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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
FOR MAIL-oRDER TRADE.
Factories Where Adulterated and Mis-.
branded Goods are Put Up.

A visit made short time ago by
the health officers of Chicago to a fac
tory where canned goods were pre-
pared for the mail-order trade. dis
closed the fact that it was a rank
artificial food factory. Tomato cat
sups were made from pumpkin pulp:
fine strawberry and raspberry jam was
made from glucose. starch and the
only evidence OF fruits were lot of
dried apple peelings and cores. which
were used as 4 base. The seed sup
posed to the berry seeds, was grass
seed: the natural coloring was coal tar
dyes. and in the whole thing was a
fraud factory from start to finish.
Several thousand cans of fruit were
found These were old, several years
perhaps, and the labels dirty showing
their age From these the labels
were removed and new ones put on.
These goods were dead stock on the
manufacturers hands, until bought for
a mere song by the mail-order con-
Germ
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKETS.
How Agricultural Towns Can Assist In
Preventing CORNERS" in Produce.

Now and then complaint is heard of
how the large packing houses and
handlers of produce manipulate prices
of eggs and poultry. These concerns
are enabled to do this through their
facilities for extensively handling
goods and preserving them in their
mammoth cold storage plants. Their
system is to buy in the lowest market
and hold the produce until the demand
is such that prices reach the top notch.
1t is evident that were the business
men of small towns to follow out to
some extent the plans of these large
houses, the home market would be ma
terially improved. In the agricultural
towns merchants are the most extern
sive handlers of farmers produce.
This business is incidental to the mer-
camille business. and few merchants
have proper facilities for the storing
and proper care of perishable goods.
therefore. Immediately upon receiving
supplies from the farmer, consign
ments are made to the commission
houses in the large cities, and thus are
the large commission men enabled to
obtain control of the markets and to
manipulate prices.
Each agricultural community pro-
duces enough poultry and eggs and
miscellaneous dairy products to sup
port prosperous exclusive produce
house. But when the articles that the
farmers have for sale are distributed
among a dozen or more stores, each
acting independently. it is evident that
highest market prices cannot be paid.
The plan proposed for the organiza-
ton of cooperative produce companies
in each town has many desirable
points in its favor At small expense
coldstorage plant of adequate capac-
ity to handle all perishable products
of the community can be put in order.
plant of this kind. If rightly man
aged. would greatly improve the con-
ditions of the local markets and higher
prices could be paid for produce than
the merchants could afford to pay for
the same.
A number of towns in the middle
west have adopted this system, and
with success. Not alone have the
home markets been greatly improved,
but greater volume of trade has
been brought to the merchants. Should
this plan be universally followed, in
agricultural districts. it would lessen
the opportunity for the manipulation
OF prices of produce. and the corner
ing of the market by the large COM
mission and packing houses.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
PARDON AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
Man Sentenced for Stealing Two-Ool
lar Pig Now Free.


Montgomery. Ala.-William Pear.
son. who escaped from the Alabama
penitentiary so years ago. while serv.
ing sentence for stealing a pig. and
fled to Texas. settling at Palestine.
where he has become man of promi-
nence and influence, has been par
doned by Gov. Conner.
The petition Tor his pardon was
made by Gov. Campbell and Congress
man Gregg of Texas. who say that
Pearson is a leading and wealthy citi-
zen of Palestine and that he and his
wife and children stand high socially,
The petition states Pearson has fire.
quently refused political office because
he knew he could not legally hold 1t.
Gov. Conner had the case looked up
and found Pearson had been convicted
in 1876 in Clay county. when he was
is years old, of stealing 4 pig valued
at two dollars and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. After serv-
ing two months Pearson escaped by
knocking down guard. and nothing
was heard of him till the petition
came from the Texas governor.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
ALFALFA AND FERTILITY.
Ono Farmer in the West Finds the
Two Go Together.

Ont here in the west where corn
and wheat and oats have been our
staples for years we have found the
land to demand something to replen-
ish the humus that grain growing took
from it, writes correspondent of
Farmers Voice. The day OF the big
grain farmer who wrings the fertility
from the land and does not put back
enough to help the next seasons crops
is about past. Farmers OF the great
corn belt have learned that corn land
needs fertilization the same as any
other; that the growing of corn and
cattle and hogs and alfalfa is the So
luton of maintaining fertility. To-day
there is more cattle feeding than ever
in the corn belt, and it has come about
because of the desire to maintain fer
tility The great increases in popula-
ton will in time make the price of
corn land double what it now is If 1t
is fertile!
There is lot of meaning in those
few words Not only has the corn
grower found that the signs point to
future fertility, he has discovered that
immediate benefits come from fer
tility, hence the big feed lot with its
cattle and hogs and consequent big
loads of manure to feed to the hungry
land. Every farmer in the corn belt
will grow alfalfa. Where it would
not grow ten years ago, to-day flour
ishes and waves in the summer wind.
And the mighty advance of this won
derful plant is not over. lis only
begun. The wise farmers only are
utilizing it. The smart ones ignore
it. "'Twont grow here" they say,
trying to initiate the sages.
Corn and alfalfa rotated keep up
the lands life, and if the manure OF
stables, hog pens and feeding yard
is added fertility will increase and
land bear heavy crops as well. Let
the farmer send his produce to market
on the hoof and feed up all his hay
and grain. A field that has grown al
falfa three years to five will produce
from a fourth to third more corn
than land that was of the same orig
inal value in fertility, but which has
grown corn continuously. Three cut
tings of extra good hay can be made
from the average alfalfa field, and in
extra good years four may be made.
each cutting from one and quarter
to two tons per acre.
1 know one farmer of $50 acres of
land worth over $4,000 who saw five
years ago the evils of grain growing.
but who now grows alfalfa and corn
and dairy cows. His is the best pay
ing farm that know of in the great
state of Nebraska, and he tells me
that such a combination as he is work
ing towards is steadily upbuilding fer
tility and increasing the revenue.
Another stockman whose $40 acres
is worth $4,000 keeps half in alfalfa
the whole time and half in corn. He
ships in his feeders and generally fats
600 head every fall and winter. His
farm grows heavier crops to-day than
ever before. so he says. and he blames
the alfalfa plant. manure spreader and
steer for the results.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

platform. For runners at the front end.
l took runners from an old Keystone
planter and fastened them from the
bottom so as TO have them run about
or inches from the rows of corn.
For knives. took two blades off
an old stalk cutter. The platform may
be either nailed or bolted down. The
wheels are old planter wheels. On the
table l have a buck fastened to the
platform so one can sit or lean upon
it when tired. Below this have a
pail large enough to hold a ball of
binder Irvine. AS soon as have an
armful of corn is is compressed with
the device shown and tied ready for
putting in the shock"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
THE FARMER BOY.
Temper the Work to His Strenoth
and Let Him Have His Play Time.

Every farmer desires to keep his
boy at home as long as he can do so.
that he may thus live protected life
as long as possible This is right. 1t
is a mistake TO permit the farm boy
to launch out for himself at too ten.
der an age. The father of the boy
must remember that the muscles of
the boy are not hard like his own and
that he cannot do the same amount of
work as he himself can do. with
equal ease. The muscles of grow
ing boy are soft, for they are con-
stantly being increased in size by the
addition of new material.
Many farm boys are driven from the
farm by too hard work. They are
made to take the place of hired man
at very early age and the father
often forgets that they have not the
same Indifference to pleasures as him
self The boy needs a good deal of
recreation and a chance to mingle
with other farm boys. The farm boy
should have a fair chance at the pleas
ures of childhood and youth. as the
city boy has His work should be
carefully limited.
The usual farm boy is a worker
anyway He early learns to do the
most difficult tasks on the farm. saws
Farmers Review, and is worth much
more to his parents than any hired
man is worth. His parents should
therefore study him and his needs
His needs include many things besides
the food he gets and the clothes he
wears All work and no play makes
Jack dull boy" is an old saving
but strictly true. Many a farm boz
has been oyerworked into a dullness
that has lasted him his life ,h-.,sA
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

one end of the chain around the
post close to the ground, incline the
plank against the post so the lower
end will be ~ it. from the base of
the post, place the chain in the notch
of the plank, hitch the team to the
post and start up. In few seconds
the post is clear of the ground. In
moving fences. says the Farm and
Home, the chain should be attached
to the rear axle of the wagon so the
posts may be loaded and hauled to
the new location.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

IL there have been any increases In
this original number expiration OF en-
listments has kept the total down.
Not many of the men are going
back to the companies when their
three years have expired. Most OF
the privates are counting the days
and months which elapse between
now and the hour when they again
will become the directors OF their
own movements.
Officers at the post say the country
is too prosperous to make recruiting
successful. Nearly everyone is at
work, and those who want employ
ment have it. There also is little
glamour to the army service at pres
ent. Enlistment means either the
monotonous routine of post life or
service in Cuba or the Philippines,
where climatic conditions are bad and
insects numerous.
.There are almost as many officers
being graduated from West Point each
year as there are new men being en-
listed
The new barracks will be completed
about October |. They were to have
been ready this summer. but as there
is little pressing need for them at the
present time the failure of the con-
tractors TO complete the work on
schedule will cause no hardship
AS soon as the six new structures
are ready the various companies will
move into them from the old barracks.
which then will be remodeled. The
new structures are designed to &C
commodate several companies. Each
company will have its own messroom,
doing away with the need OF SEN
eral mess hall.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
RECRUITING AT so LOW EBB OF
FIcERs ARE DISCOURAGED.
Scarcity Of Men Seriously Interrupts
the Formation of New Mounted
Battery Being Organized at
Fort Sheridan.

Chicago. Recruiting for the regu-
lar army has fallen to such low
ebb that the commandment and officers
at Fort Sheridan are despairing OF
success in their efforts to keep the
companies there filled up to the re.
CURED peace footing.
The scarcity of men has interrupted
seriously the formation of the new
mountain battery which is being or
ganized at the post. and the Third
battalion of the Twenty-seventh infan-
try. stationed there, is short $50 men.
Despite the activity of the recruit
ing officers, the new battery needs 125
more men. and the outlook for getting
these enlistments is SO poor that no
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

Washington-ln the year 1905 alone
there was manufactured in the United
States over $4,000. 900 worth of news
paper. according to an announcement
made by the census bureau. In the
five-year period. leeo-'o5. the produc-
ton of news paper increased in value
- per cent The total value of paper
and wood pulp manufactured in 1905
was over slsS. 900. 900. OF this. sS7.-
5000 was of book paper. $50, 900. 900
wrapping paper and see,00o.0o0 fine
papers. New York leads in this in
dustry. while Massachusetts, comes
next. followed by Maine. Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

A western man has succeeded in
breeding what he calls fenceless
pig This pig has only one eye,
which causes him to travel in cir
cular direction. and thus assures his
owner that he will always come home
and does away entirely with the neces-
sity of fences.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

A resident of Wilton. VT. has an
old musket which is said to be relic
of the days when the settlers devoted
few hours TO an Indian hunt as
often as occasion required The bar
rel is four feet, nine inches long, and
the whole weapon stands over six
feet
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
Old ReIiahIes

While We are waiting for the adap-
.auon OF the automobile to farm work,
old Bill and Jerry can be depended
on TO pull the pillow and harrow. The
pest OF 1t is the manure that Bill and
serrs make is good for the land.
wni'e the refuse from an automob,,s
WI" not benefit anything.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
A CORN HARVESTER.
Handmade Cutter Which Will Cut
Two Rows at a Time.

An Iowa reader describes this two
row homemade cutter which he says
pulls easier than a sled cutter: Il
used 4 by for an axle. and bolted
by 4 to this axle 2h to feet
apart. and let it run out IL inches on
the rear side. Board this over for
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

Andrew NJ Camp. town clerk Of
Durham, Conn. is in possession of the
original charter of the town, dated
lios, and signed by Gov. Saltonstall.
which was recently found among some
old papers in the garrett of one of the
ancient houses at Durham.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
Mise Rarson.

-Parson. somebody dared US to get
married. and we never take a dare.
Here We are
Well. my young friends l dare
you to go home and endeavor to cult
vate some common sense
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

In this settlement" said the Bill
Vile farmer. we call all the literary
feIlers we kin ketch 'leadin'' authors,
because as a rule they're powerful
handy at leadin' mules to water"-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

i'd" "milksop." .'loggerhead." bag and
baggage" "a mere song" dancing at.
tendance" send him packing" kill
with kindness, Greek to me-, Ill
wind that blows no good" give and
take" an eyesore," Ito boot" anc
the man in the moon" are all his.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
PULLING FENCE POSTS.
A Hard Task Made Easy by Use OF
Plank and Chain.

An easy and practical method OF
pulling posts. by which all digging
and had labor is eliminated, is
shown in cut. Take a plank. l IT.
wide. 1T. long. and make V-shaped
notch at one end, mailing on several
crosspieces to prevent splitting. This
plank is used to change the hori-
zontal draft to the vertical. Place
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
The contraries of speech,

Cannot help you at this trying
time.~ asked the cooks admirer. No. "
replied the cook. for this is my hour
of knead.~ And she forthwith pro-
ceeded to work the dough.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

Somebody has figured up that n
cost this country last year 800. 600.
600 to feed its rats Let everybody
turn in and make an effort to reduce
the cost by destroying the rats.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
Hyacinths Prove a Curse,

tow the lilies-miies and miles ~
them-to deep water. This, howevr
afforded only partial relief ~
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11
Shakespeare's Phrases.

Users of everyday catch-words are
constantly quoting that ubiquitous per
son Shakespeare Dead as a door
nail. long and short of it, getting
even.T 'tac-rar." birds of a feather.
that's fiat" num-" "scarecrow, "-sol-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-09-11

Some women speak OF their Ills as
As II they were virtuea.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-19
GAINING REPUTATION
AS POLITICAL SPHYNX
Secretary Taft Becoming Not
ed for Silence.
POLICY, NOT STUPIDITY.

Washington, d. c., May 1S.-
Secretary Taft is rapidly be-
coming known as the sphynx in poll
tess To all the pronuncianlentos,
challenges and defys hurled at him
from the Foraker camp he has remain
ed silent. He is not asleep. however.
and it is believed that he is framing
up a powerful announcement OF his
candidacy to be delivered at Tulsa,
Okla, on June 9th, on the occasion Of
the assembling of the first republican
state convention. The visit to Tulsa
will be only an incident in eonsid-
cradle western trip which the seereta-
ry is about to take. II is probable
he viii discuss economic topics at St
Louis on the 25th,4 before the Millers'
and he may possibly ar
range his trip so as to visit some. Of
The northwestern eities. The official
reason for his trip is to permit him TO
make a tour of inspection of the great
posts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-19
Palladium IeIeeam Sunday May 49, 1907
PRESIDENTS DOG
is UNDER A CLOUD
Has "cheWed Up" Too Many
High Dignitaries.
DEATH OR PUNISHMENT.

Washington, D. c., May 1S.-"Pete. =
the prize bull terrier of the White
house, is till nursing his wounds
while the dignitaries of the admins
tration are determining what to do
with him. Pete" only a few days
ago, attempted TO take the measure of
very ordinary street mongrel and
was most artistically chewed up. There
was mourning at the French embassy
when it was learned that "Pete's" an
tagonist did not altogether finish him.
Ambassador Jusserand is one of
.Pete's" victims, for on the occasion
of recent visit to the white house to
play tennis with the president,
Pete" chased the distinguished
Frenchman up tree and he was res
cued only after a squad of determin-
ed bluecoats had charged his canine
captor. Several cabinet officers have
beaten hasty and undignified retreats
before "Pete's'' onslaught, and only the
other day the dog, whose taste evil
IDENTIFY has slightly deterioreted, took
a section of leg from John T. Thomas.
a clerk in the navy department 1t
has not yet been decided whether a
death penalty shall be exacted or ban
be .'Pete's'' fate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-19
HARRY WIENER AND SAMMIE
COHEN.

The two boys whose pictures here
appear, are noteworthy examples OF
the speedy Americanization of young
foreigners when they reached this
country. The boy at the top is Har-
ry Weimer, who, although only in this
country eight months, has been elect
ed Mayor of School City, juvenile
self government established in public
School No 10 of New York City. The
boy in the medallion at the bottom Is
Sammie Cohen, one of Mayor Weim-
ers policemen. They were elected
after a red-hot fight. 49,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-19
f. I.a-s sore Secrs-.

Every tobacconiSt has on his counter
9 machine for cutting of the ends Of
cigars. These machines ere popular
for the reason that they pay for them
selves many times over every year.
The ends that smokers cut off are
carefully gathered from the counter.
and ii takes but a few hundred OF
them 10 make pound Of good tobacco.
This can be sold for 40 or so cents
Some cigar store clerks are very So
licitous to see that the patron does not
overlook the cutting machine. They
push il towaru him. and he is much
impressed with their politeness- These
clerks have for a pereuisite the nla-
chimes cuttings. This adds several dol
lars weekly to their salaries--New Or
leans Tmes-Democa
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-19
AussraIia'a Wealth In Sheep.

The greatest industry OF Australia
Is sheep raising, mainly for the sake
Of the wool, but also in part Of course
for the meat. Australia now ranks
second among the great sheep raising
countries. Argentina being first with
81. OO0. 600 sheep, Australia second with
1900 900 and Russia third with TO-
100000. But few years ago Aus
tralia WIS first, possessing no less
than 1Oo, 200, 600 head Of sheep. That
was in 1891. Prolonged droughts were
the cause OF the destruction Of many
millions of Australian sheep. but since
1902 there has been an annual gain
Yet these sheep were not indigenous
to Australia. They were first intro
duced in 1897. being of the Spanish
merino species.