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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Bill Defeated by the Lawyers.

Lawyers in the senate few days
ago defeated the Mather bill permit
ting trust companies to act as admin
istrators and executors of estates by
vote of "a to 5. 1t was argued at
torneys do the work as expeditiously
as the trust companies and that 1t was
in many instances more difficult to
make collections from trust compa-
nies than from attorneys. A bill by
Mather permitting the consolidation
of banks without capital stock under
supervision of the state superintend-
ent of banks was passed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Davis Expenses Charged to State.

A report of the Investigations of the
fire marshal's office given Senator
Beatty shows, it is said,' that Hy d.
Davis unlawfully collected from the
state 1891 for railroad fare, hotel ex-
penses and telephone bills during his
administration in that department.
Under authority of recent decision
from Attorney General Denman the
graft probers will ask Davis to refund
the money.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Provides for Forest Preserves.

A proposal for the state to go into
the business of forest reclamation is
carried in the bill of Judge Dever
Portsmouth, presented in the house
1t provides that Ohio state university
shall purchase delinquent tax lands
and establish forest preserves. The
university further is required to add
department of forestry to it's curicu-
lum. An appropriation of $4,000 is
carried for the first year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Salary Is Increased.

Two other bills by Senator Mather,
one increasing the salary of the ac-
tuary in the insurance department
from $2,40O to $4,000, the other estab-
fishing criminal court in Akron,
were passed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11

The "billbooks" are understood to
have been pocketbooks. 1t is said
that they were purchased for members
of the legislature to be included in
their package of loot. Some of the
articles, it is understood, were used
by state officials for personal presents
to clerks in their departments and
outside friends. Yet for this purpose
the bill shows SO dozen "billbooks" in
a single purchase, when an estimate
of every man, woman and child about
the state house shows that 20 dozen
would have been ample to go around.
While the prices ranged from $12 to
$100 dozen, they should in no case
have exceeded SIS, according to Sen
ator Beatty.
Witnesses, the committee says, al
ready have been secured who will go
on the stand and explain the manner
No immunity will be offered. how
ever to the men higher up" who
were, involved in the transactions.
Word has been received from Senator
Deaton of Champaign county and Rep
resentative Winters of Erie county,
members of the committee, that they
had been unable to locate John H.
Payne in Detroit. Payne, a former
employe of the Ruggles-Gale Co., sup
ply house, Columbus, is supposed to
have intimate knowledge of dealings
with state departments for a long
term of years. Deaton and Winters
reported that the last heard of Payne
he was in Bedford, Pa. One or both
of them will follow the trail to Penn
sylvania.
While Payne is wanted as a witness
and will be promised immunity if he
can be located, Chairman Beatty says
his testimony is not necessary to
fasten responsibility for the graft al
ready. uncovered. He might, how
ever be most valuable witness in as
sisting to uncover new leads. 1t is
the present plan for the committee to
hold an open session. New leads are
| to be left for future developments.
There is work enough already in sight
to keep the committee going at top
speed for a month, Chairman Beatty
says.
Resulting from the work of the
state house probers Investigations in
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Mrs. s. j. Barber says:

81 think Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
is the best medi-
cine in the world
for women-and
! feel it my duty
to let others
know the good it
has dore for me.
Three years ago
/ had a tu m or
which the doctor
said would have
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11

to be removed by an operation or I
could not live more than a year,
or two, at most. 1 wrote Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, for advice, and
took IA bottles of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and to-
day the tumor is gone and 1 am a
perfectly we'll woman. I hope my
testimonial will be of benefit to 9TH
ers:" Mrs. S. j. BARBER, Scott.
N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Mrs. w. *. Housh says:

81 h We be en-
completely cured
of a severe fe-
male trouble by
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, and
want to recon-
mend it to all suf-
fering women. "
Mrs. w. K.
|HoUsH, z East
view Ave, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11

table Compound, and the pain soon
disappeared. l continued its use
and am now in perfect health.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has been a God-send to me
as 1 believe 1 should have been in
my grave if it had not been for Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
Mrs. GEORGE MAY, SO 4th Ave..
Paterson, N. j.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11

Because your case is a difficult
one, doctors having done you no
good, do not continue to suffer with
out giving Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound trial. 1t surely
has cured many cases of female ills,
such inflammation, liberation, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, etc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Mrs. George May says:

|"No one knows
what / have suf-
|fered from fe-
male troubles,
neuralgia pains,
land backache.
My doctor said
The could not give
me anything to
]cure it. Through
1.-THE advice of q
friend / began
Ito use Lydia E.
IPinkham's Vege-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-03-11
Mrs. Il. f. Hayes says:

81 was under the
doc tor s treat
ment for a fbroid
/ tumor. Isuffered
with pain, sore
ness, bloating, G,
and could no t
| walk or stand on
| my feet any
] length of time. I
lw ro tie to Mrs.
IPinkham for adj
Ivice, followed her
directions and
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
Robin Eats Many Bugs.

Speaking of the conservation of
wild birds, Willia1 L. Finley of Port
land, Ore, lecturer of the National
Association of Audubon Societies, de-
clared at the Conservation congress at
Seattle that to destroy the wild bird
was to destroy the forests, and he Of
fered figures to show the important
part they took in protecting the agri-
culturist and the horticulturist from
the ravages of insects. He cited the
robin, which has been found to devour
175 caterpillars in a day, and in
stanced the finding Of over one hun
dred potato bugs in the cIop of one
Bob White and two spoonfuls Of
chinch bugs in another. A mother
sparrow, he said, had fed II grasshop-
pers and two spiders to its seven-day-
old hedglings in 81 minutes.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
UPS AND DOWNS OF COTTON
Government Reports Indicate Smaller
Yield Than Last Year-Bluff
of Manufacturers.

The recent tremendous slump in the
price of cotton on the floors of the
New York and New Orleans cotton ex.
changes is not in the least surprising.
Apparently enough, the price has been
artihcially boosted to the high figures
touched during the early days of last
week, says Baltimore American. The
talk of sending the price up to 70
cents by the operation Of a southern
holding syndicate was, Of course, but
a part Of the windy crusade of the
speculative boomers.
The recent threat Of cotton manufac.
turing plants up New England way to
shut down their mills one day in each
week because Of the advance in the
price of the raw material was also
probably something in way Of a bluff.
According to Boston reports, New Eng.
land manufacturers controlling sev.
eral millions of spindles had deter.
mined to adopt this method, and the
reports from the mill sections sur.
rounding Greenville, Anderson and
Union, s. c., were to the same effect
that Is, that factory owners had de.
termined to run only five days in the
week during the nine months from the
1st Of November TO the 1st Of
August.
At the beginning Of last week quo
tations on the New York cotton ex
change scored higher than at any pre-
vious period since the famous cam
paign when Sully wound up his spec
ulative career. The government re
ports indicate that the cotton yield Of
the United States for the present yeal
will fall far short Of the yield of last
year. But an advance Of over $40 pei
bale beyond the price that prevailed
at this time, IL months ago was mo-
warranted by the existing conditions
After all, there is a good deal of cot
ton that is not yet spun into cloth, ant
there Is not a large probability tha
there viii be al underclothes shortagu
between now and next July. when tn
1910 crop win begin to iow market
ward.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Even the best farm boy needs an oc
casional raking over.
Have you organized that Brother
hood Of Road Draggers yet?
+ The man with a clear conscience
and a good appetite is richer. thar
many millionaire.
| The plumber doesn't build air cas-
ties. He is satisfied to put the pipei
IN them.
If the butchers should ever form 6
trust, the trust-busters would probably
make mincemeat Of 1t.
The self-made man generally acts as
though he thought he ought to take
out a patent on himself.
When the Lord made some men he
put the hairspring in the brain and the
handspring in the mouth.
The greatest cotton crop in III,
United States was that of 1908, which
ION the farm, was valued at $722,OOO,
900.
Book knowledge Of farming is indis.
,pensable, but so is actual practice
One will not work we'll without the
other.
Overlooking is worse than under
feeding, because you not only retard
the growth of your stock but waste
your feed.
Do not forget If the manure pile Is
allowed to grow the bank account will
later shrink. Manure means money
and it quickly loses its producing
power by leveling.
The time was when mortgage and
man got on the same farm the man
was the one who had to leave, but
since alfalfa came it is the mortgage
that has to leave.
The lowly porker is becoming a
high priced animal. The man able to
have pork on his table as often as he
wishes is something of nabob. Here
is where the farmer comes in first
best If he wills it to be so, for being a
pork producer, he can keep enough
Tor his own use. The farmer is the
coming nabob Of this country, any.
how.
The gamblers, Spectators and the
partisan politicians would like to pro
duce a split in the ranks of the Farm.
ers' union for they look upon it as
their enemy, and rightly. But the
union will not split over a small mis-.
construction of resolution like that
merchant marine one adopted at Gal.
vestion. The members of the union
are not children, nor were they born
yesterday, nor christened to-day.
The sooner farmers get educated
away from old machinery they are
able to buy at low price at public
sales, the better work they can do in
the field and the less will be their
bother. An old machine is very often
responsible for a poor job, and at the
same time the yearly cost of the old
machine may be greater than with the
new. 1t isn't the first cost but the
year cost of machine that counts.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
ONION PROPOSED TO FARMERS
B. 2. Yoakum, Prominent Railroad Of.
fetal, Says Railroads and TlIIers
Should Join.

In an address on The Development
Of the Southwest, the Need Of the
Hour" delivered recently at Dallas,
Tex, B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the
board Of directors Of the Frisco and
Rock Island systems, urged union
between the railroads and the farm
ers.
Whether accomplished through ex.
isting organizations or by other meth,
DDS, an organized system upon bust,
mes principles that will promote the
interest Of the farmer, is inevitable, /"
said Mr.. Yoakum. IF those who are
giving the subject attention do not
find way, others will. Such a move.
ment is not impossible or impracti.
cable and the progressive element Of
the farming interest Of this country
will take hold Of 1t In a way to accom-.
plish results.
IF there are 10000 bales of cotton
stored in properly constructed ware
house, built In way to overcome as
nearly as possible fire risk and locat.
ed on a railroad track, when the cot.
ton is hauled from the farm and de.
posted in that warehouse there is no
further expense in drayage to its
owner and only slight storage charge
such as the farmers organization
may fix to take care of expenses. I'm.
der well-organized system the ware.
house receipt given for each bale of
cotton will be good to its owner as
far as its borrowing value extends.
The railroad can give you this market
aid, but 1t cannot go any farther.
You, through your organization and
cooperation with the banking inter.
ests, must do the rest.
Manufacturers are organized,
transportation is organized, the bank.
ers have systematic method Of
handling their business; the produc.
ers Of the raw agricultural material
(the annual production of which
amounts to sS,OOO,OOO,OO cotton alone
approximating $6OO,OOO,OOO) are not
working under a systematic organiza.
tion through which they can cooper.
ate to their advantage. An organiza.
tion of the farming interests cannot
be made rs effective in any other way
as through cooperation with its next
door neighbor, the railroad. The two
interests, by working together, create
for both the railroad and the farmer
a beneficial business condition that
brings the farmers organization into
closer touch with the financial and
business interests of the country. The
cooperation of the three classes
without political interference, is es
sential to full measure of success
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
Green Feed for Hens.

In my estimation, the most impor-
tant winter green feed for hens is
clover hay, run through a cutting ma
chine and fed dry, says writer in
Baltimore American. The fowls
should have access to it at all times.
Next to this, l would place patch of
rye, sown where the fowls can run in
It when the weather is 1T Cabbage
comes next. This should be hung by
a cord from the ceiling. My poultry
yards are all sown to clover, and
find the chickens will eat every stalk,
Rye and cabbage are too loosening for
q winter feed. l dampen and salt
clover for fowls once a week and
sprinkle bran and meal over this mix
ture.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
TRICKS OF THE MIDDLEMEN
There Should Be Some Arrangement
by Which Producer Can Keep
Control of His Products.

There is no question in our minds
but that the average commission
man is as honest as circumstances
will permit, but at the same time
there are many of whom this is not true,
and it is more due to the slip-shod
manner in which consignments are
made than to any other cause. An
FL Centro paper relates that a melon
grower of that place who received
next to nothing for his crop of canta-
loupes, was in a northern city three
days after he stopped picking, and
saw at a grocer's some crates Of can
taloupes from his own ranch. The
grocer said he paid $3.50 to five dol.
lars a crate for the melons. Accord
ing to the commission mans returns,
these same melons were sold for
freight" Somebody between the
grocer and the grower made big
profit. Who was It?
A system which allows the grower
to ship his stuff to any person who is
wholly irresponsible and who has only
the word of that person as to the dis
position of his shipments or the
prices received for them, is grossly
wrong. There is no doubt that there
are some middlemen who take advan-
tage of this condition to rob their
clients, and that the whole class arE
blamed for It; but there are honest
commission merchants who do the
best they can for their clients, and 1t
In this class who ultimately prosper
while the others disappear after a
season or two. But the dupes Of the
rascally class lose their confidence in
all commission men. There should
be some means by which the grower
does not lose all control Of his prod.
ucts after shipping them, and by
which the middleman should be made
accountable to him. AS 1t Is now,
produce is practically the property Of
the middleman as soon as It reaches
him, and what he may give the grow
er is a matter Of generosity. He may
as has often been done, sell 1t and
report 1t dumped and pocket the full
amount, or falsify his statements and
return part while keeping the rest
While the present system prevails the
producer should inform himself as Il
the general character Of the man ht
ships to. and deal only with thost
who have a reputation for square
dealing.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES

1t is always best to have your valuable
papers, deeds, mortgages, wills, contracts,
etc, in safe place. Free from fire, free
from burglars, free from floods. You will
have it if you get one of our safety deposit
boxes, which will cost you onlys2. per year.
In order to get you acquainted with this
business come in and use one of these boxes
free of charge for 2 months, after which
you can see whether you want to get one
for year.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
Curing Hams by Electricity.

The new process Of curing hams By
electricity is being worked out by the
large packing concerns at Chicago.
The meat is placed in large watts filed
with pickle Of salt, sugar and salt
peter and the electric current Is
passed through the vat. It is claimed
that. by the new process time and cost
of curing are both reduced, the keep
ing quality improved as compared
with the ordinary method.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
Care Of Breeding Stock.

The breeding stock must be kept in
the best Of growing condition-but not
too fat. Some corn, stalks and all,
with pumpkins, ETC., will keep them in
good flesh and thrifty; but q nitro
genous ration, such as wheat, rye,
oats or barley, will insure growth and
thrift and the formation Of flesh and
bone.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
ORGANIZATION IS THE NEED
Civilization Has Reached That Stage
Where Capitalization Is Necessary
for Preservation.

We may decry the trusts and the
combines as we please, may pass in
efectual laws against them till dooms-
day, but the fact remains that we
have reached that stage in our civ
Ilization that Capitalization is an alb
solute necessity for our preservation,
says Orchard and Farm. A member
Of an organization, with the COM
bined power Of all the separate units
at his back, viii succeed, while he
who Is determined to "go it alone"
without the power which numbers
give, will be crushed beneath the on
coming organizations. This is true
Of the fruit business In California, as
Of all other forms Of business else
where. 1t has largely been in those
classes which are organized that
there has been success, or which have
yielded their individuals profit for
their labors; or even, we might say,
have saved them from loss. The Or
ange men Of the south have their
splendid organization. They don't
call it a trust, because trusts are IL
legal, but 1t works exactly on the same
lines, and they receive a fair remu-
neration for their labor and fair in
terest in their investment. The fruit
distributors in the north handle the
fresh fruit shipments, and to a great
extent have control of the markets,
and the members of this organization
have dividends. And so, all along
the line. Just so far as the producers
are combined, and Just in proportion
as they can control the markets for
their products, just so far are they
prosperous, and, by the reverse just
to the extent that they endeavor to
work along individual lines just so far
they fail.
The raisin and the prune growers,
representing as they do two of the
most important fruit industries Of
the state, have endeavored for years
to form some kind of a working or
ganization, but too often have been
swayed by outside influences to>their
detriment, and have not been sue
cessful, and, as a result, raisins
and prunes go begging, and there is
no money in them" The wine-grape
growers have no organization, and
some of them are selling their grapes
at five dollars ton. The winemakers
have a strong organization and are
buying these grapes at low price.
The raisin growers are learning by
hard experience and are now endeav-
bring to organize a corporation to
handle the bulk, if not all of the crop.
It will not be a trust, but it will en-
deavor to control the raisin market,
and get fair prices. 1t is proposed
to organize with capital enough to
handle the whole raisin crop, and then
pack and market it from one central
point. If this is done the markets
can be exploited, new markets opened
and there will be no overproduction
Of raisins and no surplus to feed to
the hogs. Let one body, and that
body composed of the growers them
selves, have control of the crop, let II
be handled from one central office
and prices fixed to meet the demand
Then let the demand be increased
by proper exploitation, which can Le
done, and we shall hear no more about
destroying the raisin vineyards and
growing alfalfa.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Mrs. c. G. Morrison stopped at
Hutchinson Saturday evening,
while returning form the Eastern
Star meeting, for a visit with the
Giles family. Mr.. Morrison join
ed her there Sunday morning and
they returned home Sunday evens
ing.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

The farmer who knows his busi-
ness and owns land will find the road
to financial ease much smoother than
Il has been. Prices are sure to re-
main better than they have been here
tofore. and production will be great
ly increased by improved methods and
seed.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

There is as much in how you feed as
In what you feed. Many a generous
feeder wastes no small part Of his pro
vender by following ignorant and inju-
dicious methods.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
MONEY SECURED

Our deposits being secured, it tmakes your
money in our bank just as safe az any gov
ernment bond or post office order. We pay
you a larger per cent than any postal saw.
ings bank could pay you.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
COnVicts on Farm.

Kansas maintains farm near town
where petty criminals are sent TO
work out their fines. Excellent crops
are raised and the farm is run at Q
profit.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
SAVINGS BANK

You can start a savings bank account
with US with sl.OO. We pay interest on all
time deposits.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Harry Diffenbacher was in
Hutchinson Monday.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Jake StOskOpf and John Hester.
Of HOiSingtOn were in the city
Monday.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
JunIpr. Senior Banquet.


The Junior-Senior banquet Tues
night was the social event Of the
school year. Mayor Dawson rep
resented the city, Dr. Morrison re-
presented the school board and Rev.
Cockerill the minister's. Mr.. Hull
was POSTMASTER and every toast was
a gem.
The banquet was served by Mrs.
Orm and was one of the best that
the school has enjoyed. 1t was
served in five courses and in a very
dainty manner.
Frank Mall of the south side,
visited the boys up in Ford coun-
ty last week.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Miss Stella Cornell left for the
east this week.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Studebaker buggies are up-to.date.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20
READ!

The deposits the Citizens National Bank Bankers
and Surety Co.. Of Topeka Kan An insurance
bankers the the Kansas The
secure deposits but keep banks from failing thus casting blight
ty See write for full particulars. .
We interests deposits We make our customers
township school bonds goodEnte good estate
loans No has lost dollar from
recommended them make Over s5 OO 90 have people
county foolish unsafe gequ investments The way hap
pnes the old safe getting worth
bank db safe all dealings with the people has
beginning Of estne 9years started with Toda deposits
$l2OOO0 Its capital stock sOOOOOO surplus S15OOOO Surplus
invested, $@ 100000.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

W. G. Merritt was in Kansas
City on business last week.
Barton County democrat., 1910-05-20

Melvin Foster, of Denver, is Wis
iting with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B.
Walker, of the south side.