Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1918 — Page 2

ADVANCEMENT IN WESTERN CM FARM LAND PRICES

Stories of phenomenal advancement *Ennd prosperity In Western Canada have been told the reading public for some years past. The stories were told when there were hundreds of thousands of acres of splendid land adjacent to railways and projected lines, which could be had on the payment of a mere $lO entry fee, and under cultivation and living conditions. As was prophesied then, the day has come when these are few. There are still available thousands of these; they are some distance now from the railways. The land is as good as ever, but pioneering conditions will have changed. A great many are still taking advantage of this free offer from the government. The story was told when good landsnear lines of railway could bought for from $8 to $lO per acre land the prophecy made that these prices would double in a few years, for the Intrinsic value was far more than that. That day has come more quickly than expected. The immense crops of grain that could be raised has brought about the change, and the demand for low priced lands with maximum returns has prompted the keen purchaser as well as the owner of higher priced land from which no greater return could be looked for. Prices of land tn Western Canada are still advancing, and will continue to advance until, of course, the limit is reached — w’hen returns will warrant no further increase. That day is not far distant. But, in the meantime, there are large tracts' of land owned by land companies and private Individuals that have not felt the advance that has been shown r in other districts. The opportunity to purchase these should not be lost sight of, and if there are those amongst the readers of this article, which is authorized by the Canadian government, who wish cheap land, such lands as produce from 25 to 40 bushels per acre, and will pay for themselves out of one year’s crop, advantage should be taken of the present opportunity. Coming to Alberta with his family thirteen years ago, his assets consisting of a small outfit and S2O in cash. Mr. O. F. Malmberg has accumulated by farming and live stock raising assets to the value of more than $300,000, and has a personal credit, worth on demand. SIOO,OOO. Be has not speculated in land, but bought only to farm.

Save the Babies INFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that of all tiie children born in civilized countries, twenty-two per cent, or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven per cent, or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen I * We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save many of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of these infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups sold for children’s complaints contain more or less opium or morphme. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. ~ln any quantity, they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death.. There can be no danger in the use of Castoria if it bears the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher /p as it contains no opiates or narcotics of any kind. Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of

That Lovely Man!

“At last,” cried Miss Terchance, esctatically, “I have found a man who truly loves me, and w’hom I can truly love!” Miss Kreant looked at her skeptically. “Are you sure that he loves you?” she asked. “Sure. For that’s what I asked him, and oh ! the beauty of his reply 1” “Tell me about it.” “I said, ‘How can you love me when I’m so cross-eyed?’ “ ‘You wrong yourself, darling,’ he replied. ‘You are not cross-eyed. Your eyes are so pretty that they just can’t help looking at each other—that’s how it is.”

Ministerial Advertisement Squib—Our new minister certainly had a sense of humor. c . Squab—What’s he went and done? ; Squib—Put a sign on the parsonage reading, “Spirits Rectified.” A corporation in Denmarks makes a business of cleaning and disinfecting telephones. Teachers in Montreal (Canada) Catholic schools ask increased pay.

SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS

For centuries GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil has been a standard household remedy for kidney, liver, bladder, and stomach trouble, and all diseases connected with the urinary organs. The kidneys and bladder are the most important organs of the body. They are the filters, the purifiers of your blood. If the poisons which enter your system through the blood and stomach are not entirely thrown, out by the kidneys and bladder, you are doomed. Weariness, sleeplessness, nervousness, despondency, backache, stomach trouble, “headache, pain in loins and lower abdomen, 'gall stones, gravel, difficulty when urinating, cloudy and bloody urine, rheumatism, sciatica-and lumbago, all warn you to look after your kidneys and bladder. All these indicate some weakness of the kidneys or other organs or that the enemy microbes which are always present m your svstem have attacked your weak spots. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules are what you need. They are not a "patent medicine,” nor « "new discovery.” For 200 years they

Near Blackle, Alberta, he operates 3.100 acres of wheat land. He- has just purchased an additional 11.500 acres near Cardston. In Southern Alberta. His personal credit enabled him to finance this deal in Cnlgnry in a little over three hours. The ranch just purchased is n fully equipped stock amt grrtin ranch. At the present time it carries a thousand head of cattle and several hundred horses, and Is fully equipped with buildings.' machinery, corrals, sheep sheds, dipping vats. etc. That is a story from one district. Let us select one from a district some hundred or more miles from that. “Peter A. Klassen, who recently moved to Herbert, Sask., from Kansas, has purchased a section of prairie land In the Hillsboro district, about 24 miles northwest of Herbert, for which he paid $12,000 cash. He Is erecting tem- v porary buildings to live tn while putting the place in cultivation, and this summer plans to erect good buildings on the farm and equip it for a home. Mr. Klassen recently sold his 80-acre farm in Kansas for $15,000 and is investing the proceeds in Canada.” With the proceeds of the sale of his land in Kansas, this farmer purchased in Saskatchewan a piece eight times as" large as he had previously been farming, and had a balance with which to purchase equipment, stock, etc., of $3,000. Moreover as land in Saskatchewan may be expected to yield twice as much grain per acre, he will be abfe to produce sixteen times as much as formerly. The average value of farm land for, the whole of Canada, including land improved and unimproved, together with dwelling houses, barns, stables and other farm buildings, Is approximately $44 per acre as compared with s4l in 1916, according to the latest report of the Census and Statistics branch at Ottawa. The average value of land in the Prairie Provinces is as follows: Manitoba $31.00 Saskatchewan 26.00 Alberta 26.70 It is the low prices at which land can be obtained in Western Canada which is rendering this country such an important factor in the production of foodstuffs at the present time. It is enabling men who have been farming small areas in older districts to take up and farm with the same capital areas not only many times as great, but which are also capable of producing considerably larger crops to the acre. —Advertisement.

Social Distinction.

Golfer —Anyone ahead of us, caddie? Caddie—Yes, sir; a gentleman with a caddie and a man carryin’ for hl»self.

Which Judge Is Right?

An Eastern judge the other day found a man guilty of disorderly conduct for kissing his wife when she didn't want him to kiss her. “It is a woman’s inalienable right to refuse to-be kissed if she doesn’t want to be kissed,” this judge said, adding, “and she doesn’t forfeit this right when she marries the man.” But, on the other hand, Judge Graham of San Francisco officially rules that a husband may kiss his wife whenever he pleases,- whether it pleases the wife or not. Indeed, so firm are the judge’s convictions upon the subject that he was moved to put his decision in verse: Be a cave man, seize your mate If she shows you signs of hate; Let her scratch, let her bite, But kiss her, boy; it is your right. Take your choice of decisions, Mr. Married Man. We refrain from expressing our opinion as to which is the right one. We’re married. —Washington Herald.

Sometimes a Safe Bet.

“Dubb.says he’ll run for senator.” “Bet he won’t go faster than a walk.”

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THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

SAVED BY MIRAGE

How British Army Escaped Defeat in Mesopotamia. Turkish Commander Saw What He Believed Were Re-enforcements Coming to Aid Enemy and Or- * dered Retreat - We went on toward nowhere, intend* Ing to make a wide detour and come into old’ 1 Basra city by the Zobeir gate in the south wall, Eleanor F. Egan writes' in the Saturday Evening Post. There was no dust out there; only hard-packed sand, out of which the fierce hammering sup struck a myriad glinting, eye-searing sparks. But it was beautiful beyond words to describe. We spun along at fifty miles an hour with a cool, clean breeze in our faces Then just over a slight rise in the sparkling plain I saw my first mirage. It was impossible to believe it was a mirage and not really the beautiful lake that it seemed —a lake •dotted with wooded Islands and fringed In places with deep green forests. I have seen mirages in other deserts in other lands, but I have never seen anything like the Mesopotamian mirage. We drove straight on and it came so close that I was sure I could see a ripple on its surface. Then suddenly it went away off, and where it had been our skidproof tires were humming on the hard-packed sand and I saw that the wooded islands had been created out of nothing but patches of camel thorn and that the trees of the forests were tufts of dry grass not more than six inches high. Off on the far horizon a camel caravan was swinging slowly along and the camels looked like some mammoth prehistoric beasts, while in another direction what we took to be camels turned out to be a string of diminutive donkeys under pack saddles laden with bales of the desert grass roots that the Arabs use for fuel. The mirage has playpd an interesting part in the Mesopotamian campaigns. In some places it is practically continuous the year round, and it adds greatly to the difficulties of an army in action. It is seldom mistaken for anything but what it is. of course, but it does curious things to distance and to objects both -animate and inanimate. Incidentally it renders the accurate adjustment of gun ranges almost altogether impossible. One of the most curious incidents of the whole war happened in connection with a mirage and on the very spot over which I drove that first day out in the desert.

The battle of Shaiba was one of the hardest-fought battles in the whole Mespot campaign and victory for a* w'hile was anybody’s. It was .going very badly for the British, their losses being heavier than they could stand for long. And though the Turks were In overwhelmingly superior numbers it was going very badly for them as well. British officer commanding did not realize and he was just on the point of giving an order for retirement —which would have been fatal to the British in Mesopotamia—when to his astonishment he discovered that the Turks were in full retreat! What a moment! The desert was full of mirage and the Turkish commander —who really ought to have been more familiar with local phenomena saw approaching from the southeast what looked to him like heavy re-enforcements. It was nothing but a supply and ambulance train magnified and multiplied by the deceptive desert atmosphere! When he ordered an immediate retreat his already unnerved troops stampeded and his demoralized rear guard was hounded and harassed by great bands of nomad Arabs all the way, to Khamisseyeh, nearly ninety miles away. He learned the truth a few days Iqter and committed suicide!

Oliver Goldsmith Memorial.

At Auburn. County Athlone, Ireland, the poet’s birthplace, a memorial is being erected to Oliver Goldsmith. It will take the form of the restoration of the church .where the poet’s father ministered so many years. Oliver Goldsmith was born in 1728 at Ballymahon, County Longford, and two years later his father,, Charles Goldsmith, became rector of Kilkenny West and settled in Lissoy, which is now known as Auburn. It is a village on the road between Athlone and Ballymahon. Auburn of Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village” in some degrees represents Lissoy, and the story of an old eviction bv General Napier was probably in Goldsmith’s mind when he wrote the poem, although it is intended to apply to England.

Died at Post of Duty.

During the storms the early part of the year, which marines say were the severest known on the coast, the United States navy suffered the loss of the big ocean-going tug Cherokee. This vessel was manned entirely by members of the naval reserve. Caught in a terrific sea the tug foundered and was lost. It was at this time on an Important duty for the Washington navy yattMo-'get guns to an Atlantic fort. Among the men who met a heroic death at this time was a lieutenant (junior grade), E. D. Newell, U. S. N. R. F., commanding officer.

Grand Army of Ministers.

Over 60,000 ministers of the Gospel of various denominations are with the allies in France. About 20,000 are with the Red Cross; the rest are in the ranks. —People’s Home Journal.

GENERAL KINSHIP WITH SEA

Fondness for Salt Water Seems to Bo a Characteristic of the Whole Human Race. A kind of kinship with the sea is in every one of us, says Boys’ Life, the Boy> Scouts’ magazine. Noah built the ark as a matter of religious duty, we are told. But if old Noah could have -written a few lines to go with the half dozen paragraphs of- the Bible narrative —not for religious effect but as a man to man, to let us know just how he felt about the Job—what a story it would have been! A landsman, getting ready for his first voyage! Big and important responsibilities to •carry, but back of all the study, all the labor, and the “kidding” of his friends, that ecstasy of anticipation that grips your throat and makes you want to yell for joy. Noah was a “regular fellow.” You can tell that by the way he "carried on.” You bes the fact that he was performing a religious duty didn’t make him feel like some Yolks look in prayer meeting. You bet that when he put aboard the, ark one pair of worms, per order, lie put in an extra few for bait. You bet he had that same hankering for the sea that you and I have. It’s in the very blood of every man. Remember how, when you were a kid, you put your finger in your mouth after cutting it with your first jackknife? Didn’t the blood taste salty? Ask any doctor what they put into a man’s veins to fill them when he has lost a lot of blood. He will tell you “salt water.” Doesn’t that prove our kinship to the sea? Did you ever know even a grown-up to pass a gang in swimming, or a kid with a string of fish, or even a picture of a ship, without stopping a minute to look? It can’t be done. We all love the water.

Germany's Labor Army.

“Our growing labor army” is the description applied by the Huns to their .prisoners of war. According to a communique in the latest Berlin' papers, Germany and her vassals between them now hold 3,575,000 prisoners. For the first time the German military authorities lay stress on the supreme value gs their prisoners as man power for industry and agriculture. They ate so numerous, It is asserted, that they go far toward compensating Germany for the men she has had to withdraw from peaceful pursuits for active military service. “The longer the war lasts,” the communique adds, “the more adaptable these prisoners become to the work assigned them, and the more useful to us.” Huns have a majestic awe of big figures. Thus it is explained for their edification that the “labor army” in prisoner camps is numerically greater than the whole male working-class population of Denmark, Norway and ‘Sweden combined, “and is equivalent to one-fifth the total number of working men in Germany before the war.”

Cherries From Russia.

That the cherry world has its bolshevik! is explained by Frank A. Waugh in the Country Gentleman. Speaking of the supremacy of certain American varieties, particularly the Morello, Montmorency and Early Richmond, he writes: “Their supremacy has been often challenged. Other varieties have been Offered by dozens and almost by hundreds. “The greatest competition arose through the Introduction of the socalled Russian cherries. These came along with the other Russian fruits, mainly in the importations of 1870 and 1883, and were exploited mainly in the Northwest states. “Prof. J. L. Budd propagated several of these sorts and recommended them highly. In this company were included Vladimir, Lutovka, Sklanka, Ostheim, George Glass, Double Natte, Lithauer, Brusseler, Braune, Bessarabian,’Bunte Amerelle and Spaete Amarelle. There were some others also, bearing the same flavor of northeast Germany and southwest Russia.”

Pure Water for Men In Trenches.

Filtered and sterilized water for the men in the trenches at all times is being provided by water trains, the war department announced. Under the direction of the surgeon general’s office sections held by the American forces where permanent waterworks have not been established will be fully supplied by these trains, which are in rdhllty miniature waterworks that chemically treat, filter and sterilize all water used for drinking purposes. Each unit carries an expert chemist, bacteriologist and pumpman, and the water tanks are mounted on motortrucks equipped with powerful lights so that the work can be carried on at night

Women for British Pulpits.

Woman preachers for Great Britain are a possibility if the government’s drafting of men between forty-five and fifty causes a much further shortage in the crop of clergymen. Already three clergymen have enlisted rather than be put in a noncombatant corps. That women will make good preachers is the opinion of many of the British clergy. “Women can deal with many questlons thatlcannot deal with,” says the Rev. Newton of the City Temple.

Saving Wool Rags.

The answer to the question, "Why should we save wool?” is that a fully equipped soldier uses 13 times as much wool as does a civilian. Also that there are not enough sheep raised to meet the needed wool supply. •

HWrVvaxm Sausage A Refreshing Change THE tenderness of the meat, the delicacy of the seasoning are noticeable the moment you taste Libby’s Vienna Sausage. For it is made from morsels of choice meats, seasoned with the greatest care to bring out all the rich, savory flavor. Serve Libby’s Vienna Sausage today. Not ■only is it a refreshing change, but a hearty and inexpensive meat. . Libby, M'Neill & Libby, Chicago 4»

He Got What Was Needed.

Church —You know Flatbush? Gotham —Oh, very well. “He’s a generous soul, don’t you think?” “How so?” "Why, I met him downtown today when it was raining, and he had an umbrella and I had none.” “And he took you in tow?” “That’s it. And he said we needed the rain badly.” “He said that, did he??” “Yes; and he carried the umbrella so I got most of the rain.”

Thousands of railroad shop men have been lured by high shipyard pay. It is proposed to uniform train crews In khaki.

How France Has Been Fed ‘‘Before the war, a distinguished French Officer, General Maitrot, wrote a series of articles in the ‘Echo de Paris’ to c warn France, that in case of war, the French meat industry would be unable to supply the army in the field with fresh meat, —owing especially to the lack of modern refrigerating plants and of refrigerating transportation,—and too, owing to the deficiency in the national herd.” “Since the war began the . French army has never been short of fresh meat, thanks mainly to the prosperous condition of the American meat industry, and too, to the American live stock breeders.” The foregoiiig statement was made by a representative of the Allies now in the United States. Another representative of the Allies said recently: “that the American packers have been of the greatest possible assistance to the .Allies and have, by their efficient cooperation, contributed in the utmost degree to the successful prosecution of the war.” Swift & Company,U.S.A.

Those Good Times.

"Do you think It will do any good to ask your father for you again?” asked the young man, twirling his hat in his hand. “I think it will, Mortimer,” said the sweet young thing. “He has refused me three times, you know.” "Yes, I know; but he’s running for office now, remember, and I think he will give away anything he’s asked for.”

His Training.

“He certainly is a man of fetching manners.” “Why not? -He used to be a waiter.”

Long Beach, Cal., forbids publie “spooning” by young persons.