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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Value Of Alfalfa.

Alfalfa is one Of the best friends
the farmer has from any point of view.
1t not only encourages a man to free
his land from all noxious growth, but
as 1t is cut so frequently during the
growing season. no weeds go to seed.
II now and then unwelcome visitors
put in an appearance, they come to an
untimely end without being permitted
to mature their seeds. Chemical
analysis testifies as to the high feed
Ing value OF this crop. In fact, It is
such a fine crop to raise that 1t fully
justifies all the pains, preparation and
price paid for it. With 100 head of
well-bred pigs and Is to 20 acres OF
good alfalfa a man can soon establish
a good bank account and make an
easy living.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
A Special Curino House,

The only proper way to handle any
amounts of seed corn is by the cree
ton of special curing house. This
need not be very expensive, as it is
a simple building placed on concrete
piers, over which pans have been in
verted to exclude rats and mice Stills,
either Of solid timber or built up, may
be Of any material, although neither
they nor the girders which carry the
joists should be of poor quality. There
Is no necessity for mortising and
tenoning. The floor should be good
and tight and drop siding is the best
material for the walls. Any water
tight material may compose the roof.
A chimney should be built at one end
and a small steel stove placed at the
other to supply enough heat to dry the
corn quickly. Plenty of windows and
ventilating slides should be provided
in the walls. Anybody at all skilled
with tools can put up one OF these
drying g-houses for the cost of materials
and his own time.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Road Settles Famous Sandwich Case

r OPEKA, Kan.-A western railroad
j would not permit the hunk of hard
tack and piece of hog hook, known as
the railroad eating-house sandwich, to
get into the Kansas courts, though 1t
had to pay we'll to keep It out
Last spring L. M. Couchman, a To
peka travelling salesman. was riding
on a train toward home. The train
stopped at Mcfarland. 30 miles west
of Topeka, for dinner.
The pretty girl behind the counter
passed him out tissue wrapped and
ribbon tied square of bread, butter
and ham-supposedly and the travel
ing man opened and BIT The girl
grinned at Couchman as he vainly
tried to force his teeth through the
adamanline crust and when he quit
she asked sweetly. "Oh, isn't It
good?" Nav Gimme a piece of pie
instead" said Couchmand.
The pie was a wonderful improve
ment over the sandwich. He paid for
It and walked out Then a special
officer Of the railroad company col.
Jared him on the platform and roughly
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Hobo Makes a Record Trip on Trucks

dust But as soon as the train start
ed | got aboard again in a dust storm.
Next time 1t was in the mountains.
| must have been kicked several miles
ahead, for when l came to my senses
We had made so miles. and the train
was well on toward the Aztec coun-
try. The speed was fearful down
those mountain grades. but l never
lost my clutch until / was thrown OF
by a brakeman
Once during the trip went with
out food for two long days. That was
a test of endurance. / won out. When
we reached Newburg, on the Hudson
| had to leave the express The brake
mans boots were 40 pounds heavier
than my physique called for, so
stopped over night for the first time
on the trip. | went to the police sta
ton and had a fine rest Getting
aboard a fast coal train next day.
pulled out When reached New
York i beat my way across the ferry
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05

along Park Row. He worked for a
time for a farmer in Iowa, next mov-
ed on ranch in Nebraska, and at 10
was working in a bank. Then he went
to California, and in 1901 went to
Idaho with the foundations of his
fortune already laid. AS a banker
O'Neill soon began to attract atten.
ton.
Just year ago O'Neill went back
to New York to attend directors
meeting and spent a night at the
newsboys lodging house in Fourth
street. He made a speech to the boys
in which he gave them a lot of home
ly advice on how to succeed in the
world and made a generous donation
to the funds of the home. The check
by which this subscription was made
was drawn on the Carnegie Trust
company. The failure of that insti
tuition seemed to mark the beginnins
OF his troubles. His luck changed i'm
mediately. he wrote back to his
friends.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Newsboy Banker Who Came to Grief

W ALLACE, Ida.-Bernard F. O'Neill,
w who started life as a newsboy
in New York and came to be a d.
rector of the Carnegie Trust company
there, as well as president of the
State Bank of Commerce at Wallace.
with fortune well beyond the 81 ,000,-
600 mark. was arrested Ia Voncouver,
B. c., recently on a warrant charging
him with liability in the wreck of the
Wallace bank. O'Neill was penniless
when h. was arrested and was plan.
ming to start life over again.
O'Neill is a hearty Irishman of so,
and year ago was candidate for the
nomination for governor of Washing.
ton He was defeated in the conven.
ton. In the meantime O'Neill's trou.
bles were piling up at Wallace. The
bank there was compelled to suspend
In the crash O'Neill lost the rest OF
his fortune, and short time ago be
went to Vancouver. looking for a
job" as he told the officers who rout
ed him from bed and put him under
arrest Indictments were found
against several other wealthy men OF
eastern Washington when action was
taken against O'Neill in connection
with the Wallace bank failure.
O'Neill went west as a charge of the
Children's Aid society when he was g
lad in knickerbockers selling papers
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
St. Louis Shop Porter Is a Croesus

week, hire a chauffeur. live in lux.
ury and scarcely earn his board at his
labor.
Massee owns nearly 5000 acres of
the rich. deep lands of Minnesota. He
has other property, much other prop
erty, in fact, located in st. Louis. He
is able to maintain a nine-room house.
four servants and big touring car
while working at a salary that is in
the immediate neighborhood of $50 a
month. His fellow workers gasped
with amazement when they learned
OF It When he began coming down
to his portering in a costly touring
car, that runs 60 miles an hour, they
began to view him with awe. He is
the Man of Mystery" among his fel
low-workers.
Massee has been In st. Louis about
four years. He married a widow with
not a little property, and to this he
has added steadily. II is said that he
is anxious to get back to the prairies
of Minnesota and be farmer. in the
bigger sense of the word. Special
considerations have thus far tied him
to St Louis.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
KITCHENER GOES TO EGYPT

Field Marshal Viscount Kitchener's
appointment as agent and consul gen.
eral at Cairo was received at that city
with great satisfaction. AS matter
of fact, Lord Kitchener will really,
though not In name. be arbiter Of
Egyptian policy. and will be respon-
sible under the British government
for the administration OF Egypt and
The Sudan. His full title for the po-
sition is minister plenipotentiary and
consul general and his salary is
$1,000 a year.
AS regards his suitability for the po-
sition, II is certain that there is no
man in Britain with whom could
be more surely trusted the affairs OF
Egypt and Sudan. His very name
proclaims him to be the man that is
wanted-K. of X, Kitchener of Khar-
tum. 1t is a nickname by which he
will always be remembered. And yet
Il is only one OF his many nicknames.
II has been said, "The great usually
talk too much; Kitchener never
talks" The Yankee boasts that he m
ress is well nign impossible. But here
theory
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Demand for Hors..

Notwithstanding the extensive use
of the steam cars the great increase
In the trolley lines, all of which are
we'll patronized. the advent OF auto
mobile that is utilized to such an ex.
tent thatit is the "car of the million. 81
good horses that are well proportioned
and present comely appearance bring
good prices. In fact. at no other pc.
riod in the history of the country have
good horses paid better profits over
and above the expense of raising
them than at the present time.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
PASTOR OF CHURCH 40 YEARS

One of the unique figures in the re-
ligious world of today is Rev. Dr.
Robert Stuart Macarthur, former pas
tor of Calvary Baptist church, New
York city and newly elected president
of the World Alliance of the Baptist
Church.
DR.. Macarthur was born in Can
ada of Scotch parentage. After grad
uating from Rochester Theological
seminary he began his pastorate in
the above church May Is, 1870. Since
his pastorate he has increased the
membership from 23S to $500. He has
laid on Gods altar for church work,
city missions and home and foreign
missions more than s2,000,000 This
is remarkable record, especially
when it is borne in mind that not a
millionaire is to be found in the mem
bership.
His election calls to mind that DR..
Mac cArthur. who seems far from fitting
the role of seventy-year-old minister,
has retired from the first and only pas
torate occupied by him during his fou
10 ent from the pastorate brings him Z
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
GOOD FERTILIZER FOR WHEAT
Ten Per Cent. Phosphorie Acid and
Six Per Cent. Potash Makes
Excellent Combination.

There is an impression among the
farmers generally that a fertilizer
should be especially rich in potash
One cause of this is no doubt from
the marked effect that wood ashes has
On most soils.
A liberal application OF wood ashes
shows an improvement in crop pro-
duction on almost any soil.
This is usually attributed to the
potash contained in the ashes.
An analysis of the ashes usually
shows from four to five times as much
lime as potash in the ashes. since
wood ashes usually contain from five
to eight per cent. of potash. 35 to 40
per cent of lime and about two per
cent. of phosphoric acid
The marked effect that wood ashes
has on almost all plants Of the leg
luminous family seems to indicate that
the lime in the ashes has more infiu-
ence in making the ashes valuable as
fertilizer than the potash does.
Last year our fertilizer dealer put
in a bag of fertilizer containing 10
per cent of phosphoric acid and six
per cent. of potash at the same price
as the goods was buying which was
IA per cent available phosphoric
acid goods on condition that | would
use 1t on wheat and compare them
side by side.
| put the bag OF fertilizer which
contained the potash in my grain drill
and when 1t run out continued with
the superphosphate containing IA pei
cent. available phosphoric acid with
out changing the quantity per acre.
There was no preceptible difference
In the growth of the wheat during the
growing season. The wheat ripenec
by June 25. There was no difference
in the time of ripening. | could SCI
little or any difference between tht
wheat with and that without the
potash.
| showed the wheat to several farm
ers and all agreed that If there wal
any difference between the two plat
that 1t was in favor of the whea
where the IA per cent phosphoric acit
without potash was applied.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
forced him to disgorge 10 cents for

forced him to disgorge 10 cents for
the hunk OF bareback and pork.
Couchman brought suit for $4,000
damages to his peace of mind for the
rough treatment he received and 10
cents additional for the sandwich he
paid for and couldn't eat. The suit
has been pending in the district court
here for three months and much ev,.
dence from travelling men throughout
the state regarding the frailties and
shortcomings OF the railroad eating.
house sandwich has been taken. The
railroad attorneys looked over this
evidence and settled the case by pay.
ing sum to Couchman for his suger-
ing and returning the 10 cents. What
the amount was Is not known.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
FRISCO MAYOR HAS BIG TASK

1t is big job that James Rolph, Jr-
the new mayor of San Francisco, for.
merly an errand boy, has before him.
In taking charge Of the city govern
ment for the four-year term, during
which It must prepare for the Panama.
Pacific exposition, he will be largely
responsible for the expenditure OF
$100,000,000 for public works.
And then, most difficult and most i'm
portant of all, perhaps, he must clean
up" San Francisco. That is, he must
give the city such moral cleaning
that it will present decent appear
ance to the thousands of visitors from
all over the world.
By his election Rolph becomes an
international figure with the expendi-
ture OF millions of dollars under his
direction, with the prosperity Of mil.
lion people largely dependent upon his
policies, with the success Of the
worlds fair linked to his administra-
ton and with the good name Of San
Francisco in his keeping.
the grammar school and spent three
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05

NEW YORK.-The fastest tramp trip
~ ever made on the trucks of the
transcontinental limited trains was
finished in New York city recently
when Clarence Fields, of San Fran
cisco, CAL, alighted from the trucks
OF Lackawanna flyer. He said he
had to get to New York in hurry for
medical treatment He was covered
with SCOT. cinders and coal dust and
looked as If he had been in 40 politi-
cal cyclones.
i was kicked of the Santa Fe linn
tied at least 30 times" he said THE
first time was in the Mojave desert.
when l landed in two feet of alkali
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
LAURIER IS NOT TO QUIT

'1 will remain in parliament as
leader Of the opposition for some time.
/ should be deserter Of my party II
] ran away now" said Sir Wilfrid Lau-
rier in Ottawa, Ont Sir Wilfrid said
that he had intended to retire and, no
doubt, would do so after some time,
but not Immediately. He undoubted-
ly will go through the next session as
leader of the opposition.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, defeated, and
perhaps a little dismayed, possibly
wishes now more than ever that he
had remained unknighted. He did not
desire the honor bestowed upon him
at the diamond jubilee. Il would have
preferred to remain plain Wilfrid Lau-
rier," he has said. II began my po-
litical career under plain Alexander
Mckenzie, who began life as a stone
cutter, and who lived and died plain
Alexander Mckenzie"
An enemy charged him once with
having received as gift from cor
rupt corporation handsome, well fur
Da arliament what the facts were Sir
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Gathering the WIndfalls.

Keep the windfalls in the plum ana
apple orchards picked up. They often
harbor insects Pigs turned in among
the trees will rid the ground OF wind
falls. II they are fed occasionally
there ia little danger OF their inJuring
tha trees
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05
Checking Cows Performance.

Every dairyman should get a pair o.
scales that can be conveniently hung
near the cows and weigh every milk
ing and mark It down 1t only takes
a few minutes and gives an exact
record of what the COW is doing every
day.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05

Roph plugged his through the school and spent three
Hind,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05

dwelling parliament what the
s10O
giving
for balance, the house itself
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05

Yankee makes talk
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-01-05

occupied by him during his
ent from the pastorae brings him 10 a wide activity
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-24
CRAFTSMANSHIP IN FINANCE
Taft the Only Candidate Offering q
Definite Plan for Banking Reform
That Based Upon the Monetary
Commissions Report.

New York, Oct. 14.-Tn emphasizing
the country's need of an adequate
banking System, President Taft
tlayed certain Of his political adver.
saries by inference tonight, when he
said: Tt is one of the gravest faults
of our public men that, instead of
pursuing policies of constructive
craftsmanship, they advocate meas
ures which appeal to the prejudices
of the unthinking and the ignorant;
in other words, they headline the at
tention of the people"
Using the proposed banking reform
measures as an example, President
Taft demonstrated how the greatest
of his political rivals have sidestepped
the question which he declared to
be one of the most important ever
brought to the attention of this
country.
Financial discussions, according to
President Taft, are things which have
no popular appeal It is hard to
make the layman understand the diff
ference between money and credit
and after he has understood that it
is hard to make him believe that
either of them have very much to do
with such intimate realities as the
cost of living.
This gives rise, according to the
president, ito one of the inherent
faults of our form Of government.
The votes of the unthinking are as
good as those of the most intelligent,
and our public men therefore turn
aside from real questions to minor is
sues which have some popular side
upon which a strong appeal may be
made for the enormous vote which IS
cast by the prejudiced and the
ignorant"
That is why America, in the midst
of boasted progress, retains the worst
banking system in the world. That
is why America of all civilized coun-
tries in the world has money panics
and that is why it is impossible to
prevail upon congress to provide
new system which will eliminate the
out-of-date conditions which produce
such unnatural and undesirable re-
suits.
In concluding his address, Presi.
dent Taft told how congress had ap-
pointed the national monetary COM
mission and how that body, after four
years of work had submitted plans
for a new banking system which
would prevent panics, discourage
stock market gambling and encour-
age legitimate trade. This report,
he said, had been signed unanimously
by Democrats and Republicans. He
himself has repeatedly endorsed it in
messages and in public speeches, but
it has been impossible to gain real
consideration or serious discussion of |
1t, he says, by any Of the presidential
Of other parties.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-24
NV REMEMBER 1885.
How Prosperity Changed to Panic
When Democrats Elected a President.

How Prosperity Changed to Panic
When Democrats Elected President.
In January 1892, this country was
prosperous, and all conditions indi-
Gated continuance Of prosperity.
In November of that year Demo
cratic president was elected.
In 1898 the Democratic congress,
convened in extraordinary session, be-
gan its anti-protection activities. After
time it enacted the Wilson low tar
iff law.
In the early summer Of that year
came the panic. In the period from
May / to July 20, SO1 banks, with a
total capital of $3S,O0O,OOO, suspended.
The total number of banks suspended
in that year was 5S5.
In 1892 the total amount Of habili-
ties on account of business failure was
$114,OO0,OOO. In 1898 the total was
S346, 100000.
In the year 1898 railroad properties
whose aggregate value was 1920, ,OOO,-
900 we're in the. hands of receivers.
Between May 1 and Oct. 8 $37S, ,0OO, 900
was withdrawn from national banks.
In this state alone Withdrawals OF
deposits from savings banks were 1884,
900, 900 in excess of deposits made.
In the period from Jan. l, 1892, to
Jan. / 1896. there was a shrinkage Of
| 81, 400, ,0OO, 900 in the total value Of
farm products and live stock in the
United States.
In that period prices were lower,
but hundreds of thousands were wage
less and other multitudes worked at
low wages and on short time. They
had little money or none with which
to buy even the most ordinary neces-
saries of life in adequate quantity.
Now, after twenty years, the Demo
cratic party is again asking the elec,
torate of the United States to put 1t
in control Of national affairs in order
that the performances of its last Pc
| riod of control and their disastrous
consequences may be repeated.
The Republican party, under whose
administration during sixteen years
| the country has become newly pros
porous and more prosperous than ever
it was before, pledges itself to mainte-
nance of the policies which restored
and promoted prosperity.
There Is a paramount Issue. What
intelligent American can hesitate to
make his choice Albany Journal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-24
Business Condolences,

In his speech OF acceptance Wood
row Wilson asserted that the tariff has
made the business men of the country
"timid, fretful, full of alarms; has
robbed them of self confidence and
manly force until they have cried out
that they could do nothing without the
assistance Of the government at Wash
ington."
Present day conditions challenge the
accuracy Of this statement, The ex-
cellent doctor would do well to point
out some of the "timid, fretful" busi-
ness men who are now full Of
alarms" and who are lacking in self
confidence and manly force" Where
can he find them?
The country is at the high tide Of
prosperity. Business confidence is in
evidence everywhere The course of
the Republican administration is d.
rectly responsible for this condition.
Danger lies only in a change Of admin,
istration, with the consequent change
OF policy that is promised. Then, tru-
ly, the business men of the country
would be full Of alarms" and they
would have justification.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-24

| We will pay $5
| oAsh to any per-
son who will get
Fifteen yearly
subscribers for
The JOURNAL,
with the cash.
You can work
in any part of
the county or
city, or outside
OF the city. The
price is 81 per
year in county,
and $1.l5 out.
side the county,
For further in
formation, sam
pies, etc., write
or call at this
Office.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-24
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Every Family In

Every Family In
Darke County should be
well supplied with good,
interesting and instruc.
tive reading. Just what
you want is the Greon.
vile Journal, which will
be sent to any address in
the county for S1.oO per
year; six months 70 30
cents; out Of the cc"3tY
fol $1.15. Did you ever
stop TO think that in one
year the Journal furnish
es two Thousand, nine
hundred aDT tweIve COL
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And a & -G4y S1.OO--
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us your subscription, and
if you have a friend living
at a distance who would
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old Darke, you couldn't
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the Journal for one year
Friends, give this matter
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reno subscriptions
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-24

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