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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-11-24
Comprising eight districts.

Prairie, Comprising eight districts.
District No. /, Mamie E. Annis,
s36; No. 2, Avis Oakley, s36; No. 8.
Marie Mcdonald, s36; No. A, Mae Car
rothers, $36; No. 5, Mayme Donahue.
$35; No. 6, Philomena McAreavy, s35 i
No. Z, Agnes McElroy, $35; No. s.
Mary E. O'Brien, $35.
Hazel Green, Comprising nine dis
tricts.
District No. 1, Mayme McCrea: No.
2. Verna Bacon; No. 3, Ada Cramer;
No. A, Anna Ward; No. 5, Lizzie Ma
honey; No. 6, Tillie Lindahl; No. q,
Louise Eggiman; No. 8, Allie Whit
ney; No. 9, Rose McAreavy.
Union, Comprising eight districts.
District No. /. Helen Cramer, 1872;
No. 4, Maude Sheppard. $S2; No. 8.
Bessie Harris, $50; No. 4, Givendo-
lin Gavin, $50; No. 5, Genevieve Ev-
ers, $50; No. 6, Mrs. Anna Stead.
$50; No. z, Bess LeClere, $50; No. 8,
Myrtle Grapes, $50.
Elk, Comprising nine districts.
Fountain Spring, Mable Davis, $50;
Harris, Katherine Schneider. $50:
Maven, E. Mary Farmer. 1876; Oak
Grove, Grace Jones, $25: Pleasant
Grove, Elsie F. Jones, s35; Spring
Vale, Martha Brockmeyer, $50; Sun.
ny Side, Elsie Breckner, $50; White
Oak Grove, Estella Klaus, $35.
'Richland, Comprising nine districts
Eutterfield, Eva B. Fitzpatrick, $35;
Campton, Lee Travor, s35; Fairplay
Lulu Higman, s35; Forestville. Madge
NJ. Porter. sS5; Pleasant Hill, MIL
bred Smith, s35; Pleasant Valley
Sophia Toennies. $50; Sheldon. Anna
Thiel, s37; Spring, Mary Coonrod, $3s
Pleasant Hill No. 2. May Taylor. $40.
Colesburg Independent.
Earl F. Wisdom, SIS; Mabls
NJ. True, $45; Mable Moore, $45.
Delaware Independent.
Harry Johnson. $50; Emma Thyge
son, $40; Bertha Ryan, $35.
Delhi Independent.
Maude Holbert, $40; Myrtle Stang
er; Anna NJ. Comstock; Matte Null
lin.
Eor1villa Ipdopondopt
| Guy B. Ribbell. SIS; Emma Laxson
s45; Eva Dunn. s45; Matte -Murley
$50.
Greeley Independent.
L. j. Bowman, 500; Blanche Swim
dell, $40; Clara Barr. s45;, Grace MOI
10
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
Farmers Who Are Land Poor.
tTroy Montgomerian.)

Oil
The farmers of Montgomery coun-
ty are Land poor" Many are trying
70 farm a section when they should
1arm only a few acres. If they would
concentrate their energies on a few
acres they would reap greater harry
ests at less cost. The soil in many
sections of the county is capable of
hlgh cultivation Farming is the
basic industry of all. All our bust
ness looks back to it. Tt is the larg-
est industry in our State. 1t is the
easiest business in the world to make
a living at. 1t is SO easy to make
a living at farming that most of those
who follow it take the easy road to
a bare living without putting forth
an extra effort to make it yield it's
richest returns. AS an industry it's
possibilities exceed it's actualities
more than any other large business
IN the world. Our professional men
are usually up-to-date in their meth
Ods. SO are our manufacturers. So
are our merchants. They are making
a more or less earnest and intelligent
e11Ort to get the best returns from
their business. A few Of our m
also are up-tO-date in their methods,
but comparatively very few of them.
There are several farms in process
OF development near Troy, which il
lustrate the possibilities Of land which
was once considered poor. Certainly
our land values could be greatly in
creased by intelligent and thrifty
of farming. Of course there
is much to be said in regard to the
farm and the productiveness Of the
soil, but we did not intend to write
a long article. The soil in many sec
tons Of the country could easily he
made to produce fifty bushels of
wheat to the acre, or corn in the same
ratio. The county is now a -ast des-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
COTTON

The Columbia State thinks the
Frankfort, Germany, cotton spinners
who have passed resolutions about
cotton, as we'll as like threats Of
shutting down by American s%pinners,
is a part Of plan to bear the price
of cotton. Closing an editorial it
says:
"In fact and soberly, there is every
reason why cotton will hold its pres
ent price-unlesS indeed it advances.
The outlook is for around an eleven
milliOn-bale crop, when a thirteen
million-bale GRO is necessary to keep
the mills going and to meet the de-
a of the spinners. Under these
circumstances it is certainly reason
able and almost inevitable hat the
price of cotton will be maintained
or advanced. That is the logic of the
situation and a dozen resolutions
adopted at Frankfort can not alter
this Logic of the situation. If the
farmers hold tight for reasonable
prices, If they refuse to be scared by
resolutions and by reports Of East
indian and Egyptian cotton crops
tina have never before affected the
markets of the world, if they SIM
ply sit easy and rest upon their oars,
we imagine hat in h end they will
get the price that the exigencies of
supply and demand exercise. It
would certainly be interesting to trace
these Frankfort Germany resolu-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
THE FARMERS WORST
ENEMY IS HIMSELF
(Danbury Reporter.)

Flour, $500 to $500 per barrel; ba-
on, Is to Is cents per pound; corn,
$1.25 per bushel; chop $3.50 to $500
per bag; other supplies in proportion.
These are the prices which the farm
ers have been up against this year,
and it is a reflection OF their business
Judgment, foresight and common
sense that they have paid these ruin
Gus prices when they could have pro-
duced every one Of these articles on
their farms. No wonder the fellow
who has been raising nothing but to-
bacco is caught in an ice floe, n
freezes to death. Statistics show that
corn can be grown on Stokes county
uplands at % cents per bushel. Then
why pay 1925 for it? Wheat can be
raised at SO cents per bushel. Then
why buy it at $50? If corn costs
% cents, your meat ought to be made
at 5 cents. Then consider the folly
of purchasing bacon at Is cents.
If we would figure like the Amerj-
can Tobacco Company figures, We
would adopt a sane method of doing
business, and stop working at a loss.
Just think how much wiser the trust
is than we. Here are 40, 600 Of it's
clients piedmont North Carolina and
Virginia farr1erS) antagOniStic-al-
most frenzieo in their inter ions to
smash the big octopus. Yel it goes
on quietly sucking them to death, anG
declaring 40 per cent. dividends.
The Reporter used to believe chat
the farmers worst enemy was the
trust, but we hav changed our no
ton. The farmers worst enemy is
himself,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
kIpling in Recent Years
William Ty0n in tho Row.

1Wlll1am Lyon in the Forum.)
Inc klpilng of the last ten years is
an lmperlallst and a Mechanic. rather
IMAM a literary man. We need not
classify Stalky and Co. except to say
that 1t is probably the worst novel
ever written By a, man of genius If
is on a false pitch throughout and
the most rasDing book Of recent times.
Inc only good things in it are the
quotations from Browning. The
lingo in Kipling was release bv the
outbreak Of the South African War.
ana the author of The RecessionaI
forgot everything he had prayed God
to remember. He became, the voice
OF the British Empire. and the man
VINO had always ridicu1ed Americans
= punkum oratOry, out-screamed us
ALL In this i~mperialistic verse and
prose; there IS not much literature,
out tnefe IS a great deal of noise,
"iIvn mas occasionally deceived the
pupilc' just as an orator is sure Of
a round OF applause if his peroration
IS shouted at the top of his voice.
HIS latest book, Puck Of Dook,s Hill.
IS written against the grain: painful
ei1ort has supplied the place of the
oiu inspiration, and the simplicity of
nue art IS conspicuous by it's absence.
u thls Volume, The Athenaeum, in
general friendly to Kipling. remarks:
III ms new part-the missionary Of
emplre-Mr. Kipling is living the
life. He has frankly
storytelling, and is using
MS and powerful armory III
ne interest OF patriotic zeal" On
the other hand. Mr.. Owen Wister,
whose opinion is valuable. thinks
Puck the highest plane hat he has
ever Judgment that T
record with respect, though to me It
IS lncomprehensible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
North CarOIinian Predicts q Big Cot
ron CTnn.

Editor New York Commercial:
Sir-I am glad to notice Texas will
not become a desert this year. Seems
now she will make nearly as much
over 1000, 900 bales to Sept. rs, is it
not reasonable to expect that over
2,OOO,O 900 more will be ginned up to
March 20, 1910? In regard to this
crop it will certainly not be under
1900, 600 on account Of the excel
lent weather we have had here in the
South during September and up to
this date, October 9. The plant is
still growing and looks healthy and
full of blooms and bolls. Take 1906
and 1907, when we had n Of the
worst storms ever experienced in the
South. 1t occurred on September 27
and %, extended through the entire
States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi and Alabama and was very bad
in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North
Carolina. eastern Texas and Okla
hOma. It started to rain on Septem-
Der % and lasted through the entire
South until October g, and then turn
an inch thick. This cold snap extend
ed to southern Mississippi. h bulls
claimed the storm destroyed 1900, 600
bales Of cotton and the wet weather
afterWard caused the remainder to
decay and the frost finished the bal
ance. Still, III that year we raised
13,51O,9S2 bales. We have had our
equinoxial storms this year with much
less damage ban any former years,
with exception of Louisiana, and in
this State only in sections where there
is little cotton raised. We have the
largest acreage eve planted in cotton
and OuI secretary of agriculture won't
even look at the repOrts from his de-
partTnent. 1t seems it's a shame to
take the money and he is afraid to
peep at the figures.
RALPH DICkERSON.
Concord. Y. -. Oct. 8.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
Notes and Comments.

A correspondent asks how long pea
vine hay must be left in the cocks be
fore it is dry enough to bale. | do
not know; peavine hay that has been
properly cured and stored under cover
can be baled as soon as it is evidently
well cured. When tha left out in
cocks can be baled, I cannot say. for
[ never wasted any hay in that way.
One hundred pounds of the leaves are
worth as much as 24O pounds of the
stems, and I always try to cure the
hay SO as to save the leaves. and this
cannot be done if left out in the cock
till dry enough to bale. would not
consider hay of hat sort worth baling.
What Cultivation DOes.-A Tennes-
see subscriber sends us the following
statement from a man whom he de
scribes as a very successful farmer.
and a very influential citizen:
The object Of deep blowing and
pulverization of the soil is that the
air may penetrate and condense it's
moisture there. There is no capillary
action OF water in the ground"
This only shows hat the fact that q
man is a successful farmer does not
make him an accurate observer of
facts. This man would.
doubtless, be far more successful if
he understood the role that capillaritv
plays in the soil. and its retention by
shallow cultivation. Let him try two
pieces Of corn or cotton. on one
piece let him stir the soil leve! and
swallow all through a dry spell, never
letting a crust form. On the other
let him put in pIows and sweeps and
ridge the soil up deeply and then see
which retains the most moisture lust
under the surface where the roots are
running. ! think that he will soon
find that in the undisturbed soil be
low there is q great rise OF moisture
through caDillarity, Ind that in the
deeply worked soil into which the
air enters it has not condensed mois-
ture, bat has dried it out. There is
no caDIllarity in a stirred soil. and We
STIR shalloWly to break the capillaritv
Just where we want the rise of mofs-
ture to stop. h deep working stOps
1t too far down and dries out the
soil where the roots are feeding. The
object Of deep blowing is doubtless
to aerate the soil, since plant roots
need air. and to furnish a deep bed
in which the roots IAN feed. and to
give on hill land a lose bed into which
the rains a sink. instead of runnin
down hill and washing gulIies. Then
after a deep blowing we want this
SOIL to settle SO that the capilIarity
Will be established and maintained.
and we cultivate rapidly and shallow
~ TO check the capilIaritv Just where
we want it to stop. It is pure non
sense to say that there is no cani1arv
rise Of moisture in the oil-Procres-
sive Farmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19
aIarmingly short no one doubts.

aIarmingly short no one doubts. |
know, not only from Government sta
~tistics, but from first-hand reports
of men who have travelled in Texas
and in other leading cotton States.
Even with a 10000 GO bale crop we
shall have barely cotton enough, ana
all signs point to a practical cotton
famine before the next crop is gath
ered.'-Progressive Farmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19

F"Home. Sweet Tome.
Steritt Tate, in reviewing the sltua-
ton, says:
"This same curtailment threat has
been working against the bulls IN
England for the last six to nine
| Notwithstanding short time, reduc-
ing consumption and product, yet we
exported last year, the first year al
ter the panic, approximately 8,5oo,OOu
bales Of cotton. There is no question
in our mind but what there will be
curtailment before the end Of h sea-
son of 19O9-'1O, or, that IS, before
September /, 1910, but it will be be-
cause the mills cannot get the cotton
and not a they cannot pay the
price. While these mills in the East
and some in other places are speak
ing Of closing down, less than an hour
a day, we know of some mills that
are preparing to run night ana gay
but they are not trying to make
agreements and they are not making
any parade OF It.
1T seems to be the habit just now
for manufacturers to complain, but as
the price Of yarns has been
within the last week and the price or
standard bleached goods, and almost
all lines Of manufactured product
have been advance about LIE. a
yard (Which is equivalent to &c to
SC a pound in raw cotton, as com
pared with prices Of last week, the
manufacturer is not finding very much
sympathy."-NeW York Commercial.
c.. T. Revere argues: "The news
from Providence and Charlotte that
curtailment had been decided upon
by uther mills and portions OF
New England brought considerable
selling pressure. Or the face of 1t
his news is likely to be bearlshly
construed. 1t need, however, give no
cause for serious 81 lasting pessi1n1sn.
If the crop is as short as current ex-
pectations make it, more or less gen.
eral short time would be necessary
anyway. There is another view OF
the situation, also. II mills curta1l
production the price Of cloth and yarn
will be stimulated, and We are of the
opinion that those now interested IN
the cotton market will pay more at
tention to an advance of lac in print
cloths than the announcement that
Fall River mills had decided to shut
down two days per week for the next
three months. In addition to this the
resultant advances in prices Of man
ufactured goods would remove the
present alleged disparity between raw
material and the finished article
New York Commercial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19

err awaiting development. With mod
ern methods Of farming Montgomery,
county car be made to sustain a mo-
ulation Of more than ten times -
present numbe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19

One Of the best informed cotton
manufacturers in the South expressed
the opinion in our office last week
that cotton prices are bound to ad-
vance rather than decline. 'Th cot
ton mills last year. said he, used
1900, 900 bales, leaving only a WISH
BILE supply of 10000 bales. The
consumption this year is almost Ger
ain to be about 1880, 600 bales, and
it would accordingly require a crop
of 12,1O0.000 bales even to keep the
mills going after ~exhausting the last
bale of the 400, 600 surplus. The
prices of cotton goods are at present
by no means in keeping with the
high prices of cotton, but the world
is bound to have the goods, II
prices of the manufactured product
must soon adjust themselves to the
ne-r condition. That the crop is
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19

The big, raw-boned hog has gone
out OF style, like the Merry Widow
and the hair rat"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19

4 Providence spinner in discussing
the question of short time declares:
the cotton manufacturers today have
their trade well in hand. They have
q Waltln" market, with strong demand
tor goods, but they are refusing to
name prices At which they will TAX
contracts for future deliveries. The
nave sold all they care to sell of goods
made from the Old supply of cotton,
bOught as 10 cents or less, and they
DO not dare TO sell IN new crop ma
terlal unit! they know what futurue
conditions viii bring about in regu-
latlng the cost of cotton. BUYERS want
goods, but they cannot afford to pay
the prices the mill men must get to
cover cost OF cotton at above 13 or
IA cents a pound. No big manufac-
turer Will buy q years supply of cot
ton at such prices. Buying. in other
words, will be done from hand to
mouth. Anew York Commercial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-19

tons to their ultimate source. some
how, they have a touch 10 US q
Home. Sweet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-19
THE PROHIBITION WAVE.

Not satisfied with putting the canteen
out of commission at the army posts,
the prohibitionists have turned their
attention to the officers messes and
complaint has been made to the secre-
tary OF war that alcoholic beverages
are sold to officers at such places in
violation of the anti-canteen law.
passed Feb. 2, 1901. The secretary OF
war will take no action in the prem
ises, holding that it was not the inten-
ton Of congress to invade the private
dining rooms of the officers. But the
matter will not be allowed to rest. An
act Of congress for the especial benefit
of the officers is said to be cOntem-
plated. which the Army and Navy Reg
lister views with alarm" as follows:
1t is understood that the people who
have busted themselves to the extent of
abolishing the meritorious canteen con-
template further restrictive legislation
relating to the military-navaI establish
ment- This high-handed proceeding
cannot be too promptly or emphaticaliy
discountenanced. 1t would receive no
consideration at the capitol were it not
that the influences which are back Of
prohibition, which does not prohibit,
scare the legislators into a frenzy of
legislation that may stop at nothing
short OF outrageous interference with
individual liberty"
The prohibition brethren are not over
looking any chance to make it uncom-
Portable for the casual drinker as well
as the seller, and the army officers are
no exception to the rule. Since the
canteen has been abolished, and likely
to remain so, the privates and non
CONS. would probably take malicious
delight in the enactment of a law pre-
venting the officers from taking even
an occasional nip in the sacred pre-
cincts Of the army post, having wine or
beer on the table being punishable by
court-martiaL We're getting awfully
good in this country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-19
CHINESE RAILWAY LOAN.

The financial interests of the United
States appear to have been somewhat
slow in reaching out for a share of the
Chinese railway loan and at this time
it does not appear probable that the
protest made by the state department
viii have the desired effect of causing
the bankers of Great Britain, France
and Germany to divide the spoils. The
United States has recently given the
celestial empire proof that it stood
ready to aid in the work of regenera-
ton Of that country and the fact that a
large portion of the Boxer indemnity
was RENTED was greatly appreciated.
But China's hands are tied and unless
the administration and the commercial
interests over here are constantly on
the alert the great European powers
and Japan will reap the harvest.
The protest, however, may be regard
ed as notice that in future the United
States does not propose to be shut out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-19
The
cepFfOnoI
Equipment

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainments Of its chemists have
rendered possible the production of Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skiIlfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen
uine is manufactured by an original
method known TO the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge Of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or 70 return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
cf the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-19
cENAToR LoRIMER.

Billy" Lorimer. the blonde boss of
the stockyards district in Chicago, took
MS seat in the senate yesterday, and
voted with the finance committee on
the wood pulp and print paper question.
Loriner declared to the members Of the
legislature who voted for him and, Incl
dentally, to the world az large, that he
would stand by the Republican plat
form and endeavor to secure a revision
of the tariff downward. going so far as
TO say that he would not take his seat
in the senate unless sure he could be Of
more service there than in the house
From time TO time news has been sent
out that LOrimer was expected to join
the so-called progressive" as against
the Aldrich crew. His vote on the paper
schedule shows what kind Of pro
gressive7 he is, and enables his con-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-19

have moved and will be at home during
the remainder of their stay at the
Keith apartments.
Miss Merle Lynch will entertain next
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Atmore of Den
yer are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. F. W.
Francis for the week.
Mrs. J. c. Hooper entertained quite
informally at a literary tea yesterday
afternoon. at which Miss Hooper gave
several readings.
Miss Elizabeth FitzGerald and her
brother. F. Y. FitzGerald, will be at
home after today at 229 D street.
Mrs. c. f. Goodin returned Wednes-
day from a months visit with friends
in Denver and Lincoln.
Miss Vara Shaver has returned from
visit with friends in Denver, and is
at home to her friends again at 913 East
Brigham street.
Mrs. Edwin Butcher has left for a
visit with friends in Montana for a part
of the summer.
x x
Mrs. William Dunn and Miss Mary
Dunn of Portland, Ore, are expected
shortly to be guests of Mrs. w. H.
Bintz.
Miss Margaret Park and her father
will leave today for California to spend
the better part of the summer.
X
Mrs Joseph Young will entertain to-
day at a matinee party at the Colonial
for the Misses Wall.
The members of the Bay View Read
ing club will have a picnic at Saltair
next Thursday afternoon.
One Of the pleasant events of the
week was the reception and musicale
given Thursday evening by the boys Of
the Indian club at the home Of Elliot
Clawson on Second avenue, in honor of
Don and Richard Young, who leave
shortly for Europe, to be gone some two
or three years. The rooms were beaUti-
fully decorated with an abundance of
roses and sego lilies. Misses Laurinda
POultOn and Hazel Barnes and Messrs
Spencer Clawson, George W. Piper and
Lysle Smith rendered some choice mu-
steal selections. The hosts were assist
ed in receiving by the Misses Gertrude
Romney, COrinne Christensen. Mae c.
Alder and Rebecca Clawson. Messrs
Shirley Y. Clawson, J. H. FOote and
Wesley Clawson took turns at the
punch bowl.