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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
BOIL WEEVIL-

The ravages Of g tiny insect, less
threatens the cotton industry Of the
South. Experts Of the department Of
agriculture are endeavOring to find
ways and means to stamp out the boil
weevil which has become q menace
to the cultivation Of cotton In the
South. An expedition composed OF an
insect expert, a bird expert and an
authority on the cultivation Of plants
has just left Washington, charged
with the duty OF devising means Of
Kidding the cotton fields Of the boil
weeEiI. One expert viii endeavor to
find an insect capable Of combating
the boil weevil. Another viii study
the feathered tribe in the South, with
a view to finding a bird that feeds on
the boil weevil. When he finds the
right one the species will be protect
ed and given every opportunity and
encouragement to feed on the cotton
destroying insect. The third expert
Will endeavor TO graft different varie-
ties Of cotton with view to producing
a plant that will be imperYious to the
ravages Of the boil weeEiI. The i'm
portsnce Of success attending the
operations Of this expedition cannot
be overestimated. Last year the boil
weevil destroyed anywhere from $15.-
OOO, 900 to SIS, OOO,OOO worth Of cotton
The figures viii run up to $50. 900, 600
this year. The boil weevil has be-
come so destructive that its elimina-
ton from the cotton field con-
stituted a subject Of discussion at .
convention Of cotton growers held on
Nov. 9.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
Two Excellent Arguments

The physicians first professional
call for the day was upon a man that
was i'll with the grip.
Doctor groaned the patient, this
is t-e first sickness Of any kind I
have had for Is years, and It goes
mighty hard to be cooped up this
way"
-Iy dear sir" soothingly replied
the doctor, think how much more
fortunate than the great majority Of
people you have been. You have
every reason for bearing your af-
Fiction with patience"
His next call was upon a man with
q severe case Of infammatory rneu-
matism.
Doctor" moaned the patient, Il
seem 10 be always sick with some
thing or other. 1 don't believe I have
had a well day since the year Of the
worlds fairl"
Then, my dear sir" replied the
doctor, proceeding to write a pre-
scriptiOn, you certainly should have
learned by this time to bear your af.
Fiction with patience. - Chicago
Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
BACK TO THE LAND.

Wise Investors Turn from Inflated
Stocks TO Sure Thing.
Amid the crash Of stocks and the
wreck Of inflated trusts, it viii be OBJ
served that land and urban real estate
are showing no tokens Of panic or
shrinkage Into all OF the states of
the West the procession Of farm buy
ers continues to move in an uninter-
rupted stream. None Of the reveTses
OF speculation has precipitated any
lack of confidence in the soil. 1t re-
mains, as it viii for all time, the firm
and mistaken basis Of the country's
wealth.
The man who is the possessOr OF
piece of land has the game in his own
hands. There is no promoter or stock
gambler who can jeopardize his in
vestment. Where it is purchased with
judgmen. and is always worth the
money paid for it, and it is bound 70
increase in value. 1t cannot be de-
stroyed or carried away. It requires
only industry TO make it profitable
and productive. 1t constitutes a source
OF independence in any condition OF
the money market and amid all Of the
mutations Of speculative enterprises.
Real estate represents q tremend'
Gus proportion Of the wealth Of the
country. The richest families in
America, in England and in all Of the
countries on the globe are landhOlds
af
a convincing ownership Of land that
holds the English government tOgeth-
er. Out Of the soil proceed all intrtn'
sic values. There viii never be any
more land on the globe than there ts
now. But there viii be millions and
millions more people to consume
what land produces. This makes 10
upward tendency Of land inevitable.
mere is no escape from that result
20 investment judiciOusly made in
realty behind the investment is tm.
perishabIe.
The country has witnessed, again
and again, and quite recently, the dis
astrous enects Of yielding to the
temptation Of taking the chances on
another mans game to obtain large
profits. Thousands Of people have
lost their all by the collapse Of such
schemes as the captains Of finance
evolve to rob their victims Had the
men ana women who have been i'm
poverished by the genius" Of Mr..
Morgan placed their money in land or
urDan real estate they would have
something 10 show for it today and
would not be stricken with the fear
Of dependence and poverty
Land is the one thing in this world
whose value is absolutely intrinsic,
and its worth and desirability ought
to be made apparent as it has never
been made apparent before BY the
ruin that has overtaken those unfor-
tunate persons who have been heeced
Of their all by licensed stock robbers-
Kansas City Star
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
A Ten Million BusheI Crop Of Buckwheat
It Is h. Biggest On Record and there Dss for an from Two States

Not 50 very many years ago buck
wheat cakes we're eaten only by the
very poor Of the farming districts. not
because they liked them, but as q
measure Of economy There was no
market for the grain or -four, and
when it was grown at ali it vas for
stock food. or for home consumption
in default OF anything better.
It viii grow on the poorest soil,
where no other crop can be raised.
It natures more quickly than any
other cereal. and = crop failure is
hardly ever known, 50 that this is
prominently the poor mans crop
The poorer farmers no longer eat
buckBheat nowadays. They can't az
ford it. They first convert It into
cash, and then buy wheat -four, no
doubt wondering what those city folks
mean by buying at fancy prices what
was considered a few years ago 1T
only for cattle, poultry and paupers-
Among bee keepers buckwheat IS .
fayOrite crop, for the reason that the
blossoms contain more honey than is
found in the flowers Of any other plant
Of economic use aside from its value
as a honey producer. AS long as the
buckwheat fields are In flower, the
bees confne themselves to them en-
tirely, and therefore produce pure
buckvheat honey.
The market value OF this IS impair
ed BY the fact that it IS a dark amber
color, instead Of the clear white de
By the fastidious city trade.
In making this exactiOn, city custom
ers show their own ignorance. Few
Of those who have ever tried genuine
buckwheat honey would be willing to
exchange It for the finest grade OF
white clover.
Buchwheat makes practically all OF
its growth in six weeks Of hot weather
in July and August, being the most
rapid growing Of farm crops For this
reason it is supposed to be very ex.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
The Most Sympathetic Man Found

The most tender, sympathetic,
differentiated man living has been
found. He is a resident Of the small
town Of Hennepin, on the illinois riv-
er; the initial point of the Hennepin
canal, and a memorial Of the heroism
Of the Pioneer Father Hennepin- It
is an old little town, for its charter
was issued to it in 1899 The man
whose loving kindness has brought
him fame, if not fortune, is Amos T
Purviance, for q years the clerk Of
the courts in Putnam county, an aged
man, but not too old to use his head
yet when there is work 70 be done
And, as seems proper enough for a
man in the town CT Hennepin. MI Pur-
viance's celebrity rests upon his late
improvements in the hen business
The aged clerk is not only a lover
of nature, but he has strong sense OF
humanity, in the treatment OF dumb
animals. His idea in this matter led
him TO cOntrive a machine 70 lift his
hens to roost A kind Of endless rope
ladder four feet wide was run over
puIleys at the top and bottom Of a
frame set at an easy angle and reach
ing from the hen house floor to the
roosts. By turning q crank the
rounds Of the ladder would be brought
within easy stepping reach Of the
chickens
The fowls soon learned when IL was
time for the grand ensemble, and
they would crowd into the hen
house ready to take position on the
friendly lift A dozen LeghOrns and
Plymouth Rocks would crowd on a
round, the machine would start and
bring another round in reach when
another lot would get aboard, and the
turning would be kept up BY the hu-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
Getting a Start.

It is q very common thing to be
told by men that If they could only
get a start they could get ahead in
the world. Now, any man can, If he
viii, get a start and be somebody
and do something. The saving Of the
first 800 is the hard proposition. To
save this means hard work and self
denial, poor clothes, work after hours,
plain rations and not a penny spent
for tomfOOlery. When a hundred dol
lars get together, they commence to
work for you, and the knowledge that
you have saved them will do much
TO make you more industrious, more
thrifty, more ecOmical in the effort to
add to the number Get a start
There is no earthly excuse Tor power
ty in such a country as this.
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RICH HANS VIII
Il Provided fer Brass Bands At HIs
Funeral.

e Provided fer Brass Bands at He
Funeral.
Funeral services with raEtime mus
lc in place Of hymns and q gayIy
dressed drum major in place OF a
Bomberiy robed minister Of the gospel
Is the strange stipulation in the wiz
Of Amos Mccartney, who died Jan
q. 1903. at Alameda. Cal. possessed
Of an estate valued at $3.50. 600
Alamo" and in the Good Old Sum
mer Tins" suggest a funeral of strfk-
ing features, yet the win which was
6led for record IN Cook county yester-
day leaves no doubt that such q fu-
neral was preferred BY the wealthy
Californian While the picture Of pan
bearers and mOurners keeping stride
to the notes Of such melodies is far
from conventional It is in keeping with
the ideas Of the testator, who declar-
ed in the will that he was a person
Of no religion and held the Savior TO
be OF no more consequence than the
rest Of the mortaIs." He stated that
be did not desire any minister at his
funeral, but would prefer a No.
brass band to entertain those who at
tend"
Having had nothing to DO with my
existence" the testatOr further de-
clares, I do not desire any one to
talk at my funeral Of the hereafter, Of
which he knows nothing more than
DO"
The estate of the dead man con-
sists of property in California. Mis-
souri,. Wisconsin and Illinois. The
fact that some of the property was in
this state was why the property was
recorded here. The entire estate is
left to the widow and children.
H s. Mccartney OF the law firm Of
Oliver & Mccartney is a nephew OF
the deceased. and also an attorney in
the case.
Those who would Judge my uncle
TO have been a bad man, in view Of
his last viii, would be very much mis-
taken" he said. The old man was as
straight and honest a man as ever
lived, and he was very far from what
ordinarily is styled sacrilegiOus- But
be bitterly hated all sham and pre-
tense. and he thought that he dis
covered much Of this sort Of thing in
modern religion.
He was raised in a Mennonite COM
munity in Lancaster county, Penn,
and ne attended the services Of this
people whenever he had an OppOTtun-
ity. Being perfectly frank and always
ready to express his real thoughts, his
will is no surprise TO the many who
knew Inn. He was one Of the '49ers
in California, where he made the bulk
Of his fortune, which would have been
much larger but for his broad and IN
stinted liberality toward his family as
well as toward all really deserving
people who came under his Observa-
tiOn.-ChicagO Inter-Ocean.
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hausting On the soil. 50 that the own,
er Of a good farm wiz not plant It s1
all
This is. no doubt, the reason Why
so much OF this grain Is raised in
Butler. Armstrong. Wsstmoreland and
Indiana counties in Pennsylvania.
These counties are fun Of bald knobs
that have been cultivated for more
than a century. until AL the natural
fertility Of the soil that has not been
extraced by the crops has been wash
ed down By the rains into the valleys
below.
They win produce nothing but
buckwheat and beans. and as buck
wheat brings greater returns with less
labor, buckwheat IS the crop prefer
red Possibly the time will come When
these WORKOUT farms will cease to pro
duce even buckwheat; but, with firm
faith in q benefioent Providence and In
the efficacy OF commercial fertilizers.
the farmers are not losing any sleep
Buckwheat- is sown broadcast or
drilled into the ground about the first
or middle OF July, and Is harvested az
soon as the first frQsts Kill the last
lingering blossoms. The shsaTss are
allowed TO stand in the fields for q
few days. until the periDatstic steam
thresher comes around. when the
crop IS hauled in and thrsshed.
This is really the most critical peri
Cd for the buckwheat farmer. Often
a large crop is nearly ruined by a few
days Of vet weather after the grain
has been cut and before It has been
threshed.
Now is a busy and eKacting season
for the owners OF traction engines and
threshing machines IN the buckwheat
belt, for to them the whole farming
community looks to save the crop
from possible destruction. Often they
work till midnight, and then travel
for hours in order to be ready TO begin
work at their next stopping place az
sunrise.-New York Sun
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08

Lovers Of the buckWheat cake will
be glad TO learn that the largest buck
wheat crop ever harvested Is now be-
ing gathered in the two great buck
wheat raising states Of the union
New York and Pennsylvania
Last year the buekwheat crop Of
the United States amounted to 1885,
sss bushels, valued at $5,341, 413. OF
this total New York produced s,2sO.-
15S bushels worth 1865. $50. with
pennsylvania a close second with 4
production Of s,1S8. 4O2 bushels
worth S1,753. s21. Compared with
these the state OF Maine makes a
poor third. yielding 1880 bushels.
Twenty-four states figure as buck
wheat producers, the gain growing as
Tar South as Georgia and as far West
as Oregon. Considerably more than
kEO-thirds Of the total production is al
ways from New York and Pennsylvan-
Ia, to which nearly every state in the
union pays tribute for the delectabIe
gTiddle cake.
It is too early to estimate the total
OF the crop for the present year, al
though it viii certainly exceed 10000
900 bushels The four counties Of
Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland
and Butler in Pennsylvania will yield
more than 100000 bushels, these
counties forming the buckwheat belt
Of the United States and yielding
nearly four-ffths OF the crop prOduc-
ed in the Keystone state. The prOduc-
ton Of New York generally exceeds
that Of Pennsylvania, but its cultiYa-
ton is there more generally distri-
buted
The buckwheat cake is a peculiarly
American institution, as much so as
the pumpkin pie The crop is cult
waited in many lands, but the house
wives Of no other country have learn
ed how TO prepare It in such a manner
As 70 tickle the palate Of the lover Of
good living
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08
lowe To Protect Dumb Animals


A movement is on foot TO secure
legislation in Iowa similar to Nebras-
ka's prohibiting live bird shooting
from traps This IS part Of a general
movement throughout the United
States. and evidences 4 growing feel
ing Of repugnance to the needless
torture Of dumb animals
It is true birds must be killed so
long as man remains a carnivorous
animal, which viii be apparently
while ne remains q vigorous and
ViriIe animal, and II makes but little
difference how they are killed so long
as death comes speedily and painless
". Trap shooting is not to be con-
demned especially because it causes
needless suffering. for on the whole
1t is not more painful than the usual
methods OF killing birds for market.
Neither can trap shooting be con-
demned out-of-hand by those who ap-
prove Of field hunting and fishing. for
both OF these time hOnOred sports
Of the race are open to substan-
tally the same objections that the
sport at the trap is. But there is
percentage Of difference on both
counts, that makes the sport at the
trap more repugnant that the methods
OF the butcher shop and the barn
yard, and less attractive than tramps
in search OF game across the fields
or along the trout brooks There is
something about the deliberate coop
ing up Of helpless birds and whole
sale slaughter OF them merely for
amusement, that puts q bad taste in
the mouth Of the man who eats them
with relish at the table or who with
dog and gun spends his vacation in
pursuing them IN open fields There
q something coldly brutal about even
. competition in field hunting. where
the hero Of the occasion is the one
VINO has caused the greatest slaugh-
ter. But even this is not the brutality
OF the trap.
No one can excuse TO his Own con-
science the deliberate encouragement
Of sports among the young that derive
their sole interest from the manning
and killing Of dumb animals. The
tramp across the fields in the open
hunt, or the morning wade In a tenn
pestuous trout brook have cOmpensa-
tons that obscure the motive that in
spires them, and the race viii not in
many generations at least give up
these health promoting sports. But
Daniel Boone or Izaak Walton him
self could not have looked upon live
bird trap contest without = feeling OF
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08

The society bud is naturally in the
flower Of her youth
The garter snake prefers q calf 70
a sheep.
As the hair bleacher said. "A fair
exchange is no robbery"
Nothing venture nothing gained" IS
not eonsoling to man who has moth
ing TO venture
A glorious sunset isn't half 30 at
tractivs to a woman a. = diamond
sunburst
He il a fool Who miIks no wisdom
from adversely
As q rule \ man thinks Il & pretty
tough Ehsn he Ia asked &c tender his
resignstion.-PhiladslPbia Bulletin
Forgiveness Is the EWeetsst 10
vsnge
Sin e not cured b. calling Il nama-
ne maa e usst EiEAs L usuallg Q
@eu uas-
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Sioux city PhiIosophy

Does the Dragging cornetist who
plays a borrowed instrument blow his
own horn7
A man can feel good without being
especially good
A sledge is slower than a taekham-
mer; but
You cannot whitewash yourself By
blackening others.
A heavy sermon makes a good sink,
er. but a poor bait
Sheep that can be stolen are apt
70 turn out poor mutton
That virtue Il always deslraSls
which the devil derides
Heights OF philosophy a-s SOD
places On which 70 fresza
A wise man win watch himself a.
Weu e. HIS ehildeTn-
Il q q sad religion that 81 ssE8
atzong unless ita oEnsr 6 SICK
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08


Although cotton Is no longer king
It holds an important place n ehis
country Two millions 81 dousrs q
day is q snug sum for the agricultural
product in q single country. even such
\ country as the United States. That
Is the figure shown by the report OF
the Department OF Commerce and
Labor, through its Bureau OF Stats
tics as the value Of the cotton export
ed from the United States In the
month OF October, 1903.
The preliminary statement OF the
bureau for the October exports shows
the value Of cotton exported in the
month Of October 10 be $50 ,2SS, 412,
against $4,000, 900 in October, 1909.
sat. 900. 900 in October, 1901. and $751;
4744s7 in October, 1900.
The total quantity exported in Oe-
tober, 1903, as shown by this DreIim-
mary statement, was 5s4, $40, s72
pounds, being an average price Of 10.1
cents per pound
This figure Of $50, OOo, 600 receipts
for cotton IN a single month is not
equsled in the history Of cotton ex-
ports except in the month Of October,
1900. when the total value Of cotton ex-
ported was SOCIALIST. Even the fg-
ures Of 36O,273, 412 for tse month Of
October, 1903. are subject to a slight
prospective increase, as this prelim-
mary statement of the Bureau Of Sta
tistics does not include the figures Of
certain distant ports through which
small quantities Of cotton are export
ed
It should not be understood from the
above statement that the value of
cotton exports Of the United States
averages 100000 pei day, the year
around. although they have averaged
$4,000, 900 per day during the month
Of October. Taking the entire year,
it may be said, however, that the value
Of cotton exports now averages $1,000
600 per day for each business day Of
the year.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08

A lay iguTs-the price e eggs
The minute man may say, 4 sec
ed II"
The artist doesn't do a free hand
craving for nothing.
The Would-be aerOnsut and his ma
china are both sore (soar9 ~ tried
or course you always buy under
wear subject to change.
The vaccine physician and the bar
~ are Wiling to Scrape an acquaint-
saeA
TIE teacher often keeps the imper-
esct scholar after school for . spell {"
a soft answer often prevents hard
sosiinEA
Most men are known b. their
v0rks. but We may Judge tie musician
~ bis play
The ssrononsT nay 80 star gazing
= sAs dag tine b Deusniziag shs
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manitarian until the whole brood
would be up on the roOsts. In the
morning the fowls were lowered By
the same process.
There were a few shy birds az
first, but it was not long till the
most conservative pullet that ever
wore feathers was ready to take the
elevator when it was time to go to
bed. Now there is no waiting for
the passengers They are on the
spot. ladies first, Of course, and il
takes but a few turns OF the crank
to give them all the coveted boost
Mr.. Purviance has one wise old
rooster that knows more than .
Judge OF election. This sapient old
guy he has trained to pull a string
when the crowd is ready for the
grand ascension. The pull rings .
gong, and when the gong rings Mr..
Purviance drops everything and HES
to the henhOuse, and a few twists OF
the crank does the rest II is great
Mr.. PurYiance is now celebrating
a spring mechanism whereby the
elevator viii be set in motion by =
pull on the string that rings the
gong, and so viii be self operating.
The gong will be run Just the same
as a signal to any fool hen
that doesn't know enough to go to
roost- Mr. Purviance is considering
a proposition to put his hens and
their elevator on exhibition at the St
Louis exposition He has not ap-
piled for a patent. preferring to leave
his invention open for the unrestriGt,
ed benefit Of the whole world.
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out Of ten trap contests there are no
live birds. If Iowa should abolish
live bird shooting the law would In,
terfere in no way with the legitimate
sport OF the trap. II a measure TO
abolish live bird shooting is pressed
TO serious consideration in the coming
there viii be found but
few members who viii care to go on
record as deliberately favOring what
under all the circumstances must be
considered a brutal spOrt-Des
MOines Register.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08

difHcuIt to account for as
they we're compelled to watch a dis
puted measurement to determine
whether a wounded and futtering lit
tie bird had fallen within bounds, or
see some excited sportsman carefully
herding 8 wounded and futtering lit
tie bird to insure catching it within
bounds Trap shooting is mere kill
ing-nOt an occasional vacation in
the open air for the man Of business
or the professional man-bUt a delib-
crate competition in slaughter.
There is plenty or sport at the trap
without live bird shooting At nine
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-07-08

The widow was taking her first look
at the bust Of her beloved husband.
The clay was still damp. pray ex-
anime it well, madam" said the sculp-
tor. eff there is anything wrong I
can alter il"
The widow looked at it with q mix.
ture of. sorrOw and satisfaction
cit is Just ike him." she said, "a
perfect portrait-his large nose-the
sign Of goodness" Here she burst
into tears. He was so good Make
the nose q little largerl"-