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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-01

The labor of the farm is in a
transition state. The higher price of
land is one great factor that will
compel a change from crop system
which is the selling of grains from
the field, to a feeding system, which
shall be adapted to our soil and CHI
mate. This change means more skill,
and more thought needed with the
labor of the land. The crops that we
raised on the new land, with it's value
so low, will average even less on the
same land today, with greatly in
creased value. This fact Of itself de-
mands that there be system Of farm
ing that will give more revenue per
acre, or else the lands must recede in
value. The demand of the market and
the increasing population call for
better use of the land which we have
under cultivation.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-02-01
AGRICULTURAL
LEGES.
COL


During his recent trip to the Pacific
Coast terminals of the trans-continen-
tai railroad lines, Hon. ]. J. Hill man.
ifested his usual clearness of vision
when speaking Of the things upon
which the future prosperity of the
nation must rest. In his address he
said
| am glad you have an Agricultural
College down here and l want to urge
you to encourage it. l want you to
realize that there can be no such
training, no training that will give
to all the people of the state the same
good results that good agricultural
training will give. Encourage it be-
yond everything, for it is the founda-
ton Of your prosperity. Agriculture
has been the foundation of civilization
throughout the world in all time.
Maybe l will be subject to indict-
ment as a common scold, but | want
to raise my voice always on the side
Of what l conceive to be the founda-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

is veined of running which thirst
aluva soil
The Southwest usually thought
head But
and
richest sections of Illinois Kentucky Then there
in
uriant n
stockwelfd
the
the little
be extinct The Wghs would
brood with their
helviyloadd
machinery
be
modern devices for farming biz scale in operation The
usually
the 0dfashoned
Usher Fort Cobb Fort SILL Fort Reno and number thriving
Guthrie
Perhaps they
they We're to in Texas world
grazing lands miles of cotton miles Ct miles Of wheat miles
hu thousands of cattle aesian wells irrigation
corn fields peach orchards apple
poured out Texas they
neared Ell Pso
could see dny the
presently catch sight
make landing
nauts excaimng IF
Missouri
in the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
BATTLE WITH A WILDCAT.

While hunting north of Ladysmith.
Wis.,, Walter and Otto Schroeder had
an exciting and sanguinary battle with
a monster wildcat. Otto was trailing
the cat with three trained hounds,
when Walter, stationed on a log, saw
the cat coming directly toward him.
He was armed with a double barralled
shotgun loaded with buckshot and in
his excitement he discharged both bar
rels at the cat at once, instead Of only
one as he intended to. The recoil
of the piece knocked him off the log
onto his back. Before he could regain
his feet the cat was upon him and q
desperate fight enSued. Walter dubbed
his gun and at the first swing broke
the barrel from the stock Selling the
barrel the man punched and belabored
the wildcat in desperation until the
dogs came up and then the cat turned
his attention to them. Cat and dogs
rolled and tumbled, splitting, growing
and yelping. The men watched their
chance and finally dispatched the cat
with a few well-directed blows on the
head. One or,he dogs ears was found
to be literally torn to shredS. another
had an eye gouged out and the third
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
ATCHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

No mans sore is as big as his
gruan.
Beware of the grocery store that
doesn't smell good
A lawyer is more apt 10 quote poet
~ than any other man on earth.
Ever think of the great amount of
time you waste in talking fooliShneSs?
1t must be a great humiliation to
an industrious woman to have loafer
husband
a girl was on the streets to-day
wearing puffs that looked as though
they had been nailed on by carpen-
ter.
You often hear men make state
ment like this: Hes a man about
my age; probably four or five years
older"
Many can keep a secret, but very
few can keep secret the fact that they
have one.
Ii you imagine you are firm and
strong willed, the chances are th=t
others say you are stubborn and bull
headed.
When, you are telling how little 9TH
ers amount TO, ever occur to you that
you do not amount to a great deal
yourself?
Perhaps one reason men don't kiss
their wives 0ftener is that wives use
the occasion to detect liquor on
mans breath.
Send word to the cook to make no
more soup: The mustache is coming
back into style.
Always remember that if you wish
to have friends, You must be friend.
The people are pretty expert at find
ing out each other.
Evangelistic note: Some people re-
jecti religion because they do not un-
derstand it. Do they understand an
electric light meter?
If there are any troubles that don't
come off with tight corsets and tight
shoes, the average human being does.
MT know what they are.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

Muslin is being manufactured from
the fiber of the banana tree.
At the Strozzi palace in Rome there
is a book made of marble. the leaves
being of marvellous thinness.
Although there have been 63, 453 Chi
neSe admitted into the Transyaal.
there are but 1900 there at present.
Lightning, when it strikes tree.
sometimes converts the sap into steam
with such energy that it explodes,
scattering the wood in every direction.
Wireless telephony installed on bat
tleships works successfully in some
cases, but is unsatisfactory in others.
New Mexico produced nearly 3,OOO,-
600 tons of coal last year, with a full
quota of miners for the first time in
several years.
The same force which moves one ton
on smooth high road will move eight
tons on railway or thirty-two tons
on canal.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia has a
well-trained voice. Had he not been
of royal blood he would undoubtedly
haye succeeded in grand opera.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
PREACHER SHOOTS LUNATIC.

George L. Narcotic. a valet in the
employ Of Brigadier General James
Miller. T. :. A retired. ran amucl1
and for shooting at several villagers,
was shot and killed by Rev. Harvey
Eastman. pastor of the local Congrega-
li0aal Church. The tragedy occurred
at General Millers residence one and
one half miles from Temple. y. H..
Narcotic. in perfect frenzy. seized
one of General Miler's pistols, dis
charged it at random and drove the
general and hOusekeeper from the
house
Miller telephOned to Temple for as
Sistance, and in response eight armed
men hastened to the place They sur
rounded the house. hoping TO induce
Narcotic TO surrender. but the valet
refused 10 do SO and maintained his
threatening attitude. Finally Narcotic
left the house by the back door Rev
Mr.. Eastman and John Davidson were
nearer to Narcotic than the others. and
andeavOred to persuade the insane man
70 lay down his pistol. \ shot was
the Invariably reply. As last resort
Davidson. who was armed with re-
gOlver. fired at Narcotic. but missed
aim. The valet continued to shoot, but
his aim was wild and he did not hit
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

London has 543 public schools.
Scotland has many houses without
windows.
The cost of Englands old age pen
sions will be about S35.OOO,OOO.
The British postoffice Swings bank
has over 100000 depositors.
The applications under England
old age pension law now amount to
100000.
Small boys in ancient Egypt played
with wooden toy soldiers.
Frances birth rate has fallen from
81 to 1917 per cent in 100 years.
Every year the postal business of the
world is increasing Z per cent.
10 do the office work in New York
1900 stenographers are employed.
The first sleeping car was seen in
1883, and the first vestibule train il
1856.
In some German tobacco shops each
purchase entities the patron to one tel
ephone call.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
FACTS ABOUT TAFT.

He is six feet tall.
He weighs $50 pounds.
His favorite pastime is golf.
He attends the Unitarian church.
He was born in Cincinnati in 1857.
He was appointed secretary Of war
In 1904.
He was appointed first civil governor
II the Philippine islands in 1901.
Governor Foraker appointed him
judge of the Superior Court in 1887.
President Harrison appointed him
solicitor general OF the United States
in 1890
His home is in Cincinnati, but he
has had a house in X street, n. W..
Washington.
He was admitted to the bar in 1880,
and the following year was appointed
ass stant district attorney of Cine, l.
nati.
He was appointed in 1882 collector
Of internal revenue for the First Dis
trict of Ohio.
He was appointed United States cir
cult judge for the Sixth judicial dis
trict In 1892.
He married Helen Heron i'm 1886,
and they have three children, Robert
Alphonso. aged 20 Helen Heron, aged
1S. and Charles Phelps, aged IL.
He was educated in the public
schools Of Cincinnati, was graduated
from the woodward high school in
1874. and from Yale University in
1873.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

founders being ex-UniOn soldiers
named the town for the eX-President
1t was during the boom days of south
western Kansas that Ulysses voted the
$4,000 in bonds for system of water
works. At that time three railroads
were pointing toward the future me
tropOlis and the people felt that they
must be ready for the thrush of new
citizens. The bonds were voted and
were as quickly snapped up by the
Eastern investor. For a few years
the interest was paid, but when the
boom collapsed and the railroads stop
ped further extension the burden be
came too heavy to carry and the in
terest payments ceased.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
MINOR STATE ITEMS.

The pOStoffice at Farmland was broken
into and robbed of $500 in money and
stamps by robbers. who stole a horse and
buggy and escaped Four hundred dol.
lars worth Of stamps were overlooked.
Maldonio Florencio. a 19-year-old stu
dent at Valparaiso University, ut his
throat and is not expected TO recover. He
is from Porto Rico and became despond-
ent because his remittances had stopped.
While Frank Hogue and Isaac Nor
ris were in the Wabash mine in Terre
llaute. Hogue sitting on keg of blast
ing powder, a spark from Morris cap
lamp fell. Hogue was killed instantly.
Norris was burned seriously.
Sarah. the S-year-old daughter of
Frank Lowder, living near Greenfield,
was burned TO death. Her clothing
caught fire from a fire under a kettle in
the yard. The mother was severely burn
ed in trying 10 save the child.
Charging that by the negligent hand
ling Of his weapon while on a shooting
expedition near Tolleston. Louis Miller
caused the death of her husband, Mrs.
Joseph Walsh has retained counsel TO
ages. Miller was exonerated before a
coronel's jury and a verdict of acciden-
tai shooting returned.
The Oldest engineer in point of service
on the Big Four lines of the New York
Central system. died as a result of hav-
ing been struck by a water crane. as he
put his head out of his cab window. He
was William G. Naopl and no had haan
at the throttles of fast flying trains forty
years.
The local option forces made a clean
sweep Tuesday in the elections in Ben
ton, Greene and Montgomery Counties,
carrying the first by $50, the second by
about 200, and third by 2,753 votes.
Montgomery County contains the city Of
Charlottesville, which is the site of Wa
bash College.
The Jasonville race riots appear to be
at an end The last of the Hungarians
employed at the Boyle coal mines, three
miles north of Jascnville. left the town
the other night and went to Terse Haute,
leaving their property behind them. Most
of the Hungarians are naturalized citi-
zens and they conferred with attorneys
in Terre Haute as to their future ac-
tions.
An unidentified man, with his head
severed from his body, was found on the
indianapolis Southern tracks at Bloom
ingtor. Eleven stabs from a knife just
below the heart indicate that lie was MUIR
dered.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

years ago when Ulysses was on IA
boom for the purpose of building a
system Of water works in the town. A
meeting was called and the question
of sidetracking this debt was consider
ed. The unanimous opinion was that
the town should be moved.
The next day the work of removing
the % business houses and residences
across the corporation line commenced.
and on the evening of the second day
the new town was installed and doing
business. The two dry goods stores
and the hotel were Skidded cut of
town the first night, and early the
next morning the drug store followed.
Then the half dozen big mule teams
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
sPLINTERs.

Marching clubs-Walking sticks.
Sign of wealth-The dollar mark.
Those who do not heed the signals
must expect to get wrecked.
There may be nothing in a name,
but it helps on a bank check.
1t is easier for some men to smile
in barr0Om than at home.
business house built on a founda-
ton of rocks is never shaky.
The man who knows it all is usually
the first to fall down on a civil service
examination
1t is easy to walk through the path
of life after your ancestors have
grubbed out the stumps.
1t is calculated that one fly will lay
about thousand eggs and leave 3D.
100000 descendants in a season.
1t is better to spend the whole day
in building the kitchen fire than to
blow up the stove with kerosene.
Boyce-What is the most unromantic
thing you ever saw? Joyce-A lady's
stocking hanging an clothes-line.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
FARMERS WANT ROAD
AND WILL BUILD IT
North Missourians, Impressed by
Success of Trolley Lines Else
where, Start Movement.
PLANS ARE WE'LL UNDER WAY
Rich, Energetic Land Owner Finds
Money Among Agriculturists
and Gets Operating Men.

An organization of farmers and ex.
perienced railroad men plans to con
struct network of trolley lines
through Northeastern Missouri anC
down TO st. Louis. The originator OF
the enterprise is Henry Funk, the own
er of a large farm in Shelby County
For the last nine months Mr. Funk has
been industriouSly campaigning the
First District, speaking in schoOlhOuseS
town halls and in groves, arOusing sen
timent in favor of the project
The three main terminals of the road
will be Kirkville, Hannibal and St
Louis. The st. Louis line will start
from Bethel or Shelbyville and 20 into
the city by way of Shelbina. Paris and
Mexico. The east and west line will
run about midway between the main
line of the Burlington and the Quincy
Omaha and Kansas City roads. This
will give the electric road a twenty
mile territory on either side.
The operating department will con-
sist of nine executive officers. of whom
four are local men and five expert
enced railroad men now connected with
other lines
One of the power-hOuses will be in
stalled on Salt River. in Shelby County.
where there is steady flow of water
10 move the turbines The location Oh
the other power-hOuses has not vet
been determined The road will be on
standard gauge. and estimated cost OF
construction will be between $4,000
and $4,000 mile. The farmers, Mr..
Funk says. have subscribed to the eX-
tent of 5000 mile, and these con
tracts have enabled him TO raise the
remainder Of the money. The con-
tracts are wOrded so that the farmer is
not obligated until the road is in opera
ton.
1t is. strictly speaking. a farmers
road" said Mr.. Funk. 1T is for their
benefit, and subject to their wishes.
They will have an important hand in
the management. and trains will be op-
Grated 10 suit their convenience. The
road is being built to meet the demand
for interurban traffic. Il demand which
is not supplied by the great trunk
lines.
The country through which the line
will pass is farming land worth from
$50 to $50 an acre now. and will adj
vance rapidly as soon as construction
has begun. Passenger coaches will be
run at close intervals during the day
Freight and stock will be transported
ut night The current will be sufficient
to furnish houses along the line with
light. and this will be an important
branch of the service"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

while appointed
will a lis
While decide remain with
Eah
prepared make the attempt accompanied only by the Emo and
be
o IL
while shore
of the architecture Ekimo
temporary
light concerned higher
difference in the twno hours This shelter be erected hour
Where
which
seeingbag brought
Not only do speak the Eskimo language with such
but it has been said by that in personal appearance bear similar
resemblance o
." have resident of Washington
in
Leopold Elesmee
specimens which, in
stuiOns throughout the
I'm the projected voyage feel confident that companions and myself
will with valuable
all aboard ladies
the Greenland a
pole"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

were hitched to the residences and
they were hauled over the line.
The county house, big brick school
house. small but well-kept cemetery
and a dozen holes in the ground desig-
mated as cellars are all that is left Of
the town The 16O acres comprising
the Old town site, the Court House and
the schoolhOuse are worth not more
than $500
Grant is one Of the southwestern
Kansas counties without q railroad. It
was named in honor of former Presi-
dent Ulysses s. Grant and was organ
in picturesque spot in the geograph-
ical center of the county, and its
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08

1t is better to build a shanty on the
ground than a castle in the air.
You can fiim-fiam your friends, but
you can't fool the Recording Angel.
Some people read the Bible so they
can brag about it to their friends.
1t is a whole lot easier to find a
kicking foot than a helping hand.
Zinc collins are largely used in Wen
ma. The more expensive collins are
made of copper, costing from $500 to
$1,000.
Just as soon as a man starts to
brag about his honesty the world be-
gins to look at him with suspicion.
Wifey-I bought the sweetest hat to-
day for only sixty-nine cents. Hubby
see, now lou want twenty dollars to
trim it.
The young man who starts out to
carve his name in the Hall of Fame
usually winds up by cutting his initials
on a gate post.
Borton-Do you think that clothes
make the man? Morton-Yes, they
make him dodge the installment col
lector about once a week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Only Favoritism Wanted.

George Gould spoke of railway diff
culties at recent board meeting.
A railway finds it impossible, by
being just, to please all hands, Mr.
Gould concluded. There is truth in
the story Of the cOmmuter who enter
ed railway superintendent Office
with a black frOwn.
Well, what next?' the superintend-
ent said to the man impatiently. BY
our new time table don't three addi-
tional trains stop at your station
nOwT
Yes, but growled the commuter,
they stop at all the other little sta
tions too"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
Indiana
State News
INDICTED FOR MURDER OF WIFE
Grand Jury Action on Death of Lulu
Maud wilson


John III. Wilson has been indicted BY
the grand jury for murder in the first
degree. Wilson is accused of the murder
of his wife, Mrs. Lulu Maud Wilson. on
March ) at her home in Connersville. He
has been under arrest since March ..
AT that time he was arrested on Suspic-
ion after a chain of evidence had been
forged by the police and detectives. Mrs.
Wilson was found dead in her home. VII
son Informed the neighbors shortly after
noon that he had returned home from
his work and found his wife murdered.
The body was lying in bed. the head was
badly crushed. and there were blood
stains on the bed and on the carpet in
the room. \ heavy iron bar was found
in the ROOM and it was supposed that
the murder had been committed with
this The police followed many clews.
but the first the public knew Of any re-
suits was the arrest of Wilson. who was
held pending grand jury action.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
HENRY E. AGAR ACQUITTED.
Indiana Man Charged with Forgery
Still Faces Other Trials.

Henry f. Agar, who, after he was
mOurned dead since January. 1907,
was arrested last December in San Benz
to. Texas. was acquitted in Princeton Of
the charge of forgery for which he has
been on trial since last Friday Agar
still faces seven other similar charges.
Agar. it was charged. forged the names
of Princeton business men to a note for
5000 before he disappeared in 1907.
when he was supposed 10 have fallen
from a boat into the Wabash River and
was drowned. Memorial services were
held for him. When he was captured
in San Benito by the Texas Rangers h.
had entered the banking business.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
DOUBT SUICIDE OF CHTCAGoAN.
LoGanspOrt Authorities Think Youth
Fled to Avoid MARRIAGE

Dragging the bottom of the Wabash
River at LOganSport 10 find the body Of
Arthur L. Boyer. of the firm of Boyer
Brothers. harness dealers Chicago. who
jumped into the water. has been Of no
effect. 1t is now thought that instead OF
drowning he may have waded TO the OPP
poSite side of the river and disappeared.
Boyer was engaged to be married 10 Ag-
mes O'Connor. The police have the opin-
ion that Boyer. havin> quarreed with
Miss O'COnner. chose Il novel node OF
escaping marriage with her BOyer's
father and brother and the girl assert
that he had no reason to commit suicide
and say they believe he had become de-
mented from the use of strong medicine
TO stop hemorrhages of the ncSe. They
think that he is wandering about the
country.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08


chronin They probably in
glance Illinois delightful
beneath Them for the studded
seep
walking vehicles
middle
the cities Missouri would
yOnd
specks
land Joplin
ed empire of Oklahoma and Texas with Arkansas
The to
beautiful these probably
of
make picture soft and rich
make the still
the fields
emily Little Rock
of the could be had
the sunlight
PEELED the shadows that
flight began Hot they
ndwng
westward Fort Smith
of
southeast and
main rivers the Arkansas Fork
Canadian Washta smaller
winch bubng
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
GIRL BEATS OFF ASSAILANT.

With her umbrella as Il weapon. Miss
Bessie Mccain. Il school teacher. of
Cape Girardeau. Mo-. beat off Il tramp
who attempted To attack ner. Miss
McClain WAS walking along the rail
road tracks from her school. near Balm
bridge. TO her boarding house. when a
man Sprang out OF IN old shanty by
the roadside and seized her. She raInad
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
BANK ROLL BIG; GUEST oUsTED.
indiana HOfei-keeper Restores Peace
by Ordering Stranger To Leave.

indiana Hofei-N eeper RESTORES Peace
by Ordering Stranger To Leave.
\ mysterious stronger. VINO said his
name was j. II. Cunningham and that
he lived at RoSsvile H.. so excited the
village of Wingate by displaying Il bank
roll of size heretofore unimagined thar
the landlord of the Wingate Hotel. to
restore peace III his house and the com
munity. ordered him to leave The dis
turbing wealthy guest told his new &C
quaintanceS that he had oeen looking for
the kidnaperS of Willie Whitla. He went
from Crawfordsville TO Wingate in an
automobile whicl he bought in Craw-
louisville for $500 casn The dealer
would not let him take the car CUT. how
ever. until he had been assure at the
bank that one of the purchasers $500
bills was real.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-08
TO DODGE A DEBT.

n Whole Town in Kansas Moves
Bodily Away.
The town of Ulysses, the county seat
of Grant County, Kansas, has fonnd
a new way to avoid the payment of a
bond issue of $4,000 voted to install
Il system of water works. The sys-
tenn was to move the town two miles
to the north and permit the New En-
gland bondholder to levy on the town
site of 160 acres.
Recently the people of the town
learned that New England bank had
brought suit to collect interest and
principal ON a bond issue voted several