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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

larly Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado.
California and Utah-the great alfalfa
states. We have reached the point
where we know we can grow alfalfa
In the corn belt, and It is now up to
US to grow it.
Where Alfalfa Is Grown.
The accompanying map shows where
alfalfa Is grown in the United States
today. At the present time all the
alfalfa grown in the United States is
less than the area Of the little state
OF New Jersey. The total area under
alfalfa in this country is 4,7O7, 1876
acres, OF this area Kansas alone has
S66,962 acres of alfalfa-or about one
NTH of our entire alfalfa crop,
Nebraska comes second with $685.
SS2 acres; Colorado third, with sos, s92
acres; California fourth, with 484,134
acres; and Idaho fifth. with SOS, s92
acres.
All of the corr belt states are lam
entably shy In the growing Of alfalfa,
as Is shown by the following rank in
which they come as producers Of the
crop:
Missouri, II; Ohio, 10; Iowa, 20; I'LL
nois %; Wisconsin, 30; Indiana, "a;
Michigan, 20; Minnesota, 35.
With the unquestioned advantages
Of alfalfa, we should be growing more
of this great legume crop.
Advantages Of Alfalfa.
AS to the advantage of growing al
falfa in the corn belt, Prof. P. G
Holden says:
ut produces a large yield per acre
more than double that Of clover.
1T is rich in protein, having almos,
as high a feeding value as bran.
ut is the most enriching crop FOL
the ground which we have.
when a good stand is once secured
1t will generally last four to six years
in the humid regions and much longe.
IN the west.
ut can be fed as hay to all kinds o
animals, and has no superior as a hoI
pasture"
Builds Up Agriculture.
mo one more literally abets tn
growth of two blades Of grass wher,
one grew before than he who effect
lively urges the cultivation of alfalf
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25
Grow Alfalfa.

An acre Of alfalfa yields $3.50
pounds Of dlgestible matter; red clo-
yer, 5000 pounds; and corn, $500
pounds.
In every dollars worth of alfalfa
there are thirteen pounds Of protein
in every dollars worth of corn there
are only eight pounds Of protein. The
great value Of alfalfa as feed stun is
therefore apparent.
Alfalfa enriches the %soil-grain inn
poverishes the soil.
There remains little more to be said.
Every farmer who reads this should
begin Immediately to make prepare
tlons for putting in a piece Of alfalfa.
v though 1t be only one acre. II
you can grow an acre next year you
can grow ten acres the following year
and then twenty, forty. and even
one hundred II your farm is big
enough to make so large a field prac-
ticable.
Ten acres of alfalfa on every farm
In the United States would give us In
round numbers $4,000, 900 acres Of al
falfa- Before the next decade has gone
into history we would be growing
1OO,0 00, 900 acres of alfalfa in the Unit
ed States. II we do this we will be
Infinitely better of than we are today
our fields will be vastly more fertile
and our crop yields win be bigger and
better-our herds viii be larger and
the quality Of butter fat win be great
" increased-we win have happier
homes-snd We WIN DO better citizens.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

james L. Rice went to Kansas
City Friday on business.
Miss Sadie johnson arrived
from Kansas City Wednesday ev-
for a visit with relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

Having bought Oscar Thomas
grocer business I cordially in
vite all Of his friends and Gus
to continue trading with
me Just the same as they did
with him, And / cordially in
vite all of my friends to come
and see me and give me at least
part Of their patronage. We viii
give you value received for
your money.
JOS. L. LONG
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25
BY J. E. BUCK.

we have come to the dividing Of the
ways-we have reached a critical
point in the history Of agricul.
tural development. Aside from the
IS, 100000 acres in the United States
that can be reclaimed by irrigation,
and the 74,000,0O0 acres Of farm lands
that can be made available for cult.
walton by means Of drainage, no very
large areas Of virgin soil remain to
be brought under cultivation in our
country. In time, Of course. these
barren lands will be made to yield
abundant harvests-but for the pres.
ent we must look elsewhere to End a
solution Of the problem with which we
are confronted. II we are to keep
on going forward It will be necessary
for us to secure larger yields from the
fields that are already under cultiya.
ton. That is to say, our problem is
not so much how to increase the popu.
lation In rural communities as 1t is
to increase the producing capacity Of
the people already on the farm.
Average Yields.
The average yield Of corn per acre
in the United States is only about q
bushels.
Our average yield Of wheat is only
1877 bushels per acre-and the aver.
age yield of nearly everything we
grow on the farm is exceedingly low,
compared with the yields in other
countries.
1t is high time we were waking up
and doing something.
Better Farm Management Needed.
One hundred years ago the Mohawk
valley in New York was the wonder OF
Europe, was the wonder of the world
for its fertility, and thousands Of car.
loads Of cattle, hogs and farm crops
were shipped out Of that valley until
its fertility has been exhausted. The
settlers then moved westward into the
Miami and Scioto valleys of Ohio. and
did the same thing over again. Fol
lowing the exhaustion of these rich
valleys, the magnificent broad prairies
Of Illinois and Iowa were brought un
der cultivation, and the same process
is now being repeated. Even in the
Red River Valley Of the North, where
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

Miss Ella Carter went to Kan
sas City Tuesday morning for a
few days visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

KNOW OF NOTHING WHICH WILL no MODE = 80
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OR ADD MODE w = W. N TIE
THAN A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND UNoEssTAnnINo n T
ALFALFA-GRoUT. O"HSHSiNNONs OF
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

Eleven poands Of alfalfa y worth -
mach n feeding value ~ tan pOun6s
Of bran. and Il costs but halt a. much
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

LuGian lesueur went to Hig-
ginsville Friday morning on
business.
Fresh Kentucky Blue Grass
in bulk. Wilcoxon 8 Co.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

upon those who are strangers to it.
and no one is more truly working for
the benefit Of agriculture, the basis of
all prosperity, than he who proclaims
its excellence as the foremost forage"
Ex-Governor Hoard.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25
.rops, when he learns to handle

the representative IN Congress OF
The Fourteenth Illinois District,
was as much of a triumph for
Mrs. Tavenner as it was for the
young newspaper man himself.
1t is a fact that Mrs. Tavenner
worked as hard in the campaign
to elect her husband as Taven-
ner did himself Furthermore
she knew how to work effective
ly in his interest. Before her
marriage, Mrs Tayenner had for
three years been private secre-
tary to United States Senator
Robert NJ. LaFollette of WiscOn-
sin
Mrs. Tayepper is q years old,
her congressman husband is 81.
Tayorner has been a newspaper
man at the National Capitol dur
ing the sessions of Congress for
four years. lie knows every
member of Congress personally,
and the fact that he has been
writing au article a day for
four years, has quite naturally
resulted in his acquiring much
valuable and useful information
on the taft and other subjects.
Mrs. Tavenner says her husband
is a progressive of the LaFollette
type, and Tavenner replies that
it is not necessary for anyone to
prove it, that he admits it.
"Senator LaFOllette is a Re
publican, or at least insists that
he is a Republican" says Mrs.
Tavenner, while Mr.. Tavenner
is a Democrat. Yet so far as |
can make out they seem to take
ain, st id%entically the same
viewpoints Of the big issues
confronting the people.
"0f course | wasn't respon-
sible for Mr.. T~avenner's cleo
, ton. | helped in every way
could, however. My husband
> and | work together in every
thing. | can take short hand
dictation quite rapidly, and can
u run the typewriter pretty fast.
so you see, that, together with
+ my experience with Senator La.
t Toilette, makes it possible fol
j me to make myself pretty usefu
. to my husband. 1t is a pleasure
{ for me to help him. Now tina.
he y elected, | take just as mucl
L interest in what he does for m'
!, district as he does himself. W.
u both appreciate deeply that thu
!. people of the Fourteenth DIS
trict believe in us and trust u
! to represent them faithfully, an'
. we are working day and night tt
= make good
Mrs. Tavenner was one OF tn
spectators in the galleries whel
" her husband was sworn in.
The oath of office was admin
i ster d to Tavenner by Speake
Is Champ Clark, which in itself
IS a remarkable coincidence, Il
IS view of the fact that Speake
10 Clark was the first who recogmi
sc ed Tavenner's ability as a write
ar and who has been a Steadtas
n friend ever since.
lie T4venner received what he dc
" clares was his most valuable edit
IN cation while setting type "a
Of the case" in a country newspap'
a office for four years while a boy
er He later conceived the idea thu
he wanted to write articles o
the great issues under his ow
is name, and he went to Washing
ton. His articles were so ind.
ut pendent in character that at tlri
ed no newspaper would puDlls
r them. Champ Clark was attra'
as ed to the articles, looked Tavel
ner up, found him working in
ly hall bedroom and was so IN
ri pressed that he decided to heI
is him.
N Miss Ella Carter went to hal
OF sac Ci+v Tuesday morning for
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25

fifty bushels Of wheat to the acre was
not unusual, today not more than hf-
teen bushels is grown.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25
We Can Grow Alfalfa

Many farmers In the corn bait DO
not believe that they car grow alfAlA
They arc under the impression that Il
requires peculiar climatic conditions,
ana 8 peculiar typs Of 200. such a. y.
SOund In the western Dtstes, payttcu-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-04-25
Food suppIy and PopuIatIen.

To make 1t possible for the people
of the United States to raise, clothe
and feed future generations, we must
change our system Of agriculture. We
cannot depend upon Uncle Sam for
any more land, and the only method
by which we can keep the United
States on the map is to make two
blades Of grass grow where only one
grew before.
During the last decade the popula-
ton Of the United States increased 20
per cent. During the same period the
production Of beef in the United
States fell off rs per cent.
A few years ago 1t cost the labor
ing man $52.05 for his yearly supply of
meat-today the same number OF
pounds of meat cost $85.05, an In
crease Of $4,000.
In view Of this what shall we do?
A careful analysis shows that we
need more fertile fields, or rather
fields with greater fertility.
We need larger and better herds.
We need better roads.
We need larger bank accounts.
We need better homes.
We need better citizenship.
How can all this be done?
Perhaps no one thing will do more
to secure these things than growing
alfalfa
II that is true, why haven't we been
growing alfalfai
Because we thought 1t was impos
rfhla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19

they are relatives and today investi-
gated a report from Aschaffenburg.
Germany Schmidt's native town, to
the effect that Muret is really Adolf
Mueller, Schmidt's cousin. Co-opera-
ton between skilled forger, having
accurate copies of burial blanks, and
a criminal versed in medical matters,
would make possible, the police point
out, the murder and disposal of many
victims without detection. The photo
graphs found in Schmidt's trunk were
those taken of the health department
certificate issued for the burial of
Robert Smith, who died of natural
causes last April. AS a priest, Schmidt
visited him twice before he died, the
last time administering extreme unc-
ton, and officiated at the funeral. How
he got possession of the burial certifi-
cate is not clear. Mrs. Smith said that
so far as she knew it had not been
taken out of the house. Both sides of
the certificate had been photographed.
The photographer who did the work
for Schmidt said that the priest was
in hurry for the pictures and fretted
when he was told he could not have
them for "a hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
SHE WEIGHS ESQ LBS.
Freight Truck Is Required to Load
Woman on a Train.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 19.-Her hus-
band, three ushers, two baggagemen,
and a large freight truck were re-
quired to help the stoutest woman
who ever passed through st. Louis
board a train here last night She was
Mrs. Lizzie Gion of Kansas City, Mo,
and according to her husband, tipped
the beam at $50 pounds.
The Gions came here from Cleve-
land, Ohio. They did not make their
present destination known. but de-
clared they had covered 5000 miles in
vain. search for a homestead
through Canada and the west. Gion
weighs less than $50 pounds At the
time of thier marriage Mrs. Gion, who
is now 81 years old, weighed 400
pounds, he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
CROSSES IN 80 DAYS.
Fast Automobile Trip From Ocean 10
Ocs.an.

New York, Sept. &c. H. Smith, a
San Francisco theatrical man, is s10,-
600 richer today by reason of having
crossed the continent in thirty days in
an automobile. The $4,000 represented
wagers made with friends who did not
believe the feat could be accomplished.
Smith left San Francisco at p m.
Aug. II, and arrived at Broadway and
Fifty-ninth street at 2 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. Smith and his COM
panion. r. E. Hilton, had to make all
repairs in accordance with the terms
of the wagers. Mrs. Smith, who start
ed to accompany her husband. had to
quit at Little Falls, N. Y, where she
underwent an operation for Appendix
citis as a result of the strenuous trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
IN MILK TRUSTS GRIP.
St Louis Faces an Advance of Two
Cents Gallon.

st. Louis, SepN 19.-The announce
ment by the executive COMMITTEES. of
the central Illinois Milk Producers
association assoc in session here that the
price of milk TO st. Louis diaries
would be raised from II cents to 10
cents gallon on October 1, may re-
suit In change of the source of St
Louis's milk supply, it was declared
by local dairymen today. Following
Joint executive session of the dairy
men and milk producers several of
the largest milk dealers of the city
announced that under no circum-
stances would the retail price of milk
In st. Louis be raised again this year
Several weeks ago the price was ad-
Vanced from to cents a quart If
the milk producers insist on the in
crease to diaries, the retailers de-
clared they would go to Chicago or
Elg1n for milk. Some accused the
milk producers association of organ
izing for the sole purpose of raising
the price of milk to as high a figure
as the public would stand. The dairy
men and the producers will meet
again today in effort to come to
an agreement upon the price of win
ter milk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
DRIVEN FROM HOME.
Citizens of the Isthmus Forced to
Move by Rising Waters.

Washington, Sept. 19.-Details of
how the denizens of the jungles and
the inhabitants of the small towns III
the interior of the Isthmus of Panama
were driven out of their homes by the
rising waters of Gatun lake as the
canal approached completion, were
told in a dispatch received today.
During the last Is months 20 per
cent of the population has been moved
out of the area to be flooded. Some
went entirely out of the lake water
shed upon being notified, others had
to be taken out when the rising waters
were almost at their doors; many dis
appeared in higher levels with the
trackless silence of wood creatures,
and others moved in bodies, forming
new settlements and preserving the
communal life of the old villages.
In one case $50 people were collect
ed and moved by rail and water a
distance of so miles and set down
upon a townsite arranged for them
The government of Panama is selling
these people building material ard
food at cost and has even supplied a
schoolhouse and church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
HOW Time FLIES.
Divorce Complaint Tells of Two Chill
dren in Two Months.

Now We know that people of Topeka
lived life of 60 years here last sum-
meri
60 and that plaintiff and defend
ant were married on the 18th day OF
July, 1913, and that as a result of said
marriage there are two children, Eddie
D., 6 years old, and Emmett E., 3 years
old"
The foregoing is the way a part of
divorce complaint, filed in the dis
trict court of Shawnee county reads,
and is a fair example of the hasty
and careless manner in which some
divorce suits are prepared and rushed
in court, and yet it was sworn to I'M
der oath as being the truth. And
people will swear that as the
result of a marriage taking place a
little more than two months ago, chill
dren have been born and attained the
ages of and 3 years respectively.
A few weeks ago divorce suit was
started by a father and in asking
custody of the children, he in one in
stance enumerated them as three and
in another place in the same complaint
referred back to 1.-THE aforesaid two"
children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
DIGGING DEEPER.
Detectives Delving Into Past OF
Schmidt and Muret.
The Priest Is Found to Be a
SkillfuI FOrger.

New York. Sept 1s.-Detectives
delving further into the past of Hans
Schmidt, the priest who murdered
Anna Aumuller. sought today to faith
ON what was in his mind last April,
when he photographed the death GER
tificate of Robert Smith, one of his par
ishioners.
Photographs of this certificate and
of bla,lk forms issued by the board of
health were found in Schmidt's trunk.
The find led the police to believe that
the priest either was making prepara-
tions then to dispose of the Aumuller
girl or planned other murders They
questioned him about this certificate
today but his answers gave them little
information. The priest has evinced
tendency lately to answer all ques-
lions with the declaration that he was
directed in his acts by God and Abra-
ham,
To the belief that Schmidt planned
other murders the police are more in
clined than to the opinion that he was
laying plans last April to be rid of the
Aumuller girl. They say that skilled
forger like the prisoner would have
been able to have the bodies of vic
Tins buried in any cemetery by filling
out counterfeit burial blanks and forg-
ing the signatures. They believe that
Schmidt caused the blanks to be pho
tographed in order to obtain exact
copies so that he might have dupli-
Gates struck off in blank. Inspector
Faurot announced today that he was
looking for another woman in the case.
He gave no details as to what her con-
nection with the matter might be. The
only other woman whose name has
thus far been associated with Schnidt'S
is known as Helen Green, from a letter
found in Schmidt's trunk, in which she
said she could not live without him.
Her name was not signed to the letter,
but the address and a telephone num-
Der led the police to an apartment
house where a woman by that name
had lived until about a month previous.
There it was said she had gone to
Chicago and that several letters had
been forwarded to her, none of which
had come back.
Fugitive From Justice.
The finding of the photographed
blanks in Schmidt's trunk caused the
detectives to dig deeper into the past
of Ernest Muret, the Self-styled dem
fist implicated with Schmidt in coun-
terfeiting. From London came reports
that Muret had been a fugitive from
justice since April 90, 1911, when he was
charged with having falsely represent
ed himself as DIR. Ernst Stein, a med
ical practitioner. Thus far Muret has
denied all knowledge of the manner in
which Anna Aumuller met her death.
Despite protestations of both Schmidt
and Muret the detectives are convinced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
OCEANS To- MEET SOON
Little Remains to BE Done on the Big
Panama Ditch.

Washington, Sept, 19.-With the
opening of the Panama canal from the
Miraf1ores Locks to the Pacific ocean
communication also is being estao-
lished on the Atlantic side between the
great Gatun locks and the sea- This
has followed the removal OF the rail-
road trestle between the locks and the
ocean. To make the opening navigable
about 1877, 900 yards of earth in the rail-
road dixie must be removed and two
pipe line suction dredges are engaged
in the work which should be completed
by Oct L
When the work is completed there
will remain only one obstruction to
free communication in the whole length
of the canal-the dixie al Gamboa which
restraints the waters of Gatun Lake
from flowing into Culebra Cut. A big
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
DANIELS In THE MARKET
Secretary of the Navy Advertises for
Second Hand Vehicle.

Washington. Sept. 19.-Secretary Daniels
OF the navy, department. is in the market
for brougham, second hand and cheap,
and by tonight navy department en-
ployees expect that small fleet of dilapi-
dated land cruising craft of that descrip-
ton will be moored outside the secretary
office. The secretary advertised in a To-
cal newspaper for the machine this morn
ing. The advertisement a guaranty of
good faith is signed t-Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy.
The secretary is said to have scoffed at
the advice of certain counsellors that he
purchase automo understanding equip
ped with turbine engines, armor plated
and having torpedo tubes. Although ruler
of the navy, Mr.. Daniels still confesses
his love for the horses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-19
MEALS HIT BACK? DYSPEPSIA, GAS,
SOUR STOMACH?--PAPE DIAPEPSIN

know it is needless to have a bad stom-
ach.
Get a large fifty-cent case of Pape's
Ddapepsin from any drug store and put
your stomach right. Stop being mis-
erable-life is too short-you're not
here long, SO make your stay agree
able. Eat what you like and digest
it; enjoy it, without fear of rebellion
in the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home. Should one of the family eat
something which doesn't agree with
them, or in case of an attack of indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or stom-
ach arrangement, it is handy to give
instant relief.-Adv