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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
fi ~ --------- commonly been used. Sodium fluoride Is now carried by most of the druggists throughout She country. The price ranges from 25 cents to 40 cents a pound, according to locality. One pound will treat one hundred hens by the i "pinch” method, and the amount of Imateiial used in dipping Is consider ably leas The Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture has found that with .i convenient method of catching the chickens 100 fouls can be dipped in about 25 minutes with 4 men wcrk- j ing. The dusting method is some what slower and there is a s'lght danger of missing certain portions of the chicken through carelessness and thus allowing a few lice to escape destruction. May the coming New Year bring Happiness and Prosperity to our many Patrons and Friends TEACHERS EXAMS POSTPONED County 8u|<erlntem1e«it Mulkey Au- uouucea Change. Bandon Hardware I Coquille. Dec. 13.—Teachers, ex aminations in Coos county have been __ J I postponed indefinitely, announced C. E. Mulkey, county superintendent of schools here today Increase in the number of Influen za cases is the cause of cancelling Tons of valuable chicken feed to gnaw the feathers to such an ex the examination dates, which were With stains the eartli wherein you lie J brand which poultrymen give to their fowl« tent that protection from the cold of IVecember 18. 19. 20, and 21. Is redder than the poppy bloom, | From dying grip to grip of living Is wasted. Although It is eaten by winter is greatly reduced The plum The dates in the examination« In Flanders fields. *■ hand, - ’ — the birds, it does not go to produce age of snow birds is also damaged will be officially announced later. You who caught it up and held it eggs or meat, It is consumed, in the by them. A special permit had been secured Sleep on, ye brave. Tlie shrieking high from the county health officer to hold form of energy of body food, by Complete Destruction Possible shell, And swore the burning oath to do or ¡millions of lice which work unseen, the examinations and it was planned The quaking trench, the startled yell, The complete eradication of all die,— ■ in many cases. to the poultrytaen. lice from a flock is easy and inexpen to seat those taking the examina Tlie fury of the battle hell You know at last no crosses vainly tions at some distance from each Feed is too high and meat too scarce sive. Shall wake you not, for all is well. Dust or dip every fowl once stand so that danger of infection other To to permit this waste to go on. Sleep peacefully, for all is well. with sodium fluoride and the lice be eliminated In Flanders fields. would keep birds healthy, to utilize to the are banished if lousy chickens are Your flaming torch aloft we bear. fullest extent all of the available not introduced. About 12 small faith is kept—the i oath With burning heart an oath we swear The Norway War Victim I feed, and to produce winter eggs, it pinches of sodium fluoride are suf- redeemed; To keep the faith, to fight it through, The first soldier from this city to I is necessary to get rid of lice. | ficient for each fowl if placed In the And shell-torn earth, with chaos io the To crush the toe or sleep with you I Investigation of the Bureau of feathers next to the skin. Each make the supreme sacrifice seamed, Franco In Flanders fields. great struggle for freedom in t Entotnolifcy of the United States De different part of the bird should be Did from the sleeping heroes gain was Lara Gisholt whose wife received A priceless boon in hand and brain. partment of Agriculture shows that treated, that is. the head. neck. back, word last Friday that he was killed over 99 per cent of the flocks of tills breast, below vent, wings and tail. Sleep on beneath the poppy bloofrus in action November 11, the last day While nations bow before your tombs country are lousy. Many of these are This so called "pinch" method of of the war. Mrs. Gisholt was form IN FLANDERS FIELDS [application is advised for small so lousy that they are maintained at In Flanders fields. erly Nora Wilkerson, and they were (A Later Answer) ,a loss. Others have some lice—even [ flocks. For flocks of 25 or more the Mr Ulu By J. P. Reed a few are too many and should not dipping method is the best. Choose married early last spring, holt ’ s brother. Hans, his only other Wooden Ship Ban Lifted be tolerated and the owners do not a warm, sunny day for dipping. Place la Flanders fields the guns are relative in this country, live* here. Under existing regulations of the know it or are indifferent to their i from 7 to 10 gallons of lukewarm hushed. water in a tub and add 3 level table He has a twin brother, who lives with are Shipping Board, as amended recently presence. While earth and sky again his mother on the old home place in with reference to the privilege of Late fall is the best time to eradi- spoonfuls of sodiu'm fluoride for each flushed At this gallon, The fowls are held by the Norway.- Coquille Sentinel. from the flock shipbuilders to construct for other cate lice In victor With carol of the lark, than Government account, It is de season chickens are largely matured wings with one hand lowered be- hands clared wood vessels could be turned and tlie flock is reduced in size for neath the water exoept the head, The torch now burns, and freedom out even for German account, winter through culling out undesir- With the other hand tlie feathers stands BRAND DIAMOND At this season, too. should be ruffled to permit the dip though steel work is confined to Indi able birds Amid the poppy blooms. The foe is vidual Americans or American cor poultry are confined In the poultry to enter them. Duck the head ciun- -o ’ crushed porations in which the control or ma house more than they have been pletely under once or twice, followed In Flanders fields. jority of stock is held by citizens of during tlie spring and summer by' raising the head and neck feathers ;seasons, and the lice ligve a greater with the fingers. I You who threw in faith tlie flaming the L’nited States. LADIBSt jopportunity to carry on their work of There is absolutely no Injury to JL"Wi your for cn: cnrs tbh 9 A destruction. Following moulting the fowls by treatment with sodium DIAMOND 1IRAND PILLS in H kd » u VA' G old metallic buses, «rated with Elue<Oz | lice are usually reduced in numbers, fluoride, and by dipping, as outlined Ribbon T akb no otukr . RuyoFvoury/ ▼ but if they are not all destroyed above, the feathers are not wet very ■HwawUt and a.k for < llI-< DI A MON 1» BHANI> I’II.I. m , f<>r twentr Of they multiply greatly during the 'much and the birds dry quickly. years regai led as Be*t,Safest, Always Rrliab’sk winter. This causes reduced egg I Tills is very different from the case ■ , SOLD rurDYU/RFRF BY ALL DRUGGISTS production, loss in flesh and lowered In dipping fowls in creosote com- ” twCniwncnc i vitality. Lice also have been found Ipound« ¡¡nd other dipt which have I 1 Kill Chicken Lice; Save Valuable Feed THREE WAR POEMS IN FLANDERS FIELDS By Lieut Col. John McCrea Canadian Expeditionary Forces In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and In the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly. Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved; and now we lie in Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you, from falling hands, we throw The torch. Be yours to lift it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies blow In Flanders fields. IN FLANDERS FIELDS (An Answer) By C. B. Galbreath In Flanders fields the cannon boom And fitful flashes light the gloom. While up above, like eagles, fly The fierce destroyers of the sky; HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP I Famine Conditions1 Food Shortage approching Famine Point Serious1 Food Shortage tywi Sufficient Present Food Supply But Riture Serious1 pro Peoples1 already r eceivinA American aid IH H Unclassified DECEMBER 1. 141» A food map of Europe today shows seat of government the little nation's rot a single country In which the fu first thought was to express her gratl ture does not hold threat of serious tude to the Commission for Relief in difficulties and only a small part which Belgium for preserving the lives of Is not rapidly approaching the famine millions of ber citizens. Germany, on the other hand, ne d point. With the exception of the Ukraine only those countries which not figure In such a map for Ameri have maintained marine commerce cans because there is no present Indi have sufficient food supplies to meet cation thnt we shall be called on nt nil actual needs until next harvest, and to take thought for the food needs of even In the Ukraine, with stores seen-1 ' Gerninny Germany probably cue care mulated on the farms, there Is famine for ber own food problem if she is given access to shipping and Is enabled in the large centers of population. Belgium and northern France, a« Ito distribute food to the cities with well as Serbia, appear on the hunger dense populations, which Hre the trou map distinct from the rest of Europe hie centers. England, France, the Netherlands because they stand In a different rela tlon from the other nations to the [>eo and Portugal, all of which have I.... .. pie of the United States America has maintained from American supplies, for four years maintained the small have sufficient food to meet Immediate war rations of Belgium and northern needs, hut their fututre presents serf France and Is already making a|>eclal oils difficulties. The name is true of efforts to care for their Increased Spain and the northern neutrnl coun after the-war needs, which, with tl ose trie. Norway, Sweden and Denmark whose j>orts have been open ami who of Serbia, must be Included In th - plan, are urgent In the extreme ami have been able to draw to some Jegre. upon foreign supplies. must have Immediate relief Moat of Russia Is already In the The gratitude of the Belgian nation for the help America has extended to throes of famine, ami 4«t.t■ w»•»¡>eople her during the war constitutes the there are beyond the |><>Mihlllty of Before another spring th"u strongest appeal for us to continue our help work there The moment the Gorman sands of them Inevitably must du armies withdrew from her «oil and sh» This applies an well to Poland and throughout the Baltic re was established once more in her own practically ------------- ■ - -............—— ■ » II -------- ¡. ■•i s, with conditions most serious in Finland. Bohemia, Serbia. Roumanla and Montenegro have already reached the famine point and are suffering a heavy toll <jf death. The Armenian imputa tion is falling each week as hunger takes Its toll, atnl In Greece, Albania ami Itoumanla so serious ure the food shortage« <har famine Is near. Al though starvation Is not yet Imminent, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur key are in the throes of serious strin gencies. In order to fulfill America s pledge In world relief we will have to export every ton of food which can be han dled through our ports This means at the very least a minimum of tons compared with fitssns«» tons pre war exports and 11S2ti.<««> ton« ex ported last year, when we were bound by the ties of war to the Eurofwun allies. If we fall to lighten the Ida-k rpot« on the hunger map or If we allow any portion« to bo* »'nt- darker the v<■■ » pence for which we fought ami l*l< *1 will be threatened Revolt ami arise to Inevitably follow famine Should '• hnppen we will -<-e In other ports Europe a repetition of • l<’>« ,• ba<le ami our fight for uurid | will have been in vain. Thè Work of the Red Cross must go on Distress calls I The misery and sick ness and destitution throughout the world make relief work necessary, on a scale never before dreamed of. When distress calls, the Greatest Mother in the World answers “H ere I” Put your Aag in your window Now, the Red Cross calls! The annual Christmas Roll Call of members echoes throughout the land this week. When your name is called, you are going to answer “H ere !”— because you know your duty, and you’ll do it. ioin the Red Cross - olly&i need is q hedrt äad adolJär ■4 •• Roll Call open lor signatures until January 1, at Morrison s Millinery This spaee contributed by WESTERN WORLD