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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-13
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-13

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Census Shows Increased Farm Values

the extension Of agricultural activities
into western North and South Dakotas,
Nebraska and Kansas, and into north
ern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan. These increases Offset impor-
tant decreases In other sections.
The increases In total farm acreage.
In the order Of their importance, are:
North Dakota, SO per cent. South Da-
kota, 36 per cent; Nebraska, 20 per
cent; Michigan, 8 per cent; Wiscon'
sin, 8 per cent; Minnesota. S per
cent; Kansas, 4 per cent, and Mis-
souri,, 2 per cent. The decreases are:
Iowa, Indiana and Ohio. each 2 per
cent. and Illinois. l per cent. There
are also important decreases in the
older sections Of the other states, but
these decreases are Offset by the larger
increases. The average acreage pen
farm reported in 1910 was 157, al
against 144 In 1900, an increase Of Is
acres, or 8 per cent.
Each of the states on the western
border Of the division, and those along
the Canadian border, show increases
In the number Of farms. These In
creases, in the order Of their impor
lance. are: North Dakota, Ga per cent;
South Dakota. At per cent; Nebraska,
6 per cent; Wisconsin, 4 per cent;
Kansas and Michigan, each 2 per cent,
and Minnesota, l per cent. These in
creases are partly Offset since the old.
er, well-settled states show decreases
in tho number Of farms, as follows:
Illinois and Iowa, each S per cent. In.
diana and Missouri, each 3 per cent.
and Ohio, 2 per cent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Interior Department Issues Warning

COMPLAINTS have been received
~ from settlers on reclamation pro.
jects that by reason Of the misrepre-
schtations Of land agents they have
been induced to purchase lands which
were afterward found to be without
any rights to water from the govern.
ment canals. The secretary of the in.
terror issued a warning which, while
1T refers particularly to the Rio Grande
project In New Mexico and Texas, Is
equally applicable to other projects
containing large areas Of private lands.
All persons are warned against &C.
ceptng any statements concerning
this project without inquiry from the
officers Of the reclamation service. Elk.
perience has shown that some warning
Of this kind Is necessary because mis-.
leading statements have been issued
regarding the project and the condi.
lions existing upon 1t.
"In particular, attention Is directed
20 the requirements of the reclamation
act regarding residence and cultiva.
ti0n. The act ~prescribes that no right
10 the use Of water for land In private
ownership shall be sold for a tract ex.
cesding $50 acres to any one land own.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

WASHINGTON.-The value OF farm
W land per acre in the north central
states has practically doubled in the
last ten years. according to a bulletin
Issued by the census bureau. The to-
tai value OF farm lands and buildings
IN the division has increased from less
than $500 900 in 1900 to more than
$40. 900, 900 in 1910, while the number
OF farmers has increased only a frac-
ton Of one per cent.
More than two-thirds OF the farmers
in the section own their own farms,
while more than half these owners
have their land free from mortgage. A
slight decrease from 1900 Is shown In
the number Of owners, while the ten.
ant farmers have Increased by more
than twenty per cent. A significant
feature Of the bulletin Is the indication
given that the older states Of the sec
ton are decreasing in agricultural i'm.
portance. presumably owing to in
creases Ia urban manufacturing popu-
iations.
The total amount Of land included
In farms in 1910 was reported as 349,-
S61, 900 acres, as compared with 317,-
S49, 900 acres in 1900, an increase Of
02.613,0 900 acres. or ten per cent. This
important increase is largely due to
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
How DR.. Graham Bell Keeps Away Heat

n URING the recent heat waves, cost
- Ing in six days 100 lives in New
York city alone. Or. Alexander Ora
ham Bell, the inventor Of the tele-
phone, stocked up the Ice stove, his
newest invention, In his Washington
home, and felt quite comfortably cool
while others we're sweltering In an at.
mosphere from which there appeared
to be no prospects Of relief. Doctor
Bell Is not going to patent his ice
stove.
Doctor Bells ice stove Is the exact
opposite Of the ordinary coal furnace.
While the latter consumes coal and
radiates heat to keep up the tempera-
ture, the former consumes ice and "a.
dates cooling waves Of air to keep It
down.
On the ground floor Of Doctor Bells
Washington residence Ia what was
once q swimming tank. Having been
built to hold water, 1t can safely be
depended upon to hold cold air. It is
q well known fact that cold air Is
heavier than warm air. Everybody has
noticed that when a window Is opened
In q room In cold weather the feet feel
the cold first. This Is because the
admitted cold air has fallen to the
door. So II cold air was poured into
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

HONE TOWN
EEL HELPS
ALL CLASSES AID IN WORK
Many Cities DeVotlng Energy and Vast
Sums to Cause Of Civic I'M
proVement.

II is n Of the practically hopeful
phenomena In cities making effort to
became prosperous and comfortable,
here and in Europe, that the work Is
not in the hands merely Of art soci-
sites and "beautiiers," but in the
hands of boards of trade, chambers Of
commerce, taxpayers and merchants
associations, shippers, manufacturers.
Boston felt itself declining, not as
an American Athens, but as a-well
let the report which stirred up her
business men speak for itself:
The foundation of convenient thor
oughfares incidentally creates sites for
important buildings. Are the court
house and Symphony hall. Horticul
tural hall and the Conservatory Of Mu-
sic and the Christian Science temple
placed where they show to the best adj
vantage? How much they might have
added to the city if they occupied mon
umental sites!
Our report offers some suggestions
for street changes that will create
monumental sites, as we'll as for cut
ting streets through waste and desert
ed districts al the city centers, and
for the profitable expansion Of the
city-expansion that might bring dead
land into activity, raise taxable val
ues, increase the use Of the water
front or harbor, and thus add to the
riches of the city.
The fever for municipal improve
ment has also reached Sonth America
and we are told that in Rio Janeiro
they are not only building fine docks
and improving the harbor, but that a
space of two and a half miles long and
three hundred feet wide has been ap-
propriated through the settled city
from water to water for a boulevard
one hundred feet wide and over a
mile long. The sale of the one hundred
feet on either side is said to have paid
for the whole Improvement. In the
short space Of eighteen months the
city constructed this beautiful venue
and gained an enormous amount Of
taxable property.
I'm Formosa the Japanese are plan
ming a capital. Mr.. Fashima, the arch
itect who has the design in hand, has
recommended the essential principles
Of the original plan Of Washington.
Those American cities which have
had time to think are Gevoting energy
and vast sums Of money to work Of
this or Of similar character. They find
that municipal improvement not only
tends to their own convenience, but
also to attract strangers and to d.
rectly contribute toward a city's mate
rial prosperity"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Wireless Telegraph for the Cavalry

the %antennae necessary to establish
communication.
The real purpose of the recent great
~assemblage Of troops in Texas, aside
from international considerations, was
the creation Of one tremendous mill.
tary unit, and that was successfully &C.
complished for the first time since the
Civil war, in the opinion Of Major Gen.
eral Carter. the commander in chief of
the maneuver division.
Five times the cost Of this operation
would not measure the value to the
country of the experiment, declared
General Carter. 1t was the first oppor-
tunity that the modern army had to
get together all branches Of the serv-
ice-the infantry. the cavalry, the artil.
lery, the transportation and subsist.
ence departments-and to make q
thorough test Of what had been purely
theoretical estimates Of the proper bal
ance between them.
This problem was worked out by the
test Of actual practice, and General
Carter feels that when he left Texas
there had been brought into being the
perfect military unit which had been
SO long desired by army strategists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Soap.

"Were | a soap-maker," said a girl
in a red bathing suit, Il should give
away with every cake Of soap a soap
dish like those at the Hotel Surf--a
soap-dish that doesn't drain.
"The right kind of soap dish has a
perforated plate on which the soap is
laid. This plate drains off the water
into a bowl below, and the soap dries
at once. But the Surf hotel soap
dishes have no drain plates; In them
your soap lies always In a little pool,
and, when you go to use it, about a
quarter inch of 1t comes off on your
hands in the shape of slime.
THE world is full Of these non
draining soap dishes. have tested
them. | have proved by actual test
that they waste so per cent. of the
soap. Hence, were l a soap-maker, I'd
give them away to my patrons.
"The mustard maker. you know,
grows rich out Of the mustard people
leave on the edge Of their plates. BY
supplying all his patrons with non.
draining soap dishes, the soap-maker
would at once have to double his
plant"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

THE military value of the cavalry
/ branch has been enormously in.
creased by the adoption of wireless
telegraphy, for the first time in this
country thoroughly tried out In the
Texas maneuvers.
The signal corps had devised an ex-
tremely light and portable wireless an.
paratus, easily carried on the back of
a horse and capable of being put into
operation from any point In the field
within a few minutes. 1t was found
that the messages could be readily re.
ceived when the cavalry detachment
was anywhere within twenty-five miles
OF a receiving station, a fact which
added greatly to the value of the cav.
airy in its scouting capacity. A light
c~ollapsible steel mast, not much larger
than q fishing rod, served to support
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
PLEAS FOR THE PLAYGROUND
Boys and. Girls of the Cities Should
Have Their Public Places
Of Recreation.

Herr Froebel, in The Education
Of Man." says:
Every town should have its own
common playground for the boys.
Glorious result would come from this
for the entire community. For at this
period games, whenever 1t Is feasible,
are common, and thus develop the
feeling and desire for community, and
the laws and requirements of commu-
nifty. The boy tries to see himself in
his companions, to feel himself in
them, to weigh and measure himself
by them, to know and find himself
with their help. Thus the games dir
rectly influence and educate the boy
for life, awaken and cultivate many
civil and moral virtues"
From the eastern part of our coun-
try comes an eloquent plea for the
tendent Of Fairgrounds at Pittsburg,
tendent of Fairgrounds at Pittsburgh,
writes: From the juvenile court,
from prisons, from hospitals, from
students Of social evils, from every
department of science devoted to the
study of man, comes the warning that
in Jul day, as in no other day, the
world has yet seen, we need in our
great cities to give heed to the nature
and spirit of childhood and youth and
to the right Of the people to happi-
ness. Society has not so much for
gotten as 1t has failed to realize in
these strenuous days of materialism
how much modern city and social
conditions are making void for many
a fundamental tenet of our national
creed. In the boys and girls of the
streets, in the delinquent, the fallen,
the outcast, the unuccessful and the
misfits there is the same hunger for
happiness that is our own. But IL
that hunger must be satisfied in the
one or two or three-roomed home Of
the tenement, in the street, nickelo-
deon, cheap theater, saloon or public
dance hall. or not at all, who can
wonder at individual ruin or social
disasterT"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
One
Mans Way
By KATE CLEVES

Ann Rose looked at Dick Foster
from innocent gray eyes. And is 1t
as bad as all that?" she asked lightly
when he had concluded his tale of
love with a hint that life would be
unbearable without her.
las bad as WHAT" he asked quick
ly, resenting the half-hidden raillery
In her voice.
That life will be empty without
poor little me?"
"Oh-that! Why, Miss Ann, you
know we always add that-for good
measure" There vas a hurt look in
her eyes as he arose from the bench
and looked down at her.
Ann bit her lip and hung her head.
She hated to dismiss Dick Foster,
but after this. Of course. he would
join the train of the other discon-
solates. II am very sorry" she began
with Just the right degree of pathos in
her voice when his laugh cut her
words short.
"Well?" she asked haugntily, ris-
ing and facing him.
II beg your pardon, Ann, but I will
spare you further pain. You were
about to say that you are sorry that
you cannot love me in return but that
you will ever be my lifelong friend"
There was a curious hesitation in
her voice when she answered. why
yes-I believe l was about to make
that remark. How clever you are, Mr..
Foster, but l suppose you've had lots
Of experience" she smiled ironically.
Heaps" he answered with more
cheerfulness than Ann Rose deemed
proper under the circumstances. In
deed, Dick Fosters proposal Of mar
riage had gone off in an entirely diff
ferent manner from what Ann had
planned for. Ann Rose was a most
thoroughgoing little firt and the list
OF her disconsolate suitors would
have made a long voting list.
I'm rather popular that way, you
know"
What way?"
"Oh, being refused; you see / am
easily fattered and II a girl acts az
II she were interested in me I up Tor
down, If you please) and propose to
her on the spot! Witness this even.
ing"
And so I acted as If I were inter
ested in your" stormed Ann turning
on him like a small whirlwind.
"Yes," he said, looking her steadily
In the eyes; you did"
Ann Rose laughed softly. but only a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

er, and that no such sale shall be made
10 any land owner unless he be an &C
tual bona-flde resident on such land or
occupant thereof, residing in the
neighborhood Of said land.
1T also is required thai. the land
owner shall reclaim at least one-half
of the total irrigable area of his land
for agricultural purposes before any
right to the use Of water shall perma-
nently attach.
1T is not known how many years
will be required for the construction Of
the storage dam, nor is 1t safe to make
predictions as to when water will be
available in view of the many uncer,
tainties existing. Warning also 10
given that the amount Of available wa.
ter power has been grossly exaggerat
ed In many current discussions"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

loving eye would have discerned the
trembling pulse in her pretty white
throat and heard the tiniest suspicion
Of a quaver in her voice when she
spoke again.
"Tl.en you were merely battered by
my interest? And the rest of it
was false? You didn't mean it,"
He hesitated a moment. What
part do you refer to-" He had fold
ed his arms across his broad chest
and was looking down at her from
sparkling dark eyes.
She flushed rosily. you know
about your-regard for me-" And
the pulse in her throat fluttered more
widely.
Regard? Was that the word?"
Love them" she flashed. What
difference does it make when you
didn't mean any Of it,"
Foster was silent. His eyes seemed
to be reading her face, now slightly
turned from him. He scanned the
crown of golden brown hair, the deli
cate arch Of dark brows. the curling
sweep Of long lashes against heI
cheek and he did not overlook the
pulse at her throat. His eyes grew
tender, but his lips did not lose their
decision.
He held out his hand. Perhaps
you will say goodbye and wish me
God-speed," he said quietly.
She turned quickly. You are moi
going away?'
Merely for a few months. MI
newspaper has ordered me to the
Mexican border"
win there be fighting and dan
ger?"
I'm afraid not" taking her hand
Goodbye"
Goodbye and good luck" re
turned Ann, wondering why he did MOI
respond to the friendly pressure o.
her hand
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

the ordinary room 1t would flow out
under doors and through floor cracks
wherever 1t could find them.
In addition to the old swimming
tank, which Doctor Bell has fitted up
as a study, with easy chair, couch and
table and books, the inventor needed
an apparatus for supplying cold air to
the tank. This was a simple matter. A
large Ice box was constructed and into
this about 200 pounds Of Ice are fed
twice every week. Air pipes lead into
the ice box and other pipes convey the
chilled air into the inventors study,
the flow being regulated by an electric
fan.
While the president of the United
States, judges Of the supreme court.
ambassadors, legislators and others
were sweltering with the thermometer
at 80 degrees and above Doctor Bell
sat in his study, where the tempera-
ture never rose above Go degrees.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
TIME LIVE STOCK
HOW IT WAS CARED FOR IN THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Ignorant Local Leschss Cared for Sick
cattle-ExampIes Of intelligence
Of the Pig.

Sir Walter Gilbey has brought to-
gether a number of interesting facts
concerning the live stock Of the farm.
Bleeding, the stock remedy for equine
Ills Of every kind, was practiced until
comparatively recent times. The Es-
sex farmers used to bleed their ami
mails regularly in spring and autumn
as late as the year 1885, and In some
districts 1t was continued until about
1850.
But veterinary surgery did not en-
brace the study Of cattle and sheep
diseases at all. Treatment OF sick
cattle was referred to the local "leech,"
who, to quote a writer Of the time,
knows as much Of the diseases Of
animals as the beast to attend which
he Is sent for"
Arthur Young, writing in ITO, reck.
oned the total of cattle in England at
over $500, 900, including $4,000
draught cattle. The fact that some A.
$780, 900 cattle are now owned in Eng
land indicates the change In the cat
tie breeding industry during a hun
dred years. There are no reliable hg-
ures. Sir Walter says, to show what
the horse population was at that time.
Apart from coaching, every country
gentleman drove or rode in the good
old days. The farmer and commercial
traveller travelled on horseback or
drove a gig. Goods In out Of the way
parts of England were still carried on
strings of pack horses. The importance
of the latter as a means Of transport
is shown by the old pack horse"
bridges still remaining over the
streams In various parts of England.
They are wide enough to allow a
laden horse to pass. but too narrow
for carts.
Some curious examples are supplied
by Sir Walter Gilbey of the intelli-
gence of the pig. One of the most
remarkable examples Is furnished by
the famous pig pointer" a black SOW,
which two kings keepers In the new
forest trained in a fortnight to find
game, point and back almost as we'll
as a pointer. The excellent seeming
powers Of the pig are, as Is well
known, utilized by French trufle find
ers, who train young swine to find the
trufies, buried as they are In a few
inches below the soil. They were used
for this purpose in England also, Sir
Walter states; Lord Braybrooke kept
truffle hunting pigs some fifty years
ago.
Geese have gone somewhat out Of
fashion In these days, but formerly
they were held to be the most profit.
able kind Of poultry. They were raised
In vast numbers in the Lincolnshire
fens. Pennant says that a single per-
son would keep as many as a thou
sand old birds, each OF which raising
seven goslings the owner at the years
end would find himself master of a
flock of 5000 birds. In the great
tracks Of fenland, before they were
drained, over a thousand persons
made their living out of geese. The
profit of goose keeping lay in the
practice of plucking. The value Of
the goose feathers was estimated at
about a shilling a head a year and
%three-pence more for the quilts at that
time in general demand for pens.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Rousinq Response,

At a provincial theater not Iona
since the curtain rose on an empty
stage in the second act, and by and
by a meek looking young man with
a dust coat slung over his arm came
on and loudly called: Uncle, uncle!"
According to the book of the play
he should have received no answer
to his call. and after an appropriate
pause he should have gone on with
the monologue. But a graceless god"
in the gallery took upon himself to
answer the actor.
"AI right, I'm coming in a moment:
how much do you want on it," he
shouted.
The effect On the audience may be
imagined.-Tt-Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

While critics have been calling loud.
ly for something true and original in
American architecture, there has been
quietly developing a type that is really
both new and artistic, says Charles
M. Cheney in the House Beautiful.
Discarding the restrictions Of tradi-
ton, a strong and virile style founded
on the best principles Of composition
and design is asserting itself in the
smah house. Beauty is arrived AZ
through the simple elements of CON.
structicn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Rather Stir.

That Is a rather stiff assertion"
said Senator Curtis, at a dinner In
Washington. of a reciprocity argu-
ment.
THAT in fact, reminds me of one
of our Kansas stories.
"'What is that tall chimney for?"
said a visitor to Kansas, pointing to
a farmyard. is somebody putting up
a factory In this lonely quarter?'
"'No,' was the reply. That's Just
Joe Miller's well. Cyclone turned
her inside out"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08
Perfectly Clear.

At the Art museum the sign Hands
or was conspicuously displayed be-
for the statue Of Venus de Milo, says
Harper's Magazine.
A small child looked from the sign
to the statue.
Anybody could see that" she said,
dryly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-08

He-Whenever l borrow money / so
to a pessimist.
She-Why?
He-Because a pessimist never en-
poets to get 1t back again.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-08-11

G. ID. Hickok and r. r. Wilson,
prominent business men of Ulys-
sus, Grant County, Kan. drove
to this place Tuesday evenin to
take the train for Wichita on a
business deal. They expect to re-
turn in couple of DAYS and re-
port that the railroad property of
G. P. Tullington through Grant
and Haskell county is rapidly
shaping up and looks very encour-
aging. These gentlemen have
offered to guarantee the right of
of way through Grant county,
and it no doubt will be accepted.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-08-11
Liberty Items.

E. P. Heathman was on his claim
after shore absenct. He is working
for the Western Telegraph Co. which
now has an Office located near Kis
met.
Ed. Fitzgerald spent Saturday In
Liberal.
VIM. Dale and wife have moved
over onto the e. W. Williams quar-.
ter where he is engaged in blowing
for wheat.
Marion Carson's family have moved
to Liberal and he is left here to batch.
Mrs. VIM. Dale spent Thursday
with Grandma Fraim.
Elmer Tucker was out at his place
Sunday.
Marion Carson spent Sunday at W,
E. Collects.
Mrs. II. H. Corkins spent Wednes-
day afternoon with Mrs. Sealey.
Elmer Tucker is drilling we'll fol-
Ed. Hancock Of Antelope Valley.
This vicinity was visited by Three
glorious rains for which we are all
very thankful.