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THE DACOMA ENTERPRISE
Ailroco Partied Wlm
Liniment
heals without
a acar.—Adv.
Conserve 1
Morglarm poured oil od the forty
thieves.
“What a waste of fat In war times,"
we protested.
Virginia potato crop is short.
THI8 18 THE AGE OF YOUTH.
Yon will look ten years younger if yon
darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by
using "La Creole" Hair Dressing—Adv.
Ughl
He started to take a nap In the bar-
her chair but awoke with a terrible
start.
"Have n bud dream, sir?” asked
the sympathetic barber.
"You bet I did. 1 dreamed the boy
was blacking my white shoes.”
THIRD YEAR OF WAR SEES SITUATION
OF THE ALLIES GREATLY IMPROVED
Don’t Poison Baby.
WT'ORTY YEAR3 AQO almost every mother thought her child must hays
I * PAREGORIO or laudanum to make it sleep. These drugs will produce
I Bleep, and a FF.W DROPS TOO .MANY will produce the BLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE IS NO WAKINO. Many are tho children who
have been killed or whose health has been ruined for life by paregoric, lauda-
num and morphine, each of which is a narcotic product of opium. Druggists
are prohibited from selling either ot tho narcotics named to children at ail, or
to anybody without labelling them “ poison." The detlnition of “narcotic”
Is : "A medicine which relieves pain and jrroduces sleep, but which in poison-
ous doses produces stujxyr, coma, convulsions and death.” Tho taste and
amell of medicines containing opium are disguised, and sold under the names
of “ Drops,” “ Cordials,” “ Soothing Syrups,’’ etc. You should not permit any
medicine to bo given to your children without you or your physician know
of wdiat it is composed. CASTORIA DOES NO'1’
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature
of Chas. H. Fletcher.
Genuine Castorla always bears the signature of *■
Germany’s Position Less Favorable Than One Year Ago or Two
Years Ago—In Principal Theater of War, the West, East
’ and Italian Fronts, the Entente Allies Have Shown
Decided Superiority.
J1
Canadian Farmers
Profit From Wheat
The war’s devastation of
European crops has caused
an unusual demand forgrain
from the American Conti-
nent. The people of the world must
be fed and wheat near $2 a bushel
offers great profits to the farmer.
Canada’s invitation is therefore
especially attractive. She wants
settlers to make money and happy,
prosperous homes for themselves by
_ helping her raise immense wheat crops.
Yon ran get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE
and other lands at remarkably low prices. During many
yoara Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 bushels to
the acre many yields as high as 45 bushels to the acre.
Wonderfal crops also of Oats. Barley and Flag.
Mixed farming as profitable an industry as grain rais-
ing The excellent grasses full of nutrition are the only
food ....... ~ ‘ * •
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required for beef or dairy purposes,
churches, markets convenient, climate excellent.
Good schools.
There la an extra demand for farm labor to replace the
many young men who hare volunteered for the war. The
Government ia urging farmer* to put extra acreage Into
grain Write for literature and partioulx
railway rates to 8upu of imiulgraii
c. A. COOK
2012 Main SI., Kansas City, Mo.
Canadian Government Agent
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Oklahoma Directory
Films Developed £;"•&!
ear Uim experts give 700 better result*. Isstman
Kodaks, mim*. and all Kodak Supplies sent any
where, prepaid. .Send a* year next roll and let u*
-----*- iyoU we are doing better Kodak finishing.
Bond for catalog.
■Mali Drue Co., Kodak Dept.
Easletn AssnU
A inun may speak several languages
anil still not be able to say anything
worth listening to.
Oklshom* Cite
WM<
aoa W. Main
Federal Motor Sales Co.
*12 No. Bdwy., Oklahoma Olty
ts Distributor*
•tats
Spartan Woman Suffarad Untold Torturaa
but who w*unts to be a Spartan? Take
“Femonlna” for all female disorders.
Price bOc and $1.00.—Adv.
PREMIER UBERTT BRISCOE
AUTOMOSILX* I
PaUara wmMt 1. ..ok oo.atr.
WKj nut writ, for full psrtleal&r*.
The Trouble.
“Wlmtcha looking so blue about,
old top?"
“Oh. my wife wants more clothes,
though all the year her wardrobe has
been oversubscribed.”
HAVE SOFT, WHITE HANDS
TRY
ShlpplBg
Yosr
CREAM
Ta BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Drs. Buxton & Guthrie
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
i OHM K FIRST A HOBINSIPM STRKKTK
OKLAHOMA CITY
STORAGE BATTERIES
Rmbulli, ff.pafr.if mnd Rm-chmcgad
Hew Ratteriea in atock for anv make of car.
▲Ajthinx electrical on AUTOMOBILE or rARM
U0BTIN6 PLANTS INSTALLED **4 BCPA11C0.
Prunfy Storage Baffery Co.
4*7 W. Main SI. Oklahoma City, Okla.
£>cce$ucr
CLEANEMS ami DYERS
4.20 NORTH BROADWAY
OKLAHOMA CITY
Clear Skin and Good Hair by Using
Cuticura—Trial Free.
The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Besides
these fragrant, super-creamy emol-
! llents prevent little skin troubles be-
coming serious by keeping the pores
free from obstruction. Nothing better
at any price for all toilet purposes.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postciird, Cuticura, Dept. L,
! Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
ALLEN-CLASSIC CAR
s o o 0.00
to .old br ALLBN-JACKSON MOTOR CO. ol
fll N. Broadway, Oklahoma City, State Dtstrtb*
a tor*. Also the Jackaorv-Wolverina • a* a aide
koa Borne choice territory open for local dealers.
Ship Your Cattle, >
Hogs and Sheep to
Cassidy Southwestern Commission Co.,
Capital, Surplus and Profits, $700,000.00
Oklahoma City—Ft Worth—Kan*.* City— SLLoula
A Ready-Witted Parson.
The evening lesson was from the
Book of .Tob and the minister had just
read: “Yen. the light of the wicked
shall be put out,” when Immediately
the church was In total darkness.”
"Brethren,” said the minister with
scarcely n moment’s pause, “In view of
the sudden and stnrtllng fulfillment
of this prophecy, we will spend a few
minutes In silent prayer for the elec-
tric lighting company.”—Boston Tran-
script.
Elgin Six
<tbAor W. C. NORRIS
YUxk MOTOR SALES CO.
Y»/Uw T«li», OKU. City
KODAKS *“d CAMERAS of All Kind$
" Ch«mlcal». Film*, Print i’ap«ra, etc. !
ALWAYS FHH811. shloped br uixll orcxprsM. Call 1
or wrFu». Ttvnrjthing for pruf©**lonal aud uuittore
Motographora. Catalog for the atking. Oklahoma
Photo Supply Co.,bUOiN Hdwj Oklahoma City. Okla.
N. S. SHERMAN MACHINE
AND IRON WORKS
Engineers, Founders and Machinists
Grate Bars and Smokestacks
11 *. 34 F.a»l Ham Stmt O.labom* City. Okla.
On Will Training.
The magazines advertise many books
on will training. Each of them prom-
ises to heal the sick self, to strengthen
the feeble knees, to turn the poor In
heart Into dominating personalities, to
make live wires out of hard bound
brains. Pleasant Is tho picture, very
pleasnnt and nllurlng, which these ad-
vertisements pnlut of the future. Your
Inhibitions shall be cast out of you,
they shnll perhaps enter Into your
Gadarene competitors, who shall be
driven violently down a steep place
Into the sea, leaving your once faint
heart free to win fair wages. Unless.
Indeed, your competitors happen to
better their wills by buying and read-
ing the same books. In which case the
future looks less clear.—The New Re-
public.
SCHOOL and CHURCH
Furniture,Opera Chairs
Send for catalog and price*.
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l \ JASPER SIPES CO . OKLAHOMA CITY
W isl. u.. Ok i a hot- a City, No. 31-1917.
Most Probable.
May—Jack has an airship now.
Fay—Yes, I know. He promised to
drop In when he gets around our way.
POST TOASTIES
are the newest and
best in corn flakes
New York.—Germany's situation at
the end of three years of war appeurs
less favorable than It did either one.
year ago or two years ugo.
She has to her credit in the last
twelvemonth the crushing of Ill-pre-
pared Kouronnla and the conquest of
two-thirds of that nation's territory.
But In the principal theater of war,
the west, east and Itallun fronts, the
entente allies huve shown, on the
whole, a decided superiority to the
central powers.
In the materials of war the nations
fighting for democracy clearly have uu
Increasing advantage over the kaiser's
legions. They have dealt the enemy
blow after blow which have told heav-
ily In lives. If not In territory.
Germany More Desperate.
Germany’s plight Is rendered more
desperate than It was on August 1,
1910, by the uccesslon of the United
States and several minor peoples to
the ranks of her enemies. Almost the
whole world Is now lined up against
that nutlon.
Every belligerent dreads another
winter of war, but Germany most of
all. She lucks many things to face the
rigors of a cold campaign—not only
shells and guns, but wool for warm
clothing and sufficient coal to run her
ri.-pldly deteriorating railroads and
h *r factories nnd keep those ut home
comfortably warm, not to speak of the
famine In the food fats so necessary
to those fucing zero weather.
Looking hack on the long truce of
the spring on the eastern front. It Is
hard to realize that the Russians Just
one year ago were In the midst of a
splendid offensive much like that
which hus surprised the world In the
present month. In the 1916 drive Brus-
Rlloff pushed far within Bukowlna and
Galicia and crossed the borders of
Hungary. He took about 350,000 pris-
oners, mostly Austrians, uud forced the
enemy to concentrate masses of relia-
ble German troops, aided by u few
Turks, to check him.
The real reason his drive came to a
halt, however, we know now was lack
of ammunition, failure of transport,
treason within the czar’s armies and
wretched bureuucratlc Inefficiency.
These handicaps seem to have been re-
moved from the courageous Musco-
vites, perhaps for all time.
Unfortunate Roumanla.
Koumunlu declared war on the Teu-
tonic powers August 27 and Immedi-
ately Invaded Transylvania, where the
weak Austrian guards were easily
pushed back and the Important cities
of Hermannstudt and Kronstadt were
soon In the Invaders’ hands.
The kulser sent Von Falkenhayn, a
splendid strategist Just displaced by
Von lilndenburg, as chief of the great
general staff, to command on this
front, while Von Mnckensen headed I
the Germans, Bulgarians and Turks,
who threw themselves on Koumanla
from the south.
The Roumanians proved no match
for the combination of foes. Skillful
work by German spies, or the treach-
ery of certain members of their own
army, put the Roumanians' plans of
campaign In the Teutons' hands. It is
tow divulged. Bucharest fell Decem-
ber 6, and ten days later all Walachia
was lost. On December 18 Russian 1
Iroops took over the whole Roumanian
front, and a few weeks later the Teu-
ton advance was checked along the
line of the Sereth uud Danube rivers.
Somme Battle Continues.
In the west, however, Germany was
facing a fur different problem from
the poorly outfitted and trained Rou-
manian peasants. When the third year
of the war opened the battle of the
Somme was still going on vigorously,
w ith the French nnd British showing a j
ronstnntly growing superiority over the
foe. Bit by bit through the summer
• ml autumn the ground was wrenched j
from the kaiser’s men until the coming
of winter smothered the offensive "In
mud and blood," nnd. according to the I
British commander, Sir Douglas Haig, 1
saved his opponents from an immedi-
ate great enforced retirement.
On September 22 It was announced ;
that the French nnd British had taken
55,800 prisoners In the Somme battle 1
between July 1 and September 18. This \
total was later considerably Increased. I
French Win at Verdun.
At Verdun, too, the Germans suf- j
fered. The French In battles of the
fall and winter won hack inost-of the '
ground lost in the offensive of the]
spring of 1916 and captured more thanl
15,000 prisoners, with slight losses
themselves.
The spring campaign In the west j
opened this war with the Germans j
falling back from the great salient I
spearpolnt directed nt Paris—confess- |
lng thereby either their weakness or
their aversion to a further offensive, al-
though nt the time German writers
hinted darkly that Von Hindenburg
"had something up his sleeve.”
The "strategic retirement" began
nbout March 17. nnd the Teutons tri-
umphantly declared It would prevent
an allied offensive this year. But they
spoke too soon.
On April 9 the British stormed high
Viiny Ridge, taking on this nnd suc-
ceeding days about 12,000 prisoners.
The olher enemy stronghold along the
British line was Messlnes Ridge, south
of Ypres. This the British blew up by
mines June 7, the noise being heard In
London. They captured 5,000 prison-
ers the first day of the offensive und
many others later.
French Gain Hills.
Below* the sector of the German re-
tirement the French were equally suc-
cessful. ( >n April PI they started a
great offensive which resulted in the
dominating “Ladies' road” falling Into
their hands, besides Important posi-
tions In Champagne. Their prisoners
the first two days totalled 17,000. On
May 0. along the Alsne, they took 6,100
captives and gained points from which
they looked down on the foe, as the
British did farther north.
It should be noted here, however,
that the French losses were severe,
resulting In the replacement of NIvelle
as commander In chief by Petaln.
The last twelvemonth In the Itallun
campaign has witnessed a Reries of
costly reverses for the Austrians, but
the Italians have been prevented from
following up their successes by the
very difficult terrain, the beaten Teu-
tons fulling back after each defeat to
new mountulu positions most difficult
to attack.
Italians Take Gorizia.
On August 8, 1910, tho Italinns
stormed the stubbornly defended Go-
rizia bridgehead, on the Isonzo river,
taking alsiut 10,000 prisoners, and
they followed this success the next
day by seizing the city of Gorlzla und
increasing the number of their cap-
tives.
The Italians launched a new offen-
sive the first days of November and
on November 5 they announced that
their prisoners since the fall of Go-
rizia totaled 40,305.
Winter then stifled operations until
May 15, when the Italinns returned
to the attack In the Carso, aiming at
Trieste. On May 18 the hnul of Aus-
trian prisoners was announced to be
6,432. The offensive was renewed May
25, 9,000 prisoners being tnken the
first day. On May 26 Italy 6tated she
had tnken 22,414 prisoners since
May 14.
The last operations left the Italians
In an unfavorable terrain and the Aus-
trians counter-attacked successfully,
inflicting Important losses, but not
driving back the Invaders to any great
extent. The Italinns apparently set-
tled down to organize the conquered
soil In preparation for a new blow.
In the Balkans.
In the Bnlkans the deadlock con-
tinues, but whnti changes there have
been have favored the allies. At the
west end of the lines the gallant Ser-
bians last winter fought their way
TO DRIVE AMBULANCE
Mrs. Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff.
a prominent author and poet. Is going
to France to drive an ambulance with
a hospital on the British front. Mrs.
Wagstaff will be a valuable addition
to the hospital, being ns capable nt
repairing her machine as she Is at
driving It. She Is an expert mechanic
nnd u crack motorcyclist.
back on their own soli, and with the
help of other troojls took Monasttr.
King Constantine of Greece gave up
the forts of Kuvula to the Bulgarians
nnd the Germans took about 20,000
Greek soldiers to Silesia as "guests."
For this and other acts favoring the
Germans he lost his throne. Greece
is now building up a new army of
400.000 men. which will probably soon
be fighting for the cause of democracy
under the leadership of the great pa-
triot. Venlzelos.
The Italians have Increased their
[ torces In Albania and built excellent
communications through the moun-
tains. forming a Junction with Sarrall’s
left and securing this end of the Bal-
j kan line.
When the marshes froze there was
a sharp Russian offensive lust winter
near Riga. Otherwise, the coast front
lay dormant for many months, and
I during the revolution “fraternizing”
! was rife between the opposing armies.
Then the Russians, having put their
i house In order, set out to show the
kaiser that free men can fight better
than slaves.
The sectors selected for attack lay
between the I‘1 risk marshes and the
i Carpathians, the same us last summer.
Successes were scored ut several
points, the prisoners by July 11 num-
bering 42,000. The greatest ndvance
was near Stanislaus, from which city
Korniloff's men advanced across a
series of rivers, capturing Halicz nnd
Kalucz and sabering and bayoneting
the beaten Austrians.
Russian Drive Pleases.
The unexpected “come back” over-
joyed the allies and filled the Russians
at home with martial enthusiasm.
The Turks suffered severe defeats
In the course of the year ut several
points. The British splendidly re.
trieved their reputation In Mesopo*
tnmla by recapturing Kut-el-Amara.
On March 11 they took Bagdad. They
continued several scores of miles fur-
ther on and also formed n junction
with the Russians northeast of Bag-
dad.
Farther north the Russians held on
to their more Important gains—the
great cities of Erzerum and Trebizond,
but abandoned Mush, Armenia, and a
large city hut thinly settled region to
tho foe.
Near Jerusalem.
Moving out from the Suez canal
the British Inflicted a severe defeat
on the Turks near Romani nnd then
fought their way into Palestine,
building a new railroad as they went.
A further slight advance would bring
them before Jerusalem. The Turks
apparently are preparing to abandon
the Holy City. They have also re-
moved the Jews from the seaport of
Jaffa, treating them so cruelly that
hundreds have died.
In Germany’s sole remaining colony,
East Africa, converging columns of
British, Portuguese and French are
closing In on the remnants of the de-
fending army and the kaiser's over-
seas dominations seem near eclipse.
All military observers expect the
war will continue through the next
winter and the new campaigns are
awaited with special Interest because
American troops will have a chance
to show their mettle on the west front.
for air. Fluff filled his lungs, then
dived and came up with his master, hut
was dragged under again until he hud
j to let go.
Arthur Bnzata came nt the older
brothers screams, dived in and
i brought the body of Joseph to shore.
I luff, who had kept diving desperate-
ly, refused to come ashore until Baza-
j tu came up with Ills muster's form and
brought It to land.
HEARTY BREAKFAST IS 0. K.
: French Medical Professor Urges Euro-
peans to Follow Example of
Americans.
Bordeaux, France.—The American
breakfast of hatn and eggs, liver and
bacon, beefsteak or other meat, vege-
i tables and porridge, ns a substitute for
i the meager European morning meal, is
| recommended for Frunce by Doctor
j Bergonle, professor of the Bordeaux
j medical faculty.
i Doctor Bergonle regards tills substi-
tution ns one of the reforms most like-
I ly to relieve the economic situation, by
| providing rational nourishment and
1 avoiding a great deal of waste.
lie bases his argument on the fact
that man requires sustenance most ut
the beginning of the day when he Is
about to make his effort, whereas la
Europe he takes Ills principal meal
: when Ills day's work Is half through,
when he Is half tired out nnd is In*
] capable of so digesting his meal as to
give him proper support for the rest of
I the day's work.
HOME
TOWN
fH*
HELPS
SITE MATTER OF IMPORTANCE
Should Be Selected by Home Builder
Only After Many Things Are
Taken Into Consideration.
Selection of the proper site, the one
nost adapted to the style of structure
| contemplated. Is a question of great
Importance to the prospective home
I builder. Many features should he con- j
| nldered in choosing the location. All
I of the reasons why much care should
I he exercised in picking the right situa-
| tion have an Important bearing on the
! enjoyment of the home by the occu-
pants.
Proximity to the business of the I
head of the house and to transit facili- \
lies, schools and church should be as- I
certnined before a site Is decided upon. [
j other features to be considered are
advantages from a public-facilities
viewpoint—good streets, drainage, gas 1
nnd water supplies and sanitation. J
Healthiness nnd beauty of loention, i
street lighting, privacy and general
character of the neighborhood are
other features to be Investigated.
Relation of the site’s value nnd sur-
roundings to the proposed cost of the
contemplated home should be consid-
ered. Size of the lot should also
greatly influence the style of building.
The type of the home should he deter-
mined by definite conditions, in which
the character of the site and surround-
ings are of predominating importance.
While a prospective builder may
have in his Imagination an adaptation
or reproduction of a period design. It
Is very frequently unwise to permit
suoh an imagination to he the deciding
factor ns to what design a home should
represent. Errors in construction are
often made through placing a repro-
duced design In an inappropriate set-
ting, where a uniquely constructed
dwelling is entirely out of place with
Its surroundings.
CJTY PLANTS SHADE TREES
Women of Oakland, Cal., Aid Superin
tendent of Parks in Beautifica-
tion of Residence Streets.
All of the big residential streets in
Oakland are to he planted with shade
trees, according to Lee S. Kerfoot, su-
perintendent of parks. He will be as-
sisted In the matter by local society
women.
The plan had Its Inception at after-
noon teas and other social gatherings
where society women met. The sub-
ject of lining the residence streets
with trees of uniform growth and
species was often discussed, and a
committee appointed to take the mat-
ter up.
According to the pork superintend-
ent, the plan Is to use trees grown
by the city in its conservatories in
Lakeside park. Poplars, willows and
eucalytus will probably be used, and
no two varieties will be planted on
any one street.
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HOW TO WRITE TO SOLDIERS
DOG’S RESCUE EFFORT FAILS
Collie, Plunging Into River, Vainly
Tries to Hold Up Body of His
Master.
Westfield, Mass.—Joseph Wrogow-
sky, seven years eld, was drowned In
the Westfield river at Red Rock after
his collie. Fluff, twice tried to bring the
boy to shore.
Joseph and his nine-year-old brother.
William, were playing on the hank.
Joseph slipped Into the river. The dog
plunged In, got the lad's collar In a firm
grip and tried desperately to paddle
ashore. The boy dragged the dog un-
der until Fluff was forced to come up
War Department Announces Rules for
Addressing Letters to Men
at the Front.
Washington.—Persons sending let-
ters or cablegrams to American sol-
diers in France are cautioned in a
war department announcement to In-
clude in the address only the name of
the soldier, his company, regiment or
other unit, and the words “American
Expeditionary Force.” The location
of the unit should not be mentioned,
even if It he known.
The envelope should also hear the
name and address of the sender.
Similar rules prevail for communica-
tions from members of the expedition-
ary force to friends or relatives in the
United States. Troop locations or
movements must not be mentioned.
Money may be transmitted through
postal orders, but arrangements have
not yet been completed for parcel1
post service.
Getting Privacy About Home.
Within the last few years Ameri-
cans have begun to discover that the I
j land about their house should be treat-
ed as a part of the home and that it
should have the charm of Intimacy j
J and privacy. They have reverted to I
the ways of the' early Colonial days, I
when the fence was not only a pro-
tection but an ornamental part sf the j
grounds. Some of the fences around 1
the old houses In Salem. Mass.; in
Charleston, S. C„ and elsewhere bear
witness to the state and dignity of the
persons who lived behind them, and
through the gates one still gets
glimpses of charms that would lose by
half if they were not secluded and kept
for the persons who live in the houses
of which they form the setting.
We are even borrowing the foreign
Idea, hesitatingly, of turning our
houses nbout, with their backs to the
street and their fronts to a garden of
lawn and flowers which may be as fully
and freely enjoyed as the most com-
fortable living room In the house.
ARE PROMISING
o
Western Canada 1917 Crops in
Good Shape.
While It Is a little early to predict
what the Western Canada grain crop
will produce, there Is every Indication
at the present writing that the 14117
crop will give un excellent return. Re-
ports received from all portions »f
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
speak of good growing weather, a
fairly advanced stage of all grains,
with prospects us good ns In the past
two years. Should conditions con-
tinue as at present, it Is safe to con-
clude that Western Canadian farm-
ers, already free of debt, as a re-
sult of the splendid crop* and prevail-
ing high prices, expect from this sea-
son's returns to be In a position that
will place them away beyond any fear
of the future.
The acreage of Western Canada will
be about the same us last year. Seed-
ing was somewhat later than last
jear. but germination was quicker. Tha
only possible drawback now would
seem to be a scarcity of harvest hands,
but tt Is felt by the authorities that tha
situation will be pretty well cared for
by that time.
Land values are Increasing, but there
is room for a much greater Increase
than In the past, owing to the retuma
that farmed land will give when com-
pared with its cost. In some district*
land that could have been bought five
years ago for $15 an acre Is changing
hands at $60 an acre, the seller satis-
fied that he Is giving the purchaser
good value for his money. And why
not, when it is known that In a great
many cases during the past two yearq
crops have been grown on this land
that have produced a profit of forty
and fifty dollars per acre, over and
above cost of production. These cases,
while not general, were not excep-
tional.
In addition to the lands that ar»
offered for sale by railway companies,
lnnd companies and private individ-
uals, the homesteading areas offer
great Inducements for those who art
willing to do a little pioneering for *
year or two. By that time settlement!
would come Into existence, and thll
means a condition similar t» that en-
joyed by many of the older settlement!
of today—schools, churches, railways
The land Is of high-class quality,
strong and vigorous, easily worked,
und capable of producing the very best
of crops.
The demand for all grains for soms
years will be great, and It will requlrs
all the resources of man, beast and
•oil to meet It. That the prices will
be good goes without saying, but at the
present Jlme there Is something mors
appealing than the lucrative prtcea
that prevail. That Is, the desire to
assist In winning the world war. The
man at the plow Is doing his "bit,” and
the spirit of patriotism that prevails
will lead him into a broader sphere of
action. No matter where he may be he
will look about him that he may find
land to further develop the country's
resources. It Is possible that his own
state may furnish the land, In which
case he will be quick to take advan-
tage of the offer. If land In hla
own state Is not available, Canada
(now our ally) will be glad to furnish
It In unlimited quantity, as she Is vital-
ly Interested In largely Increasing the
supply of foodstuff which Is now as
urgently needed and is as valuable as
ammunition to the allied countries.
The appeal made by Mr. Hoover,
United States controller of foods, and
also by Hon. \V. J. Hanna, Canadian
controller, emphasizes the need of the
allies, urges economy and the preven-
tion of the waste In food, and be-
speaks whole-hearted public co-opera-
tion. Speaking of Great Britain,
France, Italy. Belgium and their Bo-
ropean allies, they say:
“For Dearly three years their man
power has been engaged In the direct
work of war. and In some cases large
areas of their most productive land»
have been overrun by the enemy. Theh*
food shortage and the food to supply
the armies of Canada and the United
States must be wholly provided from
this side of the Atlantic. The supply
must also be sufficient to cover losses
at sea. Australia, New Zealand, the
Argentine Republic and other coun-
tries are not now available to relieve
the situation because of their remote-
ness and the shortage of tonnage.
"The crop of storeable foods grown
In Canada and the United States suit-
able for shipment overseas threatens
to be entirely inadequate to meet the
demand unless the whole people de-
termine by every means in their power
to make up the shortage. Every Indi-
vidual Is under a direct obligation to
assist in rationing the allied forces.
There must be national self-denial and
national co-operation to provide ths
necessary supplies.”—Advertisement.
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