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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

AN especial consideration il a man is at
tempting to operate a truck patch single
handed. More important yet, the trucker who
is able to lay out some money on his prop
erty will have some sort Of a drainage and ir-
rigating system which will carry off surplus
water in the case of torrential showers and
will, on the other hand, enable him to water
his gardens" when a rain famine comes. He
will have more or less pretentious green
houses that will enable him to raise early
vegetables and to give his garden stuff an
early start under glass. And he may even
have facilities for raising some products in
shade or partial shade. And so there might
be continued almost Indefinitely the enumera
ton of the innovations that have bettered
modern trucking conditions, all the way up to
the facilities on those large truck farms
where We find miniature or narrow gauge
railways traVersing the trucking area and af-
fording the means of transferring the vege-
tables, berries, ETC., in one handling from the
pickers to the boats or railroad cars that are
to convey them to market.
A notable characteristic of modern methods
of trucking is the extent to which Specialize
ton is being practiced. We still have, of
course, farms by the thousand where every
thing from onions to pumpkins are raised, but
we also find, to an increasing extent, progress
sive men who are d~evoting their whole invest
ment and energy to one product and endeavor-
ing to secure that extra quality which special
ization produces and which always means
higher prices when the ultimate consumers
learn of its presence. This explains the 'let.
tuce farms" where nothing but lettuce is cul-
tivated and the celery farms" in Michigan
and elsewhere that concentrate on this capri
cious product and the watermelon patches
of the southland SO on through a long list.
AS a eequel to this era of specialization has
come the practice Of many truckers to dispose
OF their products direct to the consumers. OF
course this means added profits, for not only
does 1t cut out the middleman's margin but in
many Instances the trucker finds discriminate
ing city folks willing to pay him more than
the prevailing retail price in order to obtain
products of exceptional quality and which they
can depend upon being fresh. Some truckers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
A LADY LECTURER
Feeds Nerves and Brains Scientifically.

l-rHE sLY ..NII I.Mt NUMaM 4HrtE
A lady lecturer writes from PhiladeL
phia concerning the use of right food
and how she is enabled to Withstand
the strain and wear and tear Of her
arduous occupation. She says:
Through improper food, imperfect
ly digested, my health was complete
ly wrecked, and / attribute my recov.
cry entirely to the regular use Of
Grape-Nuts food. 1t has, / assure you,
proven an inestimable boon to me.
Almost Immediately after beginning
the use Of Grape-Nuts l found a graft
flying change in my condition. The ter.
rible weakness that formerly pros
trated me after a few hours of work,
was perceptibly lessened and is now
only a memory-it never returns.
Ten days after beginning on Grape
Nuts ! experienced a wonderful in
crease in mental vigor and physical
energy, and continued use has entire
lly freed me from the miserable In
somnia and nervousness from which
] used to suffer so much.
7 find Grape-Nuts very palatable
and would not be without the crisp,
delicious food for even a day on any
consideration. Indeed, / always carry
It with me On my lecture tours"
Read the little book, 'The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
enc hpDenrs from time to time. They
are Eemuinc, true, and full OF humans
inherent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

these fashionable hotels do not demand "cut
rates" because they buy in quantity. Iney
are SO glad to be assured of dependable vege-
tables of the highest grade that they pay as
much as the same stuff would bring at retail
in the same city.
An interesting "side line that has developed
in connection with twentieth century trucking
is the canning and preserving industry. we
see this tendency exemplihed in two ways
First, there Is a disposition on the part OF
the big canning firms that put up" tomatoes,
corn, etc, to raise their own vegetables and
in not a few instances in late years the can
ming factories have been moved ITO the fields"
to be near the source of supply. Secondly,
and more significant, is the disposition OF
truckers to put up in glass or tins their sur
plus products and to market them direct. The
farmers wife and daughters, from time out OF
mind, have been stocking the home larder
for winter use in this manner, but ~latterly
they have taken to picking and preserving
for the great outside public as we'll. In many
instances where the responsibilities have be-
come too much for the women folk on the
truck farm outside help is called in-school
girls eager to earn vacation money; summer
boarders who ~are willing thus to pay their
way; and factory folk from the neighboring
towns who are out of work temporarily, ow-
ing to the summer shut downs"
Time was when the average farmers wife
was wont to declare that it did not pay to
can or preserve for the market, however much
pride she might take In such work for the
household and however much qualification she
might feel when her jams and stewed fruits
took the prizes at the county fair. All this
stigma of unprofitableness has passed, how.
ever. When the public will pay twenty to
A. a-I - - ----II
as high as one dollar for a quart jar of pre-
served fruit 1t Is no use to talk about it being
a thankless job even though it be a hot task
on a summer day. The truckers have discov-
cred that the public will always pay good and
even fancy prices for these 'by-products" If
they can have the assurance that they are
getting pure products of superior quality put
up without the use of injurious preservatives
In the sanitary surroundings Of a respectable
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

which mean better schoolhouses than
usual.
The ordinary schoolhouse has cost
from $500 to $500. 1t was simply a
big box, of straight lines. with four
windows on each side, a door at one
end and a stove in the center. But
the new buildings cost from $1,000 to
$4,000, and they are thoroughly mod
ern in lighting, with furnace heat,
some even with steam heat, and with
genuine slate b~lackboards. Every
convenience known to the city
schools is being installed in the coun-
try schools also.
There are many boys and girls now
in the high schools and colleges Of the
state who got their common school
education in one of these old-fash-
Toned box schoolhouses and there are
a few who went to school in an old
sod schoolhouse. There arc a few Of
these old sod schoolhouSes still stand
ing but not a single one is in use in
Kansas now. All have been replaced
by the modern structures.
Since the first of the year more
than 300 school districts have issued
bonds for schoolhouses. In every in
stance the bonds were issued for new
buildings. The old ones were used
last winter for the last time and
when the children started to school
this fall they went to a new build
ing with every comfort that is posi-
BILE to give them. Some districts do
not have to issue bonds for the new
structures.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
Mrs. Rrnwninn.

Apropos of the jubilee of the death
of Mrs. Browning, it is not generally
known that the event occasioned one
Of the tenderest things her husband
v e wrote. He tended her alone the
night before she died, and wrote of
her passing in a letter of infinite pa,
thos addressed to their mutual friend,
Mrs. Blagdon:, Then came what my
heart will keep till / see her again,
and longer-the most perfect express
sion of her love TO me within my
knowledge Of her. Always smiling and
with a face like a girls; and in a
few minutes she died in my arms, her
head on my cheek. . There was
no lingering or acute pain, nor con.
sciousnes of separation. God took
her to himself as you would lift a
sleeping child from a dark, uneasy bed
into your arms and the light"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

ted that the methods now in vogue for keeping
celery are defective for commercial purposes
Truckers are working to solve the problem, now
ever, and ultimately will succeed. SO, likewise
they are striving for economies in other dlrec-
tons. For example, means have lately been
discovered for utilizing the greenhouses or fore
ing houses for vegetable raising all through the
summer instead of allowing them to stand idle
throughout the interval Some crops are FOUND
to do better under glass even in midsummer.
Finally it may be noted that even the potato
has taken standing as a truck crop in late years
and thousands of acres are annually planted in
early varieties of potatoes which are harvested
as soon as they attain suitable size and rushed
to market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
GARDEN TROUBLES

This Is the season when gardens grow. Gentle
reader, have you a garden? No? Oh, you live
in a city fiat where there wouldn't be room to
stand a garden up e~dgeways? Well, move out
of it right now and go where you can have a
garden. If you can't have one any other way,
make one. Everybody makes garden in the
spring. That Is why there is such a demand in
the spring for medicine that will correct bad
blood. Nobody ever planted bad blood In his
garden, but before the novice is done with it
he will discover that bad blood Is about the most
successful crop he can raise. If nature attended
to her business instead Of hanging around walt
ing for the man to do most everything himself,
gardening would be more attractive and popular.
But nature simply will not do a lick until a per-
son gets the ground ready and lays 1t off in plats
and drills and rows and beds and things and
buys the seeds and plants them.
After all that has been accomplished at great
labor and expense nature takes hold and shoves
the sprouts up out Of the soil; but no more, for
when the plants have got a start once they will
grow themselves. But they won't take care OF
themselves, and nature doesn't, SO the man is
compelled to look after them. He has to look
after them all the time, too, because If he isn't
there to work just as hard from then to the
finish, as he did from the beginning to then,
the kind of a garden he will have will cause his
wife and children to giggle at him and prompt
his neighbors to give him the horse ha-ha. Be.
sides, there are the weeds and the bugs and the
rain and the drought and the chickens and the
dogs and the cats and the pigs and the boil
weevil and the pip and the scale and the cooling
moth, and like as not somebody leaves the gate
open and the cows get in and Well, by thun-
der! it's no wonder all our troubles get their
start in a garden.-William J. hampton, in Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
BE A LAWYER. HERE'S YOUR
CHANCE.

The st. Louis University Institute
Of Law (201 N. Grand Ave-, st. Louis),
has been conducting for the last three
years a Night Law School for ambi-
tious young men, who work during
the day. 1t meets three nights a
week. The studies are the same, and
the degrees are granted just the same
as in the Day School. Better work
is done than the authorities have ever
hoped for; and the building has been
so crowded with students that a new
law building with mor commodious
quarters will be moved into at Christ
mas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

Montclair. N. J.-This town has Do
clared oficial war on birds Of oil
kinds, and a park employe with q
shotgun has been commissioned to 60
out every night among the shade trees
which line the residence streets and
kill as many of the feathered song
sters as possible.
His bag the other night totaled
more than 500 birds, including Eng
Itch starlings. robins, ~blackbirds and
sparrows.
Under a long-continued system Of
protection. the birds have increased
in numbers until residents lodged COM
plants that their noise was making
sleep impossible.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

growing far below with mother earth
to nourish them.
The growth Of the trees on the roof,
has loosened the slate as the roots ex-
tended along the ~rafters. 1t is feared
that there will be considerable dam
age to the building in the course of
time. Some Of the authorities believe
that the trees should be removed and
the roof repaired. Others oppose the
idea on the ground that the trees
growing from the court house dome,
furnish the most effective advertise
ment that the town possesses and at,
tracts many tourists.
1t Is regarded as extraordinary that
the trees should thrive with apparent
ly but a trifle Of earth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
Old New England Church

long pre-Christian period, is not very
long. We have. however, considering
the age Of the country, some old In
situations which have a history that
makes them appear ancient enough IN
our eyes.
In the village Of bingham, Mass,
stands. with a few exceptions. the old.
est church in the nation. It is called
The Old Ship Meeting House'-a
square frame structure. with a pyral
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

mid roof and a belfry at the peak In
closed by a railing. There Is a vesti-
bule projecting from the front door.
There are two rows Of six windows
in each wall, the upper one furnish
ing light and air to the gallery, which
extends all around. In early days the
unconverted were assigned to the gal-
lery seats, the men on one side and
the women on the other, while the
professors" sat below and sexes were
divided by the middle aisle. Attend
ance was compulsory. It cost a peck
Of corn to stay away from meeting OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
TREES o W ON A W
Lofty Dome of Indiana Court House
Surmounted by Trees Which
Birds Planted.

Greensburg, Ind.-Trees are grow
ing on the tower Of the court house,
It's feet above the ground. Many years
ago, seeds dropped by birds and which
fell into crevices Of the slate roof OF
the lofty dome Of the tower, germin.
ated, and each year, the young trees
become larger. OF the present group
the principal tree is about twelve feet
in height and is as full Of leaves, and
as healthy. apparently as it's fellows
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

to leave the building before service
was finished. This historic little
church was built in 1886 at a time
when a strong stockade was neces-
sary to defend the worshipers from
the treachery OF the Indians.
Another historical fact which dis
tinguishea bingham above other
places In this uncertain and change
able world Is that the old meeting
house has had but ten pastors during
the 276 years OF its existence. which.
you will notice, gives each Of them a
paEtcrateso III 27ta years. Blk Of them
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
DUST BY THE wAYsIDE.

The man that holds the dollar until the eagle
squeals Is never arrested for disturbing the
peace.
Many a man gets safe in office, then slams
the door and builds a fire under the voters
when they try to slide down the chimney.
After the office seeks the man 1t sometimes
wonders why 1t went so far for SO little.
Wisdom doesn't remain long enough in one
place for people to get well acquainted with. It
Constitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
a STILL GRZZW-
.HOZIR Or 0RcZyG
HOXH ~

home. Furthermore,
the country folk who
go in for home preserv-
ing on a large or small
scale will find that a
considerable portion OF
the buying public will
give up more than a
proportionately in
creased price If the
products are put up in
glass jars, or bottles,
instead of in tin cans.
OF the modern meth
DDS of trucking which
are yet open to i'm
provement m e 0 n
may be made of The
methods of storing for
the late winter trade.
For instance it seems
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
COUNTRY SCHOOL OF TODAY
Three Hundred Structures Of the
Modern Type Building In Kan
sas This Year.

Topeka, Kan.-Kansas has finally
decided that the old-fashioned. unsan
Itary. ill-lighted and poorly-appointed
sehoolhouse does not produce the
best results. and more new and thor.
oughly modern schoolhouses are be-
Ing built in the country school dis
;ricts this year than ever before.
More school districts have issued
bonds for lei buildings this year
than were ever offered to the state
school fund commission before. and
he bonds are for larger amounts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
Curious Resemblance.

Mr.. Groucher Is always complain
ing that nobody understands him,
Such people," replied Miss Cayenne
are frequently like one Of these old
fashioned riddles. When you get n.
answer, i really doesn't seem d
much Importance"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

have acquired a
circle of house
holders in the
nearest city to
each Of which
they send a box
of the green
things by ex-
press each day
or week, &C
cording to or
der. An even
simpler solution
for the trucker
is found in an
a r a ngement
whereby he dis
poses of his en-
tire output di-
rect to some
large city hotel
And it may sur.
prise S o M e
readers to learn
that many OF
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

served 246 years. The first paste,
got his salary In corn, most Of which
was the proceeds of fines imposed
upon the congregation for not attend
ing meeting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14
Following the slmile.

Lewis Single Binder, straight 5c--many
smokers prefer them to l0c cigars.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

Life" said John w. Gates, valiant
lover Of conflict, lis a gamble"
And death? Why, death is the haz-
ard of the die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

Sincerity Is the saving merit now
and always.-Carlyle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

He who knows most grieves for
wasted time.-Dante.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-14

PIC NIUPb III IHOot TSUINt UWN VV0
late, unfortunate4, to mend matters completely
for the truck gardeners. Some of the truckers es-
capped a curtailment of income, but it was only
because their holdings were faVorably situated or
because they had their private systems for irri.
eating, To the man who, thanks to such facili,
ties, was able to raise half a crop or better the
high prices that ruled for such products offered
ample compensation for the smaller yield.
Unfavorable conditions such as have recently
prevailed doubtless cause more CONSERVATION in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-07
OFFICTtL ORGAN:

ClIy uf Anarlcus.
Sumter County.
NNr5ste; County.
;allroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District.
y S. Court Southern District Of
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-07
PROHIBITION AND CRIME IN THE
CITIES.

The recent action OF the city
council seems to indicate that real
prohibition of the saloon sale of
hquor Will start in Augusta dur
ing the next year as far as the
city authorities can enforce the
law. 1t would be fairer to wait
until Augusta has really tried to
enforce the prohibition law to
make comparisons as 10 increase
of crime due to prohibition
Augusta Herald.
We believe the same claim was made
in Savannah at one time, that the
number of arrests had increased under
prohibition. At least it was pointed
out by some critics of the law that
there had been an enormous increase
in the fines of the Police Court there
Immediately after prohibition went in
to effect A little investigation showed
that this was due to practical licens-
ing system for liquor dealers, enforced
through the medium of the police, and
not to any expansion of the minor Of
lenses against the laws of the city
1t is gratifying to know that Augusta
:; really going to make an honest et-
E. A., 10 Tho claim has
been loudly made that the law cannot
be enforced in the larger cities. AS
matter of fact there has never been an
honest effort in Augusta or Savannah
to enforce the law. In both cities the
city officials have been parties to the
q deliberate violation of the law, the
Councils have licensed hundreds OF
SO called near beer saloons knowing
that not glass of near-beer was sold
in them and the police have ignored
the continued sale of intoxicants IN
violation of the law. About all thai
has been done in either OF these cities
has been to use the police powe 70
break up Sunday liquor selling.
A high license system with rigid SUI
pervision and severe punishment OF
offenders, would probably bring better
results than prohibition in any state
Rnt with city officials treating the
state laws with contempt it would
even then be necessary TO give the
governor the power OF removal Il
bring them to proper appreciation OF
their subsection to the laws Of the
mmonwealth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-07
THE LACK OF PATRIOTISM AMONG
GEORGIA LAWYERS!

| have a legal brief prepared by
one of the greatest lawyers Of this
nation. who comes from out the
mighty West which produces real
men and women-patriOtS OF col
ossal stature This brief conclus-
lively establishes that the State of
Georgia has never granted Tai
lulah Falls and river, and does
therefore now own both falls and
river. believe this brief to be
one of the most comprehensive
legal arguments ever prepared by
the human mind.
In the absence of a retainer
we did not succeed in finding
Georgia lawyer who had time to
give attention to the peoples in
terests in Tallulah, We naturally
looked to the land of big distances
and big men and women. When |
laid all the facts before this pa
triot from out the West, said:
I'VE have no money with which to
pay a fee" The reply was quick:
Il would not prepare the brief for
pay. but | will render my country
the service"
This is an extract from a letter from
Mrs. Helen Longstreet, president OF
the Tallulah Falls Conservation Asso-
citation, an open letter to the people OF
Georgia.
1t carries with it a severe. and we
cannot but feel unjust, arrangement 81
the entire bar of the state of Georgia.
Not a lawyer of standing could he
found in Georgia, it declares in effect,
who was public spirited enough to pre-
pare brief that would help the asso-
citation in its noble work Of protecting
Tallulah Falls from destruction, not Il
lawyer could be found who had enough
patriotic spirit to give some of his val
liable time, without compensation to
the noble task of preserving inyiolate
this great handiwork of nature
Unable to find a lawyer In Georgia
who would lift a finger except for
fee. the great West was turned to, and
there, thousands of miles from Tallul-
al Falls, man of sufficient patriotism
was found to render the service with
out the faint of money being attached
to it.
1t is hard to believe that the lawyers
Of Georgia are mon OF this calibre We
prefer TO believe that Mrs. Longstrent
is mistaken, that one or two may haze
turned her down and that lead to the
belief that all Georgia lawyers were
governed by the mercenary spirit en-
tiraly We are sure that not only one,
but scores, Of the ablest men at the
bar in this STATE, are superior to such
consideration when a great public
question like the preservation of Tai
lulah Falls is placed before them. If
it Were not so then ii might be truly |
declared that Georgia lawyers have
degenerated into mere money grab
bers. We believe them placed in a
false light.