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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12

We are alter the shirt trad e
this season and we are going to
have it to, can't help it with
our attractive shirt styles as
has already been proven by our
shirt sales up to now. The new
materials are so fine and beauti
full and the colors so durable
the stock so varied we have a
right to praise our stock. The
best shirt values you ever saw
are here, the new black and
white stripes and small figures
so popular this season and also
the pure white. Come and see
our shirts. We like to sho W
them, -JNo, j. ROGERS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12

permanent organization; L.
j. Byars, Jas Smith, j. r.
Murphy, l. N. Carman, j. w. !
Atterbury, Jr., r. S. McClintic, !
j. Y. Mitchell, Elias Cald we'll. |
L, j. Upton and A. A. Calls.
While the committees were
at work the convention was ad.
dressed by Hon. A. b. Duncan,
of st. Joseph, Hon. j. H. White.
cotton, Hon. j. p. Boyd and
Col. II. N. Bodine. These gen.
tlemen made good talks and
were appreciated.
The committee on Credentials
reported the names of delegates
who would be entitled to seats
! in the convention. Report
adopted.
The committee on permanent
organization made the follow
ing report, which was adopted:
Your committee on per ma.
nent organization recommend
that the temporary officers of
the convention be made perma.
neut.
We recommend the adoption
Of the following rules for the
government of the convention.
lst, That the delegates pres
ent from any township cast the
vote of township.
2nd, That a roll of townships
be called and the delegates
name one member OF Il com
mittee on resolutions and one
member Of Il committee on nom.
nations to the various conven.
tiOns.
3rd, That the various town.
ships shall select and recon-
mend to the committee on nom,
nations delegates to the st.
Joseph convention and St. Louis
convention as follows:
jackson Township, ,; Monroe
and Indian Creek, 1; Marion, |;
Union, /; Woodlawn and Clay,
/; Jefferson, 1; Washington and
South Fork. l. And that the
committee on mamma tlons
name the delegates to the
Springfield convention and re-
port them to the convention as
we'll as those recomme nded for
the st. Joseph and st. Louis
conventions by the townships
4th. That the voting on the
report of the committee OF
nominations that the conven
ton shall vote separately, frs
on the delegation reported foI
the Springfield convention,
; second. on the delegation re-
+ ported for the St. Joseph con
vention, third, on the deIega
ton reported for the st. G,oui!
| convention.
9Th, That the convention
| shall elect mem Der or tn,
e congressional committee TO
} Monroe county.
9th, That all questions befor,
the convention shall be vote(
on vivavoice, unless otherwise
ordered by the convention.
, The following composed the
q committee appointed on resolu
r tions; Mat Grigsby, w. II
Hays, II. II. Rhodes, r. L Gen
try. Geo. w. Brooks, r. b. Bris
tow. j. II. Mitchell. w. II. Mar
tin, j. F.. Million and L. j. Tip
, ton.
They sent in the following re
e port:
Resolved.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12
NOll

ield, only one candidate should
)e declared nominated, as re-
suit of any one ballot, although
hat on such ballot. more than
One should receive Il majority
Of the votes cast and that the
delegates from this county are
to vote for the adop-
ton by the convention for this
rule.
Bird, That we instruct our del
egates to the st. Joseph ecu
vention to vote for the Hon. j.
p. Rice for the short term and
Hon. j. A. Knott for the long
term as Railroad and Ware
house commissioner.
4th, That we endorse the
course of the Hon. J. H. White
cotton as speaker of the last
house of representatives and
recommend his re re-election.
5th, That the delegates to
to the several conventions re
hereby instructed to vote on ali
nominations or questions coming
before said conventions as a
majority Of such delegation at
tending said convention shall
direct.
9th, That the delegates to the
st. Joseph convention are here
by instructed to vote for Hon.
Move Winters and Virgil Couk.
ling as central comm tteemen
from the second congressional
district.
9TH, That we recommend the
election of j. w. Atterbury, Jr.
as congressional committeeman.
Sth, That we instruct the del.
egates to the Judicial conveu-
tion to be held at Springfield to
vote for and use all honorable
means to secure the nomination
of Hon. G.. D. Burgess and Hon.
A. H. Waller as long as their
names may before the conven 60
tion.
9th, That we endorse the ad-
ministration of Hon. W. 7. Car
rington as Superintendent of
Public Schools and hereby in
Struct our delegates to work for
his denomination.
! The report was adopted.
The following were appointed
on the nominating committee
j. G.. Ada ms. Jas. Smith, j.
P. Boyd, j. Utterback, S. H.
Farrell, w, II. Ragland, w. w.
Barnes, Lewis Phillips, A. A.
/ Calls and G q. GoetZ. They
reported delegates to the vari-
Gus conventions as follows:
/ Springfield; W. Y, Ragland,
j NJ Painter, l. n. Atterbury,
Chas. Creigh. Y, Y. Rodes,
Hamp Shell, j. p. Boyd and
Hon. Il. y, Bodine.
! St, Joseph; H. b. Mudd,
: Elias Caldwell, J. n. Million. j.
NJ. Noel, Y. G. Swarts, j. E.
Brown, w. f. Whitecottou aad
! O. II. Guturie.
St. Louis; j. E. Carrico, Ike
Caldwell, Mat Grigsby, VIM.
( Mccain. j. n Mitchell, j. w,
Lyon, G.. w. Spires aud Geo,
Coppege This report was
adopted by the convention.
The following resolution was
then offered and adopted by
the convention.
Resolved, that it be the sense
Of this convention that no dele,
gate have the right to grant a
proxy to any convention aud
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12

Miss Irene Hornback. of south
of this city, was the second as.
sisant in the schools Of New
London last year. This year she
has beenIpromoted to the posi-.
tion of first assistant with a cor
responding increase in salary.
Johnson e. Davenport shipp ed
their mohair from their flock of
Angora Goats to the Sanford
Mills at Sanford Maine last
Tuesday. The Sanford Mills
are the largest consumers of
mohair in the United States.
They had 1929 pounds. Martin
l. Ely's clip of 460 pounds was
shipped along with theirs,
The First Baptist church has
Gone a deed this week that will
be appreciated by the general
public. Heretofore the water
from the immense root Of the
house of worship has been per,
mitted to "scoot' down the
pipes and spread over the side
walks. Six inch iron pipes
have been laid beneath the sid c
walks so the water will be car
ried straight to the gutter.
We see from the Greenwood
News, of Greenwood, Neb.
that the Iabors of an editor out
there are not ardous. It's edi
tor j. Frank Smith, formerly o.
tins city believes in advert tbs
ing for he has one in his owl
paper that might be termed ;
blanket adv nearly everything
from the Northpole to tht
southpole and from Greenwood
to Greenwood.
Hon. w. S. McClintic me
with the board of the Deaf anC
Dumb Asylum at Fulton. Tues
day. The Senator is not il
favor of feeding the inmates OF
pickled or corned beef. o
course if the sample sent hin
by the packing company tina
wants the contract was not
prime goods, what could on
expect from the company wheJ
filling the contract after it wa
secured.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
Bids for $4,000 Worth of City Bonds
Opened Hannibal Bank Gets Them.

The City Council met in the
Council Room Friday evening
June 6, 1902, to transact city |
business.
All members, j. w. Bell, ID. d.
Nelson, D. A.Ely, j. H. McClin
tic, w. n. Rutledge, j. S, Scott
and A. Boulwarc were present,
Hon. A. Boulware presiding.
The bids we're opened and
found to be as follows:
Sale of Bonds, $4,000 5perce Den $500 each.
Sold June &, 1902
Successful Bidder.
Bank of Hannibal Hannibal Mo.....sl5 so UO
Other Bidders.
Farmers & Merchants Blk Hannibal Mo.l5, 'Sh5o
II b Mudd Monroe City Mo............l5,755 10000
Jno Nuven Il Co Chicago Ill...... ..,.l5,6N3,Oo
w Hayes & Sons Cleveland o.. ...l5,6j5'OO
W II Dulany Hannibal Mo. ...........l5625'O 5'Oo
l5,5Oooo
Macdonald Mccoy & Co Chicago H.. lji%.5O
Missouri Trust Co ST Louis Mo. .....lj, 1880
NV Harris Il Co Chicago lll............l5,IG 10000
Gen NJ BrinkcnhoT Springfield lll......l5,41bOO
Trowbridge & Niver Co Chicago lll....l5 i'll 90
Lamprecht Bros Co Cleveland O......l5, iO2OO
American Central Trust Co st Louis Mo.l5,375O 90
RV Montague Bond and Inv Co Kansas
City Mo........................ 'Io'"6' oO
] Arnold Scuddcr 4 Co Chicago H.. 100
VIM Little Il Co st Louis Mo......... $4,000
Chas Coffin Chicago lll...............l52O 2Ol.OO
Sharp g. Berry Bros Carthage 15,l5OOO
Thos Proctor Monroe City Mo frs. one
half (S750O Observation-Disclosures. "''2h'uo
WARRANTS ORDERED DRAWN.
j. f.. Fish. commission on col
lections .......... ... 90. ... .........-$ I6
f. Nj. Wilson * Son, mdsc. .......... 3 20
Fire Department. ..... ................ 60. = 70
r. Leake Street COMMISSIONER %
j. b. Bristow, work on pumps. : ~
News Prt. Co.. o.. ....... e. O.. ... ..-- IL OU
j. w. Stephens, Marshal and in
cidentals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........40 0V
J. A. Hickman, night police.....l5 OF
j. S. Scott, oil and tanks and
cash to Il, Leake... ............ ...... OC
j. d. Rohr, work on mills ........ 10 OC
Bal2er e. Dirigo, mdse ............... II
w. H. Wine, mdse ........................... l 9S
r.. S, McClintic, prt. bonds ..........25 OC
Hannibal Journal adv bonds ...... sc
Quincy journal Il" ...... I 81
Daily Record " I" , 6(
Total Sl62 g(
Complaint was filed against H. c
Scheetz on account of condition ot
-nriYnte seWer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12

Fine cow pasture right at
your door -JNo, j. ROGERS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-12

Complaint was filed against H. G
Scheetz on account of condition of
private sewer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
ITR- FRANK RICHARD SToRTOH.

Frank r. Stockton, author of THE
Lady or the Tiger ssThe House of
Martha THE Vizier of the Two
Horned Alexander" and a score of
other novels and juvenile books, pass
ed away suddenly in Washington of
hemorrhage of the brain. Mr.. Stock
ton was born in Philadelphia in 1884,
began his career by writing for East
ern newspapers, and later was for a
number of years on the staff of Scrib-
ner's Magazine and St Nicholas.
For thirty years Mr.. Stockton has
been prominent figure in the literary
life of America. In that time he pro-
duced a remarkably quantity of sur
prisingly good fiction. His general
recognition by the public may be said
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRi-
CULTURfSTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Culti-
vation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures. viticulturs and
Horticulture.
Outlook for Fruit.

w. HI. Wylie, Ohio: The outlook for
fruit is fair, as the trees went through
the winter well.
H. M. Dunlap, Central Illinois: The
outlook for tree fruits is good This
applies to apples, pears, cherries and
plums. Peach buds are dead
r. L. Holman, Ohio: The prospect
for fruit is poor and the general crop
will not be over so per cent of an
average Peaches are entirely gone
There will be some plums and cherries
and a part crop of apples
Prof. H. c. Price, Iowa: from pres
ent indications the prospect for fruit
the coming season is very good The
apple, plum and cherry blossoms are
In good condition. Peach blossoms
are killed and some of the more tender
varieties of plum and cherry, but on
the whole, 1 think the prospects are
very good.
T. E. Goodrich, Southern Illinois:
The outlook is good for all tree fruits
except peaches. The peach crop will
be light. A few buds are ready to
break out into blossoms, but not
enough for a crop. Pears and apples
promise well. Trees are leaving out
Warm rains during the past two days
March 26, 27) are bringing out the
grass and Frightening the color of the
wheat.
Professor John T. Stinson, Missouri:
The prospects for an apple crop in
South Missouri are good teaches are
killed over Central Missouri. but as
far south as Koshkonong and also in
the southwestern portion of the state
they promise a good crop. At some
points, for instance Kashkonong, the
report is that the crop promises to be
full.
Professor Albert Dickens, Kansas:
Apples promise very well, except in
some old orchards which bore extra
heavy crops in '01; young orchards
generally in good condition. Cherries
and native plums promise well; Japan
ese plums considerably damaged April
cots badly damaged. Peaches in
northern part of the state, buds killed:
conflicting reports from the southern
part, probably seriously injured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
The summer FaiIow.

The good old advice to summer fall
low is no longer passed on from father
to son. The plan originated in the
days of the Hebrew patriarchs, and.
we doubt not has had something to do
with the barrenness that is now said to
be the state of many of the hills on
which it was practiced. When sci
ence took up the matter it found that
no fertility was conserved by permit
ting the land to remain idle. 1t was
even discovered that a crop of weeds
was far superior to crop of nothing.
Summer fal1ow-plowing up the land
and leaving it bare for season
causes losses in several ways. The up
per layer of soil becomes dust under
the fierce rays of the SUM- In this
dry dust chemical action sets in and
annihilates every vestige of organic
matter-the humus. This humus was
the great factor in the retaining OF
moisture and Of nitrogen. A croI
would have shaded the ground and
prevented chemical action of the ma
ture mentioned The loss of humus
changes the physical properties of the
soil, causes it to be less retentive ol
moisture, lighter in color and heavier
in weight per cubic foot. Rotation ol
crops, including the legumes, is better
than summer fallow.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10

to have begun with the publication
of "Rudder Grange" which for drol-
lery, sweetness and simplicity opened
up an entirely new and original field
of humorous writing peculiarly Amer
lean He was next in public note by
a long series of short stories of the
most fanciful conceit and puzzling
realism, chief of which was the far
famed "The Lady or the Tiger" tale
the elusive and tickling charm of
which promises to make it a perma-
nent part of our native literature.
Hardly less successful were eThe
Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs.
Aleshine" "The Hundredth Man,
and Squirrel Inn," all running into
many editions.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10

To try and write you an article on
the horticulture 1 saw in Europe
would be bewiIder.ng, writes B. r.
Bones in Wisconsin Horticulturist-
Nothing seems impossible with those
F'renchmen as florists, gardeners or
fruit growers / saw men independ-
emily rich on five acres of ground 1
saw cauliflowers eight inches across
and leaves touching the body OF cherry
trees on which there were no less than
six bushels to the tree. Forty-eight
hours after the caulif1ower was cut and
the cherries picked the soil under the
tree was planted to another crop.
How they can do this is mystery,
and as my French is limited to about
forty words, 1 could not ask many
questions. The gardens between Rouen
and Paris are probably the finest in
the world and the neatness of the
homes beyond compare; stone houses
with red-tiled roofs, no weeds, no
waste material lying anywhere. Pears
of all colors loaded the trees, and
trees trimmed in fantastic shapes,
cherries bending with fruit and, east
of Paris a few miles, so many that
they fairly colored the landscape.
In Paris 1 saw oleanders that could
climb and at Treves tree roses, ditto.
At the latter place, in the great rose
garden of Europe, as late as Aug. 1.
thousands of roses were still in bloom.
What must it have been in June! For
shade trees they have no elm equal to
ours; their linden is not to be COM
pared with ours, and we can beat the
oaks of old England. The sycamore is
the great ornamental tree of Europe,
and you are never out of sight of them
in any town from the Mediterranean
to Rotterdam.
OF grapes I saw no end, thousands of
acres; the terraced banks of the
Moselle and the Rhine are one continu-
GUS vineyard. In France if you fur
nished two casks they would fill one
and take the other for pay, so great
was the vintage, this the ordinary
wine. The apples of Europe are not
as good as our windfalls. In Covent
Garden Market, London, were hun
dreds of bushels of gooseberries larger
in size than green gage plums-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
Losing Humus and Fertility.

Growing wheat continuously on land
depletes the nitrogen and humus in it
in addition to what is taken up by
the crops themselves. Just how this
depletion takes place we do not know,
but it does take place to a surprising
degree. This fact largely accounts for
the rapid deterioration of lands de-
voted exclusively to wheat growing
and to summer fallow. This latter
practice, though hoary in age, is
greater waster of nitrogen and of hu-
mus than is even wheat growing. At
st. Anthony's Park, Minnesota, a plat
of ground that was used in the grow
ing of wheat continuously for eight
years lost 1,700 pounds of nitrogen.
OF this only 800 pounds was taken up
by the wheat crop. -Four times as
much nitrogen was lost by soil and air
as was used by the wheat. That
meant a loss of 1 400 pounds, which
was more than one-fifth of all the nj
trogen in the soil at the time the wheat
was first grown. What then would be
forty years? The land would GER
tainly become useless for the growing
of wheat and would reach q condition
in which the recovery of its nitrogen
would be extremely difficult In ad-
dition to the loss of nitrogen there
was q yearly loss of 1000 pounds OF
humus, through chemical action.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10

busnel, respectively. The phosphates
gave good results in all cases, but the
application of muriate of potash alone.
of blood and bone, and 100 bushels of
lime alone were unsatisfactory. The
complete ready-mixed fertilizers were
Improbable and the complete home
mixed fertilizers were not SO econom-
ical as either phosphates, lime or barn
yard manure. On impoverished soil
home-mixed application of so pounds
nitrate of soda, 100 pounds acid phos-
phate and 25 pounds muriate of pot
ash gave the best results. Cowpeas
gave the best returns when pastured
off on the land, and the next best when
made into hay. Flowing under cow
peas on poor soil is considered as al
ways profitable.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10


How to avoid the Hessian fly is one
of the great problems that confronts
the wheat culturist- From time to
time discoveries are being made that
may make it possible to in the future
greatly lessen the violence of the at
tacks. 1t now seems probable that
where wheat is lacking in thriftiness
it is more injured by Hessian fly at
lacks than where it is vigorous. This
is a principle quite generally accepted
as to fruit tree insects. Prof. Andrew
NJ. Soule of Tennessee says: Wheat
On thin and impoverished land suffered
most from attacks of the Hessian fly.
From the results obtained in sowing
wheat on different dates, it is apparent
hat the date of seeding wheat deter
mines, to a considerable degree, the
amount of injury done by the fly, and
it is further evident that if wheat is
sown on carefully prepared land of
good quality where there is an abund-
ant supply of available food that it
will stool out and in a measure make
up for the original shoots destroyed
by the fly. These shoots. however,
will not be so vigorous, nor will they
fill so well as those first thrown up
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
WILL RECLAIM MILES OF SWAMP


Marshes In Northern MInnesota to BE
Turned Into Fine Farming Land.
A great deal of northern Minnesota
is about as fiat as a floor. Over wide
area east of the Red River Valley the
water partings between the streams
are scarcely perceptible. Many of the
streams meander in tortuous courses
sluggishly over the prairie and lose
themselves finally in big marshes.
Some of the rivers, as shown on the
maps, appear suddenly to terminate
deserts where the streams are lost
in the sands.
A number of these large marshes
are not far from the Red River Val
ley. It is proposed to dig some long
bitches to lead the waters of these now
sodden and worthless lands into the
valley. The Lost River ditch will be
four miles long, and will drain $4,000
acres of swamps; the Badger ditch
will be eight and a half miles long,
draining $500 acres; the New Solum
ditch will be four miles long, draining
1000 acres; the Goodhope ditch. five
miles in length, will also drain an
important area.
The total cost of these four bitches
is estimated at S26.500, and they will
turn sc, 900 acres of swamp lands inio
the richest of fields and meadows, add
ing most appreciably to the productive
area of the state and improving the
health conditions in that part of the
country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
Fruit InvestIgatlon. In Missouri.

Fruit Inves tIg a tIon< Missouri.
The government summary of the
work of the Missouri Fruit Expert
ment station, under the direction of
Prof. John T. Stinson, says: During
the first years operation of this sta
ton about forty acres of land were
brought under cultivation, twenty of
which were planted in test orchards.
Experiments in crossing strawberries
have been undertaken, and some
scale for the control of apple scab and
bitter rot carried out in a neighbor-
ing orchard Eighty varieties of ap-
pies, 108 peaches, Al grapes and SO
strawberries were set out Apple scab
on the varieties Ben Davis and Hunts
man, was almost entirely prevented by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture Bit
ter rot was more difficult to control
with Bordeaux mixture. In one ex-
pertinent on Ben Davis sprayed five
times, go per cent of the fruit was
free from bitter lot, while on control
trees only Ia per cent was free from
it. In another part of the orchard rs
per cent of the fruit sprayed four
times was free from the rot, while on
unsprayed trees all but IA per cent
was affected. The variety Huntsman,
which was sprayed three times during
the season gave S3 per cent free from
bitter rot and 80 per cent free from
apple scab, while on unSprayed trees
but 48 per cent was free from bitter
rot and 81 per cent free from apple
scab.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
A Fatal Providence.

A Billville man who had obtained
a pension from the government for
having lost his voice as the result of
injuries received in service shouted
"Hoorayi" on the day his first pension
money was paid to him. The pension
was straightway called of, and now.
in great detection. he says:
1T happened thisaway: Some o
these meddlesome Christians got to
prayin' fer the return O. my voice, an
their prayers was answered at the
wrong time.'-Atlanta Constitution.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-05-10
ol.o Bill Passe. the senate.

Last Thursday the oleomafgarine
bill passed the senate by vote of 80
to 81. The ten-cent tax on the colored
product went through without change,
as did also the provision for taxing
uncolored oleomargarine one-fourth
cent a pound. The bill places under
the provisions of the police powers of
the states and territories all oleomar-
garine, butterine, process, renovated
adulterated, or imitation butter or
cheese, or any substance in the sem
blance of cheese or butter not the
product of the dairy and not made of
pure unadulterated milk or cream
Some slight amendments were made in
the senate, and this will send it back
to the conference committee of the
house and senate