The Sopar Democrat (Choctaw County, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SOPER DEMOCRAT
JAPANESE AUTO HAS MOTOR UNDER SEAT
POULTRY RAISER CAN OVERCOME NATURE
OF HEN TO DEPOSIT EGG IN TRAP NEST
Variations of the Straight Line Suit
Colds
Break
By Placing tha Alr-Cooltd Engina Undar tha Fiwnt Scat This Autamoblla af
Japans Dsslgn Bacursa a Larg Seating Space In a Light Car
A Japanes Inventor determined to get aa much seating npare aa poanlbla
Info a small light autoinohll puta tha vertical engine under the front Beat
which tip over backward for Inspection A fan In a ventilation chamber
surrounding the motor alr-coola It The gasoline tank la In front In place of
the absent radiator While the arcliitect of thla vehicle evidently achieved
hta object the reeult la eomewhnt reininlecent of our own achievement of
liXM) or thereabouts— l’opular Mechanic Mugazlne
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Where Hena Get Credit for Laying Their Eggs
Prepared hr tha United 8tatee Depart'
meat of Agriculture
If yon have ever led a horse down
a long and tortuous lane to water and
hen had the animal repentedly refuse
te drink you are In a position to ap-
jweeiate the predicament of the poul-
try raiser who equips hit poultry
kouse with trap nests and then finds
that some of the pullets will not use
these Ingenious devices That latent
Instinct of the female fowl to deposit
her eggs in secluded remote spots
preferably In a nest which she per-
sonally constructs nmy cause trouble
to the chicken raiser who attempts
to accustom the pullets to the arti-
ficial trap nest
Beginning of Trouble
Usually as soon as the pullets are
removed to winter quarters where
trap nests are used the trouble be-
gins as some of the young females
may lay their eggs on the floor in the
straw and litter In the corners of
the building and often upon and un-
der the dropping boards In remedy-
ing such misdemeanor on the part of
the pullets it la first essential to see
that enough trap nests are provided
Usually the equipment should include
one trap1 nest for each four pullets or
hens in the- flock Having remedied
any deficiency in the way of nest
equipment the poultrymnn should
nest resort to handling as a means
of curing the fowls of their undesir-
able habit of laying their eggs any
where and everywhere about tha
bouse The owner or attendant should
enter the house frequently throngh-
out the day and aa often aa ha find
one of the pullets nesting in a seclud-
ed spot he should pick the bird up
and place her in a trap nest After
he does this several times the pullet
becomes accustomed to the artificial
nests and seeks them Intuitively
when she Is ready to lay eggs
Make tha Nests Coxy
Of course it Is essential to make
the nests as attractive and coxy as
REGULAR OILIIIG
OF CAR SPRINGS
Cleveland Auto School Head
Thinks Neglect Is Often the
Cause of Breakdowns
EASY WAY OF LUBRICATION
Put Lifting Jack Undar Body ef Car
and Spring Leaves Are Separated
by Means ef Small Toel—
Prolong Llf of Car
The reason you feel completely tired
out after a day’s ride In one car— or
on the other hand thoroughly re-
possible and this Is accomplished by j freshed after a similar trip over prac-
providlng them with plenty of clean
litter as often as a new supply of
straw Is Deeded Furthermore in par-
ticularly ohjeetlonnhle cases It pays
to clenn all the litter from the floor
of the house In order to break the
hens of laying promiscuously wher-
ever they desire By removing the
draw and bedding the floor of the
house Is not so attractive as a nest-
ing spot for the hens and pullets and
hence they are forced to seek the trap
nests
The purpose of trap nesting the
flock Is to ascertain which hens lay
either for determining what record
they make or for Identifying their
eggs during the hatching season so
that pedigree records are possible
Trap nesting requires a considerable
amount of attention but Is a valuable
aid In developing a flock of poultry
by b heeding for egg production
OLD-FASHIONED BARN
RAISING IS REVIVED
Iowa Farmers Experience Diffi-
culty in Getting Carpenters
Groups Co-operate pi Erecting Struc-
tures Under Supervision of County
Agent and Farm Building
Expert of State
Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
A modem counterpart of tho old-
fashioned barn raising with certain
' noteworthy features added in the form
f assistance by state authorities has
appeared In Marshall county Iowa
where the fafmers have had great dilh-
culty In securing carpenters to erect
farm buildings Tbe plan being worked
ary houses or the Intensive system
save steps but it Is easier to keep
tically the same road In another car is
due to a difference In the action of
tbe springs of the two cars says Clyde
H Pratt president of the Cleveland
Automobile School company
The most important part of the car’s
mechanical construction as far as the
riding qualities are concerned is the
springs If the reader will take the
trouble to look at the springs of vari
ous car s he (or she) will note that
there aro a number of general types of
springs These may be classed under
various names among them full-elliptic
seml-elliptic three-quarter elliptic
cantilever and platform springs being
tbe must common
How Springs Are Made
All springs regardless of their type
are made up of a number of separate
layers of flat pieces of spring steel
placed one above the other short
pieces being In the middle and the
longer ones extending through to the
eyes of the spring The spring is C’i-
nected to the frame by means of a
spring shackle which Is fastened to the
PREPARE TIRES FOR
LONG HARD WINTER
Car Owners Should Take Few
Necessary Precautions
Carefully Wash an Outalrf ta ftamav
All Harmful Substances Wrap In
Paper ar Carpet and Star
In Dry Piaca
the birds healthy and to reproduce the j 0f spring by a spring bolt
stock under the colony system where 1 through the eye
the birds are allowed free range
Breeding stock and especially growing
chickens shonld bhve an abundance
of range while hens used solely for
the production of market eggs may be
kept on a very small area
SANITARY FLOORS ARE BEST
Cement le Adapted to Long Perma-
nent Bulldinge Where an Arti-
ficial Floor la Needed
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture )
The best kind of a floor depends
upon the soil and the use of the poul-
try house On light sandy well-
drained soils a dirt floor Is satisfac-
tory especially for small or colony
hen houses Such floors should be
from 2 to 6 Inches higher than the
out Is for groups of farmers to co- I outside ground surface and It Is ad-
opernte in erecting their structures
under the direction of the county
agent and the farm building experts
of the agricultural extension depart-
ment of Iowa State Agricultural col-
lege Poultry houses because of their
simplicity are being tried first
feature of the movement which Is
looked on as giving particular prom
lee Is the fact that the agricultural ex
- tension department furnishes plans for
the buildings so that the co-operating
builders may have explicit directions
for cutting materials and erecting the
structures The first poultry houses
will be built under extension supervl
slon but after thnt the farmers are
expected to duplicate the work on
other farms In cose this experiment
proves satisfactory the same principle
may be applied to more pretentious
building enterprises
POULTRY DISLIKE WET FEET
Light Sandy Soil Through Which Wa-
ter Leaches Freely Is Preferred-
Give Free Range
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
Poultry can be raised successfully
on any well-drained soil A light sandy
loam which will grow good grass Is
well adapted for this purpose while
a very light sandy soil through which
the water leaches freely will stand
more Intensive poultry conditions but
most of the green feed for the fowls
kept on such a soil will have to be
purchased A heavy clay or adobe soil
Is not as well adapted to poultry rais-
ing as such land does not drain read-
ily and It Li much more difficult to
keep the stock healthy Long station-
vlsable to renew them each year by
removing the contaminated surface
down to clean soil and to refill with
fresh sand or fine gravel and earth
A board floor Is generally used where
the level of the floor In the house Is
from 1 to 3 feet above the ground sur-
face and In portable houses on land
which is not well drained Board
floors harbor rats and rot quickly
and should be raised some distance
off the ground so that cats or dogs
can get under them which also allows
a free circulation of air to prevent
the wood from rotting Cement floors
are adapted to long permanent build-
ings brooder houses Incubator cel-
lars and to all permanent houses
where an artificial floor Is required
and can be built on the ground level
These floors are eay to clean very
sanitary rat proof and comparatively
inexpensive If one has a cheap supply
of gravel or sharp sand
PouLTPrNores
( Cultivate Alfalfa
Alfalfa Is usually considered to be
non-cultivated crop and very often
It Is not cultivated In spite of the fact
that It would pay to cultivate
Soil Required by Alfalfa
Generally speaking alfalfa requires
well-drained fertile sweet and need-
free soil
Spraying la Necessary
Spraying the poultry house Is nec-
essary to keep down mites and lice
The Toulouse is the giant of the
geese family
s
Food has a great deal to do with the
production of eggs
s
Change the pullets to winter quar-
ters before they begin to lay
Sprouted oats ace one of the best of
all-winter feeds where eggs are
wanted
Colds In poultry are largely caused
by overcrowding at night or exposure
to the wind
The hens must be supplied with
plenty of fresh clean water If they lay
during the winter months
A good poultry house must be sup-
plied the flock if they lay In winter
This need not be expensive
la selecting hens to keep over pref-
erence should be given to those that
molt In September or later
There Is a good market for all kinds
of feathers Pick fowls dry snd sort
feathers the coarse from the fine
By watching the springs carefully
when someone else is teetering the car
ap and down you will notice that these
separate leaves slide on each other In-
stead of simply bending as most peo-
ple suppose In order to keep the
vibration of the axle from being trans-
mitted to the body of the car it Is nec-
essary to see that the spring leaves
slide easily on each other and in order
for them to do this there must be a
f 1m of oil between the separate leaves
through their entire length
Without this oil film these springs
cannot slide without excessive friction
which means that they will not bend
properly and the spring action Instead
of being smooth will be stiff and Jerky
with the result that the car will ride
hard and the springs are more liable
to break In fact most of the broken
springs can be traced to a lack of
proper lubrication of the spring leaves
Easy Way to Oil
An easy way to oil these Is to put c-
lifting Jack under the body of the car
so that the weight will be taken off the
springs The spring leaves are then
easily separated by means of a screw
driver or a small chisel and a little
graphite In oil Is easily Inserted
Graphite Is usually used with the oil
In the spring leaves because the graph-
ite does not work out as quickly as the
oil alone would
Many Spring Oilers
There are many different kinds of
spring oilers on the market Some of
these are good and others are good
only because the spring needs oiling
and these help to call your attention
to It The spring bolts must also be
oiled practically every day or they
soon wear so the springs work hard
and then at an unexpected moment
break allowing the car to drop down
The market also offers many auxil-
iary springs and various shock absorb-
ers which will very often make quite a
difference In the riding of the car But
with the Instructions that come with
all of these various attachments you
will find that one of the very Impor-
tant Items which they bring out Is to
have your springs thoroughly oiled or
greased before applying the spring
sustaining device
As you travel around In various
makes of cars you will find that It Is
not so much the make of spring or the
type of spring which makes the car
ride easy as it Is the proper care and
lubrication of the springs This more
than anything else will keep your
Rprlngs from breaking making your
car ride easy cut down your gasoline
consumption and prolong the life of
the car and tires
Tbe skin is thick on the belly of the
codfish and the fur Is heavy on tb
back af tha squirrel to prepar for a
long hard winter
Many motorists will soon put their
cars In the barn for the winter and
think no more of motor riding until
about the Ides of March
Many automobile tires will go Into
storage with thousands of miles ef
wear left in them and car owners
should take the few precautions nec-
essary to keep them from damage
while they are not In ue
Here are some recommendations
made by the service department of a
large tire company to the motorist who
wants to put his tires away and find
them in good shape next spring:
1 Wash tires carefully on outside
to remove oil and other harmful sub-
stances 2 Remove tires from wheels and
wrap In paper or old carpet
3 Store In a cool dry place away
from light Heat light and moisture
are enemies of rubber
4 Cold has no bad effect on tires
but they should be properly housed
5 If tires are left on car Jack np
car deflate the tires and wrap them
In covers’
6 Don't let car stand on tires all
winter To do so means weakening
them In the parts that rest on the floor
Care will make the tires last out the
full length of their guarantee despite
climatic conditions
wm
Get instant relief with
Pape’s Cold Compound”
Don't stay stuffed-upl Quit blowing
and snuffling 1 A dose of "1’ape’a Gold
Compound” taken every two hour un-
til thre dose ar taken usually
breaks up a cold and end all grippe
misery
The very first dose open your
rlngged-up nostril and the elr pua-
ge of your bead stop nose running
relieves tha headache dullness fever-
ishness sneezing soreness stiffness
'Tape' Cold Compound” la tha
quickest surest relief known and coats
only a few cents at drug stores It
acts without assistance Taste nice
Contains no quinine Insist on Pape' I
— Adv
NEVER MISSED AN “ARTERY’
With the beginning of the season
aulta and dresses were presented In
variety of silhouettes and now that
the mldsensou Is here the public has
declared Its preference Wide-hlp crin-
oline and peg-top outlines captured
and held their devotees hut a high
percentage of well-dressed people
pinned their faith to lines almost un-
broken In suits In dresses and more
particularly In evening gowns No
new aspirant has disturbed the stabil-
ity of the straight-line suit and now
thnt manufacturers hnve tested out
the public that Is the one thing they
are entirely sure of Therefore such
new suits os they ure turning out for
present sale are variations of the
stralght-Mne models
“Straight line" Is not" to he taken
too literally It means a silhouette
having little definition at the waist-
line Such as there Is results from
belts and girdles and not from fitting
The two suits shown In the picture il-
lustrate this point very clearly nnd
also bring out the Introduction of new
features that vary the style and muke
the suit interesting There are et
least two advantages In models of this
kind — the style may be worn for a
long time it will pass out slowly and
admits of agreut variety of decora-
tions In the suit nt the left of the picture
under-nrm tucks and buttons appear
In an original and attractive arrange-
ment with lines running horlzontaly
on the body of tbe coat and lengthwise
below the belt The coat o s n s over
a vest nnd the cloth' belt fnstens
through a buckle at the front There
Is a small choker collar of fur
In the figure nt the right many but-
tons In two sizes and an original cut
of the buck of the body assume the
responsibility of distinguishing this
suit from Its predecessors A very
long and nnrrow sash of the material
slips twice about the waist and loops
over nt the left side A wide turnover
collar fastens up snugly about tbe
throat Tbe skirts are both plain one
of them n trifle longer thnn the other
The length of skirts Is very much a
matter of Individual taste nt present
from six to nine Inches off the floor
Visitor to Lot Angeleo Evidently Wao
Nothing if Not Sophisticated to
Highest Degree
It is part of the Job of Manager Si-
buld of the Alex to be a walking
guide hook Many of hla pa I rone r4y
on him to map out their daily sight-
seeing program and thus It enme about
that two young women from Kansas
City buttonholed him one morning and
usked what they should do next
“We’ve seen the movie studios
we’ve been to Vernon we've seen the
orange groves in fact we’ve si-ou
about everything I guess” sntd one
"Are you Interested In art?” asked
Sihlild
“Sure” breezed the other “Any
time I find a city with an artery I al-
ways like to blow In for a few min-
utes” — IOS Angeles Times
“DANDERINE” PUTS
BEAUTY IN HAIR
Girls! A mass of long
thick gleamy tresses
CIRCULAR HOLE IN CURTAIN
Handy In Operating Searchlight Dim
Ing Storm Whyn Windshield Is
Filmed Over
Driving through rain snow or tog Is
dangerous business at night If the
storm curtains enclose the car The
searchlight at the left of the driver
A Meant of Operating the Searchlight
la Necessary When the Windshield
Is Filmed
cannot be used unless the curtain Is
unbuttoned
A circular hole large enough for the
arm to be thrust through can easily
be cut In the curtain and patched in
the manner shown in the illustration
This will prevent the rain from enter-
ing the car but allow the driver to get
at the searchlight — C C Spreen In
Popular Science Monthly
Finesse in driving Is essential If
maximum pleasure safety and comfort
are to be obtained from a car
Balky Starter
When the starting motor stalls
easily and fails to spin the crankshaft
as it should It Is a safe bet that eith-
er tbe storage battery does not test
op to the necessary 1275 or that the
contact points of the line switch are
not making proper contact
Dust on Reflector
A deposit of dust on the reflector or
Jens often cuts down the light to a
marked degree The owner should
make a weekly habit of wiping the
dust from these parts
In order to get the best service from
your tires It will be necessary to keep
careful track of the number of miles
run
Clutch trouble Is one of the com-
monest complaints among car owners
The clutch tbrowout collar needs dally
lubrication
If tbe owner shonld have occasion to
dismantle the springs he should take
the opportunity to spread a lubricant
over the leaves
a a
An attachment Invented In Europe
enables a person In any seat In an au-
tomobile to regulate Its speed without
the knowledge of the' driver
A finger print method using cards
In quadruplicate has been Invented
for identifying owners of automobiles
and preventing tbe theft of cars
An interesting and profitable trip
that every motorist should take but
very few think of Is a trip under the
car to see the condition of things
The powdery abrasions coming from
worn magneto brushes when mixed
with oil will serve to short-circuit the
electric current and the result will bs
irregular firing
Christmas Decorations
Everywhere women and children
are more or less engrossed with prep-
arations for Christmas day the most
Joyous of the year for them No one
can do too much toward celebrating
tbe 'greatest of festivals In tbe right
spirit for it should be a day of re-
joicing The interchanging of -gifts Is
nil to this end but this phase ot
Christmas celebrating seems overdouj
nnd to occupy too much dime and costs
too much money in nite years It
crowds out other anil equuby Impor-
tant thii-gs Everyone should share In
the good cheer at Christinas time nnd
extensive giving of high-priced gifts
would much better be curtailed than
the Christmas dinner with the reunion
of members of families and their
friends the remembrance of the un-
fortunate or iMr and contributions
to institutions thut need them
Some things cannot he omitted at
Christmas time If it Is to retain Its
"significance Tbe Christmas greens
thut decorate our homes und churches
Christmas candles and goodies and of
ell the things the Christmas tree must
be provided for The high cost of liv-
ing has not made these impossible In
any community and In many places
where evergreen trees are plentiful
It Is time and effort more than money
thnt Is needed The youngsters will
do a lot toward furnishing Christmns
greens wreaths branches and little
trees that make a background for oil
the day’s festivities and set off the
bright red of holly or candle-berries
bitter-sweet and polnsettla
Nearly all the polnsettla used at
Christmas time is artificial It Is made
by houses thut manufacture decorative
plants and flowers of bright red velvet
and lasts for years that Is as long
as It Is put away carefully from
Christmas to Christmas By far great-
er amounts of polnsettla are made of
red crepe paper with small yellow cen-
ters also of paper nnd these too will
Inst a long time If cared for The ex-
pense for nil the poinsettia needed by
the average church or home Is so very
little that no one Is too poor to have
this lovely addition to Christmas
greens Bed must not be used too luv-
shly among them
l’oinsettin is made by cutting petals
In various sizes from crepe paper wir-
ing them along the center with very
fine wire and winding the petals to n
stem of heavier wire The whole out
fit for making them costs next to
nothing Bright red berries can be
simulated with fine wire and sealing
wax If holly can’t be obtained by
shaping the wax on tbe end of short
lengths of title wire Some lovely
Christians bnskets for household nnd
tulile decoration nre made by filling
wicker or other baskets with press-
ed muiden-hnir ferns and paper poin-
settia blossoms
Candle lamp nnd electric light-
shades of red nnd green fmpPr are
mnde In much the some way us poln-
settin Petals of red paper all In One
size are stayed with fine wire which
can be curved to suit the light nnd
among these a few stnnller green pet-
als to represent the calyx of the flow-
er nre to he placed They ore glued
to a circular disk nt the center with
a hole cut in It to fit over the electric
light or candle shade supporter or
lump globe When the petals have
been glued to place the shade appears
flat like a plate but the petals-can he
curved by means of the wire In them
In any way desired and the shades
made small or large by varying- the
size of the petals
Let “Danderlue” save year hair and
double Its beauty You ran have lota
ot long thick strong lustrous hair
I Don’t let It stay lifeless thin straggly
or fading Bring back Its color vigor
and vitality
Get a 35-cent bottle of delightful
“Danderlne” at any drug or toilet eoun-
ter to freshen your scalp check dan-
- draff and falling hair Your hair aeeda
this stimulating tonic then Its life
color brightness and abundance will
return — Hurry! — Adv
Matter of Evidence
One of the attorneys for Steve Beck
In his recent trinl In criminal court on
a chnrge of manslaughter was ques-
tioning a mnn for Jury service In the
ease
“Do you believe” he asked “that a
mnn necessarily Is guilty of man-
slaughter If his automobile runs down
another person on n public highway?”
“No sir” replied the Jury tulesiunn
“not unless (lie other person dies”
HOW
RHEUMATISM
BEGINS
The excruciating agonies of rhenma-
tlsm are usually the result of failure of
the kidneys to expel poisons from tbs
system If tbe irritation of thesa uric
acid crystal is allowed to continue in-
curable bladder or kidney disease may
result Attend to it at once Don’t
resort to temporary relief The aick
kidneys muat be restored to health by
tbe use of some sterling remedy which
Will prevent a return of the disease
Get some GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Oil Capsules i jmediately They have
brought back the joys of life to count-
ies thousand of sufferers from rheu-
matism lame back lumbago sciatica
gall stones gravel and other affection
of the kidneys liver stomach bladder
and allied organs
They will attack the poison at once
ear out the kidney and urinary tract
and tbe soothing healing oils and herb
will restore the inflamed tissue and
organs to normal health ’
-AH others are imitation Ask for
GOLD MEDAL and be sure the turns
GOLD MEDAL i on the box Three
sixes at all good druggists — Adv
Ostrich Trimming Due
Tho vogue this full and winter will
be pre-eminently for oetrloh trimming
acuordlng to buyers of women’s appar-
el making tlielr purchases nt the style
shops In Farts Dresses and wraps
as well ns millinery are ostrich
trimmed and accessories such ns bugs
scarfs and girdles nre also trimmed
with these graceful feathers
Kid Used In Informal Hat
There nre many Informal little hats
of kid The kid used for them is very j seta
thin so that It may be draped Vffect-
ively Little metal designs are fre-
quently embroidered on the brims
This is decidedly on Innovation In
one model hlnck velvet and kid are
strikingly combined the leather form-
ing the nnderfaclng of tho brltn while
he upper part of the hut Is of the
velvet
Page tha Preacher
Manager (to a new guest) — Ahf
And how did you find the service this
morning?
Reverend One — I didn’t find It at all
sir Although I have heard great praise
about the line service of this hotel
for the life of me I could neither find
preacher nor congregation
Collar and Cuffs
Tinsel effects are used on angora
which Is niude up Into collar and cuff
"Cold In tlie Head”
Is an acuta attack of Nasal Catarrh Par
sons who are subject to frequent “colds
In the head” will And that the use o'
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System cleanse tha Blood
and render them less liable to colds
Repeated attacks of Acuta Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Is tak-
en internally and arts through the Blood
on the Murous Surfaces of the System
AH Druggists 7&q Testimonials free
$100 00 for any case of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEJjICLNL wiU not
jure
jT J Cheney ft Co Toledo Ohio
Uncertain
l know a feUow who Is very suc-
cessful In hniulling a grip
-Is he a doctor or a bellhop?
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