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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-02-21

WANTED -Several persons Of character
and good reputation IN each state
Zone in this county required to repre-
sent and advertise old established
wealthy business house Of solid hnan-
cial standing. Salary s21.O weekly
with expenses additional, all payable
in cash eacn Wednesday direct from
head offices. Horse anu carriage fur,
ished when necessary. References.
Enclose self-addressed envelope.
Colonial Co., 1874 Dearborn ST.,
Chicago. i15tii
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-02-21

A long list of the "got rich quickp
schemes have gone to the wall within
che past week. Instead OF proving
an effective warning to the people,
they will only serve to call the
attention OF rascals to the ease with
which they may play upon the
%credulous. These schemes all have
their origin in the cupidIty Of the
investors and they win continue to
flourish as long Is the demand for
them exists.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-02-21
Bucking the Trust.

Jackson's laundry is doing fine
work at the same old prices, collars
&c, cuffs 4c, etc. Bring your laundry
or phone 95 and we will send for it.
Gro. ScARLETT, Agent,
l-l9 At Farmers Drug Store.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-02-21
To Bore for OH.

The Missouri oil and asphalt com
Pany has made a contract with Ed. l..
Moore, an operator in the Beaumont
fields, to bore for oil or asphalt at
Nevada, his pay conditioned upon
success. Moore is evidently confident
that there is oil or asphalt there.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
co,or,do's Cement Resources.

Denver, Oct. 3.-Colorado's recourses
for manufacturing cement will be in
vestigared and fully described by the
United States Geological Survey. The
Importance Of this work in the devel-
opment of the industry is considered
inestimable by the citizens who have
invested in the few cement quarries
opened.
E. c. Eckel, an assistant gee!ogist in
the employ of the government, arrived
last night and registered at the Wind
sor. He said he had been all over the
United States Investigating the cem-
ent resources. and last stopped at
Yankton, South Dakota.
The cement manufactured at Flor
ence, and known as Colorado Portland
cement, has already taken rank among
builders of the West as equal to the
genuine article formerly imported from
the remote East. The home product is
being used exclusively in all local
building operations and also for Gem
snt curbs and cutters In public work.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

Another Largest automobile in the
world" is harvester in southern Cali
fornia. The machine is sixty feet long
and thirty feet wide. The motive pow
er Is furnished by oil. Eight men are
required to run it. AS the machine
starts of the grain begins falling in
sacks on the opposite side from where
1t is cut, and the straw drops into the
cart behind.
The Colorado wheat crop this year
is a marvel even to dealers and millers
themselves The first OF the new crop
commenced to arrive at the Denver
mills a month ago, and lots were re-
ceived that the sellers claimed went
from seventy-five to eighty bushels to
the acre. Since then the average yield
reported to the millers by producers
is seventy bushels to the acre. Heads Of
this wheat measured from six to seven
inches In length and the berries were
fat, round and perfectly formed 1t has
been a phenomenal season, climatica,-
ly perfect, and to these conditions, to.
gether with greater knowledge Of soil
requirements demanded by wheat on
the part of the farmers is ascribed the
record-breaking crop.-Field and Farm.
The past season was so interspersed
with weekly showers in some parts OF
Colorado that a good deal of ergot ex-
lists in the rye and native hay In addi-
tion to the rye thirty species of grasses
are subject to attacks OF ergot, among
which are the various species of bronze
grasses. timothy, fescue. rye grass, dog
tooth. couch. meadow foxtail, orchard
grass and several species of the poas.
For the eradication of ergot careful
screening of all seeds should be done
with care to avoid distributing the In
fected material from one field to an
other by means of hay OF stock. In
case Of pastures which have become
seriously infected as is the case on tho
Divide, some cultivated crop should
be employed for few years until the
danger from propagation has passed.
Field and Tarw
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

London. Oct 3.-Addressing a mass
meeting at Sheffield Thursday night in
connection with the conference of the
National Union of Conservative Asso-
Citations. Premier Balfour delivered the
speech which has been long heralded
As the first heavy gun 20 be fired In
the fiscal reform campaign which Is
absorbing the attention OF the United
Kingdom. her colonies and. indeed. the
whole world. and which has cause the
present British Cabinet crisis, the re-
suit Of which 1t is impossible to fore
tell.
Mr.. Balfour, in the course of his
speech. did not even hint at the sue
cessors In the Cabinet to Mr.. Cham
berlain. Lord George Hamilton and Mr..
Rltch1e. In fact, he did not mention
the ministerial designations. ignoring
altogether that phase OF the situation
on which 1t was expected he would
make some declaration. The premier
confined himself strictly to the tariff
question and his speech was to q large
extent repetition OF the arguments
contained in his recent pamphlet.
Concerning the question as to wheth-
or 1t was intended to reverse the YER
dict OF the great case of Free Trade
versus Protection In 1916, his answer
was that the controversy of 1876 was
Of no interest to the present generation
and was utterly inappropriate to 1903.
He said:
Our grandfathers fought the battle
IN view Of the actual situation. | ask
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The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

In the non-irrigated sections of the
west fall plowirg is of great impor-
tance because the most precipitation
occurs during the fall and winter
months. Experiments conducted on the
relative values of fall and spring plow-
Ing on dry farms have shown that the
fall plowed land contained one-fourth
more moisture in the middle of the
summer than did the spring plowed
soil. On the dry farm the roots of the
plants must go down deep in search of
water and this is facilitated by deep
and frequent tillage. When spring
opens and the hot sun begins to beat
down on the farm it is very necessary
that the plowed grounds be narrowed
duce a surface layer of dry earth to
check evaporation from the soil.-Field
and Farm.
Some new varieties of barley have
proven well adapted to our Colorado
soils. Among them Is the celebrated
brewing barley of Europe known as
Hanna. 1t has produced forty-seven
bushels to the acre in northern Colo
RADIO. and is the heaviest yielder Of the
brewing barleys grown in that Sec
tion. Some of the hulless and beardless
sorts are vVy promising for the
higher attitudes. The Silesian and a
new black barley from the north Of
Finland yield sixty bushels. We pre-
dict that rye will be of considerable
value in the higher attitudes. but little
Is yet known as to its feeding quail
ties. We know it is very valuable hu-
man and stock food in other part of the
world and experiments in this country
show that it has about the same feed
ing value as barley. There is no reason
why the live stock men of the higher
plateaus of Colorado should not pro-
duce barley. rye and speltz for use in
putting a high finish upon their hay
fed cattle before shipping them to
market.-Field and Farm.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Science and Invention.

No species of flower shows moro
than two of the three colors, red, vel.
low and blue.
The greatest searchlight in the
world is one just completed by
Sehickert of Nuremburg. Germany,
which has BIG million candle power.
That fishes and frogs may have
tuberculosis has been demonstrated
in the Pasteur institute in Paris. This
is no cause for alarm, however, for
they are found only in the intestinal
organs, would be killed in cooking
anyway, and bacilli reared in a cold
blooded animal could not thrive II
transferred to man.
1t Is a curious fact that flies will
not pass through netting, even though
the meshes be quite large, unless there
is source of light. as from a window,
behind 1t. Thus. In rooms with win.
dows only on one side a net over the
window will absolutely keep the nie.
out, although the meshes OF the net
may be an inch apart.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
DEATH OF MAJOR
SCOTT J. ANTHONY

Denver. Oct. 3.-Major Scott J. An
thony. one of the best known pioneers
Of Colorado, died at his home, 1880 Lo-
gan avenue. at 10 o'clock last night.
Major Anthony had been suffering for
several months from hay fever con-
tracted during his service in the civil
war, but his condition was not thought
serious until few days ago.
Major Anthony was one Of the most
prominent buainess men in Colorado.
He came to the state in 1859. and has
Lived here since then, with the excep-
ton of four years spent in the civil
war with the Colorado volunteers. I'm
til a few years ago he was principal
in the abstracting firm of Anthony.
Landon & Curry, and was heavily in
terested in real estate.
Twenty years ago he married Fran
ces Brown, a teacher In Wolfe Hall.
This was his second marriage. Two
brothers were engaged in business with
him in Denver for several years, but
both died a number of years ago. The
only relatives that survive him are his
brother, Charles E. Anthony of San
Diego, California. and sister, Mrs. E.
G. Hamilton, who lives in Portland,
Oregon.
The deceased was a member OF the
Colorado Association OF Pioneers; a
life member of the Masons: was afilli-
ated with the Sons of the Revolution.
the Loyal Legion and Lincoln Post c.
the G. A. r.
AS a pioneer of the state. Major
Anthony was always intensely inter-
ested In its progress. He was a great
traveller, and had spent considerable
Of his later life in foreign countries.
He used to claim that he had visited
every city OF importance on the globe.
He once spent two and half years in
making q tour of the world.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
British Troops In Boston.

Boston, Oct. 3.-For the first time in
many years the flag Of England, guard
ed by British muskets, and borne
through the streets of Boston yester-
day by the Honorable Artillery Com
pany Of London. as special guests OF
similar organization, the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of this
city.
Landing at Charlestown, almost on
the very spot where their ancestors
started on their memorable attack on
Bunker Hill. 12S years ago, the red
coats of the twentieth century marched
from their steamer the Mayflower.
over the bridge to Boston and then
through streets rcsplendent with the
American and British flags to the ho-
tells which will be their homes during
their sojourn in this city. For five
days they will be entertained and then.
after weeks tour which will include
New York. Washington. Niagara Falls
and Canada. they start back to their
own shores.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
FARMING MATTERS.
Colorado Beet Industry.

In the course of gathering data foi
a series of articles on this season s
northern Colorado agricultural har-
vests, the writer has personally visited
all of the northern Colorado beet sugar
producing regions and their develop
ing sugar factories. says George Il.
Caldwell in the Denver News.
At Greeley the tributary beet area
Is slightly in excess of 5.l00 acres. The
beet growers will approximate S345 900.
tons. The money distributed to local
beet growtrs will approximate s3i5. 900.
The factory wage scale for its sugar.
making campaign will exceed SlOO. 900.
and the sugar production itself will be
at least 10000, 600 pounds.
At Eaton the factory will crush over
10000 tons of beets. the product OF be-
tween 6,00O and 1000 tributary acres,
Will distribute at least 1910, 900 to beet
growers. will have a sugar campaign
wage schedule reaching $l25, 900. and
will produce 20.O00.OO0 pounds Of sugar
At Fort Collins the tributary area is
1000 acres, 5000 tons Of beets will be
crushed, 100000 will be paid TO beet
growers. $l50,0O0 will be distributed to
sugar factory employees. and $4,000. 900
pounds of sugar will be produced.
AT Loveland 10000 acres are OF fac
tory feeding this year. $4,000 will be
paid to beet growers, an appropriation
OF 100000 will be counted in factory
wages. and an excess OF 3O.000.O0O
pounds of sugar will be made.
At LoEgmont the beet area Is 5000
acres. the amount paid to beet growers
will be S340,00O the factory wage
schedule 100000. while 100000
pounds of sugar will be marketed.
Northern Colorado beet sugar fac
tories this year have, in round num-
bers. total tributary area OF $4,000
acres, will have combined yield of
100000 tons of beets. will approximate
distribution of $2.O0O.O00 among beet
growers, will pay out all told about
100000 In sugar factory wages, and
will produce in grand aggregation con-
sideratly in excess Of 100.00O.0O0
pounds, or $4,000 tons OF sugar.
Basing the sugar at cents pes
pound. it will amount to $5.O0O,OOO. to
which is to be added the money paid tt
beet grower and factory wage workeri
with the result that the five sugar beet
factories of northern Colorado will
have this year a cash creation approx
mating $S.O0O,OO0.
Three interesting deductions are to
be drawn from the above figures OF
northern Colorado beet sugar manufac-
ture:
First-That these factories represent
an average plant expenditure Of 81 .O0O.-
900. and that, therefore, the value of this
years sugar output is equal to the COM
bined construction cost Of the five fac
tories.
second-That the sugar factories
themselves will reap this year at least
for beets and factory labor
Third-But by no means last. these
figures show that northern Colorado
soil is producing about $40 worth Of
beet sugar per acre and per annum.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Wyoming University Farm.
Laramie CORRESPONDENT saws:

"A Laramie Correspondent says.
The Wyoming university expert
mental farm and agricultural college.
have been doing a great work The
studies and investigations of the former
have come to be recognized In the
West as standard. and the farming,
stock raising and ranching interests
OF the state look to the university to
front the several industries from yeai
to year. The experimental farm,
through great research and many ex-
periments, has determined the grains
and grasses best adapted for certain
soils, attitudes and climatic condi-
tiOns. The farm has also determined
the best methods for the care of
sheep. cattle, swine, horses and other
domestic animals common to this Sec
ton. Bulletins are issued from time to
time and the information thus dissem-
mated has been invaluable to the
stock grower and farmer. who by fol-
lowing the suggestions, is enabled to
conduct his business in a more profit
able manner than were he to conduct
the experiments in his own behalf and
at great expense.
On the experimental farm all kinds
OF grains common to this latitude are
successfully grown: also sugar beets
and other vegetables. Live stock of all
kinds is raised, and some of the finest
specimens of sheep. cattle and swine
ever seen in Wyoming are products Of
the college farm.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09

er than molasses in January" which Is
responsible for the invention Of this
automatic valve cutoff. In the one
instance it will save waste, while in
the other 1t will save time, as the
clerk can go about his business with
the assurance that when the proper
quantity has issued from the faucet
the valve will be closed without any
effort on his part In this invention
there is a suspended platform, on
which the jug or other receptacle Is
placed beneath the faucet. The plat
form is supported at the lower end OF
vertical rod, and the latter has a
spiral spring controlling its down
ward movement. At the top Of the rod
is notched gauge, which can be ad-
justed to operate at any desired point.
The jug is placed on the platform and
counterbalanced; then the gauge Is
set. the valve opened and the valve rod
hooked to hinged bar. which is dc.
pressed by the gauge. 1t is obvious
that as the liquid flows into the jug
and the weight increases the vertical
rod will fall gradually until the gauge
strikes the hinged bar. AS the weight
of liquid still further increases the
bar will descend and operate the valve
closing rod.
The inventor of this valve closing
device Is Charles Simon, of Avilla
Ind.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Powor Generating Street Car.

The transmission of the electric cur.
rent from a power plant along wires
to propel street cars has become .
common affair and the lay mind sell
dom bothers itself with the problems
which had to be solved before this
was made possible. 1t seems, however.
that the limit has not yet been reach.
been worked out at Devonport. Eng.
land. by which the cars when running
down grade return current to the
wire, thus aiding in driving the
motors on cars climbing hills or run.
ming on a level. Lest the perpetual
motion enthusiast should see in this
a solution of his puzzle, let us state
that it is still necessary to operate
the power plant. but considerable
power is saved by this method which
would otherwise go to waste. The ap
paratus is constructed SO that the car
descending a grade first supplies the
current generated by its own motors
to the operation OF the brakes, and
the balance of the current is returned
to the wire from which the car but
a short time before was receiving its
power. AS this idea is said to be
in operation at the above named
town, it's success must be taken for
granted, and the system which has
been patented by J. S. Raworth, Is
said to save considerable electric
energy over the ordinary system.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Burglar Proof Express Car.

With the large quantities OF valu-
ables which the express companies
transport about the country 1t is not
to be wondered at that they should
be wiling to spend considerable money
to make their cars Cs near proof
against hold-ups and robberies as pos
sible. The proceeds of single haul
by a gang OF bandits have frequently
been great enough to pay for equip
ping a number of cars with the latest
ideas to protect the messengers and
contents of the car, and as there still
remains a possibility OF robberies OF
this class In the future. an Oklahoma
man has designed the car whose de-
tails are presented in the drawing.
hoping with this equipment to frus-
trate the wouldbe robbers. The prin-
cipal feature of this apparatus is a
series Of movable light carriers. which
normally permit the rays of the lamps
to illuminate the interior OF the car.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
POTATO CROP is
UNUSUALLY LARGE

Denver. Oct. 3.-A Republican special
from Greeley says: AS potato digging
progresses 1t develops without doubt
that this is the largest crop ever har-
vested in the Greeley belt The frost
of September 14th, which at first was
considered must result in a great loss
to the potato crop. has proven q bless
ing in disguise. Farmers say that the
tubers were unusually slow in matur-
ing this year. but the cold snap killed
the vines and ripened the potatoes In
time to place them ON a good market
at least two weeks earlier than usu-
al, which far exceeds any benefit
which might have resulted from a two
weeks longer growth. And again the
farmers are now able to put all avail
able labor in the potato fields and get
the greater part of the crop on the
market or stored before being obliged
to harvest the beet crop. the digging
OF which will be in progress In two
weeks.
The produce dealers here have de-
cided not to lower the price Of potatoes
from Is cents hundred, Us they say
they can dispose of as many at this
price as they could were they from 5
to 10 cents lower. Potatoes are now
going to Kansas. Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Texas, and when ripper
will be shipped to points east of the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
The great question that confronts
the farmer and dealer is lack Of
transportation. It is impossible to get
sufficient cars to supply the demand
Seven hundred and fifty carloads of
potatoes have already been shipped out
from the Greely district, 400 carloads
more than at this time in previous
years. The daily average leaving here
is twenty-five carloads.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
PREMIER BALFOUR ADVOCATES
BRITISH PROTECTIVE TARIFF

the nation to follow their example and
rot be misled by musty debates. The
second question is: DO you desire to
reverse and alter the fundamental fs-
cal tradition which has prevailed for
two generations?' My answer Is: Yes.
do"
He proposed to ask the country to
reverse. anEul. and altogether delete
from their maxins of public conduc.
that they must never impose taxation
except for revenue. In his judgment.
the country ought never to have stood
self-deprived of that liberty. and II
should publicly resume in the face OF
Europe and the world the liberty OF
which 1t deprived itself-the liberty
which every other country In the world
possessed-and that no country should
deprive itself Of, the liberty OF nego-
tiating, and also something to negou-
ate.
To the next question. why they
should want to resume this liberty,
seeing how well the country had pros
pered without it. he would reply: MY
object is to mitigate to the utmost the
injury done us by hostile tariffs. The
proposed remedy will not be complete
even II tried In its integrity. because l
believe the country will not tolerate
tax on food, but undoubtedly 1t will be
useful
Mr. Balfour sat down at the close OF
his speech, amid loud and prolonged
cheering. A vote of confidence in the
ministers was adopted unanimously.
/ 4 4 /
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Designed to Foil Bandit.

together with number OF slotted
cylinders. The latter are normally
placed SO that the slots are concealed
in the walls OF the car. but a move
ment of lever revolves them to ex-
pose the slots. which then serve as
loopholes or portholes. through which
rifles and revolvers can be thrust for
firing. AS the majority OF hold-ups
occur at night. the special purpose OF
the movable light carriers mentioned
above will at once be apparent. The
same lever which operates the port
hole cylinders reverses every lamp and
throws it's rays on the outside Of the
car. leaving the interior In almost to-
tai darkness. Thus the robbers are
exposed, and can be disposed OF by
the messengers without the latter be-
ing seen themselves.
The inventor Is John W. Vaughan,
Of Granite. Okla.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-09
Test;nu New Railway Brake.


What Is known as the Steiner dis
tance brake for railway lines has
created SO much interest In Germany
that representatives of five roads
have made a test of its claims re-
Gently. with the result that an ex.
tended trial of the brake is to be given
upon the regular train service. This
new invention may be said to be
an improvement upon the air brakes
now In use. 1t is so connected with
the air brakes of train that when
the front wheels of locomotive pass
over danger or halt signal upon the
tracks, it will automaticahy apply the
brakes. at the same time opening the
whistle valve. The apparatus worked
with perfect satisfaction, even at the
great speed of SS.75 miles an hour.
but because of the extraordinary
strain to which 1t was subjected an
important part thereof was broken.