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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
DECLARES PUBLICITY
HAS UNTOLD VALUE
[. L. Lee Talks to Pennsy
Agents at Meeting in
This City.

Thirty-five agents of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad having offices on the
Richmond division attended the semi
annual meeting of the agents in the
Commercial club rooms Friday after
noon. The division extends from Gin
clnnatt to Logansport. l. L. Lee, of
Philadelphia, Pa, head of the public
ity bureau of the Pennsy lines. talked
to the agents on the matter of pub
lictty. He explained to them the new
venture of the corporation to make
public the various affairs of the rail
roads. His talk was followed by a
general discussion of conditions and
affairs along the division.
Those in attendance were: Ivy L.
Lee, executive assistant, Philadelphia,
Pa; ]. c. Mccullough. division super
intendent, Richmond. Ind; S c. Math-
ews, division freight agent, Cincin-
natl, O.; E. R. Coleman, division
Bauchens. assistant general passenger
agent, indianapolis, Ind; O. v Por-
ter. trainmaster, Richmond, Ind; w.
r. Lehew, assistant trainmaster, Pitts
burg, Pa; S. w. Hodgin, division en-
sineer, Richmond. Ind; A f. Redus.
demurrage agent, Cincinnati, O.; H.
NJ. Weybright, chief clerk freight
claim agent, Pittsburg, Pa; c. L.
Green. chief clerk division superin-
tendent Richmond. Ind: c. L. Ronfer,
chief clerk division freight agent, Gin
cinnati. O.; w. H. Phillips, chief clerk
division freight agent, Richmond, Ind. :;
c.. l.. Nesbit, travelling passenger
agent indianapolis, Ind; c. D. Kin
ney, freight solicitor, Muncie. Ind; II.
H. Ramp, travelling freight solicitor
Richmond, Ind. H. G. Clark, car clerk,
Ri hmond, Ind: E. f. Bowman, rate
clerk division freight agent, Rich.
mond, Ind; N. r. Donaldson, freight
agent, Logansport, Ind; E. c. Hart
freight and ticket agent, Galveston
Ind; J. w. Quinn, freight agent. Ko
komo, Ind: H. Z. Steele. freight and
ticket agent, Elwood, Ind. C. Gratis
freight and ticket agent, Windfall
| Ind; J. E. Kirkpatrick. freight agent
Anderson, Ind; D. c. Hopes, ticket
agent. Anderson, Ind: A. Ellis, freight
solicitor (retired), Anderson, Ind.
J. c. Cummins, freight and ticket
agent, Middletown, Ind; A. R. Sligar
freight and ticket agent, Newcastle
Ind; c. D. Slifer, freight agent, Rich
mond, Ind; c. w. Elmer, ticket agent
Richmond. Ind; John Sharkey, freight
and ticket agent, Eaton, O.; J. T. Var
Matre. freight and ticket agent, Cam
den, O.; NJ. ]. Adams, freight agent
Hamilton, O.. Frank Cronin, tickle
agent, Hamilton, o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
RICHMOND HAS PROBLEM
ABOUT FARMS TO SOLVE

people had to be shipped in from dis
tant counties. They could not develop
new industries because the cost of
food was so high that Wageworkers
could hardly afford to live in the city.
The Duluth Commercial club under
took to solve the problem. 1t sent for
soil experts, who found just what
crops could best be raised on that soil.
Then it advertised it's farm opportuni-
ties and engaged a farm expert to
show the new settlers how to make
the best use of the land. Duluth is
now the center of a great and pros
porous agricultural community, new
Industries are locating there, and the
members of the Commercial club are
reaping rich dividends on their invest
ment.
Your town has a farm problem to
solve, and the Commercial club can
solve it. Find out what the farms and
the farmers in your vicinity need.
Bring in experts, If necessary, to make
an agricultural survey. Then, be-
cause you men who are working to-
gether for the common good are a
thousand times as efficient as any in
dividual, you can solve the problem
easily.
You may not be in a position to en-
ploy your own agricultural expert. but
you can induce the county authorities
to engage one and the county or the
state to engage a demonstration farm
in your vicinity. You can find out
what kind of crops grow best in your
neighborhood and advertise to the
world the excellence of your soil for
these crops. Millions of people are
looking for good farm land. Some of
these millions will buy near your town
there for them.
Most important of all, your organi-
Zation can be the leader in the promo
ton of good roads from the farm to
town. 1t doesn't make any difference
how big a crop the farmer raises; if
he cannot haul it to town cheaply he
cannot sell it at a profit, and he will
have no money to spend in your town
And you and the other people in your
town will have to pay enough more
every year for your food tnan would
build many miles of good roads.
Every dollar in money, every min
ute of time intelligently spent by a
town development organization in i'm
proving farm conditions, pays bigger
dividends than any other equal invest
ment can possibl pay.
| Your board of trade or chamber OF
| commerce is willing and anxious tc
help build up the farming country
around your town. 1t can only go as
| far as the people Of the town are will
ing to help by contributing theil
money and their time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
RAILROAD OFFICIALS
DISCUSS CROSSING

LIBERTY, Ind, Oct. 13.-James l..
Clark and Frank Payne, of Indianapo-
lis, members of the public utilities
commission; Superintendent w. L..
Booth, of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, Henry Starr, counsel for the
G.. & o. Lines; Engineer Bertram, of
the c. & o. road, J. B. Carothers, as
sistant manager of the c. H. and D..
railroad. F. M. Conner trainmaster of
the indianapolis division and James
Conner, foreman. both of the c. H. &
d. road were here Saturday to meat
with the Union county commission
ers and w. Bossert, county attorney to
consider the rebuilding of two grade
pike crossings on the G. & o. near
here
The c. & o. crossing in the south
eastern part of the county will be
improved and made less dangerous by
the raising of the road to a level with
the tracks. At the present time the
railroad grade is five feet higher than
the level of the road. The present con-
nition of the Waterloo pike crossing
Is dangerous agreed the men. The rail-
road Immediately after crossing the
pike makes an abrupt turn around a
high hill and it is impossible to see
IN oncoming train. An overhead bridge
will probably be built at this crossing.
A subway was suggested but was
found to be impractical owing to the
fact that during the high freshet the
Whitewater River overflows' backing
up under the tracks so that a subway
would be filled with water at that time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
BY FRANK PARKER sTockeRi0eE

Z
Did you ever stop to think that Rich
mond is built on the farm?
Not on one farm, but on all the
farms of this section, of this county,
Of this state. Of the whole United
States.
What H.e.:13vd cats, what its peo-
pic "eaF 1n- les material from which
tour facgoI.eo make their products,
the things that you buy and sell in
your stores, with very few exceptions,
must come from the farm.
If there were no farms there could
be no towns.
If the farms in this neighborhood
are poor this must be poor town.
What is the town doing for the
farmer?
The farmer is handicapped because
he is not a community dweller What
ever he does he must do with his own
resources, individually, and largely on
his own initiative. If he is a good
farmer he is usually too busy attend
ing to his farming to 90 very much
else.
That is why the wise men in live
towns all over the country are giving
a big share of their attention to the
farmers problems. They are not so
much interested in helping the farm
er except that they are beginning to
see that everything that helps the
farmer helps them.
You can see that at glance.
Here are fifty farms on R. F. D.
route No. l that starts from the post
office. They are fairly prosperous, and
you share in their prosperity. They
buy their groceries and clothing and
hardware in your town, and they
bring their produce here to sell. When
they are prOSperOuS-When crops are
good-this town is prosperous and you
are prosperous.
But it doesn't need any argument to
prove to you that if these fifty farms
were twice as productive ana if there
were one hundred of them instead of
fifty of them along r. F. D. No this
town would be better off.
1t would pay you, it would pay the
town in dollars and cents to show the
farmers who are already there how
to increase their crops and raise bet
ter and more profitable crops; to in
duCe other farmes to settle on the fer
tile land around this town.
This is one of the things your Board
of Trade or Commercial club can do
for your town. 1t is one of the things
that town development organizations
are doing for other towns.
People used to think that crops
could not be grown on the rocky soil
around Duluth A great commercial
city has grown up there, at the head
of Lake Superior, and the food for it's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
KENTUCKY H|LLSMEN
EAGER FOR SCHOOLS
Missionary Tells How Noun
tain People Sacrifice for
Education.
PRESBYTERIANS LEAD
Church Supports College to
Teach Boys and Girls
Trades.
PRESBYTERIANS LEAD

Despite their many handicaps, a
keen intellect and a cheerful. hopeful
attitude toward life are the character
1stics Of the mountain people of Ken
lucky, said Mrs. Weidler, of the Pres
byterian school at Frenchburg, KY, at
the Reid Memorial church yesterday
morning Mrs. Weidler described the
eagerness of the mountain people to
learn and their willingness to sacri-
flee for church and school. In her
seventeen years experience as a
teacher she said she never had seen
students so alert.
Referring many times to the pas
sage, GAS the Lord has prospered
you" she contrasted the condition of
the mountain people and their efforts
to take advantage of every opportunity
with the people of this state and their
neglect of many chances.
The school at FrenChburg, which is
the only one conducted by the Presby-
terrain Ladies' Mission Board, is help
ing these people The stories of many
of these lives, struggling for chance,
were told by Mrs. Weidler.
Money is Unknown.
Six miles from the nearest railroad
station. surrounded by rugged, barren
land, the people of the neighborhood
barely sgbsist. Each person raises
only enough produce for his own fam
lily. Money is almost unknown, bar
ter being the method of exchange
They are independent, she said, and
would accept nothing without giving
something in return for it.
She toH of two small boys who
worked during the summer, getting
produce valued at twenty-five cents
for their days labor. When the school
found them they were supporting their
aged grandmother.
The school gave them a dollar a
week, which they spent for fiour, SUI
gar and coffee during the winter. So
eager were the boys to learn that they
tramped over the mountains to school
One was weak and could not stand
the hardships but the other kept on
coming, carrying his small dinner pail
Some days after dinner he would be
bright and alert, on others he would
be dull and stupid. Mrs. Weidler won
dered at this and investigated She
found that he got up at o'clock to
begin his walk to school, and that the
dinner pail which he carried was
empty.
She told of many other cases, but
always the same Independent spirit
was displayed by the mountain people
with powerful, keen intellects that
only need training. Concluding she
prophesied that future leaders of the
nation would come from this hardy
unspoiled race. She pointed to Boone
Clark and Lincoln, saying other great
men would spring from the same
mountain people.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13

Mary E. Miller, a twelve-year-oId
girl, recently swan across the Hud-
son river, a distance of one and one
half miles, in forty-nine minutes
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
BOARD TO IMPROVE
THE OBSERVATORY

The Earlham College observatory
is to be made one of the best in this
section of the country, following &C
ton taken by the board of trustees
last week.
The board appointed President
Kelly and Prof. Mendenhall on a COM
mittee to get an expert from Chicago
to determine what is needed on the
observatory, so that arrangements
may be made Immediately to make 1t
modern in all respects.
The observatory is the oldest in the
state Of Indiana, which is one reason
for the action of the trustees. 1t is
not known when the Chicago expert
will come to examine the instruments
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
TO TELL OF WORK
IN THE MOUNTAINS

The annual thank offering service
of the Reid Memorial United Presby-
terrain church will be held Sunday
morning at 1890 o'clock. Mrs. G. A.
Weidler. of Frenchburg, KY, will
speak of her work among the noun
taineers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13

Vienna now has a population of
g,030.S50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
TO STOP BLOWING
OF STEAM PIPES

AS a courtesy to the travelling pub
lie the Pennsylvania system officials
blowing off steam when stopping at
the station platforms. The officials
believe the sudden blowing off of
steam may be the cause of many minor
accidents, as the roaring noise startles
people. Many persons drop valuable
parcels. On the other hand the waste
of steam soon becomes an item of ex-
penditure when it is considered that
thousands of engines along the sys-
tenn waste steam by the useless ac-
lions of the engineers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27
rofit lii Alfalfa Crops
Understanding the Requirements Of This Forage Is
Necessary for the Successful Raising of the Plant
Huschon Asst Professor Asronomy the College Agriculture M

Alfalfa is one of the most important
forage crops that the Missouri farmer
ts growing today. Its wide adaptable.
ity for feeding to all classes Of farm
animals, its high feeding value and it's
beneficial effect upon the soil make
1t very desirable crop to grow. The
idea that it cannot be grown success.
fully in Missouri is largely matter of
not understanding the requirements of
the plant, and as these become better
understood there is no doubt that it
will be grown to greater or lesser
degree in practically every section of
the state. In the rich sections it will
be grown on the uplands, and In the
less fertile sections it will be grown
in the fertile valleys and bottoms.
Soils Adapted to Alfalfa.
Alfalfa is not adapted to all Mis-
souri, soils, and there are certain ones
on which it is not feasible to attempt
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

d.skings and two harrOwings with the
smoothing harrow usually put the land
in good condition.
In experiments at different expert.
ment stations drilling and broadcas
ing were tried on plots side by side.
In all of these trials the drilled oats
yielded most. The difference ranged
from four to six bushels an acre. The
drill has the advantage of insuring
that all of the seed will be covered
and that they will be placed at the de.
sired depth. If the top soil is dry the
seed can be planted deep enough that
they will have moisture, thus insuring
uniform termination. More seed are
required when oats are broadcasted,
because they are not all covered.
There is no definite rule to follow as
to how many pecks of seed per acre
will produce the largest yield At the
Missouri experiment station, where 8,
10 and IL pecks per acre were sown
on different plots, the plots sown at
the rate of 10 pecks per acre gave
slightly the highest yield.
Oats grow best during the cool part
of the season, and for this reason they
should be sown as early as the ground
can be gotten into shape. They do not
do well when the weather becomes
warm and the ground dry. They re.
quire more water for 1.-THE amount of
grain produced than any other of our
cereal crops. They depend more upon
the season and less upon the soil than
either corn or wheat for their yield.
The latter part of March and the first
two weeks of April is considered good
time for seeding in North Missouri.
Early seeding and early maturing va.
'ieties are recommended.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

the value of an acre. il is seen tha
the oatsrowerS have been raising nnl,
about enough IL pay for producing the
crop. II is no wonder, with such {
condition of affairs. that many farm
rrs are dropping ont the crop. or are
giving ii 50 little attention as to make
lis growth extremely Improbable
The factors which determine the
profitable growing of oats in Missouri
are:
l. Use of the best adapted varie-
ties.
.. Thorough tanning of seed to pre-
vent running out.
3. Good preparation Of ground
4. Drilling instead ci broadcasting
3. Early seeding
6. Prevention OF smut by the for
malin treat ment
The Red Rust Proof" is perhaps
the best variety to grow in Missouri.
Its rust-resistin" power was strikingly
brought out in 1908 at the Missouri
experiment station. When the Yields
VI otIcl NdlletieS were not worm TAX
ing, the Red Rust Proof averaged q
bushels to the acre. AS far as yield is
concerned. it is a most dependable
variety, and runs out least of any that
can be grown in Missouri
Tanning can be done at little ex-
pense. and can be done in the winter
or early spring. when the work is not
crowding. When the light seed are
blown out definite increases in yield
may be expected and much will be
done to prevent the oats from running
out.
In most cases il is not found profit
able to plow the land for this crop.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27
AzI1L71zC6
q 267,zem
Have Been Restored to Health By Lydia E
Pinkham,s Vegetable Compound.

Pnkham's Vegetable Compound
There is doubt about this fact. Why during the
last 80 years have published in the newspapers of this
country volumes of letters from who have been
eved of all their suffering by the timely aid of this grand
old medicine Letters like the following genuine and
honest expressions Of gratitude coming grateful hearts,
Surely you can believe these women.
L.s BRENNER, Hudson, Mich. says:-
Sometime with terrible right side such
sharp pains like knife sticking tried hot applications but that
at that and he said With him
dull heavy pain the whole length limb realized that something
had be quickly looked all Of could
Pnkham Vegetable Compound the dose
hsn had taken two bottles trouble Gq has
sake of other suffering BRENNER Hudson Michigan
L. E. BOWERS, Girard, Pa, says:4
IL take informing Pinkham Vegetable
months utter regular and had many bad feelings
all the had dull headaches much appetite and also
entirely praise
as able to DO my work You
Girard, ~
Mrs. ELIZABETH GENTILCORE Buffalo, NY, says:-
81 feel that
troubled
heard Lydia Vegetable Compound it.
used the sanave and have had those dizzy
Will help Others they have tried most everything heard Of and
TucoRE 2e Glor Street, Buffalo, New York
For 80 years Lydia e. Pnkham's Vegetable ns@@A
Compound has been the standard remedyfor N%&NT
male ills: No one sick with womans ailments Mf~M
NOUS medicine made from roots and herbs It II y9<KH
has restored somany suffering tohealth k IN
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

it Unnecessary to use any great guam
tity Of the supply in the soil. They
are usually known as 'fhumus build
ing" crops. because. in order to build
up humus In soil, nitrogen IL neces.
sary. and these plants have the power
Of taking 1t from the air.
These "humus building" plants, or
legulnes - they are commonly called,
include: Clovers, cowpeas. soy beans,
alfalfa, eAldea peas and beans. II
these crops are removed from the land
the amount q humus actually added
to Tie son = sna1l although since the
land y ~ s1llfyatsd while these
creps 40 - ~ uend. tAey tod to
npaintaiA 4 - iA y hunes rap
NJ II 8 - i lSloeesoafy III 49,
espee: j. = ~ - ~ N
y
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

t growing, and the crop reaches ito bes
r development on such lands In Mis-
souri,.
| The main essentials to success are
, to prepare the seeded well and to
} use good, strong, vigorous seed. II
!, also grows with little difficulty on
well-drained and rich uplands, espe.
cially those we'll supplied with lime
But ON average to thin land 1t requires
considerable care to secure a stand
and to keep the grass and weeds from
taking it. For the small farmer who
wishes to grow only few acres an
old feed lot will usually be found to
be an ideal place for seeding.
On the thinner lands it is necessary
to give certain treatments before ii
can be successfully grown. Among
these are the use of manure, inocula
ton and lime.
Using Manure.
The Missouri Experiment Station
has found that the liberal use of ma
! nure is always beneficial on uplands
and in many cases essential to get a
good stand of alfalfa. In many Mis-
s"nri soils the humus has been de-
rIeted by continued cropping and it is
necessary to replace this before alfal
ia will do hest. Manure also furnish.
es large quantity of available plant
i1od, especially nitrates, which starts
the plants off vigorously and allows
them TO get we'll set in the soil before |
winter sets in. An application of from.
II to 10 tons per acre on the thinner
lands will give good results.
InocuIatins the Soil.
On all uplands that have neve,
grown alfalfa, incubation is generally
Of much benefit, and usually necessary
to success. Especially is this true in
regions where sweet clover does moi
grow. Where sweet clover grows the
land is usually inoculated, for alfalfa
uses the same bacteria as are found
m the roots OF sweet clover. Bottom
ands which overflow never need in
incubation is best accomplished by
scattering 200 to 300 pounds per acre
If soil from field where alfalfa has
'SCh Sio"H successfully, anu udITOW.
ng il in Immediately. This soil should
re applied directly aheada of the har.
ow and not allowed to lie exposed to
he sunlight for any length of time,
ince light will kill the bacteria. Soil
or incubation may also be dried,
way from the sun, sifted and drilled
Il with an ordinary fertilizer grain
rill.
Using Lime.
On few soils in the state which
ave tendency to sourness, the use
f lime Is beneficial In securing a ,
tand Of alfalfa, and in some cases is
ecessary to success. To begin with.
owever, one should use lime expert.
lentally and if possible learn to grow
Italia on land that does not need
me. Where lime is used it should be
pplied at the rate of 5000 or 1000
ounds per acre in any convenient :
'rm except that from gas works
hich contains injurious compounds 4
here only a small area is to be Il
ned the ordinary barrel lime. al y
wed to air or water Stake to a pow
n, may be used.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27
Making Oats Profitable
Good Seed and Early Sowing Essential to High
Yields-"Red Rust Proof" Best Missouri Variety
Oats generally follow corn, and,-.tha

Br..he. College Agriculture University Missouri
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

Oats generally follow corn, and,-.that
being the case. a good double disking
of the land should suffice. It Is a
good practice to drag the cornstalks
down crossways. Then If the disc is
sharp they will be- cut up in small
pieces and will not interfere in seed.
ing. If the corn was ridged. a disc
cultivator run over each row will help
to level the land, pulverize the sur
face and destroy the stalks. Two good
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

The average yield of oats in Mis-.
souri, has been ao6 bushels per acre.
At IS cents a bushel this places the
average value of an acre at 1871. It
has been worked out by careful
farmer. and in light of estimates from
experiment stations. that it costs the
Missouri farmer $3.50 to produce an
acre of oats. Taking this estimate as
typical OF Missouri conditions, and
comparing the cost OF production with
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-27

nure returned. Or, better still, that
occasional crops be turned under. This
indicates another factor in maintain
ing llumus, and that is the return tc
the land of the manure produced, no.
only from legumes but from grail