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The armored levia­ thans pushed through the German barbed wire en­ tanglements as If they were so many cobwebs. ^ ey sidestepped deep pockets, stretched their long tracks over miniature chasms, dipped, rose, backed and tipped at dangerous angles as they picked their way forward amid a hail of missiles. «et f°r 811 Its suPrem« adaptation to the' neeas of the hour the tank was not invented for ar purposes. The first tanks introduced into urope were used in lumbering operations and ft&' heavy hauling, Just as they were Id the United Mates. Rapidly their use was extended to large agr cultural works and before* the present broke out the track lay- •ers were well-known in every country |Q the world. Even the prosaic track layer used In farming will. If arm. ored, make a tank for war use. Indeed dur­ ing the 1917 recruiting season ordinary track layers armored with |oiieet iron plowed "through Walls almost as ^readily as the biggest |wir tanks yet ^ s| At the present time.' t 1. th!LC PMH°rS| are TSed ,n P,a"tation work in Cuba, lh I8' ' HawaiI- South Africa and so on throughout the world. There are almost one hundred of them at work in Hawaii, taken thCTe from California where the tractor flourish**. . *;eyJ|re hauling logging trains in Maine, MOD- tana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada as effi- ciently as they are transporting supplies in the mining regions of the West On the dusty roads of the Panamint range, where the steep grades wear down the spirit of the strongest mule teams end where water stations are few and- far be­ tween, track layers are as valuable for freighting as they are In the heat and whirling sand clouds of the Mojave Desert. There are at the present time about fifteen firms engaged In making tractors with the end­ less belt type of drive. There are between eight and ten thousand tractors of this type of all tferent makes now is use In the world. Factories are now speeding the construction et {hese track-laying tractors for the use of t}i« Jnlted" States in the field artillery, marine corps, |slgnal corps and other branches of the service, "irmored track layers are used in hauling sup­ plies over ground that motortrucks cannot travel Jon. Today manufacturers of track layers find the fwar orders tax their facilities to such an extent jthat they are not able to keep up with the com­ mercial demand. The advance of the tank over the earth sug­ gests the movement «f a living creature. Yet Its eratlon is simple. The track layer lays it# :v# r/iM ^-ic/tvce w«r TJZACrOA CO/fV/T/ZTfP ///TO &YG/MT Or h&fc 77W< Of CATERPJLLAR. TY&T ck down in front of the frame, roiis over it, sjpicks It up again and repeats the process. The track consists of a broad-geared belt or endless thaln of fiat steel links, which is put la: notion by large chain-supporting wheels which (fit into the inside of the belt by gears. It thus resembles a belt stretched around the front and rear wheels of an automobile and presenting* a .< flat surface on the ground. The outside of the belt Is comprised of broad* • links known as track plates which are ridged to prevent their slipping. The inside of the belt contains the twin tracks upon which rest the illers that support the weight of the tractor. » Nine out of ten persons who watch a tract©# *•' -demonstration for the first time get the impres­ sion that the track itself Is moving upon the ^ground. The Illusion Is created by the fact that the top of the belt is observed to be going few- ward. But the forward motion of that part of the belt is taken up by the forward motion of the car. If the car Is raised from the ground and the motor set in motion the belt will be seen re­ volving around the supporting chain wheels. In this case the tank IS absolutely at rest. There are two belts, one on either side of the ; car. When the car goes straight ahead both belt* revolve at even speed. But the right and loft . tiand tracks may be operated independently. Through the operation of clutches that corre­ spond to those in an automobile one track may be brought to a standstill while the other track continues to move at normal speed. The tank with all Its power applied on one side will makf ti sharp turn. If the right hand track is moving as# f the left is still the tank will turn to the left. The weight of the tank Is distributed along tike length of the track. In the crumbling new- reclaimed land of the San Joaquin delta, CaU- -fornla, track layers travel on soil that will not ' Support the weight of a man, much less a horse, ifrhey will pass over cracks In the crumbling earth /that a horse cottld fall Into, dragging harrow* '^i>ver the uneven ground. until all crevices are l-.s filled with earth and the new-made fields presents a finely mulched even surface. The tank Is not only first In war. It Is first in peace. For its weight it has more pulling power than any farm machine made. It Is the biggest money saver and time saver ever Introduced for power purposes upon the farm. The division of agricultural engineering of the University of Cali­ fornia has found that one man with a 45 horse­ power tractor on the university farm can do the work of from three to six men with mules. More­ over, the same machine may be kept going day and night, a great advantage In California, where it is necessary to get a large amount of work done in a short time. And it requires no feed or care when not working. For a varied Illustration of what a track layer can do take the case of the L-54, a husky little 45 horsepower tractor which has been out of the shop for eighteen months. The writer watched her working and learned of her career since the day she left the factory. She was hauling beets when I first saw her. Under the thrust of her powerful engines she went forward In a cloud of dust that hid her from all eyes but her driver's. She mounted the sides of the levee, dragging her own weight of five and one-half tons and two eleven-ton truckloads of beets as easily as if there had been no load at all. 2 The ground on the Island Is what ranchers in the delta of the Son Joaquin river call peat bot­ tom fluff. It gave under like saw logs In a mill boom as the little L-54 dragged her weight over it, hugging the ground as closely as a badger. When she had reached the top L-54 stopped a mo­ ment and the driver got his bearings. Then the gears connected with her right track, her left track remaining stationary, and she swung around from right to left on her own axis quite as rap­ idly as a lady In the fox trot. This, however, was nothing for the L-54. She cdn go backward or forward, up hill or down, and can spin around all day like a dervish If her driver throws in but one clutch. Time and again sh^ has picked her way over the peat bogs of the newly reclaimed land, skirted the edge of big cracks ^ six or eight feet deep, backed and sidestepped ! and bridged miniature chasms, confident that nothing short of a cave-In of the whqle earth could stop her progress and that the harrows, plows or trucks behind were bound to follow wherever she led. L-54 is a ponderous, deliberate creature with a tremendous grip upon the earth. If covered wljh sheet iron and armored she could tear her way through wire entanglements as easily as Byng's tanks tore through the German defenses at Cem- brai. But more than .all things else she ij * money saver and a man saver. This Is all In the day's work with L-54, sWl night's work, too. In fact her driver can remem- : her when she worked all day and then went at It at night with an acetylene lamp, plowing up beets with a subsoil plow 16 inches deep. She has been on the job in one way or another all the time for 18 months. She had pulled a grader holding five cubic yards of dirt to level the land for irrigation be­ fore a single acre had been put Into beets. She had been lent to a farmer In the nearby foothills. He had hitched her up to a chisel-shaped sub­ soil er that would break the hardest ground In the district and she had subsoiled the land to a depth of 20 Inches, breaking up the hard-plow pan where ten span of horses had failed. For the first. time in 25 years that land had produced 30 bus?H els of wheat to the acre. When the L-54 mounted the levee with fcev-tHO ̂ loads of beets she was do­ ing the work of ten two- horse teams. With hay at $30 ton, rolled barley at from $55 to $60 a ton and other feed proportionately high, it will keep a farmer busy to feed his work stock, let alone make a profit. The United States department of agricul­ ture once made an estimate that It cost $121 in feed and time to keep a horse through­ out the year. The operation of L-54, which replaces 20 horses, costs as follows: Twenty-five gallons of dis­ tillate developing 20 horse­ power (the work of 20 horses for ten hours), at 10 cents per gallon, $2.50; two gal­ lons, of cylinder oil at about 55 cents a gallon, $1.10; track oil, transmission oil and cup grease will probably go from 75 cents to $1 a day. Total, $4.00. If anything in the world could stave off a threatened crisis in the world's food sup- It would be the tank in agriculture. If thete were a sufficient number of gasoline tractors in the States today with men who knew how _ ate them and take care of them there would be no question but that we could expo to our allies every bushel of wheat they require and still have an abundance for our own nse. That Is, if old Mother Nature and the weather man did not conspire to turn things topsy-turvy. The first track layers ever manufactured and put into commercial use^were very much like the track layers sent over to the Russian armies be­ fore the bolshevikl disturbed our calculations as to the course of the war. They were adapted to haul heavy loads through snow, Ice, mud and slush and on uneven roads in the logging woods of Maine. They were invented by A. O. Lombard of Waterville, Me., who is, so far as is known, the Inventor of the track layer. He put his first track layer In operation early In 1900 and secured a patent on it on May 21, 1901. In the six months following our declaration that a state of war existed with Germany an average of two gas tractor companies have been incor­ porated each day. They are good, Indifferent and bad. Some are of the stock-selling, get-rich-qulck variety. There Is no way of telling how many gasoline tractors there are In use upon the farms of the United States. An expert in automobile power puts the number at 250,000. Farm experts already foresee the day when gasoline power will be almost universal In agri­ culture. The war in a few months has done more to Increase the demand for mechanical power on the farm than years of peace would have accom­ plished. The faithful horse will never leave us, but much of his hardest work will be done by gasoline, even on the smaller farms. United to operate The Pershing Rifles. • 'wo yellow and blue badges, the Insignia pf the Pershing Rifles, a crack military company of the University of Nebraska, are being treas­ ured by as many former students of that insti­ tution these days. One of them is William Green of Abilene, Kan. "It was Pershing's own Idea," eays Mr. Qreen. "We had been picked from the military company of which he was instructor after coming from West Point to Lincoln. We met in his room one night to organize and 'The Lieut,' as we fa­ miliarly called the instructor--he was a second lieutenant then--asked what colors we wanted on our badges. '"Yellow and. blue--cavalry colors.' *1 have the very thing,' he responded, and went to a chiffonier from which he took a brand- new pair of cavalry trousers. With shears he ruthlessly cut them across, making fifty badges, each with a strip of blue and the yellow leg stripe. We called the organization the 'Per­ shing Rifles' and were very proud of the honor. Pershing took us on long camping trips under - strict military regulations, and we felt that he was more of a father than a professor to us. "He never forgot his boys, as he called us. The night he arrived in San Antonio to take charge of the Southwest division after the death of General Funston, I was at his hotel. Though a score of prominent men and officers were wait­ ing to see him he recognized me and spent five minutes asking after the students and laughing over the university days. "He was a strict disciplinarian, always want Ing things done in a hurry--which makes reason­ able his impatience now to get at the Germans-- but Intensely human. He was the one profes­ sor to whom the boys went with their troubles --and that Is a good test of the human side of anybody/* _ • /. ' EfTsct of Cold Weather. "The cold weather seems to give Mrs. Fllngilt a livelier complexion." "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "I think she puts on more to keep her face warn." ': "• Brave Old Buck Proved Himself ^^ TnieKniohfe,.. ^ * ' . >,.?•" ' exhibition of Woodland Chivalry That Impressed Hunterg^ inthe Florida t ; Kverglades So Much Tlief' Spared the Victor's Life. & couple of hunters on the border <Wf Uie Florida Everglades were sur­ prised to hear the wild snorts and whistles of a buck In fight, mingled with the plaintive bleats of a doe In distress--a combination of sounds that was unaccountable. The men crept cautiottSly up, and in five minutes reached the edge of an open glade. In the center crouched a doe, wild with terror. By her side was a fawn only a few hours old, still too weak to follow ItS mother, while the old buck, with bristling hair, and antlers lowered, stood by, snorting in rage and defiance. His eyes, green with raj^, followed some object moving In. the palmetto scrub on the border of the glade. Looking carefully, the hunters saw a young panther passing backward and forward in an effort to turn the flank of the defense and get at the fawn. A wiser beast would have aban­ doned the attack as soon as such a defender went on guard, but this panther was evidently in the full flush of his first strength, and without ex­ perience of the prowess of an old buck at bay. Forward and back he crawled, spit­ ting and snarling, only to find the buck always between him and the doe. At last he crouched for the spring. The buck, snorting grimly, braced all his muscles for the coming crash; he appreciated his danger, but dared the worst. The doe whimpered and closed her eyes, but did not desert her fawn. The panther rose In the air and came down within ten feet of the buck. Then the buck went into the air, and falling with his feet together on the struggling cat, seemed to stab him through and through. Immediately the .buck rose again and landed a dozen feet away. Then he lowered his head and plunged at the panther. There was a confusion of flying dirt and grass, and again the deer sprang away. There were now deep cuts on his head and neck, and his antlers were splashed with red. The panther now tried to creep away, but again the buck leaped, stab­ bed with his feet together and sprang away. The cat now iay gasping, while the buck watched him with h!s hair stiffened into a mane and eyes that nearly bulged from his head. Then the hunters walked forward. When the buck saw them he must have realized that he was completely In their power. His proud crest fell, and he lost all the swelling part of the victory; but still he showed no inten­ tion of deserting the doe, but moved off and stood beside tier. She crouched down again with the fawn. The hunters walked over quietly and examined the panther. He was very badly cut up. Both shoulders were broken, and the antlers had passed re­ peatedly thh>ugh his body. During the examination the buck stood quietly In plain view, and no gladiator saluting Caesar and conscious of being about to die ever showed more dignity. Without a word the hunters walked off the field and left the old knight alone In his glory. Had he not shown knightly qualities--the chivalry that protects the weak, the courage that braves all odds in a good cause, #nd finally a dignified submission to what seemed the inevitable? Wla the Wa* fey Preparing the Lni V»i Work Ib Joint Effort tke Soil •( the IMted States sai Cauda v , - CO-QVimATTVrrAMGDK0I HAH POWSS -- (•••>•# - V . M * : • T O r o i u m m i w m i v The Food Controllers of the United States and Canada j cretter food production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat are i able to be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest. efforts of the United States and Canada rests the burden of supply. Cvery Afallable Tillable Aere Matt Ceatrlbatei Every Available _ Farmer and Farm Head Hast Assist Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded, butmanpowet is short, and an appeal to the United States allies it for mote men for seed­ ing operation. Oenada's Wheat Predaetlm Last tear was 226,000,000 Bsshels{ Hie Demand Frem Canade Alone fer 1918 It 400,000,000 Bashels To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs the men. The Government of the United States wants every man who ran effectively help, to do farm work jhis year. It wants the land in the United States developed first of course; but it also wants to help Canada. When­ ever we find a man we can spare to Canada's fields after ours are supplied* we want to direct him there. ^ Apply to our Employment Smict, and w« will tat! yen when yvm cm bsit sine the combined interests. Western Canada** help will be required not later May Sth. e*M» petcne help, $50.00 a month end up, board and lodging. Those who respond to this appeal will get a warn welcome, good wage*, gooi board and find comfortable home*. They will get t tate ei one cent a mile from OMMGM boundary points to destination and return. For particular* as to routes and places wtiere employment may be had apply tot U. 8. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CHICAGO, ILL.; BLOOMINGTON, ILL.; DANVILLE, ILL.; JOLIET, ILL* GALE8BURG, ILL.; ROCKFORD, ILL-; GRAND RAPIDS, MICHL , ' Pralesd for Devotion to Duty. When the city of Norfolk, Va,,. threatened with the complete destruc­ tion by fire of its thriving business section early In January, every avail­ able fire-fighting force at hand and from nearby towns was called into the battle. At the height of the fire the enlisted men of the United States navy on duty at the navy yard and In the harbor were called on to help not only in subduing the flames but con­ trolling the crowds. To a man they gave a splendid account of themselves. Among these men was John Joseph MoLoughlln, a chief boatswain's mate. Although he had worked all night, hsd narrow escapes and was drenched to the skin with Ice-cold water, McLough- lln declined a relief when It was Of­ fered and remained on duty continu­ ously until the danger was passed. For this conspicuous service he has been commended by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. McLoughlin enlisted In the navy In 1908 at ffew York. •: A Certain Fact. "Concerning this food shortage. It seems to be there Is one argument which covers the irronnrl" "What is that?" "A good wheat and corn cpSr" l FROM MOTHER NATURE Meet Deadly Wartime Contrivances * Arfk Invitation--, of the Denizens of • the Bea and Air. . , " V ? • . . M«n has constructed'the submarine |o course the ocean depths, Imitating • %a. shape and dark hue the sea mon­ sters. He has produced a winged ma­ chine, along the lines of a bird or but- _ and has painted it white that may speed among the clouds un- Hecently, however, a new mode of mimicry has been used by the war­ ring nations. Just as msny of the bright-plumed birds and gay butterflies use their brilliant raiment for attrac­ tion, squadrons of our war airplanes are lavishly coated with kaleidoscopic colors to attract the enemy into the danger zone, where * superiority of numbers lie. , The old ways of fighting battles and of laying siege with all due formality is past. The weapons utilised in the present day forne the contending na­ tions to invent every manner of shel­ ter and protection. No longer do armies meet armies on the open plsln, necessitating usually a stronger force to win the battle. Science in every phase has stepped into the ranks and forced the warriors to become elec­ tricians, sappers, chemists. Invention today Is the mainstay of fighting, and yet, what is our invention but the means of overcoming as nature taught her children for t.adder to Fortune. The wonders of compound interest k \ \ y*,:V>A. &•> 'si?:';; • - ja;.'.*-". . 4 . (U.*. f_4.. , mi » ... .1 .TiX. 1 . 1 J • ib crrfp." are understood In a general way by Innumerable people, and yet only a very few set aside a sum of money and reinvest the interest regularly until the original capital Is doubled. Both In theory and practice this is the sur­ est and the most satisfactory method of accumulating money for the man who has no decided business ability. .It Is not followed more generally be­ cause the average man cannot resist the temptation to spend his interest returns Instead of adding them to his principal.--Nebraska State Journal. 'vi'. . ..-H. %>th HaQde for Your g*ck Hair. ^Pwo Blisters, Emmie and" Emily Thayer of Bellows Falls, Vt., have In­ vented a toilet mirror that ought to be a boon to womankind. Two stout wires, holding the glass at a proper distance from thse eyes, are hooked oser the ears like a spectacle frame. A third (stiff enough not to bend easily) rests Its extremity upon the chest of the user. And then what! Why, of course, she Is able to use both hands to adjust her back hnlr--with the help, ,that is, of a mirror behind her. It Is much as if another person-^-a maid, say--were holding the small glass In front of her, but vastly better. By altering the adjustment of the wire rod end on her chest, she can change at will the angle Of the glass. Work for Disabled Midlers. By way of solving the disabled sol- tfler and sailor problem. Great Britain fcas gone to great lengths In studying and devising occupations suited to those whom the war has treated harsh­ ly. One Instance of this is to be found In the twelfth course at the Northamp­ ton Polytechnic Institute for giving a preliminary training to disabled sol­ diers and sailors as substation attend­ ants, which has just been, • Hla Idea. : ... .j ^ Customer--I want a pair of slippers to embroider for my aunt. Clerk--We are out of patterns now. Won't something else doY How abeul A cigar case? # 1R Parable. Autocracy and his pal, Militarism, had been away on a long fishing trip, and were returning home. "Where are the fish?" asked Herr Deutschland, who had remained at home cutting b<tit and renewing the fishing outfit at Intervals. "They got sway," said Autocracy and Militarism. "Fraulein," said Herr Deutschland, "fetch me the axe, the double-bladed one." GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER Has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomach and Inactive liver, such as sick head­ ache, constipation, sour stomach, nervous indigestion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower Is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion both in stomach and intestines, cleans and sweetens the stomach and alimen­ tary canal, stimulates the liver to se­ crete the bile and impurities from the blood. Sold In all civilised countries. Give it a trial.--Adv. Knew What He Wanted to Say. My little nephew Is trying hard to be polite, but sometimes he gets things twisted. One day, as I turned around rather suddenly, I accidentally gave him quite a bump with my elbow right In his eye. "Oh, excuse me, dear!" I exclaimed, contritely. "You're welcome," he answered •mid his sobs.--Chicago Trlbun4 ^ I? 1 , y .Mean. : vv **All that I am I owe to my wife." "Yes. I've been told you married" her for her money." Looking Backward. **I see this egg has the name beila' written on It." "Well, sir?" ' "Am I to Infer thst the date ti 14921"--Louisville. Cou rler-Journal., Many a married man shows hill years more than! a single man he- cause be his to carry a feW ̂ of Id* wife's. Wlnt D* Y« Kanr Atat CATTLE? Do Tea WM to Enow As CATTLE BUSINESS? tte Rw Book. -TATTU ̂UUtSDS AND ORIGBr aMt igimai of cMtli «b earth. M. W»n ROBERTS' VETEMMRt CO.. 4 ML Help wanted by many women rp a woman safiwe from each ailments as Backache, Head­ ache, Laashude and Narrons- aess--the symptoms Indicate the need for Piso's Tablet* a valuable haaling remedy with antiaaptic, astringent and tonic pfopardaa A local appHcalioo Simple but agactivo--- faapoau comas quickly causing mraab- ing nttaf with imrtgoeatinE ef­ fects. Baekad by tin i bliahed over 50 faction Is guazan MMi 400 W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. This cow gave 1606 founds of u t ter in one year . Alert farmers and dairy­ men are increasing pro­ duction and increasing thoir profits with "ŝ H0LSTEINS The Most Profitable Cows on Earth Yon loo can make mora manw with this ablabrMd. LatusUll you all about tham--ail information fraa. The Holstcin-Frieaian Association of America, Box 31$, Brattlaboro, Vt. COLT DISTEMPER You can prevent tbla loathaoma dlaaaae from ruaiac through your stable and cure all the cotta aufierins with St juu W&in the treatment. He scatter how yotins. SPOHN'S Is safe to uae on a.ay celt. It is wonderful bow it prevents all distempers, no matter how colta or horae* at any aga &r« "exposed." All grood druflrctats and tart goods houses and manufacturers sell SPOHH'S at St easts and tl a bottle; <5 and $10 a doien. , Sfvimli MfiwlC.flh.ij iiuiq Siwliii «J. 3. mm • * For Lend Him CNOCH MORGAN'S SONS ca wm Buy SAPOLIO For ECONOMY I v PATRIOTISM ^Actions speak louder than words-Act - Pont Talk - Buy Now - 0 Wanted Sheiied Pop Corn amount you have. H. F. AitlNS. 216 EUCLID AVENUE. CLEVELAND. In amounts of one hsW or more, 1910 or 191? crop. Write of Gold' coming to fsnasrs from the rich wheat fields of Western Canada. Where you can hqr geoi tana laa at $15 te ISO per acre and raise from SS to 4S tariMlB •I H wheat te the acre It's easy to malm money. Canada offers in her provinces of Manitoba, Ssskatcbewan and Albert* i6G Acre Hosiesteads Fns to Sittlifs and other land at very low prices. Thousands of farmers from the U. S. or their sons ere yearly taking ' advantage of this great opportunity. Wondestul yields also of Oats, Barley aid Pta. Mud Farilag is fully as profitable an industry as trein raising. Good schools; markets convenient; damate excellent. ̂ Write for literature and perticulare as to reduced railway rates to SopC. Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, or to Canadian Government As*nta - .if! , . . 'z. **'.•>tf " . . :