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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-07-01
Alabama Roundup

The fifth annual roundup
farmers institute with the farm
ers summer school will be held
al Auburn, Ala, August to =.
Experts will talk. teach, and
give laboratory instruction in
class rooms aud on the farm 10
to |, hours every day. The in
struction will interest and profit
the fruit grower, the trucker.
the da yman, the beef cattle
man, the cotton farmer, the sug-
ar cane grower and syrup maker.
and the special aud all-round
farmer. All railroads in the
state will give 4 reduced rate.
and those attending should make
special inquiries at their rail-
road stations concerning the
rates. For further informal atior
address DR.. c. A. Cary, Auburn
Ala.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-07-01
50 Lamb

+ r.. i!amme::. Ejc4.hurg. Miss
There ~ money in sheep aud
goats. Good "a, lam bs are sell
N AZ - Wholesale and retailing
a. 20. am offered :. gross
for nv lam bs- shipped two
am bs }ast week, weighed 200
pounds Gagged ID light cotton
crates. Dressed one January
lamb and sold il Tor s.. and still
our people raise cotton.
Editorial com ment: Each read
cr who grows cotton for his
principal income Will prof, by
figuring how many lambs like
the one that sold for 81 are re-
Qulrcd 10 make AZ much net IN
come a. ~ realized from one
acre in cotton. Which is the
surer> Which is produced with
the less labor Waich brings in
moncy At season when ii ia
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-07-01
so CENTS A YEAR

most needed? Which improves
the land and which injures it?
Which turns weeds into money?
Every man is able to answer
these questions for himself, yet
iew get out Of old ruts far
enough TO act on the knowledge
that IS implied in being able to
answer the questions. Old ruts
on the farm are as bad as old
ru,s on the highway.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-07-01

ace 10 alfalfa. The fee: OF men
or mails, or infested hay NAV
aid It's spread. 40 that the fight
against Il should be begun early
and kept up a. often a. there -
anv need for il.
Much care should DC cxercis-
ed IN getting alfalfa ~ccd from
doddcr seed. Tae seed OF aoa J.
der are very small anI will cs-
cape detection easily. Thcy
could be got out by the use OF a
sieve with - ncsacs 10 tac inca
When i new sown field shows
genera infcc ton, ,ae bcs, plan
is 10 plow i. up and cultivate in
hoed crops like corn, cotton or
potatoes, two or three years.
Old fields thoroughly infested
had better be treated the same
way. II there is not much dod-
dcr-only scattering small spots
OF it-go over these spots once
ia two weeks and keep every
thing hocd of clean till the dod-
der seed is ger minated. Do not
stir the ground too deep and get
the doddcr seed buried so that
they will not sprout soon, SINCE
they will live in the soil 4 loag
time and grow later. Another
plan il 10 spade thorc TX y w here
there IL 4 spot OF dodicr. rak-
ing out all the tops, roots and
branches OF the doddcr and all
the alfalfa that ~ affected; and
adding enough straw or other
easily burned material 10 DESTROY
every trace OF the doddcr aud
keep the affected spot thorough
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-07-01
VOL IL. NO. 10.


EDITOR GAZETTE:
There in a little vine growing
On my alfalfa, and where the
vine grows the alfalfa dies out.
The vine does not have any root
IN the ground, bat grows fast to
the alfalfa stems. Please tell
me through your columns what
can do to save the alfalfa.
Wn. Ellis, S,arkvii!e. Miss.
Answer by editor II is as.
sumed that this vine isa slen-
der thing something like corn
silk. It is very often called
love vine, but other vines are
called by the same nane; 40 .ha,
less confusion would result il
the proper nan OF doddcr were
used. Dodder comes from 4
small seed that sprouts and
grows vine on the ground, but
when the vine has got i good
hold on the alfalfa il sewers It's
connection with the root in the
ground and lives off the alfalfa
entirely. It does not gc, food
from the air. As Is sometimes
said; but draws sap from the a.
falfa and kills the plant it feeds
on. When the alfalfa dies the
dodder does the same, but prob
ably has produced seed before
that time. Meanwhile it has
continued to grow and spread
rapidly to other alfalfa plants.
The rapidity with which il
spreads makes il i serious men
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
Low Rates via Union Pacific.

$3.50 to Colorado and return
ever. day to September 80, 1907.
$1,000 to Ogden or Salt Lake City
and return. every day to September
80, 1907. $50
.s425O to Spokane and return. June
20 to July IL, 1907.
$4,000 to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma,
Everett, Bellingham, Vancouver, Vic
toria or New Westminster and return,
June 20 to July r.
$4,000 to San Francisco, or Los An
geles and return, June 20 to July 5.
$500 to Yellowstone Park and re-
turn, including rail and stage, June Z
to September IL.
$4,000 to Portland, Tacoma, Seattle,
San Francisco. Los Angeles or San
Diego and return, daily to September
Is, 1907. ~
$3.50 Circuit. Tour via San Fran
cisco Los Angeles and Portland, June
20 to July II, 1907.
$3.50 Circuit Tour. via San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles and Portland, every
day to September Is, 1907.
5000 to Yellowstone Park and re-
turn including rail. stage and hotels
in Park for regular tour, June to
September II.
Also very low round trip rates, June
1 to September Is, tomany other Ore
gon, Washington, Montana. Idaho and
British Columbia points via Union
Pacific. Inquire of F. A. Lewis, City
Ticket Agent, 525 Kansas avenue, or
j. c. Fulton. Depot Agent.
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and that he would take a late break
fast at the club. He got into his clothes
in a great hurry and scrambled down
stairs, and when Mrs. Bowser took a
peep from the window he was almost
running in his impotence to catch a
car. He got car and the train, and
an hour later he was at Green Lake
station. It was a signal station and a
water tank, and the single house was
occupied by a Mr.. Gillian. He had
Just got out Of bed and was leaning
over the gate. Mr.. Bowser looked
He looked around for the club house.
but he couldn't see it.
He looked around for farmers wag-
ons loaded with fish, but none were
there.
He looked around for some one to
give him directions, and after time
saw the man leaning over the gate in
his shirtsleeves and advanced and ask
ed:
Where is Green Lake?''
The man pointed over his shoulder
into the jack-pines.
rs the club house over there?'
Tie man nodded and smiled.
Don't they send a carriage to meet
members and visitors ?''
The man shook his head and grinned.
Mr.. Bowser was somewhat taken
bered that he had not sent advance
word, and therefore w&s not expected.
He went trudging away over the deep
sand into the pines, and the horse-f1ies
ard mosquitoes Immediately claimed
him for their own. They had been
There was blind road leading some
where, and it was followed for mile.
Then Mr.. Bowser found himself on the
banks of Green Lake. There was no
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her children have been during hel
absence.
Mrs. o. ]. wood and Miss Ruth
Wood returned today from a weeks
stay in Indianapolis, Ind.
Mrs. T. Grey Kennedy of Junction
City will arrive Monday to remain
until after the Hadley-Davis wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hendrie of
Wray, Col. Mrs. E. B. Lockwood of
Stamford, Conn.,, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gale Jones of Norton are guests of
Mrs. G. e. Jewell. -+sff ses.L Fss
Mrs. Joab Mulvane has returned
from a three weeks visit in Chicago.
Mrs. Louis Springer of New York
city came from LAWRENCE today for a
short visit to Miss Mary Chase Cham
berlain and will go to Hutchinson
Monday for the Forsha-Russell we'd
ding.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R.. Sargent are
spending a week at Excelsior Springs.
Mrs. Harry Trovillo has gone to
Spring Valley, ILL.,, to spend a few
weeks. 4I
Miss Jean Williamson and Miss
Mary Williamson of Pueblo, Col, who
were the guests of Mrs. I. S. Lauck,
left last night for Knoxville, Tenn.
Miss Hattie Williamson will continue
her visit to Mrs. Lauck.
Mr.. ]. A. Clark of New York is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A
Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. R. Histed and their
daughter Betty returned today from a
visit in Kansas City.
Mrs. Robert Merrick and Mrs L. H
Greenwood went to st. Marys today to
attend a reception to be given by Mrs.
Frank Anderson for Miss Marjorie
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Thornburg ar
rived today from Lincoln, Neb., for
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Bunger
Mrs. ]. F. Mackie will leave the last
of next week for Cheyenne, Wyo., to
spend the summer.
Mrs. John R. Mulvane will return
tomorrow from a visit in Decatur,
Ill. ---t
Miss Wilma Spicer who is the guest
of Miss Mabel Renwick. will leave
Tuesday for her home in Colorado
Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hobson will re-
turn Monday from fortnights visit
in Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs. c. b. Dodge of Salina is the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rickenbacher.
Miss Emma Smith went to Kansas
City yesterday for a visit to Miss Lot
tie Stoneburner. Miss Ethel Kingsley
will go Monday to Kansas City and
will be Miss Stoneburner's guest.
Miss Daisy Warner went to Usage
City today for a short visit.
Mrs. G. E. Hawley is the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Walter Shoemaker.
in independence.
Mrs G. w. Greenwood is spending
few weeks at Excelsior Springs.
Mrs. E. L. Jones of 456 Freeman
avenue entertained Thursday after
noon the members of the East Side
Embroidery club who are Mrs. Geo.
Bower, Mrs. Chas. Cox, Mrs. Chas.
Crews, Mrs. c. NJ. Kemplin, Mrs.
Frank Kemplin, Mrs. w. E. Potter
Mrs. A. Smith, Mrs Dan Thompson
and Mrs. Floyd Wettling The guests
were Mrs. R. E. Sheffield and Mrs H.
O. Simmons. who gave several selec-
tons on the piano. The dining room
and parlor were very beautifully
decorated in ferns and sweet peas.
Mrs. Mary E. Struble,. who has been
her brother, Mr., H. K. Good
rich, will return to 4her home in
Newark, N. J., Monday
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BowsER GOES F1sHING.
He Sells Three Barrels of Bass in
Advance.


Mr.. Bowser was half an hour late in
getting home from the Office, and when
he did arrive he had several parcels
| on his face. He refused to make any
explanations until after dinner, though
he beamed with ~ good nature all
through the meal and gave Mrs. Bowser
to understand that there was something
OF Importance on hand. When he was
| ready to explain, he had a fishing rod,
II fish-hooks and six spare fishlines to
help elucidate. He was going to take a
couple of days off and go fishing.
But where can you put in two days
fishing?" asked Mrs. Bowser.
"At Green Lake. he replied. That's
20 miles away. shall get up at 5
o'clock in the morning to catch the
early train out there. I shall stay one
night, and perhaps two, at the club
house there
But what put the idea into your
head?'
why, I've wanted to go fishing for
some time, but today one of the MEM
bers of the Green Lake Sucker club in
vited me to go out to the lake and stay
as long as wished. They have fine
club house there, and they catch fish by
the barrel. You needn't say anything
about it, but they are sending about 20
barrels of bass to market every week.
That's the way they are paying their
expenses, but they don't want to be
classed as fishermen. I stopped at the
fish market as I came up and Williams
told me that he would take three bar
rels of bass from me. BY John, but I
expect to have the time Of my hfe!''
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why do they call it The Sucker
club?" asked Mrs. Bowser after a mo-
ment's thought.
After the suckers in the lake, I sup
pose"
But there are no suckers in any of
the inland lakes. Those fish are only
to be found in rivers or large lakes. -
Did you ever catch a fish in your
life?" demanded Mr.. Bowser as he
bristled I'D.
Mo-"
Then don't put yourself to the front
as an authority. I've caught suckers
in lakes, rivers, ponds and everywhere
else. 1 expected you'd raise some sort
of objection to my going
s I'm not raising any objection, my
dear. On the contrary, 1 wish you to
go. 1t will be good for your rheuma-
tisqn, and if you can have two or three
days sport and sell three barrels of
fish at the same time it will be a fine
thing. I just thought the name was a
funny one, that's ALL
1.-THE name is all right. If you were
going to be particular about names you
might ask why the president of the
club, to whom I have note of intro
duction, is named Bunko. What's that
go to do with it?'
''Green Lake-The Sucker club-Pres-
ident Bunko," unused Mrs. Bowser to
herself with an inward smile. but she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-22
RIPPED UP HALF A MILE OF TR AcK."

made no comments. Mr.. Bowser had
made up his mind, and nothing she
could say would turn him. She asked
If fish were plenty, and he answered:
There isn't spot like it on the face
of the earth. The fish are SO plentiful
that every four weeks the club invites
the farmers for miles around to come
and fill their wagons and draw them
off for manure. Even then their splash
ing O. nights keeps the club members
awake. You can use a scoop shovel, a
pitchfork or a hook and line, just as
you please. The lake is divided off in
to three sectionS-pickerel, bass and
suckers, and one kind never trespass
upon the waters of the other. Oh, you
can bet the club has got things down
fine
IT hope you won't have to sleep on
the floor" observed Mrs. BowSer.
ION the f1oor!'' he exclaimed after
her why, woman, what are you
talking about The club house is pro-
ytded with 40 bed rooms, each one with
Persian. rug on the floor, paintings
on the walls and hair mattress on the
bed Our parlor Is no comparison to
theirs. They have four pianos, five
billiard tables and solid silver SER
vice. All the walters dress in uniform,
and 1T takes IL dozen bottles of cham
payne to go around at dinner"
..Mr. Tyre, the member who was in
the office. You spell his name L-y-r-e."
Mrs Bowser turned pale, but made
no criticism. She knew that Tyre was
a musical instrument to be played on,
and that it sometimes played on other
folks for a change There wasn't any
doubt in her mind that it had been
playing on Mr.. Bowser that day.
At 5 O'Clock next morning Mr.. Tyres
victim got softly out of bed. He had
said that he wouldn't wake anybody up.
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city. will leave Sunday for Fort Wayne,
lind, for a short visit, after which they
go to the Atlantic coast for the sum-
mer.
Miss Jane Adams of Lawrence has
gone to visit her mother in Phoenix,
Arfz., for the summer
Miss Edna Morrow will go to Law
renee July 3 to attend the wedding of
Miss Mabel Dick and Mr.. James Will
son.
Mr.. and Mrs VIII Reinisch are in
Lawrence for a few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Clevengor, 300
West Tenth. leave today for Johnson
county, Missouri, to spend Sunday.
Miss Ada Wilson entertained her
Sunday school class at her home on
Polk street Wednesday evening. Miss
Wilson is a member of class No. of
the First Congregational church Sun
day school.
Ill, arrived today for a visit to Mrs
w. E. McVey. Miss Maud McVey, who
is the guest of friends in Kansas City,
will return home Saturday.
Miss Cornelia Abrahams of Balti-
more. Nd, came today to spend the
summer with her brother, Mr. John ".
Abrahams.
Miss Winifred Burch and Miss Una
Lytle. will go to salina Monday for a
visit to the formers grandparents.
Mrs. Ralph Skinner. Miss Agnes
Fisk and Miss Edna Morrow went to
st. Marys today to attend a reception
to be given for Miss Marjorie Ander-
son.
Mrs. c. L. Traver and Miss winifred
Traver will go to Excelsior Springs
next week.
Miss Marie vanderpooI will leave
next week for El Paso. Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Clark of Liberty,
Mo-, will be the guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. c. H. Samson.
Miss Helen Cartilage will leave
Tuesday for a visit in Oklahoma City.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Southwick and
their family will leave next month for
Ludington. Mich.
Miss Alice Meade and Miss Virginia
Meade returned today from Manhat-
tan.
Miss Katharine Mann will leave next
month for Denver.
Mrs. John F. Switzer and her chill
dren will leave next month for a visit
in Logansport, Ind.
Miss Edith Langham will leave next
week for st. Paul, Mimi, to spend sew
eral weeks.
Miss Anna Bolster of Spokane,
to Leroy, Kan, Monday to spend a
fortnight
Miss Margaret Garvey will go to
Oklahoma next week to remain sew
eraI weeks, the guest of friends.
Mrs. William Russell will leave in a
few days for Chicago to join her
daughter, Miss Edyth, and will from
there go to Ohio to spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Laycock went to
Ottawa today to spend Sunday.
Mrs. T. S. Hand of New York, who
has been spending several weeks in
Europe, will land in New York Tues |
day, and come to Topeka the last of !
next week for a short stay with her
sister, Mrs. H. L. Shirer, with whom
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doubt of its being the sheet of water
wanted, for there was sign nailed to
q tree.
Mr.. Green ought to have been asham-
ed of himself.
It was a duck pond about a hundred
feet across.
1t was filed with logs and brush.
Its waters were the color of cl1oco-
late There were no fish leaping UP
or crowding each other out on the
banks.
Mr.. Bowser felt one thousand volca-
noes rising UP within him and shaking
him from lead to heel. He longed to
spit forth red-hot expressions in sew
eral languages, but hung on to himself
until he had looked about a bit Pres
walked over to it. There was a big
club leaning up against it, and it bore
on a tag she words: This is the club
On the side of the shanty was written
in chalk: "And this is the house,
1t didn't take Mr.. Bowser over an
turned loose and the treetops began to
sway and the sandy soil to fly. The
nightingale took a fly, and the whip
poorwill realized that she couldn't COM
pete with any such man. Woodchucks
sought their holes, and the crafty fox
got a hump on him and ran for two
miles without stopping.
At 10 o'clock in the forenoon Mrs.
Bowser was called to the telephone and
asked:
fare you Mrs. Bowser7"
Eyes. What is it?''
Ibid your husband start for Green
Lake on fishing trip this morning?"
yes. but don't tell me that he is
drownedi"
.No. ma'an, I won't, though I wish
to Heaven 1 could. My name is Gill
lam. I am the station agent here. Mr..
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/ Herbert B. Turner & Co. of Boston
have just published Joaquin Miller's
new book. 1t is called Light and is
a narrative poem written in the best
vein of the famous Poet of the
Sierras." The book is beautifully
printed and bound.
Messrs. Paul Elder & Company, the
western publishers. who have recently
removed their publication headQuar-
tiers from San Francisco to New York,
announce the opening of an arts and
crafts book room in the latter city, at
g and 5 East Nineteenth street. This
book room, though not extensive,
will express much the same purpose
as their San Francisco store which DR..
Lyman Abbott. in the Outlook some
tistic and charming book store l ever
visited. east or west, in America or
Europe"
Edwin Asa Dix, the author of
Prophets Landing" published by the
chiefly about New England. was born
in Newark, N. J. He is, however, of
New England descent and was brought
up in that part of the country. He
graduated from Princeton university
in 1881 and stood first in his class. He
then went through the law school and
was admitted to the New York bar.
Mr.. Dix has travelled widely abroad
and done much of his literary work
while in southern Italy, and in Switzer-
land, and he is at present abroad tax
ing an automobile tour through AL
giers He was at one time literary
editor of the Churchman and he has
written besides Prophets Landing"
which has just been published, "Old
Burrows Legacy" and Deacon Brad
bury"
Henry Copley Greene has written
for the July Century a study of the
late Eugene Carriere. the noted French
artist; and the article will be illus
trated by reproductions in tint of a
number of Carriere's paintings. In
the opinion of the writer, this interest
ing artists characteristics were struc-
tural and sculpturesque beauty, human
insight the shaping of mass and line
into a whole the irregular harmony of
which is enhanced by the charm of
varying light, and strong and sane sim
certify.
The Macmillan company announces
that William Stearns Davis romance
of ancient Greece, IA Victor or
Salamis," has goine into second large
edition in this country, while at the
same time a second edition has been
demanded in England. The popularity
of the book is tribute to Mr.. Davis
cleverness as a story teller; its value
as a picture of the life of the Greeks
is evidenced by the fact that a profess
sor of Greek in large university mas
ordered copies enough to supply all
the members of his class.
Miss Cora Parker. who illustrated
Doubleday & Pages new publication.
Carmichael" by Anison North, has
just sold a painting, Blue Waters OF
Gloucester" to the Kansas City Art
club for their permanent collection
Miss Parker, who is a student of the
Academy Julian. has been identfhed
with the art movement in the west for
the past ten years-having charge of I
the art department of the Kansas
State university and the Nebraska
State university for four and six years
Within the last few
wears she has made her home in the
east, adding book illustration to her
work in oil and water colors. This
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Bowser went out and saw the lake and
the club and the house, and came back
here on the whoop. He has tipped over
the water tank, torn out one side Of
the depot, ripped up half a mile Of
track and is holding up two freight
trains. For Gods sake. come out here
and coax him to go home with you!"
And when Mrs. Bowser hung up the
trumpet she simply smiled.-(Copy-
righted. 1907. by Homer Sprague.)
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A Fortunate rexan.

Il
Mr.. E. w. Goodloe. of 107 st. Louis St,
Dallas Tex, says: I'm the past year
have become acquainted with DR.. King
New Life Pills and laxative I ever
tried before so effectually dtsposes OF
malaria and billiousness." They don't
grind nor grippe. Csc. All druggists.
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Notes and Personal Mention.

Mrs. Frank ]. Mileham, SIS Lincoln
street, her daughter Zilla and her niece
Miss Gladys Boyle, will leave next
Tuesday for New York from where
they sail for England for a visit to
relatives.
Miss Margaret Hayden and Mr. Hen
nv HAYDEN will go to Excelsior Springs
the first of the week for short stay
Miss Janet Gardner and Miss Eliza
beth Bar have returned from Leaven-
worth.
Mrs. w. r. Kent of Beloit is spend
ing a few weeks at the Virginia.
Mr.. Earl Forrest of Washington,
Pa, was the guest this week of Mr.. Jas.
p Rowley on his way to Rabbits
ranch near Flagstaff, Arizona, where
he will spend the summer.
Mr.. Floyd Funnel of Wamego- on-
the-Kaw came last night to join Mrs.
Funnel and their son on a visit to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Funnel
in Potwin.
Miss Lucille Cooper of Abilene.
guest of her sister Mrs. Hal Hazlett,
will join her mother and her sister
Estella in Excelsior Springs next week
Mrs. Otto Kiene and her niece
Marguerite Kiene will return Tuesday
from a visit to the formers parents in
Watunga, I. T.
Mrs. w. ]. Keys of Beloit is the
guest of her mother. Mrs. J. G. Dodge,
and her sister, Miss Helen Dodge
Mrs. J. August and her daughter.
Mrs J. Mendelssohn of New York