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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
Attention, Farmers.
Read Every Word Of the Following Arti-
Gle Carefully. It's to your Interest

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tended especially for nonsubscrbng FARMER FRIENDS Read
carefully study we'll you who not subscribers the
COURIER but who get sample copy Of this And after you
have read this article don't throw hepaper aside but look
where in its columns you will find something interest yes
benefit you
Beginning this issue will series of Home Lessons
Scientific Agriculture consisting of eighteen lessons COL
to the lesson to consecvey for eighteen weeks
These lessons prepared by experts written in plain pac
a language and each deals with separate subject which
vital Importance every farmer Morgan county You need
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could realize how badly need them would have them
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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
FLOOD DAMAGE.
AGGREGATES MANY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Hundreds OF Lives Lost And
Thousands Homeless
And DiStitute

Corrected estimates of the
loss of life and property from
the floods in Ohio and Indiana
have somewhat reduced the num-
ber of fatalities but the property
loss is almost incalculable 1t
will reach hundreds of millions.
The loss of life at Dayton, Ohio,
where conditions are worst, is
estimated at about three
hundred. At Hamilton, Ohio, a.
bout one hundred were drowned.
Thousands in these and other
Ohio cities are homeless and des.
titute.
The relief work is being carried
on with all possible expedition
Subscriptions are coming in from
all parts of the country and the
relief committees are working
heroically to furnish food, cloth
ing and shelter.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
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More will be heard on this score
when development of these in
terests is commenced, and this
will be within a few months. A
lumber company has been organ
lied, in which the president of a
st. Joseph county bank is inter-
ested, and a mill is now being
built, to employ one hundred or
more hands. The deposits of
camel and bituminous coal on
the lands are rich and miuing
operations are to be commenced
this year.
The construction of a railroad,
which will take care of the trans
portation end of the coal and
lumber interests, will be COM
menced this spring, and in this
railroad the mayor is largely in
terested. This road will extend
13 miles and during the next 10
or Is years will likely carry more
tonnage than any 13-mile stretch
in the country, A LaPorte
banker has $4,000 interest in
the road and other La Porteans
have interests, more or less, in
the project which the mayor is
promoting.
! The foregoing paragraphs will
likely convey some conception to
the public of the volume of work
which confronts the mayor and
the rosy prospects he has of re-
a,izing the pred:c ions of his
friends that Lem Darrow is go
ing to make a lot of money some
day." He has given his time
and attention to the city affairs
for many years and for small
compensation and now his abili-
ties are turned in a direction
which assrues him handsome
fortune, which news is good
new sto LaPorte people, He is
the same Lem Darrow. in Ken
lucky that he is in LaPorte,
Everybody knows him and he
knows everybody by their given
names. For the last IL months
he has tramped and ridden over
the mountain country and his
, work has brought rich reward. :
LaPorte Daily Herald of Mar. 10
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

A movement is afoot to break
down the whole national forest
system by turning the national
forests over to the States. Turn
ing the national forests over to
tee States means turning them
over to the interests, as we'll as
making the administration of a
great national resource impossible
with benefit to the whole people.
The 600, 900, 900, 600 board feet
of merchandise timber in nation
al forests is worth, if valued at
only one dollar per thousand on
the stump, 5000, 0OO,OO0 or more
than one half the national debt;
while the land itself is capable of
growing not less than 1900, ,0O0,-
600 feet of timber annually to
replace what is cut, At present
the forests are administered for
the welfare of the whole nation
by a central Office which sets the
policy and the pace, and by local
organizations whey handle the
work on the ground. Clifford
Pinchot, President National Con-
servation Association.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

One of the newest forms of
advertising is that which recent
ly made its appearance in Paris
1t is a by-product of the stringent
police decree prohibiting the
dropping of handbills in the
streets. This ordinance has
hampered the business of hand
bill distribution very seriously,
and advertisers are on the alert
to discover other means of bring
ing themselves and their wares
before the pedestrian audience
of the boulevards.
The latest device to which we
have referred consists of special
ly constructed shoes with i'm
mense soles of India rubber.
There is, of course, a man inside
them to keep them on the move.
BY an ingenious contrivance the
rubber soles form a pad which is
continually kept damp by water
contained in a can on the mans
back, and flowing to his feet
through pipes concealed beneath
his clothes.
Thus at every step and adver-
tisement is imprinted in wetness
on the pavement. 1t lasts for
quite sufficient time to enable
quite a large number of people
10 peruse it. Thus is CONNER.
cial Paris taking steys to circum.
vent the police. The Novelty
News.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

The Man Who tries to Kill an
Elephant with a Pop-Gun is on a
Par with the Person who would
Plan to Pulverize a Peanut with
a le-Driyer- Both may be Ter
ribly in Earnest, but neither has
a Correct Idea of the Eternal
Fitness of Things. Fools Spoil
their Tools when they try to
Reap Results without Rules.
Like the Horse on the Treadmill
They are Walking Fast, but
not Getting Anywhere, in Par
ticular. The Unframed Man,
with only Brute-Strength to COM
mend Him, is up against a Hard
Proposition in this Day and Age
Of Specialized Supremacy.
In other Words, the Man who
Knows How to do one or two
things nell, has most Everybody
else ION the hummer, when it
comes to Competition. Emerson
said:- The Man who Makes the
best Mousetrap will find a Beat
en- Path to his Door, even though
he Live in the Midst of a For.
est" l am not so Sure about
the quotation, but it simply bris.
ties with Truth, like Quills on
the Ridgepole of a Fretful Por-
cupine. The Man with the Hoe
would make more dough" if he
used Modern Methods to Sow and
to Reap. Franklin 0. King.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
AlIenns Executed

Floyd and Claude Swanson AL.
len, father and son, were electro,
cuted at Richmond, Va, last Fri
day. Floyd Allen, the father,
was first led to the chair. The
phvsicious pronounced life extinct
in Ia minutes after the current
had been turned on AS soon as
his body could be removed Claude
was placed in the chair.
The two men met death stint,
ly and unafraid.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
Tuberculosis Victim

Mrs. Lora V. Elam, wife of
John Frank Elam, died at her
home on War Creek March 26,
of tuberculosis. She leaves a
husband and two small children
Lhe remains were buried on the
farm near her home Friday.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
"Citizen" Harks Back.

In doing what every good citi-
zen of the county should do
reading the Courier from "eend
to eend"-I noticed that Fair
Play acted as though something
was biting him in his correspond
ence in the issue of March 13.
But | stand by my guns on the
proposition that a county judge
should have a thorough knowledge
of the law, and Fair Plays mo-
ton to substitute practical" is
overruled.
The definition of practical" is
susceptible of as broad a con-
struction as the Supreme Courts
decision as to what is a reason
able" restraint of trade. Every
man who knows enough to 90 IN
out of the rain has a practical
knowledge of the law. If he is
sensible enough to keep from vi
olating the law he has a practi-
cal knowledge of it. But most
of the litigation of the average
citizen is within the jurisdiction
of the Quarterly Court, and even
though the amounts be small the
identical principles of law that
arise in the Circuit Court are in
volved. An the fact that an ap-
peal may be had is no excuse for
electing County Judge who can
only guess at the rights of liti-
gants under the law. The same
qualifications should be required
for County as for Circuit Judge,
And if Fair Play is right in his
contention that we have no one
in the county thoroughly conver.
SAINT with the law, for the sake
: of the general welfare, let's i'm
port some. But | feel sure thai
he is mistaken.
| On one proposition, however,
the gentleman is wholly right
No man who drinks liquor is fiji
; for a county office-or anything
: else. No, will not modify my
, statement and say drinks to eX
, cess" Any drinking of liquor
: is drinking to excess, and there
never was a moderate drinkel
who did not get immoderate a
times. ! will not employ a maj
regularly as a farm laborer VIII,
drinks liquor. So the simples
way to facilitate the selection o
: county officers in the coming pri
: mary is to first put out of you
: consideration all the candidate
for all offices who drink liquor
and make your choice from tn
t remainder.
t was in town county court da,
S and in mingling with the crow
e heard many surmises as to whor
"Citizen" might be. Don't tr
: to find out, for unless | write
libelous article the editor won
tell, CITIZEN.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
Goes To Infirmary

DR.. j. G. Wheeler, of Caney,
left Monday with Mrs. Wheeler,
VINO is suffering from a stroke of
paralysis, for Lexington where
she will be treated in the Good
Samatarian Hospital.
Their little boys, Godfrey and
Hallard, are staying with DR., w,
H. Wheeler and family.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
TOW 70 restore and maintai
the 1pFoductlyity OF the soil IS
the most important phase Of

4"
the productivity of the soil is
the most important phase of
the conservation problem. In
fmany Of our older communities soil
fertility has been reduced below the
poiIlt of profitable production. Nation
wide effort at the present time,
fhrough federal and state agency, is
directed toward the restoration of fer
lility in these localities. In the older
(ountfies of Europe, where farming
Mas been followed for many centuries,
Iho problem of satisfactory yields Of
farm crops has been solved. The ag-
I'culture Of Germany is similar to that
.f the United States, but the yield per
V|cre Of wheat in Germany is more
y(han twice that In the United States
the yield of rye nearly twice as large
{he yield of barley nearly third lar
ter and the yield of oats more than
{ pne-thlrd larger *
The proportionate area of cereals
1r0wn in Germany is about one-fifth
less than In the United States, while
The proportionate area of hay and for
Hge crops is one-half greater. In addi-
: Hon to that, the percentage of the total
urea which is planted to root crops is
Enormously greater In Germany than
I In the United States. These root crops
ronslst largely Of potatoes and sugar
tets, and the best German authori-
des estimate that at least one-third Of
tfhe products of the area of these two
crops is available for stock feed. They
also estimnte that one-third of the
products Of the area devoted to cereals
IS devoted to the feeding of domestic
1uimals, Germany therefore devotes
very much more OF her soil to the pro-
1uction OF feed for live stock than
does the United States. =
On the seme area of farm land the
German farmer maintains on the aver
Z 70 from 80 to rs. per cent. more live
>'ck than d2es>sae American farmer.
panlH'e from these animals IS also
'ercared for in all European coun-
~ than it is in this country. Not
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
YOUNG MEN

Come in and get the Harley" and Glas.
gov Arrow collar from us. The same col :
lar you will buy in the city. We handle
the "Arrow Shirts and are sole agents.
Our stock is complete. Why buy substi.
tute2 6. w. WOMACK.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

MAKE THE SOIL FERTILE.
ally that, the United States exports
asst quantities Of cottonseed meal, lin-
. iced oilmeal and other rich nitrogenous
4 feeding stuffs, while Germany imports
vast quantities of these materials. Ger
man farmers not only conserve their
avn natural resources, but they draw
On other parts Of the world to main
nin the fertility OF their lands. Amer
lea has been mining her soil and ship
plug the products to Europe. In add.
Hon TO the sources Of fertility above
kiven,t Germany uses annually on her
poil $4,000 tones of nitrate Of soda,
270,000 tons of sulphate of ammonia,
100000 tons Of superphosphate and
100000 tons OF basic Stag In addition
20 large amounts Of potash salts.
We are now confronted by the same
Necessities that compelled the adoption
sbf sound systems of agriculture In the
Did world. How shall we meet this
problem?
w Tho Solution Of the Problem.
W In the 6rst place, we must increase
the number of domestic animals on
pur farms Where land Is farmed by
renters the leases must be mnde for
longer terms, and where the renter has
not the capital TO provide the proper
number Of domestic animals these
must be supplied by the landowner.
The effect of live stock on the fertility
OF the soil needs no demonstration. 1t
Is well known to every intelligent
Warmer. Up to the present time, at
lleast, no system OF agriculture has been
permanently profitable without the use
N.of domestic animals MS means Of
lmaintainlng the productiveness of the
Ssol. Whether such systems are posi-.
ble remains to be seen.
AZ In addition TO increasing the number
-bf domestic animals on American farms
our farr'grs must pay more attention
10 leg Gus crops and to other crops
tie supply of humus for
wes, such as clover,
re especially i'm.
fact that with
= they are
''rogen
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03
Beginning to Vote
Courier Subscribers Expressing
Their Choice in the County
Candidates for Office.
HAVE YOU VOTEDa

State Senator
Chas. D. Arnett 73
Representative
]. H. Sebastian AZ
E. F. Cecil Il
G. G, May 18
County Judge
Alex Whiteaker SO
S. S. Dennis 81
G. V. Lykins 26
County Attorney
S. M. R. Hurt 81
Frank Kennaird 25
H. G. Rose "a
B. R. Keeton 7
County Superintendent
T N Barker 46
CE Clark %
wv Davis IL
County Clerk
Ren F Nickel 38
Lee Barker 81
S. S Oldfield 7
Sheriff
L A Lykins "a
Jas M McClain 81
B S Stamper 26
Jailer
G w Stacy 25
HI Combs %
w w Mcclure 18
Ed Webb II
Assessor
David N Haney 21
w T May 20
John Patrick 20
w H Lindon IL
SD Goodwin 8
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

'nsluuI oAnuxu1 .solIW az esn uoil
.vdnsuoo uioIJ SunmsoI ss9ullnp ioI
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

USE THE COLUMNS OF THE
COURIER TO TELL THE PEOPLE
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SELL.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-04-03

Hot lunches on short order at Ivkins'.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-23
Divorce
Increase
Men Found
More to Blame
Than Women
By ARATHENA B. DRAKE. M. D.

~ LIVER WENDELL HOLMES said he write as
funny he could. dare not write plainly
age and divorce asked Are respon-
be for the increase of divorce? The records prove
that women most frequently ask for divorce admit this
give know them common everyday
Of life.
Man is responsible for nine of every Why?
because of his rowing and his freedom the relations Women
will chew that bitter weed poverty They will yran
meal treatment just short of violent assault murder Ask them why
they try live under such conditions slavery has ceased be
respectable in society," and the feeling of the times goes against the idea
OF one human being living abc subsection another while the theory
personal responsibility and individuality taking place
reply almost invariably will be- at for the love of husband my
and my children"
Here another prolific for unhappness married life which
often leads up to divorce 1t the ncompaby
living together. y
There unwlngness among women especially among
women to into the depths of the heart and bring from thence h
realities This reluctance natural 1t not only painful but to
natures almost humiatng Hence many
This praseworthy this effort silence
Yet sometimes question the justice it, and when asked
cpa in their efforts make better conditions
ing aloof, the work futile.
Another homey side of life and which
divorce courts When has unmakae proof husbands
nfdey is here her feminine Judgment admits possible
dcton and hand hold balance between his
folies.
My conception of the most perfect incarnation earth the geag
human heart filled and thrilled with love- We all have that
often lead wrong while know weakness ought
understand and appreciate the high and holy nature the eternal
truth that born within Within and should give the cong every
day lives.
weary the struggles in life and the mastery over
SELF how sweet that feeling that you into the home e
the strong loving of loving Where the
throne God be except the heart of
the kingdom of love and of forgiveness of rendering good
sacrifice exist but in the home where the heart is?
Such live this plane of
life will not resort to that venerable . NJ ~ -
judiciary the law for divorce 1~|x~'s~|?">|A%+>Et"G>
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-23

SHINE out whipped to fury by autumn storr,s re
SemDie clusters of precious gems cast by beneh.
IN ue,es upon the bosom Of Nature The eye
ueilghts In the serenity of the panorama till the
ear catches the impressive thunder Of tho coto
racts and waterfalls. riverlakeland trin ia
Al experience at once novel and thrilling. Light
uoaIs' TOO trail they look push off boldly into
tne rapids, manned by sturdy young fellows in
Ieo nannel shirts, slouched felt hats and leather
boots far up the thigh, singing snatches of plain
live folklore as their craft clear rock and boul-
Ger daringly The long wooden paddle thrown
out Dehind and the supple oars dash showers OF
crystal water over the traveller Groups of white
kerchiefed women and bare-legged children toss
CHEEKY welcome all along the course whilst the
crafty boatmen take vigorous pulls at the ubioui-
tous cigarettes.
Winter brings about a marvellous transforma.
ton. True the rude storms expend their fury
upon the rock-bound coast but the deadly bliz-
yard tears away Natures beauty spots. When
the Lady of the Shows" has spread her glitter
ing mantle far and wide peace, white and last
Ing reigns everywhere. Ice crystals depend
from every Dough and cave and frost diamonds
sprinkle on the ground Above all and every
thing the great horizon is flashed with the daz-
cling Northern Lights giving promise of life and
constancy
Spring, which saw vegetation leap like magic
out of the melting SHOWS is swiftly followed by
brief and brilliant summer, and autumn comes
on apace ready. it seems, to be devoured by
the greedy frost king. Seed time and harvest
hold each other by the hand to resist the grip
of Ice Forest work ceases and the short day
OF winter over. old and young assemble in the
homestead's long common room and together
weave and spin, and read and smoke and dance
and sing. Certainly by sledge and ski and skate
distances covered and happy school children
glide hither and thither, sometimes scurrying
home for fear of wolves
The Firms came originally from the Altai
mountains. They took possession Of the Land
Of Many Waters" away in the seventh century
The language spoken by the country people has
a similar origin; 1t is unique tongue, soft and
sonorous, not unlike modern Italian The peo
IDle of the eastern province, touching upon Rus
STA, exhibit the Monaghan type-thick lips, high
cheek bones and narrow eyes. The inhabitants
of the western province are mostly of Swedish
origin and speak the Swedish language
The word Finn means wizard Among their
many superstitions is the tradition that trim
ity of spirits presides over their destiny-"Ukko"
the spirit Of the air; "Tapo" the spirit of the
forest, and "Abte," the spirit Of the lakes The
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-23
<21s-AAM

The word "hangar" occurs in Frenci
works of Dumas time (1s9O). 1t is OF
Alsatian-German origin, French spelling
of the two German words, sanger" and
Changer" The first word, of extremely old
root, means high shed or a covered pas
sage from house to barn, where farm uten-
sils were and are stored; changer" is the
old word, easily grasped by English, for
the room where they used to "hang" up
their weapons, swords; even in English the
changer" of a sword exists The French
could not spell Changer" in German form.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-23

At what age is a woman an old maid ?
The age has nothing to do with it to my
mind. Some women are never old maids if
they never marry, and some women are
always old maids no matter how much they
are married. You can see it stamped on
their faces, and it's stamp that won't
come off.
You can see it in their walk, hear it in
their speech, and in every utterance OF
movement they make, their ideas and opin-
ions alone are correct, and no one else must
be allowed TO think and do as he or she
to old bachelors.
ID believe in every one having opinions Of
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-23

II water were placed where dogs could
slake their thirst at will there would be
fewer complaints about "mad dogs" They
will drink every half hour on hot day if
given the opportunity.
The cry of "mad dog" is false alarm,
being only craziness caused by heat, and
not infrequently by the annoyance Of
worthless and lawless hoodlums.
Also, every street fountain should be
provided with receptacle containing wa
ter for small animals.
Every boy ought to have dog and be
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-01-23
Origin
of Word
''Hangar''
and Its
Meaning
By c. ARYM. Milwaukee. Wis.

would call for the false pronunciation Of anhay ~ hence
they changed the re" in Changer to "a"
The English who pronounce Changer" much right
the who try to but cannot get the wang of
"an-gar" without clear either syllable
The French word does not accenuae especially the an gar
They sing-onged alike
Roth words "ang and Changer" still
many the old "Ang of the the Chinese
"wang"