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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-13
Faets ll.fuI IL Know.

To cool q hes dish ia 4 hurry. place
it in a vessel full of cold sal; water
II MIXED With milk Iffsfead Of Wi
ter. mustard will not get dry. hui vii
keep nice and fresh until ii is iii
used up
A little vinesar put ID the water u
which eg4s aie poa hssl Viii ketsl'
them white aid ereyeut tllela flafs
spreading.
Whei. using ss.iaable sases fcs
bic decorations ill them With sasss
FOR this makes them stand siTnliy Il
renders them far less liable to !,
knocked oyer aud broken.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-13
Ilnhapnv Fence.

Because 90 nlanv rats were drowned
in the Paris sewers and washed away
the French Kid glove supply viii be
greatly curtailed
And now d shortage of behring's
along the coast Of Maine seriously
threatens the supply Of French sar
Zines. Sieye.sEa ] iGis Iealer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-13
Naw LIGHT on Holmes.

Two old ladies wandering about the
Public library building in Boston the
other day entered Bates hall aud eazeli
fnterestedly at a bust of Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes in black bronze
Well one old lady renafked rerv
audibly to the other QUE. "A lever
knew before that DR.. Holmes vas
negro Success Magazlna.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-13


the of XIII, May 81 G IS
safdto be
fun name vesV Julia Christina
royal couple the little Prince Of the Aur
necklace If
He IS
Lon Alfonso Of apparent throne Of Spain
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-13


known cirbwomen are receiving the
thanks of government officials because
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-03-13

"a R RS. PHILIP N. MOORE Of
M st. Louis. president of the
National Federation of Va
mems Clubs. and other we'll
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07
COndra's Livery, Hack
and Baggage Line
First Class Rigs
Prompt Service
A. G. COndra
Prop. Phone 200

Adam Krause visited his parents
at Lacrosse Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will BuSchmann
and son were up from Stafford
county Monday.
Phillip Brack headed a delega-
ton Of Otis people to our city
Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Marx, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Chapman, Mrs. Rob
ert Downing, and Miss Luella
Turner returned from a visit to
Plains this week.
A mix up of some kind occur
red at HOiSingtOn Saturday even
ing, as a result of which two col
Ored women are being held in
jail awaiting the results of some
wounds inflicted by them upon a
While man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07
This contractor got results. 4.

Some years ago a contractor build
ing railroad in a warm climate was
troubled great deal by sickness
among the laborers.
He turned his attention at once to
their food and found that they were
getting full rations Of meat and were
drinking water from stream near by.
He issued orders to cut down the
amount Of meat and to increase greatly
the quantity Of Quaker Oats fed 10 the
men.
He also boiled Quaker Oata and
mixed the thin oatmeal water with
their drinking water. Almost instantly
all signs Of stomach disorders passed
andhis men showed a decided improve
mentin strength and spirits. This com
tractor had experience that taught him
the great value Of good oatmeal, 8
Packed in regular size packages.
and in / Tmetically sealed tins for hot
climates. &
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07

Will Rubart was up in NebraS-
ka on business this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. al Brown left
this week for a short visit east.
Miss Pearl Emley was in Lyons
this week attending. the wedding
of her old college chum, Miss Gail
Sutton.
James Cox, for a time connect
ed with the Cyclone store, was
visiting friends in town part Of
this week.
N. LIGHTER and son were down
from the north part of Eureka
this week. He made this office
a pleasant call.
Henry Born visited at Lacrosse
Sunday. Mrs. Born and the chill
dren have returned from a visit
Of several days in that city.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07

is stated to be fourteen years and
the average cost 1871 cents. There
is, however, great difference in
the lasting properties of differ
ent woods. Usage orange lasts
five times as long as willow does,
and for length of service it heads
the list of post timbers in the
state. The comparative life Of
ether posts is shown in the fol
lowing list, ranging from the
longest period to the Shortest
red cedar, locust, white oak, nor
thern white cedar or arbOrvitae,
catalpa, black walnut, butternut,
red oak and willow.
The average cost of posts var
les for different woods, and for
the same woods in different local
tiles. Red cedar is most expen,
sive, at an average of 26& cents
each, and willow the cheapest al
4 cents.
Taking into consideration the
time a post will last, and the cost
of buying it and setting it in thu
ground, the conclusion must b.
drawn that the Usage orange pos
is the most economical in Iowa
followed by white oak, locust, ca
talpa, red cedar black walnut, bu
ternut, willow, white cedar, anC
red oak in the order named.
Comparatively few posts of
I few of these woods are used. Ca
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07
Something About Fence Posts.

The U. s. Department OF Agrl-
culture estimates that the farmers
of the single state of Iowa use
every year 81, 100000 worth of
new fence posts, which cost the
equivalent of 100000 for setting |
them in the ground. Further, the
Department officials believe a
part of this expenditure might be
saved.
The opportunity for economy
is found; first, in using the kinds
of posts which, taking into ac-
count both cost and durability,
are cheapest in the long run, and,
secondly, by treating the posts
to prevent decay, particularly the
kinds which decay most quickly.
When a farmer sets post which
will have comparatively short
life. he loses not only through hav
ing to buy a new post, but also
because of the additional labor
involved in setting it. 1t is true
that in both cases no money out
lay may be involved, for he may
set the posts himself, after get
ting them from his own wOOd-lOt.
I0f those used last year In Iowa
seventy per cent, it Is estimated,
were grown on the farms where
they were used, or were obtained
from farmers or wOOd-lOt own
ers and only thirty per cent were
bought from lumber dealers. New
ertheleSS, the farmer is out his
labor and a part of the product
of his wOOdlot which is used up,
even though he does not pay out
any cash.
The facts concerning the use
of fence posts in Iowa was
brought Out by an investigation
which the Department OfAgricul
ture has been making through In
quirieS sent to farmers. Severa
thousand replies have been uSeC
in compiling the figures, which
combined with statistics issued b.
the Iowa State Board of Agricul
ture as to the number of farmer
and the acreage, furnished the to
tails. According to these total
about 100000 posts are calle'
for yearly to build and repair tn
fences on 2O9,163 farms, Of a
average size of 1881 acres each.
The average life of a fence pos
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07

talpa and butternut together do
not constitute one per cent, while
white oak exceeds forty per cent.
rom white oak, the highest, the
numbers range down in the fol-
lowing order: White cedar, Usage
orange, red cedar, willow. black
walnut, locust, butternut and ca
talpa. A few posts are cut from
other woods. Nearly or quite one
half of all the posts were round,
indicating that most Of the trees
were cut too small to split.
The low place attained by the
LACK walnut and butternut, gen.
orally rated high in lasting prop
critics, is probably due to the fact
hat the posts were round and
small, and therefore largely sap
wood which decays quickly. The
life of such posts would be much
extended by giving them preServ-
alive treatment. This increases
the life O. all wooden posts, and
more than doubles the period Of
usefulness of those which are
mostly SapwOOd. The two mil,
lion dollars spent yearly by Iowa
farmers might be materially les.
sened by putting into practice
the well known methods of wood
preservation. 1t costs much less
to treat a post than to buy a new
one and set it in the ground and
in addition much wood could bC
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07
Farm Crops and Markets.

Inc prices OF some farm PRIV
duets have declined both in this
country and abroad in cOnSe-
quence of the better outlook for
the crops to be gathered. Wheat
is cheaper, as the reports from
the threShing machines show
that the quantity and quality Is
better than was expected month
ago. The average wheat crop Of
the world is estimated to be large
enough to supply the demand so
that high prices can hardly be ex-
pected until the usual rush of fall
deliveries to the local elevators
is over for the season. The price
Of wheat in the United States Is
now on a parity with foreign mar
kets which accounts for the ex-
port demand that has set in from
france where the wheat crop Is
short, which if continued may
cause an Improvement in price
later. 1t is we'll to remember how
ever, that when navigation on the
Great Lakes closes there is gen.
orally a drop in the price OF ce-
reals to equal the increase in the
cost of transportation.
Speculation in corn is limited,
as the quantity of the crop will
be uncertain until secured from
frost, and as much corn was late
in being planted early frost wOul1
greatly diminish the quantity as
well as quality of the harvest,
The probabilities of early frost
in this year of such violent chang
es in temperature is quite likely,
but as the relative price of corn,
considering its feeding value, eX,
ceedS the other cereals, it will
not do to expect higher prcies un-
til this year is gone, unless there
should be a general killing frost
in the northern corn states.
That there is an enormous oat
crop seems certain, for receipts
at the principal western points
during August are the largest for
one month ever recorded, and
the price is therefore re:cding.
The corner in August cotton
forced the price to 20 cents il
New York but the September OPP
ton is less than 10 cents. There
is probably a short crop OF cot
ton, which an early frost may
still further decrease. The cOtto'
mills have very generally beef
shut down for the past two week
which shows the slack demand
for cotton goods at present, bu
this must lead to a greater de
mand hereafter, so that the aver
age price for the crop of 1901
may be as good as that for l9O9
10. As foreign cotton SPINNING
business is improving the deman'
from that quarter should help t
keep up the price and even in
crease it beyond the present lev
Ell, for there will certainly be n
great surplus to be taken care OF
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07
,aYed for other PURPOSES.

saved for other purposes. The
Department of Agriculture has
made a special study of practical
methods of preserving farm tam,
hers, so that it is able to inform
interested inquirels how to do
this for themselves.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07

John Stevens was up fromLaw:
ton this week. 49, "a
Mrs. A. Bass, Of MCPHERSON
has been in the city this week Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Fred New
cOmbe. The two ladies went to
Larned also for a visit. .
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-10-07
Ladies' and Misses Skirts

large shipment just arrived beautiful effects copied from the
popular hobe but modified into splendid garment Also plenty OF extra
large skirts, priced from Sc to $780,
Two splendid numbers in crispy wolfe at $40 and Sill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25

words that 1 am ashamed to tell you
We were arrested when we did not
even talk to one another. One boy
was SO beaten by the plain clothes men
that for 10 days he could not open his
mouth to receive food
Have Ladies' Auxiliary.
After the address a number of the
machinists' wives, sisters and daugh-
ters formed temporary organization
and arranged for a meeting to place
the Ladies' auxiliary on a firm basis.
The benefits arising from such CO.
operation were impressed on all.
The social features of the meeting
added to the attractions. The piano
soloist was Miss Sentry of Davenport
Miss Peterson and Miss Gibson of Mo-
line played a number of piano duets.
loves orchestra of Moline furnished
music.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25
LADAGE's CROP QUOTATIONS
Fertility Body

could not be expected at once. Foun-
dalton building had TO be done. Sue
cess must depend on the scientific cor
rectness OF the methods used and the
outcome of systematic plan followed
for several years-fine test of a young
mans knowledge, faith and courage.
Mr.. Ladage took the job four years
ago and he is making good" From
a visit to these farms and interviews
with Mr.. Ladage the following items
are given:
The Rotations ON 40 Acres.
Mr.. Ladage rents 40 acres of the
land $3.50 per acre. On this he has
three sets of fields. First. 100 acres
with water plant at the center of four
Hos; one in oats, one in clover and
two In corn; the clover is grazed and
half or more of the corn ''hogged
OUT" oat straw not returned to the
land. Second, three fields, 35 to 45
acres each, in a corn, wheat, clover
rotation, the clover to be cut; 40
acres MANFRED each year. Third, six
fields near the barns s to 20 acres
each, in a four-year rotation of corn,
wheat, oats and clover. The wheat
is drilled in the corn and when posi-
bic second wheat crop is substituted
for the oats. The clover is pastured;
the wheat straw removed; horses
milk COWS and to some extent hogs
distribute manue in these fields. There
is no more than $50 acres of corn upo0
the 40 acres unless the wheat freezes
out. The rotations here and on the
other Ridgely farms were of course
gradually introduced.
Much live stock Is kept-in 1908
more than 40 cattle, 220 hogs, 240
sheep, "a horses and mules. making a
total with the young stock OF more
than 600 head at one time. The num-
Der varies with the crop to eat; sheep
are a side issue to clean up fields
Other articles have shown that hogs,
doing their own husking, returned S21
per acre, and in another instance cat
tie and hogs, returned Stat per acre
for 35 toto bushel corn of poor quality.
Brings Rich Food Onto the Lands.
Large quantities of oil meal. cotton
seed cake, tankage, bran and shorts,
to balance the rations of hogs and cat
tie, are brought and fed on this farm,
adding much 10 the plant food in the
soil. Also 20 tons of clover hay were
bought and fed one year. In 1908, 10
acres of clover were clipped and the
hay left on the ground as green ma
nure. Mr.. Ladage believes this is
practical, but that it is still better TO
have live stock to eat the clover and
return the manure to the land Thus
very little plant food or soil fertility
leaves the farm wnile large quantities
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25

are brought to the land from other
farms.
The 1903 yields of corn varied
greatly by lack Of drainage, but the
clover rotation everywhere showed
larger yields than the fields which had
not had the clover, other conditions
being equal. On one field about half
of which was properly drained, the
part which had received the previous
benefit of clover, yielded IS bushels
per acre by weight, while the land
without clover. but about the same as
to drainage. yielded only 10 bushels
of corn per acre. Both fields were
equal in fertility before the clover was
sown.
Mr. Ladage's Statement.
Mr.. Ladage says I'm every in
stance / find that clover not only
makes soil more productive. but the
humus brought into the soil by the
use of clover, helps to lower the
water level more quickly, even in
the insufficiently drained soil. Had
last year been a more favorable sea-
son for corn, the range in the yields
would not have been so great.
"As a whole my records for four
years show an increase of four bush
els per acre on an average over four
years ago, when we had a bumper
crop and the last year scarcely a
fair average. (The writer under
stands this to include all the tenant
farms). Our oat field that had gone
through one clover rotation showed
gain of from 10 to II bushels
more oats per acre. Last season
was very much against us, but moth
ing but good results can come from
the permanent system of rotation
which we have established"
When the first clover field was
pIowed up it yielded so bushels or
more per acre OF corn in a very I'M
favorable year, and in 1908 the 200
acres of corn averaged u bushels,
one field of wheat yielded 81 bush
els and two fields on corn ground
averaged 20 bushels. Rock phos-
phate was applied, two-thirds of a
ton per acre, on 80 acres of clover
sod, leaving a five-acre strip each
side without treatment. The phos-
phorus ground yielded seven bush
els per acre more than the check
strips. But Mr.. Ladage says: Il
had no results from the use of rock
phosphate in my oats last season,
which 1 must say disappointed me
very much. The rock had been on
the ground two years and should
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25
THREE SISTERS STRICKEN
Two Living in Different Parts of
IOwk Die-One in Dakota Dying.

Two Living I'm Different Parts of
IOwk Die-One in Dakota Dying.
Des Moines, Iowa, April 25.-Sep-
arated by many hundred miles, each
ignorant of the condition Of the 9TH
er, three sisters were suddenly
stricken with fatal diseases, within
few hours of each other. Two of
them are dead. and a third is lying
at the point of death on a claim in
South Dakota. Wednesday night,
Josephine Radloff, a waitress in
fashionable downtown cafe, became
fatally Ill, and was removed to Mer-
cy hospital While lying on her
death bed a telegram was handed her
apprising her of the serious illness
of her sister, Mrs. Glenn FUNK of
Calmar, Iowa. On Friday night. Miss
Radon died, and six hours after
ward the sister at Calmar also ex-
pired. Later it was learned that the
sister in South Uakota was momen-
tarily expected to die.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25

To the great problem in agriculture.
the peculiar task on thousands of Illi-
nois farms, Fred w. Ladage of Sanga-
mon county brought the preparation
of thorough practical experience, good
judgment and training at the Illinois
college of agriculture. In taking the
management of the Charles Ridgely
l $3.50 acres OF tenant land south of
Springfield it was necessary for hin.
to rent one-fourth of the estate him.
self and buy equipment to farm it.
Excessive cropping to corn without
proper return of plant food and organic
matter to the soil had greatly reduced
the yields on much of this land. 1t
was necessary to do something asgres.
sive to restore the soil to its virgin
fertility and establish upon it systems
of farming that could be permanently
maintained. Large increase of yields
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25

transaction in question by Attorney
General Wickersham, who was for
mer member of the New York sugar
trust law firm of Strong & Cadwala-
der, which firm Mr.. Martin declares
was directly concerned with the al
legged illegal sale. President Tart
brother is still a member of this
firm. Whether the president can
much longer prevent a sweeping in
vestigation of the entire scandal is
extremely doubtful.
Offices of standpat republicans re-
semble mail order houses these days.
To head off impending defeat, the
standpatters are burdening the mails
with millions of packages of garden
seeds, farmers bulletins, maps.
speeches and horse doctor books. Not
few of the regulars are uneasy as
a result of the recent election in the
Thirty-second New York district, in
which Ravens, the democratic candi-
date, changed the 1908 republican
plurality of 1o,I67, into a demo-
cratic plurality of 5.S31.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25

democracy, taken together with the
dissension among republicans, / can
see no other result than a democratic
house and democratic president in
1918"
President Taft still refuses to re-
lent in his opposition to a congress
sional investigation of either the SUI
gar underweighing frauds or the
sale by the government of valuable
sugar lands to the sugar trust. The
first resolution introduced by Repre-
sentative John A. Martin Of Colo
RADIO, providing for an investigation
by congress was smothered to death.
Mr.. Martin has now introduced a
second resolution. He alleges that
the sugar trust has been allowed to
acquire $4,000 acres of the richest
sugar lands IN the Philippines, and
that the validity OF this transaction
is open to most serious question, in
view Of the fact that the law of the
Philippines expressly declares that
not more than $500 acres of land
shall be sold to any single corpora
ton. Sanction was given to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25
Anty Drudge Tells How to Prevent
WaShday Smells.


Jomes-'Hoy smoke! Is some one burning glue in the
kitchen?''
Mrs. Jones-'No, Theodore. It's washday you know,
and what you smell is the suds-steam from the wash
- boiler"
A7aty Drudge-"Why don't you Fels-Naptha and do
away with the washboler? Then there will be no
steam to permeate the whole house every washday."
The Different Kind of Soap. That,
in nutshell, is Fels-Naptha.
Diferent- because Fels-Naptha i s
more than soap-it is a different way of
washing.
Different because Fels-Naptha gets
the wash ready for the line in about half
the time of any other soap.
Diferent-because Fels-Naptha itself
does the work of loosening the dirt from
the fabric, which every other soap leaves to
you to do with the washboard.
Diferent- because with Fels-Naptha
there's no backache: no need for long
bending over the tub, as with other soaps.
Diferent- because Fels-Naptha saves
the clothes: CD from weakening of the
fibre by heat; ~ from the wear of hard
rubbing.
Different because Fels-N IA tina
actually does in cool or lukewarm water
what the best other soaps will not do even
in scalding hot water.
Follow directions on the red and green
wrapper, summer Or winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25
SHOWS A BIC CAIN
President j. F. Porter of Mer-
ger Company Makes Annual
Report to Directors.
NET EARNINGS ssss,5so
Increase of S14s,S19 Over Preceding
Year-Improvements That Are
Under Consideration.

J. F. Porter, president of the Tri-
City Railway and Light company, in
his annual report, recently submitted
to directors of the public utilities
company said
General business, and particular
ly the business of the various manu-
featuring industries in the territory
served by your company, have very
materially improved during the last
year and are now in normal condt-
ton with every prospect Of contin-
uance of the prosperity now enjoy
ed"
In the report Mr.. Porter showed
net earnings of the company to be
SS9S,5SO, as against S149,761 for
1908, an increase of $14S,Sl9. The
amount used for sinking fund was
$4,000, and for interest and dis
count on bonds and loans $472,3SS,
making total of $522,3SS. The bal
anco for dividends was $376,192.
Gas Earnings to Increase.
The report sets forth that during
the year $521,007 was expended on
property of the various subsidiary
companies for construction, better
ments, improvements, requirements
and renewals. Mr.. Porter said that
the extensions of gas distribution
mains into various sections not here
tofore served should materially in
crease the earnings of the gas de-
partment.
The electric and power business at
East Moline has been acquired and
all electric current is furnished from
the central power station at Moline.
Several large power contracts have
been made with manufacturing
plants in Rock Island and Moline.
The physical condition Of the prop
erty has been maintained and cost of
operation is being steadily reduced.
Improvements This Year.
During the coming year, aside
from the necessary expenditures for
new business and railway extensions
and reconstruction, the principal
items of construction will be q 5000
K. W. turbine and accessories for the
Moline power station and a new gas
generating plant for Rock Island and
Moline.