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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05
FINAL %sErTLEMENT.

Notice is HEREBY given to all creditors and
other neraona intereated IN tha estate -
Nathan Corder, deceased. that the under
signed executives will apply to make a final
settlement OF said estate at the November
term, 1907, OF the probate court OF Lafay-
cite county, Missouri, to be begun and held
at the probate court room, in the city OF
Lexington, on the second NJ onday IN No
ve mber, 1907.
RENAG. CHI APPEL.
NANNIEC @. STEELE,
Executives
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

The King Of Spain, it is said,
has been cured of snoring, but
the man who has the berth across
the aisle from you is a hopeless
case.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

" they are accepted by the
millions that support this form
of show. -The Business Side of
Vaudeville, in the October
EverybOdy's.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

Secretary Taft is meeting with
agreat success in the Orient.
7From all indications he is much
better adapted to making dip
omatic speeches abroad than to
! making political speeches at
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

ughte Sovo,ol mon oo+ ;,+o . di,s
end : ion last Wednesday in regard
o the relative lengths of a com
non mile and nautical mile. They
NJ Mi.yere in a book store at the time
invent f the discussion and not one of
lem thought of looking into a
II pro- dictionary. If they had done so,
Miss 7 ley would have found that a
'eniug ommon mile is $3.50 feet while
Mrs 4 nautical mile is 6,O80.27 feet OF
SHY minute in the great circle of
Mr.. an he earth.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

Heart disease may be affecting
the American league fans, but
everything is serene in the box
Office.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05
THE USE OF WATERWAYS.

Mr.. James j. Hill has found
out what ails the railroads. 1t
is the lack of terminals and the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

Mrs. j. IN,
tiers, Mis- IneIe 10 d loU vi loonSA Udlh
Mrs. Ric.ld poor argument going on in
Reid XII ference to the closing of the
Misses ansas City th~eaters on Sunday.
""'I9| they are immoral, as Judge
mday t allace says they are, they
bacue tn ght to be closed every day.
A tire I ut it might be a good thing to
morning pse down the best on Sunday.
o. u y. he American public is acquir-
So, : an alarming laxity (some call
extinpui. road-mindedness in regard
Roadway the observance of the Sab
nifcant. tn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

Kansas City did herself proud
in the recent p. 0. p. festivities
and st. Louis was not so bad
with the Yelled Prophet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

The one thing upon which st.
Louis fell down in receiving the
President was the trihing item
of weather.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

AS the outcome of a recent
conference held by the leading
merchant tailors of the country,
you are at liberty to keep on
wearing any clothes you like.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05
WAS

The recorder in Warrensburg
lst have a fat Office. Behold
5 from the Johnson Couty
II; If you haven't found the
clev dding you are looking for yet
down e US time for we have a large
: On nc =, ply on hand and it is impossi,
t met to make mention of more
grool n five or six a day. Be patient
MN you will read about them all
ing. the Star which never fails to
a yor the news. But this wedding
>, ia q lemic is something fierce"
to tn, is equal to fifty ordinary
t o ssion plays
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

The rediscoyery of the Mis-
sissippi took place last Tuesday
with great eclat.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

y ! spite of the fact that Walter
: Imam has been criticized and
( e light of by nearly every
. erin the country with the
!, option of the Chicago Record
u aid, his hacker, in connection
his polar trip, he is doubt
i getting a good deal of salts
" on out Of the fact that during
coming winter months he
warm his shins before a
~ sotrable hard coal CRATE and
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

Chris Walk returned fro N Kansas
City Thursday morning.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

NUR Ladies Suits were late in arriving, but we are now
receiving shipments daily. We are showing some
~ very exclusive suits. Even the cheaper ones are
made with style and finish equal to many high
priced ones of other makes. The demand for ladies ready
to-wear garments is growing each year and makers have
reached such perfection that it is possible for US to show per
feet fitting garments made of high grade materials at very
reasonable prices. The fact that our suits are all new late
fall styles, Just in, is safe guard to those who want the latest.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05
Nj||jnprv

A larger display of
millinery was never
seen in Lexington
than we are now
making. The many
beautiful pat
and the creations of
our own department
offers an assortment
OF unexcelled beau
ty. Quality has a
high place in this de-
partment and while
we h o an abund.
ance OF cheaper hats
you will find them of
much superior quail
ity than is usual
shown at the price.
Quality, style, beau
tV and Value IL tha
combination of ev-
cry hat. We are
showing an extens.
i've line of new styl.
ish street hats ran g.
ing in price from
Sl.25 to $3.50
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05

at the cal
graduation
aisle to
seated ant
to the brid
growled Il
aren't you
led. "Ju
stranger.
miserable
$6re r h
ment over
with our &
Yiedl Yoi
Cleveland
vows he'll
catspaw {
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-10-05
CLEVELAND

"A Clev,
ing down
when he
station pl
ed it mes
and grooi
Ior a min
man had
shaking. 9
ed, yoJ
thrust a 4
dow and
that to the
won't you
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31
LOVE LETTERS SUCCESSOR.
The Telephone Operator Thinks That
the Phone Calls the Thing

1T just fairly surprises me lately.
the number of men that call up their
sweethearts and wives on the long
distance phone" said the telephone
operator at one Of the local hotels.
The girl that gets love letter from
a fellow these days has to live so far
away from him that It'll take too much
out of his weeks pay to call her up.
Honest, it seems to me all I do here
some evenings is to call up girls for
fellows. Then there are a good many
men that call their wives. One man
told me that he hasn't written to his
wife more than a dozen times in the
last year and he's been away from
home most of the time. guess he
calls her up every night when he
ain't too far from home. or three or
four times a week anyhow. He seemed
like such a nice gentleman.
Il don't believe men write many
love letters to girls any more. IT'D
seem foolish to write letter 70 . girl
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31
rREAL,s FOR GARDEN CROPS.
10 Easily Constructed and Provides
Ample Support for Plants.

After using bean poles. Stat frames.
and wooden trellises of one kind or
another for years: until the supply of
poles was exhausted and prices for
wooden frames became prohibitive. I
began using 4 combined wire and
string trellis. such as is shown by the
drawing. says writer in Farming.
This arrangement serves equally as
we'll for either beans tomatoes. peas.
cucumbers under glass;. or other
climbing plants. beins especially de-.
sirablo for sweet peas. nasturtiums.
fancy gourds. etc. 1t is desirable. too.
because all of the material used In
its construction. with the exception
OF the string. may be used year after
year.
Those who have never trellised up
their tomatoes. either for home use or
for \ select market supply. do not
realize what a very considerable gain
in yield and quality is secured by this
method. do not hesitate to say
that under ordinary conditions have
been able to more than double the
yield. and in some cases triple the
marketable product. over the bush
method. to say nothing of the in
crease m quality. which invariably Sc
cures for the grower the top of the
market. it being possible to secure an
earlier and more even ripening and
greater uniformity in the size Of
the fruit: all of which are desirable
factors in gardening for profit. In
tying up. many of the bloomless lat
erals may be cut out, giving the main
vine more strength and allowing the
sun reader access to the fruit to hast
en- ripening. Trellised fruit is always
bright and clean. and almost exempt
from blight and rot. In planting to-
matoes for trellising the plants are
set at less than half the distance usual
when grown in the ordinary way.
This trellis may be made to cover
almost any length of row; the longer
the run" the stronger the end posts
and the "dead-man'' or guy post will
need to be. The end posts should be
solid and about nine feet long. SO they
may be set two and half or three
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

feet In the ground. or even deeper.
depending on length of row. with at
least six feet above grouEd-this
height applies especially to the tall
growing lima and string beans. 1t is
best to sharpen and drive the post,
but II set in hole lamp firmly, and
plant a dead-man eight or ten feet
from post in line of row. This may
be a large stone or chunk Of wood.
buried deep enough to hold the
strain. The dead-man and top post
are connected by two doubled strands
of heavy wire, that may be twisted
with a stick in the center totake up
any slack remaining after wires are
stretched and remedy any sag from
strain after vines grow heavy.
Stretch the bottom wires first. ten
to IA inches from the ground, and Sc
curely fasten. Next stretch the top
wire I'VE and half to six feet from
ground. taking extra care to have IL
as taut as it can be made Drive
stakes or strips one by two inches
firmly in the ground along the line
of wire every twenty to thirty feet
and staple both top and bottom wires
to them. These serve to support the
weight Of crop and hold the trellis
against winds.
Just before the vines are ready for
the first tying put on the string. or
trelIis proper. l prefer some soft
string. such as wool Irvine. which af-
fords the tendril of the plant a firm
hold beside being cheap. The distance
that these strings are spaced apart at
top and bottom will depend on the
crop to be trellised; ten to twelve
inches for beans, when plated in
drills and IS to 20 inches for toma-
toes. for which a heavier Irvine should
be used. In passing over the wire
the twfne must be knotted to make It
cling to one place. else the frst gust
Of wind will blow 1t into lunches and
30 make it worthless. The knot that
I use Ii simple. after one gets the
hang Of the twist. Pass the Irvine
up over the wire. carry the ball over
the opposite side and down. then up
and over both the wire and the string
Just laid over. then down and through
the loop left large enough for the pur-
pose and draw taut. when yiu will
have q simple crossed knot ON top,
not under tho wire. that will depend
for Its security on the tautness of the
string. The same sort of knot is
made at bottom. except that the move
ment 10 reversed. Since l have had
considerable trouble caused by the
slipping Of the string as q result of
Careless workmen. suggest that
enough pains be taken with this part
Of the work to insure the permanency
Of the Irvine when once placed. If you
will try one of these easily made trel-
iises you will ind that the satisfac-
ton and ease with which you are able
to gather the crop will more than pay
for the trouble and slight expense in
putting 1t up.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

chine such description reads, as.
An engine. portable in ones pocket.
which may be carried and fastened
on the inside of the greatest ship.
tanquam aliud- agens. and at any ap-
pointed minute. though a week after.
either of day or night. it shall irrevo-
cably sink that ship"
But while he tried to perfect meth.
DDS OF destruction. he also knew how
to prevent and safeguard any ship
from such an attempt by day or
night" Steam navigation. after all.
is only of the last century, but the
marquis had "a way to make a boat
work itself against wind and tide
evidently using steam as in others OF
his schemes. such as raising water.
In fact. he was a man who lived In
an age wherein his invenuveness was
misunderstood. Had he lived later nc
doubt many of his devices would have
been practically and commercially
developed. 1t Is comparatively easy
to get the merits of an improvement
understood. but 1t is very dificnlt to
get anyone to consider somsthing
which u said to b. an entirely new de
parture.-ContractJ Journal.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

to fit himself for some other form of
foothold?
Some few corporations retain on the
payroll those employees who may have
been injured In their service. but the
number Of such IL small. A few pro-
vide pensions. and even fewer have
instituted some form Of benefit that
will be a real help in case Of disable
ment.
But the great mass of injured per-
sons must readjust themselves as best
they can.
Prejudieed Employers.
The chief reason why they fail to do
road to semi pauperism and finally the
almshouse is the open prejudice of
employers against hiring cripple. or
a failure on their part to recognize
the fact that he still possesses an
economic value. as he usually does.
This remorseless prejudice against
which many an honest and capable
man has been forced to contend has
driven valuable material to the waste
heap of humanity, II not to a self
made grave.
There are many positions filled by
boys and girls who should be in school
men and women unable to command
higher wages because OF physical dis
ability To supplant the incumbents
of such positions would be to raise
the standards of education and of liv'
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

English farmers have for genera
tons made extensive use of Dwarf
Essex forage rape as = stock food.
This may be described as a rutabaga
run to head. The seed is sown broad
cast, from April to July. or sown in
drills. like rutabasa turnips. and cul-
tivated. without thinning. The large.
numerous. succulent leaves are gen.
orally appreciated by sheep most of
all. then by swine. and cattle Rape
is fed on by turning stock directly
into the field. so there is NO expense
for harvesting. As indicated above,
It may be sown any time from early
spring until midsummer. and fur.
nishes food from about eight weeks
after sowing. until 1t is consumed.
At the Wisconsin station, says Prof.
w. A Henry. we found that an acre
of rape when grazed on by pigs
gave returns which indicated q food
value equal to 1900 pounds of grain.
New Jersey farmers keeping swine
are urged to experiment with rape.
Be sure to call for Dwarf Essex for.
age rape. Do not accept Bird seed
rape. The seed Is inexpensive and
the crop one Of the easiest to raise.
Sow two or three pounds In drills.
or four or five pounds broadcast, on
good. rich soil.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

In the huge. smoky workshop called
Pittsburg. one human life is sacrificed
for every $4,000 tons of coal that are
shipped out OF the city. For each
1900 tons of steel products one of the
manipulators. somewhere in the pro-
cess of manufacture. lays down his
life; and for each 10000 tons Of steel
rails another laborer makes the last
sacrifice.
OF the $3.50 deaths reported in
Pittsburg in 1906. 91s were due to &C.
cidents in mills. mines and on rail-
roads. The number of accidents was
not computed, but 1t was undoubtedly
in the thousands.
Causes Of Fatalities.
How does 1t all happen. you ask? II
a huge ladle of white hot steel is up
set, the molten stream burns alive its
writhing victim. 1t may be that a
man or woman is whirled to a horrible
death in mill machinery; or a miner
is blown to eternity in an explosion
of damp in a mine.
Publicity is given to accidents on
railroads. but little is heard of the
thousands annually killed and manned
in manufacturing and building and in
some of the more obscure trades. 1t
has been shown that 425,OO0 are an
nually disabled in factories and con-
struction work. But We have no
means of knowing how many are in
dustrially displaced by inhaling the
poisonous fumes in working over bat
teries. or the large numbers that are
afflicted with mercurial poisoning and
other ailments in the hat industry
and allied trades. Neither do we
know how many succumb to painters
collie. or blood poison by working with
brass and copper.
The victims of tuberculosis among
sweatshop workers. grain trimmers.
longshoremen. coal hands and others
are shown to be numerous by the
board of health reports. but the exact
numbers have never been gathered
into statistical form.
Tributary Evils.
This loss of life and limb in times
of peace would be sufficiently appal-
ling in itself were there no tributary
evils. But the situation is rendered
even more serious by the fact that
only about Is per cent. of the indus
trial accidents result in the death of
the victims. while SIS per cent. or 445.-
900. are doomed to a one-sided battle
for existence.
When a man loses a limb or the use
of 1t, is rendered partially blind by
an accident. or in countless ways is
incanacitafad for his regular work tho
first great question confronting him is
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

ing. for IL the children we're not avail
able their disabled seniors would take
their places at a higher rate of wages
though at les. han current standards.
This would do much to remove the
stigma of a present national, disgrace
by which 1887 1924 boys and girls be-
tween the ages of IA and 10 years are
allowed to dwarf their young lives in
our shops. factories and mills. The
handicapped man would suppiant chill
dren only where distinct economic
and educational advantage is to be
gained. He Is fully competent to COM
pete with the able bodied for many
positions. 1t is not favoritism that he
needs or asks; only an opportunity to
demonstrate his fitness. The trouble
is. he is rarely given that opportunity.
Great Need Of the Day.
A crying need of the day Is an
awakening Of the national conscience
regarding the needless loss Of human
life and the resulting economic waste.
In our reckless haste to make money
we forget that In so doing. the I'M
natural wear and tear of industry. and
the fierce struggle for existence are
producing an increasing host of de-
pendent citizens. who have been worn
out as a part of machine and are
then thrown on the industrial scrap
heap.
The hours of labor are being slight
ly reduced and wages slightly in
creased, but the wear and tear on
man and machine has been nearly
doubled.
Many men. each one a unit of labor.
valuable to the employer and to So
ciety. drop out crippled by accident or
with their health undermined. Unless
the employees are speedily able to re-
adjust themselves in gainful occupa-
tions. they become public charges.
Each man added to the list of the
states dependents makes an added
burden OF taxes on the wealth produc-
ing citizens.
The employer. who is the exponent
of the industrial system is account
able for this waste of productive pow
er. though not the originator of it. is
himself one of the first victims to feel
the extra burden of taxation. Doubt
less he is also appealed to. and sub
scribes literally for private charitable
schemes. which are themselves large
ly necessary evils. Hence the waste
full system of industry. in which the
waste of labor is lost sight of in the
mad attempt to save cost of produc-
ton. reacts on itself; and the hard
pressed employer becomes a victim to
the very system that is slowly but GER
tainly adding to the cost Of main
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31
WIDENING THE FIELD
MAKING GREATER OPPORTUNITY
FOR SONS OF FARMERS.
BUILDING UP THE HOME TOWN
Some Causes for Complaint Which
Can Be obliterated by the
United Efforts Of the
People.

How often do we hear 1t said that
the young man has not the opportun-
ity that the young man of score OF
years ago had. How great Is the COM
plant of trusts and combinations
which control Industries to the detri-
ment of the smaller ones in business.
and how often is reference made to
business concentration in the large
cities at the cost of the smaller
towns.
Innovations in business methods
have been many. 1t may be said that
this is an era of economical methods:
that evolution is going on continually
broadening the field for individual
effort and making possible the opera
tion of mammoth enterprises. There
can be no doubt as to the detrimental
effects upon small towns of this bust
ness concentration In the larger cities.
Pessimists deplore the lack OF oppor-
tunity for the young men OF to-day.
At the same time the large corpora
lions put forth the cry that there is
scarcity of the right kind of material
for important places of trust. How
ever this may be, there is ona thing
evident, and that is. small towns being
kept from advancing narrows the
field for the young men who would
otherwise enjoy an opportunity to en-
gage in business.
Travelling to the large city for en-
ployment, the youth. perhaps, seeks
clerkship at moderate wages. There
are thousands of others that he must
fpr
His field is narrowed. 1t is not often
that he has fair competition, and IA
voritism he finds is one of the obstruc-
tions in his way. One of the cures
for this condition is to devise means
of enlarging the scope and Importance
of the so-called country towns.
There is no economical reason why
the large city should have the bust
ness that rightfully belongs to the
small town. There is no saving in
buying goods at distant point even
though a small percentage may be
saved directly. Whenever a resident
of a community sends his money to
some other community for the neces-
stiles that he requires. he rObs his
own home town of a certain amount
VI DuSineSS. employment is given 10
the people of the large city instead of
the people of the local community.
1t kas been estimated that more
than SO per cent of the trade goes
from some communities to larger
cities. If this trade were given to the
home town. it would Immediately dou-
BILE its business Importance and give 4
corresponding increase in employment
for the people. This means that the
population of the town would be in
creased and the opportunity for en-
gaging in business would be greater.
Not only this. but it is an established
principle that values of farm lands to
a great extent are dependent upon the
activity of the town near which the
farms may be located. Thus it is
plain that if the sons of farmers
would have greater opportunities open
to them for engaging in business. it
can be increased by closely adhering
to the home trade and home protec-
ton principle, which widens the local
field for individual effort in a business
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31

Just after you'd been talking to her
and I know lots Of young men that
call their girls every night They
call after six o'clock. because the night
rate is only about half as much as the
day rate. What I started to say was
that these fellows that call every
night. surely don't write to girls. too.
1t would be just like writing to her
Just after he had gone home from
calm on her.
How long do they talk? Oh. any.
where from three minutes to Il min.
utes. OF course some talk longer than
that. but IA minutes is above the
average for the longer conversations.
I've heard girls say they like to
be called up better than to get a let
ter. only it's fun to have the letters TO
show to other girls. They like to have
the letters to read over again to them.
selves. too. think it's swell though
to have a man call you up from sway
on in some other state. Then 1 think
a married man that'll spend his money
that way Just to talk to his wife 10 .
peach. Plain Dealer.