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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-06
PLANT THAT IMPROVES SOIL
The Sugar Beet Increases Yield ot
Other Crops.

How sugar beets improve the fertil.
ity Of the soil and Increase the yield Of
all crops grown In rotation with them
IL explained In the National Magazine
by Truman q. Palmer. who has spent
the past ten years In studying agricul.
tural methods In Europe and America.
''The sugar beet being deep rooter."
says Mr.. Palmer, III prerequisite to its
culture IL that the soil be stirred to d
depth Of ten to fourteen inches. The
tender bcetlet having to undergo the
shock Of thinning soon after It comes
up In order to leave but one beet to q
place, 1t demands well prepared. mel.
low seed bed Gathering the sugar In
Its leaves from the atmosphere by the
aid OF tho light and storing It up In the
roots, II will not thrive IL the light IL
cut or through being shaded by weeds,
ana their eradication means not only q
further stirring of the soil by cultiva.
tion and hoeIng, but they are removed
before going to seed. thus leaving
weedless gelds for succeeding crops.
Being plowed out In autumn gives an
extra fall plowing, which leaves the
land In condition TO absorb Instead OF
shed the fall and winter rains and store
up the moisture for the following sea
sons crop. With the removal Of the
main root myriads OF abrous roots are
broken OF and left In the soil to an
average OF u ton to the acre, and II
Cotting they not only deposit humus In
tho lower strata Of soil, but leave mi
mute channels through which It be
comes aernted and hence fertile. The
roots Of subsequent crops follow these
interstices and draw nutriment from
two aud three times the depth Of soil
formerly reached. and hence the farm.
srs double nnd treble their soil output
without increasing their acreage"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-06

qua and so many other attractions in
different places this year. Our streets
were alive With people all day and in
the afternoon the Matinee Club gave a
series Of races that were surely ex
citing and Interesting to the large
crowd Of spectators. The races were
begun at one o'clock with the Glass A
trnt
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Mr. and Mrs. Orville McDermott, Mr..
Earl McDermott and family were the
guests of Mr.. Charles Johnson and
family Sunday.
Miss Daisy Marshall visited last
week with her sister, Mrs. o. s. Ryan.
Mr.. X. e. Parrish and family were
the guests Of Mr.. Frank Johnson and
family Sunday.
Mr.. A. w. Hoar and family were the
guests of Mr.. A. H. Hull and family
Sunday.
II. johnson and jeremiah Belt
made a business trip to Cincinnati
one day last week.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons OF Vernon is Wis.
iting this week with Mrs. c. II. Glea.
son.
Mrs. Name Scott and children visit.
ed with her sister, Mrs. Z. o. Nixon
one day last week.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-06

In summarizing the important fea.
lures Of sugar beet growing In various
parts Of the country the department
Of agriculture calls attention to It's
peculiar Importance to the middle
western states because Of the extent
to which stock feeding Ii followed as
an industry In this territory. Beet
pulp-that Is, what remains Of the
beet after the sugar has been extract.
ed-has been proved to be the finest
feed yet discovered for milk cows
and for fattenlng cattle. sheep and
other farm animals. This 10 .truo
whether the pulp In fed In its wet
state ~ II comes from the factory or
after being dried. A business OF about
S2.000.000 a year has grown up in the
sale OF dried beet pulp. IN which form
Il can bs shlppsd to any distance
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FUTURE FOR FACTORIES.
Sugar Beet Industry, still In infancy,
Premises Bio Thinss.

Sugar Beet Industry, Still In infancy,
Promises Big Thinss.
That the value Of farm lands in Ohio
has been increased one-third wherever
the cultivation Of sugar beets has been
introduced and that the average re-
turn to the farmer from beet cultiva.
ton is several times that from other
staple crops Is the statement of ex-
Congressman Ralph d. Cole Of Find
lay. o.. who recently submitted re.
port on this subject to the finance
committee Of the United States senate
In connection with the free sugar bill
before congress.
"1he beet sugar industry In Ohio Is
merely In Its infancy compared with
its possibilities of future develop
ment," said Mr.. Cole. "The first
sugar factory I'm the state was erected
at Fremont about eight years ago.
Since that time million dollar plants
have been put up at Findlay. Paulding.
Toledo and Ottawa. This season prob
ably 10000 acres Of sugar beets will
be grown In Ohio. bringing direct
return to the farmers of the state Of
over $2.OOO.0OO But this represents
only a beginning Of the possible ex-
panslon, since there is room for twen.
ty to thirty more factories. which will
represent n capital investment Of from
SIC. 100000 to $3O.OOO.OOO
"The cost Of growing an acre Of
sugar beets in Ohio varies, OF course.
with the locality. the size Of the farm
and the methods Of tillage, but from a
number Of statements obtained the
average cost may be placed at about
$50. Of which $lS goes for labor. 81 to
81 for cultivation and harvesting and
50 for hauling the crop to the factory
As the yield runs from eleven to ff.
teen tons to the acre. at an average
price Of So ton. the farmers net
profit IL from $25 to $35 an acre after
paying all expenses. That. of course.
makes II n very profitable crop.
II think am safe in saying that the
value Of farm land has increased 80
per cent wherever sugar beets have
been grown in Ohio and that the nv
erage net profit per mere from this crop
to the farmer is $50. or twice as much
as could be obtained from corn.
There is measure Of certainty to
the farmer In growing sugar beets
which Is not true Of any other crop
Under the contracts made with tho
farmer the factory takes his beets
whether they are delivered or not, pro-
vided the nondelivery Is not the farm
er's fault Last year the fields were
70 muddy that 1t was impossible to 60
Into them and get the beets out, and In
Hancock county alone $4,000 was paid
by the factory for undelivered beets."
In summarizing the pertinent fea.
lures Of beet growing In various states
the department Of agriculture calls at
tention to beet growing as Of peculiar
Importance to Ohio because Of the ex.
tensive stock feeding in all parts OF the
state. Beet pulp either wet or dried
has been found to be the finest feed
yet discovered for milk cows and for
fattening cattle. sheep and other ami.
mails. A business Of about $1,000, ,OO0
year hns grown up In the sale of
dried beet pulp, In which form 1t can
be proftably shipped.
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Quite a few Millwood citizens at.
tended the state fair last week.
Mr.. Cecil Welker Of Akron, Is the
guest of Millwood friends and rela,
tives.
Mr., Bud Cullison and wife were
guests of c. M. Drake Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Humbert and children
are the guests OF her parents at Wal
honding this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asbury Cullison fig
ured in an exciting runaway In Mill
wood Thursday. Fortunately no one
was injured.
Mr.. Henriksen OF Cleveland Is Wis.
iting his son and daughters In Mill.
wood.
The Presbyterian church has pur.
chased plano.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-06

Were all medicines as meritorious
as Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy the world would
be much better off and the percentage
of suffering greatly decreased" writes
Lindsay Scott, Of Temple, Ind. For
sale by all dealers.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-06

Mr.. w. s. Guns,.lus, farmer living
near Fleming Pa, says he use0
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Dlarrhoea Remedy in his family for
fourteen years, and that he has found
1t to be AN excellent remedy, and
takes pleasure in recommending It..
For sale Dy all dealers.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-09-06

MI. J. W. Rudin of the Dowds Dry
Goods company has returned from a
purchasing trip to New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Dodd and daupb
ter Marie Of Newark, have returned
home after an extended visit with Mr.
James Noffsinger.
Mrs. j. F. Shrontz attended the Cen
tennial and State Fair last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Schooler and fam
lily were guests of friends in Findlay
last week.
Hon. l.. b. Houck and family of Mt
Vernon were calling on friends Sun.
day.
Mrs. G. r. Brown and daughter
Olive returned to Pittsburg Friday.
Miss Viola wilkins has gone to Del
Ia to assume her duties in the public
schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Van Voorhis and
son Donald, returned Tuesday from a
visit to Findlay and Ravenna.
Mrs. Walter Mossholder returned
Sunday from visit to Trinway and
Dresden.
DR.. N. 8. Toland is entertaining Ray
Lafever of Indianapolis.
Among those who attended the state
fair were Messrs. and Mesdames Frank
Baird, j. w. Hancock, VIM. Hancock,
Dave Schooler and Messrs. A. o. Nc.
Kee, Linzey Hayes, Chas. McCamment,
Will Tilton.
Miss Clare Tilton attended Teach.
ers Institute at Cleveland last week.
The state herald., 1912-11-01
Advertisement
An appeal to the Votets.

The las, issue of the Holyokc Enter
prise toet. %. 1912 contained an un-
just criticism against the independent
candidate for county superintendent OF
schools, Mrs. Addie J. Zimmerman. II
states that "Any one posing M dem
ocrat at primary election and then
comes out Independently after having
been defeated. should not be entitled to
any recognition whatever by the voters
Of any party" It don't state however
that this is the very thing Charles r.
Peter said he was going to do " Mrs.
Zimmerman defeated him nor can he
deny that he made the statement show
ing mis- intention to run aa an indepcnd'
The state herald., 1912-11-01
Supplement To State Herald.

tanning that act. However. will quote
from the Statutes as follows:
Sec. 2. That any person who, prior
to the passage of an act entitled, can
act providing for free homesteads on
the public lands for actual and bona fide
settlers, and reserving the public lands
for that purpose, approved May 18th,
1900, having made homestead entry
and perfected the same, and acquired
title to the land by final entry. by hav-
ing paid the price provided in the law,
opening the land to settlement, and who
would have been entitled to the provis-
ions of the act, before cited. had final
entry no, been made prior TO the pas
sage Of said act, may make another
homestead entry, of not exceeding one
hundred and sixty acres of any of the
public lands in any state or territory
subject to homestead entry; Provided,
that any person desiring 10 make an
other entry under this act, will he re-
quired to max" affidavit, to be trans
mitted with The other filing papers now
required by law, giving the description
of the tract formerly entered, date and
number Of entry, the rame of the and
Office where made. or other sufficient
data to admit of readily identifying it
on the official records.
The data las; referred to OF this sec
ton. is the same data that is required
of the entry man under the act of June
5. 1900, and the act of May II. 1900,
and in all probabilities, was the data
that was required of you at the time
you made your second homestead en-
try, on Aug 30. 1908
In regard to The rejection proof of tn,
second entry, you will notice from tn,
quotation Of the Honorable Commits.
sioners Letter re erring to the above,
no additional r. sidence was required. il
was only a requirement Of cultiva'
ton, your residence having been com
pleted at the lime Of making your first
proof.
The proof submitted. on which fna
certificate was issued on Oct l6. 1912
was sufficient to warrant this office IL
recommending The proof for patent.
(Sgned) Chns. Il. limb rlake,
Receiver
This telegram and letter show tn
whole transaction in connection with
these homes'eads 80 far Ms Captain
Mitts is concerned and show also that
the Enterprise attack is without any
foundation.
The "lei'al adviser" claims to base
his attack on what he claims is certii
icate showing the facts IN regard to the
Oklahoma homestead but which shows
nothing but the dates Of filing and proof
and does not give the nature of the
proof which is given in this Telegram
from the Receiver The certificate was
evidently made TO show the fact OF the
proof but no, The nature Of the proof
There is nothing in this attack to ra'
fleet in any way on Captain Mitts.
The state herald., 1912-11-01
Chicken Dinner.

The ladies Of the Methodist church
will give u chicken dinner at the auii-
torium In Holyoke on Saturday Nov. 2,
Dinner 2b cents.
The state herald., 1912-11-01
(Signed) LII. Houston, Register.
Further deponent saith not.


Roy Lloyd Burkett.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 81 day of Oct A. d. 1911.
(SeaD W. G. Holland,
Clerk of the district court. Phillips
county, Colo.
This telegram shows that captain
Mitts made communication proof and paid
for his Oklahoma homestead, and was
entitled under homestead act of May %
1902, to a second homestead
This telegram leaves the Enterprise
gentlemen without peg to stand on in
their attack on Captain Mitts for,
having paid out on his Oklahoma home
stead, the law clearly gives him sec
ond homestead.
In addition to this telegram we give
below letter of Chds. II. Undertake,
Receiver of the Land Office S,erling,
giving the record showing of the filing
and final proof of the Colorado home
stead and additional homestead OF Cap
tain Nuts and the law under which it
was done.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Sterling. Colorado,
Oct 20, 1912
Thomas j. Mitts, Holyoke. Colo.
Dear Sir:-The cords of this office
show that you made your second home
stead entry No 0624. on Aug 30, 1908,
for the WI of the net, the nwt Of the
set, the net of the swi of sec. 3. tp. 5,
n. 45 W, made under the act of June
5, 1900. The said entry was amended
by Letter &c" Of Dec. 4. 1903, to the
WI Of the mel and the WI of the sc | OF
sec. 8, tp 5 45 On June 26. 1909,
you made additional homestead entryNo.
070i3, for the ek of the mel and tn. 81
of the sci of sec. 3. tp 5nr45 W. On
Aug. 81, 1910, final certificates were is.
sued for both the original and the addi-
tional entries. Proof on the additional
entry was rejected by Letter 80" OF
February %. 1911. in which the Honor.
able Commissioner says. From the
foregoing. it will be seen that proof in
this case was prematurely made. so far
as IL relates to thr additional entry, and
is hereby rejected TO that extent, and
the certificate held for cancellation. sui
ject to the right Of appeal Shonld his
action become final, the certificate Sc
far as Il relates TO the original entry
will e approved for patentng. (The
residence and military service making
the necessary five year period.l The
party may elect To withdraw his proof
on both entries, and make new proof a,
such time as when he can show the nee
essary cultivation for the required pc
riod Of the combined area Of said en-.
tries In the same letter, the claim
ant was allowed service in the Civil
War for period of three years -four
months and 26 days.
Another proof was offered on Oct 10,
1912. and final certificate was issued on
the additiona entry.
You will notice that the second home,
stead entry was made under the act OF
June 8. 1900. which grants persons q
right to second homestead entries. who
may have commuted their former entry
prior TO that date. In regard to parties
being entitled to second homestead en-
try who had made final proof on Indian
lands In Oklahoma The net Of June II
1900. relieved settlers from payments
Of purchase price ef lands, and was
known as the free homestead act. I,
placed those who had prior To that date
made proof. and paid the purchase price
In the same position ns the ontryman
The state herald., 1912-11-01
Cowardly Attack Answered.

tam L. j. MlttS. republican Candidate
for county judge. The En- n'erprise and
its legal adviser charged Captain Mitts
with having made final proof on home
stead in Oklahoma and, by insinua'ion
charged that he made five year final
proof on the same They then refer
red to the fact that he filed on and
made final five year proof on home
stead and an additional homestead in
Yuma county. and by insinuation charg-
ed him with perjury in filing upon and
making proof on the homestead in
Yuma county
This representation of the matter by
the Enterrrise is absolutely false and
was so denounced at the republican
meeting in Holyoke Saturday evening
Captain Mitis made final commute
ton proof on his homestead filing on
the Oklahoma land instead Of final
five year proof as the Enterprise charg-
es him with and paid S24O cash to do so
Between the date of that proof and his
filing on the homestead in Yuma county
the homestead law was so amended as
to permit parties, who had made final
communication proof and paid the price
required for the land prior to the free
homestead act, to make another home
stead entry upon making the proper
showing. ~hen Captain Mitts made
his homestead filing on the Yuma coun.
ty homestead, he set out the facts re-
qu'red by law in regard to his commu.
tation proof and paying out on his home
stead in Oklahoma and made similar
showing in his final five year proof on
the same. His filing was received and
his patent issued and still these gentle
men Of the Enterprise who know so
much about the law have the audaci,y
to charge Captain Mitts with having
patented a second homestead in direct
violation of law. They also charge him
with having made proof on his addition
al homestead in violation Of law simply
because he did not remain on the home
stead after final proof on the original
till he made his final proof on the ad-
ditional.
They know very well that the add
tional homestead law does not require
the homesteader to live oa the add ion-
al homestead after final proof on the
original homestead.
In answer to a telegram from I j.
Nitts to the Register Of the U. S. Land
office at Guthrie. Oklahoma. asking the
record showing as to his final proof on
the Oklahoma homestead referred to by
the Enterprise the following telegram
was received, the receipt OF which is
sworn to by the telegraph agent at Hol
yoke:
State OF Colorado
County Of Phillips !"
j, Roy Lloyd Burkett, being first duly
sworn on oath depose and say that am
agent for the C. Is. 4 q. Railway Com
psny, and the Western Union Telegraph
Company. Mt Holyoke. Colorado. and us
such agent ] received on October 30th,
1912. the following telegram:
Guthrie. Okla, Oct. 20. 1912.
Thomas j. Mitts, Holyoke. Colo.
Thomas J. Mitts January thirteenth.
nineteen three. made homestead sixty
two fifty eight for southeast seventeen
ten north fourteen west. on September
eight ninety eight male
final Communication thirty QUO
seventy. cash receipt nineteen ninety.
paying two hundred forty dollars. pay.
ing out price act May seventeenth nine
teen hundred. Entryman entitled Sec
aitd a.taI.-.. IIr.l... AL. t.....I.. L.
The state herald., 1912-11-01

We invite you to call in and
see our new fall dress goods.
We will be able to please you
better than ever.
A. Scheunemann.
The state herald., 1912-11-01

You make no mistake oy yot Ing Tor
Mrs. Tre.o Tor county superintendent.
She is a teacher OF good ability and will
give good satisfaction in the office.
Vote for Mrs Trego.
The state herald., 1912-11-01

Vice President Sherman died at his
home in Utica, n. Y. on Wednesday,
after long illness
The state herald., 1912-11-01

Vote for Roy L. Howser for the ssn-
ate and DR.. Frederick Buck for repre-
sentative
The state herald., 1912-11-01

II you wish to favor your home news
paper as against the city print shop.
vote for the seventh measure appear
Ing on your ballot. 1t is To r, duce the
costs OF publishing initiated and refer
red measures and publish them once IN
two papers of different politics IN each
county. They are now published four
times in one paper.
The state herald., 1912-11-01

ent candidate if he lost out at the pri-
mary election. We can not understand
why those who work against Mrs. Zim-
norman will admit that she is one OF
the best, if not the best, teacher in
Phillips county.
There is no teacher in Phillips county
who stands higher as teacher than
Mrs. Zimmerman. She is pure mind
ed, noble woman, she is honest, con-
scientious and competent. School work
is her chosen profession: she loves it,
understands it, and is more deserving
of this office than any one else. Her
name stands highest as teacher and as
a trainer of the morals of children and
no teacher is better loved and esteemed
by the boys and girls than is Mrs. Zim-
norman and could they decide. she
would certainly be the unanimous choice
as she should be of maturer minds who
know her worth.
Mrs. Zimmerman has never held an
Office in this county, though she is one
Of Phillips county's oldest settlers. She
has been in the work for years and ev-
eryone for or against her admits there
is no one better qualified for the office
of county superintendent of schools
there are other ways of raising the
educational standard than by making
frequent and lengthy visits to the
schools of the county.
''rhere is no excellence without great
labor. No teacher can get and recite
a ehild's lessons for him, he must be in
spired to work for himself. No Co.
Supt. can make good teacher from an
incompetent one, unless the teacher is
inspired TO make him or herself more
competent. Mrs. Zimmerman will be
an example, an inspiration. help IN
the Iruest sense to the teachers. She
has devoted her life to school work and
has spent most of her vacation time at
tending the best schools, learnining the
best and latest methods TO better fit
herself for a successful teacher.
Voters, honor Mrs Zimmerman by
giving her your vote no matter what
your politics are. You will not be sor
~ Tor you can trust her and she deser.
yes the office OF couny superintendent
OF schools. N. Mable Evans.
Quo Fulschcr.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
PUTTING HIS FOOT IN IT.

A local preacher who was in the
habit of taking his wife with him
to his preaching appointments said,
on arrival at the chapel, 'My dear,
you go in there; you will be all
right. 1 must go round to the yes
try"
In the vestibule the wife was met
by a kind-hearted steward, who, aft
er giving her a hearty welcome and
a hymn book, conducted her to a
comfortable seat.
At the close of the service the
same kind-hearted steward gave her
a hearty shake of the hand, adding
how pleased he would be to see her
at the services each Sunday. Then,
whispering, he said: ''But, let me
tell you, we don't get a duffer like
this in the pulpit every Sunday"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-04
Saved By His Wife.

She's a wise woman who knows
Just what to do when her husbands
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Flint. Braintree. VT. is of that kind.
"She insisted On my using DR.. Kings
New Discovery" writes Mr. F. for
a dreadful cough. when | was so
weak my friends all thought had
only short time to live, and it COM
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safe and reliable medicine for many
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quinsy. tonsilitis, hemorrhages. A
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