7 HOHT PAOEi pAOB THK INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, PREQON. (USS NOBLEWOMAN DESCRIBES I AlKuuiiLo ur imcculShl ViKi i . ds 0f persons Tortured In the Most Inhuman Fashion Before f ' Being Put to Death and Their Estates Pillaged and ! Mansions Razed Thousands Die From Hunger All Over Country. ...... .1.. tinim nnvlnora t tint llin rpdn lmi t.i in nii.ri.. .....I. U UV "-- --m . ....... ... ,H fNe ,0' ' ... . 300 ItUMdlun bnrgiw, and also nonio iff! .,. wj,ich bolahovlk ml- bourgeoisie; some died and tho othora Tlio i i. ni enllo-1 returned two omnilm nfti r in r i.ol.lowonmii wide- "AlthoiiKh under our roof lived u by l ,lout ,,,r country, lu military tftmnJ of bolMievlkl or reds, IM0Wm nlrluru of events la her good luck kit Ui from Hharlng tholr mnrkobio . . jcut.r received lot. I connot describe tho Inst duys. m i New York. Uor rustles' After the orrlvul of thu Germans a iilundcrwl or ranou, ir nut won found of about u thousand 1 ' . iu,r friends and persons, lu which wo were, who were rtuo " . , tnWA woiuun U to be shot tho very next duy. I'Ml U1U ......i, lt.nl "three yfri T!m rutin. .f IIia ftorinntm uTWi to r . , ... . .,.., ,., V!iumI. ho lvln caught cold In mtt.a n our u,Vi they accumulated f .aches. Theu I was I" deapnlrj taxes upon tuxes; currying uwny all T my tin-in." the food to Gerniuny, leaving the pco- . t...v.T to mention my cf our cltlM to stnrvo. P f frnnkly to you counting ..No dUdi.lliio. rorruiiltou every. f',' jiivMuii." I tho pk'a which wht,rei ,10 administration. Only those ' . . . l, ii'riillltV IIIOVl'S til .., ,,. . HI, I ,.!. l il, juimvi tiw ij v ioi u ntvii ;vo " J . . . i..(-f m lu-r frluml. n New fti.itt .Ii.ittli.r..f1 nikil mi luullv tr,.lif,.fl I c ummin of l'lomlni-nt Innuvn- wa(, )0t (0 rolu ii,rf under their jlow inuny wora fl ,UI. my lH'rt bli-eding. Know , I t .hull iu'vit b nolo 10 U'" Th('n enmo tho urent ciitiiHtroiihe: W . . ..i . Iim MufforluiMl . ...in. . lhl III llin'M 1IHU UlU UfllllllU liuiti 111111:11111.1.1!, I., .(...iiuiiidH ii ro enduring. bolnlusvlkl ot W ; mirreiiderlng I i cnn.lilc tul f tb ntUory tbnt (0 ()., cannon, wnr nininunltlon, mid f . . , itiiuulu la liufoiileu t,i fi,.,t Tin. Cerinung even . . . . .. ..m.ti,.tv ftiifi I .... t..... i..f ,rt tit,. in the It'lter. iioh'wiiw i uuiUUKeu uih cuiimni u-j .-v ... .. ... il l Corn. linn. KlnllS I i-I.,,,..,, tt l.li'h l.ii.l Imi'ii fiirmi-d j. i.v i.iiihiii'i in,, ' baimi ' - - - ftilu-ni t i.t tho lund clour of Iti hotitlly mid wero liicnnnblo of dufend- m" .... ..........! I.....I.. .,,.ll,li,,r ,,l,iUfc . )(h I IIIH Hlvllinrn I'll, i.u.ii.r I iWh tt,e nobli'wonmn who lutoiy noimng i Rdi Rule Was Worte. Files Suit on Herself, , Then Argues Own Case Mm. Alice Vloia I'araons, a Hfiiver honuty HpeclullHt, op poured before a Jury In Judge O. W. Dumi'a dlvinluu of the county court In more roloa thun It la given tnoHt iiersonu to pluy In court. Slie la plaintiff, defendant, plulntlft's attorney and star wit Hens lu a suit brought by herself ngulriHt the IiiHtunt Antl-VVrlnkle coiuimny, of which alie holds 40 Der cent of the stock. The suit U being contested by other utock holders In the con corn. Mrs. Pursons claims that the company obtuncd vuluablo wrinkle eradicating formulas from her and bus withheld ber mlary. She asserted that . she had no uioney left from the ven ture, and so was obliged to act us ber own attorney. BENEFITS OF COUNTRY ROADS Among Other Things They Cheapen Coat of Transportation of Farm Products to Market. Good roads promote self-respect In community. They make possible social Intercourse. Tbey bring the benefits of churches and schools with in the reach of all. Tbey help to keep the boys on the form. They cheapen the cost of transportation or rami products to the markets and thus add to tbe farm profits. They add to the value of farm lands much more than they cost. They mark the degree of civilization of the rural community, This, In short. Is the value of good roads as seen by the extension service 1 i woman Who reeolvt'd It L ,,n known. Tho danger Involved i . .... r,n..r tnnkes It ndvUable that L only ttu- niui.es of th persons but J aa.m- of tho Im-alltles I, vithui-ld from puniicauon. j,r In full rends a follows: i ii ..rv very dear Mrs. I J I t "At last I am able to write to you Jtua isd to hot to bear from you Then, for another year tho country was at thu mercy of tho reus, auu u was worse than tho first time. "The Kolshuvlkl hud with them Chi nese and Hod Ittes, who were ter ribly cruel, and those formed the rd of the unfortunate emperor hum his family. On the 28th of P.ovenioer we " I. . .i... xv !..,! fallun: that .t...... .nvii.in i iMiirneu uini n . P rr,m.l events oi i " .., were ,ettvlng us In haste; UVKiui " - - - . v,mmnn,l. I "I will endeavor to tell you nneuj ?,. i ii.t vura. ' nut now u W. y - faintest W. of tho almaglnalile atrocities committed bj . bad. Qf Jtb. boWu-vlklt Speaking .of our- he Let r"J of the country, i. t ..in i..ti vou that wo bnve troops "n me " ' 5wl,eS' lr..l".U!ttJ,T.v.kl have w. were left without any defense. 51 . . k II. . Thn tuilUrttlVlli 1 I1DYV everjuui.K. ... - n . t- . .M.trie Droloctors nil ,.nr fortune, boxes oi hyit- -iii ok" .. "... ' . ... V . ... ... i vr,.nl re. ,st i,a enemy's ships already iiiumiuuv w mid hit iiunimiiu i - . . . ?.. ..i i the trenches. Then I by the winna we bud to flee -for when mm ah. www' Bkk wm -vtiesi MAKIIiG SUCCESS l!i HOME GARDE!! Much Depends Upon Interest of Gardener Being Maintained Throughout Season: WEB INCREASE IN DAIRY PROFITS Dairy Bull. Associations Have Don ' Good Work and 8how Big in crease In Incomes. WAGE FIGHT AGAINST PESTS .ar1' Scrub dairy bulls are doomed. The bull association sounds their death knell, but It replaces them with, bulls of better breeding, in June, vaio, there were 44 dairy bull associations and several bave been organized since then. They are doing excellent worn. Without exception they show an In creased income without an Increased cost. The New Windsor (Maryland) Bun Man Must Make Continuous rign From Start, Never 8hlrklng Duty and Keeping Everlastingly on Job Easy to Kill Weeds. (Prepared by the United States Pepart- ment of Agriculture.) The ultimate success of a home gar- Hon rtpnptwln liimelv upon the lnter- " - . ... i est of the gardener being maintaiueu e.u.8 h nrt.lhei nroductlon throughout the season. Many persons ..Uv.. fnr e season. ruU, r.:-- . dauhter8 for of the University of Missouri College v Z u.ved two three successive years. Each year the of Agriculture. " ,hui, work has ended, daughters have produced more milk The building of good roads Is of the greatest Importance to a community. ,wroved by Insects and What kind of a road should be built? dlgea8e8 The succeS8fui gardener, de- dTs aZult "he garden sones and butter fat than their dams, which Of what should It be constructed? 'f'Jf' ' ' 'X ll rinr the sneclallsts of the United States Department of Agriculture, the one who wages a continuous fight against the enemies of the garden from the verv start, never shirking his duty and being everlastingly on the Job. ' . , . A crop of weeds can be destroyed m a fpw moments by means of a steel rake or a hoe, If It is used wnen me weeds are Just coming through the rrn..nfl If allowed to remain, me weeds become firmly rooted and a thorough renovation of the garden is necessary to rid It or tnem. Seem Innocent, but They're not. a f aw old-fashioned hardshell potato bugs may not appear to do any great hnrm. hut the cron of soft-shelled bee tles they produce win eat me ieu from the potato vines almost before vnn know they are present. A few . ... jt. spores of some muaew or oiuer m- demonstrates that the bulls were well i rw Un. 91 Hmicrlifors of as- Djrv.vw " . , I g(JJeJL?U. UIO v...vct 1-- - ease may not do any great amount or Boclation bnlls for whiCh the 1918 rec- damage, but it me wwuh -j orda are avallabie, 16 excelled tneir nhle for the spread of the disease, it wtor.fnr nroduction. and 15 Good Roads Like This Bring Farmer will soon cause the loss of the entire Nearer to Cltv Markets. . 1 pron. rt a Btltoh In time What are the things to be considered Bayeg nme appUes with double force In locating the road? What "grade" tQ the care of tne garden. Keep up should be maintained? How should ,ntereBt jn the garden and make suc- the road be arainear wnai are mo ce8Sive plantings of various crops, v laws governing highway construction? tfaat ft contlnnous supply of vegetables There are a few questions answered m be provided for' the table. There in pieuiuu lihuiu, . . - i jg Qotning gnmeu ujr uonuj " country roads. ne idle, and it is easier to keep it clean Matters of prime consideration in lf tnere ,g a paying crop upon it. - "Seedy" Gardens Show Neglect TnA oftpn cardens with a "seedy" appearance are seen la the middle of through dreadful nufciu K'ini u i - . , country in revuiuuuu, u Id despair, now I envy them. The roads and n a o unt y jMir ll'l" lu autumn, we bad to flee nor ' ' ,.,, tl.y took care from M , and come to the city, alon ,Jls the bob where we lived under tho reds' regime no to punl thur o .i,....i,lfil.al'.innini. Shl'VlK! , BO unn until the arrival of the Genuuns. ,,vo tt.th tho pwplo who -y.u have probably read In the pa- ouf properties. Tho flurmnns ("u notmus - (he revolutionists and to protect us, ...i.ft ...i.,ff mirked In haste the strictly necessary things, our small 52, started nv. o'clock ;, e It was uarn uu Potatoes Without Vines Are Grown by Girl Kutztown. ra.-Llr.xle. daugh- ter of Ji'tTiTHon Hocb, discovered In their potato patch tbnt num ber of seed potatoes failed to pro duce any vines on top of the soli. She whs surprised to find tho swd potatoes In every hill hud clustered around good-slxed new potatoes, tbnt tho entire vitality of the seed potato wus transfer red to the new ones, and that there was no vino growth nbove tho surface of thO;!poj!t,o hills. The mother potato was still In the bill, but had given up Its suh stance to the young potatoes, which were already so well ma tured that they could bo used for a nieal. A- : - ' ' ." morning were frightful. "We arrived at II on tho second l 1 r tatfiV f December. We were i Lste we had to end.ark on e boa sent to Finland ir mo r 'arrived nt II'-'J troubles and emotions of ull tnofo well ove" whelmed at taut my poor husband. , a ma Fortunately we iounu i we could get some food It was cxecra a hundred and fifty marks; a kllo- gramine of sugar one hundred marks, etc. Also Flnlund tried to get rid of so many people gho hud to feed, and, os the bolshevik! who come up to 28 kilometers from U had been re pulsed by tho Finn troops, which had at the last moment come In aid to the Letts and to the volontalre corps of Italthes-Germans, the Finns then or dered all fugitives to leave the country wliiiiu six days. However, we re ceived, on account of my husband's bad condition, permission to stay until he would gt better, "Going back was an Impossibility the situation being still very grave Becond expedition was no longer pos slide for tho strength of my poor hus band: moreover, we had nothing left, Our large city house was taken and turnwL Into a hospital by a Russian volontalre corps. M devastated mid plundered! First by the bolshe vik, then by the Esths, whom tne Germans left unpunished ; then by the white troops and the Finns, who were fighting the reds, German properties being left unmolested. r Family Lost Everything. "Last year our estate had suffered. but our magnificent castle with all iocaung a road are: Easy grades, denendencles had been respected. Now d drnlnasre. exnosraro to sunshine, all have plllageH It. The Finns being euminatlon of culverts and bridges by more civilized Btole the most Deautnui avo(dinff unnecessary creek crossings, things paintings, bronzes, antiques, airectness and the aumber of farms to etc. Finally the 30 masters' rooms and be 6erved for a given length of road. tho 11 servants' rooms were piunaereo. whenever nosslble to avoid It, a good . ... . i .... . i rna reumiuo u. -- What they could not taite away w location should not be rejected mereiy ral unSightllness rules the entire smashed or burned. We lost every- npPnll8e a certain roadway has been In . ,n o trouble to keep thing. Not a sheet, not a plate or a uge ror gome tIme. If the location of hln neftt and attractive, but it pays glass exist, nnd when our intendant R uged ls bad it should be te lQng nm. and lf you as a gar- complained to the minister of state (a changed lf possible. In relocating roada dener ATant t0 maintain a reputaUon Thesthe), he answereu mm mu "- ttVold railroad crossings ai graues. i-.miiv in war time everyDoay wanieu ThA crade of the road is important to have some souvenirs. The whites for on thls depends the weight of the pillaged, as I hear, 80 estates, and they oad whlch can be nfluied economically. nor siiimosed to be our defenders I p nn ta meant the rise or fall in "Friends here obtained tor us the feet for each 100 feet in horizontal permission to come to K , Where we lengtn 0( r0ad, usually expressed in found two rooms In a family. We percentage. A 6 per cent grade means h. onnn to find some occupation, and .hof , ronri rises or falls 5 feet each sell some furs that I could take with 10Q. fee(. along lts cenWr nne. - It has me. for unfortunately my beautiful been caIcuiated that on a smooth coun i..0 re also In Petrograd. tr r"nnn the load that one horse could I do not know whether you have an pu1 on a leyel wouid require.two on a .3 of what the bolshevlkl have done 5 per cent grade, three on a 10 per cent li,u.i.pfi whenever they had to re- .Hn nn(1 fnnr on a 15 Der cent grade. tire. At W they killed 82 people; Engineera usually figure a 6 per cent ...o. h,iv lo3t friends, acquaintances . maximum. and our excellent and noble doctor. Al- Koftd work ln MiSSOurI has not been nil were tortured before Demg put ., mnrin(jed as other public wora to death. Before shooting Doctor L Pj.0ject8 have been too narrowly 11m- they. broke his two legs. iu i.., . Ued t0 localities, resulting iu x6- Duroness II., seventy-two years old, mentnry effort. Skilled locating and after having opened her stomach, supervlslon 0f construction have been m.t her Intestines while alive. ,, lopvinff. The remedies are: They killed priests, doctors, nobles, Flrstf a Wlder co-operation and the t,.nii women, children and peas- nAnnt,nn nf hrnnd schemes of improve- ants They made several persons dig mentt preferably with units no smaller their own graves, forcing them to un- , counties. Second, the absolute tneir owu t ,Untr tn take . ..iih,i n0l.lorntlortB - . ii pf. rruiLU wuo . .... v ... 0 Aiiminiirioii ui uu.iui.ft . nwnv' their clothes. Then they tor- L the gpendlne 0f money. Third, se- Hi i " 1 'if - A Good Hoi stein Bull. the summer. The brush on which the peas were grown or the wire treuis on which they were trained Is left with the remains of the crop upon it, auu "hv uf $ - i SPORT ON SHIPPING BOARD VESSELS I At 1 t v. ii f I I hronkinir nrms and , ninurinir ndvlce In the . nvorv i j 1 1 . . i ' - o i miri.iv uii.ju ;iik.u. l. ..-n w, crushing the limbs, snatching the preparati0n of plans and requiring 11 o' tiia ovm near- . . .mamlslnn nF eon- Intestines, gougms "'J-' careiui en8luoeuB ring the cheeKs, auu mc, . - struction. two peu . r-rt Rill I IftM "There were tnre ENGLANU brtNUi OU ihi-uiwii nuii mell In one of them the ilv.ng and thedead ,d then ; these That A t. W1I1 Be Die- nfAca IliniUVU J A ..- .-:,vw . .ie. fnnr the unfortunates trnmpica u"" until they were lifeless. ifn...nitra iiHi nun nnd arft-ttbMnot be milzed. Auu ui tributed for Reconstruction of Roads and Bridges. Keep the Garden Growing Through the summer. for a good garden, the necessary atten tlon will have to be given to us ueai' ness and ceneral appearance. ' .: In sections where the weather be comes extremely hot In summer and It is not possible to keep garden crops growing, the land should oe ciennea, reniowed and kept stirred from time to time until conditions are suitable for the planting of fall vegetables. Under recog rtrnnta nmniintlnir to $50,000,000 will ha distributed by the British roao .1 a .rrtrtTicfrnt!nn ff rOQ.dS I jii-ina ! la Knot f r Viatro 'After the corpses had been ex p g EngUmd. ,n 9. De- cryop growing on the soli, and if hnmed the doctors u..u .o - .,,,, nrmv Unita- will be used to a .rIn(1 hetween the early spring the state took Photographs ot eacn a,. Loc&i highway ye tableg and' the fall vegetables i?. ter having e'"'u"" r'.V! -.,.. ties will be required to matcu " sufficient, a crop or cowpens snoum Russia "- "v - "At ulo v-. - .ererywhere' the same out m tne year ui you,thatI sny ererw lnt0 consideration, England s tortures were tanicteq w rnrrnm thus far in excess of that . it- Yh aiiim ties will be required to nmv-u sufficient, a crop or cowpeus uuoum 1 w kc whenever appropriation by at least as large a be grown upon the garden lanaVTWs ",at IOa notrinrav program of road work as they carried m shade the soil and. prevent the 'eTe"Pt2-!SZ out in the year before the war. Area 8un bumlng the organic matter out of . .A .iii, ,mms 1 , " ehlnnlllg IK"" "e ,n,lors onthe merchant vcssols;oper "" Plenty of amusement In their times u Boxing bout nt n shore station, natehDeoS;-s oftLn p aceVfor It ofXe United States. Including both tua horroiS Oi oiuci i"- ,. nfofa funds. ... overvwhere. reaerai am ".-".:". been tne .. h.An thrown mthe1 ice of the river, yet pfJfjR RQADS ARE EXPENSIVE -clement death comparer uu others: rfnma in hutter-fat production, and excelled their dams In production 01 both milk and butter fat. The average yearly production or the dams , was 5,500 pounds of milk and 219 pounds of butter fat The average yearly productlop or tne n daughters was 8.523 "pounds of milk and 263 pounds of butter fat In milk production the datignters exceueu their dams by 963 pounds or IT per cent, and ln butter-fat production by 44 pounds, or 20 per cent, inese are not as large gains as some other bull associations have given, but are wen worth while. Because of co-operative ownersnip the bulls cost the farmers no more than would have been paid for scrubs ; it costs no more to feed tne uaugn ters than to, feed the dams, and it costs much less to feed the bulls be cause there were aot so many or tnem. The increased production, therefore, was all net profit. ' iROWS GARDEN TO BUY CALF Washington Boy Raises Prize-Winning Vegetables and Buys jersey Heifer With Money. (Prepared by the United States Depart- . v ment of Agriculture.) Alfred Olson of Klickitat county. Wash., ls a member of one of the calf clubs organized by tne unuea oiuira department of agriculture and the state college of Washington. With his pure bred Jersey heifer cair, Arena oa, he won the state championship prize last year: In 1917 Alfred became in terested in the cair ciuo worn. uu. purebred calf costs money, and he did not have funds to buy that requisite for membership. To enroll in a gar den club as the first step toward en tering the calf club may seem unusual, but that was what the Klickitat county, boy did, and he reached the desired goal. The-weeds in nis ciuu b"" kept him busy all summer, but he gave It such faithful care that hla vege tables were prize winners. He exhibit ed a collection of them at the state fair and took $60 worth of prizes. Meanwhile he had been -writing 11 Jersey breeders for prices and descrip tions of calves. He decided on Jer seys because that was the breed his father had. With $40 of his garden prize money he bought a month-old Jersey heifer calf In October. He kept her ln the barn all winter, but in the spring she was turned out on the range. When brought in In September n . mniA ready for exhibition pur poses she was larger at eleven months than his father's grade calves of fif teen months.' ' At the state fair Al fred's Jersey was awarded the state championship prize lit the boys and girls' club class and was valued at $150. " It, "and at the same time will actually add fertility to the son. r Diara Annual . ... hn?er ln all Congressional "cH- - "ino""-- . an,nnPB 1 loss ai '"W Russia; bolsnevs... ' We hod apeaw -fIled we nnu uicj portation Alone. ' The congressional .report of 1914 oiiips- naw. as an om- u.ne cuagtcMiuuiu ,?v"' -- -- hoped for tho allies . no ' h economic loss of the United cer who has escuu - - - , p0or roads' at an an- wnS telling, we do not hope anir.wnger, 04,000,000 for trans- weleI, 1. anxiously awaiting, the portation cpsts alone., The henvy IL allies for ho alone cannot increase ln tonnage since that time helo of the allies, joi- p ,,,m vui the loss "today close .-, the terrorizing ooiucin.i. piy"j - c !ir-- -- r 1 to $l,000,WUJwu, KEEPING HARNESS. IN REPAIR Tools and Facilities' Are Comparatively Inexpensive and Simple Special Devices Needed. (Prepared by the United States Depart1 ment of Agriculture.) . The tools npd facilities1 required for keeping harness in repair are compara tively simple and Inexpensive. A con Ktrlerable rortlon of the repair work on harness can be performed by the aid of tools required for other purposes, but there are a few special devices, that aro desirable. ... SMALL-TOP MILK PAIL BEST Prevents Entrance of Dust or Dirt and Greatly Reduces Number of Bacteria In Milk. ' In modern dairies where clean milk is produced the small-top milk pail is a necessity, as it presents only a small opening Into which dust and dirt may fall from the air or -from tho cow's body. It has been found by experience that the use of a pail of this kind greatly reduces the number of bacteria In milk from dairies where ft is wed.'" Many types of milkpalU are for sale, but any tinner by the ad dition of a hood can convert an ordi nary pn Info a smnll-top pail. y. If. or Bh '. B is.' re in.; a s w I I he. 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