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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
MORE ABOUT ALFALFA

F. B. Gilmore recently completed
the work of cutting his 2O-acre field
of alfalfa for the first time. This
field is located just west of the city
and is better known, perhaps, than
any alfalfa field in this locality, lying
as it does, along the main travelled
road Last fall the dry weather made
It "look sick" and many people pro-
nounced it dead but wellrooted
alfalfa seems to have as many lives
as a cat, for the first cutting this sea-
son, the work of which has just been
completed, as stated above, yielded
twenty-seven tons, or nearly one and
one-haf tons to the acre. The cost
Of cutting the twenty acres, accord
ing to Mr.. Gilmore, was $3.50 and
the price at which it could have BEEN
sold at the time of cutting, was
$1,000 per ton, of 1910. After paying
the cost of caring for the crop, $3.50
MIR. Gilmore had left a net profit of
a fraction over $11'6O per acre, for
the first cutting.-St. John News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
COAL FIRE FOR HIS PIGS.
E. D. King Has Novel Way Of Saw
ing the Youngsters; Has 600
Despite Bad Weather.

By sitting up nights with his pigs.
and keeping a coal stove going in his
breeding pens during the cold weather
last February and March, E. D. King,
Berkshire hog breeder, of Burlington,
Kas., made out very we'll in raising
a fine pig crop. As a result of all this
special effort, Mr.. King now has a
drove Of 600 thrifty pigs.
And they are going to be worth
good money before this time next
year." he said, after selling a car.
load Of hogs recently. Reports from
all over the country show a light
spring crop. l kept the coal fire 60
ing, and kept the pigs warm, and
that was what saved them. Young
pigs cannot stand chilly weather.
Il give my hogs special care at all
times. feed them tankage, which l
regard as a splendid regulator, and
when mixed with other feed is Also
a fat producer. The hog requires a
certain amount Of animal food, and
the tankage furnishes it."
Mr.. King is owner of what is
known as the Meadow Brook farm,
one of the best kept farms in that
country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
NEW SPEED MARKS SET
FOR REPLACING TIRES
All the Cars But One in 500 Mile
indianapolis Speedway Race
Equipped With Michelins.

One Of the interesting features Of
the Memorial Day race Of 500 miles
at the indianapolis Speedway was the
rapid manner in which tires were
changed. With one exception all the
cars to finish we're equipped with MI
chelin Tires. One Michelin was
changed on the winning National in
thirty seconds, hardly giving the driv
Ell time to get a drink of water.
Two men in the press stand timed
a change on De Palma's car IN twen-
ty three seconds, and il this is true
another speed record was established
The Michelin Company has follow
ed racing closely and with marked
success. Tires must wear out in the
strain of a 5OO-mile race in which
cars are travelling at a speed Of
eighty miles an hour, but 1t is no
less significant that the winning cars
in long distance races are nearly al
ways appointed with Michelin'
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
EXPOSITION NOTES.

San Diego plans to have her expo
sitiOn buildings complete by January
1, 1914, that the landscape gardeners
may have a whole year to decorate
it with trees, vines and flowers, be-
fore the gates are opened January
l, 1915. 1t will remain open the en-
tire year of 1915.
Sir Thomas Upton plans to have
a model tea garden and packing plan
at San Diego's exposition. He agrees
to remove the packed tea as fast as
it is wrapped and to bring tea plants
from Ceylon for the garden.
Which is the most interesting, a
long list OF intricate machinery
standin- behind a railing idle and
dust covered, or a Navajo squaw
weaving a brilliant blanket as her am
ceStral mothers w0ve It! The San
Diego exposition will have the women
weaving the blanket, but not the in
animate machinery.
Wanted-Another Julius Caesar, to
push construction Of good roads. He
made all roads lead to Rome"
Auto toll roads are the order Of
the day. Companies building these
highways may expect a big profit
from their investment.
One Of the sights along the road
between Buena Vista and Taylor Park
Colorado, is a band Of 200 mountain
sheep. It may be. seen any day.
OF the 1000 high school pupils IN
the city Of Denver, only 40 yearly
elect to take up the study Of Greek
The others don't IKE the grind"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21

Archaeological exhibits at the San
Diego exposition in 1915 will attract
the attention OF the world. 1t will
be an educational show.
Las Vegas will have a oneday per.
Torrance July 4. San Diego will
have a S65-day show in 1915 when
the doors Of the Panama California
exposition will be open to the world.
To stop speeding through small
towns by auto drivers needless Of
the lives and limbs Of children and
citizens, a Western genius suggests
that bumps in the roads at the out
skirts and also inside the town limits
be made. These bumps will compel
the speed fiends to slow up.
DR.. Edgar L. Hewett, head Of the
School Of American Archaeology at
Santa Fe, and director of exhibits
at the San Diego Exposition, has re-
turned from Guatemala where he Sc
cured interesting Maya relics for the
exposition, as well as data of great
scientific value. A replica Of the
Maya temple is being prepared for
the San Diego Exposition.
An alfalfa exposition is something
new in the line Of expositions. Such
a show, however, is scheduled for Ba-
sin City, Wyo., this fall. Visitors
will see alfalfa meal, alfalfa break
fast foods of many varieties, alfalfa
buns, alfalfa pies, alfalfa pudding and
probably, alfalfa cigars. A similar
display Of alfalfa products will be
seen at the Panama-California expo
sition in San Diego in 1915.
Wall-eyed pike are being introduced
into lakes in the state of Washing
ton to extermirate the German carp.
The carp destroys millions of game
fish eggs every year in these and
other western lakes. 1t is promised
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
"MoNEY IN THE BANK"

Thirty million Americans have
money in the bank.
Have you money in the bank?
Then you have a personal interest
in the scurLness of the banking sys-
TEN.
Bankers are the servants Of the
public. Their chief duty is the rum
ming of the machinery of credit.
Credit is the lifelblood of business.
Mne-tentts Of the business of the
country is done on credit.
If the banking system breaks down,
as ouls did i'm 1907, and as it did in
'73 and in '93, the machinery Of ere
dit stops-the industry and COM
merce Of the country is paralyzed-
workingmen are thrown out of en-
ploymeIt. The losses suffered by this
country in panics are incalculable.
This periodic collapse of the ma
chinery of credit in a rich country
like ours is a national disgrace.
We have $4,000 banks in this
country. The vast majority Of them
are sound banks, conducting their
business on sound banking principles
Our banking resources are in ex-
cess of those Of any other country in
the world. We have the greatest
stock of gold of any country in the
world.
But we have today no system Of
cooperation between these $4,000
banks, whereby they may use their
enormous resources and this great
stock of precious metal most effect
lively for the common good-especiaE
ly in times of commercial distress.
The suspension of cash payments
by the banks and the collapse Of
credit over the entire country in
1904 catastrophe impossible in Eu-
rope in a time of peace-was due,
not to the weakness of the banks, but
to the weakness of the banking sys-
TEN.
If We are to make our credit ma
chinery as efficient as that of other
world commercial powers, and If We
are to prevent in the future the dis
astrous losses Of money panics, we
must remedy the recognized evils in
our banking system.
1t is the duty of every bank deposS
tor, every manufacturer, every mer-
chant, every farmer, every wage earn
Ell, to do his part in bringing about
this reform, so vital to the interests
of all the people of the country.
1t is a non-partisan question that
ought to be settled without appealing
to the passions and prejudices of par
tisan politics.
You can show your interest by
writing a personal letter to your con-
gresham, telling him that you are
a bank depositOr and have a personal
interest in legislation which will Civ
this country the best banking system
in the world.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
MEETING OF KANSAS FARMERS,
General Improvement" Will Be Top.
ie at a Big Topeka conventicn

The Kansas railroads are preparing
to issue a cali for a big convention
of Kansas farmers to be held in To
peka next fall to discuss plans for a
statewide movement to improve the
acre yields in Kansas, the roads and
the social life Of the farmers. The
call for the convention will be issued
soon. 1t will be signed by officials
Of the leading railroads Of the state
and representative business men and
farmers from each county Of Kansas
The idea was started some time ago
through the conferences between
farmers over the state and ]. R.
Koontz, general freight agent Of the
Santa Fe. 1t will be one of the great
est gatherings CT farmers and bust
ness men in the history Of Kansas.
To increase the value Of Kansas
wheat 10 million dollars; to increase
the value of Kansas corn 25 million
dollars, and to lessen the cost Of
transportation over good roads are
three Of the leading topics that will
come up. The call will ask that counr
ty conventions be held i'm July. AT
the county conventions delegates will
be elected to the state convention,
one delegate from each township.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION.

Probably the most interesting cam
paign and election in the history of
the country will be held this summer
and fan.
II you want all the news in detail
each day without prejudice, hene IS
your opportunity.
The Topeka State Journal
A home product, and published at
the capital Of your state, is one Of
the largest daily newspapers in Kan
sas, and will be sent you each day
from now until November Is, 1912, for
$t0o ~
Send dollar bill, personal check,
money-order or twocent stamps. Or
der at once.
Topeka STATE JOURNAL,
Topeka, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21

that the pike will feed on the carp.
A secret organization Of suffragettes
in Colorado is demanding more high
Offices for members Of their sex.
They say they will send Mrs. Sarah
Plat Decker to Congress.
Secretary Of State James B. Pearce
Of Colorado Is a consistent booster
for good roads. He says he would
like to see millions spent for inter.
state and intercontinental highways
and that such expenditure will bring
millions Of dollars in return. The
completion Of broad and easy high.
ways" says Secretary Pearce, thru
the West to California will mean the
expending Of immense sums cf money
all along the line from the Missouri
river to San Diego and San Francis.
co during the year 1915, by people
who will travel in autos to the IN.
ternational expositions in those
two cities" Pres E. E Sommers,
OF the Greater Colorado Highways as
ISOLATION, and Pres. Robt. Higgins,
Of the Colorado Good Roads associa-
ton, are now working in harmony to
secure good roads for Colorado and
the West. They have the co-opera.
ton Of good roads associatins and
clubs in Kansas, Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
A STRANGE HOG EXPERIENCE

c. w. Gilman Of Lockwood, Mo-, ex
tenSive land owner and farmer. who
is also president of the Bank OF Lock
wood, calls attention to the fact that
the farmer and stock raiser is con-
stantly coming in contact with some
new experience. This statement was
suggested when Mr.. Gilman sold ia
head of good hogs, recently, raised
on his farm.
That is a good many hogs to mar
ket from a farm at one time" he
said. "And it is more than I can
market from my farm again for a
good while. Early this spring when
the sows begun to farrow l noticed
their pigs disappeared. Sometimes
they would be several days or per.
haps several weeks cd, when they
would be missing. In order to find
out where they went | watched, and
tc my great surprise l found the
sows killing and exiting their own pigs
In some cases the pigs were six
weeks old before this occurred. The
sows were large and good stock, but
| had to fatten them and sell all of
them In all of my hog raising ex-
perience, | never had anything like
this happen. 1t has cleaned me out
Of pigs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
On and About the Farm
A WOMAN WHO HIRED
OUT TO HER HUSBAND
FOR A VACATION.

The following letter won prize of
$25 offered by the Woman'S Home
Companion fer the best account of a
vacation. 1t was written by a woman
who lives on farm IN Wyoming:
ITO begin with, then, I'm a ranch
er's wife, and was a tanners daugh.
ter, so / know what It means to get
up early and work till late. I've read
a great deal about vacations, but not
much about vacations for the woman
on the ranch.
Most women who live on a ranch
know something about horses, and
cam harness and drive a team. Now
everyone knows that to people who
have always worked with their hands
idleGess is not rest, and that recrea-
ton comes quicker and surer from a
change of work; so l hired out to
my husband.
1--WE have seventy-five acres ct al
falfa, and here in the West men ane
scarce and wages are high, so hired
a girl to do the homework and take
care of the children, while | donned
a pair OF oVeraTls, a jumper, a broad
brimmed hat and a pair of stout
gloves, ard went forth to take my
vacation.
THE first day l moved, and the
first night / kicked levers and drove
horses all night. wasn't so enthusi-
astic the second morning, but l Now
ed some more, and raked some, ard
that night l slept; and l slept every
night that followed during harvest,
for l stayed with it till the hay was
in the stack, doing team work alto
gether, and when we were through,
my husband said I was the best man
on the job
Il was decidedly better woman,
for l had gained five pounds Ct flesh,
stronger nerves, harder muscles, and
a coat of tan that hasn't all worn off
yet.
Il told the girl that l was not to
be consulted about anything, so l
shifted the whole responsibility Of
the household and did just as the
men did: washed, ate my meas, and
then rested till time to start to work
again.
My girl cost me four dollars per
week, and l made twelve, which left
me a clear gain of eight dollars per
week in cash, besides the other good
things. l felt so rested when l took
up the reins of the household again
that what had before teen a task
was now a pleasure. Really, it did
seem good to cook a meal once more
and l had not thought it possible.
And next year I'm going to do it
all over again"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Kansas City Stock Yards, June II.
-Smarting under their defeat of last
week, when they were forced to add
30 to so cents to cattle values, buy
ers threatened at the end of the
week to break the market fifty cents
this week. Killers are being criti-
cised for the high cost of meat, and
would be glad to cheaper it. But
the demand holds up well, as labor
all over the country is pretty gener-
ally employed, and the call for meat
is inSiStent, despite the high price.
Small killers are scurrying about the
country in search of cheap beef, and
there is enough of them to keep the
big killers lodging. 1t would be pos
sible for packers to carry out a
threat to break prices half a dollar,
but it would be like a man staying
under water, he could not stay there
very long. Receipts at the five lead
ing markets last week were one
third less than during the same week
last year, a condition that might cas-
;ly excuse the advance recorded.
Various markets reported big runs
Of cattle today, with prospects favor
ing lower mrakets, but the run here
was modest, 5000 head, and in the
native division everything sold strong
and active, without a sign of the
break threatened. A run of $50 cars
Of guarantees served as a reason
for concessions from sellers there,
running from weak to 10 lower, with
the close Of the market the best
Top natives sold at 1925 today, Col
oradOs at $500, Texas guarantees al
$50, grass guarantees at $500 to
$6.25. Hogs were received to the
number Of 5000 head here, light fol
Monday, but lower markets elsewher
caused DECLINE Of weak to 5 cents
here, top $7.45, same as top in Chi
cago today, bulk S.15 to $40. SheeI
and lambs sold steady today, best
spring lambs 1915, five loads Of Ari
IONA wethers $500. native ewes
worth s4.25. These prices are 2;
cents above a week ago, except OF
lambs. The run Is 1000 today, con
tanning a good share Of low grade
Texas and Arizona stuff.
]. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
A RAILROAD A MISSIONARY
The Frisco is Spending $4,000
Spreading Good Roads Gospel.

A good roads special train, with ex-
pert road makers as speakers, with
stereopticOn views sGd other means
Of illustrating the making Of roads,
Is travelling over the $500 miles of
the Frisco railway in the southwest,
at a cost to that load of $4,000.
The idea of running the good roads
special over the Frisco system origi-
hated with Benjamin F. Yoakum,
chairman of the Frisco lines. He has
ever been a foremost advocate of
highway improvement in the United
States and has done much to encou-
rage the building Of permanent rock
roads in the territory served by the
lines of which he is the head. The
running Of the special train over the
system at this time is indirectly the
result of a suggestion made by Chair
man Joakum in a speech before the
Oklahoma Farmers Union at the Ok
lahoma State Fair last year i'm which
be said:
"The farmer does not use his share
Of the money earned in the United
States. There are now about 92 mil
lion PEOPLE i'm the United Staes and
about % million are farmers. TIE pro
ducts of the farm are responsible for
about onethird of the wealth and
Commerce of this country. No enc
can say that one-third CT this is used
tor the betterment of the country
districts. Compare the country roa(s
full of mudholes with improved
town streets. Look at the country
wooden bridges in the towns. The
farmer has borrowed but little money
to improve his roads while the town
people have borrowed immense Sums
Of money to make their streets per-
tect.
There is no work more important
than to build good roads i'm such q
manner that they will be permanent
and economical in construction. 9th
erwise the money expended will be
largely wasted The question CT i'm
proving our public roads in the most
economical and substantial manner
is one to which l attach much i'm
portance. Their construction fer per-
maQIency. and economy in mainten-
ance is Of such great Importance
that l extend an invitation to the
president of the Farmers Uni5n and
one other to each of the members
OF the Farmers Union of Texas, Ar
KANSAS, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisi-
ana, Oklahoma and Tennessee to
make at rip for the study of public
road building through the older state
that have given this subject much
thought and consideration.
Massachusetts and Connecticut are
spending much money in building
good roads. New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indi-
ana are also at work and making
good Roadway. Through a careful
Study of the methods of building pub
lie roads, their foundation, material
and systems of drainage, which are
the three important factors to be
considered, the members of this par
ty will acquire a knowledge ON the
subject that will be helpful in
their respective states in carrying ON
the work of public highway improve
ments."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21

Ford county has over three mil
lion bushels OF wheat. Lands will
advance quickly. An extra good Sec
ton in south part Of county, about
475 acres good wheat, one third to
quick buyer. fair improvements. $780,
900, about hall cash. Lands around
there selling much higher.
An extra good quarter section
close to Dodge, unimproved, $500,
time on hail. A. B. REEVES,
Jaw Dodge City, Kans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21

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Can't look well, eat we'll or feel
we'll with impure blood feeding your
body. Keep the blood pure with Bur.
dock Blood Bitters. Eat simply, take
exercise, keep clean and you will
have long life.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-21
FOR SALE.

Team Of Shetland ponies and har.
ness, four years old, bays, broke.
c. G. L0RIM0R,
Phone 900 A 5.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-16

St. Louis, Nov. 16.-A race
segregation bill is before the
house of delegates here.
The plan is to call certain
blocks "colored blocks" and
make it unlawful for a white per-
son to move into them, and to
label other blocks white blocks, "
making it unlawful for negroes
to move into them.
The measure as drawn up, will
apply not only to residences, but
to schools and churches.
The bill was caused by trouble
in the west end, where wealthy
negroes have moved into exclu-
sive residential districts and re-
fuse to sell out
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-16

THE JOHNSON CASE
When the Jack Johnson assault
case was called in the Chicago
avenue court today, the ex-pugil-
ist was not present.
Johnson's attorney explained
that the former champion was too
sick to appear.
"FIe isn't too sick to appear"
said Judge Williams, "his bail of
$500 is forfeited"
The judge then issued a capias
for the immediate arrest of John
son. While detectives were look
ing for Johnson, he walked into
the court. Judge Williams rein
stated the bail.
Johnson demanded jury trial.
His case was set for December II
before Judge Cottrell,
The assault case was brought
by a Tribune photographer,
whom Johnson struck with a cane
while being taken into the coun-
ty jail, after a session in the fed
eral court.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-16
CASE STILL A MYSTERY

The myster ysurrounding the
woman beaten almost to death in
the Saratoga hotel is not much
nearer solution today.
The woman is not expected to
recover. All through the night,
she got weaker and weaker, and
day brought no change for the
better.
The police believed for a time
that the woman was Mrs Tnseph
Roth, of Detroit.
This Mrs. Roth had been hap
PLY married for 10 years, but re-
Gently became infatuated with
John D. Flannery, a Detroit sa-
loonkeeper. She disappeared.
Captain of Detectives Halpin
today wired the Detroit police to
find .Flannery and arrest him.
Flannery was arrested in Detroit,
but soon proved that he never had
been out of the city within the
last year.
The Identification of the wo-
man as Mrs. Roth is not very
good. Roth, the husband, wired
a description of his wife, here.
The description tailed with the
woman in the county hospital to
some extent, but birthmark de-
scribed by Roth in his wire could
not be found.
To. settle the question, Captain
Halpin today wired the Detroit
police to send Roth here at the
expense of the Chicago police.
-O-o
Son Ito mother -How long
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-16

Son Ito mother -How long
ought ladies' skirts to be?
Mother-It all depends how
tall the lady is. / don't know.
Son-Why, inst above two
feet.