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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
PILLAR OF FIRE 800 FEET HIGH
MOSES AND AARONS NIGHTLY GUIDE POST TO BE INITIATED
AT TULSA DRY FARMING CONGRESS

lance of two hundred yards or more
ON account of the heat it creates.
No flame can be seen until the
gas reaches the height of ten-story
building. Above that a solid pillar
of fire five hundred feet in height and
a hundred feet thick will illumine
the exposition grounds and the city
of Tulsa as no city was ever lighted
in the history of the world. Shad.
ows will be cast of people and things
FIVE miles away. The flame itself
may be seen for hundred miles.
Gas is cheap in Oklahoma. The
average gas light in the average home
uses but few cubic feet of gas in
an hour. The great gas light at Tulsa
will burn fifteen million feet night.
Nothing like it has ever been seen
since Moses led his people out OF
Egypt and into the promised land.
The Tulsa light will serve similar
purpose, for it will give to the world
message of agricultural hope and
will point the way to farm prosperity
in all states and nations through the
teachings Of the International Dry
Farming Congress, for whose meet.
ing 1t is burned.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
EVERY COMFORT
BEING PROVIDED
FOR VISITORS
Tulsa Committee Working Out All
Details For Entertainment
Of 100000 People

Tulsa, Oklahoma. will entertain the
largest crowd in its history next Oc-
stober With an experience of eight
years behind them, the officers of the
International Dry-Farming Congress
and Exposition are making most COM
plete arrangements for the reception
and accommodation of visitors and
delegates to the big meeting which
begins October %.
A special canvass is being made of
every house in the city and every
available room will be listed in such
way that information concerning it
will be instantly at hand at the time
of the Congress. More than score
of special trains from the states of
the far north and west. as we'll as
from Canada. will, arrive in Tulsa
about October %. These trains will
be parked on the exposition grounds
and the delegates will live in them
during the ten days meeting Spe-
cial wigwams will be built to accom-
modate any possible overflow of I'M
attached men. Twenty acres have
been set aside as camp sites for fam
lilies who wish to bring their own
camp equipment and live in tents
during the time of the great interna-
tional meeting.
Added to these special accommo-
dations will be the scores of good
hotels and rooming houses now doing
business in Tulsa. Two new hotels,
with a combined capacity of 100
rooms, will be finished in time for the
Congress. Altogether, it is certain
that more than 10000 visitors can be
accommodated nightly in convenience
and comfort.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18

: The international Soil Products Ex-
position, to be held at Tulsa, OKLA
homa, in October in connection with
the International Dry-Farming Con-
gress, will be veritable worlds fair
for farmers.
When the gates are opened on DC
tober % there will be on show good
crops from practically every conti-
nent on the globe, as we'll as from
eighteen western states and four
western provinces OF Canada. Never
before in the history OF this coun-
try have so many states and nations
taken part in an exclusively agricui-
tural fair and exposition
Chinese farmers will bring an ex-
hibit nearly $4,000 miles to Tulsa to
compete with the farmers of Okla
homa, Kansas and Texas on the same
crops as are grown in the states
named. The exhibit from China will
consist largely Of cotton, corn, kafir
corn, milo maize, millet, kaoliang,
wheat, rye and barley
Wheat from a number of foreign
countries will compete with the wheat
of the United States and Canada for
world supremacy and for the $3.50
threshing machine given by the
Rumely company for the best bushel
shown. Cotton from California will
fight for prizes with the cotton of
Oklahoma and Texas. Corn from
Mexico, where the stalks grow 16
feet high and two crops are raised
in a season, will be shown in COM
petition with other corn from the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
oKLAHOMA'S INTERNATIONAL
SOIL PRODUCTS EXPOSITION
EVERY CONTINENT OF THE GLOBE TO BE ADEQUATELY
REPRESENTED AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA, WHEN
THE GATES open OCTOBER Y, 1918

best farms in the south and south
west. Oats from Russia, Australia,
Saskatchewan, Oregon, and Utah VIII
contest for worlds prizes with the
oats of Kansas and Oklahoma Every
conceivable farm product grown In
western America will be, exhibited.
The United States government is
spending $4,000 on an enormous ex-
limit of the work which is being
done by the department of agricul-
ture. The people of Saskatchewan,
Canada, are spending as much, and
the province itself has asked the
exposition management to furnish a
building 60 by 240 feet in size for
the Saskatchewan exhibit alone. The
Canadian show will be the finest and
most elaborate ever given on the
south side of the international line
Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
Utah, Nevada, Idaho and California
are expected to have official state
exhibits
The Exposition buildings and
grounds will occupy 100 acres, sew
enty acres of which will be given
over to a complete farm machine
show and tillage and power demon
stration. Every farm implement used
in the west and southwest will not
only be shown, but will be operated
by skilled men. Up-to-date methods
and machines for cultivating, plant
ing and harvesting will be shown
daily in actual operation just as on
the farm and in the hands Of the
farmer himself.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
U. S., Canada
and Foreign
R. R. Station

The greatest Exposition of its kind
ever held in North America is being
butt from the ground up in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, in ten months of this year.
The occasion is the Eighth Annual
meeting of the international Dry
Farming Congress, a worldwide or
ganization for better farming, with
branch offices in nineteen nations and
members in sixty.
Today 40 acres or land are ready
as an exposition ground Eighty
acres more have been set aside for
farm machine exhibits and demon
STATIONS. Seven great buildings,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
Oklahoma

with a total floor capacity of more
than 100000 square feet, are under
way and will be completed by Octo-
Der l.
The Exposition buildings are being
erected in the form of a parallelo-
gram, in the center of which will pc
park. At one end is the Oklahoma
Kafr Corn Palace, S4 by 225 feet in
size, built by the State of Oklahoma
to house crop exhibits from fifty
counties. Two buildings, each 90 by
200 feet. will be used for crop ex-
hlbits from various western states.
Another will be given up to Canada;
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
Why Pay Rent?

When l will sell you this coy,
convenient Cottage, on easy
terms; small cash payment, bal
ance like rent.
Three rooms, pantry and porch
City water, some shade and fruit
trees. On cement sidewalk.
Lot 5Ox140 feet. Close in to
business part of town. See
CHARLIE SoURBEER about this,
quick.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18

plotting them through
sAlesmen receive advice and Instructions for selling
convincing talking points which Il 10 impossible
don't YOU be the first to apply from vicinity
We can favor only one salesman ont Of eseh locality.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18

I0meOne else gets the tefFitoryF
The 18th anniversary Of our
company was celebrated by
erecting the most modern safe
factory in the world. Wide
aWaIke men who received our
special selling indueement,
rendered IL necessary to double
our output. We are spending
many thousands Of dollars en-
largtng our sales organization,
but to learn all particulars, IL
will cost you only the price OF
Q postal card.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
Other
American States
Midway, Athletic
and Agricultural Fields.

a fifth to the United States Govern
ment and sixth to foreign nations.
A seventh great building will be
occupied by the manufactured pro-
ducts of Oklahoma, while still an
other has Neen assigned to Won
derful collection of samples of wo-
mems work which will be brought to
Tulsa from farms in all sections of
the United States and Canada.
Three acres in the exposition
grounds have been set aside to hold
an exhibit of the crops of negro
farmers from Kansas, Texas and
Oklahoma.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-09-18
County Officers

Sheriff Thos. Martin.
County Treasurer John F. Sweet
County Clerk Will PRESLEY
Probate Judge ]. H. Randolph
Clerk of Dist. Court John Elliott
Register of Deeds W. T. Gray
County Attorney F. S. Sullivan
Co. Supt. Mrs. Pearl Wood Smith
Co. Surveyor Moses Black
Coroner DR.. VIM. F. Fee
Representative E. L. Watts
Judge Gordsn L. Finley
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
THE CONVERSATION ACT.

The days are few before the work mems compensation act goes into ef- fects fin Connecticut. That there is much confusion ever its provisions and a fsiinre on the part of a large nam ber tc understand the IHFt which they must assume therein is apparent on every hand When Connecticut fxez the first of January as the date for it to go into effect, it allowed none 100 much time for the instruction of the employers and the employees as to It's provisions Tn fact some of the best instruction is going 70 come after it is put to the test
 There are in the country twenty one states which have simj,ar acts under whicE provisions by tha first of the year seven million pe0o'e will be included. lf1 while t.1e zene~aI idea Of all these nea S.I-es are sim ler-thsre .s notable lack Of uh eo1mity It is almost impossible to tell what will happen under the act in one state from the operation of the legislatioD in another. Connecticut like many other states must rely upon it's own experiences for even with nearly half of the states of the union having such a law there is constantly cropping up unforeseen difficulties.
 That the law is So soon to go into effect calls for the greater amount of attention by all employers of labor. Whatever information is available thereon should be studied for the pro- lection of their interests and the un- known difficulties met when they arise, There is bound to be certain amount of confusion but all that is unnecessary should be eliminated by a recognition of personal responsibility
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
TIERS TO THE EDITOR
Wants Compensation Act Repealed

wants SCHlJSHSGCICn F4CL EnSPGdICbs
 Mr. Editor: It seems to me that a eusjs is near at hand, and that the time has come when the people of the state ef Connecticut should take ac- tion.
 Referring to the constitution of the state of Connecticut, to the preamble, and also to article firsts of section first thereof, we have the following:
 Preamble-The people of Connecti- cut, acknowledging with gratitude the good providence of God in having per mitted them to enjoy a free govern ment do, in order more efficiently to define. secure and perpetuatet the liber- ties, rights and privileges which they have derived from their ancestors, hereby, after a careful considerations and revision, ordain and establish the following constitution and form of civil government.
 Article first Declaration of rights That the great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established. we declare
 Section frst-That all men when they form a social compact are equal in rights, and that no man or set of men are entitled to exclusive public eTholu ments or privileges from the com munity.
 Have we as "a people forgotten, or overlooked, or disregarded, the wisdom of our fathers, embodied in the first clause. of the preamble in our state constitution? Secondly, have we over looked, or disregarded, or ignored, sec ton first in article first of said consti tuition?
 It appears to me that this new law the employers liability law, m1Snamed the wOrkmen's compensation act, dis tinetly violates section first of article first of our state constitution, inaS- much as it is clearly faVoring a certain class at the expense of another class of our citizens. and in. my opinion as a citizen of the state of Connecticut is unconstitutional and the most objec- tionable and unjust law which was ever enacted in the state. And it be- hooVeS us as citizens of Connecticut, if we wish to maintain and perpetuate our mutual rights and enjoy the priv iIege of liberty to take immediate ac- ton in the premises and by petition re- quest the governor of the state to ca3 an extra session of the legislature il need be, to reconsider and repeal sai4 law. and to hold same in abeyanee un- til such action is taken, From my own convictionf and from conversation with many of our citizens l have not found single individual who would not gladly sign such a petition. 1t is my opinion that the law as it now stands will cause great hardship and suffering among our citizens and Wiil eventually react upon those whom the act was intended to benefit.
 c. P. BRADWAY,
 West Stafford, Dec. 15, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
co,INTY FABM BUREAU.

The movement for the establishment of a farm bureau here is deserving
 of success meaning as 1t would pen eft of constantly increasing value for inc entire county There is large farming community which would De given most valuable service through such an institution the interests of which are devoted to the betterment
 of agricultural business. What an opport1lnitv lies before the farming in- terests of the state of Connecticut has been frequently presented and recent lv Chairman Elliott who has just left an extensive farming section of the country pointed out the shortcomings of farmers in Connecticut despite thelr advantageous location.
 According to one authority the hope Of the nation lies in it's rural life and what applies to the nation also applies to the state. There is needed a devel- opment which is in accordance with modern methods. If better results can be obtained and therefore greater profit through the use of the most ap-
 proved ideas there should be an eag- erness to adopt them and receive the benefit. AIHah of the trouble with farming today in the east is due to the fact that too little attention is paid to the demands. Too much de pendence is placed upon nature with out the proper amount of well di- rected activity and cooperation. The farm bureau through the aid which it will receive from experts and the state agricultural college should prove a force for substantial good in New London county and as such should be made a success from the start It should demonstrate it's worth many ti1nAs over
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
AGREED ON REFORM.

The decision reached by the mem bers of the national republican com mittee gathered at Washington for the purpose of taking the most ad- visable steps in behalf of a change in representation at national conven- rion. was different than expected. As The outcome of the sentiments ex- pressed throughout the country 1t was believed that a special national con- ve1tion would be the outcome, tnas- much as it was understood such would be the only means whereby the de- sired object could be obtained.
 IL is noticeable fact, however, that The dominant note of the committee session was reform. The need Of change tn the representation in na- tioual conventions is thoroughly rec ognized but the committee by over two Co one favored a different means of obtaining it That there is a proper recognition of the demand for change in the rules in which all fac tsons ef the party unite indicates a healthy condition. The only contention was over the manner in which it Should be done and the plan Of sub hitting the proposed reforms after coming from the committee to the republican voters for approvaP was adop1ed- Each method had its han dicaps- < The convention was open to the cry of 'handpicked" delegates while the change in the rules by the. committee is open to the claim of committee control. though the thor cughness of the changes and the ref erendun can dissipate that The op- portuntty of proving the superiority of the method adopted exists but there ss cause for satisfaction in the stand which has been taken to overcome the objectionable features surrounding na- tional conventions
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18

and did in a situation new to her IS another story, but when it was over she sighed as if waking from beau- tiful dream. sec" came to his ears as they Were entering the foyer. Turning he saw ECastlewood with Elizabeth Miller" | How are you, Elizabeth?'' he in- quired. Miss Miller. let me present Miss NcGinnis and MT. Castlewood-- l Miss McGinnis'' Castlewood, gazing in wonder, forgot to bow, but Eliza beth greeted Mary cordially 1t was a friend of Strong's. That was suffi- cient for her. Soon they, passed on.
 "Oh, MT Howard That's the girl with the, beautiful eyes, exclaimed d Mary. s'Ain't she handsome, though: And you don't care-you-
 T have not said I didn't care, Mary he said, simply, but earnestly
 And, oh, Mr Howard, there is the girl with the auburn hair tool! she interrupted. Why. I thought she was
 Gladys iIastings!e involuntarily came to his lips, as he followe Mary's gaze In a moment he was opposite her and their eyes had met.
 "Oh TIoward-I-I-I thought We-l thought you were going to the opera, she exclaimed in confusion. You see the count came, and I was so much better I couldn't disappoint him, as he is here in New York only for one eV- ening But, pardon-let me present MT. Strong-Count de Migny. Ana then her eyes wandered haughtily to
 And let me introduce the duchess of F<ilkennyzAMis Hastings and Count de Migny," said strong gravely, though smilingly inwardly. The a low bow, while Gladys scarcely nodded.
 And wasn't that the girl?" asked the mystified Mary when they were in the carriage.
 Yes Strong replied. but he was silent for a long time.
 She was so upplsh to me Mary finally Ventured while Miss Miller treated me as if was real lady"
 And you are Mary, thousand times the lady that some one thinks she is" he said seriously
 But why did you call me duchess ,"
 That was a little joke on the bogus count" he replied, his face relaxing That will make both of them think q bit. But here we are at your home And you say your father is too i'll tC work, and you support the family Well, you are a noble girl, and l don half appreciate the way you look at- ter me and my apartments he said as he assisted her from the carriage and slipped a $50 bill into her hand.
 Thanks, Mir. Howard" she saif gratefully thinking it was hel monthly tip of $5. This will hell father a lot! MT Howard, you've given me the bestatinae ever had, T. Tut tut, Mary, It's been a selfish pleasure with me, I fear took yo. as an experiment. and a lucky one it's proven. You have helped to open my eyes to the true woman-the woman of my heart. can never forget that i Good night St. Louis Globe-Demo- i~crat.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
RESTRICTING tMMteRArfon.

The question Of immigration is con- sfantiE before this country. It is g matter which needs regulation, but it needs honest and fair regulation in justice to the country and to the i'm migrant Each session of the legis- lar1sne is called upon to consider bills which are presented for such a pyr- pose and there has been presented to this session of congress a measure beaEz1g the same provision for q lit sracy test which received so much consideration at n4le close Of the Taft administrations It was at that time that President Faft :aDp3ied his veto on the Eround ttka.t such a test failed tO show a proper discrimination and would exclude many desirable 1mnAi : grants while 1t would not keep out the educated rogues and undesirable characters-
 What consideration this will re- ceiRFa ihefore the present congress and R1ezade1t Wilson remains for 4he fu- tRlnzs to szeyeaL That congress may in- aEist upon the passage of the bill which EssAs vetoed before Is possible. Just EasssssR Rss@5Eler Eezidel ltryEi 1 =taks
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

The investigation. the publicity, the
 demands for relinquishing of mem bership in connection with the recent
 Carabao celebration, an annual affair
 among army and navy officials at
 Washington for many years seems to
 be another instance of much ado about
 nothing In the position which hs
 has taken upon the matter ana that
 which he has maintained towards the Gridiron club President Wilson stands in a peculiar light. He has man ifested much displeasure over the satire on the Philippine policy, but the method which has been used in
 displaying it has created the publicity which would in no otheR way have been obtained. Y. It was a harmless
 gathering at which irreTerence is al ways the keynote.
 It is probably true that great many liberties are taken at such gath erings with government officials and policies butt such is understood in ad- vance. It has prevailed for years and
 the president regretted his inability
 through illness to he present at the session of the Gridiron club, where equally as serious antics took place. The apologies and replies which have ! fbeen sent the president indicate all too plainly the lack of any intended i reflection upon the government and
 make it evident that the administer ing of a rebulle and the making of any suggestions which might have been ! considered necessary for the future guidance of the organization would have closed the incident with little
 or no. comment. As it is a mountain seems to have been made of mole hiIt
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18

thereon is uncertain, but he has not indicated thus far that he is strongly inclined te the use of his veto power. The question of immigration has been taken up in number of states and with a recognition of the fact that when restriction is attempted it must be, wisely and considerably done. The progress of the new bill before con gress will therefore be watched with increased interest now that the tuii responsibility rests upon the demo cratic party,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
FROM THE CONSULAR REPORTS

Guatemala is about as large as louisiana. The planters are the
 most influential element and they sell
 their products for gold and pay their labor in depreciated currency.
 There is a steady demand for baby
 carriages and gocarts in Holland.
 Sweden is making efforts to revive it's lobster industry,
 Many industrial firms in Germany provide their workmen square pieces of cloth for cleaning purposes instead of the cotton waste that is usual here. The scheme has the advantage i of economy.
 British exports to Mexico during the 1 first ten months of this year were con- 1 siderably greater than during similar 1 periods of the two preceding years. l Retail dealers in Hongkong are dis 1 covering the advantages of window l dressing after the American plan, 1 Greece annually produces more thar 1 21, ,000,00O pounds of tobacco.