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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
he STUDIED THE SOIL.

A soil survey was made recently Of
Reno and Shawnee counties. A soil
expert from the Kansas agricultural
college and another from the United
States department of agriculture vert
over every section in these coun-
ties. They bored holes in the ground
and found what type of soil was there
and how deep this type was. They
kept notes on their work. Then they
made maps of many colors. These
colors represent the different kinds
OF soil that were found. The colors
also show what kind of soil may be
found on any particular farm in these
counties, which has been surveyed by
these soil experts. All of these col
ors are numbered and an explanation
OF every number will be published in
a bulletin later. One Of the colored
maps will be enclosed in every bulle-
tin. By looking at the bulletin the
owner of farm can see what sort Of
soil he has, and what kind his neigh
Dor, or someone who has a farm for
sale, may have.
By referring to the explanation in
the bulletin, the farmer can deter
mine a great deal about the pro
ductiyeness of his farm. He can see,
also, what crops would be best adapt
ed to particular portions Of it.
But there is still another benefit
Of the soil survey. A chemist from
the Kansas agricultural college will
visit the places where the different
types Of soil are found and take sam
pies of them. He will make an analy-
sis of them and thus determine the
amount OF plant 1000 present in the
soil. 1t will be possible to tell, then,
what kind of fertilizers are needed.
In the soil survey the land that
needs draining also is shown. The
productiyeness OF much land in the
state may be improved by draining.
The different types of soil will be
tested by the Kansas agricultural
college by growing different crops on
these soils. These plot tests will
show Just what crops ane best for
every farm. In other words it will
put the experiment station in touch
with the soils on every mans farm.
Similar maps of other counties will
be made later, as fast as appropria-
tons are made. Reno and Shawnee
counties were chosen first because
Of their many types of soils.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
WHAT SHOULD POOR BOY Dor

A young man in England calls on
bis best girl. He and the young lady
sit in the parlor waiting for mamma
to come down stairs and, as is the
custom, chaperone them. Suddenly the
young lady's nose begins to bleed
The young man, somewhat flustered,
and anxious to be of assistance, re-
members that he has heard that cold
metal applied to the back Of the mech
will stop the nosebleed. He looks
around for cold metal and sees the
key in the parlor door-the only door
in the room. He hastily SEXES it,
and, in so doing. unwittingly turns
the lock. Then Just as he tries to
apply the key to the back Of the
young lady's neck, mamma deseends
and tries the door. Finding 1t lock.
ed, she peremptorily demands imme-
date admittance. The young man in
his embarrassment drops the key
down the young lady's back.
What then, in this dreadful situa.
ton, should the young man do?
That is the question that has been
agitating the readers of one of the
British papers, says Current Litera.
ture for September. That is the
question that is said to have been
diverting the mind Of Governor Wood
row Wilson. The answer he reached
after due elaboration was, we under
stand, this: The young man should
recover the key at any cost!
This story, gentle reader, shows us
that even in the most rampageous
midst Of politics we may still find
exercise for our sense of hmor. It
is a good time for US all to remembe
that, and to keep an eye open for
amusing things in these days Of po-
litical strife.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
DR.. euNsAutus As AJouRsALlsr

The public owes a debt OF thanks
t the person. whoever he may be,
who persuaded Rev. DR.. Frank w.
Gunsaulus to contribute those ptthy
editorial articles which one now finds
printed in large type in every Issue
Of The Sunday Reeord-Herald. II Is
a feather in the cap Of Chicago jour
nalism. The combination is ideal
the most eloquent preacher in Chi.
csgo voicing his finest thoughts each
week through the columns of Chica-
COS leading home newspaper. The
articles have made hit, and are do
ing lot of good.
AS pastor Of Central Church and
president Of Armour Institute, DR..
Gunsaulus has long had a wide circle
Of usefulness, but 1t is entirely posi-.
BILE that he is accomplishing more
through his Record-Herald editorials
than through all his other activities
combined. These Informal, stirring
articles are always inspiring. They
are read by tens of thousands who
would never go to hear a sermon.
They deal with the real things OF
life, the deep, homely, universal prob
lens that are making end breaking
young lives and old hearts all around
us every day.
The Chicago Record-Herald has a
better right than ever to be called
the best home newspaper in the
United States now that 1t has DR..
Gunsaulus on its Sunday staff.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
THINGS WERE DIFFERENT.

When Johnny Hobbs left the New
Hampshire hills to visit his grand
mother in Massachusetts, he was eau
toned by his mother that he would
find things different in that city. Be
fore tea time his grandmother sent
him to the pantry to get a bowl of
milk she had left there for a hungry
boy" A moment later she followed
and beheld him bravely at work try
ing to drink a bowl of spearmint tea,
which she had forgetfully put there
in the place where she told him he
would find the milk. "Why, child, I"
she exclaimed, selling the bowl,
don't you know this isn't milk" 81
i knew" stammered Johnny, 1T
wasn't like Hillsbury milk, but
thought maybe it was the kind folks
had in Worcester"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
On and About the Farm
NO MORE CHEAP MEAL.

The Missouri and Kansas Farmer
has repeatedly called attention to the
shortage Of the neat supply, especial
ly that of beef. 1t hes urged farmers
to produce more beef and pork and
has stated its conviction that high
prices for meat had come to stay.
The reported sales Of fat cattle on
the market for more than $40 a hun
dred pounds makes 1t evident that it
will pay we'll to grow live stock in
greater numbers than heretofore.
More stock should be kept on farms
as a means OF securing and maintain
ing soil fertility, but at present we
are urging the growth Of more live
stock for the profits on the live stock
alone.
1t is possible that the meat packers
have too large profits; perhaps their
trust organizations absorb more than
their due share Of what the consumes
pays, maybe the middlemeH get ar
undue amount; but it is the farmer
who is reaping the greatest profits
in the advanced cost of meat. II II
true that the increased cost of LAND
makes it necessary that the farmer
should get higher prices for his bee
and hogs. Sometimes the farmer Il
entitled to things that he doesn't ge:
here he may congratulate himsel
that he is getting his dues.
The high prices Of meat are tn
natural results Of the working of tn,
law of supply and demand. Fort
Years ago each farmer had to grow
food for one other man; now, as jim
Hill has pointed out, he has to groy
food for two other men. Farming OF
erations have increased amazingly il
the last quarter of a century, bu
the increase has not kept pace wit
the demands for farmers products.
Up to 10 or Is years ago farmin
was not a good paying business. Tn
virgin soil produced abundant crop
with pretty poor crops, but tn
prices secured were so low that ther
was hardly enough money coming /
to purchase bare necessities and pa
the interest on the mortgages. If
had not been for the increasing valu
of real estate, enabling farmers
get larger loans on their propert!
many Ct them would have gone tanl
rupt.
The future looks bright for farm
ing. High prices have come to sta!
Better methods and more intense Gu
tivation will increase the yields an
land values will continue to advance
The farmer should keep his head, il
vest his profits on the farm and ell
JOY his good fortune.-NIissouri an
Kansas Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
GIVES CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES
A CHANCE

All government civil service en-
ployes are exempt from removal ex-
cept on charges after due notice and
with fair opportunity to be heard In
their own defense, under a provision
Of this years posotffice appropriation
bill. This privilege for some time
has been accorded civil service en-.
ployes by executive order subject to
abrogation at any time. It is now
guaranteed by statute, thanks to a
section OF the postoffice bill which
went through congress without al.
tracing slightest notice and which
has just been brought to official at.
tention.
Included in the same section Of the
act is a declaration Of the right Of
the civil service employees, individual
ly or collectively, to furnish infoma-
ton to congressman, to petition con-
gress. The right was conceded re.
Gently in an executive order.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
QUESTION CLEARED UP.
Democrat Readers Can No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.

Again and again we have read of
strangers in distant towns who have
been cured by this or that medicine.
But Great Bends pertinent question
has always been Has anyone here IN
Great Bend been curredr The word
Of stronger living a hundred miles
away may be true, but 1t cannot have
the same weight with us as the word
OF our own citizens whom we know
and respect, and whose evidence va
can so easily prove.
J. L. Beightle, automobile dealer.
lO11 Morphy St.. Great Bend, Kans.
says: Il have taken Doan's kidney
Pills on different occasions and found
hem to be a remedy Of merit. I was
subject to attacks Of backache and
my kidneys did not do their work az
they should. On using Doan,s Kid.
ney Pills. l found them to be very
beneficial. l have no hesitation IN
recommending this incidence
For sale by an dealers. Price 20
cents. FOsterMilburn Co., BSrao.
New York. sole agents for the. United.
States. 1T
Remember the Doan,s-snd
take no other.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

Kansas City Stock Yards, Sept. 2. !
The beef market took a bad turn
last week, which was reflected at
once In the cattle market. Every
thing IN the steer line except a thin
upper. crust, had to stand a cut of Is
to 80 cents. Butcher stuff lost the
minimum amount. feeders declined
10 to 30 cents, stockers held close to
steady, and veal calves advanced so
to 10 cents. The market was SINH
lar TO the market Of the two preced.
eng weeks, except that middle and
low grades Of killing steers slipped
a little faster than heretofore, and
conditions were such that further
losses this month would not be sur
prsing. The weakness has perme-
ated the whole cattle structure. ap-
preaching 50 near the prime grades
that the upward march Of even the
best steers has been temporarily halt
ed. The supply today Is 1900 head
here, the market steady to weak.
Prime natives sold at $1O.5O today,
though $l0.60 was paid here last
week. Grass steers from native ter
Eitory sell at $3.50 to $S.75. The
lower range on grass natives is part.
Nv due to the fact that many droves
have been topped in previous ship.
ments. A train of Colorado beet
steers from Debeque, around 11OO
pounds, sold at $500 and 500 here
last week. One hundred cans OF
quarantdnes came in today, the mar
ket on them still troubled with the
same weakness that has governed II
for a month prevailing, steers al
$3.50 to $500, COWS 1915 to $4.65.
Hog run today is $500 head, mar
Set strong to higher, top $3.50
; bulk 1856 to 1915. Receipts at the
markets from almost every section
particularly the Southwest, are Sc
light that strong prices are apt t
rule indefinitely ahead. A Missouri
: feeder recently secured two cars o
] stock hogs in Oregon county, Souti
! Missouri, by hard riding. They cos
him $3.50 delivered at the railroad
Sheep advanced 10 to % cents las
week, while lambs declined a similai
Z amount. Receipts today 10000 head
market steady on sheep, and Is t
{ 25 higher on lambs. Spring lamb
brought $685. to 500 today for best
j wethers worth up to $40, eve
$3.50. Feeding stock is a quartz
/ higher than a week ago and in mucl
request, lambs around 1925, som
U feeding yearhngs today at $5.2j
> wethers worth up to $40, breeding
: ewes of quality s4.25.
J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
LET US SMILE.

The thing that goes the farthest to
wards making life worth while,
That costs the least and does the
most, is Just a pleasant smile
The smile that bubbles from a heart
that loves its feTlOwwen,
VIII drive away the cloud Of gloom
and coax the sun again.
It's fun Of worth and goodness, too,
with manly Kindness blent-
It's worth a million lo:lars, and Il
doesn't cost q cent.
Brush and Pail.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
CONSERVE THE MAN ON THE
FARM.

Among all the ideas that have been
advanced about conservation, none
seem 10 have included the most i'm
pOrtant of them all. The man himself /
is vastly more important and more
worthy Of conservation than any ma
terial thing he may have on the
farm, or even the farm itself. With
out him all else would be Of no &C
count.
There are yet farmers who have an
exalted idea of the value Of muscle
If farming operations and who pride
themselves upon their early rising
and long hours Of work. Such men
despise modern machinery and think
its use indicates laziness. They get
out of bed at 5 O'Clock every morn
ing, winter and summer, whether
there is anything to do or not. They
deprive themselves Of opportunities
for reading and self-culture because
they can't keep awake after supper,
and they wear out years sooner than
they should.
Such men were necessary in pio-
neer days, when both methods and
machinery were imperfect, when
there were more farmers than Of
other classes and their products in
small demand and low priced. With
the crude methods and machinery Of
early days, long hours and great ply
steal strength and endurance were
necessary. A premium was placed
upon this method of living and work
ing, and he who dared to lie in bed
till rested did so under the penalty
Of being called lazy.
! Modern knowledge, conditions and
machinery have removed the neces-
sity for such ways Of living, says the
Kansas Farmer, and have. taught the
farmer that he is a business man and
not a day laborer, and that he may
and should use business methods and
hours on the farm. The successful
business man works hard and puts in
more hours during the year than does
the farmer, but he takes care OF him.
self. His hours of rising are fixed
by habit, so that he gets up when he
is rested and when the day has be
gun. He could do nothing during
the azoic hours of the early morn
ing, which are very profitably spent
in resting. He gets to his office in
time to meet other business men
and his hours are regulated by me
thod.
With the farmer the hours must be
different, as he has a different work
: and his business is with nature more
: than with men; but he can still have
J system and method and prosper fol
il. Except in the emergencies Of
cropping he can and should observe
| such hours of labor as are demanded
by his business and by his physical
: we'll being. He should study ant
adopt systematic methods and hi
should take care of himself.
Only the heaithfulness of his occu
patton abs saved many farmer from
premature breakdown, and, ever
though saved from this, there can re
, main but little doubt that he wears
: out sooner than necessary. Wha'
can 1t profit a mem to earn a whole
section and so wear himself out thai
he cannot enjoy its fruits.
And this applies with intense force
to the farmers wife. The first steI
should be to conserve the wife, ther
the man, and after them the fertility
of the soil. Own the farm, boss i
and run it. Don't let is own and en-
slave you.-Dry-Farming.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

Arthur Dick went to MCPHERSON
Wednesday morning. His mare, vida
NJ was entered in the races there.
Fred Zutayern was in Topeka Mon
day attending a meeting Of the Ger
man-American Alliance.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

4 5aEy liver leads to chronic dys-
lepsia and cOnstipation-weakens the
whole system. Doap' Regulets Csc
a bOx) act mildly on the liver and
bowels. At all drug stores.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

Jack Daley. Harry Hall. C. L. Car
roll and L. G. Breeder attended the
Esfeldt- Polzin wedding in Cleveland
township Tuesday. and then took in
the Hoisington picnic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

g. F. sprague and family have re-
turned from Florida where they have
been making their home for some
time. They expect to remain here
Cor a time only.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

To feel strong. have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and en-.
JOY life, use Burdock Blood Bittes,
the family system tonic. Price 800.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

For baby's Group, willie's daily
cuts and bruises, mammals sore throat
and Grandma's hmeness-Dr. Thorn
as Eclectic 0il-the household rem
edy. CSC and SOC.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06
FOR SALE.

My farm Of 800 acres, located il
northwest corner Of Stafford county
four miles east Of Pawnee Rock and
three miles south Of Dundee. We'd
improved. nine-room modern house
big barn and grainaries, two chicken
houses, milk house and wash house
blacksmith shop and garage. Ten
acres of akaka. and eight acres Of
timber for posts and wood. Cores.
pondence solicited.
JOHN HENEISER,
Great Bend, Kans., Rt.. s 1893.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-09-06

Henry RAIDER was a visitor from
Elhnwood Wednesday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
WILL OPEN NEW HOME.
Henderson-Rowe Auto Company to
Receive Its Friends,

The Henderson-Rowe Auto Company
has arranged TO receive it's friends this
week in its new home, 1927 14th street
northwest, where attractive salesroOms
have been arranged for the display of
the Pullman and Little cars. The interior
of the salesroom is neatly fitted up, the
walls being of green burlap, set in panels
of hard wood. The building runs back
to an alley in the rear. where cars enter
the service department, which will be a
feature of the company.
The Little car is being introduced to the
Washinato ton public for the first time, the
Little Four roadster being a stylish.
wei. finished product. This same car will
make it's appearance in the near future
In the touring car type. the roadSters
being the first to arrive in the Nationa
Capital
The 1913 Pullman cars offered include a
Pullman 1886, 4-44. $50 and 6-66. These
models compare very closely with the
lead ng models of 1912. The changes IL
design are largely confined to refinement
of details, increase of power and in
crease of fuel capacity The makers
claim that the Pulma line reached the
years ago. feature of the models next
year is the long wheel base. which en-
ables a comfortable seating capacity. The
company's salesrOoms will be open even
mss during the opening week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
MOTOR
BUILDING FINE ART
Its Construction Calls Forth
Great Endeavor of
Mechanics.

Automobile building can rightfully be
considered in the fine arts class. Perhaps
no invention Of modern times has called
forth as great endeavor on the part of
SO many people as has the perfection Of
the automobile. The laymen sometimes
thinks Of an automobile simply as an
automobile. without any certain knowl-
edge of what goes to make up a car nor
of the significance of the industry in it's
relation to other kinds Of business.
The event of the automobile opened up
world of new trades and professions
that We're unthought of decade ago.
Like man, who, we are told, is wonderful
" made, the motor car is q revelation of
wonderful mechanical organisms. Thou
sands of important steps and processes
are required in the construction of a
standard car, and each successive stage
was made possible only after exhaustive
study and research, and calls for con-
siderable knowledge and skilled work
manShip in the execution. Never was
there greater application and tax of
human ingenuity than manifested in this
important industry. In a decade the
automobile has made greater advance and
reached higher stage Of development
than has the railroad locomotive in three
quarters of century.
Every device represents untold labor
and is a testimony of mans creative
genius. A marvellous thing is, that after
passing through the countless stages Of
invention and intricities of manufacture
the finished product is surprising in it's
simplicity. This is the ideal and neces-
sary attainment of any article that has
as universal use as the automobile While
present day civilization tends toward a
mechanical turn Of mind, every man can
not be expected to hold a postgraduate
degree from a technical school. So it is
essential that every mechanical principle
be reduced to it's greatest simplicity in
application.
No other industry has called for such
eXacting study of metals and many Of the
larger Laboratories in the country are
conducted by automobile concerns for the
purpose of compromising and discovering
new metals which will give the maximum
service. Nearly every mechanical part
must necessarily be of a adicaHy differ
emf nature and in some cars as many as
fifty or sixty different metals are used. A
large percentage of these were discover
ed by automobile experts and their use
means tremendous boom for dozens of
other great industries. The engineering
line has experienced a wonderful expan-
sion and received a shower Of opportuni-
ties unprecedented in the history of the
calling The perfection of motors.
clutches, transmission, ignition, floating
axles and many other parts has been by
no means a before breakfast job, and it
is only through the greatest concentra-
ton and interchangeable efforts that these
appliances are brought into existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
WINTER TIRE WASTE
DUE TO CARELESSNESS
Experts Give Advice 20 Motor
lists Before St0r-
ing Cars.

Within the next four weeks thousands
OF motorists in all parts of the country
Will be laying up their cars for the WIN
ter. Hundreds of these cars are
equipped with good tires, which. if prop
eriy taken care of during the cold
months. will be in servicable condition
next spring.
The percentage of tire waste during a
winters inactivity is Very large, due in
a majority of instances to the fact that
owners do not know how to store their
tires 10 protect them against the raw
ages of cold weather. To reduce this
waste the service bureau of a large tire
company gives some timely advice on the
subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
Should Remove Tires.

In laying up car the tires should
De removed from the rims and washed
thoroughly with soap and water They
should then be carefully wrapped in
strips of paper or cloth and stored i'm a
dark place. which is kept as nearly as
possible at temperature of 80 degrees.
II the tires are to remain on the wheel
Tor d considerable length of time while
tie car Is out of service the wheels
should De lacked up and only about five
pounds or air left III each tire. This
keeps the tubes in shape, and also pre-
serves their softness and pliabiIity.
" men the wheels are not lacked up and
the car is allowed to stand for am.
length of time the tires should be kent
Wei inflated, and the car moved occa-
slonally. so that the tires do not flatten
from standing too long on one spot