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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

According to the Schell City
News Of last week, 100 work men
were TO begin Monday morning
last, 10 raise the track Of the NJ,
and 7. rail road above
high water mark, across the
0sagc river bottom at that city.
The road bed will then be rip
raped and water ways be con
structed 80 as TO allow the water
to pass of without flooding the
surrounding country. The big
force will be made up mostly ri
hands from around Schell and
a large amount of money
will be expended.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

The gross earnings of 100000
miles of railroad in the U. S. for
the year ending June 80, 1904
made gross earnings of ever ST.
9G6, 600, 900 as against the earn
ings of 205, 600 miles of railroad
for the year ending June 30,
1908, amounting to over $780,
500, 600 an increase for the year
1904, of about S66, 600, 900, The
operating expenses were over
s 1882, 300, 600 in 1904 against 81
257, 10000 in 1903. The net
earnings for 1904 was 1854, 200
600, and for 1908 1910, 600 OO
which was about 5000, 900 less
for owners and stockholders in
returns for year 1904 than went
to them in 1908, but no railroad
will stop running their trains ON
this account.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

cleans mp "A rotund yearly treas.
IRE Of twenty million dollars
The export value Of American
nrm tools and machinery in
creased, during the year just
closed, over four million dollars
beyond the figure Of the year be.
fore; and II is safe TO submit,
since that export was disposed
of at prices widely under the
prices asked for the same article
in America, that the harvester
trust enjoys a fringe Of profit
from its home trade that in much
Of its Illicit extravaganza might
better be sheared away.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

finally over the Alton, the Santa
Fc, the Baltimore 4 Ohio, the
Pennsylvania, or any other rail
road, in leaving It's central depots
of farm-tool supplies, Il must
first run mile or two over one
of those railroads IL controlled.
by this sagacious practice, the
harvester trust need never traf.
iic with any railroad for "A rebate;
its own railroad would be able 20
make the deal. IL is worth in
the railroad market from two TO
three dollars car for the Illinois
Northern Railroad 10 shunt in
and out a car, designed for the
reception of a shipment of har.
vester-trust wares. The Illinois
Northern compels the other
railways to pay twelve dollars
for that service, or from nine TO
ten dollars more than it is worth.
Having arranged with the rail
road for nine-dollar rebate per
car, the harvester trust began
establishing agencies. aving
the upper hand in mere trade
volume, the Harvester Company
took its pick of the would-be
agents of the country. Likewise
its trade superiority enabled it
to put the following exclusion
clause, into its contracts with
its agents:
Said agent especially agrees
not to accept the agency for, or
to be interested in the sale of fanny
grain binder, header, corn binder
husker and shredder, reaper,
mower, stacker, sweep-rake, hay
rake, hay-tedder, other than
those manufactured by the In.
ternational Harvester Co"
The harvester trust-hatched
to bleed the farmer for forty
million dollars of profit every
year, with its railroads and its
steamboats, and it's ropewalks in
Manila, has invaded Europe,
Asia, Australia, and South
A m erica with its products.
There it is selling them at a
wholesome per cent below what
is demanded of the American
agriculturist. From this alien
trade alone, the harvester trust
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27
Died at the Post of Duty.

After fifteen years continuous
service as a passenger engineer,
Walter Krapf, well. known in St.
Louis among railroad men, was
found dead at the throttle of his
moving engine in Terre Haute,
Ind, Thursday. He was on a
Big Four engine, running from
NATION, ILL.,, to Terre Haute,
Ind, and had just pulled the
train into the station at the latter
place, uncoupled and started for
the roundhouse, when he fell
dead in the cab. His fireman,
Hudgens, made the discovery in
time to stop the engine.
Hudgens had just spoken to
Krapf, and, receiving no reply,
called again. When he looked
around to see why he was not
answered, he saw Krapf leaning
against the window with his
hands folded, as if asleep. Lif,
was extinct.
Krapf lived with his mother al
NATION. He was 3s years ole
and had been a railroad man ever
since he became of age. When
boy he was a train caller and liv
ed in St. Louis. He will be bur
led in Mattoon.-Globe Dem.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

The brewers are reported as
saying that twenty per cent of
the beer sold in Missouri in any
one week has heretofore been
sold on Sunday in the big cities.
What a commentary on the OBJ
servance of the law, both by
themselves and their customs.
They are, by their own confess
sion, violators of the law, all OF
them. Does the boodler and the
bride taker more? All good citi-
zens seek to observe the law, not
violate it.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

An international Railway Con
gress win be held in Washington
d. c., May 3rd. to 14th. in which
thirty-fve foreign nations win be
represented. About 1000 dele
gates viii be in attendance, rep.
pesenting 240 foreign and So
American railroads. -Four hun
dred thousand miles of railroad
in forty different countries will
be represented. 1t will be a not
able gathering.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

n. 5. Brown is pretty good in
grammar. He was giving one of
his little boys a lesson the other
night and asked the question,
What is the plural of man,
The answer was men" That
is correct, he said, now what
is the plural Of child!" twins, -
was the reply. An n. S. could
do was grin and say that will do
for this time.-Fritz Metz Times
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

The French chamber of depu-
ties, corresponding to our house
of representatives, by a vote of
422 to 45, has adopted the bill,
providing for the separation of
church and state. The bill pro
yides that, The republic assures
the liberty of conscience and
guarantees the free exercise OF
religion, the only restriction be.
ing those in the interests of pub.
lie order" The overwhelming
majority in favor of the measure
shows the strength of the sup.
porters of the measure.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

The money sharks are making
no more i0.per.cent.a.month
loans, and are waiting for the
present rumpus to blow over"
So are the saloons waiting for
the Sunday closing rumpus to
blow over" Both had might
as wei wait until the state house
blows over.-K. G. Times.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27
Usage township warrants.

Usage township is in an en-
barrassing condition financially
having about 5000 outstanding
warrants that are said to have
been drawn in excess of the rev.
enue. 1t is also stated that the
parties who hold the warrants
threaten TO sue the old township
board members for the amount
of the warrants. The debt was
made in buying lumber and var
ious road tools. 1t is claimed
the warrants are not legally
worth the paper they are written
on. The people of that township
have received the benefit of the
tools and supplies and it is un-
derstood that the citizens don't
want to see the members of the
board pay the debt. II is hoped
the holders of the warrants will
be paid in the near future and
the suits will not be instituted. -
Nevada Mail.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

From a country newspaper
standpoint these city boards OF
trade are simply gambling hells
ON an enlarged scale. The two
or three gamblers that get "a
country sucker into some back
up stairs room only pluck one, or
possibly two, poor galoots, while
these city boards of exchange
catch their victims by the hun
dreds, and possibly thousands.
The green cloth gambler only
takes from the green country
fellow what he is able to work
for and replace, while his city
brother rObs not only the man Of
health and strength, but the
widow and the orphan, the aged
and infirm, who, by a life of toll
and economy, have saved a sum
against a rainy day. Can you
see the differenceg This country
editor can't. In fact he thinks
the back room gambler far the
more honorable Of the two. This
grain, cotton and stock gambling
ought To be stopped by law and
the violators Of the law sent to
prison like any other common
.aw breaker.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

A gentle rain began falling
Monday and continued TO yester.
day greatly %benehtting gardens
and early farm work.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27

Nothing is SO contagious as en-
thusiasm. It is the real allegory
of the tale of Orpheus; it moves
stones; it charms brutes. En-
thusiasm is the genius Of SINGER
ity, and truth accomplishes no
victories without it.-Bulwer.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-04-27
PreyinR Upon the Farmer.


trust was resolved upon, and un-
der the name of the Internation-
al Harvester Company incorpor-
ated at Trenton. Being thus
launched at those old familiar
shipyards, the New Jersey-TIen
ton yards, the harvester trust,
without reserve or setback, has
marauded agriculture ever since.
The round production of the
American farms in figures, is
each year $500, 100000. IL is
three times the gross earnings
Of the railroads. 1t is fourfold
the output Of all the mines
gold, silver, iron, copper, coal
1t is six times the whole capital
of all the national banks. To.
produce that annual crop, the
aggregate value Of which Is -,
900, 900, 600, the farmes spends
yearly 500, 600, 900 for tools, i'm
plements, and machinery, and it
was for the conquest of those
500, OO0, 600, and to turn them to
its own profitable favor, that the
harvester trust was conceived.
It is not too much to say that,
now, in the year of its existence,
the harvester trust, from those
500, 0O0, 600, pockets a yearly
profit of over $40, Oo0, 600, eighty
per cent of which may be count
ed as merest rapine, attained, by
methods that would shame a foot
pad, and are wholly criminal in
the eye of law.
There were perhaps ten Amer
lean concerns engaged in the
manufacture and sale of farm
tools and machinery when the
harvester trust was formed, and
of these the Deering, the Nc
Cormink, the Milwaukee, the
Plano and the Champion compa-
MES were included therein. The
list carried the largest plants in
the country. There have been
added to il since, the Minnie, -
the Aultman g. Miller aid the d..
NJ. Osborne companies. rs now
framed, the harvester trust con
trolls over nine-tenths of the
farm.implement trade, and by
methods of eXtortion, constric-
ton, the lawbreaking, SO domi-
mates the market situation as 10
compel what opposition is strug
Cling against il 10 do business at
a loss.
II Was quite within the nature
Of things when, at the very dawn
ot its existance, our Sl20,OOO, 600
harvester trust turned 10 rail.
roads and freight rates with the
purpose Of a rebate. The trust,
in approaching rebates, waxed
diplomatic, not 10 say f%orbearing.
II would not rudely fall upon the
law in front, breaking Il p%eriorce
and thereby outrage the sickly,
sniyeling sensibilities of what
shallow per cent of our citizens
that still stood for the majesty
and sacred character of a public
statute. No, IL would attack the
law in flank.
Having billions behind II, the
trust bought two railways for IL.
self. II went into the railroad
business. Since most of It's
plants were, SO to speak, within
stones throw of Chicago, with
the most remote among them no
farther aHeld than Akron, Ohio,
Il pitched upon Chicago as It's
central point Of distribution.
That being determined it pro
ceeded 10 purchase the Illinois
Northern Railroad outright, and
secure the whip-hand Of control
In the West Pullman Railroad
Company. IL also arranged that,
whether a car used for the ship.
ments Of its wares was 10 run
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-04
ALACHUA COUNTY,

Alaehua county il ~ - :.
area. has 24S miles - -.
miles wagon road y -.
l23 public eehoo.s a
plants, 20 saiw mile " -
house, Eve peWspaV~" -.
duces corn, cotton ~ :.
Data. rye, poAAtoes .'r'. -
anges, peaches, pear T.
cans, and ell nt' ~ 30
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-04

A handsomely illustrated H'sAi !, !,
devoted especially to the ''r'''N :;
the fruit and VegstAb.r - '''' :
Florida.
A special trial suhscrT .
months will be sent on recr .' :
cents. Stamps taken.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-04
Gainesville thel Count. III.

ldlnCSIlllGv WG LUuI.l VI.
Has fourteen alf- d" -
schools, the IND - 81 -
private schools. rr' 80 Ia
Onitsd StatSs lar ..f-s
water. IRE GlArus '}''' 60. -.
and gRs lights, y -.
machine shops. .,.,.--s-
Ties, cotton gin. ~
three railroads. 90 '' 80
saassss.ne eos --..'y.-f - -,
pasntlne plant tEc - sr~T-l
ikIss Is g oasss'ia' i'''
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-04
j. A CARLISLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
And Solicitor in E...,y

Real Estate, CoDveyauc.rgs,,..|
erhI tractlce. All business ,.,, usa1
attended TO. Office next do',." y"
UNIV DAINEsvIrlL r. IL
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-08-04
DESCRIPTION.

CONTINUED 81 JIM RAaEl.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20


the
Beasts expedition
largest
eseang land animal thus This constitutes
The
curator the Department Vertebrate Paeonoogy of this Pro
English
shipped the
exhibition the
From the end his tail the his probably
Rex and the skeleton placed exhibition the
ordinary
Mr. Tyrannosauru
which recently
directed forward third
ye feet in height weighed
with the curiosity
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
Care of Farm Machinery.

Many farmers are very careless Of
their farm machinery. 1t is common
thing to see plows, harrows, cult.
vators, moving machines and even
binders standing in the field for
months without any protection from
the elements. The direct loss from
such exposure is very great. It
amounts to more than the use in al
most every instance.
The greatest item perhaps is in loss
Of time when the machine is required
for use next time Farmers who are
careless enough to leave implements
in the field are almost invariably care
less about the belongings Of such i'm
plements Furthermore, such men are
surrounded with help that pattern
after the master in this respect. There
are always shiftless characters in the
neighborhood, and they seldom hest
tate to appropriate any loose article
belonging to these neglected machines,
and it is only natural that they should
neglect to return these things.
The loss from rust and decay, al
though considerable, is less than the
annoyance and time required to get
the different implements back into
condition the following season.-Farm
and FireSide.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
should be carrfed 0rrt nv Tnr6on

should be carried out by q London
wood-process syndicate. Specimens
were prepared and sent out to a num-
Der Of tropical countries. After a
somewhat protracted trial news has
been received from the Madras pres-
dency that the specimens sent there
have successfully resisted the attacks
Of the white ants The process i'm
proves, toughens and strengthens the
wood. This is accomplished by boiling
the timber in saccharine solution, and
afterward drying it at a high tempera-
ture. A revolution in the export tim
Der trade to tropical countries is prob
able, as in places where termites
abound soft wood will be used instead
Of the more expensive varieties.
An Ideal Stall.
When one is financially able to have
the stalls which combine all the con-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
How Fog Strains the Ewes

Many Of the officers Of steamships
running In this port are afflicted with
a new disease, which for want of a
better name some Of them call the
fog eye" It is an Inflammation
caused by peering into the fog, and
while painful it soon passes away.
Captain Higgins and the officers Of
the United States Fruit Company's
passenger and mail steamer Admiral
Sampson, which arrived at Long
Wharf this morning after good run
from jamaican ports, were among
those whose eyes were affected by the
fog. Running through fog and trying
to distinguish objects when it is al
most impossible to see a vessels length
away is heavy strain on the eyes,
and the fog, combined with the heat.
produces a smarting sensation.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
Hoe Attachme emit.

American agricultural implements
are known the world over as the best
procurable, especially for saving time.
This Is true both as to the large appli-
ances used on farms and the smaller
garden Implements A Texas farmer
IS the inventor Of a hoe attachment
applicable to hand wedding or garden
hoes of various forms and sizes. The
attachment consists Of a cutting blade,
which is designed to be used in detach-
ing clinging vines and runners from
the growing plants. The improved de-
vice comprises a wedding blade Of the
usual form, and connected to the han
die by a shank which curves upward.
Extending from the shank is a cutting
blade, curved away from the handle
and shank.
In using the implement the cutting
blade is forced forward or away from
the operator by a pushing motion,
and by it's peculiar form and position
is very convenient for severing vines,
runners, creepers and similar plant
life from the stalks of the growing and
valuable plants. The implement will
also be found very convenient for
chopping corn, or thinning cotton and
other plants, and will also be found
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
Protecting the Harness.

Every farmer appreciates that the
expense for harnesses and for harness
repairs is considerable during the
year, hence should be pleased at the
suggestion Of some plan which will
enable him to keep the harness in good
condition. A harness should always
be hung up. Here is a simple plan.
Make three letter Us of strong but
light lumber and especially making
the cross bar strong. Fasten these to
a joint in a convenient place with the
cross bar at the bottom. Simply use
the arms on which to hang the differ
ent parts of the harness. If this ar
rangement is not easy to put in opera
ton, then use hooks fastened to the
ends Of stout ropes, but arranging
some way SO that the ropes may be
looped back over a hook or nail during
the time they are not in use, so there
will be no danger Of any one being
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20

Walt Whitman by the Colonial Society
of Huntington. It was first proposed
to place tablet on the old homestead
where the poet was born and spent his
early boyhood days, but this was OBJ
jected to by the present owner of the
property because it was thought 1t
would draw many curiosity seekers
and cause annoyance.
The memorial has been placed in the
highway a few feet from the fence
line between the roadbed and the old
house. A big boulder has been pre-
pared by dressing down one side and
to this has been fastened a marble
slab, into which the lettering has been
deeply cut, the whole making a very
appropriate memorial
All about Whitman's birthplace the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
SENATOR CLARK'S BIG
NEW YORK RESIDENCE.
requirements

The new residence Of Senator Will
lam A. Clark, Of Montana, in New York
City Is one Of the largest private homes
in America, and, although it repre-
sents an immense outlay, it cannot be
called dignified piece Of architecture.
The Senator is reputed to have an in
come Of about 100000 a month, and
he cannot claim that the unfavorable
effect Is due to financial stringency.
The interior, however, is admitted to
be exceedingly beautiful, and the Sem
ator has spared no effort to make it
the most unique and interesting in
Gotham
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20

country is extremely picturesque, and
the freedom Of the life here expert
enced undoubtedly had a strong influ-
ence In shaping the poets career. In
1885 and 1887 Whitman revisited the
vicinity Of his birthplace and taught
the village school in the neighboring
hamlet Of Woodbury.. The schoolhouse
where he taught is still standing and,
while it has outlived its usefulness,
the people Of Woodbury. have pre-
served it as relic. and have erected
an up-to-date building for present-day
requirements.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20

veniences they are very desirab BILE, but
the average farmer must put up with
much less. The ideal stall has a space
between feed rack and gutter of eight
feet and is five feet wide. A feed rack
is arranged so that the animal may
get at the hay or roughage easily, yet
not waste great deal Of it. At one
end Of the feed rack is feed box
sufficiently large SO that the cow can
get her mouth to it without striking
her horns. The sides of this stall con-
sist Of fence with three wide boards
and runs up four or five feet high, &C
cOrding to the ideas Of the owner. At
the rear there is stapled to the floor
a piece Of 2x4 material to keep the
bedding in place and the animal from
stepping back into the gutter. The
idea of the fencelike sides is to insure
ventilation, and if any two animals are
inclined to quarrel they can be separ-
ated by having an empty stall be-
tween or by building up higher the
dividing fence. The illustration shows
the idea perfectly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
A Simple Saw Clamp.

This simple saw clamp can be made
by anyone, and does not need any
bolts or screws. The two clamps are
made Of 1-inch boards, 5 or 6 inches
wide, beveled on top and then dressed
down to nearly an edge at the bottom.
The saw is placed in the clamps in
your hands, and then inserted in the
beveled slot, and the hammer makes
it perfectly firm and rigid The frame
can be made to stand on the ground
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
Care of Poultry.

The domestic fowl is very prolific,
and a flock can be made to increase
rapidly if care is given. To begin
with, 500 or 1000 hens require large
capital at the start, as the fowls must
be purchased and suitable buildings
prepared, but it is not difficult to Sc
cure large focks on limited capital IL
the beginning is made with a few and
the number gradually increased, as
the increase Of the flock is also an in
crease Of capital. A flock Of hens re-
turns an income daily, thus assisting
to provide capital at the start.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
Honesty of the Modern Kind.

"And now, my son." said the bank
president, ION this the threshold of
your business life I desire to impress
one thought upon you. Honesty, ever
and always, is the policy that is best"
eyes, father" said the young man.
"And, by the way" appended the
graybeard, Il would urge you to read
up a little corporation law. It will
amaze you 20 find how many things
you can do in business way and
still be honest" Minneapolis Jour-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-12-20
Fighting Weeds.

There is nothing which hold to the
soil with such pertinacity as weeds.
It is probable that the Egyptians are
to-day fighting the same weeds which
they were trying to exterminate by
the aid of the Israelites when they
were in bondage. We must always
bear this in mind, that we manure and
cultivate all the weeds we do not de
stroy Eternal vigilance is the price
we pay for the determination of
weeds.