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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21

SOW y0ur corn JteIoo ana COT.
ton fields and truck patches
next fall, not forgetting 70
put ont q special ssed patch.
Somebody Is making none,
raising crimson clover seed at
$500 and more per bushei.
He q maxine hfs lassd 4sftsr
ar The Hnss, TOO. Wty, x5on,
cannot you take q hand II the
business and get your store
Of the profits !?
As to cowpe0s and soy
beans, the thing to do Just
nov Is to plant them. Plant
them in your corn, Of course,
and save what seed you can
gather there, If you can get
the picking done; or II you
are situated to do 80, plant q
field especially for seed. You
can save the peas with q nsow-
er and rake, or the SOY beams
with a reaper-nof a binder
and Mresh then, with one Of
the improved pea ttreshsrs.
But that comes later; the
thing to do now is to save
your crimson clover seed
your bur clover; foo; and
plant q patch of cowpeas or
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.

Cover Crops for Orchards. $40
DIR. Wiley ON Patent Medicine
Claims :. 377
Faculty Changes at Missis-
sippi A. 4 NJ. College. -. 372
Feeding the Dairy Cow, 49,. $40
Home Dressmaking, No. p. $40
How Alfalfa Builds Up the
Soil ............ ~. $50
How John Crakore Fooled
His Neighbors ........ 500
How Tillage Affects Bacterial
Life In the Soil. ......... S67
Injury to Cotton by Late
Frosts ............... -. $40
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21

the floor shake good with pifcork, and all the seed
will fall out These seed will of be In the ca and
possibly little hard to but they likely grow
better than the cleaned seed
You don't to leave any land bare
afford do
have Therefore every seed
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21

Look Out for Sore Shoulders S75
Meeting of Mississippi Live
Stock Association ...... 876
Our Alabama Editor ...... S07
Our Progressive Farmer Boys $40
Patent Medicines Exposed 360
Special and General-Purpose
Breeds Of Live Stock. -. S74
The Legume Special. ..... 500
The Value of Sponge Bath 377
Use the Weeder Right Now. $40
Varieties Of Cowpeas for Spe-
cial Purposes ........ S78
whats the News" 368
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21
Volume XIV. No. 20.
Ho0e Your Own Copeas Crimson

~ secdsnons price list quoted
IN onshei lots at ~ go to 1910 bushs
s2o per oushei crimson clover at S. 6ushsi
oogs extra. and red clover, at So. as per busheL
Many farmer will not plant covpeos year.
o. 90. them his wheat and oof lands when the
moved simply oecouss the price high Many farmer
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21

beams bo especially for seed Then the
prices Of these seeds will money your pocket
to ofhe, wdeawake farmers who know how
seize opportunity.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-21

0ss s&0S9 00EG UGIe wf0fGP
land that should be sovn 10
crimson clover becouss the
price Of sssd II foo high"
Nor. even at these prices,
these crops con Be pro/isobiy
so~n. The cost o( sowinx an
scvs 70 coSpsos cv's COY 0sors
o. crimson clover q sssoif
indeed. compared wfsh the
benefit that roy bs derived
from the cyop-fn /ocf. IL 10
just a. ~ have often said.
We cannot afford NOT to
sou them" Southern soils
need the nitrogen they siH
rather and the hansus they
vfu add : Southern live sfock
need the feed they viii make ;
Southern farmers need the
money that fhfs nitrogen. fhfs
humus and this feed viH
bring to their pockets. II oil
these seeds were fvics a.
high. II would sfu pay TO
plant them. because IL u only
BY Increasing the hun'us sup
ply In the sofi and by making
uss Of the free nitrogen Of
the air that mosf lands can
Do bulif up to permanently
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
Saw Out of Bastile and
Make Good Escape. One
of Them Noted Criminal
REWARD OFFERED
BY THE SHERIFF

Yesterday morning when the Jailor,
CoN. went int" tue Jail he found that
instead of having eight prisoners Ia
feed be- had only three, i've having
made their escape during the night.
The prisoners are Kept ~ the steel
cage during the night On examination
n wu- .Dund that the steel bHrs of
ihe cage had been sawed out, making
70 hole large enough for man 10
crawl through. After getting cut of the
cage, the prisoners climbed TO the top
of he cage. and from there they eoui
reach the bars Of the northwest win.
low which were also cut. The window
II not more than ten feet from thr'
ground aud eschIr after th" bars wer"
cut was an easy matter. Tue thTe"
prisoners who remained ~ the jail
claim ,iat they de- not know wncn III"
others left u" names 90 those that
r-cnpcu are: Charlie Clasp.ll, age %,
light couple ,i"n. popcyed.' color oi
ewes 'e.gTay, weight 100 pounds
height , feet Il inches santiago LII
Jan, Mexican dark complexion. Dlack
hair, blue eyes, weight l,O pounds
height ) feet inches.
George Tades Australian spea ks
broken English, dark complexion. black
mustache, dark brown hair, weight
10, height : feet inches.
William Monroe 3O years old, weight
-, small built, light gray eyes. light
brown hair, scar on nose, no-.' has been
broken aud inclincs 10 the left Mon.
10" IL an escaped cOnVIct from the
OklhhomH state pcnit"n,iary aud ~
Nuown as prisoner No. 35s. nc wa
arrested some time ago here On charge
at having robbed the store of r. \.
| Muirh"ad, escaped from Jail. aud OnIy
u fcw days ago was brought from iJal
hart by sheriff Ward
Frank Nolan, > feet : inches. weight
! 100 pounds. gray eyes, bald headed.
, 'toop SHOULDERS. - years old
sheriff Ward ha, offered Il reward
Tor the arrest and dctcni ion OF the pris
oners lie will pay ten dollars for the
| arrest ou any one of them. Evidently
some friend OF accomplic. of the pris
"ners made II possible for them TO -.
( cape by furnishing them with san
with which they cut the cage. The
| prisoners are allowed III, freedom of
n. cell, ana a saw placed az tne win
| low hN parties from the outside. could
b" reached by prisoner from the top
| "i th" cage"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19

Rev Ne Bride will take q vacation ot
a month commencing the first Of April
lie will visit his home In Indiana. aud
attend the session of the Indiana Con.
ference of which he IL "a member.
The Is. Y. 4. T. had an entertainment
at the home of S II Neafus Thursday
night. The feature ~ the occasion was
u ST. Patrick Social A number of tho
young people of the city were present
spent.
Mrs. Cole who was nj one time q res.
ident of TucumcGri, has returned tn the
city aud has accepted position with
the firm of Gross, Kelly Go. Her
many friends will be glad to learn ~
her return.
Engine 200 aud five ears went into tho
ditch at ColfaS Monday morning at
about s:iO. No damage was done except
10 rolling stock A dcTaii switch was
out of condition. was the cause of tha
trouble.
Mfrs. J. II. Kecker OF Nara Visa. was
thrown from an automobile and killed
last Saturday, The sterring mechanism
broke and the machine could no longer
be controlled. Rev. Smith and wife and
a child were In the auto with Mira. Keck
OF and all of them were injured tn,
child only slightly. but the Rev. Bmitl
had an arm broken and his wife sus
tanned several wounds. .. .. o.. o.. o.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
DIRECTORS WILL
BE ELECTED
Superintendent J. E. Clark
Sends Out Instructions to
County Supers.
r Z A d THEM OVER

El~rtiun NO'irrs.J
Grutl"mrn
The laws pro, idrs that notices of
election ui Srhuol directors shall br
posted "n thc second Monday in Mare.
March 18th and that the elect ION
shall hc held uu the first Monday ~
Apul ApfiI IthJ ln some cnscs wr
fnd thrf the election not i"r- have not
been posted Hs pro, idcd by law /
wish 10 state that the date of posting
notices tor school election a. establish
rd T., law l- largely directory and IL
uutirr are posted the next Monday
aud th" rlrrtiuu held ~ uli Ith as
pro, Idrd nN law said olrrtIOn will bc
regarded ~ regular, provided u rhn
not hc proven that the RESULTS would
have been different had the nutirc, 81
election been posted Ou March ! IN.
The Jhupu~r ut the notices - tu give
iniuruiai iuu tu the elcrtur.. II such
information n gwen by posting mott
c"s Il week from the date specified by
law, the re~ult of the election held on
election dnN will undoubtedly hold
good
I wish to emphasize the fact that II
any protest concerning the result uf
The election j. Ia h" give considers
tiun II must be- held ~ ih. office ut
the county superintendent within thirtN y
DAYS after tue date of the elect ion.
The general election Law prov IdIng
for th" printing aud registration oi
ballots does not apply :" school elrr
tluns. II may bo We, however, ~
have ballots printed In any event
the name of the candidate aud the
length 1t term tor which he ~ to hc
elected should appear ou the written
"f printed ballot IN order that mere
may h." nu misunderstanding ~ ." ~"
results
. SON" r"uuty suprrlntcndrnt- that their
,rhuui uistrict> must mold school fof
u period Ot thre" months "a each year
\ few ycars ago there wus such a law
uu the statute books There ~ non,
81 TIA. nature ~ present At ~ u
fact that the salary of the county sup
rtiuicudcnt l. HNcd uu the basis ui
I Ih" uUmhrr ot school roOmS ~ winch
school T. kept for u period thrr,
months, hut II " not fact that tn,
1 di,ttH,s arc deprived oi tuclr quota
uI tnr public money because NJ not
having held school for three month
F during the year
iours very respectfully,
j. T.. CLARK
! Territorial Superintendent iuhli" IN
NtTuctIUn.
Department oi Educauon, santa =,
New Mexico, March ldtn, lal"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
..,...SS~-.. ...s.s...s.sssss..s~. 80.

This coming summer the famous u
year Locust is du" 10 appear ~ large
uumhers according people who awe Il
buy regarding hugs,
Where the lI.yeur old locust N r"in'
ing from nO man knows any morr than
It has been srirntificiully established
what made the wiid eat Wild, ~ what
te laughing hyeua finds 81 continuous
~ funny
The lo, -, however. docs appear aud
the people "hupged on bugs can
prove /,
AMI the thing that n interesting the
farmers and old timers most ~ whether
the locust will bring a "w" on his wing
or "P. as IN hoped. 'W' on a
l7.year locust = wings means war. There
is no reason under the sun thRt ~
known aa Ia why II should be always
either "W" or "P. hut those ARE the
only l.ttcfs that have h"en not 'i""d'
And also the locust lore cApcr's hnN"
n COED deal of statistical hacking when
they aseri that II the "W rs ON the
wings IL will surely mean war, ana "
the "P" il the wings II will lnsi ~
surely mean peace
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
HOTEL PROPOSITION
SURMITTE
Dalhart Man Interested In
Tucumcari Enterprise
and Will Furnish Half
the Money.
T HINK 1T OV Err

\ gentleman Of this city received this
week hotel proposition from a party
IN Dhlhaft. IN which he proposes 10
build hotel in Tucumcari 10 cost ESQ,
nOn aud agrees 10 take one half Of the
stock. the other half IA he taken by the
people ~ this city The only bonus he
asks II the use of the stock of the sub
~cribers for five year without interest
lie agrees 10 mortgage the hotel Ia ~
cure the other stoc kholders, aud asks
the privilege Of baying their stock NJ
the expiration Of the five Years Mt IT,
face value. The proposition u from n
man 0f means aud the letter j. on ale Ia
in the News office II the people ~
the city desire 10 consider the matter.
the letter may be had
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
Easter Long Celebrated in Many Lands


polluA. who Was immortal. impiorrd
,Jupitcr Ia allow hum to die also that
he might I bc parted from his broth
or. Instead, Jupiter permitted Castor
Ia return tu earth ON condition that
PolluN would spend half his life IN
had"s. " hen Jupiter saw that the
affection at POlluA tor his brother did
not hrsitni" ~ this condition he trans
lated them both iu the skies where
they form bright constellation. The
I,osition of thIs constellation, which
IL SHOWN a. the Grmini determined
the dat" ui the Roman egg festival
While some think that We may haNe
derived cur Easter egg custom from
either Persia ~ Rome, Others incline
10 the belief tuat II com.s To W. fron
the Jcws. who IN return derived u from
he Egyptians. Eggs were held by
ancient Egyptians q, an emblem "f
ri the rruoN ut Ion uf the world after
the dciugc. The Jews adopio this
rInhem Ia their own use aS type at
their deliNcfuhcc Irum the bondage
in Egypt. II was because Of tins that
"" find ~ egg among the articles pre-
-rribcd 10y law to tee placed upon the
table AT th" l'asrh.
In some puit> of Russia u WAS the
season. while the custom Uf making
presents of eggs common IA a,
parts of the country Ia Russia these
eggs are given ,.rectly. while iB Ger.
many, il IL essential that they Ice not
given from hand tn hand; taey must
Ice hidden and found, else no good
luck will follow.
Another very common egg game y
that the rolling hard.boiled aud colorrd
eggs ou the ground This game j.
played with few variations ia nearly
all parts of Europe. In the United
states the egg rolling on the White
10 give rolored egg To the pastor OF
he church on Faster morning Some
of the Russians wear gold egg a. an
ornament during the entire Faster
custom for every person IN the PARISH
House lawn ON Faster Monday ~ nn
annual festival to which hundreds Of
children look forwaru.
| Another familiar Easter symbol ~
the rabbit or hare. The presence Oi
the hare may oe quite likely aceoantes
for by the fact that the hare mas lOny
been the symbol of tne moon, and, al
every Que knows, Faster derives ~
date from the moon, the Counc.. o
Nice having dccreed an 3a5 tina
B Faster should be celebrated upon az
D FIRST sunday following the full meos
which comes next after the sisI ol
I March. II In more than likely that Il
d, is from this fact Of Easter following
5, the moon that We hud the hare nike
o up with our Easter celebration.
o In Germany the nare II usually pr
" lured sitting beside n nest Of eoioEe'
4 eRgs, aud on Easter every uermAl
.ousehold boasts q small image 81
4 hare executed IA chocolnts.
4 Ia the county of WAfw.sk. England
) ihofc wae an ODD ea-taM which NeUaI
thq rRr<op ~ che rarlsh ~ give
eaits Aead ara f<>< eeE> % any yuslA.
man whe would eaish hare an,
brinQ 4 90 the ehnfeh before II.
q clock on Ea<tcf mefnink.
Prem Lancashire comes an sxn.snn
lion of ancthsr familiar Sign of Haste,
tho Easter ally. The beamtIfui i.as
eashire ,nytn has u ,hat after N.
resufreetion the psases whefs 90,
Lord trod were marked ~ whils lil,a.
which srrans up snd hlossosnei N IA.
tooisteps.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
SCHOOL .lBRARIES.

IN order '" max" ~" public school
building, "sp"riuliN ~ uu" rural di'
tricts a center Of usefulness even when
there O., uu ,rhuol tine cri.utlHl de
partmrui "f "durat inu l. ngitntill" ne
sub iert Of establishing school Libraries
whiri are To open uol only Ia e.
pupils. hut also Ia parents. \ model
selection hooks - h"tug mHd" aud
Hpplirat ions are Hnrsdy hcing receive,
for IA" h,l. a. Espnu"iR. recently,
II public Srh"ul entertainment yirll"d
sufficient r"vrnu" for the "-ral. -hmcui
nf such u library.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19

should NuuT sweet heart seem tu liz
her mind rather upon hrr Easter nat
luan upon the Easter sermon, please
lo not show your ignorance 10y acru,.
ing her Oi vanity. She, no DOUBT, has
dol,cd deep IN oidtime lore and puts
full faith ~ the ancient belief that one
must wear some article ut dress for
the first ,lmc III Easter sunday 10 in.
sure good fortune m love ailnirs
ihrough th" year. Also, young women
With Easter hats have been knUwn
lu weep because Ut rain IN Easter sun.
dHN. However, the cause of ihis phcu
umrnou has absolutely ppthing to do
with the effect of rain upon ribbons aud
feathers. These maidcns believe, no
doubt. with lh" good folk ut SUSSEX
that the crops are sur. 10 inil II .,
,ain, on Easter SUNDAY, tor ram on
hat day port"nds rain Tor every day
Ia the following year.
- you see there az" good aud suili
rl"ui reasons ,Or IN" annual fuss ana
trouble over the ..aStrf hat. As au
outward and NisIhl" symbol of the IN
ucr ioyOu~ness II ~ almost as Chris
tiHuiiN. Of course the connection be
tween inner loyousncss aud mon
,ttusity that loOks lioc an old wooden
chopring hnw, sprouting ortiz n small
truck garden may not he apparent to
all We mus, leave that point To the
owner, of tn- hats who. Prof, Munster
berg tells ~, are not 10 intellectual 'bs
ulcu tat are more subtle ia reasoning
powers, II ~ Ia be- hoped that the
pr"i",-oT knows what this means.
Afirr the Easter bonnet, the most
widely known Faster symbOi II the
rul"rrd egg. The presence of the egg
IN our Easter celebration has been
accounted for ~ variety Oi ways.
With It's wonderful dormant germ OF
lite II j. truly maTVe,vu, thing. II
j. found IN every oriental cOsmOgony
aud II is not al all surprising at the
| rHHN Christians adopted u n u 81.
| cred ,ymbOl, for II ~ a perfect and
api emblem Of he resurrection. Al
| urst Inr cggs were cOlOred Only red
iu Hlmslon To the blood of the redemp'
| tiOn.
lhi> custom Of COlOTing eggs IL old
,t than Christianity, for ~ IN know
! 20 have been common among all anc
rui people. The parSees diHrilmtc
cd eggs at their spring festival, an
among the Egyptians, persians an
Gauls the egg was the cmr'cm Of un
ycrsM life. We ind an Aryan myt
which typifes the spring season by u
egg printed red or go,d.
The persians. even TO tue presel
day, ON n certain festival Mare
present one another with eolored egg
IN memory Of the two brothers vi
In ancient times broke together ~
cggs, one containing good aud the 9th
evil spirits, thus mixing tho good "A
evil Ia the world.
= The Romans had spring ~
daring whieh they ran races cn on
shaped tracks and reeeivad eRHs 4
Iprifns. Thes4 games were ip hono
~ Castor and PoiinA. thc twin soas o
fJnpiter aud ieds, who canle forth ffon
an eEE depossted BY Leda wac d
the Ruisc Of a snow.sform swan. yss
tor aud Pollux had va distinguishes,
themselves with Jason IN search o
the "u."en fleece an in the tniydon
ian hunt that they were made ths
deities ~ boxing, wrestling and al
equestrian sports. One OF these twins
castor was a mortal and was killed
IN cambat, with the sons OF Aspnnreus
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
RlcEpTIo.. TO MRS. HurcHINso.I

Mrs. Earl George CAV" reception ~
honor Of Mrs. X. l.. Hutchinson who
WIS recently married in this city, Fri
day afternoon about seventy fv"
ladies were present. In the line of rc
ception were Mrs George. Mrs. Hutch
inson. aud Mrs. 3 Anderson. Punch
was served by Mr.. g. u I.Chcnault, Mrs
e, e. Morton. Mrs r. 4. Sanders aud
Mrs james Conwcll in the dining room
Frances Morton attended the d"or and
Mrs ! II Chapman presided at the
piano.
Miss Esiclla Chapman, sister II G..
e. chapman. will arrive N the city 10
night. and will spend several months
with her relatives.
We learn as We go IN press that Jesse
Il Morris. who lives on east Main street
IN seriously III
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
BAY VIEW
CLUB MEET
A Session of Much Interest
Was Held Last Saturday
and Another This Week.
MRS. THoMPsoNs NEXT

The hay View Club met on Saturday
uf last week This date was selected
for the accommodation Of Mrs. ltcsS.
one Of our teacher members, and there
WIS M unusually large number. cut 10
enjoy the day.
Roll call was responded to IN the ~
cital of events In Dutch history. by
Mcsdnmes Bcrth. Bess. Cady, Chenault
'rofford. Donohoo. Ueorge, Goldenberg,
Gordon. Kinds. farrell. Koch. Moore,
Muirhead. Randlr, Sanders. sherwood.
Thomson and Wclch, while those lis
tened. Us guests, Mcsdamcs Rogers, Sny
der Norenberg and Miss Thomson.
Mrs. CRdy In the lesson, told ~ Of
"rhc First Inhabitants of Ncdetlnud.
Saxo Tristan Movement. Mrs George
took ~ through 'rhe Hague, point
inp nut all Of It's many attractions, while
The Government Of Holland was
outlined by Mrs. Donohoo, from early
times. through democracy, the republic
the United Kingdom of Holland aud
Monarchy ia its various departments
7 The reading. by Mrs Randle, de-erih
I'D vividly "Wintcr in Holland. - aud
Mrs Kinds closed the program 10y rcnd
/ my the ucautifti response of SELMA
l.agcrnf when she was presented the
n"hlc~t prize for literature. recently.
The pleasure of the day was much
enhanced by piano selections by Mrs.
| Snyder. and q song by Master snyder.
! The hostes. assisted hy Miss Ann Rus
sell aud Miss Madeline Gaudin. served
delicious lemon sherh"t aud cake.
Adjournment was Ia meet un the reg
ulaT day, with Mrs. DonohoO
| This weeks meet ing was h"ld ~ Hii.
nounccd, and although the attendance
was small. ai present seemed To spend
u pleasant day.
Roll Call brought forth the --latest
Dutch Personals, News, etc, D" in NJ far
~ II was obtainable, and routine bus
mess was transacted, Toe pres ldrui .
gan the program by relating ~ u-
What Has Come to us from the Iris
inns by telling of Kmal de Groote. aud
the Incursious of the Northmcn;" then
gave the history of the "Royal Family
"f Holland, with much about the pres
ent Queen. The paper by Mrs. Koch
"Great Names in Dutch History" was
fine, aud the literary program fitting
~ closed with the National Hymn OF
Holland, plaved nv Mrs. sherwood
And after the exhaustive parliament
Iary drin by Mrs Kinds, oil were read,
for the fruit lee. cake and philop.nas
served by the hostess. assiti by Mrs
Sherwood, and great, good time WA
had meanwhile.
| Those in attendance we're Mesdame,
Bccth, Cady, Chenault. Crofford, n,n
lohoo. George, Gordon, Kinds, Koch, Muir
head. Sanders. Sherwood. and Thomson
club meets next week with Nta
Thomson
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-19
NEW MEXICO JUDoEsHIPs
SOON TO BE SETTLED

"The remaining appointments io
iudgcships In New Mexico will prob
ably be made within n few days. ! am
Informed that III" prospects are now
very good for home man to be Rp
pointed in the Fourth district aud J.
seems practically assured that Judge
McFie will be- ~ appointed one OF
the reasons for the delay IN making
these appointments has been that the
department Of iusticc desired the dis
ttict hill. allowing the Judges TO make
assignments for the territory. to b."
passed This hill has passed the house
aud mas been reported In the senate. -
III o. Bursum.