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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
College OF Agriculture at the
State Fair.


Visitors 10 the Missouri State
Fair at Sedslia, Sept. 80 to Oct.
8 should not fail to see the exhibit
of the College of Agriculture in
the University Building. 1t will
tell in a most highly interesting
manner of the results obtained in
various parts Of Missouri by ap-
plying scientific methods to ordi-
nary farm practice.
Among the interesting exhibits
of the Dairy Department will be
daughter Of Josephine" with
a record greater than that of her
mother at the same age. The
method of making hog cholera
serum--its application and its
beneficial effects will occupy a
portion of the Veterinary exhibit.
BY means of pictures and charts
the story will be told OF how corn
yields have been increased on
some Missouri farms l6 1-2 to 20
bushels per acre, and wheat 10
bushels; how by proper pruning,
peach trees have been made te
( produce two additional crops in
eight years; how the ravages oI
plant diseases and insect pests
may be successfully controlled
how intelligentfeed and breed
ing may be combined to produce
the most perfect specimens oI
beef cattle,
In short, the exhibit will cover
every phase of activity which
makes the College of Agriculture
a power for the betterment o
Missouri farm conditions.
Representatives OF the Farm
Management Department will oc
cupy a special booth, and will b.
on hand at all times to confer will
farmers in regard to planning
crop rotations; systems of stool
farm management and all detail
connected with successful pres
ent dsy farm practices.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22

The contract for building the
Elk Club house at Poplar Bluff
has been awarded to II. A, Les
meister, of Jonesboro, Ark, who
was also the architect. The build
ing will cost $4,000, and work
will begin at once.
Twenty-four members of the
Baptist church at jackson with
drew from the church and are
organizing a church of their own.
They hold service regularly, The
split grew out of remarks of q
former pastor about some OF the
members.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
Respect.

Mr.. Bonaparte while attorney gen
eral postponed action against the
Harvester trust, he says, "out OF re-
spect for the SENATE" which had re-
quested an inquiry by the bureau OF
corporations.
"Respect"-thet sort OF respect
would have led whitman to postpone
action against ex-senator Gardner un'
I'll Bruce and the legislative commit
tee had ended the graft inquiry.
Respect" wosid have kept the po-
lice from thlefcatohing while the spe-
cial grand Jury investigated the Cor
rigan crime charges.
Respect" would have made the dis
trict attorneys office sit pat while
Waldo and his men looked into the
ice trust.
Law officers have their sworn,duties
and an old but not obsolete saying has
It that the Law is no respecter Of per
sons.
His Kind.
4 suppose lawyers as a rule. run tc
oats and pets"
what makes you think thatr'
Because should think they woult
naturally go to something In the fee
line"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
The State Fair.
Features of the 1911 Exhi.
bition.

Presiden! W. H. Taft will spend
the entire day of September 30 at
the State Fair, as the guest OF
Governor Herbert s. Hadley, the
Board OF Directors Of the Fair
and the people OF Missouri. He
will speak in the Live Stock Pa
yilion at t0:30 a. m. In the at
ternoon he will be in the grand
stand to witness the great Live
Stock parade one section Of which
will be the greatest mule parade
ever made. Governor Herbert s,
Hadley viii introduce President
Taft to the Missouri audience
which will be at the State Fair to
greet him.
Aeroplanes will be in the air
at Sedalis, during the State Fair
most OF the time. Hugh Robin
son, with Curtis machines, will
be the star aviator.
The implement exhibits will bt
extensive and the agricultura
sbow will he great,
Free camp grounds are provi'
ded and lis expected that thous'
lands Of visitors will be there ii
Icamp when President Taft arri
Ives.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22

De Soto is to have q gas plant,
to be completed within ninety
days, to be in charge of compe-
tent st. Louis man.
The Portsgeville building and
loan association has 21 members,
has sold 282 shares Of stock and
has loans amounting to S25,800
outstanding.
Charleston is complaining to
the railroad and warehouse com.
missioners about the unsanitary
condition Of the Iron Mountain
depot at that place.
A woman near Pennington re-
Gently gave birth to triplets, all
girls, and all are doing well. She
is only nineteen years old but is
already the mother of five child
rem.
A fellow over in Howell county
recently marketed his potatoes
off "a acres. Figuring $50 per
acre, which is about the average
cost Of marketing and growing
an acre of potatoes, his 24-acre
crop net him S2,620.
Saturday, September 2, in the
circuit court at jackson, Maud
Gordon, a colored women, goI
judgment against the city oI
Cape Girardeau for 5000. The
woman pleaded personal injuries
received by fall, caused by q
defective sidewalk.
About two dozen Boone county
farmers have formed a "lamt
club" When their lambs are
ready for market they will shiE
in one lot, first having a compe'
tent judge Gull the lot and re-
move all animals which are no
desirable. 1t has been found tt
pay in other communities.
The assessed valuation Of pro
lperty in Missouri is fixed at 81,
,676. 6.929. 1876, being little NOR,
than $500 per capita OF the entir'
population. AS the valuation i
less than half the cash value o
the property assessed, it may b.
safely reckoned that the per cap
ita value of property in Missour
lis 81 900.
Someone over in Kansas ha
discovered that wine made from
dandelion will make a farmer kis
the hired girl. They must be al
awfully 5ashful lot over in Kan
sas," remarks the Rolla Herald
"There are men in Missouri VIII
will kiss the hired girl withou
ever taking a drink" The Her
AIDS point may be we'll taken
However, comma, there are hire
, girls, and then, there are hire
girls'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22

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Joe G. Lawson, the we'll known
Harris township farmer, holds
the record for the highest priced
single load Of farm produce ever
marketed in Gallatin. On last
Friday Mr.. Lawson delivered a
wagon load of timothy seed to
Mann & Mussleman, of this city,
for which he received S490 net
cash. The seed was sold under
a contract made some time ago
and we understand Mr.. Lawson
had since been offered $50 more
for it than he received, but of
course would not consider break
ing the contract. The seed was
raised and thrashed on Mr.. Law
sons splendid Harris township
farm and is of a good quality.
The price paid was above So per
bushel. .--Gallatin Democrat.
Capt. Meridith T. Moore of JEFF
ferson City, one of the few sur
viving veterans of the Mexican
war, who served under Gener al
Doniphsn Of Missouri, and en-
tered the City of Mexico, is dead
Captain Moore was a native OF
Galloway county. He was one
OF the first Missourians to go to
California in search of gold. At
| ter the war he returned to Gala
lway county About thirty-hve
years ago he became a resident
of Jefferson City. Captain Moore
was about "a years old.
| A reformed actor" who join
ed the Salvation Army and swort
allegiance to the sacred precept'
iof the water wagon fell off ane
the captain Of th 9 Salvation
Army has published broadcast q
statement warning the public tha
| the reformed party OF the frs
part didn't stand hitched. This
is getting to be pretty teugt
oh world when a man can't fal
off the wagon without the fact be-
ing bulletined.
A Centralia man found it ad
visable to put on a ragged suit o
clothes in order to repair SOM
machinery. After he had finish
ed he went home to dinner. III
met a tramp coming out OF hi
front gate MS he went in. Th
tramp mistook him for a knigh
of the road. He held up a warn
ling hand. "nuck it-retreat,
/ cautioned the tramp. "I've trie
!, her and she is a regular bsarcat.
w. A. Underwood, making hi
9 rounds as county assessor, step
8 ped out Of his buggy and grab
! bed an ear of corn from Frit
9 Scheele's field, near Nishna Sta
ton. It is now in our window
. is fourteen inches long an
i weighs two pounds. 1t is OF th
81 red variety. Who can beat itP-
: Atohison County Mail.
,e The Rev. William Bell, one
1T the oldest OF Missouri minister
st attended the Methodist confe
re ence at Macon this week. M
Bell is nearly 80 years old, al
although he retired from acti'
i, work twenty-six years ago,
still Is q regular attendant at u
Missouri conferences.
all A boy named Hoffstetter, WI
o, lives in Perry county, was receI
of lily stung on the head BY r
e. wasp. The boy scratched t
place when it itched from t
sting and blood poison resulte
% from which he died.
j. ]. W. Covsnston, q farmer,
ch.I siding between Dexter andBlooI
tie field, accompanied by his "
nv and daughter, recently return
IL from a trip to Europe. They VI
mt tied tbs principal points in TIN
oountries,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
Force of
Habit

/ On bis way home that evening Brill
unconsciously felt several times ths
cracking papers In his pocket. When
ever he did so he sweiled out his chest
and remembered how relieved and
happy and cheerful be was, For the
first time since his marriage, which
was six years before. Brill was entire
" out OF debt. He had that day paid
the last note the bank held asainsti
him.
All those SIX years he and Ida had
been paying for the house. They had
bought It to start housekeeping in, in
bold defiance OF the advice Of their
elders, who bemoaned their loading
themselves with debt at the very out
set Of their married life. II they want
ed to DO such o crazy thing, was the
general cry, why didn't they go into
II more moderately The idea Of two
persons with their income purchasing
a 5000 place when one costing $1,000
would have suited their resources 90
much betterl
Their relatives rehearsed the vari-
GUS calnrnities which might follow
their rash venture. II John didn't die
be might lose his Job and what II ell
ther Of them should have a long and
lingering illnsssi Besides. both John
and Ida were pleasure loving and new
er In the world would have the moral
courage to mako the necessary sacu'
tloea
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
Frisco Agricultural Scholarships


Agricuiture Of the Univerity Of
Missouri offered by the Frisco
railroad affords an opportunity
for some man or boy in everyone
Of the forty five counties in this
State through which this road
runs 10 secure four months work
in one Of the best Agricultural
Colleges in America with no ex-
pense whateyer. The Frisco
railroad offerg 70 give some man
or boy in each Of their counties
$3.50 in cash to use iD defraying
his expense while attending the
College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity, Why's Because the rail.
road is interested in improving
agricultural conditions in the ter
ritority they serve and want more
good farmers along their lines.
They know that the winner of
the scholarship will not alone be
benefited, but his neighbors will
profit by bis example when he
comes home aud puts into prac-
tiee some OF the things he has
learned at the Agricultural Coll
lege.
Some one from Ripley county
is going to win this scholarship.
Why not you? In order to de-
termine who shall have this
scholarship, corngrowing con-
test has been organized and it
will 60 to the man or boy living
in Ripley county who shows the
best 10 ears OF corn at the Corn
Show which will be held at Doni-
phan, Oct. Is, 1911. Any man
between the ages Of 18 and 40
and a resident Of this county is
eligible. Any variety Of corn OF
any color may be shown.
Wouldn't you like 70 be bet
ter farmer? Wouldn't you like
to know the best types of farm
animals, how to feed and care for
them in the best way9 Wouldn't
you like TO know how to feed
your dairy cows to make them
give the most milk? Wouldn't
you like to know how to prune,
, spray and care for your orchard
so as to make it yield the most:
Wouldn't you like to know how
to handle your soil to make il
more productive, to know wha
varieties OF corn and wheat ant
other crops yield best in your To-
cality2 In fact, wouldn't yol
like to know how to be a bette
farmer and how to organize you
farm 90 as to make it pay better
The Snort Course will tell yol
and the Frisco Railroad offers t
give it to you free.
: Here is what two of the win
ners of these Scholarships las
/, year said of the Short Course
:. ~ think that II is a practices
;. benefit for every young man i
: Missouri. think that wi
come back next year and brin
some of my friends with me,
= Richard Crouch, Neosho, Nc
Gilbert Maxwell, Greenfield, Mo
said: ''I want to cay that TIL
] is a grand prize and S100 woul
! not near buy what have learne
J here" Why not ally yourse
! ! with these young men, who al
{ to be Missouri's best farmers
! " the next few years.
tol It has been deemed necessaI
to extend the date Of entry
ir 600 O'Clock Of the day previo'
ir to the show and entries will
i. received until that time. Mr..
III E. Braschler Of Doniphan will
lin charge Of the Show. See hi
be for further particulars or wrl
al for information. A circular gi
ing directions for selecting 90
l. for show and any further info
e. nation in reference to the
in scholarships may be secured
r. writing O. B. Hutchisou, Collie
e A.;o,,1,nra fotomh;, Mo
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sssssssss~stsss
ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
|Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some sOrigi-
nal. Some Credited, and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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Bloomfield will have its annual
stock show this year, October 10
] and 20.
The Oldest soldier at the Al
-bany reunion was Samuel Stew
art whose age is given as W
years.
The first load Of cotton OF this
season, marketed at Dexter,
brought q bonus price OF six cents
a pound.
- The Carthage Press thinks that
John D. said it sometimes like
this: STANDARD Oil is dead
long live the little Standard OIL"
The biggest court docket ever
in Gentry county commences
Monday at Albany. There are
125 civil cases and 81 criminal
cases, making a total OF 1872.
The Sedalia Democrat has
made the horrifying discovery
that Texas not alone has passed
Missouri in point of population
but that it also leads in mules.
Thomas Benton Robertson OF
Macon has not enjoyed the deli
rious sensation tonsorially known
as haircut since W. J. Bryan
was nominated for president in
1896.
The Knobnoster meat market
has changed hands SO fast and
so many times that practically
everybody in the town is IN deo'
10 everybody else in his account
with the butcher.
A Livingston county farmer
named Miles Dsrr, raised tive
watsrmelons that weighed l04
pounds each. They were big
enough to bring Joy to an entire
negro campmeeting.
Nearly 81 600 has been raised
for the street fair to be given ir
Maryviile, probably the seconc
week in October. However, thu
dates for the fair have not alto
eether been decided on.
The following bit of news il
somewhat tardy, but it goes t
show that the truth will out
Harry Atwood, the aviator, for
merly lived 10 Jasper county an
managed a mine that didn't de
liver the goods.
The ages of the five Bennet
brothers, near Lees Summit
foot UP grand total OF 410yeari
y You win admit that that is quit
an extensive journey along life
improved highway for q party {
i've. The eldest of the brother
Is SO, the youngest is 75.
The Aurora Advertiser say
that Aurora, from the stsndpoiI
Of humidity, was Paradise I
compared to Texas this summe
From which statement, II 1t |
accurate, we must conclude tn
In Texas the past summer it mu
have been warm somewhat mo
than slightly.
The summer term OF the no
NAL school at Kirksyille broke |
records and set a new pace I
educational advancement In 9
middle west. The enrolment
the beginning ofthe term was q
and more than seven hundred
thsse-all Missouri teachers-r
? NAMED until the closing day.
The marriage license recor
in Northeast Missouri towns sh'
q great shortage in the mat
moniaI market, a condition viii
is generally attributed TO the l
lamented drouIh. Win that I'd
spell" have to assume respon'
bility for everything that W.
wrong last summerg
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22

Patience-This move; says eyes
we're riyetsd to the doc frr an In
slant, but be quickly raissa th' :.
Patrics- Must have been we..k eort
OF riyets. .--Yonkers Statesman.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
rhe praof.

The pseos.
'Ts It good whisky that man over
there is drinkingf"
'You have paradoxial proof y =
not"
what proofrs
ezis wry face" =
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22

wanted TO aT,1 couldn't siuce we were
married, I suppose. And II will be
fine not 10 have the worry"
They stayed at home that evening,
fitfully reading and discussing the fact
that they were out of debt and re.
moved from the necessity Of scrimp
ing. When Brill started downtown Il
the morning he remembered to throw
out his chest as he descended th'
front steps, for did he not own hi'
homo and have his full salary tc
spendi
They had q fine time for q whilf
discussing the treats they would have
They did go to the theater and the'
bought some new clothes and Id
Joined literary club. But aftec
while Brill grew restless.
II don't know what's the matte
with me-" be said. II guess It's Jus
nerves. don't feel right. Somethini
seems wrong somehow"
"Thsre doesn't seem much to do.
his wife agreed. Il can't get up an in
terest In anything"
They grew silent and abstracted
Brill developed habit Of Idly ma
king marks with bis pencil on tn
blank pad Of paper on which hey ha'
done their figuring during the pas
year.
One night he came home late :
dinner q little brsathlsss. but with
light In his eye. he spoke rapid
and almost defiantly.
Z suppose you'll be furious at me-
he said, but ran across good II
vestment where property is bound I
20 up-and I've bought small stoE
building for $1,000 with SIX PEARS
pay the mortgage and"
That's spiendidi- interrupted b
. wife, excitedly. I'VE can do It just
well AZ nofi I've thought OF ne
way 70 cut down our expenses and II
dyins 10 try I'll It'll be fun to pla
sgain and feel that we're really d
ing somethingi-
WELL" said her relieved husban
as he reached for the pad Of paps
1T does seem TO give one somethif
70 live for to be honestly In debt aga
and have to fight TO get outl"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-23
FnnsREPUBI1Oxlg3 .DECEBER lSd

Mulhern MANAGED to get himself locked
up during the day because no said he
had lost ''violet" and wanted to shoot
himself.
MulheFn stopped pedestrians IN
South Clark street. near West Harri-
son. to ask for gun with which be
might shoot himself.
1--WE lost Violet! I've lost Violet!
Give me q gun. I want to shoot my
SELF" he said to the police who ar.
rested him.
He WAS unable to make q coherent
statement for some hours after he was
taken into custody. but when he re-
covered his faculties to degree he
said he had roomed at the Meyers
hotel and had thus come to know who
Violet Buehler was.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-23
VIOLET DUEhLER, CHICAGO HEIR.
=. Ese, WAS RECENTLY IN
WATERLOO.
FOUND m ST. LOUIS HOTEL
THRU cLEW THUS SECURED
Railroad eisuth Saw Missing Girl and
Observed Who're She Checked Her
eassass-Rsoistsrsd Under Assumed
Nams-Man Arrested Who Said No
Had Lost "His Violet"

Chicago, Dec. "a girl registered
who is believed by the authorities to be
Violet Buehler, the l6-year- foster
daughter Of Mrs Herman Buehler, OF
COZ South State street, who disap-
peared mysetriously four weeks ago.
was taken into custody by the authors
ties of st. Louis last night.
She was found at the new St. James
hotel and refused to make any state
ment. She answers in all respects the
description of Violet Buehler.
The police called on the girl after
they had been notified by d. w. Eller.
Il special agent Of the Illinois Central
railroad at Waterloo. Iowa, that she
had left that city and had sent her
baggage to the new st. James hotel in
st. Louis.
Eller saw the girl come into Water
loo alone. Her actions We're suspicious,
and when she checked her baggage out
of town he took the trouble to notice
where 1t was going.
Mother, Discouraged, Goes to Bed.
Mrs. Anna Buehler went to bed be-
fore this news arrived, tired out by a
days vain search for her daughter,
Violet She broke down and cried
when she at last was convinced no
new clew was to be found in Evanston.
She accompanied City Detectives
Norton and Fitzsimmons to the offices
Of the Chicago and Milwaukee Elec-
trio railway. there to talk with half a
dozen employees. None knew anything
of Violet. altho several of them think
they saw her Nov. 25. when she dis
Il can't help but feel something ter
rtble has happened to Violet" Mrs.
Buehler said to the detectives. my
hopes were raised today when you
said we might find something import
ant here. but now we aren't any nearer
finding her than we were when you
started"
Man Arrested for Wild Talk.
A man who gave his name as Neil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-23
F.irmont Creamery Case Appealed.

Fort Dodge. Dec. 23.--F. r. Faville Of
Storm Lake. United States district at
torney, while here told friends he will
appeal the case Of the state versus
Farmont Creamery Company to the
United States supreme court.
The case was tried originally before
Judge Bailie Of Storm Lake. and deci-
sion given that the company could not
be put out Of business by the state for
discriminating In prices charged at
certain Of its creamery stations. MIR.
Faville contended the law is unconstl
tutional on which the state bases its
custer suit. The state supreme court
denied his claim. however. in a recent
decision
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-23
RULING 70 INTERESTING.
Settlement Of Estate Brings Out Queer
Complications.

Special to Times Republican.
New Hampton, Dec. 23.-Judge Hot
son recently made an interesting rul-
ing In the courts here. Deitrick Gorkin
was wealthy farmer, holding con-
siderable farm property When he died
by will all his property went as life
estate to his wife. cutting of two sons
and daughter. Shortly after her hus-
bands death Mrs. Gerkin lost her mind
and she had not chosen whether she
would accept the life estate or take the
dover right OF a widow. The question
arose at her death what her rights
were. The two sons began action ask
ing that each OF the three children be
given n one-third interest. The Deit-
rich Gerkin heirs by will. they being
the grandchildren, interviewed and in q
hearing before Judge Hobson he holds
that the direct heirs participate in the
property of their mother. This raised
a novel point OF law and II is probable
the case will go to the supreme court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-23
COUNTY SUPERVISOR RESIGNS.
J. G. Jackson. Of Hardin County
Board. to Retire Soon.
TimeS-ReDublican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Dec. "a. c. jackson
well known Hardin county man. who
lived in Union township before coming
here will retire from the board Of SUI
pervisors of this county on Jan. 1 at
ter number of years Of efficient serv-
ice in an official capacity. Mr.. Jack
son retires from official life before the
expiration of his term because OF poor
health which has handicapped him ap-
preciably in the discharge OF the
arduous duties that come to a super
visor He retires with the highest
respect and esteem of his consti-
tuency.