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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

THE tiny wasp shown enlarged in the illustration. last year
j saved the farmers of Kansas and the southwest something like
$780, 00O 900. The favorite breeding place of this wasp is the body of
the microscopic green bug. which in 1906 and 1907 did terrific
damage to the wheat crop in Kansas and adjacent states. Prof.
S. J. Hunter of the Kansas State Agricultural college, dis
covered that the little wasp was the green bugs most deter
mined and destructive enemy. He collected millions of eggs
and sent them out all over the state to farmers who applied
for help when the green bug pest appeared. AS a result the green
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
The Only WAY,

MY wife never opens letters that
are addressed to me-"
you have EN- all sent to your office
address, do you?"-Cleveland Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

1t is a mothers duty to keep constantly
on hand some reliable remedy for use in
case of sudden accident or mishap to the
depended upon for just such emergencies.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

bugs were practically destroyed and a full wheat crop was
reaped. The year before this destruction the green bug de-
stroyed wheat to the estimated value of $]60,000,O00.
THE somewhat complicated piece of machinery aboveis going
L to create a revolution in the gold mining industry. Here
tofore it has been impossible to work many promising placer
deposits because of the fact that no water was available.
The new machine gets the gold out Of mine waste, sand and
gravel, without the aid of a drop of water. With it in use,
dirt running as low as so cents a yard can be handled with a
good profit. 1t will help to dot the dry deserts of the south
west with mining camps.
THE whims of a bride should, of course, always be respected.
i But when on the day before her bridal morn, a young wom-
an of East st. Louis announced that she would not be married
unless she could move directly into a brand new home of her
own, the problem seemed a difficult one. Fortunately her pros
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

It's no use talking about the peace
of God if your life is a p~rovocation
to your neighbors.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
Earth Beings Cannot Liue in
Climate of Mars
By Capt. Ellis d. Morson

&nRA NE thing only is undisputed about the climate
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MWTWM there we should instantly die. How far this
WY of intelligent life such as We know nothing
of is a matter on which Prof. Lowell is not in
agreement with the larger number of astronomers who
nave had opportunities of observing Mars. Let us, how
ever, before inQuiring where the observer of Flagstaff
observatory, Arizona. differs from those astronomers
whom he has called the gifted DIRECTORS who have not
seen the canals" set down points on which the larger
number of astronomers are in agreement In the first
place there are distinct markings on Mars. These mark
ings have been known for a very long time; and have
been mapped by many observers since Schiapareli, the
Italian astronomer, announced certain peculiarities about
them 80 years ago. A point of which Lowell makes a
great deal is that these maps all coincide very closely
in setting down the places where the lines on Mars APP
pear, and in tracing the directions which these lines
take. 1t is hardly necessary to say that the lines appear
to nearly all observers as straight lines.
A new question, however. now arises: The question of
the trustworthiness of seeing" If one imagines an
astronomer-not very exacting about the quantity of
oxygen necessary for his support-settng up a tele-
scope on Mars to point at the earth, we shall have to
allow that he would not see very much. Our dense at
mosphere, with the singular watery envelope that it is
suspected of possessing at great heights, would reflect
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills

Minneapolis, Mimi was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

sCid cherries from a single tree, such as is pictured, for $4S.
E. V. Martin of Wenatchee, sold $500 boxes of tomatoes from
one acre, making a net profit of $500. Though it takes hard
work, good judgment and good luck to get a thousand dollars
an acre from a single seasons crop, people everywhere should
be interested in the fact that by modern, intensive methods of
farming, more money can be made from a suburban lot than
from many an odtime quarter section.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

RUSS BLUE is GOOD BLUE
Preserves clothes and makes and keeps
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
Catching Butterflies by
the Ton

caterpillar Of
the nun moth
h a lily
wrought great de-
%struction a n o &
the fir forests of
G a Y, many
hundreds of acres
being ruined by
their ~depredations.
An inventive Ger
nnnp urh~ Lal r,,f
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

THE bottom cut illustrates a newly invented English ice ma.
i chine. 1t is worked by hand and requires so little power
that a child can easily operate it. The machine is sold at re.
tail for less than $50, and in little more than half an hour
sufficient ice can be frozen to serve the purposes of the average
family. Once people realize the danger they are running in
using ice cut from ponds and lakes, which are often full Of
disease contamination. the household ice machine will doubt.
less prove popular.
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

Caddo gas and oil fields near Shreveport, La-gas enough
to furnish light, heat and power tor all the homes and great
business enterprises of Chicago, st. Louis and New Orleans.
The illustration shows the largest we'll in this field. Its
crater covers an area of two acres and the gas rushes up from
the depths of the earth in such force and volume, that 1t has
been found utterly impossible to control it. For months the
gas has been burning, the flames leaping more than a hundred
feet in the air. Sometimes when the pressure is at its greatest,
birds flying over at a great height are killed by the rising
fumes and on several occasions the glow in the sky has been
visible from a distance of so miles. There is said to be a stand.
ing offer of $4,000 for any one who can successfully put a
cap on this well.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

The wastes of love bring greater
riches than the wisdom of greed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

A burglar may not be a man or iron
nerve, but he is a man Of steal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

pss , EoSGs op p1 ,SC Ard A.R-C TEA
Only 25c ut all D~calers-25c.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29

NNE HUNDRED MIL
" LION cubic feet of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-07-29
$40 Profit from This

ISleu from destructive Work OF
the moths and who had noticed how strongly
they were attracted b. the rays of an cleo
trio arc light, recently devised a spectacular
method of capturing and killing the pests on a
wholesale scale.
On the tower of the city hall in Zittau. Saxony,
which city is entirely surrounded by great fir for
csfs, he set up an electric searchight of great candle
power. Immediately below the light he installed a
suction fan. Then, on a dark night. he turned the
s2archlight into the depths of the forest. Out of
the thick WOODS came hundreds of thousands of
the destructive moths. flying in an unbroken process
siCn along the path of light which led them to the
top of the city hall tower. There, as they approached
closely to the source of illumination, they were
caught by the suction fan and lrawn in to destruc.
ton. On one occasion more than 400, 900 nun"
moths were thus destroyed in an evening. The
same ingenious process is to be adopted wherever
forests or orchards are greatly damaged by night
flying insects.
FROM the irrigated lands of the great northwest
L come stories of profit from a single acre of land,
which may well make the average owner of gold
mine stock envious. More than once the annual crop
Of apples from an irrigated orchard has averaged
above $1,000 an acre. Pears have netted double this
amount. Cherries grown on such trees as the
one shown above bring, in good years, $1,000 an
acre. Last May, A. c. Carter, living near Spokane
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30
PASSING OF THE DISPENSARY
Ry FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

management Of the institution Enforce
ment OF the dispensary law was vested IN
a constabulary, under the orders or the
governor Of the state. This feature of
the law produced most intense opposition,
especially in the cities and towns. The
Constables were empowered to search res
licences suspected Of containing contra
band liquor, and the exercise of this
power occasioned riots and bloOdshed in
various parts OF the state.
The so-calied police" features of the
system. and these continue to exist, do
not excite great criticism, indeed they
appear to appeal to the great majority Of
Order-iOVing citizens. Dispensers must
sell liquor in unopened packages of not
less than a half pint in the case Of
whisky, and in the case Of beer not less
than pint nor more than five gallons.
No liquor must be drunk OF opened on
the premises where sold. and no lettering
in dispensaries is allowed All dispen-
saries must stay closed from sunset 10
sunrise, and must be kept closed on sun
days, state and national holidays. and on
election days, including days on which
primary elections are held. No uqllor 81
allowed to be sold to minors. % lnioxicHt-
ed persons or TO those who are - the
habit Of becoming intoxicated u
son desiring to purchase liquor Cll
out an application blank. setting -he
purpose for which the liquor Is sur
chased, and the amount desired sign
his name and address. III the ant
IS not personally known 10 the de -nser
as reliable and Trustworthy person OF
good character and habits. the dispenser
must state that he Is not a minor nor an
habitUal dunkard
It is admitted that there Is considerable
laxity in the enforcement Of these pro-
visions Of the law. especially the one re-
curing written application and ideltifi-
cation Of the applicant. II is generally
understood that the dispenser desires TO
have his sales as large as possible, since
his compensation is regulated by the
amount he sells. It is believed by advo-
Gates of the system that the elimination
of this feature would greatly improve the
law. Charges of corruption in the man
agement Of the state dispensary were
made, and, apparently, were sustained.
The trade" feature appears to have been
made rather too prominent by somebody.
But it is admitted by some of the most
pronounced opponents of the system that
it has not had a fair trial IN South Caro-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30
SUFFRAGE AND MATRIMoNY.

In the days gone it was the married
women and spinsters of uncertain age
who advocated the cause of universal
suffrage. Now the younger women
and girls have taken the matter up,
and the battle will be waged with
more or less ferocity all along the line.
At a meeting of the Progressive Wom-
ans Suffrage Union in New York the
other night fifty unmarried members
signed the following pledge:
We the undersigned, hereby declare
that will not indulge in matrim ony
with any man who is not willing TO sign
an agreement that he will not only lend
his moral support to suffrage. but will
work patiently and hard toward its sup
port and success.
1t is stated that within six months
1O0, 900 young women will have signed
the document forswearing matrimony
with any man who refuses to get out
and drill for the cause. 1t will be easy
for the young man head over ears in
love to make the necessary promises
By the same token it will also be easy
enough for the young woman to drop
out of the union before she sees her
last chance go glimmering. The mil
lennium cannot be FASTENED by the
method proposed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30

rsdas save seven followed his example;
Governor Tnlman issued an order as
hsndins the Governors Guards, ana sew
eral other companies n Coiuiloiq g, -.fI
elsewhere in the state. The entire fotll IN
brigade in Charleston was disbanoeq ne-
Ca15se il would not obey orders or the
comma nder-in-chief- Governor 1ltilIlali
-oIieJ Tor volunteers. and from the FARMS
and the WOODS his friends came rusnlIe
10 Columbia The volunteers were guar =
tered in the penitenuary 70 pIeEe.iL'
clashes with the citizens OF CoiuIii o-a
T1isnensaries were raided at Florence ahu
- ss1-sraI other places in the state. Mass
meetings were held in many towns anu
HE ne0pIe begun actual preparations lot
civil war. -, -
In Darlington and Florence martial law
was declared, and the military aut il -
were placed in charge Of the teiegIay u
offices in those towns as well as IN tHe
civ of Columbia. War correspondent
eluded the guards placed to prevent theII
entering Darlington ana tloIe-ice, o ll'Ii
tanning the wires. managed 10 get VCt
their stories There were plots 70 WIech
trains sent to Darlington ana + ioleIlcs
hearing troops. but there were aOah1oiisu
when 1t was learned tnaI nla ~ S,-,'--,
soldiers were not advocates OF the OlspeH-
sarv 1t was fortunate that NUMBER Ol
the volunteers who were not cover nor
Tfuman's friends obeyed orders ana WeHI
to Darlington TO preserve the Pe Ssr1i my
ton received the soldiers IN the most nos
pitable manner; such excellent order pre-
vailed while the troops were in the tow
that they withdrew in few days. aiI1
the Palmetto state settled down again %
something like quiet. But that was as
near to civil war as any state. with the
exception Of Kansas, ever came
And all about the dispensary. No won
der it has been an issue in politics, ana
no wonder II has its friends and enemies
among people who give little or ho
thought to the settlement of the liquor
problem The protests Of pTOhibitionists
against the enactment of the dispensary
law were met with the assertion that the
system should be regarded as a step
towards prohibition. 1t cannot be said
that South Carolina is nearer prohibition
than It was sixteen years ago, for Whlle
half the counties Of the state are dry
a majority Of the people voted then 70
make the entire state dry The claim
still is made by advocates Of the dis
pensary system that it is a great moral
institution It is admitted that the hon
est enforcement of the law does elm
mate many of the evils Of the liquor
traffic One of the best known writer's IN
South Carolina asserted only recently
that while not an original advocate Of the
dispensary system he is convinced that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30

The South Carolina liquor dispensary
viii close finally today. The uispensaIy
method Of regulating the liquor traItic
will be continued in twenty-one OF the
forty-two counties OF south Carolina, but
the state will 60 out of the liquor busl-
ness for itself, leaving to its civil sub
divisions the field which it entered SIX
teen years ago The people of the Pal
metto state Just prior to the assembling
of the state legislature for the session at
which the dispensary law was enacted in
1893, voted to abolish the sale OF liquor,
and il was thought that a law to effectu-
ate the will of the people would be en-
acted. They were given the dispensary
instead of prohibition, although the lower
house Of the legislature passed prohibit
ton bill by d large majority.
From the time Of the enactment of the
state dispensary law the system, or some
phase of it, has been a principal issue in
every election in South Carolina. One of
the chief concerns of every legislature
has been to correct some Of the evils of
the great moral institution" as the adj
vOcates of the system termed the dis
pensary. This term, as used by enemies
of the dispensary, degenerated in the YER
nacular into the e NJ. l." The people
have never voted directly upon the ques-
ton of dispensary or no dispensary. There
has never been such strong opposition
to the dispensary method of selling LIQUOR
lection has been to the central dispen-
sary, from which all the dispensaries in
the state were supplied with liquor
Counties and other subdivisions have al
ways had the right to say, under the dis
pensary law. whether liquor should be
sold within their bounds. If they voted
to permit the sale it had to be sold at dis
pensaries, which must be supplied from
the central dispensary at Columbia, at "A
profit Of 10 per cent to the state. This
profit, by the way, went into the school
fund. Most Of the towns and counties
applied to schools and local improvements
the profits derived from the liquor traffic
The control of the state dispensary was
vested in a board of directors and a COM
missioner, the latter the highest salaried
officer Of the state government. He man
aged a business valued at 100000 a
year. The commissioner and the board
of directors were chosen by the legisla-
ture. Each county dispensary was in
charge of a dispenser" appointed by a
board of control. created for the county
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30

Ina. either as a trade enterprise. a police
regulation or a temperance measure. The
overwh Ginning majority of the people Of
the towns in which the dispensaries were
located were bitterly opposed to governor
now senator, Tillman, and consequently
opposed to the dispensary. which he ia
thereG. On the other hand his friends
shouted for the system, without regard
much Of the heat of those early days has
passed, admit this. and that the dispen-
sary has not been fairly tested
Virginia has the dispensary in opera
ton in nine counties and twelve towns.
and has had some Of them for years. Ii
is said that no Virginia town has ever
abandoned the dispensary system once IL
was adopted. North Carolina and Georgia,
both OF which had the system in many
towns before adopting absolute prohibit
ton, are said to have had very similar
experience with the dispensary. The fact
should not be overlooked that the dis
pensary Is adopted in every case as a
compromise between temperance workers
and the liquor people. The supreme court
of South Carolina declared the disDensarv
law unconstitutional, but the court was
changed not long afterwards and the dis
pensary law was declared valid. The
question OF the validity of the law does
not appear TO have been raised In any
other state.
Civil war actually threatened to break
out In South Carolina on account Of the
HasUeusHIE- members OF the QlSpeuEarN
constabufary came into collision with the
opponents Of the system Several cfti-
zens were slain by cOnstables. The gov
ernor pardoned more than one officer con-
vfcted Of murder. One pardon was sent
ny telegraph OF course, this enraged the
opponents OF the dispensary. A large
number Of constabies became involved in
an encounter with citizens of Darling
ton, where opposition to the dispensary
was stronger than in almost any other
town Of the state. young man named
Norment was killed by a constable. The
cOnstables were attacked and MCLendon,
the man who killed Norment, was wound
ed. The constabulary took TO the woods
and the whole population went in pur-
suit.
Governor Tiliman promptly ordered out
almost the entire militia force, but the
majority Of the companies refused to
obey the order The Governors Guards,
one Of the Oldest military organizations
in South Carolina, was reported to be wa
vering. and the governor ordered 1t 70
be formed in front Of the governors man.
sion at Columbia. He addressed the men
in very emphatic language, which grew
in emphasis as he proceeded. Finally
enc of the soldiers threw off his accou-
trements and walked away. All his COM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30
nLD FOLKS DAY.

Old Folks day is peculiar to Utah.
The custom, however, is one that
should be adopted the world over.
While gently gliding down the hill Of
life and within sight of the goal the
aged fathers and mothers are entitled
to all possible consideration. They
have borne the heat and burden of
many long and arduous day. They
sowed that others might reap. Especial
ly on the frontiers of the United States
they wrought for posterity, making the
desert smile and the earth to bring
isolated valleys have passed the great
er part of their lives without the COM
forts of civilization, doing their full
share in founding a new and prosper
Gus commonwealth. Yet the aged peo-
pie in the cities have an equal right to
share in the day set apart. They, too,
have toiled in season and out. They
have been hewers of wood and drawers
Of water, and magnificent buildings
have arisen as a result of their efforts.
Time has not dealt gently with many
Of them, and in their old age they are
too often compelled TO toll on until the
end.
All honor to the old folks May many
succeeding celebrations find them in
full possession of their health and
faculties, loved and venerated by those
who are now enjoying the fruits of
their labors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30

damage would be irreparable. OF the
amendment the New York Times says:
Half muckrake and half money-scoop.
the bill imposing a 2 per cent tax upon
the net earnings of corporations is one
OF those hybrids abhOrTed by nature and
dishked by man. 1t has a double purpose,
the bringing Of revenue into the treasury
and the securing of federal control over
corporations. The two purposes are dis
similar. unrelated and, if not incompat-
ible. are at least so far from kin that the
gross improperly Of attempting to bring
them together in a statute is obvious
With great majority of the corporations
reached by the bill the federal govern
ment has nothing whatever to do. There
is no reason why over those private cor
poratiOns a power of federal control
should be created and confirmed Yet II
IS calmly proposed that all these corpora
lions against which no charge of abuse
OF power has been made shall be pun
ished by tax, in order that the affairs
Of other corporations, possibly under sus-
picion, may be opened to the scrutiny Of
a federal tax gatherer
President Taft does not occupy an
enviable position. He is violating his
campaign promises as fast as they
come up. and unless he changes front
once more before the close of the ex-
tTaOrdinary session of congress he will
witness his party split in twain during
the first four months of his adminis-
tration. A good golf player does not
continually foozle his putt
Senator Aldrich acknowledged that
he favored the corporation tax as a
means of defeating the income tax. and
that in the event of the former becom-
inc q Ia W. ba azyro.4o1 - -,.o.,1l - -
pealed within two years. President
Taft should now state his purpose in
proposing the amendment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-30

Among the guests at a White house
dinner the other night were Former
Senator Hemenway of Indiana, Former
Representative Charles B. Lands of
the same state and Former Assistant
Postmaster General McCleary of Min
nesota, who is also a former member
of the lower house of congress. All
three remain in Washington for the
purpose of landing an Office, if possible,
the disease in each case being in
Curab bic.