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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
Railroad lies.

For fifteen years the price Of rail
road ties has been steadily advancing,
and it is still going up. All sorts of
substitutes have been tested, and all
have failed. A wooden tie alone seems
to fill the bill. The rails do not rest
right on stone, cement or steel. There
is just enough and not too much elias
ticity in wood to neutralize the sharp
ness and harshness of the contact be-
tween the wheels and the track. But
the wooden tie is becoming so costly
that the railroad corporations are
eagerly hoping for the coming of the
man with the substitute. In the mean
time, of course, some of the larger
and Weather railroad corporations
have gone extensively into forestry
with the purpose of ultimately supply
ing themselves with timber for ties
and other purpOses.-Argonaut
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD 10 BORROW %, UOc. 80
you would tell him that l have found
a place to put that $4,000 which he
asked me to- loan out for him."
The friend gasped like a goldfish and
proceeded on his way, encountering
another of the towns leading bankers.
by the way said the banker,
when you see Rockefeller this after
noon. please tell him that have found
n man who wants to borrow that
$4,000"
The friend staggered on and met a
third banker. who repeated what the
other two captains of finance had said.
Then he went back and found Rookie
Teller.
John" he said in establishment,
when l left you this morning you
told me you had to borrow 5000, and
all day bankers have been telling me
that you asked them to lend ont $10.-
600 for you"
well, we'll" smiled Rockefeller.
that's fine. suppose | may safely
assume now that my credit is estab-
lished in this town. I'll just step out
and borrow that $1,000 I need."-
Popular Magazine
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
COST US MANY MILLIONS.
Insect Pests That Might Have Been
Kept Out of the United States,

Kept Out OF the United States.
That the United States stands con-
stantly in danger of having some agri-
cultural pest or disease introduced
from foreign country, just as the San
Jose scale was introduced from China
about thirty years ago, that will abso-
lutely ruin certain branches of agri-
culture was one of the significant
statements made by Edward A. Sea-
ton of MinOt, y. D., the speaker who
represented the students of the college
OF agriculture at the commencement
exercises of the University of WiscOn-
sin. The only way to ward off this
peril, said Mr.. Seaton, is to provide a
strict system of quarantine which will
rigidly exclude all diseased plants
from the country and a good domestic
quarantine system that will cOnfine
destructive insects and plant diseases
to the localities where they are dis
covered
'In no other country in the world
do insects and plant diseases impose
a heavier tax on farm products than
in the United States" declared Mr..
SeatOn. They take fully 20 per cent
of our crops and entail loss to agri-
culture of $1.O0O,OO000O a year
This situation has been brought
about simply by the Introduction of
diseases and pests from foreign
lands" continued the speaker. Three
fourths of our pests and diseases are
of foreign origin, and the number is
constantly increasing. The San Jose
scale, the Goblin moth, the Hessiar
fly, even the common house fly, are
all Of foreign origin. and they all
could have been. excluded by proper
quarantine measures.
1.-The United States is the only i'm
pOrtant nation Of the world which
does not provide for such quarantine.
Even Turkey will not permit the i'm
portation Of American nursery stock,
and Germany will admit no American
potatoes"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
SALTeO CORN.

For any who have found the usua'
methods of canning corn and beans
somewhat risky the picking method
offers 4 good substitute. Briefly. this
u Sutting the vegetables down in salt
somewhat as one would fresh cucUru~
bers. With sweet corn select ears that
are at the stage desired, boil tiAIn iS
4 large kettle or boiler for abOu5 ffteeD
minutes. OF until the milk IS set. ans
then cut and scrape from the cob an@
mix with salt at the rate Of fOu:T
quarts OF corn to one OF salt The
juice in the corn viii give sufficient
liquid for brine. When naked thA
corn may be put away in open tcls
stone jars and covered with a clht-1
and plate or stone to- keep 1CIt the
dirt Before using this corn It should
be freshened and seasoned to suit ones
taste. Corn kept in this way is tender
and keeps its flavor remarkably well
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
HOMEMADE GARDEN HOE, MADE OF AN OIL
BUGGY SPRING.
LFrom Home and Farm ]

made of a half inch rod. Make the
hole in the spring blade three-eighths
inch and file a shoulder to the end
of the shank rod to just fit the hole
in the hoe blade tight, then insert and
rivet or brad down tight If an ordi-
nary goose neck hoe handle, the blade
of which has been discarded, is at
hand, it will make very good handle
for the garden hoe, but if not it is no
big job to make a handle, and a short
piece of three-quarter inch pipe will
make a good ferule, and its extra
weight will be found of use when using
the hoe / have been using this hoe
in my garden for some time and find
il easy to dig deep and thoroughly cul
tivate the plants. 1 hope that this re-
minder will cause many old thrown
away buggy springs to be converted
into useful tools instead of being al
lowed to rust out
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
MADE FROM BUGGY SPRING
Old Steel May Be Converted Into a
Useful Garden Tool

The hoe made thus gives better re-
suits as a cultivating tool than any
manufactured tool | have been able to
procure, says letter in the Home and
Farm. The blade consists of the short
est leaf of an old buggy spring. Such
springs are usually found laying around
country blacksmith shops, and the
work Of converting it into this useful
hoe is a matter of but few minutes
or an hour at most The spring will
at the place TO insert the shank, but
it will be necessary to ream it out
larger with a drill. which the black
smith can do. The shank may be
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
Forcing Crops by Electricity.

A British immigrant TO Canada pro-
poses TO force his crops by heating the
soil by underground electric wires
spaced about five feet apart and one
foot under the surface, twenty-five
miles of wire being required for TWEEN
ty acres of ground. The effect sought
appears to be the equivalent of a con-
tinuous. strong and penetrating sun
shine on a glass house system. but with
the further advantage of ability to reg
ulate the heat to a nicety.-Scientific
American.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
THE GREAT DUTY OF AD-
JUSTMENT.

We are servants of the people,
the whole people. The nation has
been unnecessarily, unreasOnably
at war within itself. Interest
has FLASHED with interest when
there were common principles. Of
right and Of fair dealing which
might and should have bound
them all together, not as rivals,
but as partners AS the servants
of all we are bound to undertake
the great duty of accommodation
and adjustment.-From Wood
row Wilson's Speech Accepting
the Democratic Nomination.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
SHOULD FALL BACK ON slLo.


Not in several years has the Yield q
nay been lighter than win ne the Ease
in practically all sections OF the cCuL-
: try where timothy and clover have
been the standby. In fact, 50 short
has the yield on such meadows been IL
some localities that the owner or rent
err has not deemed it worth while to go
through the fOrmality OF cutting it.
This means, if it means anything, Iha.
roughage will be scarce and high priC,
ed during the coming fail and winter.
This means in turn that the need wiz
be cOrrespOndingly great of utilizing -
the full the value Of the corn cTCP
Some successful Gairymen still hold ~
the practice of harvesting the corn
with the binder and Shredding il after
it has cured in the shock. supplying
succulence in the winter ration n the
form Of roots rather than by means Of
silage. But many more will look to the
silo to furnish the cheapest and most
palatable ration. Where one has a
bunch of steers to feed or is milking
dozen or more cows the SilO is by far
the most safe and effective method q
securing a maximum amount of fOd-
der from q given area Of land Many
excellent types of SilOS are On the mar
ket and also in actual operation, and il
is not bad idea TO visit several farms
on which different types are in use he
fore buying one. The cost of Tie Si!C
plant win vary from $500 to $500, the
higher price being for those made Of
cement block or yitrified brick.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
ELLEN A. WILSON.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.

The divided Republican party is like
the boy blowing against the wind"
There will be lot of buster. but it
will not take votes away from Wilson
and Marshall
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

The Democrats are not taking the
election of Wilson for granted. They
are working and working harder than
in score Of years and working as a
united party.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

1t Is reported that papers which are
supporting the bull mooser have or
dered extra fonts of FPS" And they
will be needed when Teddy gets IT,
talking. -
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11
WHiTEWAsHlNe PEACH TREES.

Professor ]. G.. Written of the Mis-
souri, horticultural station has lately
made an interesting report Of SON"
experiments he has conducted cove
ing period of ten years in the matter
of whitewaShing the trunks of peach
trees for protective purposes. He re-
ports that this treatment enabled the
trunks of the trees TO reflect the rays
Of the sun, and rs 4 result they re.
manned dormant much longer than
trees that were not whitewashed- In
n period Of ten years he reports eight
crops of fruit from whitewashed trees
and ali but two of them full crops
while from trees Of the same yLcietg
that were not whitewashed five crops
were secured, and only three Of these
were what could be called full crops.
He summarizes the results of the
whitewash treatment by saying tlao
in the period of ten years the treated.
trees produced Just twice As snuci.
fruit as those not treated The ex-
perience the writer has hdd with souT
sap-the result of too early and IN
even starting Of the sap in the late
winter or early spring-leads bin &c
believe that this treatment Professor
Written recommends for peach trees
would give very good results IN the
case of both pear and apple trees in
sections where they are liable to dam
age from sour sap 80
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

Wilson is the best equipped man
nominated for the presidency since
Lincoln.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

Winning with Wilson means more
than a mere Democratic victory; it
means restoring real prosperity.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

George W. Perkins is sure bully
Progressive
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

Some farmers are born special
lists and some have their special
ties thrust upon them, and some
escape being specialists 10 their
everlasting disadvantage. - Ma
tional StOckman and Farmer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-09-11

There is great promise in the
fact that whole classes of grad
yates of agricultural colleges go
back to the farms, having learn
ed how to make them profitable.
Secretary James Wilson. Unit
ed States Department Of Agri-
. culture.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
GEN ERAL.

Mrs. Laura Case Collins, author.
died at Maysvills, KY. aged eighty-six
years.
Just before he was hanged at Allan
ia. Ca. Robert L. Clay broke silence
OF seven months and confessed to the
murder of his wife last May.
D. |. Roberts was elected president
of the United States Express Compa-
ny. filling vacancy that has existed
ever since the death of Thomas C.
Platte.
James B. Bryce, the British ambas-
sador. told the committee for the cele-
bration for the centenary of peace be-
tween English-speaking people at a
dinner in New York that nearly all
wars had been due to human folly or
human passion.
The battleship New Hampshire, I'M
der hurry orders. left Norfolk, Va. for
San Domingo. The New Hampshire
is said to have considerable less than
normal supply of coal in her bunk
ers, but she did no. wait to replen-
ish it.
w Allt Oh lis EeICy
Jones, a lawyer, shot and probably ia
tally wounded his brides sister. Miss
Maud Nichols. to whom he once was
engaged to be married. The shooting
occurred at Tampa, Fla, following an
argument resulting from the jilting of
Miss Nichols.
Although Governor Blease, in his
speech at the governors conference
advocating the lynching of negroes
who attack white women, declared he
would tear up his commission rather
than fail to defend feminine virtue.
he paroled r. A. Richey. wealthy
planter of Abbevilie county. S. c.. who
was convicted in 1910 Of assaulting q
13-year-old girl and sentenced to serve
ten years in the state penitentiary.
New York was selected as the per-
mancnt headquarters of the executive
committee of the Progressive party.
after a fight In which delegates to the
national Progressive conference from
several states sought to have the
headquarters located elsewhere. The
vote on this question stood 80 to IL.
Chief opposition to the selection of
New York came from. Florida, Colo
RADIO. Idaho, Louisiana, Texas and Wy
oming.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
FoREioN.

Friday, the thirteenth, Is a lucky
day with which to end my vacation"
said Presidcnt-elect Wilson. In mo-
ment of leisure between packing and
bidding farewell to his acQuaintances.
preparatory to his departure for the
United States.
Price Ludwig (Louis), will succeed
Prime Luitpold as Prime Regent of Ba-
varia. but there is a general move
ment on to make him king. Prince
Ludwig was born in Munich in 1845.
He was married In Vienna in 1868 to
the archduchess Marie Theresa.
The largest force that has ever been
engaged at one time on the construc-
tion of the Panama canal was work
ing at the end OF November. when 49,
1853 men. of whom 1851 were Ameri-
can citizens. were employed. No fewer
than 1000 men were engaged In the
lock gates.
The delegates to the peace confer
ence are all in London now and at \
meeting of the representatives of the
Balkan states in the Hyde Park hotel
is was resolved that the four king
doms would vote as a unit on all the
proposals submitted by the Turks and
the demands of the allies should voice
the unanimous sentiment of the new
confederacy.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
SPORT.

Tommy Dixon of Kansas City and
Tommy Bresnahan Of South Omaha
were matched to fight ten rounds be-
fore the Aksarben Athletic Club of
South Omaha, Dec. %. The men will
fight at 126 pounds.
Tom Weiss, formerly OF Denver, is
not going to play polo this year. No
one seems to know just why the best
player on the Pasadena team has de-
cided on this course, and Tom himself
does not give any reasons.
AID. Wolgast. recently deposed light
weight champion, and his manager.
Tom Jones, lost nearly $4,000 on the
Flynn-McCarthy fight at Los Angeles.
and the former champion told his
friends that he would never bet an
other penny on a fight.
Every living ex-champion heavy
weight will be invited to Los Angeles
at the expense of Promoter Tom Nc
Carey to witness the New Years day
fight between Luther Mccarthy and
AL Palzer, the winner of which will
be proclaimed the worlds champion
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
A GREAT DAIRY STATE.
PEoloREEo STOCK DEMANDED
TO IMPROVE HERDS.
state Inspector coehrane Declares Col
orado's Dairy Business 10 Among
States Largest Assets.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-"Colorado has the making
of the greatest dairy state in the
union" declared State Dairy inspect
or Cochrane, on his return from the
National Dairy Show in Chicago. Il
say this unqualifiedly, after making
most thorough Investigation OF condi-
lions in other states. and my knows
edge of what we have in this state.
mot only are our grasses and In
some instances our grains and winter
feed superior to thoGc of other states,
but the climate and water here have
no comparison in any other section OF
the United States.
I'VE have none OF the common odor-
ferrous weeds and rank growths OF
grasses in other states, our nights are
cool, and We have three natural mar
kets for dairy products.
There is a tremendous awakening
to this fact, might add, and the dairy
business In Colorado has increased 81
per cent. in the last year, with every
indication Of being doubled next year.
/ was more than ever impressed with
the possibilities of the industry In
Colorado after inspecting conditions
existing in other states"
E. B. Du Pree, deputy state dairy
inspector, completed trip through
Colorado almost simultaneously with
the return of Inspector Cochrane. He
gathe, ed statistics, which he Is COM
piling. to show the Importance OF the
dairy business in Colorado and its In
crease in the last year.
1.-The most interesting feature OF my
trip" oaid Inspector Du Pree, "is that
nine out of every ten farmers and
dairymen whom visited. made inqui-
ries as to where they could obtain
pedigreed stock. There is an enormous
demand in Colorado for blooded stock
and instead of paying $40 to $50 head
for ordinary kinds as in the past, dali
rymen are spending up to $500 and
5000 q head and are demanding more.
Tho dairy industry is increasing
greatly in the state, as our annual
report will show. It has limitless pos
sibilitlcs and l have learned recently
that more than 100000 worth OF
cheese alone is annually shipped into
the state by one eastern manufacturer
because We have no factory here. 1t
is more than probable that such
factory will be built here in 1879
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
o1ning.

The Senate adopted resolution for
January 2.
Representative Bartholdt introduced
a bill to limit Presidents of the United
States to two terms of four years
each.
War Department recommended
Amboy to Arthur Kill, New York har-
Dor.
Representative Kahn urged public
buildings committee to provide $780,
600 for marine hospital at San Fran
cisco.
Senator Swanson introduced bill
to appoint committee to attend unveil-
ing of jefferson memorial in St. Louis
next year.
The Senate resolution approving
plan of Lincoln memorial commission
for 100000 memorial here.
Merchant marine committee set jan
uary : for beginning hearings in in
westigation of steamship pools.
Representative Kindred introduced
resolution calling for report OF inves
tigation into Peruvian rubber district
atrocities.
Representative Roddenberry intro
duced joint resolution to prohibit in
termarriago of negroes or persons of
color, and Caucasians.
Railroad men were heard by postof-
flee committee in plea for adequate
compensation for carrying mail.
The House passed bill to repay
Southerners for property seized by
the government after June, 1865.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
rerrorizlna Youths Captured.

Farplay. Colo.-Three New York
gunner. East Side. gangsters and
members of the clan formerly headed
by big Jack" Zelig, who was shot
Just after the trial of Gyp the Blood
Whitney Lewis, L.eftie Louie, Dago
Frank and Lieutenant Becker. who
were sentenced to death for the muir
der of Gambler Herman Rosenthal
were arrested between Como and Fair
play.
They have been identified as the
three men who planned to rob the Lit
tleton postoffice and hold up the Pc
tersburg roadhouses. The Identified
ton was made BE- Christian Schmittel
the chauffeur whom they kidnapped
and forced to drive them out toward
Brighton, threatening him with death
If he refused or attempted to give the
alarm.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has been offered the
Kent professorship at the Yale law
school.
Manipulation" and short sales on
the New York stock market as a
means of gambling, and the methods
of stock exchange brokers, formed the
basis of days hearing before the
Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri
has introduced pill asking an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the expense of
holding and of entertaining the mem
bers thereof. of the Inter-Pariamen-
tary Union to be held in America in
1915.
Senator Guggenheim promoted the
Colorado apple market by sending a
box of Colorado winter Banana apples
to President Taft and placing two
boxes in the Senate cloak rooms, one
for the Republicans and one for the
Democrats.
President Taft remained in his
study in the White House to begin
lne ulcldllUn VI lHe llISt uTd1l Oh his
message proposing the adoption of a
budget system, which he expects to
send 10 Congress before he leaves for
Panama on the 18th.
According to members of Congress.
who recently saw Woodrow Wilson at
Bermuda, the President-elect thinks
SO highly of Col. George w. Cocktails.
rf hn
nal, that, although the latter is a Re
publican, he may invite him to accept
the position of secretary of war
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
Ranae Steers Sell at High Price.

Meeker.-Two fancy steers from the
Senator lies ranch near Mceker, which
owing to their exceptional weight
height and general good quality, had
attained considerable local fame, sold
on the Chicago stock market for
s122.4o and SIP each-by far the high
est price ever paid for northwestern
Colorado cattle. Between $50 and $40
is the usual price. The animals
weighed 1880 and 1,400 pounds re-
spectively. They were both products
Of the open range.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
Woman beaten to Death with whip.

Grand Junction.-Tales of horror
which emannte from New York's
'Helrs Kitcnen." aided the police to
uneerth Information which points to
the murder of Miss Elizabeth Noyes.
The woman, who lived in resort in
Alkali Flat, had been beaten to death
with q blacksnake whip and two fling
ers bitten off in order to obtain her
rings, poisoned with doped whisky
and robbed of $275.
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
GLAD SHE KILLED HUSBAND.
Mrs. Marion Bliss Declares She Was
Driven to Desperation BY
Spouse.

Socorro, N. M.-Mrs. Marion Bliss,
known also as Mrs. Mabel Potts. who
shot and killed her husband, Marion
Bliss, who also went by the name of
Roy Scott, made hcr first statement
since the shooting.
Mrs. Bliss or Mrs. Potts declared
she had been driven to desperation by
the brutality of her husband, who had
forced her into life of shame to sup
port him and had wrung from her
every cent of her earnings, which he
had spent in riotous living.
Rather than submit TO further goad-
ing, she says, she determined TO kill
him. She Gays she is proud of her
act
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-20
Agricultural College Asks s25o,ooo.

Fort Collins.-Improveme costing
S25O,OOO were included in the outline
of the needs of the Agricultural col
lege, which was placed before the edu-
cational committee of the State Legis'
lature by President Charles A. Lory,
at conference here, Plans for max
ing the Agricultural college service
bureau for farmers and industrial in
terests Of the state were favorably dis
cussed at the conference. He made
his report for the year, showing the
institution in good shape.