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THE FARMER'S
The forces of Disease, moving to the
|attack under the command of General
Some Practical Suggestions Well sion during their April campaign in
Worth Knowing From the De- this state, according to the report of
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partment of Agriculture. {the bureau of vital statistics of the
v3 |state department of health issued on
: | T—— , Tuesday.
FACTS FOR DAILY USE | The fatalities during the month
. | were 10,412. However the records
OR THE LATE CORN CROP
| Death, practically wiped out a divi- |
1 Owing to the cold wet season and
the severity of cutworms the corn!
corn crop in many places is unusually
late and poor at the present time.
Farmers are asking
be done to give them help in this re
gard and Zoologist H. A. Surface of |
the Pennsylvania Department of Ag-
riculture has replied as follows:
“The cutworm can be killed by the
time for them to quit feeding and
show that reinforcements numbering
119,092 arrived during that period,
that many births being recorded.
Measles, commonly regarded as a
harmless sort of disease, was respon-
if anything can sible for the loss of approximately
| three companies, deaths from that
disease totaling 285.
During March there were 263 deaths
‘from measles. Pneumonia was respon
: sible for the loss of a regiment and a
poison bran mash. It is now nearly,
half. The white plague made away
with another regiment. Acute melan-
transform into moths. This regular cholia wiped out a full company, 101
habit of the cntworms has given rise people, disappearing by the suicide
to the belief that hot weather Kills, route. During the previoue month
or that they burst and die at a cer-
tain time of the year. They change |
to dark colored moths, such as com-
monly fly at night during the summer
and which lay eggs at the roots of ve:
getation, where the young worms
hatch and commence feehing toward
the end of summer, remaining in the
soil during the winter to feed again
in the spring. This is why the best
method of destroying them is to plow
the grass ground in the fall.
“Corn will be helped considerably
by harrowing it shortly after it is
through the ground, then cultivating
as frequently as possible by shallow
cultivation.If the ground is surely
too wet for “deeper cultivation, It is a
good plan to stimulate its growth by
the use of a quickly acting nitrogen
fertilizer, such as nitrate of soda or
dried blood, strewn along the rows,
or.- sown broadcast over the fields.
This invigorated growth enables it to
grow away from the pests, or become
stronger when attacked by them, and
it also helps it to mature earlier in
the fall. Whatever will add to the vi-
gor of the plant while it is young will
tedd to increase the earliness of the
maturity, and a differenc of week or
ten days added to the date of the first
killing frost, will amount to a great
deal in regard to the perfection of
the corn erop.”
WATCH FOR THE
ORANGE-HAWK WEED. |
Several specimes of the Orange
hawk weed heve recently been receiv-
ed by the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture and farmers are urged
to use every precaution to prevent
their spread.
The plant grows from six to twen-
ty four inches high a..d has a whirl
of leaves at the ground and only the
flower #ems reaching to the tops.
Both the leaves and flower stems are
hairy, the flower heads being orange
to orange red in color and from one-
half to an inch across. The flowers
bloom in June. The weed is a peren-
nial herbaceous plant, so that the root
as well as the top must be killed to
get rid of it. Where a field is infested
the best method for its ‘extermina-
tion is to put the field in a hoed cron
and cultivate it so thoroughly that
not a green leaf is allowed tto appear
upon the roots during the season.
ETE. |
there were only 74 suicids.
| The total number of deaths report-
ed were as follows:
| Typhoid fever, 60;
'15; diphtheria, 98; measles, 285:
| whooping cough, 94; influenza, 173;
malaria, 2; tuberculosis of lungs, 841;
tuberculosis of other organs, 183;
cancer, 508; diabetes, 88, miningisis,
47; acute anterior poliomyelitis, 2;
pneumonia, 1457; diarrhoea sud en-
teritis, under two years, 251. diarr-
hoea and enteritis, over two years,
68; Bright's disease and nephritis,
797; early infancy, 537; suicide, 167;
accidents in mines, 80; railway inju
ies, 106; other forms of viclence, 456;
all ether diseases, 4164.
According to sftatistics compiled,
the Mardh death rate has declined
from 18.4 per cent in 1906 to 16.1 in
1916. Deaths during April this year
were above the average for the past
five years, but showed a decrease
from the average of ten years ago.
The gains have been made as a re:
sult of the fight against contagious
diseases. The average of the deaths
from diseases incident to old age re-
mains a constant tactor, while the
deaths from accidents ani violence
scarlet fever,
of various kinds show a tendency to
increase.
ECONOMY IN USE
OF CREAM SEPARATORS.
Thirty-eight per cent. of the farm-
ers of Pennsylvania are using cream
separators, adcording to statistics
galthered by the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Agriculture. The percentages
range from three to eighty percent in
th variohs counties, and indicate that
about 83,000 separators are in .use in
the State,
The largest percentitage of the
cream separators are used where the
major portion of the milk is sold to
creameries or made into what is call-
ed “country” butter. In the counties
where there are a large number of
creameries the widespread use of the
separator i8 brought about through
an economic standpoint which has
proven advantageous both to the
farmer ‘and to the creameries. The
farmer upon completing milking takes
milk to the separator and the cream
s separated for the haul to the
lcreamery and the skim milk, still re
'taining . much of the natural animal
Another method sometimes TecOm- y..: is foq to the pigs and calves. By
Lt mended is to kill it by the use of fine yo iating the cream the weight ani
COMMANDS FRENCH
IN PRESENT DRIVE
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GENERAL ALBERT FOCH.
VIEW U-BOAT AS FREIGHTER
First Investigation by U. S. Authori-
ties Is Satisfactory.
Pending further investigation the
United States will view the German
submarine Deutschland as an under-
sea freight ship entitled to ply its
trade between German and American
ports.
This govererment’s preliminary at-
titude was determined on an informal
report of Culiector Ryan of Baltimore,
who stated that the Deutschland did
not carry arms, that she was manned
by a merchant crew and that her
papers were in order. Acting Secre-
tary of _‘a‘e Pulk decided to accept
the presun.. tion that the Deutschland
is what is represented to be,
pending an investigation to prove or
disprove tiie announced status of the
vessel.
By direction of the state department,
Capizia C. F. Hughes of the navy,
formerly inspector of ships for the:
general board, has been assigned to
give an expert opinion as to whether
the Deutschland is or is not a war- |
ship. me Fun Tana
Meanwhile the British ‘and French
governments have communicated what
amounts to a protest against the
Deut:schlard’s presence in an Ameri-
can port. The form of this communi-
cation is a request for the United
States to determine the exact status
of -the vessel.
The British and French govern-
ments are determined to make .every
effort to prevent the establishment ot!
an undersea trade route beiw Ger= *
many and the United States.
Apart from diplomatic efforts to’
cause the detention of the Deutsch-
land in Baltimore the British govern-
ment is preparing to block its return
voyage by means of a cordon of war-
ships outside the three-mile limit. It
is understood today that specially-con- |
structed motor boats or ‘submarine
catchers,” as they are termed in the
British navy, are to be dispatched
here. Five hundred of these motor-
boats have done excellent work in the
British channel.
LAST PA. TROOPS ON WAY |
or
Eighth Regiment Starts For Mexican
Border.
With the departure from Mt. Gretna,
Pa., of the Eighth regiment of the
Fourth brigade for the Mexican bor-
der on Sunday night the last of the
Pennsylvania troops who will go to
the concentration camp at El Paso,
‘short visit with relatives here.
ROCKWOOD
tulninl
Mrs. William Fetters has returned
from Portage, Pa., where she has been
spending several weeks visiting with
relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Philippi of Con-
fluence have returned home after a
are EXTREMELY F
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Lutheran Church was entertained at
the home of Mrs. A. S. Bridigum on
bad—
is a very common question
Mrs. D. Gates of Altoona, is. the | DP
guest of relatives here. x OW i e ou ®
Can you say
that you are well in every respect? If so you
ORTUNATE—Eye
defects cause conditions that make you feel
ing year:
Highland addition Wednesday even-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rush and Mr.
and Mrs. N. F. Meyers of Rockwood,
left Friday evening for Cleveland, O.,
where they will spend several days
with friends.
The St. Paul’s Reformed Church
will hold their annual picnic in the
Kretchman Grove near Wilson creek
on Saturday August 5.
Mrs. G. F. Speicher has returned
home from the West Penn Hospital
at Pittsburg, where she was a ‘patient
for several weeks.
Mrs. M. R. Brennen and daughter
Eva arrived here .for a visit with the
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W, J,
y Gardner,
At a recent meeting of Rockwood
Camp of United Sportsmen the follow-
iing officers were elected for the ensu-
President, George J. Hay;
Vice President, C. A. Miller; Secre-
tary, W. E. Parks, Treasurer, William
‘Wable.
Ira Hostetler has moved his family
and household goods from Friedens to
Rockwood, where he is employed in
onnection with the construction of
he new Lutheran church.
Mrs. Samuel Shumaker was badly
injured on Sunday last when her horse
which she was driving became fright-
ened and ran away, throwing her from
the buggy, fracturing her leg in three
places. She was at
the Camden Hospital at Camden, N
J., by Dr. C. J. Hemminger.
Miss Grave Hostetler, 13- -year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hos-
tetler, was removed to the Cottage
State Hospital alt Connellsville for a
broken leg.
Mrs. Lulu B. Day and son Garland
are the guests of the former’s son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
G. Day.
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Wiley departed on
Saturday for Cleveland, Ohio, and
Detroit, Michigan, where they will
spend a week as the guest of the for-
{mers mother, Mrs. H. T. Wiley of De-
'troit, Miss Florence Dull will have
charge of Wiley’s pharmacy during
Lis absence,
“Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Schmittle have
“retarted home from Indiana county,
where they were suddenly called last
week on account of the death of the
former’s father, who had been linger-
ing between life and death for some
time. il
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Marker, South Rockwood, was the
scene of a happy family reunion Tues
day, July 4. Almost all the children
and grandchildren were present. At
served. The following were present:
once removed to |
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The Second National Bank
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
Report at the Close of Business June 30, 1916
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES
Loans and Investments. $465,068.97 | Capital stock paid in_-._-$ 65,000.00
U. S. Bonds and Premiums 72,231.87] Surplus Fund and Profits. . . 54,826.26:
Real Estate, Furniture, Fix. 63,374.50] Circulation. ._. -_. -...—__ 64.000.00
Cash and due from Banks__ 70,404.84} Deposits _______.__. 487,25392
Total Resources. $671,080.18 Total Liabilites__. $671,080.18
Growta as shown in foilowing statements made to Comptrel 2r of Currency.
ASSETS
July 15, '08 $262,014,92
June 23,09 $411,680.13
March 7,’11 $512,574.48
April 4, 1913 $605,870.62
$610 212.34
$624868.35
March, 4, 1914,
March 4, 1915
May1,1916,
June 3, 1916, $671,080.18
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noon a delicious chicken dinner was tome in Pittsburg, after visiting with | ity i dl sutlir
_ Tiends here for several days. in history, geoghaphy, ea
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Marker, Mr. and |
John Marker, Mrs. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. George
“Bud” Marker, Mr. and
Marker, Mr and Mrs.
dennis Marker, Mrs. Austin Phillippi, With relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cupp, Misses Min-
{Mrs. Madison Bittner, Mr. and Mrs. two children have returned from a
Sanner, several
Mrs. Jacob R. Miller, Mrs. Frank Hay, Elm Grove and Uniontown.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Burnworth and spelling, pronunciation, sports, arts,
and sciences.
400,000 Vocabulary Terms. Pages.
days’ Over 6000 I1lustracion Tos he. 2790 Pages.
ove only dictionary with the Divided Page.
. The matter is e 1 that
J. C. Newcomer of Dawson, was a = a 15-volume ehoyeloperie.
recent visito ore Scholarly, Accurate, Co
r for several days here | S gngay Authoritative than PA
lish Dictionary,
visit with friends at
The Ladies’ Bible Class of the Lu- |
$659,810.39
nie Faidly, Harvey Bittner, Rose Har theran Church met at the home of |
mon, Mabel
ground salt. Use from one to four
quarts tc a square rod and apply
during a hot sunshiny day. It is
claimed for this method that the or-
bulk of the haul to the creamery,
either by the farmer or the creamery
agents, ‘is materially reduced and the
farmers retains the skim milk, in his
Tex., departed from the mobilization Bittner, Marie
camp there.
which Major A. P. Schaefer of Pitts- ine Landis, Blanche Brantman, Marie
burgh is commander, and Ambulance Varker, Gladys Marker, Etta Growal,
Company No. 1, under Captain William and Messrs. Harry Marker, Ray Bitt-
Miller, Mrs. H. W. Swallop recently. A very | 4
Field Hospital No. 1 of Sara Glessner, Eleanor Landis, Paul- enjoyable evening was spent pig
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e to Mec-
Miss Edith White has gon
Keesport, where she will roman for |
several days.
s ange hawk weed will be killed with y.q¢ congition, for thriving feed for
little permanent injury to the grass his’ livestock.
on strong soils. Just the amount of
salt needed must be learned by ex- | :
perimenting. Try it on a small corner | Through the efforts of the good
ns of the meadow before applying to the roads committee of the Johnstown
whole field. Having killed the plants Chamber of Commerce improvements
rake them up and sow more grass will be made on the Camp Harmony
seed by raking it in the soil road this fall, from the Quemchoning
’ > gy dam te Stoyestown. The Johnstown
people interested will furnish the ma-
terial for part of the road improve-
PROTECTING THE
CLOVER FIELD.
ment and the County Commissioners
- “Much damage is done the clover are expected to supply the rest The
Y fields, by allowing stem growth,” road is six miles long between the
he says J. T. Campbell farm advisers of points named and is much used.
the Pennsylvania Department of A :
griculture. “Last fall many fine fields crop of hay is wanted next year, clip
of clover were in evidence over the the clover and prevent the growth of
State. Many farmers let the clover stems, and do not take a fall crop of
grow up and took off a crop late in ‘hay off the field.”
the fall. and is mown late, many cof
t the plants die and the crop the fol- The corn is unusually backward
lowing season is very materially and there has been a decided falling
shortened. I have been in fields in off in the acreage planted. Cut worms
which more than two-thirds. of the have given the farmers much trouble
plants were dead, apparently from in the corn fields
this cause. i rr,
“The clover should be clipped as Dairy experts declare that there
soon as the grain is off the field, and has been an improvement of almost
as soon as the plants begin to form fifty per cent in the condition of the
stems, clip it again. The idea is to dairy cattle of the State during the
promote a large leaf growth and te past ten years and the farmers are be-
discourage stem growth. Leaf growth | ginning to realize the great advatags
will strengthen the crowns and the [of pure bred or grade cattle
roots while stem growth is always at
the expense of the vitality stored in| The weather has had it effect in
the roots. The end of nature is to re- reducing the acreage of potatoes over
produce and when the clover plant what was expected and the condition
has bloomed it has accomplished its of the plants is not up to the average
work, or attempted as much. If a at this time.
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J. Sterrett of East Pittsburgh, also
left. The number of men who have
left the mobilization camp for Texas
number 12,705 men.
Pennsylvania Boys at El Paso.
With the arrival of the Eighteenth
regiment and the Third battalion or
the Sixteenth, Pennsylvania national!
guard, Sunday, the entire Second bri-'
gade, General A. J. Logan command-
ing, is in Camp Pershing, El Paso,
Tex. There are now more than 7,000 :
Pennsylvania troops in ‘Camp Persh-’
ing and up to Monday there has not |
been reported a serious case of illness.
The Pennsylvania troops most likely
will be among the first selected for
real border duty. Orders to move
from Camp Pershing-to some point
southwest of there are expected daily. |
The First Pennsylvania artillery |
regiment reached the border Monday.
NEW METAL HARDENS STEEL
Experts Say Discovery Will Revolu-:
tionize Armor Pilate Industries. |
A new metal which will harden and
toughen steel to a greater degree than
tungsten or molybdenum and which
makes cast iron harder than ordinary
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steel, has been discovered on the |
ranch of Jesse J. Hallar near Cor-|
tez, Col.
Mr. Haller has been using a com-
bination of 115 per cent of the ore nj
teeating cast iron and has succeeded
in increasing its strength from 33 to
80 per cent. He believes he can in-|
crease the strength of steel from 33 to
200 per cet. Experts declare that
the discovery will revolutionize. the |
armor plate and drmmament industries.
FEAR STS tein iin Boma eerste etl SHE
ner,
(the day near Johnson’s Chapel
‘nicking.
|calling on friends here recently.
Cupp, A. B. Flanigan has returned from a
Corbett Miller, Earle several days’ visit with his daugh-
Howard Lawry, Morris
Clyde Sanner,
(Sanner, Paul Marker, and Williaa ters, Mrs. Martha Recknor of Mount
| Bagle, all of Rockwood; Mrs. Rufus Pleasant and Mrs. Jennie Stauffer of
Christntr, of Garrett; Mr. and Mrs. "Pennsville,
Daniel Critchfield, of New Centerville
Mrs. Wilson Landis, of Shanksville; on Friday: Primary, Miss Allie Dull;
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{Mr., and Mrs. B. L. Harcon, of Balti- room 2, Miss Nellie Brown; room 3, |
more, Md, and Mrs, Milton Hein- Miss Susan Bowlin; room 4, Mrs. |
'baugh. Roy Vansickle; room 5, Miss Edith |
Show. At a previous meeting there |
CONFLUENCE were elected Prof. C. E. Koontz to]
Misses Beatrice Younkin, Therza room 6, and Prof. B. T. Frazee, prin.
Fike, Ruth Burnworth, Felicia Flani- Frank McKee of Pittsburg is spen-
gan, Leonia Smith and Reba Pore ding some time here with his mother,
made up a party Friday that spent Mrs. O. D. McKee.
pic- Earl, the three-months-old son of
Earl- McClintock, died on Sunday at
Harry Lawver has returned from a their home in Ohiopyle. The body |
|several days’ visit in Pittsburg. was brought ’to Confluence and later !
Prof. C, E, Custer of Somerset, was taken to the Silbaugh cemetery for |
interment. |
Mrs. O, B, Mattox and son, James : |
'have returned to their home in Fair- oti
‘mont, after a several days’ visit with | Bulletin hoards at the enirance of |
friends here. farms are becoming popular with ths=
H. L. Sellers has sold his beautiful ever growing number of automobiles, |
They advertise farm products for
sale and attract many autoists to a
Lireet and first hand market.
For Icfants end Children
Mrs. Roy Vansickle and Mrs. John ver
Vansickle have returned from New In Use ForQ 30 Years
York, where the latter was in a bospi- Always | bears
tal for several weeks, Signatire of
team of bay horses to the Washington
Run Coal & Coke Company of Star
Junction.
H, B. Snyder of Meyersdale, was a
caller here Friday.
Mrs. William Oliver and Mrs. BE. >
Brown have gone to Akron, O.,
visit friends for a few days.
| Joseph Roberts has returned to his’
The following teachers were elected
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