The Taney County republican., 1910-07-07
SOME OBSERVATIONS.
BY JOE G. UPTON.

DI JUC u. UfsUV.
I made a little trip to Springfield last
week. The farther I got from home
the poorer the corn looked. Around
Sprin gfeld the corn was about six inches
high. In the White river bottoms
around Forsyth it is beginning to tassel.
Come to think about it, it is most al
ways the case that corn looks mighty
good around here up to the Fourth of
July. Then the drouth generally sets
in and the corn does not live up to
early promises. But l am more hope
full this year. 1t has been very dry
this spring and if the rainfall for the
whole year keeps up to the average,
which it generally does, we have got
to get a whole lot of rain yet. IT we
get it we are going.to have bumper
corn crop in Taney.
While the corn prospects are better
nearer home, the reverse is true OF
wheat. Up the line, especially across
the panhandle of Christian county,
they have fine wheat. The shocks are
thick on the ground, and as far as
could be told from the car window the
quality was good. Speaking of wheat
reminds me of what happened to lot
of farmers who had lot of wheat on
low ground about this time last year,
the water got up and washed it away.
And that has occurred several times in
the past, yet noticed good deal of
it exposed the same way this year.
Now I lay no claims to being farmer,
but if the farmers will take FOOLS ad-
vice they will get their wheat off the
low ground right now. They will be
safe, anyway.
Going up on the train I rode some
ways in a seat with Rev. Lynn Ross, of
Lamar. Mr.. Ross had been down here
in fancy preaching couple of ser
mons. His original intention had been
to preach at Branson Monday night
and at Forsyth Tuesday night and get
home Wednesday night, but funeral
held him at home until Tuesday and
he preached at Branson Wednesday
night, at Forsyth Thursday night and
was getting home Friday night. This
left him only Saturday to get up his
Sunday sermon. He began telling me
his troubles, how he had only one day
to prepare that which he generally took
three days to prepare. You never
get up against anything like that" he
said. But I showed him where editors
and preachers had good deal in COM
mon in that respect. When a rush of
job work hits our Office we have to
write the matter for our paper at odd
moments. This is especially true in
small towns where the editor has also
to be compositor, ad setter, job printer,
proof reader, pressman' and mailer.
Many and many is the time I would
be mighty glad to have even one day
in the week to do my writing without
having to look after half dozen other
things.
From preaching to booze is a long
jump, but booze attracted my attention
on the return trip. At every station
there were from two to a dozen pack
ages put off that were wrapped in
pastebe ard and labeled "glass, handle
with care" or not glass, but easily
broken.' Now I do not absolutely
know that those packages contained
booze but am satisfied they did .'and
I believe mott any one else feels the
same way about it. 1t is evident that
booze cannot be obtained to any great
extent in the territory along the railroad
or the boys wouldn't send of after it.
Which shows that somebody is enforc
ing the liquor laws.
On the way home met county sur
vevor T. T. Smell ar HolIicter He had