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*• ' "V/1 «ffr5, •<* ^ MgMjt MmhM| THE McHKNBY FLAUTDEiiLER, H&. ' i y v > - - - • ; . - ' Springfield.--Despite an apparent surplus of seed corn in southern llli- 4 nols, the shortage throughout the state |\ J ;-\|l» considered serious by the Seed Corn ^Beporter, which says in its recent ls- . Jpante: "The situation, taking the state , Illinois as a whole, is serious, even though there appears to be a surplus the southern part and suiBcient seed "j^ih some of the counties in the central • v - part. The big problem is the one of 6 " V proper distribution, and in order to ?solve it,-a seed corn administrator In Illi.tols has been appointed and a J^rrre sum of money appropriated to carry on a state-wide campaign. One hundred men are now engaged in the work. There is little satisfactory seed ? , ^ com available in the northern part of <S the state. The central part may have f-- „ sufficient seed to meet its own re- ^ / n"irements, with a possibility of a sur- % plus. Considerable i917 corn that was ?'-/ » saved for seed and which appeared to I \ be satisfactory from tests made early v ' ^| in the winter is showing extremely *•" ' poor germination at the present time , I'and much of It will have to be re- placed by other seed that is still to be found." .-• I # Springfield:--Gov. Frank 6. Lowden ...J- /Ipwlll preside at the meeting in the %• 'jiff; house of representatives at Spring- ' r ']T: field, on April 18, held in honor of the > - Jf* centennial of the signing of the en­ abling act which permitted Illinois to frame a constitution and organize as a stat*. AU of the state officers will be Invited guests at the observance, which will be under the Joint auspices , of the Illinois Historical society and • the Illinois centennial commission. The observance of the centennial of the adoption of the enabling act will begin on Wednesday evening, April 17. Dr. Otto L. Schmidt of Chicago, presi­ dent of the Historical society and f t chairman of the centennial commis­sion, will preside and the address of ,.fc welcome will be delivered by Presl- •jljdent Edmun J. James of the Unlver- j" Bity of Illinois. Springfield.--Governor Lowden has flssued a proclamation requesting the "women of Illinois who have riot al- , ready registered their occupations to ; do so in the forthcoming registration • which will close April 19. Last year j^-3 ^ the Illtnoos division of the woman's $ committee of the council of national V Jj defense succeeded In getting six hun- *. V dred thousand women registered for J *war service In Illinois. The commit- /'tee is placing about one hundred and - fifty of these volunteers each week In •/" Chicago alone. It is hoped that by the anniversary of the Battle of Lexing- $ ."'J- ton, Aprkil 19, every woman In 1111- U < tnols will feel it to be her duty to reg- f lster and stand ready to do her part "" In the coming year. r Carlinvllle.--The men from Renld who are thought to have been instru­ mental in stirring up a mob there were taken before Justice Homer and held | In $1,000 bond each on the charge of "Exercising correctional powers with­ out authority of the law." They also t* were held in the county court on the " charge of rioting. The bond In that court Is fixed at $300. Those so held are Joe Tarr, Steve Mlsek, Frank Am- | brozlt, Louis Benecky, Stanley and v ,jsi Tony Bltzbus. Sam Arbutis and John ' Curtis, held oh this eharge, gave bond, f>ut the others went to Jail. August Burluchls is also held by Justice Ho­ mer but not in the county court. Chicago.--The registration ofBce of the United States Boys' Working re­ serve at state council headquarters here, is crowded every day with fine young men who are ready to go to •work on farms of the state. They are of a type that any farmer who needs [firm help will be glad to take. State IMrector of the Reserve Burridge D. Butler declares that, with the co-oper- .Ration of the state council every boy applying for a farm Job, who conforms with the requirements, will get one. Chicago.---Forty per cent of the negroes registered and placed In class 1 by locat board No. 1 are delinquents, according to figures com­ piled. They have failed to re- " their questionnaires or have otherwise violated the selective service regula­ tions. Local board members believe i "t ,-M the request of the war department for *4-. Information regarding negro regts- ' trants means a call for negro troops soon. St. Paul, Nsb.-r-rGjwver Alexander, Chicago National league pitcher, must Join the army, according to the report given cut by tb* draft board of How- Und county, here. He was selected as on of the twelve men to go to Camp Fuaston on one of five days beginning April 28. He was the eleventh select- * • .1 ed, and was notified % letter at Llt- ' ^ tie Rock. East St. Louis.--Five Indictments, resulting from the recent congression­ al Inquiry Into the East St. Louis ri­ ots, have been returned by the federal grand Jui®y «\t Cairo. The indictments are based on the testimony of Myrtle <3ardner, who said she had heen held as a white slave at a hotel here. Springfield.--Commitment for Insan­ ity in Illinois Is on the decrease, ac­ cording to the . Institution Quarterly. , issued by the department of public welfare. Statistics show an Increase In the number of Insane, averaging only 12 a month In 1917, whereas the monthly Increase In 1914 was said to ^ be 73. On December 3 .1917 Illinois hospitals contained 17,189 Insane per- sons, '"the year 11)1?, the first year In >V , which this country was actively en- gaged In the war." said the Institution Quarterly, ."brought to, Illinois state hospitals the smallest number of new * < patients In many years." < J Camp Logan. Houston. Twr.--They all here. There are 6.000 of them, and they are strapping big fellows with bronzed face# and toughened sin- ^ ews. Three thousand of them came ®t|from Camp Grant at Rockford, 1,500 ||jfron» Camp Douglas at Des Moines, la., ®and the other 1,500 from Camp Xay- lor. at Louisville. Ky. Rlomlngton. -- German-been em­ ployees of the Chicago and Alton shop* r1 . were heavy buyers of Liberty bonds In the drive launched by that company. , They ignored previous drive®. First ; day's snifes^mnopf the emplbj«es hen • -V ^ ,V! tf," . " / ,s 'r Springfield.--SamMft ttloawr cago has been named at officer by Dr. C. St. Clair tor of the state department of hea and assigned to rfneoial work at Qufncy, and in aa elfort to stamp out the smallpox epidemic. Over fifty cases of Smallpox have been discov­ ered at Qulncy, and strict quarantine rules will be enforced. Officials of Al­ ton are making a strenuous effort to check the spread of smallpox, accord­ ing to Information which was received, by Doctor Drake in the course of the day. The city has appropriated $1<V 000 for health work, and a greater part of It will be spent in vaccinating per­ sons, in accordance with health regu­ lations. The report received by Doc­ tor Drake Is that conferences have been held between officials and em­ ployees of Alton, and It was agreed to enforce the vaccination, even to a point of dismlsing employees and by agreeing not to employ persons who cannot show certificates that they have! been vaccinated within five years. Chica*n.--The fate of the great rail­ way terminal project, involving one of the country's largest passenger stations and three mammoth freight, terminals. Is in the balance through the applica­ tion of the government's war economy policy for railroads. R. H. Alshton, president of the Chicago & Northwest­ ern railroad and regional director of TOllroads in this section under Secre­ tary of the Treasury McAdoo, has un­ der consideration an order directing all work on the terminal project to stop until after the close of the war. This would mean the blocking of sev­ eral Important river crossings from the West side, and the indefinite post­ ponement of construction of the new Union passenger station, which is not yet started, although the ordinance agreement called for Its completion next year. Colli nsvllle.--Joseph Riegel. Wesley Beaver, Richard Dukes, Jr., Enid El­ more and William Brockmeler, charged In a coroner's Jury verdict with the murder by hanging of Robert P, Pra- ger, an enemy alien, were arrested and were take nto the county Jail at Ed- wardsvllle, where they will be held without bail for action by the grand Jury. W. M. Trautmann, first assist­ ant attorney general, who had been present at the inquest, is quoted as saying that when the grand Jury con­ venes he will present a transcript of all the evidence adduced at the In­ quiry, and will request Indictments for the five men. Beaver Is a saloon­ keeper and the other four are miners. Riegel has confessed his part In the lynching. Beaver and the others deny any connection with the actual hang­ ing. Chicago.--German societies which persist In flaunting their pro-German­ ism in the face of those dear ones who are facing death In the trenches will help fill a giant Internment camp soon to be erected near Fort Sheridan, Pres­ ident H. H. Merrick of the National Security league, predicted. Mr. Mer­ rick expressed a belief that pending applications for special bar permits to the city authorities by German so­ cieties will be denied. The mayor has complete discretion to deny such per­ mits, and there Is no appeal from his rulings. "Now that the city executive has promised to use the police to pun­ ish sedition when expressed," declared Mr. Merrick, "he should go the whole way on his new policy and prevent meetings of whose loyal nature there Is any doubt*' Springfield.--Dates and places for holding the County Farmers' Institutes In the Twenty-first congressional dis­ trict were decided upon at a meeting of the directors and other workers of the institutes held In the offices of the Illinois Farmers' Institute In the state house. The meeting was presided over by Edward Grimes, district director of the Illinois Farmers' Institute. The dates and places for holding the Insti­ tutes are as follows: Sangamon coun­ ty, September 9 to September 11, prob­ ably In Springfield; Montgomery coun­ ty, October 9 to October 11, and place will be decided upon later; Christian? county, October 22 to October 25. at Owaneco; Macoupin county, October SO to Ocetober 31, at Chesterfield. Chicago.--One of the ground-glasa mysteries has been solved. Since the war started probably ten or a dozen complaints have come to the federal building telling of ground glass In food In Chicago. Each time ahtl-American plotting was alleged. Not long ago some of this ground glass, found In sausage, was followed to Its source. Investigators admit the complaints and say that some fanatic may have been to blame in some of the cases, but the reports are so scattering and so few that they are confident there is no "ground-glass plot" worry over. Waukegan.--F. M. Royatl, formerly one of Wilbur Glenn Vollva's five apos­ tles and head of his schools at Zlon City, went to hear Billy Sunday after Vollva had said followers who went to him might as well resign. Then he said Sunday preached as well as Dowie or Vollva. So Vollva "fired" him. That Is what Royall said in the first state­ ment he had made regarding the big­ gest split In the Ziop City church since Dowie's time. Royall was Vollva's right hand man. Carlinvllle.--There Is to be no hoard­ ing of food In Macoupin county, ac­ cording to George F. Jordan, who has that task of watching for violations in hand, and there Is wheat being deliv­ ered to every elevator ip the county and many farmers and even town peo­ ple are bringing to market flour and sugar that they hold in excess amounts. No family can have on hand mpre than four pounds of flour, and a farm­ er from Piasa has brought to market 1,400 pounds that he had at bis home. Another farmer returns 1.000 pounds and several citizens of this city have turned over similar amounts. Washington, D. C--Orders were la- sued by Provost Marshal General Crowder to furlough men home for ag­ ricultural purposes, provided such fur­ lough does not interfere with the mil­ itary training of the persons affected. These furloughs, without pay, will be for short periods during seeding and harvest time, but specially qualified experts may be granted longer leave* by the secretary of war. Springfield. -- Appeals from more than 45.000 registrants on Industrial or other grounds are pending before the district appeal board which taket In /Jpoft nf ocntrill Tlllnnl*. r - • ^ ^ , : 'S M FLANDERS British Retire Front Neuve Ten Attacks by LOSSES FOR ENEMY Terrific Fighting Continues tp Rime In Flanders--Haig Strengthens North- ern Front--Gains Ground Borne Points--French Wi«| ... "In Hangard Sector..' : j $, > .. • •' Y ...... .'4*/, April 18.--Seven attacks the Germans at the Merville sector on the northern battle front have been repulsed by the British, who in­ flicted heavy losses on the enemy, It is announced officially, The British have lost Neuve Egllse, against which the Germans had launched more than ten attacks. Southwest of Baiileul the Germans temporarily penetrated the British po­ sitions, but w<jfe driven out by1 a counter-attack. Baiileul and Wulverghem were the central points of the heavy fighting between British and Germans In Flanders, according to the report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters. British Make Gainsi With the British Army in France, April 16.--The battle abput Neuve Egllse near the Belgian border, which has been retaken by the Germans, con­ tinues to rage with the same intensity that has marked it for days, and the British are pounding the Germans bard. The latest reports show that the British Une was being strongly held as a whole In this northern zone, and In some instances had been considerably improved by counter-attacks. The British followed up their suc­ cess of Saturday when they pushed the Germans back from Robecq, on the Clarence river. Local counter-attacks delivered on the German positions 3, 000 yards to the east of this town were completely successful and the enemy again was forced to fall back somewhat rWlf Defense The British in the course of the tfft- ernoon also pushed out several posts north of the canal between the Lawe and Clarence rivers. These operations Indicate that the defense of the entente allied troops has stiffened. The battle which has been raging about Neuve Egllse has been one of the most sanguinary since the Ger­ man offensive began. British Hold Lines Intact. London, April 15.--After Saturdays heavy fighting, which continued dur­ ing the evening, the British lines were reported intact along all parts of the Lys battle front, the war office an nounced on Sunday night. Fighting was resumed on the north­ ern part of the front during the night near Neuve Kgllse and the engagement In this sector was continued by the launching of new enemy attacks In the neighborhood' of Bailleuil. Strong attacks by the Germans on the Meterer-Wulverghem line were re­ pulsed by the British aftfr heavy fight­ ing. The Germans also were beaten off In an attempt against the British de­ fenses near Festubert, on the souther­ ly side of the Lys front. British Repulse Four Attacfca. The British official report saya: "After heavy fighting lasting throughout the evening strong attacks launched by the enemy from Meteren to Wulverghem were repulsed. "Early In the night the enemy again attacked at Neuve Egllse for the fourth time during the day, and once more w£re repulsed. "In addition to the attacks already reported the enemy made a deter­ mined attempt against our defenses in the neighborhood of Festubert and was beaten off, "At the end of the day of continuous fighting and frequent assaults, many of them delivered with great strength on all parts of the Lys battle front, our line was reported to be Intact "The emeny's losses throughout Sat­ urday's fighting are reported to have been most severe. "In the course of the night fighting was renewed at Neuve Egllse and the enemy recommenced his attacks In the neighborhood of Bailleuil. Fighting Is continuing on this front." French Penetrate Hun Lines. The French official report saya: Paris. April 15.--"The activity of the artillery was somewhat lively between Montdidler and Noyon. French recon- noitering parties operating in this re­ gion brought In prisoners. "North of St. Mihlel and in Lor­ raine, in the region of Emberemnil and Bares, the French penetrated the BRITISH MEN, COME ACROSS! Chicago Recruiting Mission Issues Call to Red-Blooded Nationals to Help 8top Huns. Chicago, April 16.--The following call to the public throughout the West ern division to lend more active aid to volunteer enlistment at offices of the British-Canadian recruiting mission was Issued by MaJ. A. Wallace Owen, officer commanding, bearing on the needs of the British forces In Flandera SETS GUN-MAKING RECORD United States Senda 75,000 "rffr'ne to the Soldiera in * France. ^ New York, April 16.--Col. Samuel McRoberta, U. S. A* of the ordnance department, in an address at a Na­ tional Security league luncheon de­ clared that the United States was turn­ ing out more infantry rifles a day than ever was the case In England or France mA that 7MW machine guna had been German lines aad toofc haif a fre et prisoners. s "The French repulsed tentative raids by the Germans north of HUl 304 (Verdun front), In the region of St Mihlel, in the Woevre and at Col do Bonhomme." * ^ Fee Repulesd fcy British. 'London, April lS>-Oerraan troops made a determined attack along the Messines ridge and succeeded In gain­ ing some ground, says a Reader dis­ patch from British army in France and Belgium, hut the lsh once again drove them put, by counter-attack. v:'a - ^c "Strong pressure few bfe&i taifted by the enemy alf sflay south southwest of Baiileul. Constant tacks in.great force were made In iU. area; and are continuing," says Fl^f Marshal Haig's report. "Our troops have been pushed back slowly in contin­ uous fighting to positions In the neigh­ borhood qf the Baiileul railway, where they are feeavlly engag^ Vith the en­ emy." Three Attacks Repulsed. Three attacks which the enemy launched in great waves near Vtlje Chapelle were repulsed with Immense losses to the Germans. The ground was strewn with their corpses. In brilliant Sunshine the battle Is continuing with fierceness which has Scarcely flagged since the beginning. The Germans are throwing in their re- erves in the same prodigal manner as In the opening days of the offensive. Attacking in the neighborhood of Ploegsteert, the Germans pressed back the British to the vicinity of Neuve Egllse, It is announced officially. North of Festubert the British re­ gained ground by a counter-attack. On the front between Lolsne and the Lawe river German attacks were re­ pulsed. The Germans captured Merville. Heavy fighting Is continuing In the neighborhood of Merville and Neuf Berquln. "Hold, We'll Win"--Haig. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Uk a special order of the day addressed to "all ranks of the British army In France and Flanders," says: "Three weeks ago today the enemy his terrlffc attacks against us on a 50-mile front His objects are to separate us from the French, to take the channel ports and to destroy the British army. "In spite of throwing already 106 divisions into the battle and endur­ ing the most reckless sacrifice of hu­ man life, he has yet made little prog­ ress toward his goals. "We owe this to the determined fighting and self-sacrifice of our troops. Words fall me to express the admiration which I feel for the splen­ did resistance offered by all ranks of our army under the moat trying cir­ cumstances. "Many among us now are tired. To those I would say that victory will belong to the side which holds out the longest. The French army is mov­ ing rapidly and In great force to our support. There Is no other course open to us but to fight It out "Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retire­ ment. With our backs to the wall and believing In the justice of our cause, each one of ha' must fight to the end. "The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each one of ua at this critical moment." Berlin Reports Prog rasa. Berlin, April 13.--"Our victorious troops," says the official report from headquarters, "are progressing through the wide Lys plain, between Armea- tleres and Merville." French Repurse Strang Attacfca. With the French Army In France, April 13.--Two strong enemy attacks In the vicinity of Noyon, which were repulsed easily by the French, give rise to the question whether the Ger­ mans are about to hiake another at­ tack on their southern flank. " French Win in Hangard Sector. Paris, April 16.--The French official report says: "In the region of Han­ gard the French carried out a local op­ eration with complete success and teok ten prisoners. Since April 12 we nave taken 150 prisoners In this sect9r. "Between Montdidler and Noyon and in the Champagne south of Mi>6f Tefti, we carried out several raids and brought back prisoners. fort north of the Ch southeast of Corbeny, cess." Huns Claim Advantage. Berlin, April 16.--The German offi­ cial report says: "On the Lys battle­ field hand-to-hand fighting frequently developed. "Southwest of Neuve Egllse, as well as between Baiileul and Morris, Eng­ lish machine-gun nests were cleared and their occupants made prisoner. Enemy counter-attacks launched from Baiileul and northwest of Bethune broke down with heavy losses. "On the battlefields on both sides of the Somme the artillery duels re­ mained within moderate limits, the weather being rainy. "There were some engagements on the Lys-Wulverghem battlefield, and the enemy's lines northeast of Wul­ verghem were taken by storm." and Plcardy as set out In Field Mar­ shal Sir Douglas Haig's address to the army. "With Britishers fighting with their, backs to the wall the Huns will be halted, but the need and the call Is for more men--every possible man. The quickest route for red-blooded men to reach a place in the line Is through the Canadian and British or­ ganizations. To volunteer to fight for the freedom of mankind is a man's greatest privilege. There are thousands and thousands of men who can and will go." - delivered to the fighting divisions of the service. The production of small arms ammunition has reached a point greater than any record ever attained by our allies, he said. The number of rifles delivered he reported to be 1,050^ 000, with a production of 11.500 a day. veral n srs. A G ?hemltf-d< r, vrtjk wi erman ef- -Ues-Dames, without suc- Pfeffer Called to Navy. New York, April 16,--Ed PfefTer, star right-hander of the Brooklyn Na­ tional league club, received orders to report at once to the United States aaxjjiary naval minna n B6Y IN JAIL HE HAS A MOTHER Carried Away White a Baby, H* vNear York.--The prospect ef doing a bit in a penitentiary fo£ carrying a gun Isn't a particularly $tjtp$y one, es­ pecially when a fellow- has pleaded guilty, but sixteen-year-old George j. Burka was smiling all day In the Tombs, and he doesn't give a whoop If the court of special sessions sends kim to Jail for life, because he now knows he has a real, honest to good­ ness mother, and what's more, he's go­ ing to see her at once. "That's the big idea," he told Ward- en Hanley in the Tombs. "I didn't if l cameto this earth In a floor *1 Think I'm Talking to My Brother.11* bag, or how It was. I've been bumpln* from one institution^ to another in Massachusetts, and frelghtln' from one place to the other, and I always won­ dered why I never had a mother, and here I gotta get pinched by a uniform­ ed bull to find out I really got one." John R. Burke, a sailor on the U. & S. Seattle, read of the youngster's ar­ rest and told his mother, Mrs. Joseph­ ine Reid of Brooklyn, the name was the same as that of the seven-months- old child that was kidnaped from her, and so she sent the sailor boy post haste over to the Tombs. *1 think I'm talking to my brother," he said to the youthful prisoner, who came toward him from die barred gate. "Is dat so? I ain't got no brother. I ain't got anybody I know of," was the reply of George. But the sailor asked him If he had a scar on his side, and, brushing back his touseled black hair, another scar was revealed, and then there was no question about the Identity of the prisoner. "Say, have I got a mother?" Was the first question the lad popped at him. And when told that not only had he a mother, but a good one, who has been waiting 16 long years to see him, the kid nearly wept for Joy. I* sister, too. • •• "Now I'm happy," he said. LOVED WISELY, BUT TOO MANY tevan teen-Year-Old Qlrl Marries Three Men, but Plnda Third la Real Thing. Otkland, Cat--Edna Metcalt, • enteen-year-old girl, who loved wisely, but too many. Is under the wing of her mother here, while attorneys are debating as to how she shall be disen­ tangled from three marital complica­ tions. Edna'a love-making was entirely con­ fined to the navy. Last August she wedded Ensign Edward Reese. Duty called him from her side, and soon she met and promptly married Jack Oversti^let, a Mare Island marine. Finally, a naval radio operator, Lewi* Llnwisky, wooed and won her. Although desperately fond of each of her naval husbands at the time of the marriage, ahe now declares that It took the third application for the love vlrua to take. FIND NEW 'BOOZE TRANSPORT* WoR)«i Arr.^1 !r, Weans Peculiarly Contrived "Undsiv • alia" With Many Poclceto. ; ® -4 ' • * Newport, Ky.--Officers here discov­ ered a new "booze transport" when they* arrested a' woman who had sev­ eral aliases as she stepped off a train from Popular Bluffs, Mo. She wore a peculiarly contrived pair of "under- alls," which contained many pocketa, and in each pocket was a pint of Mis­ souri whisky. Lacking money to pay the Imposed fine of $300, the woman Is now in jail. PLAYFUL KITTENS COST DEATH OF AGED WOMAN Eau Claire, Wis.--Five play­ ful kittens of which lira. Car­ rie Hagen, sixty-seven, widow, was intensely fond, cost her life. The kittens, while playing on the floor, Ignited a box of matches, setting fire to Mrs. Hagep's dress. Usee Rib for Jawbone. Pueblo, CoL--William M. Bllstein, a railroad employee of this city, under­ went an operation to replace a piece of Jawbone that had to be removed following an accident A piece of rib was substituted and Bilstein'a Jaw again is perfect. Poisoned Father Who Whipped Her. Fort Worth, Tex.--Because, she says, he whipped her so often, Gertrude Ul- rich, thirteen years old, poisoned her father, Ernest Ulrtafc, and later ce» fessed to the police. • 'W' The Future of Great Possibilities. 8ome idea of the great wealth that the Western Canada fanner had in view a few years ago is now being real­ ised. The amount received from the sale of wheat, oats, barley, flax and rye In 1917 was $270,000,000, while the sales of live stock at Winnipeg alone netted $40,000,000 additional. Of this sum hogs alone gave over eleven mil­ lion dollars. The Increases at Calgary and Edmonton were over 6^4 million dollars. This money, so eaally earned, la be­ ing spent In Improvements in farm property, purchasing additional land, buying tractors, automobiles, and Im­ proving home conditions, providing electric light steam heat new furni­ ture, pianos, buying Victory bonda, paying up old debts, etc. Over five hundred tractors were sold In Southern Alberta in 1917. One Implement agent reports that the In­ crease 5n his business In 1917, over that of 1916, was equal to the total business In 1915. It Is the same story all over the country. And It is not this evidence alone which proves the advancement and growth of the three prairie provinces, but the large in­ crease In the number of settlers; the Improvement In the extent of the cul­ tivated areas and agricultural produc­ tion ; the Increase In value of which over 1916 was *77,000,000. This wonderful progress that baa been made In agriculture In Western Canada Is but the beginning which marks the future of the greatest agri­ cultural country on the continent. Showing a future of great possibilities. There are millions of acres yet un­ titled, and of land as good as any of that which Is now giving its owners a return of from twenty to thirty dollars an acre, figures that In many cases represent the cost of the land, with all cultivation costs Included. It Is true that the cost of production has in­ creased during the past few years, but the price of the product has also In­ creased to a figure which leaves a large balance to the credit of Hie pro­ ducer. The following table shows how this works <mt 1918 1917 t-Prlce Price FARM NEEDS. "in bus. In bus. Machinery-- -aJ'rirt%heat wheat fieli :vieo too Mower ,* 70 88 6, H. P. gas engine...... 2S0 112 Seed drill . 13SI. •> ,e® Cream separator Building-- .4 j Bathroom, sink and septic tank 800 1ST Pressure tank system... 196 118 Steel shingles, per 100 u » ^ sq. ft, a Lumber; per LpOO «, . _ " Hemlock 28 IT Pine 4T .88 Bricks, per M ...16 8 Cement, per 850 lb*.15 U Steel fence, 40 rods IB 10 Paint, £er 10 gals...... 85 18 Pianos 440 810 Clothing and Food-- Sugar, per cwt 6.8 4.8 Cottonseed, per ton. •••'. 50 94 Linseed, per ton......... 50 25 Blue serge suit......'... 81 IT Percentage increases are shown too In another way, leading to the same conclusion, from consultation of the Department of Labor's review of prices. Taking 100 aa the Index num­ ber of normal production In the de­ cade from 1890 to 1900, the Increases In prices of farm products have slightly oatdlsSSMsd the his needs. House fur'sh'gs.. .12* 188 206 Subtle Reasoning. My little grandson is quite a for "reasoning from analogy," and the other day was asking what Bin family name was. I told him Ua fa­ ther's ancestors came from England. Wales and Scotland, while his er*s were English and Irish. He then asked "Grandma, was your name before yon vera nko^ riedr' "I answered "Lyon." He considered a moment and then said: "So I suppose yon came from AfrtcaT*--Chicago Tribune. , >* - The Sort. "What kind of men do they have tor the crews of torpedo boats?" "I suppose they are sub-marines." , , ifc ' v./, ' : Vindictive. i? Friend--What would you Hki to plant this year? Farmer--My summer visitors. Take the little Joya out of life and tiie big ones left would hardly b# worth living for. j j If yon happen to find year flirting* all worked up. order a fresh supply. NERVES GAVE OUT Seriooa Kidney TroaUe Had M*dt Life Miserable, But Doaa's Removed All the TroaUe. Han't Suffered Stace. *T had such severe pains In mr back." says Mrs. Albert Akroyn, 304 W. Indiana Avenue, Philadel­ phia, Pa., "that they almost doubled me up. Many a day I could not do my housework and at every move It seemed as If my back would break In two. My feet and ankles swelled tintil I had to wear large- sized slippers and sometimes I couldnt stand up. "I had dizzy spells and dreadful head­ a c h e s a n d f i e r y flashes passed be­ fore my eyes. Had a heavy been resting on my head, the pall could not have been more distress­ ing, The least noise startled me, 1 was so nervous. I couldnt control the kidney secretions and the pain in passage was awful. "it began to look as case was beyond the reach cine until I used Dona's Kidma$ Pill* The first bos benefited me and four boxes cured all tile trou­ bles, I have had no further crass for complaint" , Sworn to before me, Thos. H. Walters, Notary MHO. Q«»P--*»e>Aayfl>w. 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