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Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
SAN JOSE SCALE is PRIMARILY A PEST
OF PEAR, PEACH AND OTHER FRUIT TREES
Extremely important That Grower Should Know lust Which Plants
Are Most Likely to Be Attacked by Little InSect-Some
Serious Mistakes Made.

such a spot be found however. II
must then be examined to see II II
is caused by true scale-insect. for
there are certain unimportant diseases
which may have a similar effect. II
the little gray. circular scale is found
in the center OF the spot. and IL the
scale is readily removed by scraping
gently with knife blade or the
finger nail, then you may be pretty
sure it Ia San Jose scale, and should
at once send specimens to your state
cntomologist and find out
Turn one of the scales over gently
with the point OF knife. II 1t is one
of the large full-grown scales tho
insect may as likely be dead as alive
under II. for the scale adheres long
after the insect Is dead. II the insect
Is alive it will be seen as little. vel
low object, slightly egg shaped. but
more pointed at one end, and slightly
lBttened. Indeed, II has been well
described as resembling n tiny bit OF
cheese or yellow b~tter. Press the
body with the point of the knife or
pin and It is easily crushed, yielding
a tiny bit OF yellowish. oily liquid. II,
OF the other hand, the insect is dead,
the dried body will likely be found
simply as thin yellowish-brown par.
ticle under the scale.
The San lose scale Is not capable
OF living and thriving on all kinds Of
plants. and it Is extremely important
that the grower should know which
ones are most liable to attack. II is
primarily pest of orchard trees and
it Is an exception rather than tho
rule. to find it on any other. OF the
orchard fruits. peaches. plums, apples,
pears. and cherries seem to be worst
attacked and die most readily in the
order nomed Certain varieties, es
pecially OF pears, seem to show con-
siderable resistance, the Keiffer, LIE.
conte, and CARRIER seeming to be less
attacked than others, though by no
means exempt Sour cherries are also
resistant
Forest and shade trees are very
seldom infested with the San Jose
in harboring or spreading infection.
Growers sometimes make serious and
ridiculous mistakes-on this point and
give up hope because they imagine
that the scale is in the woods" or
they try to destroy the forests which
they suspect, or spend hours in a
fruitless search for it on the forest or
shade trees, and then, when they find
scale (Which is some other species
in nine cases out OF ten) they think
that they have surely found It.
! Let us repeat, then, with greater
| emphasis. that: the San Jose scale is
primarily a pest of orchard fruit
| trees; II may also occur, but less fire.
quently, on rose grape. currant, goose
berry. mockorange. and Japan walnut,
but forest and shade trees are not
appreciable factors IN harboring or
| spreading It.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
NO DANGER OF A DEADLOCK
Woodrow Wilson viii Easily Have a
Majority Of Votes In the
Electoral College.

Those Worried" gentlemen who
are wondering what will happen II no
presidential candidate gets a majority
of the electoral votes this fall may
calm their troubled minds-if they
possess such.
The contingency that is troubling
them will not arise D
A gentleman named Woodrow VIII
son will have a majority OF the votes
in the electoral college, with a con-
siderable number to spare.
He will have them because he IL the
only candidate before the country who
is basing his campaign on the needs
and rights OF the whole American pee
pie.
He is the only candidate before the
country to whom the people can look
for a reduction OF the high cost OF llv-
ing.
He is the only candidate before the
country who is under no obligation to
about the tariff-and his mind on this
point is the mind of the nation.
He is the only candidate before the
country who is under no obligation TO
special interests, and free to give his
entire service to the people
Mr.. Taft wants to be 'vindicated.
Mr.. Roosevelt wants to wear the
jeweled crown OF a king.
Governor Wilson wants nothing but
an opportunity for public service. He
will get 1t.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Ten Wilson Reasons,

1t Is conceded by all that the cleo
ton of Governor Wilson means an i'm
mediate downward revision Of the tar
IN. This is the cause of the wild out,
cry in certain quarters against the
election of Governor Wilson.
The wool trust lie crying out against
the election OF Governor Wilson and
the downward revision Of the tariff.
The cotton mill trust Is crying out
against the election OF Governor Will
son and the downward revision of the
tariff.
The harvester trust is crying out
against the election of Governor VII
son and the downward revision of the
tariff.
The sugar trust is crying out
against the election OF Governor Will
son and the downward revision OF the
tariff.
The steel trust is crying out against
the election of Governor Wilson and
the downward revision Of the tariff.
The Aldrich rubber trust is crying
out against the election of Governor
Wilson and the downward revision of
the tariff.
The Guggenheim smelter trust Is
crying out against the election OF Gov
ernor Wilson and the downward revi-
sion Of the tariff.
George w. Perkins, political agent
OF the Morgan interests and the asso-
ciated trusts. is crying out against the
election OF Governor Wilson and the
downward revision Of the tariff.
Frank A. Munsey. press agent of the
steel trust, is crying out against the
election OF Governor Wilson and the
downward revision of the tariff.
Theodore Roosevelt, all things to all
trusts, the side show by which the in
terests" hope to divert public atten'
ton from the real issues of the cam
paign, is crying out against the cleo
ton OF Governor Wilson and the down
ward revision OF the tariff.
These are ten unanswerable reasons
why Governor Wilson should be elect
ed and the downward revision OF the
tariff should begin.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

Jefferson City.-Although John No.
len, special agent for state land recla,
nation work, draws his salary from
the appropriation of $4,000 set aside
by the legislature for the use of the
Missouri waterway commission, none
of the members of this body had
places upon the program of the drain.
age convention called by Nolen, which
met in Jefferson City.
David w. Hill, of Poplar Bluff, a
member of the commission, attended
supreme court, but did not address
the drainage convention The failure
of Nolen to put the waterway commits
sion on the program may be due to
the fact that the commission tried by
injunction proceedings to annul the
legislative rider by which Nolen was
attached to the commission and which
sets aside $1,000 of the appropriation
for his salary and expenses. w X.
Kavanaugh ana Cyrus p. Walbridge,
of st. Louis, +. G. Ellis of Kansas
City, A. NJ. Dockery of Gallatin, and
David w. Hill of Poplar Bluff are the
memDers OF the commission
Few Land Owners Present.
While a number OF engineers and
experts upon reclamation were pres
ent, but few land owners from sections
of the state mort interested were in
attendance. d. e. King, commercial
agent OF the Gould system of rail-
roads, explained the interest of his
company in any and all moves calcu-
lated to reclaim swamp and over
flowed lands. He said the Gould sys-
TEN traverses 100000 acres of this
kind of land in Missouri, Arkansas
and Louisiana that could be re-
claimed. There is not an acre of this
land, Mr. King said, but what, when
placed In cultivation, would yield from
one and one-half bales bf cotton to
two bales and produce other crops
accordingly
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
FOR READERS
OF MISSOURI
Land Reclamation Advocates
Confer at Jefferson City

Otto Kochtitzky of Cape Girardeau,
a veteran in the service of draining
swamp lands and constructing levees,
was elected chairman of the meeting,
and John H. Nolen secretary. Kotch-
itzsky congratulated the meeting on
the number of experts present, but
said he was sorry 70 note the small
number of land owners here.
w. II. Richards of Oregon, Mo-,
gave a talk on the drainage and leyee
laws and pointed out some needed
changes. John T. Smith of Butler
followed along the same line.
Rich Land Can Be Reclaimed.
The agricultural possibilities of
land reclaimed and the proper crops
to be grown was the subject of an
address by Prof. NJ. +. Miller of the
Missouri university.
Edmund T. Perkins, Chicago, for
merly with the government reclama.
ton service and first vice.president of
the National Drainage Congress.
spoke on the advantages of uniting
drainage systems.
Jacob A. Hardman of Peoria, ILL.,.
spoke of the drainage of lands in the
upper Mississippi.
The real object Of the gathering is
to enable those directly engaged in
the work of reclaiming land and i'm
proving streams to get together and
discuss the existing laws, the work
that has already been accomplished
and the vast acreage OF land yet to be
reclaimed. In Missouri alone there
are 100000 acres of land, either con-
shutting swamps or subject to ruin
Gus overflow, which engineers say can
be reclaimed and made the most pro-
ductive of soil.
Two members of the last legisla-
ture, Sterling II. McCarty of Caruth-
ersville and Noah w. Bedsworth of
Galloway county, were present.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Curators to Sell $500
Acres University Lands

st. Joseph.-Members of the board
of curaters of the University of Mis-
souri, and DR.. A. Ross Hill, president
Of the institution. decided to take up
the selling approximately of $4,000
acres of lands granted to the univer-
sity more than forty years ago by the
federal government and referred the
matter to the executive committee for
ANAL action.
The curators have refrained from
selling any lands on which there was
a possibility OF mineral deposits being
found, and such sales as have been
made were to settlers and not to spec
ulators. This plan will be followed
out in the projected sale OF the re-
naming holdings.
The enrolment of the university in
the military department having
reached about 700, the board decided
to make application to the war de-
partment at Washington for addition
al arms and equipment.
President Hill reported that the en-
rollment at the university had
reached approximately $500, and that
before the close of the term 1t will
reach $500, exclusive of the enroll
ment at the school of mines, which is
about 200. This enrolment is about
$50 in excess of last years.
The curators granted eighteen bach
elor degrees to graduates. Joseph
Latshaw was appointed assistant in
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Open Air Schools Grow In Favor.

With the opening of the fall school
term, over 200 open air schools and
fresh air classes for tuberculous, and
anaemic children, and also for all chill
dren in certain rooms and grades. will
be In operation in various parts of the
United States, according 10 the Nation
al Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis. All of these
schools have been established since
January, 1907, when the first institu-
ton of this character was opened In
Providence, r. /. On January list.
1910, there were only 10 open air
schools In this country and year
later the number had increased only
to 80. Thus, the real growth In this
movement has been within the last
two years. Massachusetts now leads
the states with sc fresh air schools
and classes for tuberculous, anaemic
and other school children, Boston
alone having over so. New York comes
next with 20, and Ohio is third with
| 81. Open air schools have now been
established in nearly SO cities in 10
| different states
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

veterinary science in the department
of agriculture, and will specialize on
hog cholera serum.
The budget for the biennial period
to be recommended to the general as
sembly was discussed, but no conclu-
sion was reached.
The item of a fireproof building for
the university library and the Mis-
souri, Historical society will figure in
the budget and probably will be one
Of the largest items for the biennial
period.
Those attending the meeting were
former Gov. David r. Francis, presi.
dent; DR.. ]. C. Parish, Vandalia, vice
president; C. E. Yeter, Sedalla; C. b.
Rollins. Columbia; G. l.. Zwick, st.
Joseph; p. f. Burton, Joplin; Sena-
tor T. ]. Wernall, Liberty; DR.. s. l..
Baysinger, Rolla; ]. c. Swift, Kansas
City.
Former Gov. Francis spoke at noon
at the Commercial Club and later at a
banquet at the Elks' Club, rendered to
the members of group No. OF the
Missouri Bankers association In con-
ventlon here.
Mr.. Francis and members of the
board spent several hours on the golf
links at the Country Club.
Judge o. NJ. Spencer, c. D. Morris,
Col John D. McNeeley. Col C. M.
Carter and harles Guthrie were hosts
to the board at the Country Club.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
helaht Of Assurance.

A man was charged with stealing a
horse, and after long trial the jury
acquitted him. Later in the day the
man came back and asked the Judge
for a warrant against the lawyer who
had successfully defended him.
What's the charger" inquired the
judge.
why. your honor" replied the man.
you see, | didn't have the money to
pay him his fee, so he took the horse
| stole. "-Lippincott's Magazine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
1Rv = sI1ERMAN- Try

(By +. SHERMAN, JRl
Trees that are badly infested with
the San Jose Scale appear as If they
had been busted over with ashes. IL
the branches and twigs where the in
sects are numerous be scraped with
a knife 1t will be seen that this un.
natural covering is quite easily re-
moved, coming off in little flaky
patches Each of the little circular
gray objects is a separate scale. each
covering a tiny yellow insect under
meath On thickly infested branches
they often become so crowded that the
scales are piled over one another so
that the real bark of the tree is not
visible at all Branches and twigs
which are only slightly or moderately
infested will not be thus completely
covered over, and the bark may be
of its ordinary color and appearance
except here and there along tho
branches where the scattering scales
are found. The largest full-grown
scales are about the size of an aver
age pinhead. They can, therefore, be
detected by any person who has In
the beginning an intelligent idea Of
the insect, has sharp eyes, and who
happens to look in the right place
Usually the farmer or fruitgrowor
does not know that there is any ser
ious trouble until the trees begin to
die. BY that time they are covered
by the scales and present the ashy
appearance. Then. il the owner finds
that his trouble is San Jose scale, he
is apt to think that II is only on those
trees that present the unnatural APP
pearance, when in reality 1t may al
ready be on every tree in the orchard.
of many trees, since the owner. in
stead OF examining closely and treat
ing every infested Tree. as he should
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
WHITE ROCK HEN LEADS,
Has Credit of 26o Eggs In Eleven
Months in Contest.

Mountain Grove.-A national egg
laying contest, which began here No
vember l, 1911, and will end Novem-
Der !, 1912, has many remarkable
scores in prospect. A white Plym-
outh Rock hen has a credit of 26O
eggs in eleven months. The nearest
rival, barred Plymouth Rock, has a
record of 23g eggs.
Twenty-Five hens have laid more
than 200 eggs each in eleven months.
An international contest, to begin No
vember Is, has been arranged by the
Missouri poultry board. Seven hun
dred birds have been entered. They
come from England, Canada and all
parts of the United States.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
WHO IS PROTECTED?.
BENEFITS THAT LABOR GETS
FROM THE TARIFF ARE VERY
SLIGHT INDEED.
SOME COTTON MILL FIGURES
FaIIaey Of Republican Arguments Con-
corning the Textile Trade lie Pitt
lessly Exposed by Official State sta
tsties Gathered in Massachusetts,.

We have seen in this campaign few
things more delicious than the Repub.
lcan campaign document in which
Theodore Justice speaks of the tex
tile trade where the protective bene-
fits OF the tariff nearly all go to labor. "
Well il they do, they are very slight.
The Massachusetts, bureau of statistics
has shown that while only So per cent.
Of the 65S,000 men, women and chill
dren In all the industries get less than
SO week, rs per cent. Of the cotton
workers get less than that amount.
More than half the wage earners COW
cred by this report receive less than
SO week. And they are practically
all protected. In the Massachusetts
cotton mills about half the employees
not long ago shown that in one of the
hgay protected industries 40 per
cent OF the employees did not make a
living wage.
Figures might be piled high, but
those We have given will serve. II
| may be laid down as a general prin-
ciple that wages In protected indus
tries are almost without exception low
er than those In unprotected indus
tries Wages Of from 81 to $40 week
can hardly be called generous AS q
matter OF fact, they are not enough to
enable those who get them to main
tain the American standard of liv.
Ing" There are certain men who talk
great deal about child labor, and
Eho seem to feel that employers Kid
nap the children and make them work
In the mills The truth, of course, Ia
that In our protected Industries wages
are often so low that It ia necessary
for wives and children to go to work
in order to help support the family
II is surprising that Mr.. Justice and
others like him should think that the
American people can longer be fooled
BY the old arguments" The figures
NAT disprove the theory are within the
reach of all 1t is simply absurd to
say that in the textile industries the
protective benefits of the tariff nearly
all go to labor" The fact is other.
wise. In Mr. Lauck's Atlantic article
entitled "A Real Myth" Is this:
yard Of mans worsted suiting
was found by the tariff board to cost
an American mill s1,71 to place on the
market The rate Of payment to the
weaver on this cloth was ascertained
De only cents yard, but the pres
cut tann duty Is S1.02."
II we credit to protection the whole
cents which the laborer receives
"H'ch Is absurd, since he would get
something, tariff or no tariff-we still
nave " cents of the tariff duty to &C
.oun' TOT Manifestly It does not &c
Tue workman, for he gets only 6
vents. We fear that it finds its way
,u'o the pockets of the employer. Here
protective duty OF $1.02 designed
oo'er the difference between labor
,s S's mere and abroad, and yet the
wa, 'aoor cost is cents. Mr.. Justice
u uardly expect the American work
,ls TO accept this statement. II
-'' Is the best that protection can
News. poi'f
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
irIsh Use Dairy Waste.

Irish experts have invented a pro-
cess by which dairy waste in com
bination with coarsely ground phos-
phate Of lime and yeast makes a fer
tilizer which will return to the soil all
of the phosphate removed by milk,
Scientists claim this fertilizer is
worth about s26 per ton while 1t costs
only about half the amount to make
n
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
SYNOD uPHoLDs CHURCH RULE.
Decision Gives Congregations Sole
Right to Judge Members.

Warrensburg.-Th Missouri synod
OF the Presbyterian church upheld the
judicial committees report that the
local church was the sole judge of its
membership.
The committee held that the synod
had no jurisdiction or power to re-
move a member from the church after
that member had been cleared of
charges through church trial.
The case in question was that of
two members of Kansas City church
charged with signing a saloon petit
ton. After the synod had rendered
its decision an appeal was taken TO
the national assembly OF the church
at Atlanta next May.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Jackson's Relief.

Wilson (who has met his friend
whom he hasn't seen for some time)--
Let me see. you knew poor old Jack
son, didn't you?
Johnson-Yes, knew him we'll.
Wilson-Then you will be pleased
to hear he is out of his misery at last.
Johnson-fou don't say so. Poor
old fellow; but ] always thought he
would pop off suddenly. When did
he die?
Wilson-Oh, he's not dead; it's his
wife.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
At a Distance.

she certainly tries to obey her
mothers Injunction not to let the
young men get too near"
why, saw young man with his
arm around her last night"
IL know. but she had a fsraway look
Ia her eyes"
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

United States to spy on congressman
who objected to taking orders from
the White House. This is work
surely deserving of fame.
Mr.. Roosevelt is the president who
created the panic which made every
bank in the United States suspend
payment at the same time. That is
a performance which stands unique
in the history OF the nation.
Mr. Roosevelt's friends ought to
mention these things when appealing
for votes. There's no profit In being
too modest.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
His Titles to Fame

gg roosevelt has a number of
,t ,,S % distinction which his friends,
ts'r,. characteristic modesty. are re-
lung from putting forward.
,o M, roosevelt is the president who
T, 'p'I'eo the monopoly of the steel
mo- ~ enabling that trust. In def
mai VI ia"' to absorb the Tennessee
,a, .Iu IRON company. That is quite
leat in itself.
,nr MI, roosevelt is the president who
''o'eo the secret service of the
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Poplar Bluff Paper Sold.

Poplar Bluff.-The Citizen.Democrat
changed hands, r. " Cooper, once
employed on a st. Louis newspaper,
selling to L. C. Cullison, formerly of
Shawnee, Okla, Newport and Little
Rock, Ark.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Rev. brennan Leaves Hannlb.I

Hannibal.-J. X. Brennan, for three
ytars rector of the Trinity Episcopal
church, announced that he has ac.
cepted the vicarship of the Sioux
Falls Is. d. Episcopal church, erect.
ed by the Aston family.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
Challenges Hannibal Y. NJ. c. A

Sedalia.-The Young Mems Chris
tian Association of Sedalia has elect
ed Hannibal as its opponent in the
statewide membership contest inaug-
urated. The membership OF the asso-
citation here is $50.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
sedaIia Liqht Company Sold.

Sedalia.-Doherty & Co., of New
York City, who some time ago pur-
chased the property Of the Sedalia
Electric Light and Traction company,
purchased the holdings of the Soda.
liza Ice, Light and Fuel company.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

Small cows may be good mixers at
first, but they generally lack staying
power. Large, coarse COWS, are, on
the other hand. likely to be costly
feeders. A vigorous animal of fully
average size and of the milk type Is
best.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

Just because a White Wyandotte
hen found hole in a fence and
crawled through, new breed of pOul.
try came into existence, according to
the Suburban Life, There was flock
of Barred Plymouth Rocks on the
othef side of the fence, and. when the
eggs of the White Wyandotte were in
cubated the birds were of Kind never
seen before. With the size and shape
Of a Wyandotte, they were marked
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
VIII Soon Wake Up.

Cincinnati woman declares she has
discovered n man without a fault.
Wait till they've been married ten
years.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

The tariff shuts out foreign compe'
tition. 1t creates trdsts. 1t offers a
prize for the exploitation OF the home
consumer and brings forth agencies
which do the exploiting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24
important 20 Mothers
The ONLY Wav.

NO use to WOO that girl. She has
a heart of marble"
"Then leave 1t In statu quo"
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

Do Ialt stands for the Interests"
and 'T p represents the principal;
The deal. '' 0o"iiniSSion Oh
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-10-24

My father has horse and buggy"
Yes. but my brother was run over
by an automobile"