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The Parker post., 1912-04-06
Milking Machines.

The use of milking machines has
been considerably extended in Vic
toria. Australia. during the past sea-
son; and. owing to the scarcity OF
suitable labor on dairy farms, their
adoption may be expected to become
even more general. The provincial
board of agriculture says: 1T is ad-
visable to emphasize that the utmost
care and cleanliness are necessary. A
haphazard method of dealing with rub
Der tubes and fittings cannot be toler-
ated. Greater care is necessary with
these machines than is the case with
the ordinary pail; but, given that ex-
ira intelligent attention, milking by
machinery should not detrimentally
affect the quality of the product 1t is
advisable to cleanse the cows teats
before attaching the milking cups and
to carefully strip every COW after the
machine is detached to see that no
milk has been left behind. Animals
regarding which there may be any sus-
picion should be hand-milked With
these precautions the machine will
answer every purpose.
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
Cutting Corn for Silaqe.

The composition of corn undergoes
rapid changes from the tasseling pc
riod until maturity. The dry matter
shows an increase of one and three
fifths tons per acre from the time the
corn is in tassel until the kernels are
dented Tasseled corn has only one
fifth as much dry matter as mature
corn 1t is owing to such changes
that corn must be cut at the proper
stage If it is to make the best silage
II cut too green, the silage will sour
more easily and will not possess the
fullest food value. Immature corn is
often the cause of the complaints that
silage makes undesirable milk. II cut
too ripe, the desired succulence is lost
The proper stage for cutting is when
the lower leaves have commenced to
fire and brown, yet when the greater
part of the leaves are still green. The
kernels should be out of the milk
stake and dented and hardened
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
London Eccentrics.

Our London eccentrics! You NAV
see a man trotting down Tottenbam
Court road every morning-down the
roadway He is well dressed I'D TO
his head. but hatless In his hand
a bag Generally you will find
swarm of boys running after him.
Now and then he has been arrested
on suspicion. He is not a Iunatic.
The boys drop off, the constables are
disappointed. He is just a man who
has decided that bit of exercise ia
good for him in the morning, that q
hat is absurd, and that bag is neces-
sary to contain the appurtenances Of
his calling in the city. So each morn
ing the man runs from N. w. to e. G..
Not bad idea.-,London Chronicle
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
Mixed Rations for Hogs.

Straight corn is wasteful hog feed,
One part soy beans to two parts corn
will produce two and half times as
much pork The corn anj soy bean ra-
ton will take 316 pounds. middl1ng
and corn 343 pounds, tankage and
corn $50 pounds per hundredweight of
pork. SKINNED milk balances corn
of skim to one part cOrnmeal have
made gain of 2.02 pounds per head
daily at a cost of 1885 per hundred.
With the exception of Did sows, hogs
are seldom mature enough at the feed
ing period for the protein portion of a
ration which makes flesh to be neg
leeted without loss.
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
Coasting by a Boy on Roller Skates

Coasting by Boy on Roller Skates.
The ingenuity of the American
boy is shown in his ability to make
things for himself" remarked an Eng.
lish visitor the other day. Passing
down Lewis avenue in Brooklyn one
Saturday afternoon I saw a great
number of boys and girls enjoying
themselves roller skating, and among
them | noticed one boy in particular
who was on ball bearing skates.
He was carrying a hockey stick
and on the curve Of the stick he had
fastened a pair of wheels off an old
roller skate. Half way up the stick
he had fastened short piece of cur,
tain pole. enough to form a seat.
When he got to the top of tbe
hill he sat on the hockey stick as ii
it were hobby horse, and what with
the wheels on his feet and the wheels
on the stick he had the ride of his
life down the hills and seemed to en-.
Joy it more than most persons do q
motor car"
The Parker post., 1912-04-06

ments of the two great men were
somewhat similar in many respects.
Both attained marked distinction in
newspaper, political and diplomatic
circles Both were plain, rugged,
everyday men, fearless in expression.
just in action and courteous in ad-
dress. The father founded the Troy
Times and the son contributed to
its growth and power. The father
was a practical man and when
Charles S. Francis had graduated
with honors from Cornell University
in 1877, he placed his son at a case
in the Times office. Eventually the
young man worked his way up
through the various grades as COM
positor, reporter, city editor and
manager In 1887 his father made
him an equal partner and when the
founder died 10 years later the son
succeeded to the sole ownership of
the paper.
Charles Spencer Francis was born
in Troy, N. Y, June II, 1853, the
son of John Morgan Francis, and his
mothers maiden name was Miss
Harriet E. Tucker. He was pre-
pared for his college course at the
Troy Academy His diplomatic ca
reer began when he served three
years as secretary to his father
when the later was minister to
Greece and resided at Athens. From
1900 to 1902, he was envoy eXtraor-
dinary and minister plenipotentiary
to Greece, Roumania and Servia, and
from 1902 to 1910 was ambassador
to Austria Hungary. Both of these
posts had been previously held by his
father. On two different occasions
he was elected regent of the Univer-
sity of New York state and was
valued adviser in the councils of the
of the Republican party.
While 'in college he ranked high as
an athlete in running and rowing, and
his two mile record, made on Sara
toga lake in 1876, when he won the in
tercollegiate scull championship. has
never been equaled
In 1878 Mr. Francis married Hiss
Alice Evans, daughter of the late Prof.
Evan Evans of Cornell university,
and she, with three daughters and two
sons, are the near surviving relatives.
The Parker post., 1912-04-06

markable resemblance to that of the
famous Sphinx
There is scarcely a place on the
face of the earth that Nine. Delarus
Madrus is not acquainted with. She has
travelled for years and has seen most
every country on the globe and stu
died its inhabitants She has been
through the harems of Turkey and
has written about them She fol-
lows the old rule of being a Roman
while in Rome and in every country
through which she has Travelled she
has gone about dressed as native
woman and has mingled with the wo-
men of all of the oriental countries.
In this way she has learned a great
deal and has written many of her ex-
periences into novels and plays
Nine. Madrus is a young woman
and has much to show for her life
SO far She is wealthy and spends
lavishly while travelling, having with
her a retinue that would do credit
to a princess. The next trip which
this unique woman will take will
be to America.
She will land here in the course
of the year and will go at once to
the Rocky mountain country where
she will spend a great part of her
time trying to climb Mt. Mckinley
She also intends to learn the habits
and customs of the Esquimaux
Nine Madrus is in many ways a
remarkable woman She is fond of
publicity and great deal of her
life is spent figuring how she can
keep her name before the public.
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
WASTE IN IRRIGATING
Extensive SWamps Are Being
Created in Some Sections.
irrigation of Crops Is New Science,
and 1t Is Logical That Perfection
10 Not Being Reached in Its
Application.

In many sections of the irrigated
districts extensive swamps are being
created by the excessive use OF water.
Unless some effective measure is pro-
mulgated to check this excessive use
OF water loss which can hardly be
estimated is sure to result. This COM
mon mistake can be corrected by au-
lucrative state or national government
restriction of the use of water in ir-
rigation.
The irrigation of crops is new sci
ence, and it is logical that perfection
has not been approached in its prac-
tical application. The excessive use
OF water Is natural tendency under
the conditions which have developed
this science. The farmer does not at
tempt to determine the amount OF
moisture his land carries under nor
NAL conditions, nor what degree OF
| moisture certain crop requires. The
men of science have demonstrated
that an excess over 20 per cent. is det-
rimental to almost all crops. This ex-
cess of moisture excludes the air from
the soil and at the same time, car
ries off the fertility of the soil and
impoverishes the land permanently
If the best results in physical condi-
tion and fertility of the soil are se-
cured there can be no waste of irrl-
/ cation by sub or surface flow from
! the field. The system of irrigation
which creates swamp conditions not
only wastes the water but wastes the
fertility of the land that is being irri-
gated. This double waste should be
effectively stopped by the authority
of law
While we are expending millions of
dollars in redeeming plants we are
making extensive swamps by an ex-
travagant waste of water. When land
is correctly irrigated there can be no
waste OF water to overflow or make
swamps by capillary flow These new
swamps are presenting serious engi-
neering problems of drainage The re-
lease of water from subterranean ba-
sins is expensive and uncertain. The
drainage proposition can be simplified
by an effective control of the water
which is supplied at such great ex-
! pense, and which is in demand for the
redemption OF excessive desert areas.
| 1t will be blessing to the land own
er who is constantly putting the nat
ural mineral fertilizers of his soil
into solution and sending it to the
swamps and the so-called alkali beds
to become menace and waste.
ANY restrictive measure which could
be enforced to prevent the excessive
use of water would be forth millions
to the farm owners. That same meas
ure would redeem the millions of
dollars worth of land now in swamp
wastes.
Unless the irrigator can be induced
or compelled to retain all the waste
water on his land the well-drained
land will become an impoverished
waste, and the land into and upon
which this water flows will become
worthless alkal beds.
The excessive user of water-and
his name is legion-should be saved
from self destruction; and his neigh
Dor should be protected
The Parker post., 1912-04-06

Woman In All
France" has now
a new and rath-
er peculiar idea.
She b e Ii e v e S
that she is the
incarnation of
the woman who
i n S pir e d the
sculptor of the
massive Sphinx
that for centuries
has been a won
der to travellers.
Her face has a re-
The Parker post., 1912-04-06

cap the late
Charles s. Fran
els, of Troy. N.
Y, editor, col
lege athlete and
diplomat, in the
useful and bene-
fetal activities
of life. The not
ed career of his
father, John M.
Francis, rather
inspired him to
emulate his sire
and the achieve
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
Profit in CaIves

Some dairymen believe it doesn' t
pay to raise calves. These men are
shortsighted, and if they continue in
the business many years will realize
the folly Of their policy.
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
Job Printing

This Is the time of year when the
merchant begins thinking of laying
in next years supply Of stationery
such as letter heads, envelopes, state
ments, etc.
The Post has just received fine
line of bond papers with envelopes to
match. Everything from medium
priced bond to the well-known Old
Hampshire bond Assorted colors to
choose from
Get our figures ON adj kinds of sta
tionery. We can do the work just
as cheap, If not cheaper, than send
ing outside for it,
We use the best stock. For typo
graphical appearance our printing
cannot be surpassed. Start the New
Year right by ordering full line OF
office stationery
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
THE RE-INCARNATlON OF THE
SPHINX. THIS WOMAN SAYS

Nine Lucie Delarue Madrus, who
has been styled The Strangest
The Parker post., 1912-04-06
EDITOR AND DIPLOMAT
WHO HAS RECENTLY DIED

That he was the son of a wealthy
and influential father did not handi-
The oasis., 1912-07-13
MINING N EWS.
6 Collection of Short Newsy Items From Among the Mines of Arizona.

come from the mines of the Yava- pal Metals Mining Company, near Humboldt. An excellent grade of copper ore is being taken from the 250.foot level, and there are now about three carloads of ore upon the dump, ready for shipment to the Humboldt shelter.
 Globe Belt: The Old Dominion smelter produced 2,112,000 pounds of fine copper in June with an average of ? 1-2 furnaces in opera tion. It is expected that three furnaces will be working in July as the amount of custom ore received is gradually increasing due to the stimulus of the present high prices for copper and it is probable that the mine production will also be slightly increased. About 1900 men are employed.
 Courtland Arizonan: The ore shipments from Courtland during the six months ending June 30, totals 460 cars, carrying on an average not less than 45 tons each. In view of the fact that during the same months of 1911, but 192 cars of ore were sent out and for the entire year 462 cars, it is easily seen that this year bids fair to be an excellent one for the camp, as the c. & A., will soon be shipping ore, the ore bins at the Miami are nearing completion, which means steady shipments from that prop erty and with the assurance that the Leadville will start shipping ore during August, the camp has begun taking on the spirit of good cheer, feeling that the knocks that the place received have been proven as unjust and unwarranted. Keep your eye on Courtland.
 Wickenburg Miner: At no time in recent years have mining con- ditions and prospects in the Wick enburg country been as favorable as at the present time. The recent discoveries of immense bodies of sulphide ores in the old Vulture, and the installation of new and improved machinery, all conditions pointing to the long-continued operation of the famous mine on a larger scale then ever before, is only one of the many gratifying features of our new outlook. There are many deals in mining prop critics in the course of consumma- tion which cannot be particularly alluded to at the present time. Alto. gether, it may be confidently stated that the long period of depression is drawing to a close, and that Wickenburg is coming into her own as one of the greatest and most attractive mining sections ol the southwest.
 Wilcox News: Forty-four feel of sulphide ore of a good com mercial grade was penetrated by one of the diamond drills at the property of the Mascot Copper Company the early part of June The ore was encountered at a depth of about 600 feet on the Con. solidated end of the property Owing to the depth at which the strike was made and the extensive naturalization on this portion oi the property it cannot be definite. ly stated which vein has yielded this bonanza, but it is very evid.
The oasis., 1912-07-13

Combined with the other veins heretofore cut on this end of the property it gives the company a remarkably good ore showing to date-a showing that has seldom been equaled by any other copper mine at the same stage of develop ment.
 Prescott Courier: An electric dynamo from the Arizona Mine Supply Company will be shipped to the Tip Top mine next week, 1t being the last piece of machinery needed to complete the new plant for the reduction of the ores of the old Tip Top-famous in early years as producer of horn, chloride and native silver, but now about to be worked for the tungsten contained in ore abandoned as worthless in those days. The dumps and stopes are full of this class of ore. It has been found that it can be concentrated in an ordinary pan so that it will assay 56% tungstic acid, and that atconcentrators will raise this average to 609o. Ore running 60% tungstic acid is today worth about $500 per ton-yet this mine was abandoned by the original owners, and was afterward relOcat- ed. The early.day miners called it black jack, and considered it a nuisance, as they had to throw 1t out when sorting the silver ore for shipment.
 Florence Blade: Acurious thing has happened in the Mammoth Collins mines at Schultz, this coun- ty. When the S00-foot level was reached in this property, several years ago, the inflow of water became so strong as to force an abandonment of work in that level, on account of the inability of the pumps to keep the water down. This condition continued till the mines were closed down and since then all engineers sent to examine the property by prospective pur- chasers found it impossible to get below the 800-level on account of water. About ten days ago parties were given 90 day option on the property, for examination purposes, it being understood that it would take that long to get the pumping plant in shape and unwater the lower levels so that the vein could be examined at that point. When the examining engineers went into the mine, Monday, they found the water gone and the mines dry, to the utmost surprise of everyone. It is evident that some seismic disturb ance has opened small Assures and drained the water to a lower level.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-14
THE HERAlD'S ATTITUDE.

Quoting with approval The Her
AIDS contention that even though nc
specific pledge Is required, every vot
er who participates in the August
ana November primaries will be un.
der an implied obligation to support
the nominees Of the primaries. the
Chattanooga Times makes these oh.
servations:
This is rather admirably put, and
WE can account for 1t I'll no other we way
except in the idea that somehow The
Herald thinks It is helping Hooper.
Bat whatever the motive, The Herald
is not deceiving itself or anybody
else. 1t is not going into the August
primary because 1t does not intend to
'oe bound by the action of the major.
lily voting thereat a decision we
would advise all similarly minded to
tale Those who do not intend to ac-
ca,t the verdict at the polls ought to
stay away
This is a year for partisarship,
and the man who isn't going TO sup
DOR, his party ticket has got no right
10 participate in the preliminary pro-
ceedings Of selecting candidates"
Tie Times should know what every
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-14
cvERToN LEA.

Senator Luke Lea Will have the
sympathy Of friend and foe alike In
the lo5s o. his father, Overton Lea.
Mr. Lea was justly proud of his dis
tlngushed son and the latter was
thoroughly devoted to his father. Mr..
Lea vas one Of natures noblemen.
He was perfect Chesterfield in man
ner; upright ia his walk in life; pure
in thought and speech. He was OF
the very highest type Of the old time
Southern gentleman without, howev-
er, any Of the bravado and buster
with which fiction writer's are prone
to hedge them about. He was
splendid citizen, and In every rela-
tionship Of life he ala bis duty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-14

suit was settled so far as the lower
court Is concerned.
Mrs. Stockard, through her hus-
band, purchased what she and he
thought was thirty day ticket to
Texas and return in May 1908. When
she started on her return home she
was .ejected from. the train at Mobile
On account of the alleged expiration
of her ticket, which she, through her
attorneys, denies, and asks damages
for wrongful ejectment, In the suf Of
$4,000,
The railroad claimed that 1t was
not a wrongful ejectment, offering as
its plea the interstate commerce rul-
ings prohibiting the sale of ticket
for longer than twenty-five days, and
that If it was a twenty-five
day ticket it had expired and the
plaintiff mad no right to ride on it;
and that If 1t was a thirty day ticket
It was in violation of the interstate
commerce ruling and void, and she,
had no right 10 ride on 1t.
The plaintiff undertook to establish
that the ticket was stamped by the
officer for return after the
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-14
BACK TAX COLLECTIONS.

The report of the Tennessee Tax
Commission ON the collection of back
taxes from the Tennessee Coal, Iron
& Railroad Company in 1906 is doc
ument that deserves the attention
and careful consideration of every
tax payer in the state. The facts and
figures therein revealed need no fur,
Their argument or calculation to con-
vince any right thinking Individual
of the evils of the present back tax
system and its opportunities for OPP
preston Of the legitimate Industries
OF the state
Here Is a case where the state and
county paid the fee grabbers aud 20.
litlcal henchmen Of the machine fees
aggregating more than $4,000 in or.
der to hold up" corporation for
s57, 500. More than one-third OF the
total sum collected went to
the enrichment Of the political law.
yers who engineered the deal It
may be that the company escaped
with very light sum, that 1t owed
Tuch larger amount in taxes to the
state and county, but il 1t did no COM
promise should have been made. The
entire sun, due should have been col
lcted because the corporation is Who'll
ly solvent And II the company did
not eve any sum-for back taxes but
merely paid half hundred thousand
dollars to purchase peace it was a
baie faced "hold up"
Thee are doubtless a number of
other cases where methods similar
to those used In this case have been
used to exact large tributes for the
horde Of back tax collectors. II
there are the public will be glad to
nave the Tax Commission investigate
and report the facts. That body of
patriotic business men is doing
good service to the people in its ef.
forts to reveal the injustice, the in
iquities and the oppression Of the
back tax system. Corporations
should pay their full share of taxes
but they should not be baited and
hairassed until they are forced to
leave the state and withdraw capital
from enterprises here. The Tennes-
See Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Is worth more to the material inter.
ests ct the state than a whole army
Of Lack, tax. gatherers, p-,.s A....i
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-06-14

one else knows, and that is that The
Hercld makes no attempt TO deceive
an DCdy." 1t speaks in language that
all who desire to do 30 may under
staEd. Its position upon all cues
lions is as plain as the noon day sun.
And it may be remarked that this pa
pei takes no position because 1t may
hep" or hurt" any individual. 1t
advocates certain principles and poll
cles and 1t supports those candidates.
regardless OF the party label that they
may wear, who come nearest TO rep
resenting its ideals Of government.
The Tines Is correct. The Herald
Ii not going into the August prima-
ry because 1t does not intend 20 be
bornd by the majority voting there
at" unless the candidate and the
platform Of the primary should repre-
sent the principles for which this pa
pei Ii contending. II the democratic
nom'u.e and the democratic platform
are sound upon the issues which n
volvs good government: II they
should stand for law against anarchy.
for governmen, By and for the Poo
pie and not by and for a special. law.
less interest, this paper will give Its
cordial support to them. But II the
democratic nominee and the demo
crstlc platform are not clear and out.
spoken upon issues which are more
vital than the success u any politi.
cal organization. The Herald 10 very
frank to ssy that ID will b under no
sort Of obligation to. support them,
But should this paper a1vfss oil dem
ocrats TO entsr the primary and vote
therein II would not be in . position
TO give them disiaterested advice u.
ter that event.
The Hsfaid believes In fair play IN
politics. II does not believe that
democrats who vote in q primary,
which II honestly held and the YER
dict fairly recorded, are at liberty to
oppose the nominees. And this Is ex-
actly why this paper will not enter
the primary. II it believed with the
Tennessean that one could consistent.
ly vote one way In the primary and
another In the election It would ad.
wise a different course. But The
Herald desires at all times to be fair,
frank and honest with the voters.