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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

the thermometer passing the 90 mark in Missis-
sppi, Alabama, and Arkansas and climbing to
10 in Shreveport La 112 in Fort Worth Texas
and - in Dallas. dispatch from Houston says
that the heat did great damage TO the boil veevl
but did not injure cotton.
President Taft beginning his Texas trip at
Houston. October card. will speak at the Deep
Waterways meeting in New Orleans October 30th
November end will visit Columbus Miss In COM
pany with Secretary of war Dickinson who was
born In Columbus.
Arkansas is not only after the insurance com
panes violating the antitrust law but tho Amer
lean Book Company as we'll The book trust Is sued
for fines amounting to 100000. and II convict
cd will be prohibited from doing business in the
State
The first bale of new crop Alabama cotton was
sold in Montgomery. the first bale of North Caro-
lima cotton at Lilesville. and the first bale OF Ar
kansas COTTON in Little Rock all on August 49,
Cotton Is now selling for two cents pound more
than NJ the same time last year.
The new Texas law providing for n guarantee
OF bank depoAts has gone into effect. II Is very
much like the Oklahoma law. There the law Is
working we'll. and sooner or later we shall un-
douotedly have such system In every American
State g.
pr Chas ". Eliot Ia. written 20 a friend eY-
planning his much-di-cussed address religion
lie declares that Jesus will be In the religion OF
the future not less. but more than I'm the Chris
tanity az the past"
Reports to the Southern Nurserymcn's ASsocia-
ton Mt Huntsville. Ala. last week show that the
San Iosc scale Is now under control In the South
The next meeting of the Association Will be held
ut Knoxville
Tho Mobile Jackson & Kansas city Railroad
soid under foreclosure nj" Decatur. Miss.
Monday. to Nell A withers. the price being So
zoo. 900. =.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

end 10 TO reach certain point by the
moai economical route. Thus. In
Tho location Of tho road tho grade Is
ono OF I'll. mos; important. 81 not the
most important. factor Ia be consld-
cred. while a a,ecp grade 9ill often
shorten the distance between tao
polnia. 1, IL false economy inaKmnch
aa tho load iha, n horse can pull de-
cToanea very rapidly with ih. In
crease In grade. 80 that IL is by far
more economical TO increase tho dis
lance and decrease the grade. In the
tollo~ing table are given the loads
horse can pull over different grades.
sonsldcring as a standard that a horse
can pull 1000 pounds on level
read:
The Load n Horse Can Pull Over Dif.
fsrcns Grades.
prom 4. n nep, oi Asrseu't arc. FARMERS
Huilcsin No, ID -
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

ter noen too strongly when 1t says: That this
section, the richest and most fertile alluvium in
the world, far richer than the famous Nile Val
ley In production. should lie dormant and useless
has seemed almost crims"
There is serious division in the Presidents
Cabinet on account of the charges made by Clifford
Pinchot OF the Forest Service. against Secretary
OF the Interior Ballinger. who is said to have al
lowed great corporations TO gobble up valuable
water sites for practically nothing. Mr.. Pinchot
is one OF the most useful officials I'm the United
States. and the country afford TO lose a thou
sand Ballingers rather than him.
serious outbreak of pellagra is now report
cd from Butler County. Alabama. an earlier out
break having already created CONSERVATION in
Park County, the same State Medical authori-
ties MI over tho country are giving serious atten-
ton To the disease. and opinion is sharply III.
vlded as 10 whether mouldy and unsound corr.
products are chiefly responsible for the malady.
Congressman Ransdell. OF the Fifth Louisiana
District. has arranged m extensive campaign for
diversified farming. tho special object being 10 en-
able the farmers 10 adapt themselves 20 boil wee
VII conditions Experts from the United States
Department o. Agriculture are 10 address all
meetings beginning In Ruston. September 18th.
and ending nj Lake Providence. October sth
General Clement \, Evans. OF the United Cou-
fedcrate Veterans. has issued order asking for
general Observance Of the one huudredth amt.
'oraary Of the birth OF ADMIRAL Raphael Scmmes
Scmmes or tho most striking figures IL
American history. and our Southern people do
we'll 10 honor his memory
The Pierce oil Company. Of Texas. "a
uow 20 be sold TO the highest bidder A fine OF
two million dollars has been imposed upon IL tor
violations of tho State antitrust law. and IS
property must he sold TO satisfy the debt
rccord-brrakiug bot swept over the
South from Alabama TO Texas Inclusive last sook
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28
"What's The News?"
The Gist Of Things for Busy Readers
BY CLARENCE II. POE.

81 CITS HAVE BEEN begun against sixty five
ISf leading insurance companies In Arkansas
- for violating the antitrust law. Penal
ties aggregating s65.000. 900 are asked for.
The labor troubles OF sixteen years ago are
wildly recalled by the serious outbreak OF over
$500 steel car workers at pittsburg. Pa. In an
encounter between the strikers and the State
troops sunday night. FIVE persons were killed.
outright and several others have since died. The
militia seems to have taken cruel vengeance on
the strikers. the men who resisted arrea, Mon
dragged through the streets. Action OF this
kind Is the surcst way to promote socialism AMI
anarchy. and is calculated TO arouse much sym
rathy for the workingnen. regardless of whether
they were right wrong originally
Half Of South Carolina already dry by local
option. elections were held I'm the remaining TWEEN
tyone counties last week. and OF these aftecn
only six counties In the State-Aikcn. Beaufort.
Charleston Florence. Georgetown, and Rlchland
in which whiskey can be sold. As the Charles
ton News and Courier says South Carolina Is
n fact prohibition State" and IL IN not an
likely that Statewide prohibition Will be enacted
by the next legislature
great drainage project is under way In
louisiana where Government, survey has juai
tegun in the parishes OF East Carroll, Madison
Teusss and Concorda. II In believed that BY
proper drainage over one million acres OF land in
this district may be- opened M for cultivation and
the New Orleans Tines emocra; puts the mai
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

OF All We Ought Drain Them ought
surr~y Them Anew and Around nils. Not
No Grade should lie n Twenty
100 Pound.


Ex1 + HAVE very frs earth roads
Nv that are not capable OF being
C0 improved. and the question OF
this improvement. which ~iii rcn-
der iheso roads more efficient. is not
very difficult one 20 solve. The
earth road In more susceptible to-
damage BY water than any OF til.
specially surfaced roads. and. there
fo-s. any little breaks or holes that
may be made In an earth road By
faia or by a heavy load should be
repaired Immediately. In order TO
prevent their growing into mud holrs.
IA water IN til. creates; enemy Of
snr road. so drainage In the mos; I'm
por'ant principle in road building.
Water must be- kept away from the
toad and he rain which falls Oh
TOE road must be permitted to run
Oh as rapidly as possible. and by
very easy grade.
Many OF our country roads arc bad.
because. In their construction. no ar
fangement was made for taking care
Of the water. thus they are either
very muddy or filled with ruta and
hoiea. Instead of tho middle OF the
road being higher than the edges. go
mat the water can readily run OF
90 each side. many Of them are either
na,--or even concAve~-with tho cen
UT 81 the road the lowest point. Thus
me water often stands In puddles In
tae road. b0ftening the surface and
aas permitting the wheels to be-
nh 10 cut into IL. or IL runs down
ne center OF tho road. making n
a''eh. BY properly draining such a
'oad IL can very often be made into
good one.
"oad IL me- Better Than It's Worst
Places.
Ia road construction. the ultimate
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

cnlrcrts or TO Dut terra Gotta pipes. TO
carry the water under the road. On
hill-aldcs. where the road Ia , per
cent 10 per cent grade for some
distance. {; may be found necessary
90 build bitches. nj intervals. In or
der TO get the water OF the surface OF
,ha road, Thes. should not be built.
as Is so often done. I'm the form OF
thank you-ma ans" or breaks" but
should be constructed in the form OF
the letter V. with the point uphill.
This will throw the water TO each
side and ut sho same time wagons
Will strike the drain with both wheels
a, the same time. and not receive
The heavy Jolt that is customary with
tho other form.
The earth road should be exposed
to the sunshine as much "a possible.
in order that IL may dry out rapidly
after rain: although shade trees are
much shade IL decided disadvant-
age to an earth road.
Remove Stumps, Roots and Rocks.
Not enough attention Is paid In
road construction, throughout a large
part OF the State. TO the removal OF
stumps. roots. rocks. and vegetable
matter. these are often left In the
road. making an uneven surface. and
IL Ia almost impossible TO drain such
"A road.
The same care should be given to
the construction OF an earth road as
In given the surfaced macadam or
sand-slay road. The surface OF an
earth road should be freed from all
stumps. rocks. and vegetable matter.
and crowned. 40 that tina center OF
the road will have gradual fall to
the sides OF about one in twenty. IL.
however. this surface Ia not kept
smooth and compact. II may be nsoes-
aary to increase this fall.
II will be found OF great advantage
II, after the road has been construct
ed and crowned. II IL thoroughly roll
ed. and IL Will also be found that the
cost OF maintenance OF the earth road
is much less Ii IL has been thoroughly
drained.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

4 review of the above table should
readily convince any community that
Ii will be- economy for them 10 raise
the necessary funds To eliminate any
steep grade. ns the extra amount that
can be hauled per load will very
quickly pay for the extra cost oil
constructing tho graded road.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28
Survey Your Roads Anew and Get n
Grade Not over Per Cent.

An In well known by all farmers.
In loading wagon to haul their pro
ducts To market. IL is loaded win
weight that they know their team
can haul over the rough. steep
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

places. and this means very often
that although the greater part of A.
rnsd IL w~ll graded and . load OF 900
pounds. or more. per horn. could DO
pulled. they are not able TO put more
than 500 pounds per horse. on ac-
count 81 the ste~p grades. IL has
been demonstrated that for short
pull horre can doubl. hla ex.rt!on
and thus pull twice aa much: thus.
II ne would keep our grades to not
moro than per cent. that Is ono foot
ia %. We would be able 20 haul
maximum load. unless auch grade
were too long. II may be necessary
In certain mountainous regions 10 In
crease thia grade. but even in those
regions. beiiev. that IL will be
found the cheapest I'm tho end to
construct the roads with no grade
over 4 per cent. ny Keeping the
grade OF road rs low as possible We
also decrease the action of water on
tho road.
Don't Fail To Keep the Water ON ahc
Roadb~d.
IA stated above. tho first essential
Of any road building IL drainage. and
In tho construction OF our earth
roads special care must bo taken 20
eliminate I'm every way water from
the road bed II tho road has been
built so that Il Ia we'll crowned and
side dltchea have been constructed 10
lake care OF the surface water. there
should be little tendency for the road
10 become muddy or quilted, The
water should DO carried out OF the
side dltches as often AS possible. TO
prevent seepage of water into the
road and also 10 prevent bitches from
becoming gullles. These bitches
ahould have sufficient fall 10 carry
away the water. but not enough 10
give the water cutting action. and
this fall should be- AZ least half foot
in every hundred feet.
Very often II Is necessary In order
10 get the water out OF the bitches To
cary Il from one side of the road to
the other. and when this il necessary.
IL will be- found the most economical.
In the end. TO build either concrete
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-08-28

prom q. n nepi Of Asr'euturc. FARMERS
Hullrsin NO. tsA y. g.
La Junta tribune., 1909-03-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS.

/ New spring suits for men at the
( White House.
! For Sale-Four pool tables also
cigar case and tobacco case. John
Gwyn.
c. F. Althen went TO Denver on
i the noon train Thursday for cew
days visit on business.
Dom Mosher is now located in
/ Leadville. Colo, at least that was
the postmark of letter we recently
received from him.
Henry L. Lee has recently moved
I from La Junta to Ell Moro. and re
quests that the great family journal
4 be sent to him there.
c. A. Champion, of the White
House, is proud OF the new suits
just arrived, and delights in show.
ing them to the young men-also to
the ladies'.
The park and irrigation committee
of the Manzanola city council has
been instructed to purchase the pipe
for the city's new well from the La
Junta Lumber Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Lewis. OF
era wford, Neb.. were La Junta Wis
itors this week, the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Devine. Mrs. Lewis
is sister of Mrs. Devine.
Dick Dye, Of Rocky Ford, was in
Pueblo recently. making the trip on
his Excelsior motor cycle. On the
return trip he left Pueblo at l
o'clock and reached Rocky Ford At
3:15.
w. E. Gaines. Of Swink. was a
county seat visitor Thursday morn
ing. He says there is going to be a
very warm town election in that burg
next month, with the wet or dry
problem as the principal feature.
Miss Helen McNeen leaves next
Tuesday for Lincoln. Neb.. where she
goes to attend the annual fraternity
reunion and banquet Of the Univer.
sity of Nebraska. Miss McNeen will
visit friends In Pueblo and Denver
before returning home.
Carr. the Newton man convicted re-
Gently Of numbering the express mes
senger on Santa Fe train. was
sentenced to forty years at Lansing,
which Is equal to life sentence.
FolAnd. the Hutchinson boy Who
killed the Wells Fargo night man
4 HutehInson, recently pleaded
La Junta tribune., 1909-03-13

guilty, and was given a sentence Of
ninety-nine years in the peniten-
tiary
Mrs. C. A. Lowe and children gis-
ted relatives in Pueblo several days
his week.
On Thursday morning the stork
made an early morning call at the
nome of W. e. Prunty and left
line nine pound girl.
For Sale-My buggy horse, twelve
years old; weight about 1900 pounds;
kind and gentle color, bay; good
traveller John Gwyn.
Mrs. C. H. Adkins left last Satur-
day morning for Fort Collins, Colo,
where she will be the guest of Mrs.
William Caldwell for two weeks.
G. H. Downer is helping out in the
office of the county treasurer 1ur-
ing a rush of business incident to
the payment of the first half of the
taxes.
Free trip to Alaska Yukon Exposi-
tion; twenty young ladies can go
free; expenses paid; write for our
easy plan; Ranch and Range, Dem
yer, Colorado.
E. NJ. Dietz writes and requests
that the address of his paper be
changed from Los Angeles to Cotton.
Calf, in which latter place he has
recently located.
B. Chutcow until recently in charge
Of the store of the Palace Clothiers.
left last Saturday night. accompanied
by his family. for Chicago. where
they will in the future re-
side. NJ. Goodman, the tailor, has
succeeded Mr.Chutcow as manager Of
the store.
A party of Santa Fe officials. con-
sisting of M. ]. Drury and w. A..
George, mechanical superintendents;
John Conley, foreman of the Albu-
querque shops, and others, left that
city for Needles to attend the gen.
eral conference OF mechanical de-
partment officials.-Las Vegas Optic.
Mrs. R. C. Todd. accompanied by
her children, left last Saturday for
Pueblo. where they will be the guests
Of Mrs. Todd's parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. D. E. Barnes. for about ten
days. Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes were for
nerly residents of Rocky Ford, and
expect to leave on March 25th for
Twin Falls. Idaho. to become per
r1naent residents Of that section.
La Junta tribune., 1909-03-13
Underwear

Don't forget that hot weather
will soon be here when lightweight
Underwear will be necessity. Get
them now and save the profit, or you
can well afford to buy the winter
weight and carry them over They
are always in style and you will find
the largest per cent of profit in it
of any investment you ever made.
La Junta tribune., 1909-03-13
Shoes

While the sale just given by
Althen & Co. has somewhat broken
the assortment of sizes, yet we can
show complete lines in many prices
and can make you a saving of at
least 40 to so per cent on regular
retail prices. That's worth while.
Isn't it? Well then its up to you to
take advantage of it.
La Junta tribune., 1909-03-13
Clothing

Clothing
About 300 Mems Suits all Of high
| grade goods and Standard makes,
| we'll assorted in sizes and styles.
About One Hundred
| Youths suits all of the most reliable
makes that must be unloaded.
Nearly Two Hundred
Boys Suits, knee pants, will be sold
so cheaply that you cannot afford to
miss the chance. Come and see.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
TO SUCCEED III. H. ROGERS
j. Il. MOfett to Become a STANDARD
Oil Vice- president, 1t Is Said.

The successor of the late Henry H. Rogers as
q vice president of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, it is understood on good authority
is TO be James A. NIoffett, who is already one
of the directors Mr.. Moffett, who is about
ffty-seven years old. has been president of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana. upon which
Judge Lands imposed the S290O0OO0 fine. for
q number of years
During the last two years he has had charge
of the supervision of the transportation, to
which Mr. Rogers had previously devoted his
especial attention. It is thought that he will
be elected to succeed the latter also as president
of the National Transit Company.
Mr. Moffett is president and chairman of the
board of the Corn Products Company and a.
director of the New York Glucose COMPANY
both subsidiaries of the Corn Products Refining
Company, which is controlled by Standard Oil
interests. and a director Of the CHEESE brough
Manufacturing Company, also controlled by
those interests.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
4SQUITH'S NAVAL PLAN
Refuses to Consider 4merica IN
Same Category as Europe.

London May 26.-In the House Of Commons
tonight an acrimonious discussion arose over
opposition to attempts made to compel Premier
Asquith to define anew whether in estimatinl,
the number OF ships necessary TO Great Britain
70 maintain fleet 10 per cent more powerful
than the combined fleets Of any other two pow
ers the government had in mind any specific
powers or If the plan purely European. the
intention being 70 elicit a statement as to
whether the United States was included in the
estimate.
Mr. Asquith declined to commit himself be-
yond saying that everything would depend upon
geographical conditions He said he could not
treat powers thousands of miles distant the
same as powers only hundreds of miles distant
AS an instance. the Premier declared the
United States had more battleships now than
Germany. but il was impossible to regard them
for aggressive purposes in the same category a s
those of France. Germany Austria.
A J. Bafour and others Of the Unionist mem
bers expressed their dissatisfaction over Mr.
Asquith's reply, but the House by large ma
jority adopted motion of confidence on the
Premier's stdtement-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
FRANCE accepts FUND.
Canegie's Gift of S1,O0Q,000 for
Heroes Practically Completed.

Paris May 26-AlthOugh public announce
r,ent of Andrew Carnegie's foundation Of a
French hero fund" has been withheld pending
the adjustment of few minor details concern
ing its management. Premier Clemenceau has
accented the gift on behalf OF the government
and the transaction is closed
The fund will consist OF S1.0O0O0O in United
States steel ) per cent bonds. the revenue from
which will be awarded by a commission OF emil
nent Frenchnlen 10 civic heroes in accordance
with the stipulations Of the gift. which are
Identical with those governing similar nero IunuS
I'm the United States. England and Scotland
The commission will consist Of from twenty
10 twenty-five representative men. among whom
will he former President Loubet Baron
d.Fstournelles de Constant Leon Bourgeois
Pastor Charles Wagner. author Of The simple
LIFE; Senator Jules Siegfried. Abbe Jules Is
rnire. Baron Courcel and NJ. Ribot- 1t Is also
the intention to place on the commission several
men identified directly with the cause OF the
workiD grnen.
Mr.. Carnegie particularly desires to emPha-
size Ambassador Whites good Offices in acting
as intermediary between himself and the
French government.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
LEAVE WOMAN CRUSHED
AUTOTSTS SPEED AVA
AFTER HITTING HER.
Their Car Is Urccked; Police Chase
Joy Riders Who Escape
IN Speedzcdy Park.

Mrs Henry T Lockwood, wife of metal
dealer. of No. 100 William street and living al
No. 165 Audubon avenue, was struck by a
speeding automobile last night at Hist street
and Audubon avenue. She was taken to ner
home, and is said to be In a critical oondluoh'
suffering from broken right arm. bruises ana
internal injuries. The two men in the machine.
when they saw what they had done. put on
more speed and escaped At 1S4th street the
machine ran into the curb. a wheel flew off.
and the two men fed into Speedway Park ana
escaped.
Mrs. Lockwood had Just left her home. and
was crossing the street when the automobile
came flying at high speed up the avenue There
was no warning signal given by those in the
machine. Mrs. Lockwood became panic
stricken and one OF the mudguards struck with
crushing force against her shoulder
The man driving the machine glanced behind
him and the prostrate form of Mrs Lock
wood as she lay stunned IN the roadway. He
at once let out an added notch in his speed and
disappeared in a whirl OF dust
As the car struck bump IN the road at 1S1st
street it gave a leap. The right rear wheel few
or but without stopping the onward rush OF the
car. The wheel bounded over the sidewalk and
into the open doorway of saloon. The ma
chine. on three wheels. skdded some distance.
when It was brought to an abrupt stop by run
ming into the curb. Here the two men jumped
from the car and made dash toward Amster-
dam avenue with Policemen Noonan and Cas-
sidy in pursuit They vaulted a low wall with
twenty-foot drop, into Speedway Park and
escaped.
Philip Gusaroff son OF Elias GusaroT, a
builder Of No 600 West 10th street says that
the machine was owned by his father. and that
II had been taken from the garage without his
perp1ission At the Hudson Automobile Garage.
No. 51S West 10th street. where the machine
was stored It was declared that Mr.. Gusarofrs
chauffeur. Edward Thompson. of No. II Audu-
bon avenue. mad come TO the garage at 9 O'Clock
last night with another man and had taken the
car out A hat which dropped from the ma
chine when it struck Mrs. Lockwood bore the
initials &C. c.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
FINE FOR ENDING TRIP
Daughter of Er-Vice-Pre&dent
Fairbanks Turns Back at Honolulu.
tBy Telegraph to The TribuneI

IBy Telegraph 70 The IribuneI
Honolulu May 26.-Mrs- J. ". Ttmmons.
daughter OF ex-Vice-President Fairbanks. VIII
probably have to pay a fine OF 500 to tho
United States government for a violation Of the
coastwtse navigation laws.
She came here with her father and mother IN
the Chiyo Maru Japanese steamship. with a
through ticket to Japan The party stopped
over here. as is allowed under the navigation
laws but at the last moment before leaving Tor
Japan Mrs Tinmons decided to return home
This broke the continuity of her voyage She
was no longer lay-over passenger. but MADE
this the terminus of her outward journey, and
having come on a foreign bottom. that bottom
is liza Bile TO a fine of $500 which she must pay
IT is doubtful whether either the American
or Canadian ships will give her a return pas