Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1917 — Page 3

y PUBLIC SALE At the Halstead homestead, located 5 1-4 miles west and 1 3-4 miles ■ north of Rensselaer, 3-4 miles north and 2 1-4 miles east of Mt Ayr, on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917 Begins at 10:00 a. m. The following described property: 10—HEAD OF HORSES—IO Bay mare, 10 years old, wt. 1100, in foal; sorrel horse, 5 years old, wt. 1150; bay mare, 5 years old, wt. 1400, in foal; mare, 3 years old, wt. 900; pure bred Morgan stallion, wt. about -1100; team of dun drivers horse and mare, wt. 2200; serrel saddle and general purpose horse, wt. 1050; brown mare, lady and auto broke, wt. 1100; bay horse colt, 8 months old. 3—HEAD OF CATTLE—3 Jersey cow, fresh about Jan. Ist, ured to pure Swiss bull; red cow, four years old, with young calf by side. . 26 —Pure Bred Hampshire Hogs—26 3 sows, wt. about 250, bred; 23 shoats, wt. 60 lbs. each. FARM IMPLEMENTS McCormack grain binder, 8 feet, bought this year; Hayes riding cultivator; walking cultivator, 7 feet; P. & 0. Disc, new with tongue truck; 7 feet Osborne disc; 3 section harrow, 14 inch breaking plow; 1 horse wheat drill; 6 feet Deering mower; 12 feet Deering rake; 12 feet McCormick rake; Emerson gang plow ? good as new; 2 combined Excellsior wheat drills, with fertilizer attachments, practically new; new John Deere Corn planter with fertilizer attachment; black Hawk corn planter with fertilizer attachment; Avery riding cultivator, with goper attachment; 2 sets of good work harness. ..OVERLAND .ROADSTER— As good as new with all new tires. Has been run about 1500 miles. BASE BURNER — Medium size and in good condition. GASOLINE ENGINE— I. H. C., mounted on truck with sawing outfit attached. Good as new. ..TERMS — A credit of 12 months will be given on all sums of SIO.OO or over, with 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due, if not so paid, 8 per cent will be charged, 2 per cent discount off for cash of sums over $lO, no property to be moved until terms are complied with D. L. HALSTEAD, * ROY LOWMAN. W. E. McCurtain, auctioneer. Ray D. Thompson, clerk. Hot lunch by the Mt. Ayr Ladies Aid

BIG STOCK SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence, 8 miles north and 2 miles east of Renssel- « aer, 4 miles east and 3 miles north of Parr and 3 3-4 miles west and 1 mile south cf Giffcud, commencing at 10:30 a. m., on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 1917, 47 —Head of Cattle—47 Consisting' of cows in calf, aged from 4 to 7 years; yearling and 2-year-old heifers and steers, and 23 •"spring calves; 1 good biack bull. 4—Head of Horse* -4 Consisting of 1 bay gleding, 4 years old, wt. about 1300; 1 black gelding, 3 years old, wt. about 1200; 2 2-year old colts, wt. 1150 each. 4 Head of Hogs -4 . . • . Consisting cf 1 Duroc male pig, eligible for registration, wt. about 175 pounds; 3 good brood sows, wt. about 325 pounds each. I—*ood Rubber-tire Carriage—l '•** And several other articles. —TERMS — A credit of 11 months will be given on sums over $lO, with 6 per cent interest from date if paid at maturity; if not so paid 8 per cent interest from date. 2 per cent off for cash when entitled to credit. JAMES £. BRITT. W. A. McCurtain, auctioneer. R. D. Thompson, clerk. „ Hot Lunch on Ground.

PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auctign on her farm 4 miles south of Wheatfield; 5 miles east of « Kinman and 5 miles north of Gifford on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917. The following personal property: 16 Head of Horse* and Mule*: Grey Mare, 7 years old, weight, 1400; bay mare with foal, 9 years old, weight, 1400; bay driving mare 4 years old, weight 900, a good one; roan gelding, 3 years old, weight 1200; four spring mare colts; bay mare, 3 years old, weight 1100; team coming 5 year old mares, •years old; three year old mare colt; bay horse, 8 years old, weight 1200; yearling mule,. 20 Head of Cattle. Five Milch cows giving milk, will be fresh in spring; 3 year old heifer; cow, will be fresh in January; Jersey cow, pasture bred; 3 year old heifer, will be fresh in spring; two yearlings, one steer, one heifer; fbine spring calves. 6 Dozen Chicken*. Farm Implement*: P. & D. Sulky plow; New Deere Island corn planter: Walking plow; Sulky plow; two broad tire farm wagons; disc, good as new; Rock ■/’two riding cultivators; Grain binder; Top Buggy; Harrow, Mower; Set Single Driving Harness; Two sets . double work harness; Set double driving harness. Household Gpod*: Economy Chief Cream Separator; Washing Machine; Large Extension Table; Rocking Chair; DeLaval Cream Separator; Prairie State Injcubator, and other articles not here 9 Stands of Bees. 500 Fence Po*t*. TERMS: A credit of 12 months will be given on all sums of $lO or over, with 6 per cent interest from date if piid when due, ?f not so paid 8 per cent will be charged. 2 per . cant off for cash on sums over $lO. MRS. FRED KARCH. Hot Lunch Served. Col. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. H. W. Marble, Clerk. TV ' . “W Will there be a Victrola in your home this Christmas? FENDIGS REXALL DRUG STORE

PUBLIC SALE As I am going to move to Star City, Ind., on or before January Ist, 1918, I will sell at public auction at my home on the G. D. Clymer farm % mile east and % mile south of i Goodland, under large tent, beginning kt IQ :00 a. m. sharp, on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917 The following property B—HORSES AND MULES—B '■ Consisting of 1 span of 8-year old mules, wt. 2600; 1 dappled gray gelding, 6 years old, wt. 1630; 1 black mare, 6 years old, wt. 1510; 1 black gelding, 3-years . old, wt. 1480; 1 black mare, 4 years old, in foal, wt. 1460; I.brown mare,* ,12 years old, in foal, wt. 1430; 1 black yearling, wt. 1190. 50—HEAD OF CATTLE—SO Including my Dairy herd of Holstein, Ayrshire and Jerseys, including seventeen of the best milk cows in this part of the country; 3 with calves by side; others to freshen by day of sale; 17 heifers, 2 years old and under; good grade Holsteins; 2 Ayrshires; 16 head of steers, 2 years old and under. Twenty-nine head of fine hog*. FARMING IMPLEMENTS Consisting, of 1 Deering binder, 8 foot cut; 1 Meadow pump, with 40 foot elevator; 1 Deere corn planter, with 160 rods of wire; 1 7 foot Deere disc; 1 7 foot Gale disc; 1 Rock Island hay loader; 1 side delivery hay rake; 1- Janesville Sulky plow; 1 Hayes Drag, 24 foot; 1 Flexible Drag, 18 foot; 1 Tower gopher; 1 combination cultivator with gopher attachments; 1 walking cultivator; 1 14 inch walking plow; 1 Johnson mower; 1 corrugated roller, 8 foot; 1 birdsell wagon, good as new; 1 narrow tire wagon; 1 5-horse gas engine; these tools are all in good condition. Four set* of double work harness and other articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—I 2 months time wW be given bearing 6 per cent interest from date of sale; if paid at maturity; if not paid at maturity 8 per cent. 2 per cent for cash, entitled to credit. $lO and under cash in hand. No property to be removed until settled for. ELMER MONESMITH. Harvey Williams, auctioneer. Chas. Welsh, clerk. Hot lunch on Grounds.

PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public auction, at his farm, 1% miles south and % mile west of Remington, Beginning at 10:00 A. M., on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917 The following described property: 8 HEAD OF HORSES AND MULES 1 black mare, 7 years old, wt. 1600; 1 black horse, 3 years old, wt. 1450; 1 black horse, 2 years old, wt. 1250; 1 brown mare smooth mouth, in foal to Belgain horse, wt. 150 ff; 1 bay road mare, 7 years old; 1 brown mare, 5 years old; 1 pair heavy work mules. 16—HEAD OF CATTLE—I 6 1 red cow, 6 years old; 2 red cows 4 years old; 1 red and white cow, 8 years old; 2 two-year old heifers; 5 yearling heifers; 5 spring calves; 3 steers; 2 heifers. These cattle are all good grade Shorthorns. The cows and heifers are all bred to Pure Bred Shorthorn Bull. ' S— HEAD OF HOGS —5 These hogs consist of 5 piue bred Poland China sows. IMPLEMENTS One 14-inch gang plow; 1 16-inch sulky plow; 1 Gale corn planter with 80 rods of wire; 1 3-section harrow; 1 riding cultivator with gopher attachment; 1 Deering mower; 1 Deere hay loader; 1 low-down seeder, with grass seeder attachment; 1 narrow tire wagon; 1 spring wagon; 1 20th Century manure spreader; 1 fanning mill and grain grader; 1 Sharpies cream separator. HARNESS 3 sets of heavy team harness; 1 set of light driving harness; 8 leather collars; 8 leather halters. Five ton* of Timothy hay in barn. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Steel range, kitchen cabinet, dressers and other things too numerous to mention. TERMS' I —AII sums of $lO or under, cash; over $lO a credit of 12 months will be given, with interest at 5 per cent from date if paid at maturity; if not paid at maturity, then 8 per cent will be charged, purchaser giving note with approved security; 3 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit; no property to be removed until terms of sale ire complied with. WILLIAM LITTLE Harvey Williams, auctioneer. Ellis Jones, clerk. Sale will be held in large tent if weather is bad. Hot lunch served on the grounds.

PUBLIC SALE As we are going Sunny South (Mississippi) we will sell at public auction on the William G. Caldwell farm, 5 miles south east of Rensselaer 3-4 mile south west of Crocket Cemetery, known as the old Malchow farm. Beginning at 10:00 a. m., on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917 7—HEAD OF HORSES—7 Black mare, 16 years old, extra good worker; black horse, 8 years old; extra good worker; sorrell colt* 4 years old, works double; iron gray mare, 6 years old, works single and double, an extra good saddler; black mare, 6 years old, in foal, wt. 1550, an extra good one; sorrel mare lady broke, gentle; gray mare, 12 jrears old, wt. 1200, a good worker. 9 HEAD OF CATTLE—9 Black cow, 5 years old, fresh in April, extra good butter producer; part Jersey cow, 5 years old, fresh in April, a good one; white cow, good milker, fresh Feb/ 23; Jersey cow, 6 years old, good *butter cow, fresh Feb. 23; part Jersey cow, 3 years old, good milker*, fresh Jan. 26; red and white heifer, 3 years old, fresh, Feb. 18; light red cow, 6 years old, extra good butter cow; ”2 heifers, 9 months old, will make splendid cows. •! ■ • 1 18—HEAD OF HOGS—IB 2 extra good brood sows; 16 ’

THE EVENING EEFtTWiCAN. MNBSELAER. IND.

i shotes, wt. 50 lbs. each. FARM IMPLEMENTS Stock cutter; Studebaker wagon, triple bed and scoop board; iron wheel farm truck; Studebaker farm truck with 4 inch tires; good carriages with shafts and two poles; Keystone 4 horse disc, good as new; P. & 0. corn planter, fertilizer attachement, good as new; Syracuse riding plow; buggy and harness; Star Oliver walking plow; Goodenough Sulky plow 14 inch; Scotch Clipper walking plow, 16 inch; Case walking plow, 12 inch; spring wagon; 18 tooth spring harrow; 60 tooth spike harrow; McCormack mower, 5 feet; 2 hay ladders; 2 section spike tooth harrow; spring tooth harrow with levers; 5 hoe wheat drill; 5 shovel cultivator; 3 steel hog troughs; hay rake; cider press; 2 portable hog houses; com shelter and grinder; large lawn mower; 50 gal. galvanized old barrel; set gravel boards, good as new; 2 fancy screen doors; set carriage harness; set work harness; hay fork; pitch forks; 2 iron kettles; new saddle; 12 barrel galvanized water tank; 300 rods new barbed wire on spools; 5 rolls slate roofing; good tame hay in mow, and baled straw. HOUSEHOLD GOODS 10 feet extension dining room table; rocking chair; Morris chair; 6 kitchen chairs; couch; dresser; 2 cupboards, one with glass doors; heating stove, wood and coal; air tight heating stove; cook stove; work table; 12 yards straw matting; beds and springs; dishes and crocks lantern and lamps; washing machine many other articles not her mentioned. TERMS —Credit of 12 months wil be given on all sums of SIO.OO oi over, with 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due; if not sc paid 8 per cent will be charged; 2 per cent off for cash on sums ovei SIO.OO. C. H. GOLDEN J. M. CALDWELL. Col. Fred A. Phillips, auctioneer. Charles G. Spitler, clerk. Hot Lunch on Ground.

BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned, having purchas ed a farm in Michigan, will sell a* public sale at his residence, 12 mile north and 2 miles west of Renssel aer, 3-4 mile west of Virgie, com mencing at 10:00 a. m., on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917 9—HEAD OF HORSES —9 Consisting of 1 gray gelding, I years old, sound, wt. 1100; 1 bagelding, 4 years old, sound, wt. 1400 3 3-year old colts; 1 3-year old geld ing, wt. 1050; 1 yearling mare colt 1 good work team. 19—HEAD OF CATTLE—I 9 Consisting of 7 milch cows, E head 7 years old, all bred; 1 blacl Polled cow 4 years old, bred; 1 Hol stein cow, 8 years old, bred; 4 heac 2-year old heifers; 4 yearling heif ers; 3 spring calves; 1 coming 2-yea old bull. 3—HEAD OF HOGS—3 Consisting of brood sows, wt 300 pounds each. FARM TOOLS Consisting of 1 14 inch gang plow 2 sulky plows; 1 walking cultivator 1 3-section fl xible harrow; 1 Me Cormick mower, used one season; T Webber wagon, nearly new; 1 mow er; 1 hay rake; 2 road'scrapers 12-foot seeder; 1 grindstone; 1 2 1 /. h. p. gas engine; 1 set light doubl driving harness; 4% ton mixed hay 15 tons oat straw; some househol goods and numerous other articles TERMS—A credit of 12 month will be given on sums over $lO, ' per cent interest from date; if no paid at maturity, 8 per cent interes will be charged; 2 per cent off so, cash where entitled to credit. FRANK MIDDLECAMP. W. A. McCurtain, auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, clerk.

Professional Cids Dr. E. C. English PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Oppuaiie I'ruut and Savin** Bank /hones: 177 —2 ring* for office; > ring for residence. Rensselaer. Indiana. Dr. I. M. Washburn i PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Attending clinic at Augustune Ho* pital on Tuesday morning from 1 a. m. to 2 p. m. Phone 48. E. N. Loy HOMEOPATHIST Successor to Dr. W.W . Hartsell. Office, frame building on Cullen St. Residence, Milroy Ave. Phone 89-B John A. Dunlap LAWYER (Successor to Erank Foltz) Practice In all court*. Estate* Mettled. Farm loan*. Collection department te Notary tn tne office. I t.naitlMr - • tedlan* H. L. Brown DENTIST Crown and Bridge Work and Teet> without Plates a Specialty. All th* atest methods in Dentistry. Gas rd Tjinlstered for painless extraction. Office over Lsrsb'a Drug Store Worland & Sons UNDERTAKERS Motor and Horse Drawn Hearses Ambulance Service. Office Phone 23. Residence Phone 58 — Schuyler C. Irwin LAW, REAL ESTATE. INSURANCE 5 per eent farm loans. Office iu Odd Fellows' Block. Dr. F. A. Turfler OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Room* 1 and J. Murray Building. Renaa.laer, Indiana. Phones. Office—2 rings on S 00: Residence—> rings on JOO. Successfully treats both acute and chronic disease*. Spinal curvatures a specialty.

Claims Allowed at December 1917 County Commissioners Court

Eliott Fisher Co,, sup. clerk $1.20 J. P. Hammond/ sup. auditor 5.0,0 Clark and Hammon, sup. auditor 4.50 Chas V. May, sup. treas. 10.00 Geo. W. Scott, sup. recorder 14.85 Ben D. McColly, boarding prisoners , 26.20 Dr. A. R. Kresler, care prisoners ...... 2.00 B. D. McColly, sup. sheriff 4.00 Central Garage, exp. sheriff 9.00 E. D. Nesbitt, sup. surveyor 3.00M. L. Sterrett, salary, county school supt. < ... .117.00 W. L. Sterrritt, sup. public school supt . 5.00 Clark and Hamilton, sup. public school supt 2.50 Nellie M. Sterr.ett, office help public school supt 15.00 Dr. E. C. Johnson, per dun coroner 19.70 Dr. C. E. Johnson, exp. coroner inquest 54.75 Ralph Donnelly, repairs C.H.22.50 Charles Morlan, janitor C.H.60.00 Mrs. Charles Morlan, matron C. H 10.00 J. L. Griggs, foreman C. H. 50.00 K. T. Rhoodes & Co., sup. C. H. 43.31

A. F. Long & Son sup. C. H. J. A. Grant, sup. C. H. 1.04 J. W. Coen, repairs jail 23.50 A. F. .Long & Son, sup. jail 1.50 Ralph J. Donnelly, sup. jail 4.00 Clark and Hamilton, sup. jail 2.50 K. H. Rhoades & Co., sup. jail 7.70 Thurston Otterburg, repairs county farm 52.60 M. V. Brown, repairs County farm , 103.50 Len McCarty, repairs county farm 2.40 John Richards, repairs county farm 16.00 Kenton Blankenship, repairs county farm . . . 3.85 Ross Pollock, labor, county farm 23.75 Halsie Gorden, repairs, county farm 16.00 Geo. M. Wilcox, repairs, county farm 206.95 John F. Zimmer, supplies, county farm 174.17 Kellner & Callahan, supplies county farm . 4428 K. T. Rhoodes & Co., supplies county farm 90.89 Earl Kennedy, supplies county farm 26.26

A. F. Long & Son, supplies county farm 36.05 G. E. Murray Co., supplies county farm 128.02 Roth Bros., supplies, county farm 136.72 John Eger, supplies, county farm 252.05 Clark and Hamilton, public printing 5.45 E. D. Nesbitt, bridge eng. 40.05 Thos. Lowe, asst, bridge eng. 3.0 C Mrs. Fae Petty, care poor children *. 24.00 Mrs. Belle McCarty, care poor children ;.. 24.00 Clark and Hamilton, adv. G. R : > 120.00 Central City Pub. Co. adv. G. R. 2.55 B. D. McColly, adv. G. R. 5.20 James N. Leatherman, ex. co. council defense 50.54 A . S. Keene, bridge 3074 324.00 H. J. Reeder, bridge 3045 120.0 C Marrow & DeArmond, dridge 3050, 3051, 3052, 1,410.00 Clark and Hamilton, Forsythe S. R. . . b 51.00 Central City Pub. co., Forsyte S. R 2.65 3en D. McColly, serving notice ,o viewers S. R 7.60 Clark and Hamilton, pub. iiotice and pty bds. Ellsworth 3. R 61.00 Central City Pub. co., printng notices Do 4.20 Ben D. McColly, serving notices to viewers do 1.70 John Parkinson, supt, Payne 3. road 4.00 A. J. Biggs, supt Hoover 3. R. ’. 64.00 Geo. Wannenga, supt Woniega S. R. 22.00 Tunis Snip, supt. Wonnega 3. R 124.00 Homas Lowe, asst, engr S. R. const 10.00 E. D. Nesbitt, engr. S. R. const 77.25 J. P. Hammond, transcripts Forsythe and Ellsworth S. R. 70.00 Charles Stalbaum, printing notices, Slight S. R 3.00 John E. Alter, asst. engr Wood G. R 18.50 James H. McClanahan, sput. Wood S. R............... 44.00 S. T. Spriggs, supt, Rayburn S. R 44.00 Carey L. Carr, supt. Carr S. R 117.00 Harry Reed, supt Falger and Gatner S. R. . . . r . 37.00 John S. L. Gray, supt. co. highways 68.13 A. B. Robbins, asst. supt. highways 88.50 Fred Ropp, asst, supt highways 98.25 W. S. Lowman, asst. supt. highways , .r. . . 45.00 W. S. Parks, asst, supt; highways .................. 142.75 Charles Meadel, asst. supt. highways 66.95 J. P. Lucus, asaL supt. high- ' ways ...', 66.50 E. A. Strichnoth/ asst. supt. highways '. .. 28.15 A. Woodworth, asst. supt. highways , . 75.00 Horace M. Clark, asst. supt. highways ~ 113.00 C. W. Spencer, asst. supt. highways" 58.90 Kellner and Callahan, G. R. repair 14.96 ■A. F. Long & Son, G. R. repair 1.50 F. H. J. Hordeman, G. R. repair 8.00 Thornton levy co. sup. clerk 6.09 Thornton levy co. sup ' auditor 25.38 Thornton levy co. treasurer 207.80 Thornton levy co. recorder .85 Thorntori levy co. su-veyor 11.75

See Cha*. Pefley for trees, vines, and shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee Aock to now or replace free of charge. For spring delivery.

WAR TALKS

By UNCLE DAN

Number Three

How War Methods Hive Changed Everybody Must Help. “Hello, Uncle Dan, Jimmie am! 1 have been waiting for you." “Sorry if 1 have kept you long." suit! Uncle Dan. “Your mother bus been telling me how bashful 1 used to be. She said if a girl spoke to me I would blush to my. hair roots. Well. I reminded her of the time your father first came to see her and the Joke we played on them, so I guess that will hold her for a while.” Continuing, Uncle Dan said: “You want to talk more about the war. do you? Well, war methods have undergone many changes and they are still changing. No two wars are fought alike. In early times, the weapons were stones, clubs, spears, bows and arrows, swords, etc. In this kind of warfare, victory was with the strong right arm. Men of enormous size and strength were the great warriors. The invention of gunpowder, however, has changed all this. It has enabled men to kill one another at a considerable distance, and do it wholesale. The war, as we know it now, is a combination of chemicals, machinery, mathematical calculations and highly trained men. Just think of it! Airplanes, submarines, armored tanks, or caterpillars, poison gases, and curtains of fire are all used for the first time in this war; and they are destructive beyond anything heretofore known. “The methods followed by the kaiser and his allies are simply devilish. He must answer in history to the kill ing of thousands of innocent women and children. He has broken ev<*ry international law and every rule of warfare: he has bombarded hospitals and undefended cities, sunk Red Cross ships on errands of mercy; he has destroyed cathedrals and priceless treasures of art that can never be replaced ; he has m: tie slaves of his prisoners; he has tried to get us into war wilh Japan ; his enunissaries have blown up our ships, burned our factories and fired our forests. He knows no mercy or honor. The most charitable view to take of this blood-thirsty tyrant is that he is crazy.

“One tiling is certain,”'continued Uncle Dun. with great emphasis, “-Our liberty the safety of our homes and our country, and the security of the woriA demand the speedy and abso- [ lute ovdrhrow of the kaiser and ' crushing out once and forever the reign of Prussian brutality.” “How about the German people," said Billie. Uncle 1 Jan replied : “The splendid Germ in people were happy, thrifty, prosperous mill contented. They have been tricked into war and made to <ufl'er the tortures of the damned; they have been cruelly and systematically deceived. God grant that the real tacts may get to’them, and If they do, Lord help the kaiser !” “Of course the allies will win,” said Mrs. Graham. “Probably so,” said Uncle Dan. “But if we are to win. we must go the limit. We must check the awful destruction to shipping by the German submarine!’., or we may not be able to get food and supplies to our own men anil to our allies; we must also put hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, of first-class soldiers in the battle line. “Food is the first consideration,’’ Uncle Dan continued. “No army can hold out against hunger. It has been said that food will win Ihe war, and this is largely true. Hence the importance of the farm In the War plans of our country.” Mrs. Graham interrupted by saying: “In view of the importance of fanning, don’t you think, Daniel, that the farmers ought to be exempted from war service?” “No, a thousand times no,” said Uncle Dan, striking the table’so hurt! to emphasize his protest that he tipped over a vase of flowers, “We/must have no class legislation. The dutj’ to serve is the common duty of all, and

no class must relieved of this obligation. The question-X)f exemption ' must be a personal one and decided by the facts surrounding each case. In h-no. other way can we have a square deal, and to insure this, it is, the duty of cotrgr'ess to pass immediately the Chamberlain bill, or some such inensulte, which is fair to all classes. It would settle all these questions ami do it fairly. Safety now and safety hereafter demands such legislation, and let m<- suggest that you land your (friends get busy with your congressman and senators and urge them to prompt action. . . “It is time for us to realize that we are not living in a fools’ paradise; that this great country of ours cost ocean's of blood and treasure and it is only due to the loyalty, sacrifice and service of our forefathers that we have a’country, and it is our highest duty to preserve it unimpaired and pass it 6n to posterity, no matter what the cost may t»e. Our citizenship and their ancestors came from all parts of the world to make, this country a home and enjoy its blessings and opportunities; hence. In the crisis before us. it is the duty of everyone to stand Munrely back of pur country and b- , ■•■ pared to deferi'd the flag. Fvs. je In this crisis Is either jpro-An i nor pro-German. Great as the try is. there is not room enough f<• vwo flags.” 1

CROP PRICES AND DOLLAR VALUES

Commodity Price* Ar* High, but Crop* Ar* Higher—The Dollar I* Cheap. • When la a dollar not a dollar? Relative values shift so rapidly these days that ih dollar has no definite value. It Is merely a question of how much of the commodity you want, you can get for the commodity you have to exchange—whether that commodity be labor, live stock, com or wheat.

A bushel of corn will buy more fertilizer now than It would In 1914. Every purchase must be considered on the basis of relative values rather than dollar values. The high quotations for spring fertilizers have caused many farmers to ask whether it will be possible to use fertilizers at a profit next season. The answer to this question may be found by a comparison of the relative purchasing power of crops before the war and at the present time. In 1914 the usual corn fertilizer cost s2l per ton. Today the same fertilizer costs around $32 per ton —an increase of 50 per cent In 1914 corn was worth about 60 cents per bushel, taking the country over. Today it sells at not less titan $1.30 per bushel, on the farm —more than 100 per cenl increase. The same calculation could be made for wheat, potatoes, or almost any other crop (excepting in the case of those fertilizers containing potash). Each individual farmer has merely to consider whether fertilizers paid before the war; If so they will pay even better now.

WHY FERTILIZER PRICES HAVE ADVANCED.

Cannon and crops use the sam< food. Six hundred thousand tons of nitrates went to make explosives last year, In the United States telone. _ Sulphuric acid necessary for the manufacture of acid phosphate is normally made from Spanish sulphur ores. Submarines have now almost entirely cut off this supply. Brimstone, used as a substitute source of sulphur/ must be transported by rail at great expense from Louisianla and Texas, since the government has found It necessary to commandeer sulphur-carry-ing boats. Large quantities of phosphate rock from Florida and Tennessee must now go by rail at high freight rates. Uncle Sam needs the boats. Higher labor, machinery, coal and supply costs have caused a general advance in all raw materials, varying from 25 to 100 per cent. Burlap bags which normally cost 10 cents each, now cost 25 cents and are scarce at that Labor which was plentiful In 1914 at $2.00 per day Is now almost unobtainable at $3.50 per day. There can be but one answer to onditions such as these; namely, high-priced fertilizers.

WHAT CAUSED FOOD SHORTAGE?

Herbert Hoover, U. S. Food Administrator, says there have been two prlnlclpal reasons to account for the present food shortage. First, the “unkindness of nature,” Including the late spring, droughts, hurricanes, poor conditions of rainfall, unexpected frosts and periods Of intense heat in sections throughout the world. Second, he gives “reduced productivity of the soil in Europe.” Concerning this, Hoover says: “This condition has been brought about by bad management, unskilled work, and lack of fertilizers; and these in turn can be explained by the withdrawal of men from fjirm and field to army and factory, arid the employment on the soil of overworked women, unskilled old men and listless prisoners. Furthermore the vicious submarine has sunk boat after boat filled with nitrates and fertilizers, conspiring to augment the pauperization of the earth, so that reduction in soli productivity was inevitable.”

ARMIES ARE NEEDED AT HOME.

If this war is to be won, we shall have to put several armies in the field, the army of soldiers in the trenches, the army of food producers in the furrows, the women’s army of food conservers, beating back the attacks of that world-old camp follower of warfamine, and a patriotic army of civilians in the business and political world. —. The Banker-Farmer, Oct-, 1917. ‘ ’ » I ' "■

FARMERS AND THE WORLD WAR.

The fanner’s tools of production tn wartime become of importance second only to the needs of the army Itself. Food production is a patriotic duty, and the farmer is in the second line of defense. Every effort is needed to increase production, to feed our armies and allies. Food prices are forced higher because the demand is increased greatly and the supply to ItoBJ ited. 'V