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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Uncle Sam will help Kansas burn
chinch bugs this fall. The depart
ment of entomology of the Kansas
Agricultural College has just OBJ
tanned promise of the cooperation OF
the bureau of entomology of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
E. c. G. Kelly, assistant entomolOgist
of the bureau, who has had headquar-
tiers at Wellington, Kas., for several
years, was in Manhattan few days
ago to complete arrangements for the
cooperative burning campaign. The
government will furnish at least two
experienced men. and possibly more.
to assist in every possible way in or
ganizing for systematic burning.
Township trustees. farmers insti-
tutes. school boards. county bankers
associations, oranges, anti-horse thief
associations and other organizations
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
His Start In Life

How much of an income would It
be necessary for you to have in Or
der to be satisfied to retire?"
''If I could be sure of $4,000 a year
I would quit business and be thor
oughly satisfied"
DO you think there is any chance
that you will be able to get things
fixed in the near future so that you
win have as much as that?"
well, I'm hopeful saved 81 ont
of my income last month"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

In every instance the native or
home grown. varieties have outyieIded
the introduced varieties In most
cases the introduced varieties were
not obtained from without the state
but were simply taken from one part
OF the state to another. Had the i'm
ported varieties been secured from
without the state a greater difference
in favor of the home grown varieties
would have resulted
Let US consider one of the typical
tests. Mr. J. J. Johnson of EidoTado.
Kas.. Butler county. grew. in 1912.
four varieties OF corn in his test. the
seed of which was secured from near
home, and thirteen other varieties Sc
cured from different parts OF the
state. The introduced varieties were
as good. or if anything superior TO the
native varieties, but the native vari-
cites made an average yield of sos
bushels per acre, while the average
of the introduced varieties was only
37-5 bushels per acre. The introduced
varieties were not adapted TO Mr..
Johnson's soil OF climatic conditions
and it would have required two or
three years to adapt them. Had Mr.
Johnson in 1912 planted a general
heId of 100 acres with seed of the in
troduced varieties instead OF seed of
home grown varieties he would have
produced 1910 bushels less corn.
worth $3.50
Should it become necessary to i'm
port seed extensively for next seasons
planting. We would expect reduced
yield as great as these tests have in
dicated, a loss that neither the indi-
vIdual farmers nor the state as d
whole could afford
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
THE SEED CORN SITUATION IN KANSAS
TERMINATION TESTS ARE A NECESSITY
Very Little Corn Raised
1912 Crop viii Be Best for Pantng-Importations
From Outside the State Will Result
In Reduced Yields.


ASIUuOIlN, n ,. A u
this time fit for seed goes to the tTou-
bic and expense OF saving it, there
Will be a shortage which will result in
many farmers sending outside OF the
state for seed for next years planting
That the importation of seed corn
Will result in reduced yields and a
great financial loss to those forced to
plant imported seed is certain. This
IS well shown by the following table
which gives the comparative yield OF
home grown or native varieties COM
pared with introduced varieties as oh
tanned from variety tests conducted
in different parts of the state by the
AgTOnOmy Department:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Store Your Apples.

The possibilities of good OF com
non storage for the apple crop. and
the profit that a good storage room
might enable the grower to secure
are often neglected good storage
room would enable many growers to
supply local market for large part
of the apple season. Many small
towns in orchard districts are poorly
supplied with apples during the win
ter months because the growers de
pend upon commercial storage houses
which are located only at the larger
towns. The cost of handling and ship
ping to and from storage may be
saved in many cases by providing
storage rooms that are clean and well
ventilated and in which the temper
Azure may be well controlled. in sea
sons of heavy crops there is often q
glutted market during the fall months
and a good demand few weekc later
This demand the local grower should
plan TO supply.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A great deal OF the poor separation
and ihreshins that is done in the
West is caused by poor pitching into
the machine Most OF the green
stTawstaeks that may be seen every
fall would not be SO green if the grain
had been pitched into the feeder OF
the separator properly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

By being sponsor at baptism. best
man at a wedding, and pallbearer at a
funeral, New Jersey man claims to
have run life's gamut in day. But no
man can make such a claim unless, in
addition, he has been a witness in
divorce case.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

One of the best ways to take care
Of steel plOws is to grease the mold
board. share and landslide Just as
soon as the blowing is done: for The
unprotected surface viii soon rust.
Grease is much better to protect these
wearing surfaces than paint, for paint
usually must be scraped off when one
wishes TO use the pillow again, while
the dirt generally viii push the grease
on.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A New York girl has broken the
typewriting record by averaging 125
words minute for an hour. 1t was a
marvellous performance, even if incom-
patibility and transubstantiation did
not occur often in her copy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

u hear Wise went broke on that
deal in the stock market" said the
crouch.
That's funny" commented the
boob Il thought he got in on the
ground floor
He did, replied the crouch, but
he got out by the coal chute. "-Cincin-
natl Enquirer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

DR.. Eliot of Harvard says that pow
erty is preferable to inordinate wealth
Jas moral condition. Many people
viii disagree with him. For one
thing, one possessing it would never
agree that wealth can be inordinate,
ana for the vast majority-it is to be
feared they would rather be rich than
good.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Even the dignifed United States
bureau of agriculture will have its lit
tie joke. Investigators employed by
the bureau report that a crow is a
crow just becaws.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

According to Doctor Schmoll. four
mil1igrams of radium, properly har-
messed, would generate $4,000, 900. 900
horse power a second. These. fig
ures send a wild, sweet hope surging
through the breast of the young man
with the racing automobile habit.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Nn4 Quite

PA, tell me one thing about army
and navy officers"
What is it, SOM"
Is it when they get tired that they
put on their fatigue uniform"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Land is very rapidly improved by
blowing under any kind of Fegeta-
lion. such as rye, clover, manure or
refuse Of the garden. II is a crime
to burn the straw and corn stalks,
Tor the organic matter they contain
Is needed by the soil
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Ion Much.

whats the trouble here?"
''The be1boys are on strike"
Want more pay, I suppose"
mo. A man came in a little while
ago and asked to have Wladislascz
Szcbnrczs PACED"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Should Have Ialnhed

Newlywed you spend as much
money as this before I married you2
hrs. NewlyWed-Why, yes
Newly ed-Then I cant understand
why your father went on so when I
took you away from him
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A big money prize is to be offered
at the San Francisco exposition for
the best baby in the world. The pro-
iect will cost a great deal of money,
for every family in the country has
that baby.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
According to Orders.

A woman, coming down the garden
walk, was Mortified aD seeing her son
standing on his head against the gar
den wall.
Johnnie, you wretch" she cried,
what are you doing now?"
standing on my head" replied
Johnnie. Didn't yer tell me to play
at summat that wouldn't wear my
boots out?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A Chicago man who tried to commit
suicide by drinking hair tonic is ex-
pected to recover. Hair tonic hardly
ever does what people who use it ex
pect it to do for them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

new continent reported to have been
discovered near the north pole; and.
so far as we are concerned. he is well
come to it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Where there's a will there are doz.
en- lawyers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Those Sweeping Gestures
campaigning is hard on a mans
vocal chords"
Yes, but it's fine exercise for his
arms"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
An Old Hen

H@Your friend, Miss Wabash, Is
quite chic, Miss Breezy
Miss Breezy "a trifie enviously)-
Yes, Clara may be q tTifle chic, but
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

If the whale that rammed the Dan
ism tanker belonged to any particular
school Of fish, it ought to qualify as
center on the football team.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

There are $50 dramas and 81 melo-
dramas based on the life of Joan Of
Arc. Evidently there was nothing
funny about her.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Since the oyster is becoming less
popular in society it has more oppor-
tunities to pass an evening now and
then at home with its family.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Cannibals are now said to object
to white men as having an unpleasant
salt and peppery taste. They are alto
gether too choosy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Never allow milk to stand in warm
place for any length of time, but
place il as quickly as possible il
cold place.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A 12-ton Sphinx has been received
in Philadelphia from Egypt. Thus
has the population of the stone heads
Increased by one.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A photograph is bad enough at best,
but there ought to be law to sup
press those that never change their
tunes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

In Motor Terms
Miss Ethel-Kate says she's weary
of living in a small apartment
Jack Cara case of fat tire, EN-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Partisan costumers say the trouser
skirt is soon to come; that means no
doubt that they'll wear EN- literally
as well as metaphorically.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A Frenchman seventy-two years old
has challenged another one seventy
seven years old to a duel. There's no
fool like an old fool.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

One irrepressible optimist is the
man who buys the wedding ring on
the einstallment plan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

BY teaching the children sexoIogy
on Sundays. up-to-date Chicago Sun
day school superintendent will at
least give them something new to
think about the rest of the. week
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
The Same.

"a little bird told all about BiIly's
SPREE
4 guess it must have been the lark
the fellows took him on"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Consider the majestic confidence of
the man who eats free lunch sausage
and never asks a question.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

At the wedding OF the oceans not
a voice was heard IN protest
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Wooden shoes. which are gaining in
popularity, must be fine to throw at a
eerenading cat.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

green sun can no longer withhold their
identity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

The rest cure was invented for peo-
pie who get tired out doing nothing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Doctors never kick, say garage own
ers. Why should they? They, too.
make their living on repair work
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

The tango is a first class winter
dance, as it keeps the blood circulating
freely.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Not at any season does anybody
grow ecstatic over prunes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A German prince is trying to OBJ
tain loan of $5,500,000 Undoubted-
1y he is already married.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

The front porch spoon will change to
the kitchen stove squeeze.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Costly Costume.

Knicker-What are your wife's most
expensive clothes2
BOcker-A coat of tan First she
pays to get II on and then she pays
to get 1t New York Sun.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Getting about time to think of what
ones going to swear of.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

~OOD SEED corn viii be almost
impossible to obtain next
spring. The little corn pro-
duced in central Kansas this season
Is poorly matured and of inferior
quality. Much will be unfit for seed
Any seed corn grown this past sea
son that is to be saved for seed next
year should be thoroughly tested for
termination before planting. Corn
must have normal conditions under
which to grow and mature if it is to
produce seed of strong vitality The
seed produced in the dry season of
1911 was low in vitality and many
poor stands and low yields were con-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

The man who jumps at conclusions
very often gets stuck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

An Oregon hen has laid 285 eggs in
a year. We assume that she laid of
on Sundays.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A piano phonograph has been In
vented Another terror to fiat life.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

The other day a man was fined $50
for winking twice at a pretty girl.
Moral: Only wink once. It's cheaper.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

For people who like queer dances
the present kind are the right thing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
The Result.

ct forgot to buy the curtains my
wife asked me to get her"
What was the result?"
"a curtain lecture"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
BRUTAL MURDERER
CONFESSES CRIME

PHILADELPHIA, September 2s,-Jo
seph 'Bricn, who was arrested Satur-
day night on suspicion Of having attacked
and killed 7-year-old Israel Goldman and
then thrown his nude body among some
bushes on the golf links of the White
marsh Valley Country club. confessed
today that he had committed the crime,
according to the police. O'Brien, the po-
lice announced, admitted having taken
the boy to the links where the deed was
committed, after a street car conductor
had Identified him as the man who was
with the boy Friday night, According to
the police. the prisoner said he had killed
the child because he had called his
(O'Brien's) mother a foul name.
The murder OF the child was particu-
larly brutal one. His head was battered.
there were bruises all over the body and
shoe string was tightly drawn about the
neck when the body was found on Satur-
day morning. The boys clothes lay near
the scene of the crime,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
FIVE MINUTE CURE
IF STOMACH IS BAD
"'Pape's Diapepsin" is quickest,
surest indigestion
cure known.

You don t want slow remedy when
your stomach is bad-or an uncertain
one-or d harmful one-your stomach is
too valuable; you mustn t injure it with
drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; it's harmless
ness; its certain unfaiing action in
Its millions s' Of Suu cures shsSJ IN Jndisestion ie
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home-keep it handy-get large
ffty-cent case from any drug store and
then if anyone should eat something
which doesn It agree with them; il what
they eat lays like lead, ferments and
sours and forms gas; causes headache,
dizziness and nausea; eructations of
acid and undigested food-remembe as
soon ms Pape IS Diapepsin comes in con-
tact with the stomach all such distress
vanishes. Its promptness, certainty and
ease in overcoming the worst stomach
disorders is revelation to those who
try it. (Advertisement.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
SOUTH JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL WINS PRIZE
Awarded $50 for Attendance
at Fashion Show; Thanks
Are rendered.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
OGDEN. Sept. 29.-At a meeting OF the
Weber club directors today a vote OF
thanks was rendered to w. E. Sanderson,
chairman of the Fashion Show executive
committee, and to the members Of the
sub committees who aided In making the
festival a success.
After the figures were carefully audit
cd by the school officials the South
Junior high school was awarded the spe-
cial cash prize of $50 for having the
largest percentage Of students in the
Fashion Show parade on Friday morning
The other schools participating in the
event were the Ogden high school and
the Central and North Junior high
schools
According to Superintendent John NJ.
Mills. II has been decided to apply the
$50 on a fund with which to purchase
band instruments. The students OF all
four schools are enthusiastic over the
plan to organize a band in the high
school and in each OF the three junior
institutions, The high school band prob
ably Will have forty instrumentalists
while the other three will have from flf-
teen to twenty students engaged.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
STRAND OF HAIR MAY
REVEAL THE SLAYER
Los Angeles Police Find Evidence
Against Negro Suspected Of Kill
ing Mrs. Rebecca P. Gay.
By international News Service.


LOS ANGELES, Sept. ga strand
Of hair found today adhering to a suit
Of clothes in the bedroom of Robert
Askew, the negro held In the city jail
on suspicion Of being connected with
the mysterious murder of Mrs. Rebecca
P. Gay, the Christian Science prac-
titioner, in her Office last Friday, was
declared by Captain of Detectives
Hammers to be the strongest bit of
evidence yet secured. After COM
parison with hair taken from the dead
woman IS head the detectives pro-
nounced the two strands identical.
Askew was this afternoon placed in
solitary confinement, no one being per-
mitted to see or talk with the negro.
City Chemist R. II. Miller today be.
gan an examination and analysis Of
spots found on several articles Of cloth
ing in Askew's room at III Gladys
avenue. The spots are believed to be
blood stains,
In the meantime the police Of Santa
Monica are searching for negro burg
lar who entered the home Of Mrs.
B. Skinner, I'LL Ocean avenue, on
Saturday night. A sister of Mrs. Skin,
ner, who saw the intruder, declared he
answered in every way the description
of the man Mrs. Curry declared she
had seen in Mrs. Gays outer Office
after o'clock Friday afternoon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
SOUTH FORK DAM
SITE IS APPROVED
Matter Passed Upon by DIR.
Samuel Fortier, Engineer
for Government.
Special to The Tribune

Special to The Tribune
OGDEN. Sept 29-With the exception
that bedrock must be excavated TO Q
greater depth at the north end OF the
trench TO guard against rupture by under
ground streams, DR.. Samuel Fortier. en-
gincer for the United States department
OF agriculture has approved the site ol
the proposed South Fork dam, according
10 his report made public today. Because
of the fact that DIR. Fortier completed
his report earlier than he expected, it was
decided not TO present the engineers find
ings at the conference OF the city COM
missioners and the Ogden River Reservoir
company officials next Wednesday.
The federal engineer not only reviewed
in detail the conditions relative TO the
damste, but also made recommendations
regarding the proposed construction. In
connection with his report on the site ne
introduces the report of Professor +. j.
Pack Of the University Of Utah, who was
called upon by DR. Fortier to furnish ex-
pert information on geological formations
The federal engineer. according TO his re-
port Is inclined to believe that Professor
Pack has magnified the possible danger
which might result from a fracture In
the present bedrock.
DR. Fortier is satisfied that perfect bed
rock has been uncovered at the south por-
lion OF the trench, which was partially
filled with water when he visited the site,
and ne Is convinced that bedrock extends
entirely across the channel along the line
OF the core wall OF the dam. as planned.
although he Insists upon additional exca-
vation at the point over which Professor
Pack is doubtful. The government eX-
pert recommends that suitable equipment
be provided for the additional work and
also for the protection Of the worlSmen;
Regarding the proposed construction OF
The dam proper. Engineer Fortfer recon-
mends certain modifica tons In the plans
and specifications. contendtng that the
cost Of the core wall IS too great for the
benefits TO be derived. unless the changes
are made He proposes changes which
do not sacrifice the safety Of the project
hmm ediately after the removal Of addi-
tional bedrock and the approval OF the
site by the state engineer. DR.. Fortier
recommends that the foundation be con-
structed to a height level with the sur
face of the ground. This, he contends,
would serve as a protection to the site
II the remainder OF the dam was not built
until next season or the following year,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
Victim Improving,
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, Sept 29.-Fred Brophy, one OF
the victims Of the car crash In ogden
canyon on July 4. was able to leave the
Dee hospital for the first time today. His
right leg was badly crushed and mangled
the heel being almost torn from the foot
He is able to walk with the aid of
crutches, but will not be permitted to
leave the hospital perma nently for sew
eral weeks. He was accompanied up
town by D. D. Grattan, who was so badly
injured In the same wreck that his left
leg was amputated above the knee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-30
Will Hold Funeral Today.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN. Sept 29.-The funeral OF
Ancelmo Goni, who died at the Dee nos
pital yesterday. will be held on Tuesday
morning with high mass in st, Joseph's
church at 10 o'clock, the Rev. P, M.
Cushnahan conducting, The body will lie
In state at the Larkin G. Sons chapel
until the hour Of the services. Mr. Conf.
who was SO years old, had been in the
employ Of the Lindsay Land e. Livestock
company at Eden Weber county,