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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
COSTLY PRIZE OFFERED.
w. X. Kellogg of Battle Creek, Mich,
Gives a $1,000 Trophy to Be Com
peted FOR by the Farmers.


BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 2S.-For
the purpose OF stimulating the interest Of
the farmers of the country in the inn
piuyement OF the grade Of corn and in So
curing a greater yield, W. X. kellogg Of
this city has offered a gold and silver
annual national corn exposition 10 be- held
at Omaha, Neb., Dec. to Is Of this year.
The trophy will be known as the ". K.
kellogg National Corn Exposition trophy,
will cost 81 900, and win become the per.
soual property Of any exhibitor winning il
twice. The trophy will be- IN the shape
OF a massive vase, and WIN probably DO
designed and built hy either Gorham Or
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

The city mar was jogging on to-
ward the summer boardinrhouse in
a rickety old wagon. The driver was
glum and far from entertaining, and
the city man felt rather lonely.
Fine field over there" he yentured,
after a long silence
Fine" grunted the driver
"Who owns to-
Old man Bit"
"Old man Bit, eh? Who are those
children stacking up hay?"
"Old man Bits boys"
And what is his idea in having
them out there in the field such a hot
day"
oval, ! reckon he thinks every lit
tie Bit helps. stranger. Anything
else you want to know? Get up here,
bosses"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

It was not quite time for Moxie
Shocshinc to struggle with the other
boys In the basement d.liyoryroon
OF the Gazette building l..t his bundle
Of afternoon papers, 50 he sat on
the curb and watched the girl who
was taking stock quotations from tho
ticker In the comprehension. the win.
dow being open lie hoped sh" might
again nod smlingly at him. In which
event, possibly, ne might get up c'Hr.
age to ask her
She amt Eoin' TO come, though"
he thought. duspondontly
So he got up slowly and was one
Of the last to got his papers, winch
was not Moxics habit As usual. It
was late at night when he crcpt into
the dirty court where he lived rather
peaccably just now, his mother having
been somewhat subduod by a recent
term IN the House of Correction his
sister being up" as an "hubiWal.'
and his brothers and sisters having
come under the fostering care Of
"The Cruelty"
He crept ont cautiously at an early
morning hour that he might spend
the more time sitting on the curb
and watched the Girl. who in smiling
at him had fed a hungry little heart
without realizing her bounty
That morning h. vas again i'm.
pressed with the Wilderness Of her
collar. the beauty OF her eyes and
the glory Of her hair his intimate
knowledge Of hair and eyes and
gowns being gathered from the in.
cessaut red OF his mothers eye. her
matted hair. and her greasy Mother
Hubbard But h. rcsoiWriy rc'rmned
from thinking of his mother when
he was near this girl, lest it be sacri.
lcgious to the Girl lie frankly hated
his mother and wished she was dead.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
Law Of Attraction.

The attractions Of men to women
and women to men are full Of the most
porplexing Inconsistencies and contra.
dctions imaginable. 1t is, for instance,
physical law that magnetism is not
simple attraction OF one thing for an.
other but the difference OF two oppos'
ing forces of attraction and repulson,
of which the former is the greater
The same law holds In relation to the
attraction of men and women for each
other, In which. as a rule, the mascu.
line Is tho superior force II. P.'s
Weekly, London.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
The Secret OF Old Ane

a novel method of attaining longev'
ity was practiced by Mrs. Yetta
Schulman, who died recently in New
York at the advanced age Of 1876
years. Mrs. Schulman paid no partic.
ular attention to points of diet, exer'
else, sleep, etc. which usually figure
largely in rules laid down for those
growing old. She believed that the
lives of aged persons could be pro-
longed If they associated constantly,
or nearly so, with young people: and
she apparently verified her theory, for
she spent the greater part OF her
time in company with children, even
taking part in their sports with live,
" interest. Weekly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

In the cities of New York and Bos.
ton there are, according to special
commissions which recently invest.
gated the subject, over 10000 children
in these two cities alone that have
tuberculosis on the basis of these
and other investigations 1t Is ssti'
mated by certain authorities that
there are nearly 1000, 000 school chill.
drcn in the United States to-day who
viii probably die Of tuberculosis be
fore they have reached the age Of is.
This would mean that the public is
paying annually about s7.jOOO00 for
the education of children who viii!
dir before they reach the age of is
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

The Trouble man lOaled in his door.
way, contentedly smoking pipe Now
and then people rushed up to the door
ard entered. In n little while they
went away carrying great burdens.
borrowers" the Trouble man ex.
planned. in the old days | used To
have to 20 on the road and simply
force my goods on people, but every,
body comes to me nowadays and all
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

MISSOURI NEWS
Warrants for euardsmen.

Kansas City.-ThRt soldier can
experience horrors of peace as well
as horrors of war has been impressed
on tire" young members Of Light Bat
terry h. James c. Paulin, Marvin Lay.
son and Morris o Baker When Capt.
Collins posted order No. 81 At the
armurv requiring every officer ana
private To assemble and ruTaln for
the state cucampmrnl these three
young a-tillpfsrs denied the right of
anyone To order them out NJ the city.
At the trlcgraplic order Of Capt COL.
Inns. 4 !. Hclmdou, an attorney, con-
suited tho county prosecutor office.
In the meantime. Baker deciding that
he had trinud sufficiently with ih"
states laws. departed hurrIudly for
Nevada Ilolmdou had only 'wp war.
rants sworn out--ouo for Paulin ana
one for LAWSON charging them with
refusing 10 obey a military order Mr
Paum hearing Of the warrants. re.
pairyl 10 uuImdouR office, rratiigmod
his allegiance to the state of Missouri,
and agreed 10 obey the military order.
He departed for Nevada Attorneys
for Marvin LAWSON trlophunnd Mr.
IIolwdun assuring him that II the
warrants were withdrawn their chvnt
would take the very first train for ih"
cncampmcnt Mr.. Holmdcn consent
al ., a,4.,r JnpurfpF fnr tamD
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
Woman In Important Position.

Miss Edna l.. Foley has just re.
signed her place in the Boston con.
sumptive hospita! to become the head
of the Chicago tuberculosis institute.
She Is graduate OF Smith college,
class of 1901. The Chicago institute
has seven dispenssrles in different
PARTS OF the city and employs nine
trained nurses to assist in treating the
patients. Miss Foley will have the
entire charge OF the dispensaries and
nurses.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
Hatee to let Cash Go.

Jefferson city .-Goyrruor Nahloy
and state Auditor Gordon have agreed
on system If paying stat" moneys
10 educational and cIncmusyUary In.
stiWIious Hrrytofur" state nsur1.
lions would draw the money appr)
prla'rd 10 suit their cnuy"uioures. but
under the nee agreement they can
draw only oue-rirhth Of their money
each quar,rr. So they must arrange
their disbursements to suit this ruiz,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

The king was In his counting room
counting out his money, the queen
was in the kitchen eating bread and
honey.
we are trying to make the neigh.
bors think we have gone to the coun.
try" she cried
Thus we see life was the same In
,lden times.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
CENTURIES OF WAR
CAN BE TRACED TO DISPUTE OVER
LONG OR SHORT TREssEs
French Kings Obedience to sdict OF
the Church Led TO Bloodshed Be
tween That Country and Eng.
land-Czar Taxed Boards.

lsnd-Czar Taxed Boards.
More than once difference in the
fashion Of wearing the hair has dc.
noted division of factions We have
,h. vrllkuown examples OF the round
heads and the cavaliers. To the for
mo-. long. curly hair was an abomina'
ton. they hated the flowing locks OF
Oh. gay cavaliers. and they regarded
such rcsscs as q symbol of ungodll'
NJ.
uu The other hand the cavaliers re.
pIrd the closclycropprd hair OF the
Hvruvisagod roundheads as a symbol
OF mindodnrss, blgotry ana
can't
s, the time of the conquest the
lreHsh wore their hair long both
upon the head ana the upper lip,
WUI. the chin was kept bare. The
Nurmaus, on the contrary wore their
hair very short. SO that lIarold's
spies reported TO the king The host
a.H almost seem TO be priests because
t.f had all their face and both lips
HI.}ru'
Ntrrr the invasion the difference IN
appearance Of the yictors ana van.
pushed was acccntuatcd by the tyran.
rs which compelled the SaNons to
grow AN their hair In later days the
-aEuns. SO far as regarding II as a
sion or severity. took good care to let
Ono. hair grow on purpose. ofrcctual.
j. .p DISTINGUISH themselves from the
Nrmans.
The fashion of wearing long hair
r.ld and caused almost endless
bother between the people and the
..rry. who based their objection upon
50 pml's declaration that long hair
... "a sham. unto man
THE pop, docrord that long haired
people should be- accommodated
...u living ana should not be prayed
,.. when dead From nearly every
r'uH tho evil of long hair was pub.
N...d and the wrrrars were cursed
1w This WAS i'm vain fashion laughed
.r r and king ana subject wore ring.
.r .u defiance Of the shorn priests.
rn.. war between the lonuhairod
.r.r the rropprd soon had serious con
.ru,ncrs There were all kinds Of
mmulr some Of which had farrcach.
... results. but IL was in France
vN.r. the question of the length Of
the hair altered history
Ior.- VII unlike the dinbpdiont
Irr..rfsb nb,y,I the fpfunrffoUs nj the.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
New C. A. r. Commander Named.

Rolla ON account OF his removal
to Indiana Mai J. II Thornton, com.
mandcr Of the Ozark battalion G \.
r. resigned. and Capt Il u. Barber
Of St James has been elected his sue
Cossor. Capt. Barber has selected J..
NJ. Squircs and " NJ Jones. both "
St James, as his adjutaul and quar-
tcrmastor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
Well, Not Very Often.

The little daughter of a Republican
candidate for a local office down in
Philadelphia, when told that her IA.
Their had received the nomination,
looked serious for moment, then her
wee voice trembled a bit as she ex.
claimed:
ooh, mamma! do they often die Of
10"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

Springfield. - The Frisco's NJ"
50 goo 600 car and locomotive works
here were opened July and now III"
first rebuilt engine and train OF min"
coaches are finished The company
has 500 men at work in the shops and
expects to rebuild thirty.tive iocomo'
tives every month
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

jefferson city GOV lladl"y made
q protest to the Missouri Pacific SUI
porintcndrnt against the uuis" and
smoke Of switch engines in the yards
here. He says that the engines make
life in the executive mansion almost
unbCarahlc
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

NevaGa-Missouri Pacific passenger
train No. 20s was wrecked few miles
south Of Lamar and a number Of per
sons were injured The engine we&'
into q ditch. and four cars were DC.
rallied. Among those injured a"e Mrs,
Mary Jackson OF Carthage and Mrs.
J.F. Geherington OF Denver
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

caused q weakness
and broken down
condition of the
system. l read SO
much of whatLydia
L. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women l
felt sure II would
help Inc, andI must
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me, /
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

Mistress lat door)-Well, my dear.
what is II?
Little Girl-Please, m, our kitty Is
losted. DID you see a kitty so past
here by the name of Nuddles?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
Former joplin Couple Marry.

Joplin.-News OF the wedding q.
Oakland. Cal. Of Mrs. Berthe Marie
Robinson to Roger Bennett. both fcs'.
mcrly of Joplin. was received here.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

Gifts to God can never make up for
thefts from men.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

The wastes OF love bring greater
riches than the wisdom Of greed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

Good luck never hangs around
man loug enough to become tiresoms.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29

Lewis Single Binder straight DC cigar.
You par loo for cigars not SO good.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-07-29
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was o great
sufferer from female troubles which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
BALL PARK WILL
BE A BUSY PLACE
Fats and Leans Will Spend Week
There Getting Ready for Their
Biennial Game.

With the Islanders away from home
the Fats and the Leans Will fake poss-
eSsion of the Island City ball park
the coming week in getting read fo:
their struggle next Saturday afternoon
Tor the benefit of Bethany home. N
addition to the regularly announced
lineup there have been so business,
men signed up on one side or the
other. and when the half a hundred
aspirants all get out on the diamond
tossing the ball about the spectacle
VIII be an interesting one. The game
will be called at ) O'Clock and George
Bennett, who has been accepted as
umpire, states that he will keep things
moving with a view of getting through
before dark E. c. Eberhart heads
the Leans and Frank Brough the Fats
Tne teams lineup as follows:
Fats Art Salzmann, C; George
Sheldon, 1b; Frank Brough, p; o. l..
Bruner, CT; James Brough. SIS; |. J.
Hoare, 2b; Billy Mcintyre. rf John
Carse, 81 : Harry Cleaveland, If.
Leans-George Mason, C; Gilbert
Don, lb; Sam Dart, p: E c. Eberhart
CT; Willis Mitchell, SIS; Fred Mueller
2b; John X. Scott. IF; William Kelley
BIB; Tom Reidy. IT,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
RECORDS FALL AT SEATTLE
Speed Shown at Opening of Amateur
Athletic Union Field Meet.

Seattle, Aug. 14.-Before an en-
thusiastic crowd the first days
events in the annual championship
meet of the Amateur Athletic union
were run off in the Alaska-Yukon-Pa
citc stadium yesterday afternoon.
Yesterdays program was given over
entirely to the juniors, the team en-
tered under the colors of the Seattle
Athletic club carrying off the honors
with ease
One new American record was es-
tablished. This was in the javelin
throw, b. Gish OF the Seattle Ath-
letic club, hurting the spear a dis
lance of LA feet, eclipsing the pre-
vious American record made by
Pratt Adams at Philadelphia, June 6,
1908, when he threw the javelin 3
feet inches. Two A. A. L. junior
records were made. but only one was
allowed to stand The valid one was
set in the mile run, when j. Ballard
of the Boston Athletic association,
made the four laps in 4 1855. The
one that was not allowed to stand
was made by ID. Donald of the Seattle
Athletic club in the 100 yard high
hurdles. His time was o. 5 3-5, but
he upset two hurdles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
WILLIE LEWIS LANDS ONE
Puts Sailor Burke. Who Was Out
lighting Him to the Mat.

New York, Aug TN one of the
most vicious fights that New York has
seen in several years Willie Lewis
snuffed the light OF Sailor Burke last
night at the FairmOnt Athletic clun
Lewis scored a lockout over his
rival in the sixth y0und.
When the fight ended Burke was
helpless on the fla of his back. Up
10 the time Lewis connected for the
knockout the sailor had the shade
of the advantage. He concluded q
end it in hurry IN the sixth and
rushed Lewis, planting left to the
wind But in the onslaught Burke LET,
an opening 10 his Jaw and Lewis
quickly awaited himself of the oppo:.
tunity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
TUNE UP FOR HExT
WEEKS Boz | RACES
Some of the Best = ED Boats on
River Will Conte> icre the
Coming W e

Local owners of s. ED boats are
tuning up their craft IN the contests
in connection with car ti~al week next
Wednesday and THIS lay morning.
Plans are made to pi!e The circuit
short in all the cont 50 so that as
much as possible ma re seen from
the shore, Among IT, fast boats en-
tered to contest for the various prizes
are the following:
Minnie c. III and Ndscot-E. Cor
sepius. Fort Madison iowa.
Eleanor. G. Hit n Jr., Fort Mad
ison.
Red Top | and I-N. e. Haghey,
Bellevue, Iowa.
Judgey-Joe Kelso. Bellevue, Iowa.
Jimmie June car Braun, Musca
tine. Iowa
Planet | and Plane Nv. Bishop,
Muscatine.
Scamp II-Peterseu Brothers, Dav-
EXPORT
Petite-Worral c Dow, Davenport
PretzeI-Green & Conklin, Daven
port
Blanche B.-Warrnu Beckwith. Bur.
lingtOn.
Mallard-C Beardsey, Rock Island
Nearly all of theSe boats were built
this year and have not raced in these
waters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
ALL READY FOR THE
DAVENPORT DOINGS
River Carnival and Race Meet Opens
Aug. 16-TO Last All
z. Week.

Davenport is making great prepare
tons for its river carnival and race
meet Aug. Is to II and with good
weather the most successful weeks
entertainment ever held in Iowa is ex-
pected
Out at the mile track everybody is
busy getting the track in perfect
condition and every day there are
tryOuts of the horses already there
that real lover of good horses woul1
go far to see Davenport's mile track
has been the scene of many world
famous race meets but this season s
events promise to eclipse them all.
The Davenport boat club is entitled
10 a considerable amount Of the honor,
as it was through its efforts that the
greatest motor boat races the MissiSs-
ippi has ever known have been plan
ned and arranged for Wednesday AMI
Thursday mornings.
The directors of the Davenport
River Carnival association today an
nounced that list of prizes had been
offered to the competing bOatsmon in
the Dig river pdSedHl az ID" Held I'll
connection with the pyrotechnic dis
play on the river next week. The list
includes five awards to be made n
sums of Sc. IS. 81. So and 81. In ad-
dition to the announcement that the
awards had been offered, the Dave1-
port directors state that the Rock Is
land boatmen may secure all necessary
decorations ar. supplies for the par
ade at the Davenport Boating club
house at any time between now and
Thursday evening. The supplies are
donated gratis.
One feature of which little has been
said as those in charge were keeping
it as surprise for visitors, is the
decorations 1t is expected that the
visitors to Davenport carnival week
will find one of the most beautifully
decorated cities ever seen in the
United States.
Paine. that Wizard of Fire and
Powder will be master of ceremonies
Thursday evening Promptly at S
O'Clock on the Mississippi directly II
front of Davenport will take place {
spectacular display. accommodation,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
liver front

have been made along the liver front
for 100000 people.
Down at the new bail park
wonderful transformation mas bean
wrought. What was a bail park IS
now an immense amphitheaier capable
of holding 5O,O0p people and all
through carnival week thtte VIII De
at this city of fun and amusement
congress of the best ana most
wholesome entertainers tEu coulu pc
found. There will be over 30 diHerent
shows ranging from th2 uiininutlfe
trained flea to the massiu docne ele-
plant. Every afternoon ma evening
the park will be open hve ac1s
absolutely free to every re. RMS is
but small part of WI DaVenp9r;
has planned for it's que
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
BOARD RAISES
VALUE $4,000
Assessment of Young & Nc
Combs on Personal Prop
erty Is Increased.
ON EASTMAN'S COMPLAINT
Supervisor Declines to Give Source of
His InfornatiOn-Ifint
Firms Are Raised.

ON the complaint of Supervisor E. l..
Eastman of Moline, the assessment IF
Young & McCombs on their personal
property was increased by the BOARD
of review this morning from S25, 20
$4,000. Supervisor Eastman yeSter-
day afternoon at the hearing on his
complaint presented figures which he
claimed to have secured from authori-
tative sources. to show the values to
he much higher than the amount
assessed. Members of the firm were
present and explained that April l. at
the time of the assessment, their stock
was i'll confused state due to their
approaching opening. and that they
could not well give exact figures.
They refused absolutely to recognize
Mr. Eastman's rights to question them
before the board, and their objection
was sustained by Chairman George II.
Richmond. The members of the COM
pany expressed willingness TO give
any information possible if requested
by members of the board. but refused
to answer Supervisor Eastman, and in
innate that the supervisor has other
motives in making the complaint than
those of the interests of the county.
The members of the nrm suggested 10
the supervisor that he make complaints
of the same character against Moline
department stores. and promised to
assist him in showing that the assess
ments of the Moline institutions arc
not correct any more than was that
of Young & McCombs. Supervisor
Eastman declined to make such com
plants against business men of his
own town.
Raise on Printers.
The complaint of Ransom & Duncan
of Moline against their competitors al
Moline in the printing business result
ed in the increasing of the assess
ments of three firms DeSaulniers &
Co.'S assessment was raised from
$4,000 to $4,000, full value: that of the
Stanley Printing company was in
creased To $4,000 from $1,5O0, and the
assessment of the Model Printing com
pany was made $1,000 instead of 81 ,00C
as reported by the assessor.
Two Are Abated.
The board on the opinion of the
states attorney abated the amount
claimed by J. l.. Oakleaf of Moline
$1,000 on his assessment as trustee
and also abated $4,000 of the assess
ment of Hannah Granberg, on credits
At the conclusion of this morning
session the board took an adjour
ment to Aug. %, at 10 o'clock. wheT
The hearing on the assessments o
capital stock of corporations will b,
resumed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
Rapids City Auto Turns Turtle.

Four people had a close cali in the
automobile of John Devinny of Rapids
City Wednesday afternoon. In making
turn Oil the bluff road near that vii
lage the machine turned turtle and
went into the ditch. All the occupants
either jumped or were thrown out, but
none received serious injuries. The
car was considerably damaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-14
Cnarhe Mack, ridden by c. X. G.
Billings at Chenille in 1904.
TWO WILLS ARE PROBATED
Mrs. HuntoOn Leaves Entire Estate
to Her Husband

The will of the late Mrs. Ada B. Hun
loon OF this city was admitted to pro-
bate this morning in the county court
by Judge r. W. Olmsted. All of the
property is left TO her husband, J. G..
Huntoon. The will was made June 10,
this year.
In the will of the late ]. d. StreckeI
OF this city, admitted TO probate today
the testator gives $50 TO the Evangeli
cal Lutheran church, and $40 TO each
of four grandchildren. The real estate
is divided among the children, with
the provision that the property is not
TO be sold within 10 years.