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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19
Why Not Organize a Farmers Club!

In many sections farmers are
complaining Of the isolation Of farm
life. They are moving to town for
various reasons; some good. some
not. The young people are drifting
to town. The burden of complaint
is that there Is not good enough
society in the country. This is a
matter that can be remedied by
the farmers themselves.
Find out what you have in the
country. Get together; organize q
club; get acquainted. 1t may be
small club made up of people who
naturally take to each other. 1t
should be limited to that; for there
is no use in attempting to combine
incompatibles. When the farmers
begin to investigate, however, they
will find that there is more good
and Congenial people in the country
and in their particular neighbor-
hood than they are aware of now
The trouble is. they don't know
them. Now the way to know each
other is to get together in a club,
small in numbers at first, perhaps
indefinite in aim, without any fixed
rules and regulations, but simply
get together and know each other.
The rest will follow.
They will need to get together
more in the future than in the past.
Town life will not be so desirable
III tbs next five years as it has
seemed in the past. The cost of
livings greatly increasing in the
city. Men in the country complain
of the increased cost of living; but
from the fact that if they want to
they can for time live almost al
together off the farm, their COM
plants are not nearly so great as
the complaints of the people in the
cities.
The country does not have near
ly enough labor In fact, labor has
been the limiting element in crop
production for a number of years
past. Farmers will need to get to-
eether for the purpose of co-opera-
ton. 1t is a shame to see. for ex-
ample, the wheat of a whole neigh.
borhOod standing out in shock in
stead Of being stacked. as it should
have been, simply because the
neighbors do not get together anC
agree to stack. Until they do so
this must 60 on, and in wet year
will be fearful waste.
Farmers need to get together il
filing silos. in harvesting corn fod
der, which will have to be done t
a much greater extent in the futur
than in the past. Some tell us tina
the way to cooperate Is to CO
operate; that this is the way t,
bring people together. 1t is on,
way; but cooperation has neVe
been successful unless farmers ge
together and have sufficient knowl
edge Of each other to work to eacl
others hands. The two must 4
side by side. The organization Of
creamery or a cooperative elevate
may tend to bring farmers toeethel
and will so far as money interest
are concerned. and possibly heI
them to get together for other pul
poses; but on the other hand. th
cooperative creamery or elevate
will be much more successful in
community. if organized by me
who already know each other.
Hence. if you do not have
grange or a farmers club of som
sOrt in your neishbOrhOOd. oreaniz
one. So far as we haveobserveE
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19

perhaps two.
We have noticed that in commu-
mites where farmers clubs have
been conducted that there is better
farming, better live stock and alto
sether a better farm life. We have
noticed that people do not willingly
leave the states and localities where
this healthy social life exists as
they do other sections where there
is no socialization Of farm life, and
where farmers live independently
as if each were sufficient unto him
self. The experience of the past
has made us individualistic. The
experience of the future will COM
pei us to become more Socialistic.
BY this we do not mean more in
clined to the teaching Of the social
lists. but more social and with a
better understanding of each other.
This is important now. If our view
of the future is anything like cor
rect, it will become imperative in a
very few years.
The first step to take, of course,
in organizing a farmers club is to
arouse local interest. Talk it over
with the neighbors who are likely
to be interested, pointing out to
them the benefit and enjoyment
which is likely to result from sew
eral hours spent in social gather
ings and in the talking over of farm
problems. When sufficient senti-
ment has been aroused, the time
and place for a meeting should be
appointed and a constitution drawn
up. At the next meeting the con-
stitutiOn may be adopted, officers
elected, and a program prepared
The following constitution is rec
commended as an outline for farm
ers' clubs:
Article l Name. This organi
cation shall be known as the........,
Farmers Club.
Article II. Object.-The object
of this club shall be social and ed.
vocational, with special reference to
rural life and improved methods OF
agriculture.
Article III. Membership - The
membership shall be limited to-,
families. Upon vacancies, any per
son or family interested in improv
ed agriculture or domestic science
will be admitted to the club by {
two-thirds vote. upon subscribing
to this constitution and paying int,
the the sum of......................;th i
with the express understanding
that but one initiatory fee shall b
exacted from any one family join
ing the club. The unit of member
ship shall be the family.
Article w. Officers The officer
shall consist of a president. vice
president, secretary and treasurer
who shall be elected by ballot an
shall hold their Offices for one yea
and until their successors are dull
elected.
Article " Duties of Officers
! The duties of the officers shall b
: such as usually pertain to thes
offices, and such as shall arise froT
laws or bylaws that may be mad
[ by the club.
Article VI.-Meetinss. -The rel
ular meetings shall occur as provic
ed in the laws. Special meeting
may be called at any time by tn
president.
:, Article VII-Amendments.-
, constitution may be amended an
, bylaws created or annulled by
two-thirdS vote Of the membel
!. present at any regular meeting {
= at a special meeting called for ii
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19

J. S. Scott left lest Thursday Tor
an extended visit at 2 Excelsior
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19
Call E. Y.
Scholarship For Sale

If you want to take a course in
Telegraphy, Shorthand, or CONNER
ciaI Bookkeeping. in either the
Moberly or Sedalia Commercial
School, you should see the Demo-
crat. We have a scholarship in
each school to dispose of.
Henry burst and Byron McFar-
land returned Friday night from
Columbia where they attended the
Farmers lectures. They report a
big, enthusiastic meeting. More than
1000 farmers registered and there
were many others who did not reg
lister.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19

Bad breath, hawking, splitting
come from catarrh, Get rid of it.
Ask L. M. Wood for Hyomei, the
pleasant, antiseptic. Australian dry
air treatment. Complete outfit $l.00;
extra bottle so cents.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19

Don't wake your boys and girls
up mornings with Hurry up and
get up and come and feed tie
horses and milk the COWS. for we've
got lot of work to do and its get
ting late. SO hurry up, or we'll never
get through" Is that very pleasant
to hear the first thing in the
morninGH Don't hurry so much,
but take time to live and to see a
pretty flower or to listen to the
happy notes of q little bird; enjoy
all these beauties Of nature as you
% along through life. Are YOU
surprised that your boys and girls
begin to show dissatisfaction with
their homes and long for city life,
when at home it 10 too much hurry,
hurry all the time - hurry and do
your work. Yes it grows monet
onous, and they see that each day
brings them no nearer the goal than
the day before. so they lose interest
and grow TO hate these daily duties
that are all hurry and wOrk-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19
WOmanly Wisdom.

The fastest flying machine is
gossip.
There is always room on the sun
ny side of the road; let us walk
there.
When the sparerib is put to roast,
sprinkle it lightly with powdered
sage and minced onion.
1t is an easy matter to size up a
man if his dog crawls under the
house when it sees him approaching
Sifted coal ashes, mixed with a
little vinegar, make a splendid mix
ture for polishing faucets. brass
kettles and the like.
Tack pieces Of rubber, cut from
overshoes, to the bottom of the step
ladder legs, and they will not slide
on a slippery floor,
Whenever a bottle has beer
emptied, wash it right out, and d.
not set it away to dry You cal
clean it more easily by doing this
The cork in a bottle of cement O.
glue is apt to stick and break wheI
it is opened for the second time
To prevent this. grease it light!
when first taken out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19
CHILD LORE.

Send for our complete catalogue,
CHILD LORE CO. 1927 Union St,
Brooklyn, N Y. ,'
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-19

Stream & Son are owners Of the
old reliable barber shop. Go there
for good work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
TIME TO GET COAL.
Head OF Lakes Docks Have Big Sup
ply That Should Be Moved
West Early.

Duluth.-Coal docks at the Head of
the Lakes are loaded almost to their
full capacity, and unless the move
ment of coal to the west begins soon
coal shipments will have to cease.
Every year there is cry of the dam
ger of a western coal famine, and in
some years it has almost materialized,
owing to the delay of western dealers
in laying in their winters supply.
The docks at the Head of the Lakes
have not sufficient capacity to carry
the full stock of coal needed in the
Northwest, and unless part of the sup
ply is shipped west early in the fall,
there is always a shortage
This year the docks are filled even
earlier than usual, owing to the slack
trade on the lakes. Vessels have had
little else to carry but coal, and they
already have moved a large part of
the seasons supply.
If the heavy grain movement ma
terializes this fall, and the dealers in
coal hold back their winter orders
until late, there will be decided car
shortage in the Northwest, local rail-
road men say, as the grain crop and
the winters coal supply will have to
be moved simultaneously.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
"RULE OF REASON DENIED.
Minnesota Supreme Court Decides
Against Creamery Co.

Minneapolis. A decision handed
Down by the Minnesota supreme court
declares the Creamery Package and
Manufacturing Company is violating
the Minnesota antitrust laws and for
bids it to do business within the state.
although it may continue it's inter
state business. The decision affirms
the order of the district court of
Steele county.
In the opinion written by Judge
George l.. Bum the court refuses to
follow the United States supreme
court ruling in the Standard Oil and
tobacco cases. The Creamery Pack
age Manufacturing Company asked to
have the rule of reason" applied in
this case and also asked that it be
given time in which to reorganize.
The company cited the decision in the
Standard Oil and tobacco cases.
Judge Bum said the ruling was not
pertinent in this case.
In referring to the rule of reason"
the opinion stated that the Minnesota
court is asked that the Minnesota
antitrust statutes could be construed
as forbidding only such monopoly
or restraint of trade as was illegal at
common law. The court refuses to
apply the rule of reason on the ground
that the evidence shows that the act
OF the defendant constitutes undue
restraint of trade monopoly and a
restraint of trade that would have
been illegal at common law
The Creamery Package Manufacture
ing Company was admitted to the
state of Minnesota in 1898. 1t has it's
central plant at Mankato. Combina-
lions were started about 1899. At
torney General E. T. Young started
action against the concern for which
the legislature made special appro-
priation. In the last legislature Sen
ator S. d. Works, of Mankato, tried
to get bill through which would re-
instate the company and permit it to
reorganize. This bill passed the SEN
ate but was killed in the house.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
COUNTY ATTORNEY SUSPENDED
MINNESOTA "LAWYER" INDICTED
SEVEN TIMES.
John kinselIa Temporarily Removed
From Office by Governor
Pending Probe.

st. Paul. = John Kinsella, coun
ty attorney of Lake county, was
temporarily suspended from Office by
Governor Eberhart, pending an inves
tigation into charges which have been
filed against him. The action was
taken upon the advice of Attorney
General George T. Simpson. The gov.
ernor ordered a hearing upon the
charges and named Marion Douglas
Duluth attorney, as commissioner to
take the testimony.
k1nsella is accused of malfeasance
and non-feasance in office. 1t is said
that he has failed to properly advise
the county board of Lake county when
that board wished advice. When the
board asked for an opinion as to the
establishment of a travelling library
K1nsella is said to have refused to
give the desired advice.
The grand jury of Lake county re
Gently returned seven indictments
against Kinsella, charging him with
libel. During the last session of the
legislature Kinsella made several at
tacks upon DR.. C. M. Bracken, of the
board OF health. He published book
In which he made statements concern
ing not only DR.. Bracken. but many
others. This book he caused to be
placed on the desk of every member
of the last legislature.
Other Charges Preferred.
The indictments now pending
against Kinsella charge him with Ii
bel, with giving obscene literature to
minor and with causing such liter
allure to be distributed. His trial will
not take place until December.
John Kinsella is a Socialist. He is
not practicing attorney, even though
holding the Office of county attorney
Under the laws of Minnesota. q man
can act as county attorney even the
he has never been admitted to the
bar.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
BEMlDJI CREAMERY OPENS.
Railways Will Aid Cooperative Plant
in North Country.

Bemidji. = The new Farmers Co
operative Creamery association has
opened the creamery in the Fitsim-
mons-Derig plant, and from now on
this city will be gradually taking a
front rank with the cities of the North
west that are encouraging and assist
ing dairymen in making this section of
Minnesota equal the communities
further south as upholding the rec
ord established as the bread and but
ter state"
The directors decided that the
creamery association will pay the same
prices for cream that are paid at Du-
luth. There will be no limit to the
territory which will be covered by the
Bemidji creamery.
The officials of the Great Northern,
M. & l., 500 ard M. R. l.. & M. rail-
way companies have agreed to coop
crate with the new creamery as far as
possible, and it is certain that as rap
idly as farmers at any one place ship
sufficient cream to warrant such &C
ton, cream stations will be estab-
lished along these roads.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
Varying Prices OF HOLSTERS.

Lovers of lobster ought to get lot
of comfort out of a recent paragraph
in the famous old Kennebec Journal.
which says that the crustacean are
dirt cheap" However, the Journal
adds, they are not as low in price
as in the old days, when they sold
six for % cents, but the price has
fallen to 16 cents a pound, which is
decidedly different from the figures
that were being quoted early in the
spring. Then they were being bought
alive for so cents pound from the
fishermen, and the price in Boston
and New York scared to 80 cents
pound, and, in some cases. beyond"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
FOR VISITING NURSES.
Todd County Prepares to Fight Tubcr
cuIosis.

Long Prairie. = The Todd county
board of commissioners have appro
priated 5000 to help defray the ex
penses of a visiting nurse to tuber
culosis families in the county.
The action was taken at the request
Of the local anti-tuberculosis associa
ton. The census of the county indi
Gates that there are about so cases OF
tuberculosis in the county.
The nurse will be sent to each fam.
lily and spend from half a day to a
day with them, studying the case
and then suggesting methods of living
that will help the patient and prevent
the spread of the disease. After she
has made the rounds, she will again
visit each family to see if her direc
tons and suggestions are being lived
up to.
Todd county is one of the first coun
ties in the state to undertake this
work and it is in line with the general
plan of anti-tuberculosis campaigns
throughout the country to stamp out
the plague by preventing its spread
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
MODEL FARMS ARE OFFERED.
Gov. Eberhart Receives Numerous
Letters Suggesting Sites.

Gov. Eberhart Receives Numerous
Letters Suggesting Sites.
The act of the last session of the
legislature in providing for model
farms in st. Louis county and at Wa
SEGA has resulted in a flood of letters
to the governor by farmers and real
estate agents, who are anxious to sell
the state farm. The farms are used
for the growing of experimental grains
and the demonstration of up-to-date
methods of tillage and stock feeding.
The long trip necessary for farmers
living in the northern counties who
wish to keep in touch with the work
Of the state agricultural school in
duced the members of the legislature
to provide place nearer home, where
they could go and inspect the work
of the school.
The farms will be run in connection
with the farm school and will be I'M
der the same jurisdiction as the farms
at Crookston and other points. Gov
ernor Eberhart has referred all the
offers to the members of the board of
regents, who have charge of the work
of the school of agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
Prisoners Transferred.
ELECTRICAL POOLS DISSOLVED.
Federal Officials and Counsel for
"Trust" Said to Have Agreed.

Federal Officials and Counsel for
"Trust" Said to Have Agreed.
Washington, d. C. Conferences
now being held between officials of
the department Of justice and attor-
neys for the so-called electrical trust
may result in a complete antitrust
victory for the government without re-
sort to court.
Government officials have been told
that eleven of the electrical pools,
which were said to restrict territory
and fix prices of electrical equipment,
have been discontinued and that all
trade restrictions have been removed.
The governments case now awaiting
trial is against the National Electric
Lamp Company. The General Electric
Company and the Westinghouse Com
pany are mentioned in the suit as own
ers of the stock of several of the sub.
sidiary corporations. The method of
dissolution and division of their stock
is also one of the points at issue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
SCHEME FOR MODEL FARM.
Plans Announced For Rotation Q
Crops.

Bemidji.-Thomas Cooper, of the ag
ricultural college of the state univer.
sity, while here, perfected crop plans
for the l.. P. Anderson demonstration
farm here.
The scheme for farming here is
urged by Mr.. Cooper as model fol
all farmers in Northern Minnesota. II
consists of the following schedule:
Divide the farm into three fields, as
has been done here and follow these
divisions, also being placed in opera.
ton on the Anderson land:
Field No. 1, wheat and seeded tc
clover; 1912, clover; 1913, potatoes.
{ Field No. 2, now in clover; potatoes
in 1912, grain and seed in 1913.
Field No. 8, potatoes; 1912, grain
and grass; 1913, clover.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
Norweqians Meet in Duluth.

Duluth. = The annual convention
of the Norwegian Singers of Am
erica is in progress in Duluth,
about hundred delegates being pres
ent from all parts of the Northwest.
The organization has large member
ship in the Dakotas, Iowa, Illinois,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota. To pre-
pare for the big saengerfest which
will be held in Fargo in 1912 will be
the principal business. The proposed
trip of the members of the society
to Norway in 1914 will also be dis
cussed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
Foreign

Thirty-two passengers and twenty
members of the crew were drowned
when the small steamship Irma was
struck by the steamship Diamante.
The collision occurred in the estuary
of the San Juan river, Costa RIGA.
Sarah Hershy Marsh. who was of
| world wide prominence in musical cir
cles. is dead at her home in Paris.
She was seventy years old. Her first
husband was Clarence Eddy. the Or
| ganist
Prince Edward, eldest son of King
George and Queen Mary. was formal
| Iy invested by his father as prince or
Wales. the elaborate ceremony taking
place at Carnavon castle.
| Sir Eldon Gorst, British agent and
consul general in Egypt since 1907. is
dead. He succee !e6 Lord Cromer as
British agent in Egypt
A bronze tablet in memory Of VIE.
! lam Penn was un, eiled in All Hailow.,
| church. London. where the famous
| Quaker was christened.
Frederick Townsend Martin of New
York has been elected as the only
American member of the Reunion
club. the smartest small club in Lon
don. The organization has only Isl
members.
The Canadian cabinet committed tt
life Imprisonment the sentence o,
death passed upon the Italian wnman
Angelina Napolitano. for the murder o.
her husband at Sault Ste. Marie MRS
Napolitano killed her husband OF
April IL last under unusual cirunA,
stances
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
DULUTH WATER FRONT ON FIRE
Blaze Originates in Warehouse-Loss
Expected to Aggregate $4,000.

Duluth. = The most disastrous fire
in years swept the Duluth water front.
The losses will aggregate $4,000,
fully covered by insurance.
The fire started in the warehouse of
the Cowan-PeytonC ongdon Company
on the west side of Fifth avenue.
Among the losers are: Duluth Marine
Supply Company, $45,00O; three ware
houses, 100000; Gowan-Peyton-C Cong
don Company, $4,000. Other losses
are F. A. Patrick( Kruschke Confec-
tionery Company, Lake Carriers As
ISOLATION, Fifth Avenue Dock, Glow
& Nicholson Transportation Company,
the Offices of the Carnegie Fuel Com
pany.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
State Coal Contracts Let.

The board of control awarded fuel
contracts, amounting to $4,000, for
coal at all of the state institutions
except the state university and the
Duluth normal school. The following
firms were awarded contracts: C. G..
Hawkins company. Elliott Fuel COM
pany, the Womache-Fooshe company,
all of st. Paul, and the Standard Lum-
Der company of Winona. All contracts
were let on British thermal unit speci-
fcations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
"Trustv Campaign Cost Hioh.

Washington, D. C. = The govern
ment paid to special" assistant prose-
cutors $1,161, 4S3 from 1900 to 1911, in
addition to s2,345,O35 in salaries to
the regular assistants during the same
period, according to a report furnished
the house committee on expenditures
in the department of justice. The fig
ures showed that Frank B. Kellogg had
not only been paid $4,000 as special
counsel in the Standard Oil and other
cases from Sept 80, 1907, to Fob. 2.
1911, but had more than $4,000 ex-
penses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
PATRIOTIC GOPHER.
Names His Seventh Youngster for
President.

Washington, D. c. - President
Taft has granted permission to Joha.
ma Kellerman of Aitkin, Mimi, to
name the youngest of his seven male
offspring, William Howard Taft Keller
man. The proud father wrote to tht
president informing him of the advent
the permission to give him the name
of the president.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
Man Dies Pinned Under Auto.

Marshall.-William Hendricks was
killed one mile south of Amiret when
his automobile upset. He was super.
intendent of the cement works at
Russell. He started for Tracy yester-
day morning and was found about
noon pinned under his machine with
his head crushed. He was alone in
the car and the tracks indicate that
he rah off the grade, righted his auto,
ran off the other side, again Fighting
the car, and the third time the car up.
set. His wife died last fall and he
leaves two small children.