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The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25
Proceedings Of the Board Of Aldermen

At a meeting of the Board of
Aldermen, held this 23d. day of
August, 1911, the following, among
other proceedings were had:
It is here ordered by the Board,
that the City Attorney is hereby
directed to bring suita against. all
persons. owing and who shallffaii
to pay their poll-tax, by the first
day of September next, for said
poll-tax.
The City Attorney is further
ordered to institute such legal pro-
ceeding, as may be necessary, to
collect from the owners of all dogs,
who have failed to pay the tax on
such dog, unless such tax is paid
by September first next.
Under the ordinances Of the City
Of Laclede, it is made the duty Of
all persons, owning or occupying
any premises within the city, to at
all times, keep the weeds and grass
properly cut, to the center of all
streets and alleys adjoining and
abutting upon any such premises
50 owned or occupied BY amy per
son. The street commissioner is
therefore ordered to see that the
provisions Of said ordinance is
strictly enforced. BlsaER,
City Clerk.
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25

Two boarders wanted for the
school year. Inquire at this Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Bruins and
daughter, Miss Gussie, left Sunday
morning for a visit at Colorado
Springs. Colo.
DR.. kathryn v. Standby Of
Brookaeld was the guest Of her
father, DR.. z. 7. Standby. and
family Monday
Mrs. P. z. White and her son,
XiIlon, left Tuesday for a trip to
Denver and Colorado Springs,
and win visit relatives at kansas
City and st. Joseph before rstnrn-
in home.
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF
Local Events Of The Past Week Recorded For
Busy Blade Readers.

| Mrs. S. H. Brown, who has
been an invalid for a number of
years, is much worse this week
aud there is little hope of her re-
covery.
Practical agriculture is taught at
Laelede high school-just the
things that will be useful to your
boy and girl later on, whether they
live on a farm or go on to college.
The w. G. T. U. will meet with
Miss Grace Sissons next Tuesday
afternoon, Aug. 30, at2: 30 0 'clock.
Officers are to be elected and it is
imperative that every member
should be present.
Miss Ella Hancock has returned
from the market and will open up
her big new stock of fall and win
ter millinery in the True building
next week. She will have the best
assortment of ladies hats ever
shown in Laclede, and invites you
to call and see them.4
Miss Grace Wilson has returned
from New York, where she has
been studying piano and voice with
two of New York's best teachers,
Albert Ross Parsons and Dudley
Buck, Jr. Miss Wilson will teach
in Highland college, Highland,
Kans., the coming year.
In the Laclede high school, and
the grades as we'll, every pupil will
have separate desk this year and
in future. Your child will not
have to sit with anyone else and
can devote his entire time to his
own work without being annoyed
BY aavons eIse That u bse asl.
vantage to a pupil, bat it is only
one of the reasons why your
children should attend the Laclede
schools
On account of the circus at
Brookfield Sept. II, the day before
the date first selected for the La
clede fair, the officers of the
association have thought best to
change the date of the fair to Oct. 6,
three weeks later. The latter part
of September is usually rainy and
it did not seem advisable to take
chances on bad weather. While
some exhibits will be cut short on
account of being so late in the
season, it is expected that better
exhibits can be made in other de-
partments. Plan to come and
have good time.
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25
Death q Mrs. VaIIie Il. Benson

u
in Sweden June z, 1848. When
but a mere child she came to this
country and for a short time the
family made their home in Illinois.
When still Of tender years, death
claimed every member of the family
but herself, and she was adopted
into the home of a Mrs. Morris,
who moved to Missouri soon after
ward and with whom she made her
home until Aug. 8, 1870, when
she married Cornelius Benson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benson lived in
Charlton county until March, 1884,
when they moved to LacIede. Four
children were born to them:
Ernest E., Lena (Mrs. James G.
Baker,, Mansur P. and Susie T.
Mr.. Benson died Jan. 20, 1901,
but Mrs. Benson continued to
make her home in Laclede.
Last summer Mrs. Benson went
to Wisconsin to spend part of the
summer in the summer home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker, returning
with them to Urbana, ILL.,, her in
tention being to stay there several
months and then come back to
Laclede: But in February she
suffered a stroke of apoplexy,
following slight operation, and
had been bedfast for almost seven
months, needing the constant mini
strations of a trained nurse. Her
vitality was wonderful, astonishing
the attendant physicians and all
who came in touch with her.
Though this was the first severe
sickness of her life, Mrs. Benson
bore her sufferings with great
fortitude and patience and with
deepening trust in the Heavenly
Father. Without murmur and
with cheerfuiness she fought
on, but the battle could not go on
indefinitely and last Monday after
noon she slipped quietly away home.
Mrs. Benson was a member of
the Episcopal church, but for
years has had her interests
altogether in the Methodist Epis-
copal church. She was a member
of the Eastern Star Lodge No. 18
and Chapter R, P. E. 0. and of
the American Reading Circle.
Brief services were held Tuesday.
afternoon at the Baker home
in Urbana before the funeral party
started for Laclede. Funeral
services were conducted in the La
clede Msthodist church Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. E. L. Robson
of Westboro, former pastor here.
The interment was in the Laclede
cemetery, where Mr.. Benson is
also huried
Mrs. Benson was a true Christian
woman, a good neighbor and an
ever kind friend. None ever en-
tered her home without a warm
welcome or left without feeling the
warmth of a genuine hospitality.
Her heart was gentle. and in it she
carried those she loved, never
Wearying in helping them over the
hard places of life. Her family
viii miss her, as viii her friends,
and the sympathy of all goes to her
loved ones in their great sorrow.
Mrs. Grace Havner returned to
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25
MlssOuri's Big Crops

$1Uo, ,o0 ,Zl4, according to bulle-
tin just issued by Commissioner
Austin w. Biggs of the state bu-
reau of labor statistics. This is
exclusive of dairy products, live
stock, fruit, vegetables, butter and
eggs, nursery stock and honey.
The Missouri corn crop, with an
aggregate value of $120, $40, 900,
ranks first in the cereals. The re-
ports show that 273, 100000 bushels
of corn were raised, enough to load
5478 trains of fifty cars each.
The following summary gives the
amount of each cereal, hay and
forage crop, and the approximate
value as placed upon each.
Wheat.-The yield was 25, 13O,-
900 bushels, enough to have given
every man, woman and child in the
state more than six bushels each.
At the low price of 81 cents a
bnshel this immense quantity was
worth $22, Ia, 900.
Corn.-The crop of 1910 is figur-
ed to have been 273,OOO,O0O bush
els. AT 45 cents a bushel this
yield was worth $12O,516, 900.
Oats.-The credited yield was
26, ,208, 900 bushels worth, at 33
cents a bushel, So, ,648, $40.
Rye. Yield, 100000 bushels.
At 80 cents a bushel the crop sold
for $168,OOO.
Barley.-Yield, $4,000 bushels,
worth, at 81 cents a bushel, $43,-
700.
Tobacco. Yield, 1875, 900 lbs.,
estimated to have been worth
-$845, 600. It was the largest crop
of tobacco Missouri has prodnced
in twenty years.
Flaxsaael.- - 81 Goa 1eEzaha
els, worth 1856, 600 last December
at $2.1O a bushel. 1t represents
the product of 0,O00 acres of land,
averaging 8.4 bushels to the acre.
Potatoes.-Yield, 1912, 900 bu.,
or enough to have given every in
habitant of Missouri nearly two
bushels and half. At the average
price of 68 cents a bushel, this
crop sold for SIS, 100000.
Hay and Forage. Yield, $780,
724 tons, valued at $44, 4O2, ,754,
placing this crop next to corn and
wheat in value and Importance.
Wool. Yield, $500, 900 pounds
in the unwashed state and $780,
900 pounds when the process OF
securing had been completed. At 10
cents a pound for secured wool the
fleece was worth 81, ,435, 770,. Mis-
souri, outranked all adjoining states
in the production of wool.
Cotton. The yield was SO, ,635
bales Of lint and 26,000 tons of
seed, worth total of $4, $40, 900.
This is some of the information
the bureau of labor statistics will
use to promote the ''baek-to-theI
farm" movement and thereby at
tract to this state some of the agri-
cultural settlers and others in large
cities, who are not prospering In
those environments and whom the
federal authorities are gradually
persuading to emigrate to rural
sections which offer favorable in-I
ducements to tiIlers of the soil.
Ed. st. Clair of Huntsville is the
c,,,ock .of 7 T,aelede relatives this week
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25
SHORT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Brief Mention Of Those Who Come and Go
During the Week


Monday for a trip through Colo
RADIO.
Miss Kathryn Harter visited
Chillicothe relatives Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Byron Slaght of White City,
Kans., spent Saturday with old
Laclede friends.
Rev. w. R. Shane came down
from Kansas City on business the
first of the week.
Miss Elizabeth McGrew of Chilli
cothe was the guest of Laclede
friends Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Dougherty of Chilli
cothe is the guest of her cousin,
Miss Lettie. .Dougherty.
MIR. and Mrs. John Moore and
little son of Hale spent Monday
with Mrs. Allie Harter.
Tracy Mitchell of Fort Scott,
Kans., visited old LacIede friends
between trains Tuesday.
S. L. Felt left Monday to resume
his work as travelling salesman for
wholesale dry goods house.
Mrs. Mary Mize attended the
funeral of her step-brother, Wilson
Mummey, at Milan Tuesday.
Miss Eva Pollard of Shelibna ac-
companied her cousin, Miss Loretta
Clay, home Sunday for visit.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. F. Clay return
ed Saturday from a visit with rel
atives at Clarence and Shelbina.
Mrs. Fannie Carter of Spring
IIeft1 ~ ~ kgIzs z4ct allosESeKs =. -
F. Dye, and other Laclede relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Walters Of
Brookfield were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Walters Wednesday.
Mrs. W. M. Armstrong is here
from Illinois for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. NJ. Walters, and
family.
Miss Viva Caywood is the guest
of Miss Dorothy Smith at the home
of Mrs. D. T. Edwards in Fort
Madison, Iowa.
Mrs. T. A. Hansmann of Bucklin
and Miss Lucille Sanford of Brook
field were guests of Mrs. ]. W.
Lomax Monday.
Miss Neva Thomas came from
Kansas City Friday to spend her
vacation with relatives and friends
in and around Laclede.
Rev. L. C. Powell and Masters
Harold Standby and Jules Hilton
left Monday for a trip through
Colorado and Wyoming.
Mrs. Neva Felt and children left
Wednesday for their home at
Salina, Kan, after a three weeks
visit with Laclede relatives
Walter Libby of Cheyenne, Okla,
and Mrs, Maria Brown of Clare
more, Okla, are visiting relatives
in Laclede and over the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Lomax and
daughter, Laura Dale, of Brook
field were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
81. C. Lomax Tuesday afternoon.
Superintendent e. o. Watkins
came down from Cameron yester-
day to get ready for the opening Of
the Laelede schools a week from
Monday.
James Skulley enjoyed a visit
the other day with his old eomrade,
A. B. Tower Of Lyons, Kans.,
whom he had not seen before in
thirty-seven years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Armstrong
and two sons came over from
Illinois in their auto the last Of the
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25

Mrs. Grace Havner returned to
her home at Kansas City, Kans.,
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. d. &. Polly spent Wednes-
day with her cousin, Mrs. Church
i'll. and family at Brqbkfeld.
Ernest Libby of Linn Greek and
John Libby Of Bonne Terre, who
we're called here last week by the
death Of their mother, returned
home Thursday night.
Mrs. Gold Of Abingdon, Ill.,
who had spent q week with her
niece, Mrs. D. e. Polly, left We'd
nesdsy to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Churchill, at Brookheld.
The Laclede blade., 1911-08-25

Ed. st. Clair of Huntsville is the
guest of Laelede relatives this week.
For the best -four and mill feed
of all kinds, phone or call at La
elede Mills.
DR.. Gallon removes cOrns with
out pain and does not make your
feet sore; at Anderson house Sep
tember 8.
Mrs. Ida Phillips, who is living
with her father, G.. T. Stutsman,
on her farm near Mareeline, is down
with typhoid fever, but Mr.. Stuts-
man says the worst is over unless
she should have a relapse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29
ADEQUATE Rest is Necessary

Prof Frederic S. Lee of Columbia
university, New York, writing on the
subject, 1.-The Physiology of Rest and
Exercise" in the Journal of the Out
door Life for June, shows by expert
ments on dissected frogs the way in
which exercise tires the muscles and,
in fact, all the organs of the body He
says, There is no known antidote
to fatigue, unless it be rest, with all
that rest implies. Sleep allows the
reparative processes Of rest to be
performed most quickly and complete
ly. A moderate degree of fatigue, or
even a considerable degree, when not
too often incurred, is not detrimental
TO healthy body and is even to be
advised. The healthy body is pro-
vided with great recuperative pow
ers, and does not ripidIy succumb to
even excessive demands on its en-
eTgy. But it should be allowed the
proper condition for recuperation, and
that condition is adequate rest. There
is danger when the fatigue of one
days labor is not eliminated before
the next days work is begun. The eff
feet may be cumulative, the tissues
may be in a continued state of depTes
sion, and the end may be disastrous"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29
IN THE WORLD OF JUNIORS
Penal Code Sensible and Most Effec-
tive for Punishment of Child
ISL Faults.

Public opinion sways the child
world. Sometimes this opinion is Great
ed by what an intelligent child has
learned through older people, some
times it comes of the children's own
reasoning. And the child who fails
IN the etiquette demanded from him
by his own world is punished in the
surest and severest way. Public opin-
ion is against him or his misdeed; he
must remain on the outside until he
has proved his repentance. There
may be a suggestion for older people
in this method of treating offenders
in their midst. Punishment by the
family's ostracism may bring a rude
or indiferent-mannered little person
to terms sooner than anything else.
Emerson had a little daughter, Ell
len, who once told lie. She was not
punished in the way that you or
might think wise All the children in
the family were brought together and
told that something very dreadful had
happened in their family; Ellen had
told a lie. They must not romp or
play or sing, for Ellen had told a lie
The Designer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29
Church and State

IF our government is to be endur-
ing it must rest on principles of JUS
tice, truth and righteousness, sane
toned by recognition of a supreme
being whose experimenting provi-
dence watches over the affairs of ma
lions and Of men. There is no Off
ciaI union of church and state in this
country, but there is no antagonism
between the civil and religious au-
thorities. Church and state move on
parallel lines. The state holds over
the spiritual rulers the aegis of its
protection without interfering with
rights of conscience. The church helps
enforce civil laws by moral and re-
ligious sanctions 1t is the duty Of
us all, churchmen and laymen, to
hold up the hands Of our president,
as Aaron and Hur stayed up the
hands of Moses Cardinal Gibbons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29

mother of John Washington, who en-
tgrated to Virginia in 1867, and who
was great grandmother to the general,
was Eleanor Hastings, granddaughter
to Francis, second earl Of Hunt
ingtOn.
She was the descendant, through
Lady Huntington, of George, duke of
Clarence, brother of King Edward ".
and King Richard III. by Isabel
Neville, daughter and heiress of Rich
ard, earl Of Warwick.
Washington, therefore, as well as
the descendants of that marriage, are
entitled to quarter the arms Of Hast
ings; Tone, earl of Salisbury; Plantag-
enet; Mortimer, earl Of March;
Neville, Montague, Beauchamp and
Deverrux.
The pedigree, which is full and &C.
curate in regard to dates, gives as it
were an epitome of the family. In the
old original it is surrounded by a Dor
der, ornamented by the shield of arms
impaled and implanted by the differ
ent ancestors in right Of their wives,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29
HAVE YOU TRIED PAXTlNE
The Great Toilet Germicide

The Great Toilet Germicide?
You don't have to pay SOC or $1.00
a pint for historian antiseptics or per
oxide. You can make Is pints of a
more cleansing, germicidal, healing
and deodorizing antiseptic solution
with one Csc box of Paxtine,-a sol
uble antiseptic powder, obtainable at
any drug store.
PaXtine destroys germs that cause
disease, decay and odors,-that is why
it is the best mouth wash and gargle,
and why it purifies the breath,
cleanses and preserves the teeth bet
ter than ordinary dentifrices, and in
sponge bathing it completely eradi-
Gates perspiration and other disagree
able body Odors. Every dainty WON
an appreciates this and it's many other
toilet and hygienic uses.
PaXtine is splendid for sore throat,
infamed eyes and to purify mouth
and breath after smoking. You can
get PaXtine Toilet Antiseptic at any
drug store, price Csc and SOC, or by
mail postpaid from The Paxton Toi-
let Co., Boston, Mass, who will send
you a free sample if you would like
to try it before buying.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29

as well as some of the quarterings
borne by their descendants. The coat
of-arms of the first John Washington
was composed Of three stars and
stripes. AS to coIors, they are the
mten or impaling Of the Plantagenets
with the house of Lancaster.
George Washington was entitled, by
virtue of Evolutionary custom-not law
in this country-to use his cognizance
upon a flag in the army which he
commanded; and thus the first ma
tional flag ever made and used in
America was composed Of three stare
and three stripes, which those who
were versed in heraIdry would at
once recognize as the proper colors Of
the general-in-chief of the revolution
airy army-the flag Of Washington.
Since then an increase of the orig
inal number has somewhat obscured
it's parentage, and many are not aware
that this originated, from the legiti
mate armoriaI bearings of the father
of his country, the flag which has cost
so many lives to maintain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29

At Meal Time Feed the Calf Warm,
Swee. Milk in q Clean Pail While
Securely Fastened in a Comfortable
Stanchion.
meal from the pail. A calf is much
more tractable when hungry and this
may materially aid in keeping the
feeder in a better humor and thus in
sure better care of the calves.
The first feed from the pail is
crisis in the calf's life The cai1 will
not learn to drink any quicker by be.
ing forced to breathe the milk into
it's lungs. The feeder should realize
that instinct compels the calf to look
up for it's feed and he must change
this by teaching the calf to look down.
Some calves are taught to drink from
the pail at the first trial with little or
no sucking of fingers. Others will re-
quire much more persistent effort, and
considerable patience and common
sense is required The calf will re
spond to kindness, although stubborn
at times, and the feeder who will put
himself in sympathy with calf nature
will find that the stubb0rnness Of the
calf may soon be conquered
MIX Diet of Calf.
A good plan with the normal calf is
to give four pounds 1.-TWO quarts) of
whole milk three times per day, fed
sweet and at blood temperature. Milk
that is too rich may cause serious
trouble from scours, and in feeding
such milk care should be exercised to
give limited amounts at the proper
temperature. The feeding of whole
milk should be continued for about
three or four weeks, when the num-
Der of meals may be reduced to two
per day. From one-haf to a pint of
skim milk may now be substituted for
an equal quantity Of whole milk. The
amount of skim milk may be gradual
Iy increased and the amount of whole
milk CORRESPONDENCE decreased until,
at the end of g week or ten days, the
calf is getting all skim milk Feed the
milk sweet and at blood temperature.
When calves are changed to skim
milk they need some substitute for
butter fat. This may be furnished in
the form of fat as cod liver oil. 1t is
more readily and cheaply obtained
from the starch and fat found in grain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29
Location and Character Community

Holstein center Of the middle west
Buyers have gone there from all parts
Of the world to buy high-grade and
pure-bred HoIstein cattle AS high as
$4,000 worth of HoIstein cattle have
been shipped from Lake Mills in
single year. Breeders in the vicinity
Of Lake Mills have been unable to
produce enough dairy cattle to satisfy
all Of the demand, which was almost
an impossibility.
Advantages in COOPERATIVE Buying.
After a community has become es-
tabGshed in its breeding operations,
members can buy of one another
without going to the expense of travel
ing and paying freight charges, and at
the same time be much more certain
Of what they are getting than if they
had to deal with strangers in some
other county or state. In many in
stances it is feasible for members of
an association to simply exchange
bulls and thus gain a great advantage
over a breeder who is isolated and not
in a position to exchange bulls or to
keep posted on what is in the market
The opportunity to become posted and
to buy fntelligently without the great
risk of being deceived, as one is more
or less likely to be when dealing with
animals and dealers with whom he is
unacquainted, is one of the great ad-
vantages of community effort.
Likewise there are MANY advan-
tages to be had through community
organization III selling surplus cattle.
A surplus of uniformly bred cattle of
some distinct dairy breed, which it is
possible for a community to produce
in few years of persistent effort, is
very attractive to buyers. The de-
mand for such cattle is very much
greater than many farmers and dairy
men realize.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-29

The first community breeders or
ganizatiOn in Wisconsin took definite
form in the spring Of 1906, when not
less than dozen young men of Wau-
kesha county drafted a constitution
and bylaws and became the charter
members of what was termed and is
known today as the Waukesha Guern-
sey Breeders association. Since the
organization of this association. "A
lied in the state, representing the
Guernsey, Eolstein and Jersey inter
ests, and the results achieved by each
Of these associations prove the FEAST
bility of the plan.
Each association has for its object
the production and Improvement of
high grade and pure-bred dairy cattle
Of some specific breed and the estab-
lishment of cordial relations and CO.
operation between its members in the
practice of such methods Of care and
management that will insure the most
successful and economical results. 1t
is the duty of every member to i'm
prove his herd by mating his cows eX-
cIusively with pure-bred bulls of the
breed represented by his association,
to care for his herd in an up-to-date
manner, and to cooperate with his
fellow members in the use of pure
bred bulls, in buying and selling ami
mails and in promoting the general
welfare of the dairy interests of the
community.
Lake Mills Premier HoIsteins.
The small town of Lake Mills, Wis,
is an example of what community eff
fort can accomplish in the way of
breeding one specific kind Of cattle.
Through the efforts of few men
many Holstein herds exist in the vic1n-
ity of Lake Mills. The early activities
of these men established a reputation
FOR Lake Mills as being the greatest