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Williams Selected for Administrator for Illinois. 6REATABIUTY $jwii Be Given Great Authority and It Is Believed He Will Bring the Coal in Illinois to Normal " Conditions! ' * '^7%- Springfield---John E* Williams of £38treator was appointed as fuel admln- j|p8trator for Illinois by the fuel admln- . Istrator at Washington, Mr. Williams , <•*. v," Is a man of long experience In the eoal ';l>uxlness, and in the opinion of the fuel administration will be able soon to v£j\tl>rlng the situation back to normal and downstate,. * • Mr. Williams Is best known as an ar­ bitrator of the claims arising out of *he mine disaster at Cherry. At pres-. - Jphet he is in the employ of Hart, Sehaff- wfher & Mars as. an arbitrator. The _.'•.('•first matter Mr. Williams is expected ^ to take up is the coal problem* in Chl- * '•* f 1 ,"eago. In this connection, Fred W.Cp- >' '* y.v %m, president of the Consumers' com- ">• ^pany, declares the problem is not so ,, ^ftnnch one of a shortage as it is of *' - hoarding. Fearful of a famine when vibe thermometer gets down to zero, f: ^/liouseholders are buying coal as fust 1 J?fis they can get it, and higher prices, - -%ccording to Mr. Upham, are directly Attributable to this fact. If such is j'proved to be the case the new fuel ..administrator undoubtedly will issue •',i'J; "#11 order forbidding persons buying •.*' v >;• -i4>eyond their present needs. tS^liWill Have Full Authority. Mr. Williams will have the authority -,s- «-to issue any order within the powers TVonferred upon the fuel administration ; .,,;*!%y the law enacted at the last session *, , **>f congress. Under this law he has * vthe authority to enforce the new retail ^ prices fixed by H. A. Garfield, the na- ' A-ltlonal coal dictator, as well as the ;1 ;'.rJhew prices governing coal at the mine. - v \ '?.fn this connection it will be recalled i ' "*hat the national coal director recent- ' 9||y declared the entire machinery of ; i|Hie food control law would be brought bear to force a reduction of the :/})rice the average man pays for his y **oal. "I will use all the machinery that wflhas been given me," said Mr. Garfield. jjji^We will take advantage of all the -' powers conferred by the law, If It Is necessary, to obtain the results and ^benefits designed under it." Whole- 5 ,, vrpale coal regulations have been In ef- r •• Ifect more than a month now, but the "C^tiew retail prices only went into effect .^ October 1. The retail regulations pro­ vide that the dealer must sell coal to *he consumer at a price representing Ijhn advance of not more than 30 per went over the retail gross margin of ?»915. • xPi-i- ' A*-, Win the War First. Secretary of War Baker has defined the duty of every citizen, and of the /business men of the country in partic­ ular, in a letter to various state coun­ cils of defense. He says: "Every effort that this country is •.I'tipable of making should be applied j-'^'to bring the war to a speedy and suc- P - tfvssful conclusion. The resources of t the country In a general way may be >said to consist of men, money and ma­ terial, and during the period of the war any new enterprise oj* undertt^k- V^Jng should be tried and Justified by >the test: Will the men, money and^ ^•material so applied best contribute In this way to the winning of the war? "New interests which are not fund-, a mental to the efficient operation of the country's necessary -activities should not be undertaken. This will not result adversely upon business or conditions of employment, because ev­ ery man and every resource will be needed during the war. All effort should be centered to help win the- - war." c ::4. Who Will Refuse This Appeal? The food administration (Mr. Hoov­ er's department) makes this urgent ap­ peal to the.f»6opl.e of Illinois : "All theV^lood, all the heroism, all the money, and all the munitions in the world will not win this war unless our allies and the people beliind them are fed, • ' "They will not be fed, your sacrifice of blood and money will be In vain, we shall go hungry and a great cause will be lost unless you stand guard, each day in your home over your sup­ ply of wheat, meat, fats, sugar and milk." Mrs. Wood Resigns. * Mrs. Ira Couch Wood will return to'Chicago shortly to assume the di­ rectorship of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Foundation for Child Wel­ fare. Mrs. Wood announced she had resigned as executive secretary of *the woman's committee of the Council of National Defense at Washington. In the great, war, between thirty 'million and forty million men are un­ der arms. They must be clothed, main­ tained and, above all, fed. Nearly as many more are engaged In making war munitions and maferiuls. They must be maintained and fed. In the history of the world there has never been a time when so small a percentage of the people have been engaged In fqyd p/oductipn. There­ fore, every pound offood qfa«r <*>rt is precious. ' " ' Illinois can grow no more food this year. The duty upon all now is to save the food that has been grown--to save, not so much by cutting down family or individual rations, as by preventing waste. ". To store the perishable food that now exists In the state is the big Job of all. It Is particularly the Job of those who have grown it. Fill the cel­ lars. If they overflow, build food caves, or outdoor pits--the kind the early settlers used. The Illinois state council of defense. In calling attention to this imperative situation, furnishes the description of how to build a cave as told by De Witt, C. Wing, editor of the Breeders' Ga­ zette. He says: 1 "Potatoes, apples, late pears, onions, celery, rutabagas, parsnips, salsify, beets, turnips, squashes, pumpkins and cabbages can be stored so that they will keep until late in the spring, if not until vegetables of next year's growing are available for home use. "Build a food cave and store them in it. Every farmer, as well as every village resident who has a supply of any of these products owes It to his family, his- community and his coun­ try to save It for the lean days ahead. By doing so he will increase his own security against hunger, and add to the world's stock of food. It will pfif him In dollars and In peace of mind. "A food cave chu be easily and cheapljr constructed. Build It big; enough to take care of everything that ! It Is desired to keep through the win- | ter. . A popular size is 8 feet wide and J 16 feet long; side up the walls and roof the cav6 with heavy plank, cover­ ing over with earth; a flue 0 Inches square through the roof Is required for ventilation. "Equip the cave with bins and shelves. Vegetables must have air. The essentials are that the cave shall be frost-proof, and the temperature moist and cool, say 40 degrees Fahren­ heit at all times. The cave should have a concrete floor, with a string of tile under It to carry off water; also a door, and a small window at each end. "Or build an outdoor pit. Having selected a well-drained portion of the garden, dig a hole about four inches deep, varying in width and length to suit the amount to be stored. Line the bottom with a thin coat of straw and upon this place the vegetables, forming a cone-shaped pile. Over these a two- luch layer of straw should be placed and at first a thin layer of dirt. After the vegetables have gone through the heat and as the weather becomes cold­ er another layer of straw and more earth should be placed over the pit. When the temperature gets below zero tin additional layer of litter or strawy manure may be placed over the pit to prevent freezing. "Usually a ventilator Is placed In the center of the pit, running up through the pile of vegetables and extending* out at the top. This is made by nail­ ing three boards together in the shape of a triangle. In extremely cold weather pack* this ventilator with straw. "Most garden crops which It Is de­ sired to store should be externally thoroughly dried outdoors before they are stored in a cave or pit. "Build the food cave now. Use It this fall. If any special instruction in regard to it Is desired, write at once to your state agricultural experiment station at Urbana, consult your*cotinty agricultural agent or write to a farm Journal in your territory." PERSHING SENDS LIST OF NAMES OF U. S. HEN WHO DIED •'.^ONTRANSPORyr . , NO SUBMARINE WAS SIGHTED Twenty Merit Employees Out. The state civil service commission Is expected to announce its decision relative to the action of the depart­ ments of trade and commerce and of labor In discharging 20 'merit system employees and letting out by contract the work formerly done by them. Be­ cause the legislature In the appro prlatlon bill for the salaries of these referred to "court reporters," Attorney •General Brunage ruled the two de­ portment h«jads were not violating the law by letting a contract for the work to the Central Law Reporting agency. •?$'J' ylt < i ̂ - * "4% &•>. Veteran Newspaper Man Gets Position Howard O. Hilton, a veteran news­ paper man of Rockford and former postmaster of that city, has been ap­ pointed by Charles H. Thome, director of the state department of public wel- over will have fare, superintendent of the Illinois In­ dustrial Home for the Blind in.Chi* cago. He will succeed William F. KcJjultz, who was appointed und<jr Governor Dunne's administration. Tl.s salary is $2,400. Mr. Hlltqn/mill take charge In a few jefceks. He pill con­ tinue to retaio^fils reside^cj^in Rock- iortf, where he has lived . * * . v t . ' rwnriiiii' 30 years. Smoking Out the Pussyfooters. Two good results have already come from tho organization of the neighbor­ hood committee and the counties aux­ iliary of the stute council of defense; T^e first Is that the organization work has served to demonstrate be­ yond question the loyalty and patriot­ ism of an overwhelming majority of the people of the state. , The second, that such organization work has located the few bad spots in Illinois' 'patriotism* and has smoked out some of the pussyfoot politicians and local office holders who, with an election a year off, are seeking to "re­ main neutral" while their country Is at war. Working with the Liberty loan or­ ganization, the state council is giving attention to the bad spots.' Investi­ gators are abroad In such communities to get information as to «how far the disloyalty extends, to learn who are the leaders and whether they are pas­ sive, or are active,in their anti-Ameri­ canism. Reports are to be nmde to the council and to the tlnited States authorities. . ' , ^ Governor Sti"* Hearts of Soldiers* More than 4,000 candidates of the second officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan were stirred to the depths when Gov. Frank Lowden said: "For several years before this war we won­ dered if we were not falling below the standards of our forefathers," he said. "We, 1vho read history and followed the trend of events, wondered if our striving for the flesh pots and the ma­ terial things was not making us lose our ideals. Since the war began, how ever, we know that we have lost none of the things which made us mighty. Old Spirit Revived. "Now the old spirit, for which our forefathers foug;ht,' is revived and I feel surer of the future of America than in any of the half-dozen years preceding the war. When the war is a new and better country and will feel a deeper sense of brotherhood. Out of the sacrifices you are making, out of the tears and the anguish of the mothers, wives and children will come a greater, a better and a kindlier republic, and humanity will for all time be Indebted to you >fficrrs in training for that which yon tuaTl 4wie." Cww of American Destroyer Cassin Cltedfcr Bravery--Continued Bat> > tie With U-Boat After Be* ' ing Torpedoed. ~ •••' Washington, Oct, 2#.--Sixty-seven lives were, lost when, the army trans­ port Antilles went down last Wednes­ day by the torpedo of a German subma­ rine. The official list of casualties, cabled .by General Pershing, ohows 67 lost, total survivors 170 and c ne unac­ counted for. ' ' The casualty list shows that not all the lost were Americans. The fire­ men, of whom mnnj were probably killed by the explosion, came princi­ pally from Spain and Portugal. Some of the noncommissioned army officers, among the American troops lost, were men of foreign birth and now have, mothers living in (Jermany, one in BeJCr, lln and the other in Oldenburg. General Pershing's report throws no new light on the circumstances of the attack and so far as Is known neither a submarine nor a torpedo was seen. The list of enlisted men nnd others from the middle West follows: Private Ernest Eggert/ infantry; nearest friend, JMss Edna Barnett, 522 West Thirty-fourth court, Chicago. Pri­ vate John Bright, infantry; nearest relative, Mike Bright, 1241 Lake street, Milwaukee. Private Arthur Erhart, in­ fantry ; Ferrywash, Newport, R. I. Sergt. .Otto Kleber, infantry; father, Paul Kleber, Moullische strasse, 2021, Berlin, Germany.,.. Corporal Abraham Swartzberg, infantry; New York, N. Y. Private Hoy Cott^ell, infantry; moth­ er, Mrs. Alfred Cottrell, Clinton, Ind. private Lee W. Nelson, Infantry ; cou­ sin, Max J. Nowaczyk, 41 ^rescott ave­ nue, Grand Rapids, Mich. Private Jor- gan P. Lock, infantry; Kansas City. Mo. Private Carl G. Morsell, Infan­ try; father, George Morsell, Vester- broghe, 47 Copenhagen, Denmark. Pri­ vate Burrett Hamilton, infantry; Grapevine, Tenn. Private William L. Faust, field artillery; Stony Creek Mills, Pa. Private Edward L. Echel, field artillery; address unknown. Private J. McLaughlin, infantry; Wo- bhrn, Mass. Private Neptoln Bobin. transport worker; East Savannah, Ga. C. L. Tusburne, electrician, U. S. N.; ho address. H. F. Watson, electrician, U. S. N.; no address. J. C, McKJnney, seaman, U. S. N.; n<> address. J. W. Hunt,. seaman, U. S, N.; no address. Private Melvin E. Bradbury, medical corps; Boston, Mass. Private Guy R. Bosworth, medical corps; Mllburn, N. Seama» E. Eriksen; sister, A. Nil- sen, Lake Myle£, la. It was announced on Monday that the American destroyer, which had aft engagement in the war zone* with a German submarine, and got to port un­ der its own steaii^after being dam­ aged, was the U. S. S. Cassin. The navy department made th|® ^ ficial announcement: » 'The destroyer recently mentioned in dispatches made public as being in-, Jured by a torpedo, was the IT. S.* S. Cassin, commanded by Commander W. N. Vernon; executive officer, Lieut. J. W. Maclaran: Junior, officers, Lieut. J. A. Saundefs, Lieut. L. U. Agrell, Lieut. K. M. Parkinson and Assistant Sur­ geon D. W. Queen. "While this vessel was on her patrol station a submarine was sighted on the surface abotit five miles distant. The Cassin Immediately proceeded at full speed toward the submarine with her crew at their battle stations. She searched for about thirty minutes, when the commanding officer, Com­ mander Vernou, sighted a torpedo about 400 yards away,, headed to strlke. the Cassin amidship. 'The officer rang for,emergency full speed ahead on both errgtnesr put the1 rudder hard over, and was just clear1 of the torpedo's course, when It broached on the surface, turned sharply toward the vessel and struck the stern of the Cassin. Fortunately, only one engine was disabled, thereby permitting the destroyer to remain un­ der way, circling in search of the sub­ marine. - "After about an hour the submarine exposed Its conning tower long enough for tlw Cassin to.fire four, shots. Two fell so. close to the submarine that It was forced to submerge immediately and was not seeii again. The Cassin continued to search until dark, when It was taken safely into port. . **VlcevAdmiral Sims states that the behavior of the officers and the en­ tire crew was admirable. He com­ mends the British navy foi prompt and efficient assistance rendered the Cassin. "Adjuiral Sims gi^es special credit to Commander Vernon for ?hls vigil­ ance and prompt action which prob­ ably saved the Cassia from total loss.** Steamer Burns at Pief. New York, Oct. 24.--The Dutch steamship Ysseldljk, of 0,800 tons gross, caught fire In the Hudson river olf Hoboken, N. J. A large part of the fire-lighting'apparatus of Hoboken was summoned to the water front. * Poles Starving to Death. New York, Oct. 24.--A cablegram, reaching here from "Copenhagen, through the state department, says hundreds of persons are literally starv­ ing to death in jthe streets of Warsaw and other cities of Poland. I U. S. DESTROYER HIT QNE SAILOR KILLED AND FIVE • OTHERS WOUf*D6|r>r Damaged" Warship Reaches Port.--At* tacked While on Patrol Duty in War Zone. * Washington. Oct. 19.--An American destroyer on patrol duty in the war zone was torpedoed on Tuesday. One man was killed and five wounded. The boat managed to make port in spite of severe damage. Vice Admiral Sims cabled n brief re­ port of the incident to the navy depart­ ment on Wednesday. He gave no de­ tails, but It is assumed the U-boat made its escape after fifing a torpedo. A guilder's mate, Osmond Kelly In­ gram, was the man killed. He was blown overboard by the explosion. * The casualties were officially an­ nounced as follows: ' 0 . • • The Dead. Osmond Kelly Ingram, gunner's mate, body not recovered. Kelly's mother, Mrs, Betty lngrarar' lives at Pratt City, Ala. ' . . The Injured. Herman H. Pankratz, gunner's mate, St. Louis. William E. Merritt, seaman. New York city. Frank W. Kruse, fireman. Toledo. Patrick Rutledge, oiler, New York city. William Setmer, fireman, Minn.- CAPTURE- ISLAND FROM RUSS Berlin Announces Victory on Moon Isle--Battleship Slava Destroyed in Gulf of Riga, Berlin, Oct. 20.--The German forces have captured Moon island, according to the official statement- issued on Thursday. The Germans have taken 10,000 pris­ oners and 50 guns and much other ma­ terial on Oesel Island, the war office reports. The Russia^ naval forces in the Gulf*of Riga have been trapped by the Germans, according to the- an­ nouncement. ~ - Petrograd, Oct. 20.--A naval bat'tie has occurred In the Gulf of Riga be­ tween Russian and German battle­ ships, the war office announces. The Russian battleship Slava was sunk as the result of beiug hit sev­ eral times* beneath the water line: Nearly all the members , of the crew were saved by- Russian torpedo-boats. BULGARIA IN PEACE MOVE Country's Agents 8eek Entente Aid to .• " ' Safeguard Rights After End of War. ^ Copenhagen, Oct. 22.--While Em­ peror William and King Ferdinana of Bulgaria have been exchanging assur­ ances at Sofia of the unshakable loy­ alty of Bulgaria and Germany to each other and of the permanent nature of the alliance of the two countries, Bul­ garian agents abroad have been en­ deavoring to get into touch with the entente powers on the subject of peace and subsequent relations. Their efforts are declared to be in­ spired by apprehension that Germany and , Austria-Hungary, particularly the latter, may not be overzealous in defending Bulgaria's interest at the peace conference, as well as by a de­ sire on Bulgaria'8 part to escape from revolving in an exclusively Ger­ man orbit after the war. TO END HOOVE* DECLARES "CORNER HAS TURNED ' IN COS** 'ki'-Vv'ijiii* • • Asserts Wholesale Prices Are Much Lower Now Than Years Ago-- Blames Retailers. Washington, Oct. 20.--Food Admin­ istrator Hoover aunoifticed on Thurs­ day "that the corner has been turned In high prices." He has gone as far as he can in price reduction, he says, and assails the retailers for not doing their part. The next congress will probably be asked to give him power to force the retailers to abstain from profiteering. Mr. Hoover says: "Most of the essential commodities should, one after another, continue to show reductions between now and the 'end of the year. The food adminis­ trator has no control of either the grower or his organizations, nor of the great majority of retailers* ! "The -distribution chain lying bef tween the warehouse, wholesalers^ commission men and manufacturers of prime commodities has required a great deal of study and development for its proper regulation, and these regulations are coming into force now." « Mr. Hoover said he had every hope the retailers will co-operate, as the farmers and other food handlers are co-operating, to feed the nation and the allies at reasonable prices. Every­ body along the line down to the re­ tailer, he declared, already is helping. But retail prices do not by any means reflect the wholesale prices. CREWS OF U. S. SHIPS SAFE Americans Report U-Boat Attack on U. S. Vessels--Reach Port on : ' French Liner. , .. Ah Atlantic Port, Oct. 22.--Attacks on three American sailingships by Ger­ man submarines were reported by their crews, who reached here on a French liner. Captain Mortensen of the three-masted American hark, Paollna, of 1,19S tons, said that his vessel was fired on by a U-lf6at, but not hit. The Germans then came alongside,' looted her and sank her with bombs, he said. Another crew, who said they were from the American schooner Crockett of Plviladelphia, reported that three months ago their shop was torpedoed by a submarine'near Brest, but did not sink. The Germans looted her and then abandoned her, and later, they staid, she was towed Into Brest and sold. She had a cargo of oil. Also on the same liner was the crew offrthe four-masted schooner Henry Mppitt, 890 tons, of Philadelphia, whose slaking had previously been re­ ported. ' " -- TEUTON SAILORS \fi REVOLT Eat less fats. Broil and ; boil rather than fry. Blind Guard, Blow Safes. St. Louis, Oct. 24.--Three robbers bound the night watchman at the new Grand Central motion picture theater here, blew open two safes and a large vault and stole $1,700. They are be­ ing sought by the police. To Launch Economy OampalQn. London, Opt. 24.--Both Premier Lloyd-George and Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law made important speeches at a meeting in Albert hall, launching campaign. national economy German Loan Three Billion. "Amsterdam, Oct. 23.--The sum of $3,107,500,000 was subscribed to the seventh German war loan closing on October 18, according to a Berlin dis- pat*h. This total does not Include sub­ scriptions from the front. Two Michigan Banks Robbed. Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 23.--Sher­ iffs posses are searching for four bank robbers who blew safes at the Farmers' State bank at Alto and the Farmers' State bank at Mlddleviiie. The bandits got $37,000. Ill .Treatment and Poor Food Cause ' Mutiny at Pola Naval Base. "Washington. Oct! 20.--Official diplo­ matic dispatches received here on Thursday report mutinies in the Aus­ trian navy and clashes between Aus­ trian sailors and crews of, the Ger­ man submarine fte^t based at Pola, in widely officers on both sides have been kilftjd and which resulted in a decision to change the base of the Ger­ man flotilla, Despite the attempts of the Austrian admiralty . to suppress the news. It reached here, coming by way of Berne. / The Austrian crews are said to have revolteh under ill treatment of officers and bad food, while the clash with the German submarine crews was caused by the overbearing conduct of the lat­ ter. Indict Minnesota Editor. ^lOhneupolls, Minn., Oct. 23.--D. lt Johnson, editor of the People's Maga­ zine published here, was indicted by the county grand Jury on a charge <rf "Interfering with and discouraging enlistments." : , . Russ Dissolve Fourth Duma. . Prtroirrad. Oct. 23.--Owing to the elections for the constituent assembly being decreed for November 25 the Russian provisional government has ordered the, disolution of Che fourth dUOUU'i y* ' •• -if-*- Mexicans Fire on U. S. Patrol. . Marfa, Tex.. Oct. 20.--Mexicans fired upon an American army patrol at San Jose, sixty miles south of here, on the Rio Grande, according to a report brought here from the river. The fire was returned by the army.patrol. German Rebels Sent to Amsterdam, Oct. 20.--German sail­ ors who took part in the recent mutiny »t Wilhelmshaven lmve been sent to the western front to fight In the trenches, according t* information from a German souro% Island Swept by otorrti. . Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Pritish West Indies, Oct. 22.--The Island ol Grand Cayman was visited by the most -violent hurricane^in its history. The property less is estimated at $900,- 000. Two lives were lost Manila Bay Helmsman Dies. Charleston, S. C., Oct. 22.--Rudolph C. Mehrtens, who was at the wheel ol the cruiser Olymp'a during the battle of Manila bay in May. 1808, died sud­ denly. He was fifty-two years old niK was on the retired list, , Food Administration See! deduce Anm/al W*st ;in Potatoes. SMALL GROWERS WARNED Much of Loss From Sweating, Disease, Frost and Other Causes Can Be /- >r,< Prevented,' Declares - Washington.--A large part Of the 'Potato crop of, the United States is Wasted every year through the exist­ ence of tutd storage conditions. The government food administration Is de- termined that this loss shall be re­ duced this year, when every bushel of potatoes will be needed by the people of this country. In order to secure the adoption of the best storage meth­ ods by the small growers of the coun­ try, I*m D. Sweet, head of the potato division of the food administration, has Issued the following statement: "It is of great importance that all the- potatoes raised this year should he stored under proper • conditions. Even when every precaution is taken the wastage of potatoes during the winter is considerable; under bad con­ ditions of Storage it is very great in­ deed. "In order that'the best methods may be adopted by the small growers, those who have not had the experience in the storage of potatoes, should know the chief causes of the wastage. These causes are: "1. Sweating, heating and conse­ quent rot: often due to Insufficient ventilation. "2. Rotting, due to potatoes getting wet at the time of putting them in storage. "3. Injury from frost • ^ "4. Decay, oWlng to disease ffc the tubers at the time of storage. * * "5. Sprouting of" tubers far'^the spring. • Losses May Be Reduced. . "If is not possible to prevent alto­ gether losses from these causes, but by using the best methods of storage, It is possible to reduce them very ma­ terially. "This may be done by taking eare to guard against losses from each of these causes: "Sweating and heating occur If the freshly dug potatoes are piled In too large piles, so that the air cannot cir­ culate between the tubers, The risk of loss from this cause Is greatest in the fall, immediately after the tubers have beeh dug, and it Is, therefore, Im­ portant that potatoes when dug should not be put In unnecessarily large plUfe, 'nor kept In an ill-ventllated room'. \ "If the potatoes at the digging time are ̂ .allowed to get wet and go into storage in that condition, rotting is sure to occur. Be careful to have your potatoes dry before storing. "Potatoes are easily damaged by frost. If they become frozen, there market value Is destroyed. Therefore, take precaution to protect the tubers from frost before and after digging. Eliminate Diseased Tubers. "There are several diseases of .the potato which destroy the tuber, and if diseased tubers are mixed with the sound ones, the disease spreads rap­ idly ; therefore, It is necessary to sort the potatoes carefully, eliminating all of the disease, the cuts, culls, and dirt before placing them Into permanent storage for the winter. All of the cuts, culls, misshapen and diseased tu­ bers should be fed to the poultry and Uve stock, but should be steamed. or boiled before being fed, as in this way you Increase the food value, and also destroy the germs of the disease, so that it will not get into the manure and thence into the land. _ "By proper ventilation of the cellar or storage room, and by holding the temperature as near 35 degrees F. as possible, you can keep the potatoes from sprouting. . , "Seed for next year's planting should be selected from hills that pro-" duce all nice, true to type potatoes. These should be selected at the dig­ ging time, and stored separately In crates or boxes, and by storing them In a well-lighted room wHfcre the tem­ perature can be hpld at from 34 to 40 degrees, with a little ventilation and this seed planted next spring, the grower will make a start toward Im­ proving the quality of his potatoes, la- stead of as In the past, simply plant­ ing the culls or runouts. . Vary ' J' "They tell me young Whlffer made a deep impression when he called on the Lotserox family the other night. "Is that so?" i "Yes; when old Lotserox helped him through the <loor he landed in one of the flower beds on the lawn."--Rich­ mond Times-Dispatch. • What the Draftsman D^es. Generally speaking, a draftsipan. or draughtsman. Is one who draws plans from instructions given him. A me­ chanical draftsman Is an assistant to a mechanical engineer, and he draws the plans of the engineer's proposed works. 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