Beaver Herald (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 11, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BEAVER HERALD BEAVER OKLAHOMA
USE III WESTERN
CANADA LAND VALUES
But Forty and Fifty Bushels of
Wheat to the Acre.
During the past year there ha been
m greater demand for form land In
Western Canada thnn for n number of
years past. The demand Is tor good
fnn lands Improreil or unimproved.
And at on Increase of from ten to ttf-
teen dollars on acre more than the
wrne lands could be liad for n couple
of year ago.
TIic rie In the price of every kind
of produce crown on theo Western
lands. In some cases to double nnd In
other f treble the price prcriilllru; be-
fore 1DM have attracted and nn; at-
tracting in ever-Increasing proportions
the men who arc nnxlous to Invent
their money nnd apply their energies
In the production of wheat for which
the allied natlonx are calling with
toIccs which grow louder nnd more
anxious ns the month roll on nnd the
rnd of the war Mill ccms distant.
Hccf end mere especially hncon are
rcontrrd In ever greater quantities
nd the price of nil these tilings hns
vtard until It Ik not n question of
what shall we produce but bow much
can wc produce Kven should thin
ssorld calamity be brought to n c!oc
In Mr month from now It will bu
yean before normal pre-wnr prices
prevail nnd meantime self-interest If
not patriotism Ik turning the minds of
thousands back to the land. The In-
evitable consequence has been the rise
bi values of land especially wheat
land.
Tho Cnlenry Herald commenting on
these conditions says:
"From Inquiries made from lending
dealers In funning nnd ranching prop-
erties and from the Information gath-
ered In other ways. It Is known that
the value of nil land whent Intnl.
mixed fnrtnlng properties and even
Itood grazing land tins risen In the
last two years -10 per cent Whent
lands In some districts have practical-
ly doubled In price. One denier In
farm Innds recently sold three sections
for 70 nn acre one extra good quar-
ter went ns high its ?IX) nnd nnothcr
brought $100 These tire of course
largo prices hut that they will be
equaled or even surpassed In tho near
future Is beyond question. There Is n
feature about this rush to the Innd
from which the most solid hope can
fco drawn for the success of the move-
ment. Tho proper tillage of Innd to
produce largo crops In n cllmnto like
oars Is now understood nnd practiced
a It never was In the early days of
the province. It would seem too that
with the lncreno of land under culti-
vation tho sensnns nre chnngtng
and the rainfall becoming greater nnd
morn regular.
"Crops nre being hnrvested especial
ly In Southern Alberta which would
fcnve seemed Impossible to tho nld-tlmo
farmer with his old-fashioned Ideas
of breaking nnd seeding. And nt tho
price now set by tho government for
wheat and which possibly inny he In-
creased during tho coming season tho
return to tho practical skilled agricul-
turist must necessarily be very largo.
"What mutters $10 or even $20 nn
era extra on whent laud when n re-
turn its high ns W bushels and even
more may bo taken from every ncre
own 7 With hogs bringing $20 u hun-
dred pounds; beef on tho hoof nt $12.
nd mutton $10 while wool under the
new government nrrnnged system of
handling and snlo brings 0." cents n
pound (and the'so values cannot fall
to any great extent for some years)
tho demand for land will continue and
values Increase In n corresponding de-
free. There has never been In the history
of Canada n time so favorable for tho
fanner ns tho present; self-interest
tho Inspiration of patriotic feeling tho
Id freely extended by the govern-
ment who nru permitting the Import
of certain ngrlculturnl Implements
free all these tend to still further
wise tho price of Alhertu land." Ad-
vertisement. Servants Come Into Their Own.
Tho Job of being a domestic servant
ed to he n heredltnry occupation
In Knglnnd. No onu wns more proud
of his profession than a hutler. The
Jokes about tho dllllculty of getting
servants nro now appearing In the
Amerlcnn fashion. Hero Is n notice
that appeared In tho "Servant!
Wanted" column of.nn English paper
recently:
"General Wnnted: good home high
wages on munition scale nnd hardly
ny work; uso of plnno bicycle nnd
drawing room to entertain friends;
mistress will teach mnld two modern
languages and master will Instruct her
In conic sections and dtlfereutlnl cal-
culus." No Occasion for Alarm.
"You understand" snld tho druggist
"that this chloroform Is poison. What
4o you Intend to do with It?"
"Our baby has kept mo uwuko ovcrj
stfght for n week" tho mnn replied
"bo I'm going to"
"Stop man for heaven's sakol 01v
ate back that bottle. I cun't allow you
to cimmlt "
"Don't get excited. I'm not going t
knit tho kid. I Intend to Inhnlo th
tuft myself." Dayton News
Sometimes wo envy an old fellow
boot everything ho has except tho
ifceaumtlsm In his kneo Joints.
A critic by any other nam would b
ifcrnodnc JtMt the same.
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i. une or the American heavy howitzers In France being loaded for action. '-'. Klvt-tura In the adoral h.p-
ynrds at Kenrncy N. J. trying to heat tho English record of 30M rivets In a nine-hour day. 3. Canadian en-
gineers making an emergency telephone post out of a wrecked tree.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
America's Great Record in the
Raising and Sending of
Troops Is Revealed.
CROWDER HITS AT LOAFERS
Every Registered Man Mutt Fight or
Engage In Useful Occupation Al-
lies Strike at Reorganizing
Qerman Armies Brit-
ish Arrest Plotting
Sinn Felners.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Ninety thousand American troops
landed In France In tho first ten days
of May; n million men to he on tho
other side In n year from the time the
first were sent ncross the Atlantic; a
grand totnl of 203o222 In active serv-
ice or In training to bo Increased to
1000000 or P.000000 before the end
of the next fiscal year. Such Is the
proud record of the war department
nnd Its plans for tho near future as
stated to tho house of representatives
by Mr. Caldwell of tho military affairs
committee. Tho committer unanimous-
ly approved the $11000000000 army
appropriation hill nnd It wns reported
to the house.
Mr. Caldwell nddedt "The potentlnl
man power of America for n seven
year war may he conservatively esti-
mated nt 20.000000 lighting men of
recognized military age this out of n
population of 12S000000."
Continually hnrnssed by the artll-
Ing record with that of Orent Ilrltaln
ho said: "We began with less went
further nnd arrived with moro In
shorter time."
The army bill was so amended that
Tresldcnt Wilson Is given unlimited
power to cnll drafted men to tho col-
ors. As a step toward realizing the gov-
ernment's expectations In tho mutter
of man power I'rovost Mnrshal On-
eral Crowder on Thursday Issued n
drastic amendment to tho selective
service regulations which will com-
pel every innn of draft ago to either
fight or work nfter July 1. Idlers nnd
all engaged In non-useful occupations
will be culled In by drnft boards and
given their choice of Joining tho col-
ors or finding some useful occupation.
Among those affected by the order nre
gamblers and race track attendants
baseball playerr and other professional
sportsmen wnlters and bartenders
thenter ushers pnssenger elevntor op-
erators and other attendants of clubs
nnd hotels domestics and clerks In
stores.
In applying the nilo deferred clnssl-
rtcatlon ou account of dependents will
be utterly disregarded and local boards
may tnke action whether they have
original Jurisdiction of the registrant
or not.
It Is believed In Washington that tho
"fight or work" plan will go a long
nay In solving the problem of getting
aurtlctent labor for the farms tho ship-
yards nnd the munitions plants. Un-
til tho results of Its operation are
seen there will bo no more talk of tho
conscription of labor.
Attorney General Gregory followed
up General Crowdfr's order with the
statement that all who leave the coun-
try to escape the draft will be prose-
cuted on their return.
r
That thcro will ho enough ships to
meet the requirements of tho Muni-
tion seems assured for the shipyard)!
nre turning them out In steadily In-
creasing numbers. At Ilutgers college
last week Secretary Daniels said that
before another summer wo shall have
enough ships to carry millions of troops
to France nnd enough destroyers to
see them there In snfety. "The em-
peror of Germany" he added "knows
that when tho United States builds
enough ships his end has come and
we nre col tig to build enough ships."
President Wilson has consented to
restore to the original number the
Rett of steamers employed to carry
food to the ten million starving la
ta of GenuB-oecuplM Belgium
and France but on the othor hnnd he
has causH Holland to bo notified that
If It wants the remainder of the grain
promised It by America It must send
Dutch ships for It at one-. The Neth-
erlands government had prohibited
the departure of Dutch vessels from
Its ports where more than 400.000 tons
of shipping are lying Idle. The grnln
rations promised to Norway are going
forward In Norwcglnn bottoms:
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The food sltuntlon In Franco has
Improved so much that tho end of tho
regime of restrictions Is In sight nnd
tho three meatless days a week only
recently Instituted have given such ex-
cellent results that tho measure will
be of short duration. Many of the
older French soldiers will be released
for farm work as tho American troops
arrlvo In greater numbers.
In sharp contrast with this Is the
condition existing In Germany nnd Aus-
tria where tho people nro reliably re-
ported to bo on tho verge of starvation
and of consequent rebellion. Wash-
ington Is Informed that even with the
reduced ration planned for June 15
Germany will not have enough food to
Inst through to the next harvest. Tho
Berliner Tngeblatt says horse meat
and dog meat nre being used by tho
poorer classes In Saxony nnd tho
price has gone up.
The war prisoners of Germany of
course nro the greatest stifferers. The
first contingent of Russian prisoners
lr00 In number to be exchanged un-
der the recent agreement has Just
reached Petrograd and they nre flu-
scrlhed ns "veritable walking dead
men."
As was predicted In this review
weeks ngo tho food supply to be ob-
tained from the Ukraine of which the
German government boasted so much
In advance has proved so small ns to
he almost Inconsequential. And the
kaiser's treacherous trentment of that
country grently aggravates the situa-
tion there for the peoplo do not pro-
pose to ralso crops only to bo robbed
of them.
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Continually harruf-ed by the artil-
lery and air forces of tho allies tho
German commander were still labor-
ing heavily last week to complete the
reorganization of their armies on tho
west front for the resumption of the
drive. So great was tho task and so
effective tho Interruptions that com-
petent observers believed the offensive
could not bo begun ngnln before the
middle of June. Meanwhile General
Foch and his nssoclates Instead of
watting quietly to bo attacked took
every opportunity to Improve their sit-
uations with the result thnt their lines
grew stronger dally. First tho Brit-
ish and then the French always aided
materially by the Americans struck
hnrd In local operations so extensive
thnt In previous wars they would ho
classed as battles. The Anzncs start-
ed off tho week by recapturing VIllo-sur-Ancre
Inflicting henvy losses on
the Huns. Next the Potlus made ono
of their whirlwind attacks on a 4000-
yard front In the I.ocre region near
Kemmel taking a considerable number
of prisoners nnd holding tho objectives
gained which strengthened their de-
fensive positions around Scherpenbcrg
Mont Itouge and Mont Nolr. On suc-
ceeding days tho Germans were pushed
hack In other sectors the allies always
(mining ground of tactical Importance.
The Huns seemed to have lost much of
their lighting spirit and their counter-
attacks had llttlo dash and no success.
The artillery firing on both sides In-
creased during tho weok all along the
line. The Germans wera especially
free with the use of gas shells but In
tho American sector northwest of Toul
nt least they got moro thnn thoy gnve
for tho Ynnkeu batteries fairly deluged
the German positions and cantonments
In the Gerechnmp wood with gas In-
dicting severe punishment on tho en-
emy. The Americans carried out a number
of spirited patrol actions nnd raids In
their sector but had no extensive en-
gagements. Fighting and bombing operations of
the aviators were extraordinarily nu-
merous and exciting Inst week. Many
machines on both sides wero brought
down but the Huns were by far thu
greater sufferers. Among the noted
air men lost was Major Itaoul Lufbery
the American who Jumped from hi
blazing machine and was killed. Other
American aviators were very active
aaamaay of Mem aalart aew laurels.
Tho allied air men carried out numer-
ous bombing raids over German towns
besides dropping mnny tons of ex-
plosives on the enemy's military estab-
lishments. The Germans made a great air rait
on London killing 44 persons nnit toe-
ing five of their planes nnd attempted
two raids on Paris with little sucew.
More satisfactory to the lita ratosl
were the results of some air raids am
nrltUh hospitals behind the lines foe
several hundred sick nnd wounded sol-
diers were killed and Injured and'
among the victims were several wom-
en nurses who would not desert their
wards. The commnnder of the squad-
ron of Gothos that made this charac-
teristically brutal attack was brought
down and captured and declared he dM
not see the Ited Cross signs on the hos-
pitals though they were plainly visible
)
Austria's renewed drive against Itnly
did not develop last week but reports
from Vienna said Austria had ceased
all military operations in the east oa
May 20 In order to concentrate her
forces on the Italian front so It Is like-
ly the offensive will bo started there
very soon. The nllles have little fear
of the result.
The Germans captured the city of
Abo In Finland nnd also occupied
IJJorko nn Island In the Gulf of Fin-
land SO miles from Petrograd. In Kiev
capital of the Ukraine there wns heavy
fighting between the forces of Skoro-
padsky the new Ukrainian dictator
and troops that remnlned faithful to
tho rada. In naku on the Cnsplnn
whb'h was previously reported captur-
ed by the Itusslans the bolshevlkl nnd
Mussulmans fought long nnd bitterly.
Store thnn 2000 were killed nnd much
of the city wns. burned. The food slt-
untlon In Itussln wns reported to be
growing steadily worso except In Mos-
cow. Petrograd Is now entirely with-
out bread.
Copenhagen dlspntches say thnt Gen-
ernl Mnnnerhelm commnnder in chief
of tho Finnish white gunrd has re-
signed because ho was ordered to In-
vade the Itusslan provlnco of Karelia.
'
Declnrlng that It had discovered an
extensive nnd dangerous pro-German
plot In Irelnnd the Ilrltlsh government
descended upon tho Sinn Fein sudden-
ly nnd nrrested several hundred mem-
bers of thnt pnrty Including Its presi-
dent. Professor do Vnlern and prnc-
tlcnlly all tho other leaders. Tho coup
raised n. storm In Irelnnd nml even the
nntlonnllsts though disclaiming nny
sympathy with the revolutionary alms
of the Sinn Fclners declared tho gov-
ernment's action wns not sincere nnd
wns tnken to cloud the home rule nnd
conscription sltuntlon. The Irish ob-
jectors to tho drnft seem to rely grent-
ly on public opinion In the United
Stntes and over here there Is a ten-
dency to suspend Judgment concerning
the Sinn Fein nrrests until the Ilrltlsh
government adduces Its proof of a plot
It Is said the existence of the plot
wns known for weeks by American
secret agents and thnt such notorious
Irishmen In America ns Jeremiah
O'Leory now missing wore concern-
ed In It. It Is eertnln that no pro-Ger-man
plotters In nny of the allied coun-
tries will get any sympathy from the
American government or tho American
peoplo.
!
Director General McAdoo startled
tho country last weok by summarily re-
moving from their positions all presi-
dents of railroads In order to obtnln
more complete co-operntlon In the run-
ning of the lines and Incidentally to
save about $20000000 a year In sal-
aries. Mnny other high rail officials
nlso hnvo lost their Jobs because they
were doing little to enrn their pay. It
Is Mr. McAdoo'a Intention to appoint
n federal director of the roads In each
region and some of the best of the
deposed presidents will get these
places.
The government also has taken over
tho carrier business of the Pullman
company moklng It n part of the rail-
way system. Tho company will be
paid rental for Its carrier Industry
based on the three-year average earn-
ings prior to June 30 1017.
Mrs Ilose Pastor Stokes well-known
socialist was found guilty of violat-
ing tho espionage act by a federal
court Jury .In Kansas City. She bad
attacked the government as all af
tbe profiteers.
THAT CHANGE IN
WOMAN'S LIFE
Mrs. Godden Telia How If
May be Passed in Safety
and Comfort.
Fremont O "I was passtne through
the critical period of life being forty-
six years oi age ana
had all the symp-
toms incldenttothat
chango beat flash-
es nervousness and
was in a general run
down condition so
it was hard for mo
to do my work.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
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pound was recom-
mended to me as the
best remedy for my
troubles which it
aurely proved to be. I feel better nnd
stronger in every way since taking it
end the annoying symptoms have disap-
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poleon St. Fremont Ohio.
Euch annoying symptons as heat
flashes nervousnsss backache head-
ache irritability nnd "the blues" may
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If nny complications present them-
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Lynn Mass. for suggestions how to
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"jour letter held in strict confidence.
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Carter's Little
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Carter's Iron Pills
Will restore color to the faces of
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FORTUNE TELLER WAS RIGHT
Had Foretold Future Correctly Though
It Was Not Exactly Flattering to
Elderly Suitor.
"When I look Into your eyes" he
snld "I am filled with Joy that I never
knew before. When I- hear your voice
I am thrilled exalted. I hnvo traveled
far and seen much but never until I
met you did I understand how glorious
a woman could be."
She looked at him for n moment nnd
drew n little sigh. Then she spoke.
"I hnd my fortune told Inst week
and It has come true. I could not be-
lieve It then but I realize now that
the fortune teller must hnvo bad sec-
ond sight."
"What did she tell you? Thnt you
wero soon to meet the mnn for whom
you wero crented? The man whose
hcuI was ntuned to yours? The mnn
to whom you were to bo nn Inspira-
tion? The mnn whose life without
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"No she told me that I was soon
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Dayton News.
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Evidently He Didn't
James Pomeroy Howe son of Ed
Howe the Atchison (Kan.) philoso-
pher was In New York on his wny to
France. Fifteen yenrs ago Howe was
In the theatrical business with a Broad-
way nctor. The two went South nnd
Joined n minstrel show.
A week was oil they could stand
and then they started home. In the
railroad yards nt Memphis Tenn a
big rough-looking brnkeman tore open
the door of tho box car.
"Hey I" ho growled. "Whaddye mean
by riding in this car?"
Howe looked nt the club the brake-
man held. Then as his teeth chattered
ho assumed an nlr of surprise.
"Why didn't you wnnt us to ride In
It?" ho asked.
Brought Home to Him.
"But your father speaks cordially
enough to mo when ho meets mo on
tho street. Surely I'm not so displeas-
ing to him?"
"That's Just It Ferdinand. When he
sees you on the street It doesn't occur
to him that you might some day be-
come his son-ln-Iaw. It's seeing yon
about tho house that causes n painful
association of Ideas In ills mind."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
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