th Ba maiM to tham. Addrass chanr' aa eftaa a raqiMStad. It was a nice bit of springtime while it lasted. Nebraska potatoes for Nebraskans ought to , be a popular slogan. British pacifists have lost another round in Parliament. John Bull is not ready to quit yet. Nebraska's wheat fields are surely getting all the moisture they need now. A golden return ii next summer will result. Flying in Texas seems to be much more dan gerous than in France; at Iflast more American boys are losing their lives there. ' Advice to consumers to fill their coal bins next summer is good so far as it goes, but present needs are more imperative., One candidate for city commissioner has an nounced an anti-grade crossing plan in his plat form. Watch ethers swing into line now. Francis J. Heney admits he is aiming to run for governor in California, which means the gov crnment will have to hunt op anothef inquisitor. Austria boasts of a diplomatic triumph in deal ings with 'the bolsheviki. Well,' some folks con sider taking candy from a baby quite an adven- . ture. ' '' Those master bakers perhaps know what their 1 services are worth to the business, but they put themselves well into the income tax class when they fixed their own salaries. ' ; . , . , Hindenburg will have to start pretty soon if nc expects to be in Paris by April. The German army was nearer the French capital in August, 1914, that it ever will be again. Question for the wiseacres of the state railway ' board: If the president is qualified to dq all other t things necessary to the operation of the rail roads of the country, why. not let him fix rates alsO? ..; '"' V"'? '' ' 'i - : ,V'V '" ' ' ' A subscriber asks; "With Abdul Hamid dead and the kaiser gone to a spa for what ails him, who is now' the sick man of the east?" We can not answer this, except to say we feel certain it is not Trotzky. The International 'Shipbuilding company will lay fifty keels in February and March and will very likely celebrate July 4 by launching about the same number of ships. This is one of the answers to the kaiser. President's Power to Fix Freight Rates. The administration bill for the regulation of railroad under government control, containing a provision empowering the president to fix rates, ' is practically ensured of early passage because it is a war measure. Such objection as has been raised against ,it in the senate comes from oppo sition to the principle involved and so far has been accompanied by a" promise to vote for the ' bill because of its apparent need as an aid m war. The most energetic opposition comes from "state boards, who see their power being swept aside by the greater authority of the nation. Among these is the Nebraska State Railway com mission, which has addressed a long telegram to , the state delegation in congress asking that, the members vote against the bill. , Democrats com posing this board are unwilling to trust the president with the very important, and at times delicate, task of adjusting freight rates or at tending to other matters falling within the pur view of the board. - Viewed from the outside, it looks like an effort to avoid being put out of business along with a lot of other agencies that might be ofgood service in peace times, but in the way when tfie nation is at war. The state railway board can very well afford to give the president the same chance to make good that others have. accorded to him. The New Republican Chairman. In the choice of Will H. Hays of Indiana to be chairman of the republican national commit tee and take active charge of the organization for the forthcoming congressional campaign a most satisfactory solution has been reached of the problem presented by the resignation of Chair man Willcox. The contest for the chairman ship was keen and spirited, yet settled with a spirit of unanimity that guarantees the new chair man undivided support of all the elements rep resented in the national committee. The selec tion of Mr. Hays indicates also the forward looking character of the party program. Although for the present a minority party, the republicans are not to content themselves with being a mere factor of negation. The younger and progres sive element is recognized and given the respon sibility of leadership, as the only dependable way to maintain tie confidence of the rank and file, which has a right to look to the republican party to be the party of construction now in this criti cal time, as it has always been in every previous turning point of the nation's history. Shipbuilding and the U-Boat. t Figures given by Bonar Law, British chan cellor of the exchequer, on the effect of the un restricted submarine warfare on shipping through its first year are startling, but some of the ter ror disappears when closer inspection is given the facts. Compared with ship-launching for the year, the U-boat has a tremendous lead, but, as a matter of fact, ship builders actually are win ning the race. Sir Eric Geddes six weeks ago directed attention to the diminishing curve of sinkings and the rise in the curve, of launchings and showed that even then the losses were fairly balanced by the gains. In stating total figures for the year 1917 United States production is given as 901,000 gross tons; for 1918 the,output qf the United States shipyards is now estimated by the most conservative at not less than 3,000,000 tons. On the other side, the number of victims of the submarine is far lower than a few months ago. For the week ending February 25, 1917, U-boats sunk 15 British ships of 1,600 tons or over and 21 of under 1,600 tons. This total rose until the week Ending April 23, when the high water mark was reached, 40 British vessels of 1,600 tons or over and 53 of under 1,600 being sunk that week. Sinkings dropped until in July a level of from 12 to 16 of the larger craft and o 20 of the smaller craft was reached. Around these figures the record has fluctuated since. Total British losses for the year were 1,033 vessels, of which 763 were of the larger size. French and Italian losses are estimated at less than 1,000,000 tons, while American losses are but 171,061 tons. , .Devices for restricting the U-boat's operations are pronounced successful, in a high degree, the decreasing toll evidencing the success 6f the de fensive campaign. Energetic pusjiing of the con struction work in the United States will produce in a. single year almost enough of tonnage to off set the entire amount lost last year and more than enough to balance the difference between sinkings and launchings for 1917. ; Extraordinary Powers Granted President Authority Vested in Supreme Commander by Congress New York Times. The president ii commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. If congress passes the bill introduced last week by Senator Overman of North Carolina, the president wilt be intrusted with such wide tribution of any necessaries;" to requisition "foods, feeds, fuel and other supplies nec essary to the support of the army or the maintenance of the navy or any other public use connected with the common defense;" "blanket, powers that several senators are I to purchase, store, and sell for cash at rea . , -L u i . i .i.f ...u . i..- i i quoted as saying they "might as well abdicate" at once. Between the simple statement of military and naval authority contained in the consti tution and the unrestricted power to "co ordinate and consolidate" all governmental activities urged by the Overman bill lie va rious extraordinary powers that have been granted to the president during the present war. Control 'over food, fuel, shipping and commerce has been given to the president as a war measure . He operates the rail roads. He is empowered to guard public safety in theatter of espionage, alien prop erty and business, the censorship of mail and other communications between the United States jmd foreign countries. He appoints the men who are directly responsible in these affairs. He makes, according to a phrase oc curring again and again in the recent acts of congress, "such rules and regulations as he deems necessary," and is empowered to "use the land and naval forces of the United States" to carry out the provisions of laws giving him wide authority. These various acts of congress giving ex traordinary power to the president have not been passed without opposition. Nor is the present criticism of the president's so-called "assumption of authority" a thing of new or sudden growth A good deal of the opposition has come from republicans, but discussion has by no means been wholly par tisan. It was a republican. Senator Harding, who last summer urged the advisability of making President Wilson practically a "dic tator" for the duration of the war. And the present fight for a war cabinet and a di rector of munitions is being led by a demo crat, Senator Chamberlain. Germani Cautious with Russia. German are proceeding with extreme caution for the moment in dealing with Russia, regard ing the bolshevik peace with suspicion, resting on the fact that support of responsible government is lacking. While a government syndicate for trading with. Ukrania speedily was formed and set Immediately about the work of bringing over the food and other supplies ''the Germans need, Trotzky's so-called "peace" does not appeal to the German mind. It contains too much of poten tial trouble. Abandoning the negotiations as he did, Trotzky accepted nothing and agreed to noth ing, promising only to disband the Russian army. Of his course in this the Germans are distrust ful, fearing he will go on to reorganize the forces as a bolshevik army to gain control in the border provinces where Germany now is established. Much more embarrassing is the fact that Ger many has no agreement with any of the many factions of Russia. Therefore it can only deal with individuals and will be required to enforce its will by arms against an unarmed and unre sisting people. This is contrary to the law of nations, amounting to murder, but Germany has shown litte inclination to closely observe the punctilio in such matters. Familiarity with the policy of the kaiser, as shown all through the present war, justifies the conclusion that the German intriguers will find a way to enter upon the occupation of whatever of Russian territory they conclude is necessary for the future of Ger man aspirations in that direction. It is less dread of consequences than uncertainty as to how to go about the work that is now holding back the kaiser. Another bond of union between America and Scotland is established by the burial of our sol diers who died when the Tuscania went down. It is a matter of sorrow on both sides that it was needed, but the service and the kindly spirit in which it was performed is appreciated. " The Germans answered the Spanish protest by sinking another ship flying the Spanish flag. They will keep that up until they lose the right to maintain U-boat bases in Spanish harbors. Yet, why should the Spanish expect the U-boat to show favoritism ' Immediately upon the declaration of war the senate granted a special appropriation of $100,000,000 to the president, to be used at his discretion. There was, however, nothing extraordinary in this; it merely doubled the amount that had been placed in President McKinley's hands at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. Various powers, too, were granted to the president as commander in chief of the army and navy. For instance, the conscription law was passed as "an act to authorize the president to increase tem porarily the military establishment of the United States." The navy act of May 22, "temporarily to increase the commissioned and warrant and enlisted strength of the navy and marine corps," carried. with it au thority to the president to transfer tempo rarily any part of the coast 'and geodetic sur vey to the jurisdiction of the War depart ment or the Navy department during the period of a national emergency. He was empowered by another act to make transfers from the cavalry to the infantry or artillery service. All this was simple enough. But the espionage bill, passed June 12, gave him control of exports. This measure, with its embargo clause, conferred on the president the authority tp trade in articles controlled by the allies which hitherto had been permitted to come to America only in limited quantities, and power generally to control shipping. The espionage act contained, too, strict regulatidns in regard to spying, to vessels in ports of the United States, to the enforce ment of neutrality, ana other measures, which placed much authority in the hands of the president. t ".The bill "giving the president control over food and fuel was finally passed by the sen ate on August 8. It gave the president power specifically "to license the importa tion, manufacture, storage, mining or dis- sonable prices wheat, flour, meal, beafls, and potatoes; to take over any factory, packing house, oil pipe lines, mine, "or other plants," and to operate it; to regulate speculation in necessaries; to fix "a reasonable guaranteed price for wheat," and establish "such regula tions, as he shall deem wise" in connection therewith; to. make rules for the production of distilled spirits "exclusively for other than beverage purposes," and to commandeer dis tilled spirits in bond; to decide upon the ex penditure of the act's $2,500,000 appropria tion, and to fix the price of coal and coke, and establish rules for its production, ship ment, sale; etc. The trading with the enemy act was passed early in October, and was summed up as "one of the most drastic pieces of legisla tion ever passed by congress." Briefly, it put the control of commerce into the presi dent's hands. On October 14 the president issued an executive order putting into effect practically all the great powers vested in him by that act; he took over control of Ameri can commerce, both as regards exports and imports, and prescribed the conditions on which trading with enemy interests might be carried on. One provision was that none of the money involved should be permitted to be contributed to the welfare of enemy countries. Provisions of far reaching consequence were made for taking over enemy property in the United States by an alien property custodian, to be named by the president. It was further provided that enemy-held pat ents might be used to aid in the winning of the war. To throw every possible safeguard around information which might get to the enemy, the president created a censorship board, with full powers to censor cable, telegraph, radio and mail communication of every sort passing between this country and any foreign nation. Censorship of the foreign language press was vested in the postmaster general. Some of the war time machinery already in existence was reorganized by the terms of the order. The Exports Administrative board went out of existence and was re placed by the War Trade board, with power to supervise exports and imports ana con sider applications for licenses to trade with enemy firms, thus making it possible to shut off coal from South American public utilities now in German hands, if deemed expedient, i The president took over the railroads on December 26, under the terms of a paragraph in the army appropriation act of August 29, 1916. Senator Harding, republican, of Ohio, de clared in August that not only was this coun try moving toward a dictatorship, but that a dictatorship was the only thing that could win the war. He said: "What the Urtited States needs and what it must have if it is to win the war is a su preme dictator, with sole control of and sole responsibility for every phase of war ac tivity, and this today means practically every phase of government. Not only does this country need such a dictator, in my opinion it is sure to have one before the war goes much further. It is the inevitaole logic of events in Washington. The sooner it comes the better for all of us. We will never be actually, in the war, never be a menace to Germany in a modern military sense,' until it does come. Of course, we shall preserve appearances, out of regard for our boasted democracy; and congress will remain on guard, but it will go on delegating power, be cause human nature in a crisis turns to one .commander. For supreme dictator at the present moment there is but one possible man, the president of the United States." N German Agent' 's Record of Crime For theWrd time in onetyear Franz von Rintelen, an officer ji the German navy and an intimate of the crown prince,, has been convicted in New York of crime. In May last he was found guilty under the Sherman law of interfering with foreign commerce, his offense being the incitement of strikes in munitions factories. Last November he was convicted of conspiracy for obtaining a fraudulent passport. Now hes is condemned with others for conspiracy to dynamite a British steamship leaving this port. When Rintelen came to America in April, 1915, abundantly , supplied with money, he was upon an errand of crime. The United States was at peace with all the world, but he proceeded at once to wreck our industries, organize an unneutral labor peace council, encourage the planting of bombs in ships and warehouses, establish a trade- in fraudulent passports and finally, with the assistance of Huerta, the deposed dictator, involve us in hostilities with Mexico. ' As these offenses were committed before we entered the war, it is interesting to note the fact, as showing Germany's utter military lawlessness, that among all our statutes de signed to deter and punish criminals not one applied adequately to Rintelen'g case. Today he would be hanged or shot for the misdeeds which, committed in time of peace, when no nation even imagined the infamies planned in Berlin, carry inadequate penalties. I The three sentences imposed upon the culprit aggregate four years and two months and are cumulative, only nine months having been. served as yet. Thus, even if no further convictions are had, this interesting repre sentative of kultur is to experience for some time to come a section of the day of judg ment which we must believe his whole class is ultimately to face. New York World, People and Events Insurance Press' annual review of fire losses for 1917 gives Omaha a record of three fires, each involving a loss of; $100,000 or more. These are, the Maney elevator, the Berg block at Douglas and Fifteenth streets, and the Missouri Pacific freight house. Aggregate loss $1,050,000. Having achieved equal rights in the Em pire state one unidentified woman empha sizes the new liberty by staging a thriller in the burgling line. Four towns in Westches ter county are the scene of her operations, and so clever is her work that the town cops are up in the air. Can't even pipe the num ber of her limousine. No material recession is shown in the country's aggregate of new enterprises launched during January, as reported by the New York Journal of Commerce. Capital totals $209,285,000, a gain of $23,000,000 over December, but $35,000,000 below the record of January, 1917. The chief industries in volved are oil and gas, shipping, chemicals and munitions. John B. Colton and L. Dow Stephens, sole survivors of the Jayhawker expedition to California in 1850, got together at Steph ens home in San Jose, Cal., February 4, and observed the sixty-eighth anniversary of the party's deliverance from the snows of the Sierras. Stephens is in his ninety-second year, while Colton is 87, and makes his home at Galesburg, 111., from whence the Jay hawkers started tor the wild and trackless west. . Attorney General Brundage of Illinois is about to prod the live ones around the graveyards of the state. In Cook county, where Chicago exists, 135 cemetery man agers have ignored a state law requiring an nual reports of trust funds to the county judge. Vast sums are said to exist in these funds, of which the public knows nothing. Unless the cemetery managers break their silence the attorney general proposes to start something. I TODAY One Year Ago Today In tthe War. - Germany released the American iitamen taken from the captured Brit ish ship Yarrowdale. United Statea War department t ailed on citizens 'and societies to help get recruits for the army. Tlie Day We , Olebrat?. - William 1L Gates, real estate man, born 1S58. Mme. Marcella Bembrlch, soprano, burn at Lemberg, Gallcla, 10 years ago. y . Albert B. Cummins, United States senator from Iowa, born at Car-mi- haels, pa., SS years ago. Sir Ernest Shackleton, ' Antarctic explorer, born in Ireland, 44 years John Barry mors, American actor, bWn SS yeara ago. Elihu Root former secretary cf state and United Statea senator, bora at Clinton," N. Y, 11 yeara ago. This Day in History. - , ; r 1803 John A.' Sutter, on whose 1 woperty in' Calif ornasold first w llBcovered, born in Baden. Died in ' Washington, D. C, Juna 17, 1880. 1 184S General Lewis Cass was given a great welcome in Detroit on his return from Europe., 1838 United States : battleship Maine, which had gone to Havana to J. vu-olect American residents, destroyed Just 30 Years Ago Today M. C. Jones, one of Paxton & Gal. lagher'e popular traveling men, has Just returned from a successful trip of 30 days in the "far west." The cedar block pavement on Six teenth street, between Farnam and Harney streets, is badly cracked, the opening in some instances being an inch wide. This has been occasioned by the late sudden frost P. E. Her has returned from Cin cinnati where he attended the whisky trust i The new office of Division Superin tendent Bieckensderfer at the Union Faetnc depot is nicely situated and is much more comfortable than the old one. i . J. E. Hubbard, who, for the past 10 years has filled tha position of su pervisor of bridges and buntings for the Union Pacific company, has ac cepted a similar position with the . v , '. . 7 " Aimed at Omaha Beatrice Express: The wearing of old clothes this year is to be a mark of patriotism, according to an Omaha clothier. In which case many of us can easily qualify as "100 per cent" patriotic. York News-Times: Down in Oma ha the great argument ' is whether Iiooney was shot by a bandit gunman or by a frustrated fellow officer. The controversies are almost as interest ing as the great Pat Crows conten tions of several years ago. Franklin County News: Omaha has grswn to such sine that the ojd fa miliar name of the Omaha Commer cial club, sounds too plebeian, so they now call it the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. If the new-organisation doss as much for Omaha as did the old. it will have reason to feel proud of itself. York Democrat: We have lived for years in both cities, and are very familiar with the brand of water served by each. The Lincoln water is drink only, while Omaha water provides both moat and drink. After one has cultivated a habit for Omaha water it is difficult to switch, there being so much nourishment in It We can appreciate the predicament Sec retary Richmond nows. finds himself in. After years of Omaha water he and many other Omahans who visit Lincoln find themselves in a quandary. Dod gast it there ain't nothing a-tall tor a man to drink now except water! Dodging Worry. 1 . "How did you happen to drop out of the Don't Worry club?" f "I was too good a member. I re- Peppery Points Baltimore American: Now that the manufacture of beer has been stopped in Germany, we may expect an ir resistible popular clamor for peace. Minneapolis Journal: Look through your change again. General Grant's picture is on the new 810,000 bills. Louisville Courier-Journal: There Is to be a sharp advance in the price of talking machines, but the human talking machine will remain over flowing with free -advice, Brooklyn Eagle: That bolshevik booty of $600,000,000 belonging to Roumanla puts to shame all the Dick Turpinism of the past. Highway rob bery on such a scale calls for that long-talked-of international police force. Minneapolis Tribune: The firm of Lcnine and Trotsky are awfully down on autocracies until they get to be the autocracy themselves, then they- play the game with science and skill worthy of professionals. .Baltimore American? Italy has come back splendidly, for it has not only- checked the enemy, but is now ready to advance Itself. It will be hard even, for German efflciencyand its Ironclad army to conquer such a determined spirit as that s New York World: That men of the right sort still inhabit the earth is shown by the arrangements made by former associates and others to save from loss the MOO persons of small means who bought Liberty bonds from Elmer Dwlggins, now in the penitentiary for embeaxllng the funds, when patriotism and humanity com- JuUm. eh mm euk m. armtia) Twice Told Tales A Frank Admission. A charming young girl, who lives In a town called Tremont, recently went to an adjacent city to visit some friends. While there she was induced to take part in a bazar, and was put in charge of the confectionery booth. Eventually a middle-aged man was led that way. "They tell me that I must buy some chocolates." he smilingly remarked to the fair visitor, picking up a box of the confectionery. "How much is this?" "Five dollars, sir," answered the girl, without any visible evidence of conscientious pangs. "Urn," thoughfully returned the victim, glancing from the chocolates to the girl, "aren't you a little dear?" "Well," coyly rejoined the charm ing one, "that's what all the Tremont boys say." Philadelphia Telegraph. Husbanding the Job, Senator Lodge was talkine about certain investigating committees. "Some of them," he observed, "re minds me of Si Hoskins. Si got a Job at shooting muskrats, for musk rats overran a mill owner's dam. There, in the lovely spring weather, Si sat on the grassy bank, his gun on his knee. Finding him one morning, I said: v "What are you doing. Si?' "'I'm paid to shoot muskrats. sir.' he replied. They're undermihin' the dam.' "There goes one now,' said I. "Si putted a'tranquil cloud from his pipe and said: " 'Do you think I want to lose my Jor ".. rT-'nisn Wants Spring Shooting. Genoa, Neb., Feb. 11. To the Edi tor of The Bee: Conservation of food, especial meat, is the watchword in the American household, so it's up to every one to substitute for beef and pork whenever it Is possible in order that every available pound can be used by our soldiers and allies. We have a federal law prohibiting shoot ing aquatic birds, etc., in the spring. Now as a conservation measure why can not this law be repealed and lift the prohibition on spring shooting, thus thousands of pounds of beef and pork could be saved and wild duck and geese could be used instead? How ever, sportsmen should use common sense and not see how many could be slaughtered, but kill enough to fur nish meat for their table at home, Every one Interested in this move ment should write or wire your, sen ator or congressman to have this law declared void during this war. V. A. BRADSHAW. Congressman's Salary Not Exempt. Wilsonville, Neb., Feb. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: In conversation on the streets yesterday the subject oi. the operations of the income tax was brought up. I made the statement that the law exempted the salaries of members of congress and all national, state, county and municipal officers. I was told that the section providing for that had been repealed. Well, that was news to me. ' I offered as evl lence an article I had clipped frtm The "T3w of Feb ruary 4 or 5, giving instructions as to the operation of the law. The exemp tion clause in that article is as fol lows: "Proceeds of life ' insurance policies, property received by gift or bequest interest on city, county, state or federal securities are exempt from taxation. Salaries of public school teachers, state, county and city offi cials and employes are also exempt from tax." There is no mention of members of congress or national offi cers, but as I understood it to mean as instructions to the people of this state I thought nothing ,of the omis sion of national officers. Will you kindly answer through The Bee Letter Box if it is a fact that the exemption section of he law has been repealed, and when? N. C. HENDERSON. Answer Congress adopted a joint resolution, removing exemption from pay of its members. It is a question ifthey would have been exprnpt as many held they are not officers of state or nation. For Poultry Raisers. Madison, Neb., Feb. 12. To i(he Editor of The Bee: I have just fin ished reading in the news letter de partment the article relating to chickens and the open front poultry houses. I have had considerable ex perience in raising and caring for chickens, and I must say that if there ever was a curse and a nuisance to poultry work its the open front poul try house. Quite a few years ago my husband and I launched out. into the fancy chicken business. We bought high priced stock and eggs, and subscribed for I cannot bagin to tell you how many poultry Journals. Also we spent quite a little money for apparatus and built two good poultry houses. At that time the poultry magazines were continually harping upon open front houses, so we built ours that way. "What fools we mortals be." Fools is right. For three years we were out in the poultry houses at least three nights each week during' the cold weather doctoring sick chickens. Our fowls had every form of epizootic chickens can be heir to swelled heads, frozen combs, eyes gummed shut, and other ailments too numer ous to mention. Of course we said it was because the chickens were thoroughbreds, and they were not strong like com mon chickens. But it was not that, it was our lack of common horse sense. We finally1 drifted back into "mother's" old style way of doing. The chickens are fed a mixed grain ration, all the "greens" we can get, alfalfa and sprouted oats in the win ter, and all the green stuff you can lay'j your hands on in the summer. The house is closed each night only in mild weather, and in severe winter weather a thin cloth curtain is let down before the roosting place. We have not had a sick chicken in five years, And the hens lay most 'of the time. The average farm or ranch build ing is none too warm built at the best, and plenty of fresh air will filter through for all their needs. Poultry must be warm, dry and comfortable if it thrives, and this will apply to both old and young stock. To those who will be engaging in the poultry business for the first time this spring I want to urge you to fur nish your young chickens with warm dry coops, some bedding for night for if you will notice a very young chick on going to sleep he lays his head out in front of him. He will appreciate a little softness to lay it on, as well as you yourself do. Beware of feeding soft feed for the first two or three weeks. Dry commercial chick feed of good quality is best and clean water. After that some sort of soft or moist 'feed given as one of the regular meals will be bene ficial to them. INTERESTED. SUNNY GEMS. She Oh. Jack, dar, I'm glad you'v come. Father Is so excited and disturbed. Do go In and calm him. He Very well. But what's the matter with him? She Why er 1 just told him you want ed to marry me. -Boston Transcript. "Whither are we bound?" shrieked the calamity lecturer. "1 say. again whither. O whither are we hound?" "Say, you." called a man In the rear, "you've been trying alt night to find out where you're go'n! If you don't kjjow your station get a map!" Richmond Times-Dispatch. "The thief is liksf a theorist In one re spect." "What is that?" "He ahvas takes an abstract view of things." Baltimore American. ' "The women are threatening to clean up our town. Can a woman put the lid on any tighter than a man?" "I'm Inclined to think so. Their handl nefs with fruit jara would seem to prove that." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Both my wife and I are praying that it will be i. girl." "Why, I thought" "Yes, I know; but the other day our cook remarked that she doesn't like boy babies." -Ba ton Transcript. A VEXATIOUS VALENTINE. Indianapolis News. He sas "To An old Maid!" I'm not one! v"hat's more, I'm not going to be, And say. if I find He's made up his mind To marry just let him ask ine! I'll say: "No, slree! 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