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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

was steady increase, ninety being
reported at the end of three months
following. Indiana reported 800 ty-
phoid cases from eighty-three counties
in the month of September. Chicago,
from August to October, inclusive, de-
veloped 1882 cases as against 5S4 for
the like period year before.
These localities are all in the dry
belt. 1t led to discussion as to how
much a drought affected the spread of
typhoid. A high medical authority gave
it as his opinion that the present dry
spell in many of the localities where
the fever is prevalent is responsible
for apparent progress of the disease.
He argued that city getting its water
supply from river with other towns
upstream is bound to suffer at such a
time, because, while the amout of sew
erage remains constant, the stage Of
the river is lower, causing a concen-
tration of the pollution. Likewise, dur
ing time Of drought along the wa
tersheds of rivers supplying city water
there is bound to be an accumulation
of excrement. A subsequent rainfall
washes this into the municipal water
supply and it is thus carried almost
directly to the unsuspecting consum-
ers.
A prominent New York editor, in
seeking a cause for the drought, ad-
vanced the interesting theory that the
great modern application of electric
ity had so drawn upon the reserve
electrical supply in the earth as to af.
feet the rainfall. He thought that pos.
sibly there had been an exhaustion Of
the thunder-shower energy reserve.
A leading scientist at the capital re.
piled that there never could be a ma.
terial consumption of the worlds sup.
ply Of electricity by commercial use
because any process by which electric.
ity is obtained produces as much posi-
tive electricity as negative. There.
fore the two constantly balance eacf
other. While the weather bureau
records show thunderstorms less fire.
quent in this country during the pas
two years, the condition is compare
lively local, so far as the world il
concerned.
Appeals began to come to Professor
Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather
bureau, as early as last March, from
farmers desiring an explanation of tn,
threatened drought. By the end O
the crop season the bureau was flood
ed with requests for information
Weather bureau reports showed an in
teresting state of affairs. Moorhead
Mimi, in the center of the sprinl
wheat region, revealed a total rain
fall, in May, June and July, of onl,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
A wOMAN's BACK.
The Aches and Pains WIN Disappear
II the Advice Of This Great Bend o
Citizen Is Followed.

A woman's back has many aches
and pains.
Most times It's the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache;
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
cure it.
Many Great Bend women know this.
Read what one has to say about it.
Mrs. ]. T. Carlyle, 1917 Hubbard
street, Great Bend, Kansas, says: 81
gladly endorse Doan's Kidney Pills in
return for the great benefit they
brought me. Two months ago l suf-
fered from backache and kidney CON-
plant. l often had pains in my sides,
extending as far as my shoulders and
there was a distressing kidney weak
ness in evidence. Doan's Kidney Pills
acted promptly and effectively and
since taking them, have had no furth-
er cause for complaint"
For sale by all dealers. Price SC
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-ant
take no other.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20


two and half inches, as compared
with normal rainfall Of nearly
eleven inches. 1t was almost unheard
Of Conditions were nearly as bad in
northern California and Oregon.
Florida had a siege of it. Wyoming,
ordinarily dry, the past season re-
sembled the Desert of Sahara. Small
reservoirs, used in the late-summer
irrigation Of the alfalfa crops, this
year were completely dried up and at
several of the points not even the first
cutting amounted to anything. The
timothy product climbed to a fabu-
lous price before the winter feeding
time. Thousands of sheep were re-
moved from their customary ranges
to pasture in neighboring states al
though even there drought conditions
were nearly as bad.
There was shortage of reservoir
water in Colorado by early summer
and resultant lively scramble among
farmers to bring their crops to ma
turity with the small supply at hand.
There was practically no rainfall dur
ing July and early August in Colora.
do. There was big movement to get
live stock to Chicago and Kansas City
markets from Western territory. Hay
was selling as high as twenty dollars
per ton in Colorado in October. For
that matter, hay throughout the entire
country was bringing twelve dollars
and up the last month in the year, as
against ten dollars and fifty cents
twelve months before and nine dollars
in 1908.
The New England and the greater
part of the Atlantic States came for.
ward with an amazingly low report.
Springs, wells and brooks, before that
considered inexhaustible, failed en-
tirely Rivers supplying water pow
er fell so low that in some places
mills were obliged to suspend opera.
tons or rely upon their auxiliary
steam plants. In cities Of such size
as Salem, in Massachusetts, water
boards have asked residents to use as
little water as possible. In Athol ev.
cry one was asked to cut down his
daily consumption by one-half. This
condition persisted in the cotton
region districts of the South through
out the entire summer. In the greater
part of Texas and Oklahoma it had no
been relieved by December.
The general drought was somewhat
dispelled in the latter part of Novem
Der and by the snowstorms in tn,
early days of December. The latte
were of Ithe greatest benefit to tn
country, for they brought genera
rains and SHOWS from the lower Mis-
souri, and middle Mississippi valley
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
DAIRY cow. GAINS IN VALUE
Present System Of Test Records Re-
sponsibIe for Most Of Recent De-
e.. veIopment In Industry.

By B. II. RAwL, Chief OF pairs Division
of Bureau Of Animal Industrs)
There has been wonderful advance
in the quality Of dairying cattle dur
ing the last few years.
The various breeds are improving
and there are more big records now
than ever before. Splendid. records
were made during the worlds fair in
Chicago but the succeeding geaeration
Of COWS did much better at stheo st.
Louis exposition. We have a number
of cows today that can do better than
the holders Of the old time records
that stood for years 9
The present system Of test records
Is the cause Of most OF the recent de-
velopment We have the ring snow,
where the animals are judged on ap-
pearance, and In addition there are
the yearly records that tell tho pro-
ductive capacity Of the cow. The COW
Of today is far superior to the animal
Of the same breed twenty or thirty
years ago as her capacity and 'effec-
tiveness are much greater: Without
the use Of the accurate records many
a dalryman would be deceived regard.
ing the value Of his cows. BY means
of records we are able to weed out the
poorer individuaIs Of the different
breeds and the result is becoming ap.
parent with remarkable rapidly.
One of the most important features
Of modern dairyiAg is the building up
Of herds by crossing with highly pro-
ductive stock. Grade cows, or those
that are partly Of high class stock,
are exceedingly valuable as producers.
The Improvement n dairy conditions
has been gradual. but not nearly as.
rapid as we wish. Some Of TIE dairy
men have not taken advantage of
what is now within easy. reach. There
is still much room for Improvement
in general conditiops. o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

eastward to the.Atlantic coast New
ertheless, the water supply was still
alarmingly low toward the first Of the
year.
Just what effect a continuation of
this drought would have on next
years crops is a matter Of serious
conjecture. The soil conditions APP
pear to be good. But it all hinges on
the water supply of the country being
brought to normal. 1t was said at the
weather bureau that there is no rea-
son to anticipate other than that the
usual amount Of rain will be received
during the coming year and the
drought relieved. In any case the
dry spell of 1910 will go. down as a
record-breaker. 1t is doubtful If the
country ever saw anything like such
deficit moisture period. II so, the
government records fail to show it,
Leslie's Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
BUTTER SPADE THE LATEST
Cuts Through Print Easily, No Matter
How Hard II Is-creamery Men
VIII Find Il Handy,

When a knife is too dull TO be Of
much use people are fond of refer
ring'to It as. too dull to cut butter"
Whoever originated this remark
evidently had small experience in
cutting butter. for a good, cold, firm
print is not so easily divided as
most folk. imagine. Warm. butter
may not have much consistency.
but cold butter has. A Minnesota
man has invented. q butter spade
which creamerymen and dealers will
hnd much more effective than the long.
thin-bladed Knife they have been
using. The spade is shown 50
plainly in the illustration that fur.
ther description is unnecessary. II
can be used either with the right OF
left hand and provides for a
straight downward movement, which
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
A Years Drought.


We reached at the beginning of the
new year a critical stage in the most
unusual and prolonged drought this
country has ever known. Records OF
rainfall have been kept in the city of
New York for somethin like eighty
five years. The past season shows
less PRECIPITATION than at any time dur
ing that long period. There was a
lower amount of rain recorded in St.
Paul, from January to November, than
during the same time in seventy-five
years. The dry spell was country
wide in its scope and most everywhere
crops suffered as a consequence. The
condition Of winter wheat on Deem
Der LIST was the lowest ever recorded
on similar date, except in that month
five years ago. 1t was materially be-
low the average in every section ex-
cept the Pacific Northwest. The con-
dition was such at the time of writ
ing that the outcome of the crop was
regarded with much concern. It was
reported to be much, more dependent
than ordinarily upon future influ-
enceS.
Spring wheat was hit hard, especi.
ally in North Dakota, where the aver.
age yield was but five bushels per acre
as compared with an average there
in the past ten years of almost three
times that much. Reports of the Agri.
cultural department, just issued, show
that 1909 cotton suffered severely
from lack Of rainfall. There was q
total loss of almost 100000 bales as
the direct result of this. Oklahoma
Arkansas and Texas, which were thu
most arid States of that territory then
forgot for the time being the much.
fought boil weevil. Every energy was
bent upon securing water.
The dryness was also prevalent
throughout the eastern part of the At
lantic coast States, nearly all of the
middle Atlantic States and the Pacific
Northwest. 1t was forerunner to tn,
present drought, for the 1910 cotto1
crop showed the shortest estimated
yield per acre, except 1909, for tel
years. The output is thought to b.
about 100000 bales behind the croI
average of the past five years.
| Along with the recent drought came
an alarming number of typhoid fevel
cases. Surgeon-General Wyman, o
the Bureau of Public Health and Ma
rine Hospital Service, received reports
of an epidemic in Oklahoma and othel
places. From the former state So
cases were reported in September.
month later the dreaded disease haC
had jumped to upward of 600. Oregon
started with thirty-five in July. Their
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

Keep the separator absolutely clean.
Milk absarbs doors readily and soon
taints.
Get the milk out Of the COW stable
Immediately after milking
Butter of good keeping quality
must be free from buttermilk.
The flavor of milk will vary accord.
ing to the feed and other things.
The cost Of filing the silo need not
exceed 81 a ton for the sllage stored.
g Courtesy pays with cows and the
senSitivenea of their natures demands
It..
It is far better to pay 9 little more
and have COW whose performance is
sood. zee 9
Pure air Is necessary to health and
health to enable a COW to be a pro-
Queer.
Hntil a COW has paid for her keep
ling she cannot return any profit to
her owner.
The demand for good high produ-
cling mich COWS is great, and steadily
Increasing. %
The cooler weather brings the milk
) f&w up because it makes the flies less
annoying.
II yoa use soap or soap powder for
cleaning the DAIRY vessels be sure and
thoroughly tinse them.
The cows pedigree, to be most
valuable, should correspond with the
story that the pail tells.
Dairying is becoming one Of the
most substantial industries connected
with farming and country life.
One Of the greatest menaces to
daifying In raising the dairy calves Is
an occasional outbreak Of white
Q scours.
II has been said that Che silo' has
doubled the stock carrying capacity
and solved the pp6blem Of intensive
culture on thousands Of farms all oYeg
che country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

Manufacturer Of Prepared Feeds
Should Be Compelled to Give
Amount Of Grain IN Mixture.
By Nv. KELLEYl


The mixing Of prepared daisy feeds
Is becoming about ike the mixing of
commercial fertllizers-simply the
amount Of protein and CARBOHYDRATES
required by the analysis, Rith any old
kind Of material used for fll@s. Itsis
time. that we had laws compelling the
manufacturers Of these srepareddopes
70 explain just how much Of each kind
Of grain entered sinto the mixture.
There Is something radically wrong
when large milling company win pay
s1S ton for oat bulls and $40 a ton
for the dust that comes OF oats TO- use
in preparing a feed MIXTURE that far
mers are paying $50 a ton for. Where
/ live can see every. day tons Of oat
bulls and dust being hauled to a fac
tory where. carloads Of these mixed
feeds are being prepared. Is II any
wonder that we have, sick animals and
that new diseases are constantly CROP
ping out when We feed these poison
dopesi
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20


ter at the bottom Of the tank to be
come more or less stagnant.
I The only sure way Of keeping the
water changed in a. cooliag tank is to
attach the outlet at the bottom Of the
tank. The problem thensis toakeep the
tank full.
This may be done by making an out
let, as shown in the cut; C is an ordi
nary metal pipe, which empties into
the trough b. At is shown.a hole in
the elbow of the pipe, which admits
ait enough to prevent a siphon form
ing. AS soon as the water in the tanh
rises to certain height it runs out
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
EACH, cow HAS SALT CELLAR
Two Devices Shown In Illustration
HereWlthsHave Much to Do With
=, Animals Comfort.

Two devices are, shown in the illus.
tration that are, intended to increase
the dairy cows comfort and thereby
increase the flow of milk.
Fig. la IS the stall partition. 3
and c are small salt boxes fastened
to eithes side OF the partition by the
single bolt .(D) indicated by the dotted
line. 90
aFig 2EHinged' feeding rack for
pens. A shows the rack In feeding po-
Bitions held in place by a staple and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

bolt B shows the rack drawn out
into filing position by means Of the
handle e.,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
ECONOMY IN. COOLING MILK
Water Tank Method ls One Of Best
! but Not Very Useful Unless Done
Right-Sure Way.

I Many use Che water-tspk method Of
cooling milk. This is one Of the best
but 1t is not very useful unless it is
done right Most water tanks are
built so the water runs in at the top
and out at the top, says writer in
Farm and Home. This leaves the wa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

insures "a more even cut from top 10
bottom than can be obtained with q
knife. The blade is much stronger
than the blade Of an ordinary knife.
too. and is not likely to wobble.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

Jacob Belz, of Rush county visited
his parents, Mr.. and MIS-. Peter Betz,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Sam Mailman and daughter,
of Lacrosse visited Wednesday here
the guests Of Mr.. and Ms. Henry
Born.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20

Complete. Straight Line Keyboard
Removable and interchangeable Pl.i.u
Ball Bearing Carnage
Reversible Tabulsior Rack
Simple Stencil Cutting Dencs 90
Drop Forged Type Ban
Perfect Line Lock
Bichrome Ribbon
Uniform Touch
Ball Bearing Type Bar
Column Finder and Paragraphs
Decimal Tsbulator
Visible WIRING
A Key for Every Charactef
Perfect EIasing Fseiihz
interchangeable Csniaes
Right and Left Carnage Release Lsyss
Swinging Marginal Rack
Protected Ribbon
Gear Driven Carriages
Ribbon Controlled from Keyboard
VnabIe and UniyenL Line Space
Perfect Dua Guard
Back Space Lever
Carnage Reiardes
Improved Marginal Stops
E,capement, Spee&ea Ever DeIsed
These are features which make the
Smith Premier the choice Of the
man who investigates comparative
advantages
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-01-20
Wooden Pals.

Don't use wooden pals. Tin makes
the best milk containers for any pur.
pose, provided the seams are smooth
and there are no sharp angles to catch
and hold minute portions of milk in
which bacteria can.breed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-01
QUAKE SHAKESC|T|ES
HoHENZoLLERN CASTLE AND
OTHER PLACES IN EUROPE
DAMAGED BY TREMORs.
PEOPLE ARE PAnIc-STRICKEN
Theater Audiences Stampeded-vio-
lent Earth Shocks, Followed by
Several Lesser Ones Spread Alarm
Among Folks on Mountain Sides.

Berlin. Germany. Nov. 1s.-An earth
quake which was felt over a wide area
of central Europe. damaged the cas-
tie OF HohenzolleTu. on the steep Zol-
lerberg. near Hechingen, Prussia.
Statues on the beautiful structure
we're dishgured and great cracks ap-
peared In the towers.
At Constance. In the grand duchy OF
Baden. the spire and cross OF the
cathedral, the most imposing building
in the city. fell. A colossal statue OF
Germania. which crowned the postof-
fee building. tumbled into the street
Reports say the kingdom OF Wurt-
temberg also was shaken hard.
Frankfort in a Panic.
Earth shocks are unusual in the dis
tricts affected and the alarm OF the
people generally was greater than
would have been the case In countries
where seismic disturbances are a more
common occurrence.
At Frankfort, where houses were
shaken, the popuiace rushed into the
streets, panic stricken. Great cracks
were made in the walls OF several
buildings
Stuttgart felt the movement strong
ly. Houses rocked pictures fell from
the walls. and furniture was tumbled
about Reports from Munich. Strass-
burg and Mayence tell OF similar ex-
periences.
Flee Heidelberg Theater.
There was panic in the theater at
Heidelberg Near Lautlingen a rail-
way viaduct fell.
Several buildings, including ST. Ste
phen's church. We're damaged at Null
hau<en. and large stone was shaken
from the church steeple.
Switzerland Gets Big Shock.
Bern. Switzerland. Nov lS.-A VIC
lent earth shock was felt throughout
Switzerland at 1927 p. m. This was
followed by lesser quakes. The move
ment was especially strong in the can.
tons Of Bern and Zurich. in the dis
trlct OF Interlaken and throughout the
region OF the Alps SO far as known
there we're no casualties.
In Geneva street cars we're deraiied.
In this city and in Zurich theater audi.
ences we're thrown into a panic and
rushed into the streets.
At Chamonix enormous avalanches
rushed down Mont Blanc. Glass orna-
ments we're broken in homes through
out the disturbed area. The seismic
motion was from north to south.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-01
THREE KANSANS CONFESS
TO TARRING OF WOMAN
Pleas Of Guilty by Assailants Of School
Teacher Astound Court-One Is
rail- President.

Lincoln Center. Kan. Nov. IL
Sheriff. Clark. a wealthy merchant;
A n. Simon. mill worker. and John
Schmitt. a farmer. we're placed on
trial for assault and battery" in con-
nection with the tarring OF Miss Mary
Chamberlain. following Judge Gloyer's
denial OF their application for a change
Of venue
Everett G. Clark. president OF a
Shady Bend milling company; Watson
Scranton and Jay Fitzwater. farmers,
astonished the prosecution by enter
ing pleas of guilty. and throwing them
selves on the mercy of the court Pre-
viously Edward Ricord. a barber. had
entered the same plea.
When Clark. upon whose case those
OF the other eight men accused OF con-
nection with the tarring were expect
ed to hinge, announced his plea OF
guilty Judge Grover said:
1t is necessary that / reserve SEN
tence. for. as have heard no testI.
mony in this case. ! really do not
know the nature of the offense. Ac-
cordingly | shall wait until after the
other cases have been heard"
The pleas OF guilty by Scranton and
Fitzwater were than announced.
The men attacked Miss Chamberlain
without a word being spoken. threw
her 10 the ground. and tore on her
clothing. While one held her down,
another held a tar bucket A third
man smeared tar on her from her
waist TO her knees. after which the
entire bucket of tar was poured over
her
The only excuse for the act. accord.
ing to the attorney. vas that meddling
women had whispered evil OF the girl
and melted their men folks" to pun
ish her. Investigation convinced the
county attorney that the allegations
made against the young school teacher
were untrue.