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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28

with a brush and warm water, to
which you have added pinch of soda.
Lay in cold water after a generous
rinsing. and when you start the fire
to roast my carcass put my legs (the
tarsus only and feet into a basin,
cover with cold water and let them
sit where they will simmer until the
roast Is done-when you have a foun-
dalton or stock for the most delicious
broth, could tell you how the chick
en- soup trade began with poor wom-
an who utilized what the marketmen
threw away, only to buy back from
hot soup, for which they each paid
her dime-and she became rich from
this humble beginning.
My "giblets," too (heart, liver and
gizzard), are used by the thrifty
housewife, who chops them fine after
cooking them in the dripping pan with
the bird" and then adds them to the
already rich gravy for home con-
sumption"
My gizzard is a sort of mill where
my food is crushed, being the second
or true stomach, after being softened
in the first one, the crop" in the
lower part of the neck.
My wishbone has a longer name,
furculum, from the Latin word that
means fork. The meaning is obvious.
AS to my plumage, first are the
contour feathers" These give out
| line, color and are the ornamental ap-
pendages. These feathers are moved
| by muscles which are located under
| the skin, give me a chance to spread
myself" by brushing the ground with
my wings, erecting my body and tail
| feathers until ! seem twice my usual
size while strutting about and utter
ing my "gobble" That word, by the
way, is Old English.
Under my contour feathers are the
"downy" ones, or those whose bar
| bules do not interlock to give them
| flrmness.
The "coverts," from the French "to
hide" are the small feathers which
cover the bases of the stems of the
larger ones, as on the wings and tail,
the under-tail coverts forming the
crissum.
The tail feathers are the retrices
feminine form of the Latin word for
governor as these feathers perform
that office, acting as a guide, rudder,
or governor when l am in flight.
The tail feathers, the great quill
| feathers of the wings, are the remiges,
or oarsmen, of our tribe. They do the
heavy pulling in flight, as the oar does
| in rowing. These form the spread of
the wing and are stiff strong and
''pennaceous," pen-like. My tail feath-
ers and upper-tail coverts are tipped
with a beautiful chestnut brown or
bronze in my wild state. and with
white In my tame state.
We were introduced into Europe
early in the sixteenth century, and in
many places have become natural
| lied"
The wild members of our tribe are
disappearing before the onward march
OF civilization, but we domestic tur-
keys are increasingly appreciated and
are being raised in so great numbers
that l have heard it stated authorita-
lively that II the turkey" money were
| applied to the national debt it would
be wiped out In less than ten ye2Ta.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28

IMAM Al ohlh vi "
wear wool like sheep, hair like a
horses or fur like a bear.
My order is gallinaceous, from
Latin word, meaning hen; and our
order is sometimes called rasores, al
so from the Latin, because we scratch
for living. We practice "the strenu-
GUS life" which others preach.
My family is large one. the Phasi-
anidae, which includes most of the
domestic fowls and also pheasants,
grouse and quail-nearly 100 species
in all.
You notice that l have some jaw
breaking words in my scientific rec
ord, but my Jaws are called mandi-
bles, from a Latin word that means
to chew, the upper and lower mandi-
bles forming my bill.
The whole opening of my mouth is
called my cape (broad a, please) and
sometimes the rictus; but that word
should always be restricted to the
back corner of my mouth.
You must have noticed how beRuti-
fully my neck is waited. That word
waffle is Old English and means a
bag. The other name for my wattles,
caruncle, comes from the Latin and
means flesh.
/ go bareheaded, but wear a great
many feathers from m neck down to
my tibia. Er0rybody's leg below the
| knee Gncluding yours aud mine) has
two bones. of which one is the tibia.
My tibia is feathered. Below that
| is the tarsus (Greek-heel in verte-
brates, the joint that bends back,
while the knee-joint bends forward)
and this tarsus is bare of feathers,
but covered with big scales. wouldn't
dare pronounce all the long words
that go with this part OF my anatomy,
but It may be interesting for you to
go turkey-hunting in the dictionary
for "sculated" and related words.
Look for "drumstick" and see why 1t
is called "tibio.tarsus."
My wings have three joints, too,
1 just like your arms. The first joint
| is called my pinion, while yours is a
| hand: but the second and third joints
are fore arm and upper arm, the
same as yours. My thumb projects
from my fore arm, of course.
While on my feet and legs I'd bet
ter tell you something OF my toes, Of
which I have four, besides the spur,
this last-named weapon being merci-
| fully denied to the females Of our fam
lily. My first toe grows out in a seem
| ingly awkward way behind the spread
of my foot; but it is really a conve-
| Eience when l want to clutch any
thing, as, for instance, the branch OF
the tree where l generally roost. This
toe is two-jointed and called the hal
lux. The second toe, the inner front
one, is three-jointed; the third or mid
die one has four joints. and the fourth
or outer Ola has five joints.
Now, when you prepare me for the
oven don't throw away my lower legs
and feet but clean them thoroughly
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28


new faces in the house and twelve in
the state senate at the next session
Only thirty-four OF the old house mem
bers were reelected, the large ma
jority withdrew voluntarily. while
others failed of denomination.
Four members OF the last house
were elected to the senate These are
lace Crossley of Johnson county, An
derson Craig of Nodaway, and Charles
p. Hawkins of Dunklin county
The house will be made up OF rs
Republicans, Progressive and 113
Democrats The senate will be com
posed OF nine Republicans and TWEEN
ty-fve Democrats.
The following list gives the names
and I~lstofIce addresses and the pol
itics of the members of the senate
and house of the forty-sevcnth gen
eral assembly:
Senators Elected in 1872.
First District Anderson Craig Mary
Third-Francis NJ. Wilson, Platte city,
Fifth-M Il. Casey Kansas city Dem.
Seycnth-Wallacc Greene Kansas Guy
Ninth-waItcr c. Goodson, Macon.
Elovcuth-Robert d. Rodgers, Mexico,
Dem.
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Fiitcenth Louis Crothcr. cole camp
Dem.
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T.,,,is Ron
',-I.tIttNft Maurice j Cassidy ,uucx-
pirg.,d ig'ml, 81 h%Uls' 1 !,i s., louis
l''' ~ '''' 80
Dem t.,..., .iu, r,..,n l., pr,sl,. 81
To,iis' Dom.
'''' Iotdover Scp,tors
Second r Io,uoye' I SgIVt'' St Joseph,
DG iinn.,b limos e Ford. Trenton. Hsn,
nS %iN'h-b'nJ' Leland ""'''' ''''''''''
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hS a'1nG ,ID1ssiiHxtb-Tbos r. Whitledge. st.
MT TJTSsssint iSopi F. punwoody. Joplin.
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h@ 1,hiIt w w'gfpc,urtb-Chas q. A. Brunk. st.
louis Rrn
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Aaair Iobn q Enpsfe Nnyingcr. Dem.
Andrav.~J y CONNER Savannah Reu.
Etcbis"n panioI ~ Shrpperson Dang
dnn Dem
GUAM ~ = p ~ SUI XVasTbnrn BcT
i5@rtg, l., + Moore Lamar De,3
i 81 e Tmcian RaskeTviII". Montrose
Dem.
Bcrtnr- Inbn u Morran NarJaw
Da so" 'o"-''"" ~ o'sA"' " "'''"
ImiIirsnr- Charles I Sbarroclx Patton
no ION niger -'~''ari'S D. '''a' '''N' '''''
pmora Frank q Harris. Columbia
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,ali,t,m hon, 81 Tnsnnb. Sccond Dis.
49, Il X Pctersop bon, 81 Josenh,
Third Distrirt J4cob l. RrptZ Dem
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28


part of the day as a turkey dinner"
For a moment he hesitated, then he
hlurted out the truth, I'm afraid
there won't be any turkey, honey"
oh" she looked up at him quick
" but you said-you said that you
would get one, Jed"
q know, but there don't seem to be
any wild turkeys In these woods; I've
hunted and hunted" said her lover,
with some dreariness.
1T seems as IL you couldn't have
hunted very hard" She drew away
from him. Think how disappointed
tbe children will be--Jed."
Il know. But II there amt any tur-
Keys there amt any"
"But you promised"
Eyes said I'd get one II there was
Ole to be got, but they don't grow
o, trees, you know"
But she did not smile. Sometimes
think she said, YEARLY, that you
are lust like dad. All my life he has
promised and promised that he'd do
things and he amt ever done them.
And when promised to marry you, /
thought that I'd found man that was
different and loved you because you
we're strong, and because you weren't
las Ike dad-but sometimes lately"
lis lips were set in a straight line.
WELL what have you thought late.
. b. he demanded.
'Tlat-that as you grew older
you'd be like the rest of the men of
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
members reelected,

Cape Girardeau.-Harry Shibely,
farmer. % years old, was stabbed to
death with a butcher knife by his
stcpmother also 25 years old. The
young wife had asked her husband to
take some ducks to market for her
IND his refusal so angered her that
she ran at him with a butcher knife.
When the son intencred she plunged
the knife into his breast The father
caught the son as he fell. He died
Instantly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
Son Of Ludae Woodson Weda.

Jefferson City.-Arch NJ. Woodsoa,
son OF Judge A. M. Woodson OF the
Missouri supreU court, and Miss Ber-
Moe Colley, daughter OF c. II. Colley.
were married in the O--ices of Judge
Woodson at the supreme court.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28

Jefferson City.-EMe Hte, II years
old, was convicted by a jury here on
a charge Of horse stealing, and was
sentenced 10 two years in the penn
Tertiary The grid took a farmers
horse and later abandoned it.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
THE TURKEYS STORY
TOLD BY HIMSELF.

TOLD BY HIMSELF.
CAN introduce myself as of
the type vertebrate, be-
cause l have a backbone. l
am classed as a bird be-
cause l am an animal that
dresses in feathers rather
than in skin like men or to
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
Sturgeon PostOHIee Robbed.

Sturgeon. Robbers entered the
postoffice at Sturgeon, blew open the
safe and escaped in an automobile.
The thieves secured s. and number
Of stamps
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
Harrison county Convict ParoIed.

Jefferson City.-Goy, Hadiey paroled
Carl Hamilton OF Harrison county
who was sentenced to serve two years
Ia the penitentiary for assault with
intent to Kill. He was paroled 10 John
b. Bryant OF Bethany
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
Of stamps

Jefferson City.-Miss Elsie c. Smith
stenographer by Attorney General Ma
jor. to serve during the remainder 81
his term in that Office
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
10 Arralan Man Who Shot Three,

iiannibal.-koy 4. COOK, who shot
three persons, one perhaps fatally, in
Hannibal, will be arraigned and
charged with assault with intent 70
kill Phillip Bostwick, one OF his vic
Tins.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-11-28
TIE TURKEY THAT
CAME TOO LATE
ey TEMPLE BAILEY.

HEY too d to-
gether In the bare
grayness of the
November forest.
There's snow
In the sky" said
the man, and
smiled down at
the girl whose
scarlet shawl was
as red as her
lips.
Il want snow"
she said, for
Thanksgiving. It
seems as IL the
gnOw ia IA much
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
J. E. DE MoTTE.

Mr.. DeMotte died at his home in
Ellinwood Wednesday morning, No
vember 6, at 3 a. m, aged SO years,
Z months and 1S days. For several
months he had been in very poor
health, ever since he was injured
by falling at the court house, while
attempting to carry a barrel down
stairs, but his death was rather un-
expected, as he was able t0 be down
town Tuesday.
For many years Mr.. DeMotte had
been a resident Of this city and about
month ago he and his wife moved
to Ellinwood to make their home
with Mrs. John McMullen. He will be
missed by his friends here. Although
OF a quiet disposition, he was valued
by those who knew him for his pleas
ant temperament and upright charac-
ter.
Besides his wife, he leaves two
daughters, Mrs. j. X. NcMullen Of
EllinwOod. and Mrs. Clyde Carson Of
this city, and two sons, Lloyd of this
/ CITY. and Roy of Kansas City.
The funeral was held this CFriday)
morning, at 10 o'clock, at the home
of Mrs. Clyde Carson.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
FINANCING THE tAAuER.

During the last three CO four years
the United States has been losing
rank as an Agricultural power, says
Current Literature for November.
This year, whether by the favor Of
fortune or the increase of intensive
and scientific methods Of farming,
ol both, Uncle Sam has harvested
prodigious crops. The cotton crop Is
estimated at l6 per cent above the
previous maximum, and the govern
ment experts tell Of a record break.
ing crop of oats. corn and spring
sown wheat. The total wheat crop
probably exceeds the yield of OO,OO0,-
600 bushels which has been record
ed only twice before in our history.
Brewing interests should find satisfac
tion in the barley crop; paint and oil
iHu"SANO must Dt SHNOuIdScu WIlu
the flax report; while abundant for
age crops lin which the consumer is
indirectly interested), ano excellent
crop of potatoes, fruit and Segeta-
bles, together with the cereal yields;
justify a cheerful frame OF mind not
alone in the business man or railroad
manager, but in the people at large.
1t is not sufficient. however, to
grrow crops. They must be harvest.
ed and financed. OF all great bust,
ness in America, farming alone has
yet to be put on an adequate basis
commercially. Europe, as Myron T.
Herrick, American ambassador to
France, explains, has established
banks for the farmer II our present
tide Of prosperity serves to- delay
the much needed reform of our bank
Jig facilities for the farmer, the
bumper crops of 1912 will prove a
misfortune in disguise.
Germany and France, Mr.. Herrick
assures us, have not only taught
their farmers how to make the iand
yield maximum crops, but they also
set up the financial machinery by
which the farmers can borrow cheap
" and easily the money they need
to put in operation the processes
they are taught. As a consequence,
FEGlc8 GERMANY and other EurgDep7
countries are now far in advance Of
the United States in the per acre
production Of foodstufis.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
We with Wilson Hodges good tunh out
o o
KANSAS DEMOCRATIC.

With two-thirds OF the state heard
from with complete returns. the GER
tainty that Wilson has carried Kan
sas is apparent. His majority will
exceed 10000.
Governor Stubbs has been defeat
ed by William H. Thompson, his Dem
ocratic opponent by a majority Slight
ly in excess of that of Wilson.
George H. Hodges, Democrat, evi-
IDENTIFY has won the governorship over
Arthur Capper, Republican. The lead
Will be small. Returns received make
the Hodges majority about 1000 in
sixty-three counties.
The Wilson majority possibly Will
not exceed $1,000, but the counties
yet to be heard from probably will
increase the plurality above the pres
ent figure.
Wyandotte gave. Roosevelt his big
gest plurality, 1874. He ran ahead
in a majority of the city precincts of
Kansas City, Kas., and almost even
with Wilson in the big Democratic
precincts. The vote in Wyandotte
county was, Roosevelt 5000, Wilson
6,S16, Taft 1913, Debs 1,129.
Not since the days of the Popul,st
uprising has there been anything to
compare with the overturning in Kan.
sas Tuesday. Five of the eight con-
gressmen are Democratic and the
next United States senator is to be
counted in that party.
! The state officials have a really un
comfortable margin, and hundreds cf
district and county offices of the Den
oCratc- faith have been named to TAXI
the places of Republicans in the
strong Republican and Progressive
counties of the state. The Legislature
looks as if it would be Democratic on
the total vote. with the senate in
fcharge of the Republicans and the
house Democratic.
Governor Stubs nkew that Shaw.
nee, Wyandotte, Atchison. Leaven.
worth. Crawford, Cherokee, Montgom
cry, Sedgwick and Reno would 60
against him, but good old Progressive
Republican counties like Lyon, Green
wood, Saline, and otherSoof the cen.
tral part of the state turned things
tOpsy turyey when the vote was count.
ed. The little counties in western
Kansas that always have supported
Stubs and his ideal turned against
him.
The congressional situation appears
about as follows:
First Dist, D. r. Anthony, Rep, re
elected by $500.
Second Dist, Joseph Taggart. Dem
reelected by 700.
Third Dist, P. P. Campbell, Rep.
reelected by 1,1OO.
! Fourth Dist, Dudley Doolittle, Dem
t by 800.
Fifth Dist, Guy Helvering, Dem, b.
f 200.
Sixth Dist, John Connolly, Dem.
t by 900.
Seventh Dist, George A. Neeley
: DEM, reelected by 1000.
Eighth Dist, Victor Murdoch, Rep,
; reelected by 1000. o.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08
best OFFER OF CONTEST
OPENS FRIDAY MORNING
The Week OF Weeks is Here and Wise Ones Will
Take Advantage of ii in Every Way.
SPECIAL PRIZE AWARDED
Now is the time to help your favOFite win the
Diamond Ring and incidently the Flanders "2O"
TO be awarded.

Starting with Friday morning and
continuing until Thursday night, No
vember 18th, at s o'clock, the largest
and best offer of the remaining time
of the contest will be in force. This
offer, while different in many re-
spects from the offer that has been
in force the past two weeks, is such
that those who expect to win must
make it count if they are desirous Of
being in with the winners at the
close.
Votes are this week increased on
every subscription from one year to
five, and from now until the close Ct
the contest, ten year subscriptions
will be accepted at the regular sub
scriptiOn price, giving you 200, 900
votes on each one.
The offer that will be in force for
ole week, and POSITIVELY the best
that will be made, is easy for one
and all as there are no stated number
of subscriptions that you have to get,
as the increase applies on every sub
scription, old or new.
A SPECIAL PRIZE.
In order to make the contest more
interesting, it has been decided by
the contest man TO offer a IA carat
Diamond Ring to the contestant turn
ing in the greatest amount of cash
subscriptions in the next two weeks.
This offer will close on the night OF
November p, at s p. m. So that
there is double incentive why you
should get in at this time and secure
every subscription possible, for win
ming diamonds with two weeks work
is easy, if you but make up your
mind to that end. Then again, there
is something of value for you to wOrl
for.
Do not forget the closing of these
two great offers as it will mean many
thousands Of votes to your credit
which you will need at the close
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

can. and furnishes the pupil with real.
practical knowledge. 1t increases In
terest and develops love Of work.. a
pupil frequently doing more than is
asked. Manual training keeps boys
in school. and in order to get the
manual training many have continued
their other studies, thus enabling
them to graduate. Many Of the man.
ual training pupils leave school with
the idea that 1t is just as honorable
to work with hands at 50 per day as
to clerk in a store at SO per week.
Although manual training is. taught
as part Of general education, Il frs-
Quently aids the pupil materially In,
selecting an occupation for life.
We are eDriching our manual train
II ing courses constantly, through study
and observation, and as time progress
es, a wider and clearer outlook is be-
ing given Of the varied industries and
occupations Of our great country, and
industrial and vocationalowork in our
school systems will surely keep pace
with the country's needs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

Those of the contestants who are out
to win will take every advantage Of
the offer now going on. They will
need to. If you are going to allow
your competitors to pull away from
you at this stage of the game your
chances to be a winner will be a
great deal lessened. You want to Sc
cure one of these valuable prizes OF
you would not have allowed your
name to remain in the column. You
would like to secure the Automobile
or the Piano or a district prize? Then
MAKE THIS WEEK COUNT.
THE LARGEST OFFER.
The offer of votes now in effect is
the largest and best offer that you
will get during the remaining few
weeks. There are some in the race
VINO seem to imagine that MORE
votes will be given the last week Of
the contest and for that reason, the
contest department wishes to 90 OF
record in stating that never during
the contest will there be more votes
given on a subscription than at this
tine, and that the last week of the
contest will see greatly reduced
vote.
If you, are of the stuff that sue
ceeds you will make this week ant
the following count you votes al
never before. Your competitors will
and you must do likewise.
Study the double votes thorough,
then go out among your friends anc
tell them that you are really desiroul
that they give you their support, anC
that now is the time they can hell
you the most when it counts for 81
much.
THE TURNING POINT.
This is the turning point of tn
contest and those who expect to viii
will profit by it and not allow this o
' Continued on Last Page)
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

The immature green maturing crop
Is. not, when plowed under, as vale
able as the same. crop plowed under
after 1t has reached matufity. How.
ever, the crop should be 'plowed un-
der while green and mot Vherf dry.
Plowed under green, 1t more rapidly
decomposes and plant food 10 more
quickly available. 1t is plain, too.
that the acids resulting from the de-
composition of green crops are bene-
fetal to the soil. Green maturing
should be plowed under while green.
Clover in the clover sections has long
been regarded as the most profitable
green maturing crop. However, COW
peas, where they grow luauriantly,
are. in our judgment, more valuable
than clover. However, in localities
where clover is not grown or does no
do well, the dwarf varieties Of COW
peas are valuable for green manur-
ing. There is some question as to
whether . light crop of'coy peas Is
as efficient in green manuring as a
normal crop of immature cane or
Kafir, and which grow more abuAdant
ly. In those sections adapted to the
growth of Kafir and cane, thesescrops
sowed are the valuable and logical
green manuring crops.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

Ed Dodge has purchased the McKh
trick place, formerly the Wal Dodge
hom' Of North Main.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miller Of Wichita,
who used to live here, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Chandler.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-08

Mrs. Cruzen and two children have
Joined Mr.. Cruzen here. He is en-
pIoyed in the Hunt Department sOtre
and they will live in the 0dell prop
erty west of the Christian church.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Russell left for
Malabar, Fla, Tuesday, to spend the
winter.