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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27
Dairy Farmer.

Whenever we see any special
achievement of a man in any special
line of work we invariably stop. take
IA good breath, and then begin to COM
pare what he has done with what
other men are doing. That is the
way. we begin to measure men. Dean
Swift once said: Whoever makes
two blades of grass or two ears of
corn grow on the same plot of ground
where but one grew before has done
more to advance the interests of his
community than whole pack Of poll
ticians." Regardless of the exact
truthfulness of this quotation, it
serves.
As you see the Dean was speaking
of a farmer, for who but a farmer
could make corn grow SO luxuriantly? :?
1t is apparent also that the Dean held
politicians in small majority. All the
more reason why l should refer to
the Dean at the beginning of this tale
because it is to deal with one who has
never had any ambitions to become
a politician, but who is a farmer in
general and a dairyman in particular.
1t is probable that If the Dean lived
at the present time he would not fal
to see the increasing value of dairy
ing in the world and doubtless would
add to his saying something like this:
Whoever gets two quarts of milk from
a COW that only gave one quart before
should also be included in the list cf
citizens. Be that as it might,
he Dean has been dead century ami
half now and we cannot get his
views on the dairy proposition. We
shall therefore consider a man who
loes know something about dairying,
,ut who Is almost as reticent in tell
ng of his own achievements as is the
Sphinx.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27
HOME RULE IN IRELAND.

1t is practically assured that Irelant
will have home rule within a few
years. The agitation that has beer
made for so many years on this sub
ject has at last triumphed and Ire
land will be allowed to control its
own local destinies, as do many ol
the dependencies Of England.
There are many complexities which
make the granting of home rule diff
cult and which will also cause it to
be granted. Great Britain has never
faced greater crisis in domestic at
fairs than that which confronts her to-
day.
One of the greatest factors in the
granting of home rule to Ireland is
the matter of the relation between
the House of Commons and the House
Of Lords in the British Parliament.
1t seems that those persons favoring
restricting the power of the House
Of Lords cannot do SO without the
support of the Irish members of Par
lament. The Irish refuse to give
their votes for that measure unless
home rule be granted to them. The
tariff question is also involved. ST.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the late
Premier, favored granting home rule
to Ireland, but did not succeed in
putting it into effect.
The fact that Ireland is a strong
country makes the English
reluctant to grant home rule. Ire
and has been a dependent of Grea. |
Britain almost continuously since the
granting of the island to Henry the
Second in 1155 by Hadrian, the only
English Pope. There have been mum.
,rous rebellions. but when there were |
Catholics on the throne of Britain,
he Irish have always been faithful. i
since the formation of the present
Inion in 1891, there has been much
citation for the return of self-gov.
rnment to the Irish. Ii
The present liberal overnment of h
,ngland is disposed to grant the Irish
that they want and If they succeed in
arrying through their dual program /,
curbing the House of Lords and i
ranting the home rule. ireland will Ir
ear a relation similar to that Of IL
anada to the government at London.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27
WANT COLUMN

FARM FOR SALE-110 ACRES AZ
miles from Columbia; Groom house;
good barn; all Improvements new;
win sell for SO per acre less than it
is worth now; might take In small
house; must be sold quick. Mcdonnell
Bros.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27
THE COST OF PENSIONS,

A bill is now before Congress to
increase pension appropriations from
$153.000O00 annually to $19S, S,OOO, 900.
The future Of the bill is uncertain,
but IL it should pass it would only
increase the already great expense of
the United States in this department.
The URited States now pays $685.
100000 each year to 1000 pension
ers. The greatest amount spent in
any one year for pensions was 1885,
100000 in 1893. and the largest num-
Der Of pensioners at one time was IN
1902. when $4,000 persons were ben
Gifted by the government.
In 1908 two daughters of soldiers in
the War of the Revolution drew
monthly allowances from the United
States treasury; 473 widows of sol.
diers Of 1872 drew pensions; $500
survivors and $500 widows of the War
with Mexico were on the pension
books. and over 100000 veterans and
300, 900 widows of soldiers of the Civil
War received pensions.
In the beginning. pensions were
granted only to those who were dis
abled in war, widows of soldiers killed
in war. and ex-soldiers incapacitated
by old age to support themselves.
Since the Civil War, the idea has
come to be that all who served and
those dependent upon them, should
receive pensions. hence the general
service pension that now obtains.
Three and three-quarter billions of
dollars have been paid out by the
United States in pensions. Of this
amount all but one-quarter of a bill |
Hon has been for the Civil War. The
pensions that will have to be paid |
out for that war will be at least as
much more. and the total of seven
billion paid out in pensions will equal
the cost of the war itself. to the gov
ernment, and property destroyed.
In the beginning, pensions were
granted by special commission, but
now it is customary for them to be
passed in Congress in the nature of
special bills when the commission
does not allow them. This has
brought forth great deal of log
rolling and semi-corrupt practice in
Congress.
1t Is just that the soldier should
have his reward. To him the Nation
owes its freedom, and it should not t
zee him suffer. But it is probable It
hat many persons are now drawing G
pensions when they do not need it II
Tor their support Let the pension r
list be kept down, not at the expense o
II the deserving, but at the penalty S
II depriving the unneedy of his super. II
luous contribution from the govern. Il
nent. In
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27
A BIG BARGAIN. /,

I have for sale a fourteen-room
house on Hit street. has been built
four years. $50000 down and s.. 10000
a year until paid for. without interest.
The rent on this house would not be
high ct 100000 a year for any frater-
nifty. Get a house given to you.
J. NJ. BATTERT0N.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

LOST-A BUNCH OF KEYS AND
button hook. on oblong ring. Friday
afternoon, probably on tennis court at
Academic Hall. Finder to bring to
this Office.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

Ever Onward" will be both spirit
and substance Of the Commercial
Clubs banquet tonight.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--ELEGANT FRONT
rooms in the Thilo building. second
floor Also the basement in this
building is for rent. For particulars
see ]. X. Fyfer, or telephone SOC Black
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR SALE-3S0 ACRES, BLACK,
loamy soil. fairly well improved. Price
$4,000. Will carry $4,000 at 6 per
cent. Must be sold by March 1st.
W. H. GOLDSBERRY,
Exchange National Bank Bldg.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

Why Not Move Close In?
Newly furnished rooms ct 803 Elm
street, $500 per month. Also extra
good table board at $3.50 per week.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR SALE-A GOOD BLACK JACK
and saddle stallion, sixteen hands
high. Will sell on easy terms or will
trade for live stock.
]. M. BATTERTON.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR SALE-LADIES' WRITING
desk, single bed and mattress, small
table, dining chairs, child's go-cart,
2 wash stands. Call at lilo Paqtin.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOUND-EMBLEM PIN. IS. M. T."
Owner describe same and pay for this
notice. Call at Missourian Office.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

LOST-SOMEWHERE ABOUT THE
University Quad or down town Friday
morning, gold belt pin, decorated
with grape vines. Finder please notir
fly Miss Pope, 14O1 Anthony or phons
527 Green.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR SALE-GOOD FAMILY MARE.
rubber tired top buggy, and harness.
Address Box 16, Columbia.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

TYPEWRITERS-LATEST MOD
ell Underwoods, No. 4, $3.50; No. 2
L. c. Smith. $3.50; No. 3 divers. $50,
Nos. and Z Remingtons. $3.50. Five
days trial allowed without cost. s.
down, IS per month. Old machines
taken in exchange. F. w. Cooke, 71S
Maryland. Phone 403.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

WANTED-TO TRADE A NICE
farm Of 1s2 acres. located 7h miles
northwest of Columbia for a nice cot
tage. well located, in Columbia. Will
carry difference on farm at Z per cent.
Want to trade quick.
]. M. BATTERTON.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

to the students so that they Nigh
study their lessons. Those who tool
agriculture then were considered thu
Laughing stock of the school. 1t wal
considered by many as the height o.
folly to study that which any farmer
boy could learn on his fathers farm
Marshall Gordon saw the advantages
in this course and wanted to take it;
but at that time he was exceedinl,
timid, and this timidity kept him from
studying agriculture at the Univer
sity of Missouri. However. there was
one young fellow who took the course
regardless of the jokes Of his fellow
students. That young man was H.
J. Waters who afterwards became
dean of the School of Agriculture at
the University.
Marshall Gordon's course at the
University was never finished. He
left school in 1889, his Junior year, 20
become q farmer. The reason for this
sudden change in the course of his
life was because his father had offer
ed him a share in the old farm, and
he accepted. Then began his life as
a farmer. He was young. hardly
20 years old, but he had been
raised on the farm, SO it was not \
big jump from a laborer on the farm
to owner. At least, he did not consid-
er it sufficient reason to quit work,
on the contrary he began to work
harder.
A few years later he began to ex-
pertinent with dairying cows and SELL
ing milk. When le first began dairy
ing he had twenty cows of inferior
breed. but they were some of the
best obtainable in the state. He read
q great deal and from this he ed
improved methods for taking care of
dairy stock. Gradually he enlarged
his herd. All Of the time he en-
1eavored to improve the breed of cat
lie that he had on his farm. But
ne kept on "peddling milk"
Scotch thrift showed through his
work. Other farmers in the neigh
oorhood began selling milk. They
'ound it profitable and soon there
we're several milk wagons going over
he streets of Columbia every morn
ng. Some customers bought of one
and some bought of another
t took eight horses and four wagons
o do the work that half of that num-
Ter could do. Marshall Gordon saw
! chance to remedy this. He proved
o the farmers the disadvantages of
laving too many milkmen and ex-
'lained that they were all loosing by
hat plan. He told the farmers that
mere was more economical way to
ell milk. Then he suggested that
hey should combine their dairies for
heir mutual interest. The outcome |
I this was the White Eagle Dairy
Company which now sells a good part |
{ the milk, ice cream and butter
'hich the citizens of Columbia con-
ume.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR RENT-TWO CHOICE FUR
nished room, one block from campus.
705 Hit.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

Marshall Gordon has confined In
dairyins because he likes it. He is
proud Of his cattle, his dairy barns
and the rich milk that he sells. Dairy.
ing is fascinating study. but he has
made 1t more than fascinating to him.
self. because he has put his whole
heart into the work. 1t has been his
ambition to become a dairyman-a
good dairyman-and he has achieved
that which he has desired.
According to him, "a dairyman is
made" No man can become a sue.
cess in any line of business il he sits
Idly down and imagines that he has
been born success. However, he
thinks the College of Agriculture of
the University Of Missouri is doing
> great deal Of good toward further.
ing the dairy business and Increasing
ts Importance in Missouri. At pres.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS.
modern conveniences; will also board
roomers. Call at los Waugh.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

About sixteen years ago. if you were
living in Columbia then, you might
have seen a short, rather heavy-sct
man in milk wagon leave a small
dry barn not many miles from the
city early any morning and follow a
definite route over the streets of the
place. Here and there along the way
he would stop and fill a pitcher or
cup with rich. pure milk. That was
before the sealed milk bottle came
into use, yet that milk was pure and
free from dilution. Over the entire
Icity the little wagon went and then
1t returned to the little dairy. That
milk wagon was the first one on the
streets of Columbia and it was the
last to leave them. That was what
the man called "peddrng milk" And
that was the beginning of the dairy
business of Marshall Gordon.
This man was born on the old fam.
lily homestead southeast of Colum-
bia, a few years after the Civil War.
But to leave him a minute and 90
back. His ancestors had come to
America from Scotland before the
Revolutionary War and had settled
in North Carolina. David Gordon. his
great-grandfather, came to Missouri
before it was a state. He entered
tracts of land southeast of and in the
heart of what is now Columbia. That
was in 1920, and the old patent, writ
ten on sheepskin and signed by ]. @.
Adams, then President of the United
States. is sill preserved by the Cor
don family.
About 1889. the people of the State
Of Missouri first began thinking about |
a state university. 1t was
decided to build this institution in Co.
umbia. David Gordon then gave the
plot of ground which he owned to the
state that University might be built
thereon. The old log cabin which was
lis home, stood where Benton Hall IS
oday. He also subscribed to the Uni.
'ersity fund as has done each gcner.
ltion of Gordons down to and iuclud.
ng the present representative of the
amily.
Boyle Gordon, father of Marshall
iordon, lived on the old farm near
Columbia. While he was primarily
Interested in farming. nevertheless, he
ound much time for politics and pub. ,
c service. He followed his father.
ohm Boyle Gordon, to the legislature, !,
here he represented Boone county
'r many years. He was offered the
Nee OF chief justice of the Supreme
ourt of Missouri, but refused It that J.
might become professor of law
the University of Missouri. He 2
as in the law faculty from 1872 TO
'7s. and then returned to his farm
ork.
Following in the footsteps of these
en- who had gone before him, Mar. :
lall Gordon entered the arts and : :.
'ience department of the Univer. : :
ty of Missouri in 1886. He was a :
'od student and possibly would not =
I've taken advantage of the many .. ..
mptations from books which harass q
e student here now, if they had ex. . .
led then. There were not SO many =
ldents then and the curriculum of
e University was far from extensive. -
'wever. there was one course, a fore. :. !.
nner of one Of the large divisions = =
the University, which was given =
en-. That was the study of agricul. !. :.
re. u
Few students took the course then.
was a new science and the profes. =. -
IS had no textbooks to teach FROM. ~
ey avoided this difnculty by writ
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

But that was seven years ago when
the dairy company was formed and a:
that time the dairying business of
Marshall Gordon was yet small But
it did not stop growing. Today he
has one Of the largest private dairy
barns in the state. He has seventy
five cows. pure-bred Holsteins and
Jerseys. About three-fifths Of them
are Holsteins, while two-fifths are
Jerseys. He keeps both breeds, be-
cause he has found from experience
that this percentage pays better. The
Holsteins give more milk, but the
Jerseys give richer milk, so there he
has a large output of milk and yet of
good quality.
He takes good care of his cows and
therein. it seems. lies the secret of mis-
success as dairyman His dairy
barns are large. light, roomy, we'll
ventilated and clean. The cows drink
water pumped from 5OO-foot arte-
sian well.
Mr.. Gordon says there is nothing
so useful in dairying as pure water
from a deep well. Although" he
said, and his eyes twinkled, Il do not
use the water in just the way that
many milkmen are said to do" |
Another important thing on any
arm is silo. He has a large one
lear the dairy barns and in the fall
lis workmen put the entire crop of
orn from his farm into this. He.
eeds the ensilage, mixed with bran
nd hay. to his cows in the winter
ime. In the summer he lets them
raze on large pastures adjoining the
arms.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

FOR RENT-ROOMS FOR LIGHT
housekeeping; first floor. Call at 404
Matthews street.
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tcontinued to Page 81
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-02-27

$4,000 TO LOAN ON GOOD REAL
estate security. See w. H. Goidsberry,
Rooms 1854 Elk. Natl. Bank Bldg.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-02-22
vERDICTs BY CAPRICE.

Actions at law should be determ- ined in accordance with the law and the evidenee-and in no other way.
 And vet it will often happen that cases decided according to the law and the evidence will not be decided m accord with the popular verdict.
 The evidence given may not con vince jurors so that they will render the verdict desired, or there may be moral evidence that jurors have been corrupted
 Nobody, however, proposes that in such cases the case shall be referred to the people on common report, with an election held to see whether, if it is criminal case, the defendant shall be convicted or the jurymen punished
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-02-22

But it is proposed, in case & judge decides a legal question in a way to produce a result not desired by the people, that the people may de grade the judge from his office.
 It is not pretended that the peo pie will know anything about the law or whether the unpopular decision was the only decision which the judge under his oath could render.
 If the decision is not what the people want, the judge may be re moved whether his decision is just or not.
 That is nothing less than deciding litigation according to the passion CT caprice of an excited people, and it would be villainous.
 If the judge is presiding in an in ferior court, the remedy of the peo pie is an appeal. If the court ot last resort affirms the unpopular de cision, the duty of the people is not to punish the judge but to change the law.
 Men who get crazy on the subject of reform are seldom consistent. Said one attorney at the Bar Association the other night: eff you put q fool On the bench he does not be come a saint"
 Folly has no relation to saintship All of us know people of the purest morals who are the reverse of wise.
 But if fool or a bad man gets on to the bench, he is put there by the people.
 That IS direct denlal CT that WIS dom of the people whose infallibility is the stock in trade of the agitators.
 To say that the people are so fool ish as to elevate a fool to the bench is also to say that they may be guilty of equal folly when they take a notion to pull down a judge who may not be a fool.
 The people will decide right when they know all the facts. When they do not know the facts it will, of course, be mere chance whether they decide right or wrong.-San Fran cisco Chronicle.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-02-22
LORD FAIRFAX IS PLEASED WITH
 CONDITIONS
(From Tuesdays daily)

(frOm Iuesday daliV)
 Lord Fairfax, of England who left yesterday for New York City, after three days at the works of the Ari- zona Power Company on Fossil Creek, expressed himself favorably over the gigantic electrical undertaking, and in admiration of the general indus trial conditions of the country. He stated that the trip was not alone beneficial as source of reference, but was one of instruction as well. The immense works of the United Verde, with its vast production, the heavy agricultural resources of the Verde Valley, and the conservation of the waters of the Fossil Creek enterprise appealed to him as never before and he leaves Arizona highly elated. During his visit to the Eos sil Creek enterprise, Lord Fairfax discarded his mule for the greater portion of the mountain climb. and walked on foot. He wanted to see the country and his conception of the task in observing practical con- ditiOns in harnessing the water was by walking to any point desired and which an animal was incapable of doing. For fifteen miles he follow ed the trail and after his days work was over seemed to not feel the fatigue that ordinarily prevails among the accustomed mountaineer. His agility and physical resources were a surprise to all, and when he left the camp his feats were com mentea upon by all
 Lord Fairfax, it is learned, is of American birth. His heredity was not known at the time, and until twelve years had elapsed after he was born in Virginia, was his true station in life revealed. Since that time he has resided continuously in England, and through the lineage of man generations has inherited one of the largest individual fortunes in that empire. He is thirty years old and strikingly features of his per sonality are his physical vigor and an active intellect. His firm is that of w. P. Bonebright & Co.,, bankers of London and New York, among the leading financial houses of the world. Lord Fairfax is also a mem Der of the House of Lords, and par ticipates in the deliberations of that august body. He expects to resume his seat with the peers after his ar rival in England, which will be about the first of April.
Weekly journal-miner., 1911-02-22
PROBABLY WILL BE SHUT OUT.

It is not probable, notwithstand- ing the tremendous majority with which it's Constitution was adopted, that Arizona will be admitted to the Union.
 Its Constitution has vet to be au. proved by President Taft and Con. gress, and both are known to be in. exorably opposed to the dangerous heresies it endorses, including the application of the recall to the indie iary, which ought to kill it.
 Bad as was the Constitution of New Mexico, in some of its features especially in its general trend to, ward the interests, among them with power to oppress the people, or rather giving them the advantage when the welfare of tine people and the desires of the interests conflict it is a compendium of law and jus. tice, in comparison with the anareh. istic document which Arizona has adopted as its proposed basic law
 It is probable that without material modification of its proposed Consti. tuition, Statehood will be denied Ari- zona. The general sentiment of the conservative people of the country is that it should, and if the Territory fails 10 get into the Union now it