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The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
A CALIFORNIA LETTER
Chas Kerney Writes Enter'ainIngiy
From The Coast.

] 'N'h tur NodSt,
= The following interesting letter comes
'fo'h fhas kerney, a Jasper boy who is
nowsfn Calitorha:
FRESNO CALIFORNIA IL -16 1902.
10 the Editor and readers the nNeUs,,
As Il has been some time since | have
written any thing for the paper will
nog Try b tell you more of California.
We have been having it 50 worry cool
that ice las been frozen and Of course
plenty Of .rost. 1t seems so odd to see
the green grass, trees IN leaf, and flowers
bloom At thi3 time Of the year.
The osauge season . is in fuU. blast and
i"cIe Is a sr'at deal of this nico fruit
n'ins roc5ed shipped east, aud some
Jr"1 II home market. Oranges and
lemons ate uLcut a.. extensive
oat here IS 10 Missouri, aud
.ie snnic caa Ao said about a great deal
It the 9th = irait, Iha packing houses
mat are running are kept busy almost
day ard night filing their orders; but
after holidays the, most Of their work
wi'i bo over
! see 10 the "NeWs" aud "Carthage
fiess y ihat J.sp,r and the surrounding
onmunl;y a.cU,iug stir.ed up over Il q
mineral, gas sod oil Prospects; which |
"aso w'I prove to be all right. | was
over 10 tie Coalnga oil fields and WAS
well paid for my visit to that place.
These fields are about one hundred
miles from Fresno in the Coast Range
Muuutalns az an elevation Of ahout
fifteen hundred feet. The Mountains
have scarcely any Thing growing ulon
IhenG 50 1t is 40 trouble to get about
the Mountains 50 far as timber is con.
cssued. The depth of the wells vary a
< eat deal as tho nearer the foot hills {.
well is placed the de- per it must b.,
The hrst strata OF oil sand is fund at
out right hundred feut but most wells
ar deeper NEAR one thousand feet into
or below the second strata Of oil sand
The wSll5T IN the foot hill and valley are
oSfrtw t.ousil ds TT IN depth. Aud
10 the whole iclus there are only a
few flo ing wells. there is probably
enough ggs in these fielus to supply a
small city. Aud the houses are heated,
aad lighted by a part OF this gas. The
oil Is Of a different quality than that iu
tee east. It's b isis is asphalt and is not
80 good for refining as eastern .oil; but
make b ,tter fue. 1il. The demand for
t1Is oil is very great; as most all steam
eugines here are using it. And cars
sDpueh cana be secured TO ship the oil
that is ordered frt N the fields.
The wages paid in these fields are
good. Afrst class drill man gets s6 per
day and board and the lowest wages are
- aud board.
The boards and sleeping'quarters are
excellent for California at least. |
notice in the PAPER THAI Jasper is i'm
proving ag eat deal in bui dis and
business. Also the high School is still
keeping up and sustaining its record.
Let che good work 90 on" | will close
BY wishing all a Me5yiChristmas and
PROSPEROUS New Yedfs.
Yours for good wishes.
... Chas, IL. Kerney
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
TO DIVIDE COUNTY SEAT.
JOPLIN WANTS PART OF
COUNTY OFFICES.
Has Begun Legal Proceedings
With That End In
View.

The politians Of Joplin have taken
the first legal step 10 an effort to divide
the county seat OF Jasper Go by having
branch Office established in that city.
They viii ask the state Legislature It
lts next session beginging in January, To
give Joplin and Carthage alternate
sitiings Of the county court, and of the
probate court and TO establish in Joplin
branches of the offices Ct county recor.
der, county collector, county assessor.
county surveyor and county clerk.
The legal step Friday was the first in
sertion in the Joplin Globe of certain
publications, the body Of which follows:
"jtirst published December 10, 1892. -
no WHOM II nAY CONCERN.
Notice is hereby given and published
10y householders who are also citizens
and voters Of the county of Jasper, in
the state Of Missouri, that contcmpa-
ted law, II bill, will be introduced in the
I2nd general assembly Of the state OF
Missouri, providing for e establish
mrnt at the city Of Joplin in said county
Of a br ,noh Office Of Tie q
and here follows in the rcspec tive
publications, the nrme Of the Office
sought to be divided, 10 wit; that Of re-
corder, assessor, collector, Surveyor and
county clerk. Nineteen to twenty Two
names Of Joplin men are -ignrd TO each
separate publication, the same names
appearing in nearly every list.
The publication in regard to the
county court is "to provide for place
ard equipment and fix the lime and
place for holding the terms Of the
county court Of Jasper unity and
providing that the terms Of said court
shall be held alternately at the city Of
Joplin and Carthage, aud that said
terms shall be held monthly, and each
monthly term shall commence on the
first Monday 10 each montn, and that
special terms may be called to meet at
either tho city Of Joplin or at Carthage
The said court to furnish and equip the
new court room at Joplin.
The publication; regarding probate
court contemplate msking that court
of record, as we'll as-diyiding the court
as follows! 80 to provide for the
establishment in. the county of Jasper Of
a court Of which shall be known as the
probate court of Jasper county, and TO
provide that the judge of probate Of
Jasper county shall b2 judge Of said
court only until the general election in
the year 1906, aud providing for the
election at the general
election in the year 1906 and every four
years thereafter, except as hereinafter,
provided, of judge of the probate court
Of Japer county, and provided
ing that there shall he (s' terms of the
Court established and held annually.
Four terms cf which shall he held at
Carthage, beginning the second Monday
ia Feb, the second Monday in May, the
second.lMonday in August, and the
second Monday in Nov, aud four terms
of said court-shall be held at the city Of
joplin, beginning the second Monday in
March, second Monday in June, second
Mold il .Septemb and second Mon
day in December. "
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
A FOUNTAIN PEN FOR
SC ii DOL BOYS AND
SCHOOL GIRLS.

We are pleased TO offer to any boy or
girl whl will secure for US eight new
subscriptions for tine Kansas city weekly
Journal at the rate of 20 cents each,
making total Of g 90, aud viii send
the money TO Us together with tho
names, we will mail together with the
names, we will mail to his or her
address, charges prepaid, beautiful
fountain pen. This pen is guaran teed
to give good satisfaction If properly
handlcd. Rubber handle aud gold
pointed, t.is hrsL class in every respect.
What is the uss Of having bottle Of
ink when you can have this pen io your
pocket, all filled with ink 9ed Tsady f.g
writingy This pen is a grett prt' ''nt E'r
the boy or girl, and il you will get out
aud make little eG Irr oa S,turday,
you can secure list in short time aud
earn this beautiful pen. Now is the
time to make trial rs our proposition
will only bod good for siXty days irunl
Dec lst.
Send money by postcfllce order or
draft, and G,ets a!i cUmnunicalions
70 The Kansas City WecEb Journal,
Kansas City, No.
Sord fcr sample copies Of the woakly
!cI canvassirG.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
WANTED -FArrHvuL PERSON TO TRAVEL

WANTED FAITHVUL PERSON TO TRAVEL
FOR we'll established house in few
counties, calling on retail merchants
and agent. Local territory. Salary
SiO2l a year ard expenses, payable sl9.
20 week in cash and expenses advanced
Position permanent. Business success
ful and rushing. Standard House, SIi
Dearborn ST., Chicago.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
=. r., w. Sheets has the best
81, ,2asboy's shoe il town.
GfSn item a trial. -.
EXECUTORS Notice.

sNeFfcE IS hEREBY GIVEN that letters
,dssnfnentary upon the estate of New
ton Owings deceased have been granted
by the clclk Of Probate Court Of Jasrer
County, bearing date tie 25th day No
vember, 1903
All persons having claims against said
Estate are required To exhibit them 10
me for allowance within one year fiom
the date Of said letters, or they may be
precluded from any benefit Of suca c.
.tste; md II such claims bo rot exhibited
itr ta1.t. -H 'H'- ~ 'he
ba.aaea 80 ..'ts u,
nfs5 ojgua t,.'or tttH-
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25

Get a. free sample Of chamberlain g
Stomach and Liver Tablets at Webb
Bros. They are easier to take and more
pleasant in effect than pills Then their
use is not followed by c. Rstipation as is
often the case with pills. Regular size,
2jc. psr box. ..., 90.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25

A piece Of flannel dampened with
Chamherlaiu's Pain Balm and bound on
the affected parts, is better than "A
plaster for lame back aud for pains 10
the side or chest. Pain Balm has no
superior as linimeut for thr relief Of
deep seated, muscular aud rheumatic
pains, For stl0 by Webb Bros.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25

III brave the storms Of Chilkoot Pass,
III crnss theplains of frozen glass,
I'll leave my wife and eross the sea,
Rather than he without Rocky Noon
'S' tain Tea.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25

:I'f0R.SALE: 200, l2O aud 80 acre
farm for sAls, bargains all-last.a "a snap at
$1,000, best improvements; miles from
Jasper. Address, l.. Riddle. Jaspe r.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
Salesman Wanted.

To loOK aftS our interests in Jasper
and adjacent counties, Salary or spIn;
mission. Address tho Victor Oil com
pany. Cleveland, Ohio.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25

=. II you feel .ill aud need pill
Why not purchase the besty
DeWitts Esrly Risery
Are little surpriseIs,
Take oue--thry dn the rHst.
". II. Howell, Houston, Tex, writes-l
have used Little Early Rsar Pills in my
family Tor constipation. sick hradache,
etc. t. their use | am in lehted for tho
health Of my family.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
Tux Notice.

,. The taxpayers Of the city of Jasper
are hereby notified that the city taxes
are now due aud payable.
Il. w. SHEETS, collector.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
A Good Shoe.

Ihaye just received complete line Of
the celebrated Priesmeyer Shoes, both
Gentlemen's and Ladies' and can fit you
'odt in any shape or form and guarantee
satisfaction. Iii IIENDRIcKs.
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25

-fi,r .N,a le1e Fssl.en si,''s
= sliuts
The Jasper news., 1902-12-25
Furniture and
!. Undertaking

e,. Iatbllrimes am keeping nice line
!. Of Eugnitqrcs Wall Paper, Telescopes,
Winqg, ,slg'9f5, Linplium and Oil cloths.
A tpe gG9a 9afIngtqn Carpets, samples
Bfusscls.. Moqults, and make lilos6f
Picture Frames, =
Also mS Collins and Undertal1rr's
supplies are fine and . large limo topick
from. have robes and shoes, white
hose. 1 have taken y thorough. course
10 Embalming and will take good, care
Of bodies ahd preserve them VIII fluid,
furnish Pictures enlarged and, Riauy
.ri.. Ns=r!ti--:af 'eo -
D. W.. ...TE;EfI,EER,. 4 ! El'fI,EER {.
Jasper, 7'@' - Missouri
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17

About the year 1890 the agricultural
press contained favorable notices of
system of silage making which in
brief is as follows: The ripening ears
of corn are removed from the stalks
and cured on the barn floor or else
where as best one can. The eornstalks,
still green, but freed from the ears, are
then run through the feed cutter and
preserved as silage. 1t was claimed
that this was an economical practice,
writes w. A. Henry of Wisconsin ex-
pertinent station.
Wolf summarizes the results at the
Wisconsin station, where silage from
equal areas of land was used, thus:
'"Thirty-three thousand seven hun
dred and fifty pounds of silage, with
ears, fed in addition to hay and grain,
the feed containing 1928 pounds of
dry matter in all, produced 1888
pounds of milk.
''Twenty-seven thousand five hun
dred and seventy-one pounds of silage
with ears picked off, plus 4,341 pounds
of dry ear corn, in addition to hay and
grain, as before the feed containing
1G.491.7 pounds of dry matter in all,
produced 1,423 pounds Of milk"
Hills of the Vermont station reports
that an acre of green corn fodder, in
Guiding ears, reduced to silage was
equal in feeding value to 1875 acres of
silage from stalks stripped of their
ears fed with the meal made by grind
ing the dry ear corn which was pro-
duced by the crop. These trials show
that the practice of separating and dry
ing the ear corn in silage making is
not warranted by the results and that
it is better to run the ear corn into the
silo with the fodder.
win summer Silo Pays
An Allentown On. j. correspondent
writes to Hoard's Dairyman:
s'My cows earned $74 last year. Ny
feed is four pounds wheat bran, four
pounds dried brewers grains and two
pounds cottonseed meal, with silage
night and morning and corn fodder at
noon. l keep my cows in good, warm
stable most of the time. l think it
would pay to have summer silo and
not bother with fodder corn when the
summer drought comes. What do you
think?"
To which The Dairyman replies:
"We have all confidence in the idea
that ensilage in summer pays big
profit. Some build a special silo for it,
narrow and high, so that when heat
prevails each days feeding will go
deeper into the sweet silage, for the
surface must of necessity be quite
sour, exposed to the air and heat as it
u.s. Others II the big. silo enough more
to feed in summer. Whichever way is
tried we are sure soiling with ensilage
is the cheapest, easiest and best"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
POULTRY IN PETALUMA.
California Town That Is Given
Over to the Production of Eggs

California Town That Is Given
Over to the Production of Eggs.
The town of Petaluma is ruled by
100000 hens. They rule as long as they
produce eggs. When they are past that
stage of usefulness, they are put out of
the way somehow, perhaps sent to San
Francisco boarding houses, and
younger generation of rulers take their
places.
But for these half million of hens
the town would never have been what
it now is, and the egg and poultry rails
ing industry of Petaluma would never
have Matched, so to speak, and reached
It's present immense proportions. The
hens know it, and hence there is no
spot in the place that is forbidden to
them.
They greet the visitor as he steps
from the train, and they cluck at him
as he departs-that is, if he doesn't
stay and go in the poultry business in
this favorite spot, which many finally
do. Twenty-three years ago there were
not more than hundred or two chick
d.
Now more eggs and poultry are ship
ped from that point than from all the
other towns of the state combined, and
the poultry ranches vary in size from a
back yard to hundred acres or more
No person having scrap of land to
spare is without flock of hens.
The few figures following make the
egg business appear a very much more
dignified occupation than it is popular
~ supposed to be:
The shipments from Petaluma last
year were 100000 dozen eggs and 3d.
600 dozen of poultry. AS high as $4,000
dozen eggs have been shipped out in
one day from the Petaluma market
alone. More than one-half of the eggs
and poultry used in San Francisco
yearly come from this town of breeders
and incubators, for the motherly hen
does not belong here, and it is as much
as her life is worth to show any in
clination to set.
Petaluma's proud position as the egg
center of the Pacific coast is not the
result of accident, but is due to a com
bination-viz. right soil, cool summers
and favorable location. Nearness to
the San Francisco market and the ex-
fremely low freight rates afforded by
reason of the competition between wa
ter and rail transportation are other
important factors in its development
San Francisco Call.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
HOMO Grown Trees.

Professor Howard of Missouri in a
recent bulletin affirms that it is not
generally understood among farmers
that they can propagate and grow
their own trees at-little or no expense.
To start small home orchard a man
need make no cash outlay at all. For
apples he can save some seeds. plant
them, grow seedlings and on them
graft any and all of the varieties of the
fruit he wishes to have. Peach. plum
and cherry seeds may be planted in the
same way and the desired varieties of
each budded on the seedlings. All this
is easy to do if one only knows how.
The process of grating and budding is
regarded by many as a mysterious art
which only favored few can under
stand. How this impression came to be
abroad it is difficult to say. but it ex-
lists nevertheless. There is. however.
no magic at all connected with tie
process of making budded and grated
trees. and any one can learn it who
will take little time to do so.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
SHOULD THE WOMEN MILKe

Should the American farmer permit
or require his wife and daughters to
help milk the COWS? is a question
which has come to the front at two or
three of the farmers institutes which
the writer has attended the past win
ter While women far more than most
men are specially fitted to milk the
cow-the best dairying in the world is
done by women, as in Denmark-it is
still a fact that as things are in this
country the average American farmer
will not require this service of his wife
and daughters, and. more, if he did,
there are mighty few of them who
would do it. In case where a man
had six girls and no boys we think the
proposition would bear debating at
least. In the main, however. the aver
age American woman has all the work
she ought to do without milking cows
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
After
Dinner
Speeches
{ Volumes
1, II, III

These three volumes of the Library CON
tain the most uniquely comprehe nsive col
lection of the thoughts and words of post
prandial orators ever published. About the
Banquet-Board, no less than in the Forum,
the great thoughts of the masters of the
world have been given expression. BY
them parties and policies have often been
made and unmade. By them also the diners
and later the world have been given the
inside view of gigantic enterprise. herculean
effort and sublime achievements In periods,
scintillant with wit, Choate forged new
and stronger links in English and American
unity. The silver-tongued Grady rent the
curtain OF sectional prejudice, and brought
the Puritan and Cavalier into common;
congeniai brotherhood In these pages liv-
ing men speak living thoughts in living
tongue. We sit at a bdnquet-bou1'd Nth a host
Of speakers the like Of 1ohich the 1oorid has
aeUer seen. AS Congressman lands, of In
diana, says of these volumes: "We behold
the galleries radiant with fair women We
hear the shouts, and the air peals with
laughter-then comes a pause-a shock-the
lightning of wit, and the thunder of APP
plause; men and women rise, sparkling
glasses soar-Modern EIoquence transports
us, and we are there"
Every speech is reproduced as given, with
all the Introductory remarks. We hear the
applause, the cheers and the laughter
of the GUESTS
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
To Reclaim yvornout Lands.

If you think that lands lack humus,
apply stable manure or turn under a
green crop. The best general green
crop is red clover, but it does not catch
well on very sandy and very hard soils.
Then begin with any crop which will
grow-rye, buckwheat. corn, beans,
anything to get a start. If the land
produces weeds when left to itself, it is
good enough to produce something else.
Turn the weeds under, SOW something,
turn it under. SOW again. In two or
three years the results will be seen, re-
marks a writer en- this subject.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
Great Addresses
{ Volumes vi, VII, LX)

These three volumes contain one of the
most unique features OF this most unique
work. Phillips Brooks, the well-beloved,
brings the Great Emancipation home to US in
the Character of Abraham Lincoln;n Henry
Van Dykes Books, Literature and People,
and Balfour's 1.-The Pleasures of Reading
would alone be sufficient for the bookman,
but there are a score or two just as good.
those who read it. For here we have Newell
Dwight Hollis 1.-THE Pulpit in Modern Life; u
Cardinal Gibbons Supremacy of the Cath
ole Religion" while Cardinal Manning
with his fine, broad view, discusses the
Persecution of the Jews" Blaine, in one
of his creates inspirations, gives his grand
delineation of Garfield the Man and the
Patriot" while few pages further is found
Choates immortal epic, ION the Death OF
Daniel Webster" So on-aDd on-until we
had named the major part that is conceded
great and worthy in our nitional literature
Every address is complete.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
Friday. the Twentz-afth day Of April

next, between the hours of II and o'clock, to-
wit at 9 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at
the Court House in the City of Woodbury.,
County of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey,
all the following described real estate that is
say
All that certain lot Of land situate at Newbold,
in the Township of West Deptford in the
County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey,
and designated as Lot No $50, on plan of New
bold made in 1887 and filed in the Clerks Office
of said County, at Woodbury., N. j., ard bound
ed as follows: Beginning at a point in the
Southerly line of Summit Avenue at the North
westerly corner of Lot No. 1872, thence (1) along
the Eastery line OF said Lot No. 49, South forty
eight degrees fifteen minutes West, one hum
bred fifty feet to the Northwesterly corner of
Lot No. 149 corner also to lot No. Isl; thence (2)
by the Northerly line of said lot No. 149 South
forty-one degrees forty-fve minutes East, fifty
feet to the Southwesterly corner of lot No. 14S
corner also to lot No. 147; thence (3) along the
Westerly line of said lot No l4S North forty
eight degrees, fifteen minutes East one hun
bred fifty feet to the Southerly line of Summit
Avenue aforesaid; thence (4) by the same North,
forty-one degrees, forty-five minutes West,
Together with all the land lying in front of
said lot to the middle line of Summit Avenue
aforesaid, for the uses and purposes of public
street forever.
Being the same premises that the Newbold
Improvement Company, by Deed dated April
10Th 1888 and of record in the office of the Clerk
of Gloucester County, at Woodbury., N. j., in
Book 148 of Deeds, folio 235 &C., granted and
unto the said Clinton 8. Davis.
Seized as the property OF Rachel l.. Davis ct
al defendant, and taken in execution at the suit
of The Woodbury. Real Estate Mutual Loan
Association, complainant and to be sold by
Watkins & Avis. Sol'rs. Sheriff.
Dated March %. 1902 327 Prs fee. slO.8O
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
BROUGHT THEM TO TIME.

A wealthy telephone corporation,
erecting a long line across a western
state, tore down a local farmers line
which was in its way. When remon-
strated with by the farmers and asked
to repair their line, the corporation
representatives treated the grangers
with contempt, telling them that a
company worth $1,000,0O0 had no time
to fuss with farmers lines. But the
agent Immediately put the line in re-
Fair when Informed that the twenty
four farmers operating the line were
worth half a million and would fight
for their rights.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-04-17
TN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.
To Theodore r. Scott /:

To Theodore f. Scott
By virtue of order OF the Court of Chan
Gerry. made on the day of the date hereof, in
cause therein pending, wherein Anna Morgan
and Joseph F. Morgan, Executors of Jesse @.
Morgan, deceased, are complainants, and you
are defendant, you required to appear, plead
answer demur to the bill of the said COM
plainants on or before the Second day of June
against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a certain
mortgage given by Caroline F. Sweeten and
Andrew Sweeten to Jesse c. Morgan, bearing
date the Twenty-ffth day of March, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and
seventy nine, on lands in the Township of Man
tua, in the County of Gloucester and State Of
New Jersey, and you, the said Theodore F.
Scott, are made defendant, because it is alleged
in said bill that you hold mortgage upon the
premises in the complainants' bill described
which is alleged to be a lien upon said premises
Dated April l, 1902.
WATKINS & AVIS,
Solicitors for Complainants,
asst 1873 s. Broad St., Woodbury., Nj