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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-04
INCREASE THE CROP YIELD.
There are Three Ways in Which
This May be Done says Prof.
Ten Eyck.

The crop yield of Kansas and
Tor that matter of the whole cOun
try-can be enormously increas
ed by three methods:
l. The use Of better seed.
2. Improved methods of cul.
ture.
. 3. Increasing the fertility Of
the soil.
This is the contention of A. NJ.
Ten Eyck, professor of agrOnomy
IN the Kansas State Agricultural
college.
1.-The average crop yields in
this state are too low. One of
the most important lines Of work
which has been carried on by the
agrOnOmy department of the ex-
pertinent station during the last
seven years relates to means and
methods of increasing the yield
per acre. There are three impOr-
tant factors which have to do
with the increasing crop yields
better seeds, improved methods
of culture and greater soil fertil-
ity. The work in testing varieties
and breeding crops at the exper-
iment station has shown that it
is possible to improve the average
yield of the standard crops in this
state % per cent by the single
factor o. introducing and plant
ing pure seed of well bred and
high producing varieties.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-04

According to the Crouch if a
man fails to get rich he is a poor
manager, and if he does get rich,
he robbed the poor.
1t does not always follow that
every man who is in politics is
selfish; In some cases men take
interest in politics because they
think they have a right to do so.
1t is just as much the duty of
a farmer to attend the precinct,
township and county conventions
and vote at the elections as it is
to attend church.
Some men are moral because
they know it pays-otherS be-
cause they could not be anything
else.
If the boss does not tell you ev-
cry day how he appreciates your
work, it may be because he is
too busy.
If there were only one mud
hole in the township there is al
ways one man who will fall into
it ven if he has to walk a mile
to find it
Some of the sweetest fruits and
nuts are enclosed in the toughest
shells.
What a mOnotOnouS world it
would be if all of our thoughts
and tastes were alike-if we all
preferred blue flowers, or gray
skies, or red headed girls.
1t takes some of us a good
many years to find out that bit
ternesS and jealousy are the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-04
Shaken From the Wisdom Tree.

A dirty dollar never brings any
good to the man who soils his
soul by taking it.
/ The man who feels sorry fol-
himself does so because no one
else can find any reason for sym.
pathizing with him.
Too many of us are like the
twelfth man on the jury who de-
clared that those eleven other
fellows are the most stubborn
men | ever saw"
Clean money never harms the
innocent nor takes advantage of
the fOllieS and frailties of the
weak and unfortunate.
We never think of the value of
he gift if we | We the giver.
If we have any special joy in
our lives we can afford to pass
some of it along to those who
have so little.
If we can set a man to think
ing, it is much better than to sup
ply him with too much of our OWL
thoughts.
We don't believe all angels
nave wings because we have seen
some without. They were Just
working around the house, tend
ing the sick, mending old clothes,
cooking good food and bracing uL
the loved ones, but with never the
rustic of a wing.
Some men are born great, some
achieve greatness, and others
raise cantalOupeS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-04

Threatening feverishness with
children is quickly and safely Gained
by PreventicS. These little Candy
Cold Cure Tables should always be
at hand-for promptness is all i'm
portant. PreventicS contains no
quinipe, nothing harsh or sickening.
They are indeed, "the stitch in time. ~
Carried in pocket. or purse, Proven.
tics are genuine safeguard against
colds. rs cents sold by Hooper Drug
Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-02-04

bushels of well bred seed have
been distributed. Corn is more
susceptible to soil and climate
changes than wheat, so that the
well bred seed does not always
give the best results from the
first years planting; but breed
ing will tell in the corn crop, as
shown by our experiments in
which the high yield row seed has
produced from 10 to 20 per cent
larger yields per acre and % to
80 per cent more seed corn than
the average corn from which the
improved strain was originated.
"The possibilities along this
line of increasing the yields by
the planting of better seed are
shown by the reports which have
been received from farmers
throughout the corn belt, of this
state reporting 60 to 80 bushel
yields where the average for the
county was 20 to 80 bushels. 1t
has been shown by experiments
carried on for the last six years
at the Kansas station that it is
possible to increase the yield Of
corn 10 per cent simply by prac-
ticing the better methods Of pre-
pairing the seed bed. When corn
has been planted with the lister,
winter or early spring blowing
or listing of the ground previous
to the planting has given an in
crease in the crop as an average
for six years, amounting to six
bushels of corn an acre each year,
as compared with ground which
received no cultivation before
planting.
To bring these facts to thOus-
andS Of farmers who cannot come !
to college for instruction and sup,
plement the knowledge of the ag-
ricultural press and experiment
station bulletins, the college has !
organized a course in home read
ing on these subjects, so as to
give these the proper information
by correspondence courses con
Quoted by the college.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

100000 S head of stock passed over,
either East or West, and had worn
the trail so deep that the track in
places might readily be mistaken for
great railroad cuts.
The object of making the historic
trail is the same as the marking of
any other great battlefield of history.
The winners Of the Farther West
that passed over this trail fought a
strenuous battle, and the trail be-
came battlefield from one ehd to
the other. Six dead to the mile upon
a stretch of 400 miles up the Platte
tells the ghastly story Nor was
this all. The fallen could be counted
in groups of so and 20 beyond where
this count was made.
Monument to Pioneer Dead.
History does not record the bat
tlefield Of greater carnage than that
of the Oregon Trail; neither is there
any record of so long trail or Of
one that wrought such historic
changes The point occupancy trea-
ties with Great Britain left the set
tlement of the Oregon boundary
virtually to be determined by race
as to whom should, as home builders,
occupy the country first. The Hud-
son Bay Company began bringing in
settlers from the Red River or the
North, and not until the opening of
the Oregon country, with their prec-
ious freight of home-builders, was
the question settled as to the pre-
ponderance of the American settle
ment over that fostered by the Hud-
son Bay Company. Immediately
this was accomplished, an American
provisional government was formed
and the British rule ended.
Pioneers Saved Region.
"No more heroic act is recorded in
history than this of the Oregon pio-
neers holding firmly the disputed
territory while many Of our states
men were decrying the Oregon coun-
try and preparing the way for a
shameful surrender, The American
people owe deep debt of gratitude
to those intrepid phone RS, and their
trail should be marked and the
memory of 1t preserved religiously
as a great landmark in the history
Of the Nation, and only that future
generations may know that the great
struggle to advance our National
boundary to the Pacific. but likewise
to keep alive that patriotic zeal so
helpful In the perpetuation Of our
Government,
I'm the measure we kept the mem
ories Of the heroic past fresh In the
minds Of our people, patriotic fervor
Ia famed, the flag more revered, and
our national stability better as
sured,"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

Union street, through Boise's addi-
tion to a point within so feet of
North Mill Creek, was presented and
referred to the sewer committee.
An ordinance providing for the
vacation of an alley in Walters addi-
ton was presented and referred to
the committee on streets.
An ordinance providing for the
appropriation Of $4,000 from the
street fund for the improvement of
the Fair Ground road from Sixth
and Hood streets to the Southern
Pacific depot was passed
An ordinance which has for it's
object the Improvement of Trade
street from Commercial TO Front
street was passed. A resolution in.
structing the city recorder to adver-
tise for bids for the improvement Of
the street, and which bids are to be
opened at the next meeting, was
passed
Bids we're opened for the i'm
provement of Winter street. The
bidding contractors we're w. d.
Pugh, August Kerberger, Capital
Improvement Company and the Bea-
yer Construction company. They
were referred to the street commit
tee with instructions to report back
to the council at the next meeting.
Grant WOOdmen Petition.
The Modern Woodmen of America
presented a petition asking to be al
lowed to stretch a banner across
State street advertising their picnic
which will take place July 4, and a
resolution was passed granting the
request.
The Penton Distributing company
advised the council that persons
who were paying no license for the
distribution of advertising matter in
the city were being permitted to do
so, and asked that its license money
be refunded. The matter was re
ferred to the committee on health
and police.
This concluded the business of
the evening and an adjournment was
taken until next Monday evening.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17
MRS. MARY GREGoVoH
or Philipsburg, Montana, Tells How
She Was Cured of Dandruff.

Mrs, Mary Gregovich, of Philips-
burg Mont, under date of Nov, &c,
1899, writes; 81 had typhoid fever
this summer, consequently was los
ing my hair terribly, and my head IN
places was perfectly bald. Newbro's s
Herplelde had Just come into use in
Phillpshurg, and the doctor strongly
recommended IL TO me- After or 4
applications my hair stopped falling
out, and is coming in again quite
thick, | use to be troubled greatly
with dandruff, OF which ! am now
quite cured Kin the dandruff germ
with Herpieide Sold By leading
druggists Send iOe In stamps for
sample to The Herploide Co, Detroit,
Mich. One dollar bottles guaran-
teed, j. c. Perry, special agent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

The Alumni Of for
teachers We must educate the
thousand dollars Vote Yes for Monmouth
settle this question j. b. V. BUTLER Sec CON-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

81 am now past 60 years of age. l
have done good work and no one is
dependent upon my efforts. The
grant brought with it more care,
responsibility, correspondence and
visitors and full crop of envy and
jealousy, and but for the advice of
friends I should have dissolved my
connection with the institution last
year.
Personally I have no desire for
wealth or fame-a thirst for these
is the root Of many evils. My ambi-
tion has been to leave the world bet
ter for having passed this way.
"To be misjudged is a passing
trifle; to have lost life of honest,
earnest labor is a tragedy"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17
TO MARK THE OREGON TRAIL
BLAZEQ BY THE PIONEERS

Congress ApprOpates $4,000 for This Pupose-0ne Old
Man with Pair Of "Bus" Gives Object Lesson to the Law
Aakers and AwakenS the Sentiment of the Eastern Coun
try Toward Action
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17
WhoOping Cough.

This is a more dangerous disease
than is generally presumed 1t will
be a surprise to many to learn that
more deaths result from it than from
scarlet fever. Pneumonia often re-
suits from it. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been used in many epi-
denies of whooping cough, and al
ways with the best results. Delbert
McKeig of Harlan, Iowa, says of it:
My boy took whooping cough when
nine months old. He had it in the
winter. l got a ottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy which proved
good. 1 cannot recommend it too
highly" For sale by all good drug
gists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17
"wIzARD' ANSWERS CRITICS.
Luther Burbank Replied to Attacks
on His Work.

Luther Burbank Replied to Attacks
on His Work.
Luther Burbank, the plant "wiz-
ard" telegraphed a reply to the New
York Times the other day to the
criticisms passed on him recently.
1t was pointed out in these that, ac-
cording to the official government
bulletin. many ''thornless cacti"
were known before the appearance
of the particular one which Mr.. Bur-
banks friends say he created, and'
that the commercial exploitation Of
his name was causing much misgiv-
ing in scientific circles.
1t was also noted that Mr.. Bur
bank is in the receipt of an annual
grant of $4,000 for ten years from
the Carnegie institution that he may
pursue his scientific studies unham-
pered by lack of funds.
This is Mr.. Burbank's reply:
''To the Editor of the New York
Times:
Santa Rosa, Cal, Jan. 17.-At
the time of introducing some of the
first of my spineless cactus (opun-
tias) nearly three years ago, the fol-
lowing words occupied the first place
in the catalogue:
For more than fifty years I have
been quite familiar with thornless
cactus of many species and varieties.
In fact one of the first pets which l
had in earliest childhood was a
thornless cactus, one of the beautiful
epiphyllums.
"The phyllocactus and many of
the cereus family are also thornless,
not a trace to be found on any part
of the plants or fruit,
"Thus the. somewhat indefinite
popular name of 'thornless cactus
has been used by persons unac-
quainted with these facts, for be it
known that thronless cactus is no
more of a novelty than a thornless
watermelon.
"But among the cacti which grow
to an immense size with great rapid
ity and which can be readily culti-
waited in garden, field or desert. no
perfectly thornless ones We're known
and very little interest was taken in
the cactus of any kind, either thorny
or thornless, as TO their agricultural
or horticultural value, until the
work. of Improvement was taken up
on my experiment farm and inn
proved. Perfectly thornless rapid
growing varieties have been pro-
duced and made known within the
last few years.
"The facts in the case are too well
known TO need comment. Let some
one even now mention single abso-
lutely thornless cactus OF agrioul-
tural value produced by anybody or
not produced on my grounds
81 am exploited, whether willing
or not, and very much against my
own wishes Does Il pay to exploit
commercially proposition which
does not stand on sound basis of
character and value?
1T was mutually agreed upon and
fully understood, both by the carn-
egie Institution and myself, that I
should have the privilege of sup
plementing their inadequate aid to-
ward the continuation OF my expert
ments BY the sale OF my productions
as before
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

"The trail had indeed become a
great National highway 1000 miles
long Fully $4,000 people crossed
over what might be termed the East
ern section before the advent Of the
Pacific Railroad, which diverted the
later traffic, ana the trail again be-
came solitude, but not until fully
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

A book on Rheumatism, and a
trial treatment Of Dr. Shoop's Rheu,
matte Remedy liquid or tablets, Is
being sent free 10 suffe ers by Or.
shoop Of Racine, Wis. You that are
couraged, disheartened suffererl DO
q simple act OF humanity Point out
this way 20 quick and certain relief
Surprise some sufferer. by first get
ting from me the booklet and the
test lie will appreciate your aid,
Capital Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

Increases the price Of many neces-
sites without improving the quality.
Foley's Honey and Tar maintain its
high standard of excellence and It's
great curative qualities without any
Increase in cost. II is the best rem
edy for coughs, colds, Group, whoOp-
ing cough and all ailmeCts of the
throat, chest and lungs. The genuine
Is In a yellow package. Refuse sub
stitutes. Sold by j. C. Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

An appropriation of $4,000 is
made in the Humphrey bill, recently
reported to the House Of Represen-
tatives, authorizing the marking of
the Oregon Trail.
While this is just half the appro-
priation called for in the bill as
originally introduced, the committee
has inserted an amendment which
authorizes the Secretary Of War to
receive private contributions to a
fund to be used in conjunction with
the congressional appropriation, for
defraying the cost of erecting suit
able monuments along the route
traversed by the early pioneers.
The committee, In reporting the
bill, says:
''The Committee on the Library, to
whom was referred the bill author
izing the president to appoint COM
mission to supervise the erection of
monuments and markers and locate
the general route Of the Oregon
Trail, recommend that the bill be
passed.
The Oregon Trail was one of the
great battlefields' of the country.
The committee quotes the following
dramatic description, written by Hon.
Ezra Meeker, of Puyallup, wash,
who was one Of those who went over
the Trail more than a half century
ago ane who speaks from general ex-
perience. He has by his own efforts,
and largely at his own expense,
marked the Trail, and to him more
perhaps than to any other individual
is due the interest In the subject that
has led to its consideration by
Congress.
First Big Train in tS43.
"Made possible by the discovery in
1924 of that wonderful gap in the
Rocky Mountains known as the
South Pass. the oregon Trail did
not become a National highway until
Bonneville and Wyeth In 1882 and
1888 traversed the whole length,
from the Missouri River to the tide
waters OF the Pacific. The mission
aries, trappers and traders soon wore
n visible wagon track to the traders
rendezvous on the Green River and
beyond TO Fort Hall on the upper
reaches of the Snake River, but not
until the greater immigration OF the
Oregon homeseekers, thousand
strong, with their wagon train in
1s43 passed over to the Pacific, did
the Oregon Trail become In fact a
great National highwoI
Each year thereafter wagon
trains passed over the whole route
to the Oregon country in varying
numbers, wearing the track deeper
and deeper until finally the greater
exodus IN 1852, when a column 5O.-
900 strong moved out from the Mis-
souri River aud lined the trail with
the dead, 5000 or more in number
for that one year alone, Meanwhile |
the Mormon migration had followed |
in the track OF the Oregon pioneers
for fully a thousand miles to the
great bend Of Bear River The Cali |
fornia movement OF 1S49 and later
also followed In the same track to
Bear River or 10 Fort Hail. whore
the California trail dlyerged. as aid
the Mormon track also, and bore off
20 the Southwest, while the oregon |
Trail kept steadily on TO tho North
west.
Only 1000 Miles IN Length.
"The tran had indeed become a
great National highway 1000 miles
long Fully $4,000 people crossed
over what might be termed the East
ern section before the advent OF the
Pacific Railroad, which diverted the
later traffic, ana the trail again be-
came solitude, but not until fully
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17
Not Sorry for RInnder.

"If my friends hadn't blundered
in thinking l was a doomed victim of
consumption, might not be alive
now" writes d. T. Sanders, of Har-
rodsburg, KY, "but for years they
saw every attempt to cure a lung
racking cough fail. At last I tried
DR.. Kings New Discovery. The eff
feet was wonderful 1t soon stopped
the cough and 1 am now in better
health than l have had for years.
This wonderful life-saver is an un-
rivaled remedy for coughs, colds, la
grippe, asthma, Group, hemorrhages,
whooping cough or weak lungs. soc,
$1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
teed yb ]. C. Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17
VIII Promote Beauty.

Women desiring beauty get won
derful help from Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. 1t banishes pimples, skin
eruptions, sores and boils. 1t makes
the skin soft and velvety. 1t glori-
fies the face. Cures sore eyes, cold
sores, cracked lips, chapped hands.
Best for burns, scalds, fever sores,
cuts, bruises and piles. 25s at ]. C.,
Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

1t has just been discovered that
the earth has existed only 6O,O0O,-
600 years. And this country is just
beginning to realize its full possibil-
tiles.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

Dr. Wiley says fudge makes girls
fat. The Doctors opinion ought 70
be interesting to the slim girls.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-17

Boston has not Joined in the meat
boycott with any enthusiasm, for it
must have pork to go with the
beans.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-03
Free Prescriptions
Famous Doctor VIII Send Special
PRESCRIPTION for Any Ailment To
All who Write.

For the last ten years I have had and stlll
have one of the largest practices Of any physt-
clan in the world That 7 have been successful
in NV profession is proven by thousands OF
cured patients in every civilized country. ! can
afford to be generous and II Is my earnest de-
sir, to helm every sick and afflicted person.
have made a speciality Of curunic. long standing,
stubborn diseases. such as Rheumatism. Kidney
Trouble Bladder Trouble, Female Trouble Ca
tarrb piles Indigestion. Lung Trouble. Asthma.
Nervousness Heart Disease. Eczema Scrofula.
IumhaGo Impure Blood Torpid Liver. Dar-
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lanes w Kidd 2Ss Kidd Bldg. Fort Wayne Ind.
ness Proststitis Malaria. Pimples and propsy.
For nearly every disease to which flesh Is heir
I have perfected a prescription and have proven
IFS value in hundreds OF cases.
~ YOU are not in good health--if you suffer
from anv disease. no matter what. I will send
Won special prescription for your case en-
tirelv free. II you want TO he wel-to be free
from pain and misery-n YOU want to be re-
stored to the bounding joy Of perfect health,
This Is an opportunity you should not let pass.
simply drop me line telling me what disease
or diseases you have or IL you do not know
FOIL me how you feel. Remember. II makes no
difference what your disease or whether 1t is
mentioned above. DO this and viii send you
the recine in n plain sealed envelope. postage
paid and free DO It today and YOU will be
ON the road 10 perfect health. Address Dr.
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