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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11
THE BASIS OF PROSPERITY

of the country. No account is taken
of the cost of production, or of fixed
charges" such as taxes, interest,
wages, repairs and maintain ance. OF
the value of the products consumed
q, home, of the cost of supporting q
family. Nor is any account taken in
these estimates of total values. of the
fact that these products overlap, and
sometimes duplicate each other. For
example, corn is worth so many mill
lion dollars, SO many bushels at so
much bushel. One large fraction of
the corn crop is fed TO cattle and
hogs, and reappears in the totals as
beef and pork. Some is fed to poul-
try, and comes up again as eggs,
chickens or turkeys. Another large
fraction is fed to work horses, and
brings the farmer no money at all.
Therefore the income from corn must
be discounted quite a bit So of hay,
, which stands well up in the list of
total values. A large part of it, how
much l cannot say, but so far as my
little observation extends, from IS to
JU pei CGllI III dll lllS HdN 10 leu VII
the farm, and brings in no money.
From the gross value of the wheat
cop must be deducted the amount
paid by the farmers for -four, making
the exchange at the rate of about two
bushels for one. These illustrations
are quoted only to show that in the
amount of the farmers wealth, "all
is not gold that glitters."
However, We accept the estimate
, which gives about 81, leo as the gross
income of the average farmer The
average farm contains about 100
acres. 1t is worth from $50 to s15G
per acre. according to the part of the
country where it is located. Its rental
value runs from So TO So per acre FOR
strictly farming purposes, or from
$500 to $500 which must be deducted
The average family is about five per
sons. AS they perform the labor on
the farm we will suppose that they
work for their board. There remains
the expense of clothing, education
recreation. religion, benevolence. med
ical attendance, care and maintain
arce of children and the aged We
do not try to tabulate these items
they have 10 come inside an averag,
allowance of 500 yearly to each per
tson How strange that eyerybod.
isn't tumbling over himself TO engag,
in farming.
1t is very true, as stated in the sam
connectioR, that the farm produces tn
nations wealth, and the present rat
of production will double the nation
wealth in at least Is years. But, de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

Quoting cost of production, the fixed
margin of profit is very small. There
are men in Rock Island county, and
also no doubt in Scott, who came here
at an early day and got land for al
most nothing They worked hard 40
or 80 years, improved their land, and
raised a family. Their hard work made
them a living. The advance in the
value of the land has made them we'll
TODD. If the land continues to in
crease in value, the descendants of
these pioneers will be called wealthy
But their wealth will come to them as
landlords, not as producers.
Whether land continues to advance
in value is a question open to debate.
The quantity of land is fixed, and with
The growth of population land becomes
relatively scarce and should be more
valuable. On the other hand, the orig
inal productiveness of the land is be-
ing exhausted and expensive fertiliZ.
ing becomes necessary. The cost of
production is also increased by the
higher rate of wages, the larger
amount of capital invested and the
much larger amount required for fam.
| lily expenses. Therefore. unless farm
products can be sold at material adj
vances over the prices that have been
prevailing, the time is near at hand
when there will be no profit to the
producer, and the demand for farm
lands will then fall off, and prices de
Cline. Or, if food products are sold al
a permanently higher range consump
! ton will be checked, the growth OF
population will cease and land values
cannot advance. The problem is there
fore complicated. involving many con
Trajectory conditions.
The prosperous farmer is he who
owns the land and pays rent to him
self; or he who does his own worl
and secures the laborer's reward
Where both conditions are combined
the situation is most satisfactory. Bu
some 40 per cent of the farmers are
tenants, and the percentage is increas
ing. Where tenancy farming prevail.
the fertility Of the soil is soon exhaus
| ted. the improvements are not KEEP
up, and the value OF the land canno
be advanced. Upon such a system i
lis impossible TO predicate any assured
national prosperity. This is one fac
OF most sinister Importance to thos,
who are seeking seriously to forecas
our nations material future.
q
i Writing from Washington, March 4
I 1897. George Alfred Thounshend, th
welllonwn newspaper correspondent
used these words tquoted from mem
ory) Today witnesses the beginning
iof new era in our country, the reigi
of the merchant After II years W
:, begin to see the significance of tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

for girls. 4 eco, and restaurants main
tanned by the city where q bun costs
a cent, and a 5-cent piece will bury a
square meal The baths occupy an
Island in the Mississippi river. for
merly useless mud fiat. The land
was purchased. the trees pruned and
the grounds cleared, and later the
island was raised above the normal
flow of the river and its banks sanded
and protected with rock work from
the current. Paths and parkways
were laid out. lights placed and the
mud fat became a veritable fairyland
of lights and greenery and music at
night while its cool shade and con-
veniences made it a marvellous refuge
and pleasure ground during the hot
summer days.
But for DR.. Justus Ohage this enor-
nous work, representing now an in
vestment of several hundreds of thou
sands of dollars would not have been
done. DR.. Ohage was health commits
sioner and the unfortunate condition
of the poor of the city, among whom
2s a practicing physician he had done
much work, appealed strongly to his
heart and sympathies. He wanted a
resting place for the poor on the hot
summer days, pleasure ground for
the common people. He bought Har-
friet island from its owners with his
own funds and began the building of
the baths. His friends laughed at his
ideas and called him a German en-
thusiast but he w2rked necessarily
and laughed back, for a reply, Months
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

passed and the work went on. Finally
brewing interests attempted to buy up
the island and make 4 summer garden
Of it. but he fought them and won.
The city began to wake up and almost
over night DR.. Ohage's wild dream
became marvellous municipal i'm
provement. The city began to fur
nish money and the baths were fin
ished and opened. Now the city owns
them and they are one of the great
sights which st. Paul people take
pride in showing to visitors.
DR.. Ohage's baths have done won
ders for the poor. They are a breath
ing spot, rest haven and definite
agency for cleaner and more sanitary
lives. And thousands have enjoyed
their benefits.
Surrounding the children's play
grounds in one part of the island is a
pretty iron fence. The fence is made
of iron piping. Several years ago DR..
Ohage found behind the city engi-
neer's offices a scrap heap of iron.
Il want that he said
The city engineer laughed and gave
it tG him. A few weeks later thrifty
German workmen had sorted out the
good iron pipe and standards, little
additional money had purchased nee
essary fittings and the baths had
their iron fencing and everybody COM
plimented it.
DR.. Ohage smiled when asked where
it came from.
Its the city engineers scrap
heap he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11
EXCESSIVE DRINKING.
Crime Destroys the Craving for Drink
Sold Under Positive Guarantee,

Excessive or continued use of alco-
tolic beverages always results in a
diseased condition of the nervous sys-
TEN.
The drinking man is often heard to
say, Il can stop of my own free will
and when l WISH but the poor fell
low is now devoid of the power to act
at the proper time and in the right
way-its too late, the craving has Sc
cured a firm hold and because of the
diseased nervous system he has not
the ability for sustained effort The
result we all know.
Drunkenness is no longer consid-
cred crime. eminent scientists and
physicians have agreed that it is a
disease and must be treated as SUCH
The home treatment that has been
used for a number of years, and is
highly successful, is Orrine 1t is sold
under a positive guarantee that if il
does not effect cure your money will
be refunded.
Orrine is in two forms When de
string to give secretly, purchase Or
inv NV. l. "iiu II Iiic pbtiShI WIN wa
unfairly take the treatment, Orrine
No. should be given. The guarantee
| is the same in either case. Orrine
costs but S1.00 per box. Mailed ir
plain sealed wrapper on receipt o.
price. Write for free treatise OF
| Drunkenness mailed in sealed en-
velope by The Orrine Co.. Washing
ton, d. c., and in this city by Harpel
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

Ask about excursion
fares to other points
Many bargains to
take advantage of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

2Copyright F. W. Wright. ST. PAUL.
-ASt. Paul, Mimi. July Little
churches and charitable institute is
of the city have done much for the
poor and unfortunate but the ST. Paul
free public baths. which are Il monu-
ment for all time TO the unselfish &C.
votion and sacrificing work of for
mer city official have saved more
lives, brought sunshine into more poor
families and made life bearabe and
even pleasant to more whose lots have
fallen in hard places than have I'll the
other agencies for good combined.
"A quarter of a million people use
the huge pools annually, and most
OF these are children. The bath
houses are the largest in the United
States and for two cents one may Oh
tain towels and soap and Il private
dressing room The baths are free,
however, and even this small sum is
not required of those who wish to use
them. From these slender revenues
the baths pile up total of $4,000 an
nually, which is sufficient for their
maintenance.
In addition to the bath houses and
pools. where guards patrol the water
constantly and an expert gives free
lessons in swimming, there is 4 large
day nursery, free 10 the poor of the
city, pavlions for those who wish
to rest, Fairgrounds OF large size for
both boys and girls, athletic courts
with proper equipment for boys and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11
Profitable LITIGATION.

On the boundary line of two farm:
in an Austrian village there is large
gooseberry bush. from which the two
farmers have for years gathered the
product. What grows ON my side is
mine. and you may have the rest was
the agreement.
Three years ago the neighbors had a
misunderstanding. and this came to a
climax when the gooseberries became
ripe. A lawsuit followed. and appeals
were made to higher judicial bodies.
The final decision has just been re-
corded IN an Austrian paper.
Each party Is to have the right to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

PICK the berries which grow on hts
side of the line, just as it was orig
inally. bat neither may destroy the
bush. The costs are charged half TO
leach iitigant. Each farmer had to
pay 22o krone. The yearly yield of
tile bush is worth about one half krone.
and the judge told the fighting farm
ers:
with good luck it will take you only
800 years to make the bush pay Take
good care of it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11

observation. Because of our almost
boundless resources we have prosper
ed beyond all comparison as produc-
ers. But now production has outrun
requirements, and the question of ''out- |
let, looms large before us. At the
same time our natural resources are
being impaired, and the cost of pro
|duction is increasing, We cannot sell
our products abroad unless We under
Isel all competitors. We cannot meet
lcompetition unless we can produce as
cheaply as our competitors. To re
tain our fereign trade we must reduce
wages and accept smaller returns for
our invested capital This means
lower prices for farm products, and
that in turn means smaller demand
for manufactured goods, and this
spells lower wages and so on. Evil
IDENTITY our voyage as a merchant ma
ton" is not altogether to be over smil-
ing seas.
/. Remember also that genuine pros
perity rests upon production not at
all upon exchange. If | make two
bushels of wheat TO grow where only
one formerly grew, | have added
something TO the worlds stock OF
wealth. If | exchange the two bushels
] for the -four output of one bushel the
Imiller and the merchant will be happy,
but their gain is my loss. If in pro
ducing the two bushels, | have eX-
lhausted some natural resource either
soil fertility or my own personal ca
lpacity for production, the nation is
that much poorer.
Nor can national prosperity be as
|sured by expanding large amounts OF
labor or money in articles of luxury
or such as have no productive utility
! As these are non-productive, they must
be paid for out of the proceeds of pro
ductive industry. They are an added
ldrain upon the nations productive re
sources, and tend directly to national
impoverishment.
Production, therefore, is the first
step towards national prosperity. and
the production of articles of real util-
lily rather than of luxury. The next
lis reproductive consumption, or such
use of products as will encourage and
facilitate production. All products
adapted to our soil and climate should
be produced at home in quantities suf-
fieient to supply the needs of all our
people. why should we desire to in
crease our balance of trade" and add
TO our stock of gold by exporting food
stuffs while any considerable number
of our own people are underfed? This
is a question for the statesman as
well as for the philanthropist) When
all our own people are supplied we
may export the surplus in quantities
sufficient to supply ourselves with
products of other countries that we
are unable to produce at home. Then.
methods of distribution should be such
that all the people may enjoy a reas-
enable share. Then. our people will
lie happy. which is after all the meas
ure of prosperity.
Having reached this condition we
may relax a little our strenuous life.
why should we toll late, and early in
field and factory that We may have a
few more toys to sell in the worlds
market? Fer a nations welfare is not
measured by its stock of gold. but by
the virtue, the intelligence and the
happiness of its people.
There is great need that we should
fix our minds firmly upon this cardinal
| truth. eH7
: JOHN G. OSBORN.
! Port BYRON
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma-
tism and neuralgia radically cures in
one to three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious,
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; Gust
Schlegel &c Son, 20 West Second
street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11
Just Exactly Right.

81 have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right" says Mr.. A. A. Eel
ION, of Harrisville, n. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discom'
fort. Best remedy for constipation,
billiousness and malaria CSC at all
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-11
The Barber Hit IL.

On one of his visits to London
Joachim, the great violinist. entered Il
barber shop for a shave. The barber
did not know him and eyed his flowing
locks with the air of a man who knew
just what he would do to them when
he got his customer in the chair.
Hair cut, sir?' he demanded, with a
tone that called for an affirmative an
swer.
The virtuoso signified his perfect sat-
isfaction with the length of his hir-
suite adornment
"Just little long at the back" the,
barber insinuated as he adjusted tho
cloth.
Joachim explained that he liked 1t
that way, and the tonsorial artist was
silent for awhile.
Rather thin on top, SIR" he said,
conveying his own idea that to sacri-
flee length to thickness was poor policy.
But Joachim glared at the barber and
tossed his lionlike name. The barber
scraped away for awhile in a moody.
discontinued fashion. But 1t was hard
TO discountenance him.
Better let me trim the edges for
you, sir. lust half an inch all around
Joachim remained firm, however,
then the barber. losing what little
and ingenuity he had. vented his ft
ings In the most scathing expressi
of contempt that suggested itself to h
tOnsorial mind with:
well, of course. II you want to lool,
like German musician IT'S nobody:
business but your own
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23

Presented by Whitson


An Ordinance skiing the SALARY Of
the Village Attorney and provid-
Ing for its payment.
Be It Ordained by the chairman
and board Of trustees of tho VIII.
lage CT Mountain Home.
Section 1.-That the salary Of
the village attorney for the village
of Mountain Home shall be three
hundred dollars per year, payable
quarterly.
Section 2. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed
An emergency existing this act
shall be IN force from ant. after
its passage and publication. Passed
by the chairman and board of ii Us
tees of the village of Mountain
Home this ~ day of January,
1908.
Attest: w. L. HARLEY.
J. "A. SiFFERT, Chairman.
Clerk.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23
Gard

This is to certify that all drug
& lists are authorized to refund
your money if Foley's Honey and
Tar fails to cure your cough or
cold 1t stops the cough, heals
the lungs and prevents serious re-
suits from a cold. Cures la
grippe coughs and prevents pneu-
monia and consumption Contains
no opiatcs. The genuine is in a
yellow package Refuse substi-
tutcs. r. w. Smith.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23

Ii you have piece of land
With water right therefore and
want to sell it list it with us.
We will do our level best to
sell 1t tor you; and you may rest
assured that we will not pigeon
hole 1t because we have a water
right OF our own that we want to
sell in order to enable us to keep
the entire receipts of the sale.
OUR DOORS ARE OPEN
We want your business; and
will strive to merit your cOnfid-
ence and give you satisfaction in
every respect.
Southern Idaho Irrigated
Land Co., Ltd.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23
Simple Remedy for La Grippe

La grippe coughs are dangerous
as they frequently develop into
pneumonia. Foley's Honey and
Tar not only stops the cough but
heals and strengthens the lungs so
that no serious results need be
feared. The genuine Folcy's Hon.
ey and Tar contains no harmful
drugs and is in a yellow package.
Refuse substitutes
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23
OF Vital Importance

NO other organs of the body
are SO essential to good health as
the kidneys. Foley's Kidney Rem
cay makes the kidneys healthy so
tnst they will strain out the inn
purities from the blood which is
CONS ean'iy passing through them.
= commence taking Foley's Kidney
X emeoy at the first sign of danger.
R. W. Smith.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23

the board 20 onfry out q tull ard
complete description Of all on tho
1908 assessment roll Of ALI decided
property in the county for the sum
of 500.
1t is hereby ordered by the board
that Tax Deed No. IL covering
property Of c. E. Porter sold to
the county for taxes of 1908 under
tax certificate No. ~ be cancelled
property having been redeemed by
| Ray Corbus and James Mathess and
deed being issued in error; also
that taxes covered by said certifi-
cate for the year 1907 be cancelled,
same having been included by the
Auditor when property was re-
deemed.
Sale of county property postponed
until 10 O'Clock q. m. Saturday,
January 18th, 1908.
On motion the board adjourned un-
til January l8, 1908.
| F. p. AXE, Chain man
Attest: F. c. SMITH, Clerk.
! Mountain Home, Idaho, January
10, 1908.
Pursuant to adjournment the
board of County Commissioners
mat. Members present r. p. AXE,
J. ]. McGinncss and H. r. Shelton.
Whcreupon the following proceed
ings were had to wit:
! In the matter of bids for con-
structing steel bridge scross South
Boise River near Old Johnson
1 Bridge site after due consideration
the board accepted the bid Of ]. H.
1 Forbes, Caldwell, Idaho. Said bid
being the lowest bid made and set
the date of March and, 1908 for
closing the contract, filing and up
proving Of bond.
The clerk was instructed to is
sue q warrant payable out of the
road fund of 1907 in payment of ap-
propi iation made for building
bridge on county line between
!. Blaine and Elmoro counties.
Amount, 500.
The Amended claim Of ]. o.
Younkin in the sum of 5000 for
loss of property on snow bridge
near Johnson ranch was presented
by claimant and the Same was
4 disallowed
The following property was sold
to E1more County for taxes year
1908 was offered at public suction
and sold to the highest bidder, to
wit:
One ton stamp mill, formerly
owned bv the Manhattcn Gold Min
I ing Company sold to j. H. Garrett
4 for $25.
!. The south hf of NE or of NE or,
sec. 23, Twp S south, range s east,
20 acres, formerly owned by r. b.
Hill, sold to j. d. Watts for $40.
House on Main street, Rocky
Bar, first cast of Winkclback
house, formerly owned by A. H.
Steadman sold to A. H. Steadman
for 81.
4 Improvements on mine claim,
Neal Mining District, one quartz
mill, formerly owned by the
Overlook Mining Company, sold to
H. c. Willis for 5000.
Lots III and IL in block 10,
Glenns Ferry, formerly owned by
F. H. Hall, sold to E. M. Wolfe
for $40.
i Lots / s and 10 in block 6, College
addition, Mt. Home, formerly
owned by c. G. Herd, sold to c. H.
LaLcbcrton for $18.
Lot Of block 10 OF Glcnns Ferry
and improvements on same former
ly owned by F. II. Hammond, sold
to E. M. Wolfe for $40.
Complains were made regarding
the condition of Poor House and
treatment of inmates. The coun-
ty physician and sheriff were here
by authorized by the board 10 make
an inspection Of the County Poor
House and report the condition Of
same to the Board at each quarter
iy meeting.
On motion tho board adjourned
sine die.
Attest: r. p. AXE,
D. GRHYTYy
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Dry Farming Congress

Salt Lake, January, 22nd to 10th
Excursions via O. S. L. january
21st. 22nd and 23rd, from Idaho
point. Limited January 26th-
Sec O. S L sgcnts for rates and
further particulars.
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Al Easy NM.

The m9o was paayfnx pss7 q
With the latest belle of tn = ~
t2&n heNec, while his brides. e tli10 70
neonths was trying 70 bu 4 =
MIND a. we'll q her finger1 f<E
= piece Of embroidery.
Suddenly the husband kufnn<I
toward the wife with q patronix-
ing air.
Pardon niei'' he exclaimed !:
81 hadn't noticed that l was b.
tween you and the light
'sOh, pray don't move" the lit-
tie woman replied. 81 can sce
through you perfectly well 49,
Lippincott's-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-23

A number Of parsons were talk
ing about telescopes, and each
professed to ha1e looked through
the largest one in the world. Z,
One after another told of the
powerful effect Of the telescopes.
Al last quiet 1nan said mildly
II once looked through TELESCOPES.
1 don't know az it was the Largest
In the world. hops it wasn't.
But It brought the mdnn 20 near
we GOULD see the man In It gestulat-
ing wildly and crying out, DOM
shoot don't shoot!' The old foo
thought it was a big cannon tina,
we were pointing at him. The
quiet man subsidized, and 80 did all
the rest of them