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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
In Jasper County

Joplin is the oasis of Jasper
County. 1t is the amusement center
of Southeast Kansas, Southwest Mis-
souri,. Northwest Arkansas and a
large part of Oklahoma. More than
two hundred miles of interurban
lines center in Joplin, and from every
direction these trOlleys bring crowds
to the parks; or theaters or to join
the downtown Saturday night crowd
for which Joplin is famous
Main street is lined for two miles
with stores. At it's northern end is
the Union Station. Up and down this
street on Saturday nights surges a
crowd which packs the wide side
walks to the curb, and makes rapid
walking impossible. Some of the
crowd step aside into the moving pic
ture theaters. filling them. Others
visit the stores. crOwding them. 1t
is happy, carefree thrOng. There
are many with a payday's wages in
their pockets, waiting to deposit in
the night-and-day banks the money
they do not spend on their Saturday
night vacation. Needless to say,
Joplin is not a dry town
Jasper has an annual production
of lead and zine worth more than
81 100000. which is greater than
the far famed output of the Alaskan
klOndike in its palmiest days And
to show the diversity of industries in
the county, one might tell of the at
tainments of agriculture east of Car
thage. which includes stock farms
recognized to be among the best in
the state.
Near Carthage are twelve quarries
from which the famous Carthage
white marble and limestone are load
ed on cars to be sent in all directions
for building purposes. The interur-
ban line from Joplin to Carthage is
twenty miles long. Eight miles from
Joplin. this line passes through Webb
City: on the same line Lakeside Park
is reached. This is typical outdoor
amusement park, with its long slen-
der lake, its baseball diamond, its
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
THE MISSOURI FARMER.

The 1910 census showed a rela-
tive decline in rural population of a
great many counties. The first ques-
tion this fact naturally suggests is,
Where did they go?
Some have gone to the cities. The
first thought of the retired farmer is
usually to move to town where he
can have greater comforts and more
conveniences. The farm is a poor
loafing place. Other farmers who
have not reached the stage of retire
ment have turned to the city as Of
fering greater opportunities and an
easier life. Most of these men have
been disappointed and every year
sees more of them returning to the
soil. The problem of How to keep
the farmer on the farm" will solve
itself and need cause no more than
passing worry.
BY far the greater loss sustained
in our farming population during
the ten years between the census of
1900 and that of 1910 has been to
other states and newer countries.
The cry of cheaper land has mis-
led many a Missouri farmer. Others
have suffered the hallucination that
1.-The soil is wearing out
The most eloquent proof of the
falsity of both these slogans is the
increasing number of Missourians
who are coming home" from these
new-found Edens The Missouri
farmer has been frozen out in Can
ada, swept away by the sandstorms
of Western Kansas and burned
out" by the drOughts of Oklahoma
The grasshopper, the boil weevil.
fruit scales and fevers have added to
the homesickness of Missourians in
other lands.
Were it not for the tragic dearness
of this experience, there would be
no occasion for alarm over our an
nual losses from emigration. Com
Portable homes and paying farms are
often dissipated in the process of this
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU.

Permit us to welcome you, Mis-
souri, farmers. to a weeks stay at our
University. We welcome you for the
respect We have for your vocation.
Upon it rests the prosperity of our
land. Upon the total of your sepa-
rate successes, rests our national
happiness. Your failure means our
national depression.
The state may pride itself on you
farmers. 1t the last ten years you
have increased the value of your
land 1O7 per cent. In dollars you
have run it up to almost 2 billions
You are thrifty and enterprising,
and quick to take advantage of any
thing that will increase your efficien-
cy. In the last ten years eou have
spent twice the amount for machin-
cry and implements tnat you uld the
ten years before. You are masters
of more than 34,5OO,OOO acres of
Missouri land.
You have pushed the state up
among the rest in productiveness.Y You
form the backbone and the marrow
of the states wealth. Every morn
ing We look toward you for our daily
nOurishment. At every town We are
reminded of the inestimable value of
your labors.
Missouri farmers, we're glad to
see you!
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
aducatiOn. III is far better, il posi-

education. Ii is far better, If posi-
BILE, to save this waste than TO
placidly await the return of the pro-
digals. Railroads, real estate pro-
moters and exploiters of countless
brands are forever circulating liter
ature to lure away the MissOurian.
Ii might not be amiss for the state
to conduct a little campaign of its
own. showing comparative advant-
ages of Missouri farms and those OF
Canada or Oklahoma. A fair COM
parison Will be to the advantage of
Missouri.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
Solving Cost-Of-Living Problem

Size. cooperation ana system car
ried to the Nth-power are the three
factors in the operation of the Uni
versity Dining Club, which, in these
days of ever-climbing prices, has sue
ceeded in keeping the cost of board
down to $225 week.
Buying food stuffs for 47O per-
sons, the number at present accom-
mOdated. can be done in such large
quantities that wholesale prices are
obtainable. Potatoes are ordered in
hundred-bushel lots, this amount
lasting about two weeks. From {
to l-2 bushels are consumed each
day The meat bill runs near 5000
"a week, this including lard and but
terine (butter is not usedD. The
meat is all purchased direct from a
packing company. 1t takes about
los pounds for a single meal and
from 80 to 81 pounds of beans. Sixty
pounds OF oleOmargarine are re-
quired for the three meals of one
day. and from 100 to 12J pounds of
sugar. Such things as eggs are not
on the menu this time of the year,
but a case and a half or A. dozen are
prepared for one meal when they are
used 1t takes a 40 gallon urn of
coffee to go round.
Stanley SissOn is manager of the
University Dining Club and does all
the buying. Mrs Carrie George is
matrOn. The officers are cO-Ordi-
nate, both being filled by appoint
ment of the curatOrs of the Univer-
sity. Government of the club is in
the hands of student council, con-
sisting of a president and four other
members, Mr.. Sisson being one of the
latter, eX-ofiiciO. In theory the price
of board is determined by the stu
dent council, but in reality it is
established by precedent. 1t was for
merly even less than $225, but with
the raise of prices, board here had to
be raised too. The price to be
charged being left to the student
council, has come TO be a political is
sue in the election of members. The
aim is ever to revise the cost down.
ward and men who are likely to ac-
lIph oh &c,
attempt to make a profit, the only
object being to meet expenses. If
there is anything left over cost it is
spent in improvement, so it all goes
back to the boarders eventually.
Students do all the waiting on ta
bles and the dish washing. Regular
help does the rest. Twenty students
are required for table servica.seven-
teen to wash dishes. This is where
the systematizatiOn comes in. be-
cause many of them have : and 2
O'Clock classes and quick work is
necessary to get everything in read
mess for the next meal before they
leave. The meals are served prompt
ly on the hour; half an hour is al
lowed for eating. which leaves half
an hour for cleaning up and reset
ting the tables. Two sets of dishes
are kept in use. In the kitchen
clean dishes are placed on trucks,
rolled into the dining room and set
on the tables, the soiled dishes be-
ing removed at the same time and
taken back into the kitchen. This
makes only one trip necessary for
cleaning the tables and arranging
them for the next meal. When wait
ers leave. everything but the silver
ware is in place for the next time.
They are paid in cash, not board,
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

pike and its dancing pavilion. Here
the University of Missouri alumni
who live in the county hold their an
nual dances.
Elbert Hubbard said of Carthage,
1T is the prettiest town west of
Rome, y. Y" When anyone finds
himself unable to describe the beauty
of this residence town. he falls back
on Fra ElbertuS. %. r.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
Viewpoints
For Goodness Sake.

Editor the MiSSOurian:- There are
varying degrees of goodness. A good
husband is one who doesn't attend
lodge too very often. A good wife is
one who serves homemade meals. In
Bradstreet she is rated AL. A Good
Columbian" of the thirty-third de-
gree is one who doesn't trade sight
unseen" but who buys reliable Co
lumbia Goods" from a fellow Good
Columbian"
Senior Arts.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
Twenty Years Ago.

At a citizens meeting the churches
University for class rooms
Guy de MaupaSsant. the famous
was IL years old.
Joseph H. Maupin, a graduate of
the University of Missouri. was at
tOrney-general of Colorado.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
the two just about cancel.

| Dut the TWO Just about cancel.
Everything possible is done by ma
chinery. All the china is put through
, a big tank with a whirling dasher,
| then rinsed in hot water and wiped
/ by hand The silverware goes
| through much the same process but
! is placed in a warming oven after
rinsing and no further drying is nee
| essary. A bread-cutting machine is
another labor-saving device. Five
ovens are kept busy; most of the
vegetables are prepared in steam
cookers. There are two cold storage
rooms where extra provisions, but
terine, lard and milk are kept.
The University Dining Club has
been in existence for forty years or
more. Small at first, il has grown
into an institution of cOnsidera Bile
importance and is a vital factor in
the lives Of many boys who attend
the University. To many. a college
education would be realizable in
their dreams alone We're il not for
the opportunities for inexpensive Hv-
ing furnished in this cooperative
scheme. Some of the men in the fac
ulty of the University today would
have found it impossible TO complete
their courses had not such an Oppor-
tunity been open to them. There was
some difficulty about student help
when the change from six to five day
school week was decided upon and
$50. For time outside girls We're
employed, but carefully studied out
systematic arrangement made the
readjustment possible.
The club may not furnish "all the
comforts of home but it furnishes
biscuits. even at the rate OF 1900 a
meal. Chicken is on the bill of fare
for Sundays and other good things
are furnished both then and on week
days as the accompanying typical
menus will indicate:
Sunday.
breakfast
Apple sauce
Oatmeal
Potatoes, fried
Toast
Coffee
Dinner
Chicken with dressing
Mashed potatoes
Biscuits
Canned corn
Apple pie
Supper
Cheese and crackers
Beans, Stewed
Pickles, dill
Grapes (if they don't come. black
berries)
Cocoa.
Saturday.
Breakfast
SteWed apricotS
Puffed wheat
Potatoes. fried
Toast
Coffee.
Dinner
Potatoes, creamed
Navy beans, baked plain
Turnips, mashed
Apple pie.
Supper
Roast beef
Potatoes, mashed
Slaw
Cocoa
Canned pears. A. V. A.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

One kind act today will help the
world more than a hundred reSOlu-
tions for tomorrow; and it will pay
you bigger dividends.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
Fifty Years Ago.

The University ran an advertise
ment in local newspapers.
Edward M.StantOn replaced Simon
Cameron as Secretary of War.
The Mcdowell Medical College of
st. Louis was OverfiOwing with stu
dents" The second Iowa. regiment,
1900 strong, were enrolled.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

An old maid may be said to be a
spinster without money. There is
nothing like the long green to keep
an unmarried lady attractive to a
ripe old age.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
Thirty Years Ago.

Smallpox was creating terror over
parts of Iowa and Illinois.
Business failures during 1881
nearly doubled those of 1880.
Experiments in lighting railroad
coaches by electricity We're being
carried on in England.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

The nan who gets his wife
through a matrimonial agency burns
his mail order catalogues. He
won't take any more chances by
mail.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
STUDENTS HEAR G.. W. RICI
Secretary of the Society of Mechanic
cal Engineers Visits Local Branch.

Calvin W. Rice, secretary of the
American Society of Mechanical En-
gineers, spoke to about $50 junior
and senior engineers yesterday morn
ing in the Engineering Building. The
members. Its headquarters are in
New York City. There are branch
societies in every university where
mechanical engineering is taught.
The branch in the University has
a membership CT thirty, and has been
organized four years. G. ID. Mitchell
is president. Meetings. at which en-
gineering questions are discussed,
are held twice a month.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09
What the Old Grads Sd7o
Ten Years Ago.

Centralia completed a new city
hall.
Practically the whole of the bus
mess section of Sturgeon was des-
trOyed by fire.
The Columbia Statesman celebrat-
ed its fifty-ninth anniversary.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

King Edward has been shooting
tigers in India. We venture that he
would find it even more exciting
hunting for the White Bear in Per-
Sia
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

A harberdaSher would have you
know that just because Columbia is
goods for sale here are dry goods.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

Something new under the sun
one million suffragette votes for
president in 1912.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

There's no place like home,
when it comes to the purchase Of
goods.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-01-09

NSTh h hwardat by
this il MEh i md
fP Corpus o the p tn Nthw
temp h risen b freezing pof colorado Wash Over
f he App Noun the mpe avi sf
up f nj Ca cold
Columbia
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The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
E0LD:N LEAVES
IOWA COLLEGE
r: -
Tho "Corn Man. Joins Il C
Service Bureau.
70 HElPPUsH WORK FORWARD
c~s-opsratIon Movement Tor Larger
Crops, Better Roads, Mers Pros,
porous People and Z
L Better Nation.

Fhis marks the beginning Of q new
ana greater business service. It's a
cooperative movement for larger
crops. better roads, happier homes,
more prosperous people. and 8 richer
and better nation. That IL to say.
the I H c Service Bureau proposes to
help do for all the states and for Can.
ada what Holden has done for Iowa.
After considering many offers, and
after an investigation Of the company
and its works. Professor Perry q.
Holden has entered the service Of the
I H G Service Bureau at Chicago.
Professor Holden Is known wher.
ever real agriculture 10 known. His
whole life is n Of service. He orig
mated the idea Of carrying informa-
ton direct to farmers. He IL the "a
Their Of the demonstration train, short
school courses, the corn show, county
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
Widow Forced to Sell

Fine quarter section 2h miles north
Of Zenith. legal Nos. SEX sec. "a,
township 40. range -. First person
to pay owe ST.. 900 cash to- Dickinson
First National bank will receive
warranty deed and abstract of title.
It is n of the best quarters in Stark
county. was entered In 1905. Has fair
improvements and should be sold for no
less than "a. 600. Owner sick in Iowa
and must sacrifice. $3.50. 2 per cent
mortgage and interest from February.
1911. all that is against place. No
options or commissions allowed. must
be sold by December 18th or deed will
be recalled. No correspondence. 60 to
the bank.-adv. II
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
TAX NOTICE
For tho Year 1912
State of North Dakota.
County of Stark.

State of North Dakota.
County of Stark.
Notice is hereby given that the taxes
for the year 1912 are now due and pay
able, and that / have received from
the county auditor the tax lists for said
year.
taxes become due Oecembet l. 1912.
and become delinquent March l.. 1913.
A penalty of S per cent attaches to
personal property taxes March !. 1913.
and thereafter said a draws interest
at the rate of / per cent per month I'M
A penalty of S per cent attaches to
real estate axe March 1. 1913. 2 pei
cent June 1st. 1913, and 3 per cent No.
vember1st. 1913.
Delinquent real estate taxes for the
wear 1912 will be advertised in the
month of November. 1918. and sold at
public auction on the second Tuesday
in December. 1913.
The following are the rates of taxa
ton for all purposes.
~0rYAyrrxY rAvCc
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14

ToOrs enn H.
demonstration farms, and the National
Corn Exposition. AS head of the ex-
tension department Of Iowa State Col.
ieEe of Agriculture he did a4work
which. Senator Cummins says. u, to
the present time has increased the
wealth Of Iowa $4,000, 900.
The object Of the I H c Service Bu-
teau Is the promotion Of agricultural
education, and a cooperation which
will tend to raise the whole tone Of
commercial, industrial and farm life.
Since agriculture is the basis Of pros.
perity and progress. naturally farm
problems claim first attention. The aim
Is higher efficiency, both on and OF
the farm.
To do . big work q big organization
10 necessary. Not only tho bieness,
but the perfection Of the International
organization as we'll appealed to Pro.
lessor Holden. The big general agen.
cies. scattered all over the United
Bates and Canada; the statesmen,
travellers and expert machine men;
the 10000 dealers-every one, 50 far
- possible, is to be made an apostle
OF better farming.
For years the International Har
vester Company has realized tho i'm
p~ortance of service. It has spent mir
lions Of dollars in the perfection Of Ia,
~bor-saving machines, and now the
company is going in for direct service
direct to the farmers, and direct to
the farmers children, that the men
and women of tomorrow may be more
capable and 50 more prosperous than
the men and women Of t15ay.
It is no longer a theory that II We
are to get the most out Of life we
must raise nor per acr "1nten-
sive farming" is in the air. It is the
battle cry Of peace and plenty. But
raising more is the result Of mind.
not muscle. We must know. And
not only that, we must know we
know, and know why we know. We
must know good seed from bad, right
cultivation from wrong, and the why's
and wherefors Of climates, soils,
fruits, cattle, horses. poultry, and SO
forth.
Fol. these things the bureau was
established. But the bureau and
Professor Holden see more than an
average increase Of a few bushels.
They . q time coming when farmers
will raise twice as many bushels Of
corn, wheat and oats to the acre.
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
Wanted, For Sale, Etc.
Take Special Notice

Another Holstein COW recently broke
the Worlds ? and 80 day butter records,
with the phenomenal amount Of 4I.o lbs.
butter from 6os.I lbs. milk, in ? days and
l64 3 lbs. butter from 7o33.q lbs. milk in.
90 days. During 2 days Of this official
test, she gave 1903 lbs. butter. over 81
lbs. per day. We have Holstein bulls
for sale. The Brown Dairy. Dickinson,
N. D.-adv. Io-s-tf
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
JESUS IS GODS GIFT
TO ALL HUMANITY
Salvation Is Of Gods Love, Not
Of Justice Of. Necessity.
Misunderstanding Of What Constitutes
The nivins Penalty For Sin Has Mis-.
I'D W In Respsot 70 Every Feature
Of Gods Program. For Our Rseovsry
From the Penalty.

Rochester, N. r.,
Nov. Pastor
Russell Of Brook
Ign Is here. We re-
port one of his ad-
dresses from the
text, Thanks be
unto God for His
u~nspeakable Gift"
III Corinthians
TX, 10.
The Pastor said
that In order to
appreciate the
Scriptures on all
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14

"You will be sorry" if you wait till the
last moment to get your special order of
jewelry. Come now while we can do
justice to you as we'll as ourselves. Rob-
erts, the Jeweler.-adv. 11.3o-tf
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
FOR RENT

will rent our hotel and restaurant
combined; hotel has II rooms; If desired
will rent with o. without restaurant and
kitchen; have full equipment for both
adv. II.2-tf Mrs. M. Mckinley.
The Dickinson press., 1912-12-14
Take Notice

AT model Ford automobile, az good
as new, for sale cheap. Inquire of J. A.
Wiech, sheriff Stark county, Dickinson.
adv II-I6-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
Red Sox Beat Yankees

New York, April 11.--Boston's Red Sox won the opening game of the American league season in New York today. defeating the Highlanders to 3 by a batting rally in the eighth, which netted four runs. The first ap- pearance of Harry Wolverton as man ager of the locals and of Jake Stahl at the head of the Red Sox were features.
 New York took the lead in the first inning, Woods starting wild and pass ing two men. which with Daniels hit, Chases sacrifice and Cree's out resulted in two runs.
 Boston scored once on Hooper's hit, an error and Stahl's sacrifice fly The visitors took the game in the eighth by punching four hits on Caldwell, who was relieved by Vaughn after the dam age had been done
 Crees fielding featured for New York and Hooper's work in right and Woods pitching and all around playing at the bat and in the field for the visitors.
 Score: k. H. E. Boston .......... 100 900 OO4--5 1 New York ....... 200 900 0O1-S ?
 Batteries Woods and Nunemaker; Vaughn, Caldwell and Street. Time. 9:02. Empires, Connolly and Hart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-12
97S MONTGOMERY FANS REJOICE ON RICKWOOD FIELD
FIFTEEN CARS COME
 WITH BILLIKEN FANS
97s RABID FANS FROM MONT GOMERY STORMED BIRMING- HAM YESTERDAY AND BY "R00TING" AT THE GAME EN- COURAGED VISITORS TO VIC T0RY-ENTHUSIASM GREAT

Montgomery fans deserved the victory yesterday
 It would have been a scurvy trick of fate had the Billikens been beaten.
 For in b coaches, 97S of the most rahsd variety visited Birmingham for the pur- pose of witnessing the opening game.
 They reached the city at noon, trifle tired. but with enthusiasm bubbling over. It was great crowd of young fellows. and their sporting proclivity, as demon strated yesterday, would belle the general understanding that in baseball enthusiasm Montgomery stands at the bottom of the class.
 The Montgomery visitors were deter mined that the Billkens should win. They seated themselves close together in a sec tion of the grandstand and got their lungs and their feet and their hands to working at the first drop of the hat. When Mont gomery came to bat in the first inning they let out a whoop which might have reminded the elderly spectators of Indian days. When Foxen walked Stengel they whooped again, only longer. When with the bases full MeElveen cut that ripper over the head of J. Johnston they got so strenuous that one or more of the local fans seated near them softly left the park. It was outrageousl
 The remaining incidents of the first round sent them into the seventh heaven of delight Thereafter they rooted stren- uously and their encouragement did much to make the Bilikens so strong that the greatest Baron assault was rudely re- pulsed.
 After the game the visitors paraded through the streets, singing songs, yell ing college yells. and mother ways mak- ing their presence known. At 9 o'clock they crawled into their coaches and re- turned, wiser and no sadder than when they came.
 The Louisville and Nashville put Into effect an attractive rate of $2 for the round trip, and the fans were quick to take advantage of the opportunity. Should similar rate be made from Birmingham to Montgomery Sunday it is a safe predc- ton that just as many Birmingham fans would visit the Capitol City.