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(MESJHirSOfFER TO All COUNTIES m ttave The?* form Farm Bureaus and Home Im- ,, tprovement Associations. - FINANCIAt fllO IS OFFEREO SfV":- :W>' |Alread* Farm Agents Have Bfe« Ap- *t< , 1 pointed in Twenty-Six Counties, '} *n4 One County Has Wojnan f» It" *****% Adviser In Htoine lm#iivmenti.i »;• ' ' '? ' •fl ' /' |C R|wtngfleld.--UncR?. I? gej#** *i , K*ft«?r counties in Illinois which nuve V Hot yet establish*,*! county agents and - woman advisers in home Improvement t f '...Vork. Through the departtneiit of ag- %,* j/* "ttculture at the University of Illinois »\,the government outlines a i-Iho by if ' („j. ^whir-h every county in the state can iXi'Vc fecure the benefits of a farm- adviser | -, >f" ' nod a honre improvement association. e> 4 U>' ips-; US m Sfi, ?A statement has been Issued on the %;^:!#ul.\jeet'by the university, which is as ^.\follotq«' .>> .. »v{ ;• S*^f^ Money has recently been appropri­ ated by congress of tho United States to assist in putting a farm adviser and a woman adviser in home improvement into every county in the United States. Illinois already has 26 counties with farm bureau and farm advisers, and one county with a home improvement association employing a woman ad­ viser. The funds' appropriated by con- press were Intended primarily to stim­ ulate production along agricultural lines and to conserve food and fooc», products. Because of the success of the farm bureau and the home im­ provement, it was felt that the most effective way to increase production and encourage conservation would be to place a farm adviser and an ad­ viser in home improvement in every county at the earliest possible date. District leaders have already been appointed to disseminate information regarding the entire work and to as­ sist in the organization of counties In various sections of the state. i Funds Available. i Funds are now available* I© carry ^••'l^'ion this work in any county whltt ' tneets the following requirement^: •l^.'f^nie United States department of agrl- hr if irolture will provide funds at the rate J/ jof $2,100 per year to carry on the llntr^work in any county which will organ- %"• - ^ j ze a farm bureau of 300 or 400 repre- f tentative farmers and has its funds \-pledged for a three-year period. In rj.'*'? urder to receive this amount at least , , i . nn equal amount must he raised.from pf" sources within the county. Fifteen hundred dollars per year in addition ||| ̂*is available for home Improvement |is ' work in any county which perfects ||."h v the organization .of several hundred Vj 1 representative women who' will pro- *;f\ J_ vide an equal, amount for a three-year ' Period- tHift Further Information regarding the 'f$S . details of the plan will be published * from time to time. Anyone interesttn tev in the organization of a farm bureau jr. • , or a home improvement association In ^ Ms county may receive detailed direc­ tions as to plans and procedure by nddrcs^ng Dr. G. N. Coffey, state lead­ er in farm adviser work, or Miss - * ? Mamie Bunch, state leader Ml home .economics extension. University of fi --Illinois, Urbana. s The<District Leaden. pfj The district leaders in charge of the '4; farm bureau organization work in the •'--f various sections of the sta>te are as follows: William E. Hart, Marlon; J. C. Splt- ler, Montrose; Verne Vaniman. Vir- «len; Sidney B. Smith, Springfield; ^Charles Atwood, Peoria, and Walter 'Raines. Crete. | The leaders in the home Improve- Jpent work are Mrs. Maude C. Hens- l£ , \ ier, Miiliken university, Decatur, as- distant state leader; district leaders-- f l~f * t ~p ""Miss Fern Harris, Marion; Mrs. G. W. 1 \* -Fleming, Olney; Mrs. L. V. Walcot, I*. ,pt '9 "East St. Louis; Mrs. Mary E. Bronson, '0 •*%} Springfield; Mrs. Margaret M. Bangs, • 'J " s /'• ^CWcago, and Mrs. C. J. Connell, Ur- P y ; I bana. • ^ f i Danville Man Named Chairman. I?? Frank S. Butterworth of Danville was named by the state council of de­ fense as chairman of the new counties' auxiliary bureau to have charge of the committees that have been organized in eighty counties in Illinois. Walter S. Brewster of Chicago will, be secre- : tary. • The state council made known that , It was organizing a bureau of friendly ; aliens to promote cohesion, co-opera­ tion and harmony between men and women of all nationalities in sympathy with the allied cause. The bureau also will facilitate systematic scrutiny of some foreign language newspapers which are said to be active in pro- German propaganda. Administrators Appointed. Governor Lowden U*$ announc#)! the appointment of the following •& public administrators: M. L, Keplinger. CarlietvOle, of Mai- coupln cofunty, effective Decehibir S, 1917; vice, Casper Wtsiemeier, term expired*. J. O. TafTee, Pinckneyvllle, of Perry county, vice H. E. Rimmel, term ei> plred. ! , Kaysiond L. Hagler. "Murphysboro. at Jfeckson county* vice Hairy O. Ozburn, term expired. , Elmer O. Furrow, DanvfHev at Ve^- nttlion county e!ff^ctive Drtrember 3L I!>17, vice AV. O. Edwurds, term ex­ pired. j J. C. " Henry, Taylorvllle, of Chrls- tlau county, effective IX"cember 3. 1917. vice J. J. Bullington, term expired. . Public guardians were appointed as v • M. C. Kepllnger, CarlinvtTle, of Ma­ coupin county, vice Henry W. Burton, expired. J. G. Toffee, Plnckneyville, of Perrf county, vice W. O. Edw irds, term ex- pir'etl. , . , ' Raymbnd L; <rf Jackson county. PETEft SCHAEFEft K I AUTO-LOCOManVE TOY IS CONSTRUCTED fre Reports of Happenings From All Parts of the Stats. "•y 'v -«r f •»., , f % • . jA.. • v-' &U- Welfare Commissfon to Tour State, Framing of the: administrative policy for sUite Institutions, engaged the en­ tire attention of the meeting of the state w'elfare commission, which is as- suming its principal capacity as ad­ visory board to the department of pubr lie welfare. The entire commission was in attendance. Following their discussion of matters of policy the/ planned a tour of all the iti&titutions. The commission has begun the in­ stitution inspection trip in the north part of the state. Members of the com­ mission are: Dr. E. C. Dudley, Chi­ cago, president; Dr, Emil G. Hlrsch, Chicago; Dr. Edwattl C. Haves, Ur­ bana; Judge B. R. Burroughs, Ed- wardsvllle; Dr. Frank P. Norbury, Spriugtield, and Miss Annie P. Hinrich- sefa. executive secretary. Director Charles H. Thorne of the department of public welfare and Su­ perintendent A. L. Bowen of charities, were also present. Peter Schaefer, president of the Philadelphia Tageb|att, who is under heavy bail, to answer charges of se­ dition brought by the government. T< R. CALLED KAISER COLONEL FORCED ARBITRATION ON VENEZUELA AFFAIR. • ' ^.... Board of Water Way Advisers. • Governor Lowden has announced the appointment of A board of water re­ source advisers, under the new state civil code, accompanying the announce­ ment with a statement to the- effect that the new body will take up at once the matter of securing a waterway connection between Jollet and the Illi­ nois river at La Salle. The board, which is accredited under the law to the department of public works, is composed of men who have long been interested In and identified with movements for the construction of an Illinois waterway. It is headed by E. S. Conway of Chicago, president of the W. W. Kimball company, one of the largest shippers in the country. The other suembers are joy Morton and John T. Plrle of Chicago, George T. Page of Peoria, and!Charles B. Fox of East St. Louis. , Politically, Messrs. Conway, Pirie and Fox are Republicans, while Messrs Mortoti and Page are Democrhts, but the governor has announced that the selections were made without regard to the political effect of the appoint­ ments, and it is Understood the board's work is to be performed with­ out political embarrassment. They are to undertake It solely a» * business proposition, without regard to any considerations other than those of securing a serviceable water- Former President Reveals Inside Story About Ultimatum to Ger­ many Ovir Fleet. ' Chicago, Sept. 29.--Painting Ger­ many as the arch foe of the world, as a nation drunk with power und with the sword as its God, Col. .Theodore Roosevelt on Thursday told the Inside story of the Venezuelan Incident, when, as president he gave, Germany three days In which to get Its warships out j,of Venezuelan waters or face a fight with Dewey. s The story was told on the spur of the moment at a luncheon given for the colonel at the New Morrison hotel by the local branch of the National Se­ curity league. \ - •Colonel Roosevelt said: "I let Hay write u reasonable num­ ber of notes. Note writing is not a form of mental exercise that I am de­ voted to. Finally I told Hay that I would handle it myself. I told the Ger­ man ambassador io come in, and I said; "'"This Venezuelan business has gone far enough. We don't want to let It come to a point where It will make trouble between our countries. Sou have your fleet down there, and we must have an understanding that you cannot take possession of a single foot of Venezuelan territory.' Then Colonel Rooseovelt explained that he had sent Dewey with his fleet to the West Indies on a "friendly" cruise, and notified rim "to be ready to sail at an hour's notice. • , Infantile Paralysis Spreads. Infantile puralysis, the baby plague, is upon us again. Reports received here by the state department of health show the dre&ded disease assuming alarming proportions in various parts of the state. Two hundred and twen­ ty-one cases have been reported up to und including September 8. A peculiar feature of the disease this year, is that nearly all of the cases reported come from districts not severely affected last year, and those so affected In 1916 re­ porting the minor number of cases this year. Chicago and Cook county ap­ pear to be hit the hardest Of the number reported, 147 were from Chi­ cago and Cook county. Other counties reporting cases are: Adams, four, with two deaths; JUancock, four, one death; Knox, six, one death; LaSalle, six, one death; Rock Island, four, one death; St. Clair, seven, one death; Will, five, one death; Sangamon, two; Christian, two, one death; Macon, one; Macoupin, one, and Montgomery, one. MAY SOLVE SHEEP PROBLEM ff'. ! m Calls for Volunteers, Illinois' home defense military force was Increased by 6,000 men when Gov­ ernor Lowden Issued a proclamation calling for this number of volunteers to constitute the state reserve militia. Gen. E. C. Young of Chicago, former commander of the First Illinois cav­ alry, will be brigadier general of the new commands. The new organization is formed un­ der an act passed by the legislature last spring. It is expected that prac­ tically all the troops wfll come from the State Council of Defense training corps. People of Upper Michigan and Wis­ consin Interested in the "More Wool" Movement. Marquette, Mich., Sept 29.--The "More Sheep,/ Mure Wool" movement begun In Chicago during the Great Lakes Wool convention September 11 and 12 will produce definite results at Menominee, Mich,, October 10, when Fnmk Ilagenlmrth, president of the National Wool Growers' associatTon7 Salt Lake City, Utah, will confer with Upper Michigan and Wisconsin people who are vitally interested In the sheep problem. Mr. Hagenbarth, during thfe Great Lakes Wood convention In Chicago on September 11 and 12, said that the grazing question in the western states was in a serious situation and that the sheepmen would either have to go out of business or seek new fields. The law permitting persons to homestead on 640 acres has brought about the acute situation. The sheep-grazing bustness has been given a thorough test In the cutover lands of Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and has been found very profitable. It has been dif­ ficult, however, to get the larger grac­ ing people of the West Interested In the middle Western district's. Local people argue that the food products for sheep are richer and more profuse here than In the West, that freight rates are much smaller owing to the shorter hauls to Chicago markets, that less feeding will be neCessary In tran­ sit and that there will be much less loss of "weight because of the shorter haul. '§v. Schools of State Can Help. An appeal for the schools of the state to do their £hare, which he said would be an Important one. in the cel­ ebration next year of the centennial of the admission of Illinois into tj^e union, was made to the teacher* at their an­ nual institute by-Hugh S. MagiII, Jr.. director general of the Illinois centen­ nial celebration. He declared that the schools could do a great work in stim­ ulating an interest in the centennial and bringing to all the homes of thfe state an appreciation of the opportuni­ ties which the occasion ^ffords. Teach Illinois Htetory. Every school in Illinois throughout the coming school year should teach the Important events of Illinois Hls- tdry and undertake to make the pupils have an appreciation of the progress that has been ma.1e in the various lines of human endeavor. He suggest­ ed that the pupils might write upon the blackboard ..the most Important In- v,; i ventlons and then find out when each ^ . of these came Into use. What we need first Is an appreciation of our ' "<$ -state and of the opportunities which this great centennial event affords the • people. _ j* * % f iVr1* *» 7 •' r v Dickson Made Brigadier General. Adjt. - Gen. Frank S. Dickson has been given the additional rank of Increase for Railroaders. 8t» Louis, afcpt. 29.--Announcement was'made that effective next Monday, station,, agents, agent telegraph opera­ tors, telegraphers and other station employees of the St. Louis & San Fran­ cisco railroad, and yard clerks and clerks In the general offices who have aot received an increase since January 1 will be granted a wage increase of 3 to 10 per cent. j W,man Loses $10,000 Jewels. New York, Oct 2.--Mrs. William Mt- tauer, wife qf^Captain Littauer of brigadier general by Governor Lowden j Camp Devens, -Ayer, Mass., offered $500, with no questions, for the return of $10,000 worth of Jewels. She dis­ covered the loss after leuvlng a traln^ and assigned the command of the Ninth. Tenth and Eleventh regiments of infantry, which by the same order of Governor Lowden were constituted a brigade. Soldiers In these regiments over whom General Dickson assumed com­ mand are all encamped In this dty at Camp Lincoln. By this additional duty, General Dickson Is made the senior ranking oflfcer in Illinois. The Executive Order. * His personal command of the brig­ ade will have the effect, If the brigade Is called into federal service, of tak­ ing him also as commanding officer. Governor Lowden's executive order by which the command was conferred was as follows; "The Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh regiments of Infantry, Illinois National Guard, are hereby constituted a brigade. Brig. Gen. Frank S. Dick­ son, the adjutant general, chief of staff, is, in addition to his other duties, hereby assigned to the command of this brigade and will assume such com- UUUUi Of thifi ' One Killed, 1S Hurt at Raoe. Fresno, Cat. Oct. 2.--W. S. Camp­ bell, automobile racer, Was killed in the first lap of- a 25-mile race when his car struck the inner fence. Fif­ teen persons were injured, as another Machine pfowed through the crowd. | V-, .hi f Enemies of War Blamed. 1 Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 29.--Tl|e spillway ut the lower dam of tl^e Board ma n River Light and Power com­ pany's plant, near -here, was dynamit­ ed. It Is believe'V that enemies of the government ar j responsible. f Connecticut Congressman Dfia. ' Norwall>, Conn., Sept. 20.--Ebenezer J. Hill, representative In congress from the Foi#th Connecticut district, died at hi* h/me, after an illness of several n«<jW induced by a heat stroke sus­ tained late Ln Juty. "f • TRUST Chicago State's Attorney Acts to Halt 13-Cent Rate to Consumer*--Raids Association's Offices--Prices * v 4] Held Exhorbltant Chicago.--Detectives from State's Attorney Hoyne's office raided the of­ fices of the Milk Producers' associa­ tion, seized papers and subpoenead officers and employees to u^pear be­ fore the grand Jury. The raid was the first in a sweeping Investigation of the raising of milk prices from 10 to 13 cents. Jollet.--The thirty-flfth annual con­ vention of the Illinois Federation of Labor will be attended by delegates from 1,200 local uuions. Jacksonville.--Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. DeFratis celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Peoria.--Miss Ruth Law broke the woman altitude record at the Imple­ ment Show grounds when ber airplane attained a height of 14,700 feet. Alexander-f-G. T. Law of Laomi was the high gun among the dniateurs at the Central ^Illinois Trap-Shooters* meet here. I'ana.--David Mose, veteran of the Civil War, died at the age of Seven- seven years. Illinois.--Mrs. E. B. Chamber­ lain, pioneer of Mason county, cele­ brated her ninety-first birthday. East St. Louis.--Horse market sec­ tion - of the National stock yards burned;' loss, $250,000. , Wheaton.--Mysterious theft "of $10,- 000. in jewels here was revealed when reward of $1,000 was offered by the owner, Alfred LeBlanc, of New Or­ leans. Springfield. -- Illinois suffragists, headed by the state president, Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout of Chicago, are at work to have a suffrage clause in- serfc^H in the revised state constitu­ tion. Rockford.--Lena Carlson given a ticket and sent out of the-city by the police who booked her as mildly In­ sane. Bloomington.--Gen: John P. Bertonl of this city re-elected commander of the Illinois brigade, uniform rank, Knights of Pythias. Byron.--The Byron light and power plant has been purchased by the Illi­ nois Northern Utilities company, which owns many such plants through-, out northwestern Illinois. Dixon.--City council has voted to purchase the Dixon Water company plant, valued at $135,000, and operate It as a municipal institution. Galena.--A rattlesnake with two heads perfectly formed, with fangs in both mouths, captured alive by Wil­ liam Dustin. 1 , Chicago.--The sfnte council of de­ fense has tendered to Governor Low­ den three Chicago regiments for the Illinois reserve miltia. Chicago.--The new anesthetic "nlkal- gin" will be tested at the meeting of . the American Congress of Surgeons when it meets UOtOlt Rockford.--Twelve companies of the First Illinois infantry have left Camp Grant for Camp Logan, Houston, Tex. - Chicago. -- Mdyor William Hale Thompson has formally announced His candidacy for the Republican nomina­ tion for United States senator in the primaries next September. Qiiincy.--Elva Dorsett, fifty, of this city had his head blown eft in explo­ sion of acetylene lighting tank In a church at Huntsvllle, Mo. Chicago.--A temporary truce be­ tween Mayor Thompson and the forces that^have been seeking to prosecute him because of alleged protection of peace council agitators has been declared. Springfield.--Federal authorities are searching for Julius Jackisch, twenty- one, of Beardstown, a slacker, and his father is being held in proxy. Chicago.--Federal agente are hold­ ing here 30 men who have refused to Join their contingents at Rockford. Aurora.--Ben Davis of Wheatland has won the Big Rock plowing contest here. Springfield.--Veteran riot troops of the Ninth Illinois National Guard have Uroken camp to return home. Taylorvllle.--John D. Winn, Civil war veteran and pioneer of Christian county, is dead. Chicago.--Approximately 800 saloons. In Chicago will fail to apply for license November 1. Springfield.--Ed Plnkerton was ar­ rested on the charge of receiving stolen property, it being alleged he received broadcloth stolen from the window of McCourtney's dry goods store. Savanna.--Contract has been let for two giant pumps which will drain Sun- fish lake and reclaim 3,400 acres. South Pekln.--Safe of the post office blown and $1,100 in stamps and cur­ rency stolen. Taylorvllle.--Mr. and Mrs. N. Mann, daughter and husband, of Hlllsboro, In­ jured when their auto went over a 20- foot levee near here. " Aurora.--When Claude Lamphere and Arthur C. Logan planted the marshy land south of the city with onions they were laughed at, but now they are doing the laughing with near­ ly 1,700 bushels at $1.50 a bushel. Monmouth.--Lovey Mitchell, St. Louis negro, under arrest here In con­ nection with the murder of William K. Dawson, his wife and daughter, In 1011. Freeport.--Freeport high school stu­ dents will purchase and equip an am­ bulance for France for use of the Illi­ nois troops. Geneva.--Braving the danger of sub* marines, Mrs. Christian Eire, seventy- eight, made the voyage from Norway to her son's home here. Sycamore.--L. E. Lackland harvest­ ed uu Oat crop averaging 133 bushels (O the acre, a state record. • f< * j'* ~ <• ; • Western :t ALMOST EXACT IMITATION OF LOCOMOTIVE. A. Sternad, designing engineer, conceived the idea that there were many things In common between the autcftnobile and the locomotive. / He worked at odd moments for four years and finally completed the 4oy shown In the illustration, every part of which serves a practical purpose, at a cost of $10,000. It contains over 500 pounds of aluminum, Is capable of 60 miles per hour and works on the principle of a locomotive throughout, except that it is driven by a Reutenberg motor. IRAVa IN EUROPE War Time Experience of Interest to Tourists of the Good >*;• Old Days. JOYS AND HARDSHIPS CITED Impression of American Woman, Trav­ eling With Two Children, That Second Qlass Was Comfort* able, Soon Shattered. An American woman with two chil­ dren recently traveled from Paris to Rome. Ap a matter of economy, and relying upon the Impression gained be­ fore the war that the second cluss was Comfortable, she traveled second class. It was comfortable in France, but when an Italian train was taken, at Modane, a train that also* accommodated local travel, she found her company to con­ sist of men and women ., just a little better than the peasant type, none too cleanly in dress and given to eating all sorts of food and drinking all kinds of wine in their seats, according to a cor­ respondent of Railway Age Gazette. The discomfort of the Journey was Increased when, near Turin, it began to rain. The woman was looking out the window watching the rain pour down the hillsides, only as it seems to have been able to do since the war began, when she felt some water dripping upon her hair. She looked up to dis­ cover that, through a leak in the car roof, the rain had come in, utterly ruined a new hat, and was busy soak­ ing into her valises stowed in the racks overhead. The further the train went the worse It rained. She went to try to find seats in another car. All of them were leaking.. An appeal to the conductor was fruitless. "What Can you expect?" he said. "The sun was so hot during the suram'er It opened up these seams, in the car roofs, and tliey, haven't been repaired. It's war time," and so forth. Went to Sleep in Boulogne, apposing" you are pi-ovijled with proper passports, you are able to buy your railroad ticket without difficulty and travel even through the war zones, until you come to s» frontier station. Here your difficulties may be few or many, according, not to your passports, but to your luck. I knew one man who went from Italy to England and back again and his only unusual experience was this; At Boulogne he went to bed on board a channel boat expecting to wake up the next morning at Dover. He woke up once or twice during the night, heard the usual splashing of wa­ ter through the porthole, and promptly went to sleep again, unafraid of sub­ marines. Shortly after daylight he woke up, looked out and saw that the vessel was tied up to a dock. He dressed, packed his valise and went upon deck, ready to go ashore. There he saw the same dock he had seen the night before he went to bed, Surprised, he asked If the vessel had been forced to put ba'ck to Boulogne during the night, "She hasn't left the dock at all," he was told. "Her departure has been postponed until tonight, Mean­ while you passengers must go ashore and report to the police station." The man spent a dull day and finally did arrive at Dover the next»morning. On the other hand, at the frontiers, many people, especially women, have adventures which to some of them are particularly dreadful. Many of the spies used by both sides in the war have been women. Consequently all women are apt to be subjected to search at the frontiers, no matter In which direction they may be going. Customs officers have been made wary by multitudes of tricks. Thus it being unlawful as a matter of national econo­ my for persons to take gold coin out of France into Italy, or out of Italy Into France, or any other country, a poor woman carrying a basket of eggs re­ cently was stopped at Modane. Inspec­ tion of the basket revealed under the eggs 20,000 lire In gold It Is not tm- nsual for country women to carry baskets of eggs or chickens, but the trick of one has since made the frontier difficult for the others. A distinguished French woipan, who had spent some months In Italy, stimu- Locomottves Are Needed; - Russia's crying need is said to be locomotives, which might be Interpret­ ed that the coal operators and the railways over thlre are also trying to put the blame on each other. " - i Movable Electric Headlights. ?'I Some European railroads are ex­ perimenting with electric locomotive headlights so moilnted thRt englneeis can direct their rays in any desired di­ rection. - , '.(• ,;v-•' -^- "*• -i-" "•-S?--" • v . • • . . , latlng charity work for the soldiers, on* returning home took a personal note from the French ambassador asking that she be courteously treated at the frontier. Had she gone to France by way of Modane all would doubtless have been well, but at the last moment she decided to return by way of Swit­ zerland, an equally good route were It not for the war. As Switzerland's folk have been strongly suspected of try­ ing to play the good old game of both ends against the middle, and thereby earn an honest living, by the French, the Italians, the Austrians and the Ger­ mans, travelers into her confines are searched with care. The woman in question aroused some unusual sus­ picion among the Italian officers at the frontier and she was searched right down to the skin, to the last thread of her hair. Her body was washed, to erase any writing secreted on her skin. Her clothing was gone over, the seams unsewed, her private letters read, treated with chemical solutions to discover cipher writing--in short, the third degree of the frontiers was applied in all its rigors. When the woman was finally released, with noth­ ing found of a suspicious nature, she dressed and came out in front of the other travelers suffocating with rage. Trick of English Traveler. . An English woman present, who was on her wa«r to see sick friends In Switzerland, naturally unwilling to go through tne same examination if she could prevent It, began to cry when her turn cjame. "I'm fainting. I'm fainting. Take me away from here." As# the examiners have a holy horror of fainting women, who cause all kinds of trouble, they Swiftly plucked her from the crowd and passed her and her baggage, into tfre. ,aw^l^lng t r a i n , . ^ WHISTLE LED TO COMttilNT Rural Citizen Explains to Railroad Of­ ficial His Grievance About Ex­ press Train. The railroad official Invited the Stern citizen Jbo communicate his troubles.. ^ - v " "I want you ' to gtve orders," de­ manded "the visitor, "that "the ! en­ gineer of the express which passes hrutigh Elm Gpoae ot about 11:55 be restrained from blowing his whistle on Sunday mornings." ; "impossible!" exploded the offlclaL "What prompts you to make such a ridiculous request?" "Well, you see," explained the citi­ zen in an undertone, "our pastor preaches until he hears the whistle blow, and that confounded 'express was twenty minutes late last Sunday." --Lamb. SHOP UDDER MADE STRONG Device Made of Pipe and Fittings Found Quite Convenient in lng Needed Repairs.-- • In a railroad repair shop where or­ dinary ladders were found bulky when made, strongly enough, ladders built up of pipe and fittings, re-inforced, were made anc^used with satisfaction, writes Joseph K. Long of Renovo, Pa* ^-wvrrco t Ladder for Repair Shop. hj lMpular Mechanics Magazine. Tliey were built of 1H-Inch pipe joined with tees, and bolts were passed through the tees and rungs for further strengthening. Tne lmlders being 28 inches wide, It is possible to pass planks at any of the rung levels. The ends were pointed to give a aecura footing. Grade-Crossing Accidents. Dnring the year 1914 there were 106 persons killed and 410 injured In grade-crossing accidents In the state of California. There are 10,000 gradft crossings In that state. Come Year After Year. At the recent Soil Products Expoq$> tlon at Peoria, 111., In a keen conttitit for the coveted first prize for wheal. Western Canada has again carried off nil the honors. Not only has she won the first, but also the second nnd third prizes. These were won by Mr. S. Lar- eombe, of Birtle, Manitoba. In poit years the Province of Saskatchewan had the distinguished honor of carry­ ing off the Initial prize. J, Harvesting and threshing are nop completed in Western Canada, and while it is early in the season to give exact figures as to the average yield per acre of wheat, oats, barley and flax It is safe to assume that the fo#» mer will yield about 20 bushels pef acre. The price to the farmer will be about $2.00 per bushel, giving him $40.00 an acre of a return. When It ts considered that the land upon whldf this wheat Is grown averaged less than $30 an acre, It takes very little figtqf* • lng to arrive at an estimate of thO 'profit there ^is to the grain grower of Westernv Canada. The writer knows where a farmer purchased 100 acres of land In the spring of 1916, broke It up the same yearC>.put It in wheat In 1917. His crop was harvested a few days ago. It yielded 4,800 bushels artd. he sold It at $2.05 per bushel, giving him $9,840. The land cost him $4,800. breaking, seeding, seed, cutting and threshing, $1,920. His profit was $3,120 after paying for his land ami his costs of improving. He has now $3,120 to commence another season with a "paid for in full" tmprov#,. farm. Never has farming offered such prof­ itable returns for labor as at present and nowhere is the large profit equal to that of the low priced, high yleldlfl|y lands of Western Canada. There ^Ifks been a big rush during the past few weeks of renters and owners of high priced lands In maiiqf parts of the United States to Invest!* gate these 100% profit reports. Ifo better season of the year could lfo selected by anyone desiring to better their condition and wishing to gi#e Western Canada the "once over," Threshing is now completed and tAe grain being marketed. The weather Is fine and will be pleasant for a coupje of months and a visit now to person-, ally Investigate the -conditions will ho convincing and profitable. While ofcl home ties and family associations are one Of the first considerations In the mind of the reader, who feels that the old five or ten per cent return Is sufficient, it behooves the modern anil progressive farmer always to be <ttl the alert to grasp the opportunities 9fi the hour. Land In Western Canada that Is annually producing a gross r#» turn of from $40.00 to $80.00 per aero Is purchasable at from $15 to $30 pee acre. It can be seen at a glance thf|t such values cannot help but Increase as they have done In the older agricul­ tural districts of the United State*, . The new settler will find himself sur»i rounded by same contented and pros­ perous neighbors. The expense of mak­ ing one visit to look into Western Can­ ada's opportunities Is small--a special reduced rate is available and you owe yourself^ holiday and a trip ma^_ d® you good. You owe yonr dependents a right to better your condition and Western Canada offers that opportu­ nity.--Advertisement. - ' Canadian Railroads. Canada has at present six principal railroads--the Canadlanjpaclflc, Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian lNorthwestern. National Transcontinental' and the In­ tercolonial. CUT OUT CROOKED STICKS Use of Dead wood rer~ Applied to Scoundrels and the War. Forestry experts In New TTork.^ a state which has given much conserve ^ mg attention to Its wealth in treejp, urge farmers to help the country meet the high cost of fuel by making more use of the dead and dying timber in their wood lots. They are advised "to burn in their stoves and grates the • Jallen logs Still sound enough to bo converted Into fire wood and to cut- town and utilize crooked trees obvt - ously foredoomed to worthlessness as timber, no matter how long they may tMe allowed to. standi This is good advice, and there Is a human moral In the crooked stick party :»f It, says an exchange. The samO^ stress of war timeq, which led to the ippeal Issued to New York farmers in sifting out crooked men. Some ras­ cals will> profit by war conditions, - In the broad view of the nation's at? fairs the sound and straight will corns the front. The country can't take hances with scoundrels. It must cut •rooked sticks out of the "life-and- death work, of the war, in places of authority. . A Hemr Calamity. Little Mary was being Initiated into the wonders of the Pullman car. SliO dnd her mother left the city early in the evening, each occupying a big cush­ ioned seat In the car. Mary wished to know at once where they were to sleep, and after five minutes' explana­ tion by her mother she realized thdt they were to sleep In a bed, made ovejP ;^ their two seats, which would be cob|» pleted by the porter about nihe o'cloclfo ^ ? . At the next stop a man entered tho car and Mary was forced to give up her individual seat to him. He had reserved : the upper berth, which sbo did not know. The giving up of tlii seat was for a tiro® enough food for. . ^ thought, but she finally hurst out this question: "Mamma, if we sleep heae, and all those. other people sleep where they are sitting, where Is that man going to sleep?" "That man," and the rest In the car laughed. The explanation process bo- gan all over again. * " ' ' -V, ' • \ '-ir' No girl's face li in It 1ntl l.li' touched photograph. > Women are fast replacing men hi j«,*»e printing trade. There are fast friends and friends. One kind you can't lose. let the fruit tree agent doesn't caiipt to be known as a professional grafteii, -