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The Lamar register., 1913-10-22

The Granada Hangers will play
the Lamar Grims on the high school
grounds three blocks west of the
high school saturday afternoon at
O'Clock. Admission BY tickets
sold before the game. IOc. Admis-
sion at the gate 25c. AT Granada
last Saturday the Lamar Scots won
only by the very hardest kind of
football. and the Granada fans are
coming up in body TO see their
team win the second game of the
series. Captain Downing OF the
Grims says that Granada will go
home with the little end OF the
score. and is whipping the Grims
into shape to prove what he says.
Come out next Saturday afternoon
and see the first interscholastic SOC
Ger game ever played in Lamar.
A block of ground southwest of
the Pioneer building has been
secured for the high school dem
onstration plot. This plot will be
cultivated by the pupils of the ag-
riculture classes, each pupil being
assigned certain plot to take
care of. Within certain limits each
pupil will be permitted to raise
whatever crop he wishes. There are
two objects in view in the plan
first, to give the pupils some prac-
teal work and an opportunity to
put into practice the principles
learned in the class room, and sec
ond, to make tests of the best
methods of raising certain crops.
Carpenters and plumbers have
have just completed extensive i'm
provements in the Pioneer build
ing, making the building modern
in sanitation and heating.
The first interscholastc soccer
football game to be played in La
mar will be played next Saturday
afternoon on the high school field,
between Lamar and Granada. Last
Saturday the Lamar Scots played
the Granada team at Granada, de-
feating them by a score of l to o..
Every business house in Granada
closed for the game, and the whole
town was out to boost for their
team Admission TO the game Sat
,rJo, ,-irI ha 05c
Enrollments are coming in right
along for night school work. Night
school begins Monday evening. Dec.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22
The Years Crops

Nearly everybody is personally
concerned in the crops OF the coun-
try. The farmer is rightfully rec
onized as the mainstay of the ma
ton. A good many people would
be going hungry to bed but for the
enterprise and industry of the
farmer.
Available reports indicate that the
loss on the corn crop from drought
have been severe. with the result
that the crop is the lightest since
1903. the yield now being estimat-
ed at 1851 100000 bushels. a loss
OF 774,O00.O0O bushels from last
years record yield. Inasmuch as
corn is the principal grain OF the
country. this means a reduction in
total estimated crop yield on the
five principal grains Of .1,159.00O,-
900 bushels from last year. the to-
Ia! being now estimated at 1914.
400. 900 bushels.
Although the drought and ex-
ceedingly hot weather In the great
er poit.cn of the agricultural belt
hurt ;..,ID. the year is equal to the
average. largely owing to the ex-
cellent wheat yield.
The oat crop is good. with
yield of 1,O66.0OO,OOO buhels. an es-
timated loss from last years big
crop of 352.OOO,0OO bushels. The
barley yield shows a distinct loss
from last year. the estimated for
1913 being 16S, 100000 bushels. a
decrease of 56,OOO,O0O. Rye about
holds its own with last year, the
crop yield being estimated at 3d.
100000 bushels, a loss of only /.
100000 bushels.
Other crops, such as flax seed.
buckwheat. potatoes, tobacco and
hay, also registered losses from
last year, while rice shows slight
increase. The decreases in pota-
toes and tobacco are marked, and.
as these are of the most staple cf
the country's crops, the farmers
raising them are hit hard.
1t is estimated there will be
shortage in the potato crop OF
IOO,OOO,00O bushels.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22
Got EN- Back

The Up-To-Date recently filled
an order for school histories from
a rural district with the text books
used In the Lamar schools and
promptly got them back with a
short note stating that they might
do for Lamar but "our people want
to know something about Roose-
velt" Poor Teddy. The first page
OF dailies knows him no longer.
the text books can't find anything
he ever did and even the Teddy
Bears are going to rags.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22

visable to use top dressing of
manure ON the lawn where the
white grub is common.
Chemicals are sometimes used to
destroy the grubs, but they are
more or less injurious to the grass,
and a better plan is to destroy the
bugs before laying time. This can
be done only by concerted action
of the citizens. as all such work
must be accomplished. When the
ougs begin flying the latter part of
May everyone should put out
trap made by partly filling a tub
with water and setting lighted
lantern ON brick in the center.
Pour a small amount of kerosene
on the water to be sure and Kill
the bugs which will fly to the light
and drop in the water.
Let us all work together to eX-
terminate this pest which has cost
Us so much this season.
p. 4. CLEMENT,
County Agriculturist.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22


allow him to raise more meat ami
mails. The states oil OHIO, Indiana.
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri would
raise 100000 more head of cattle
than they do now.
The farmer who has 100 acres,
Mr.. .Allerton says. sh1tu.d keep 25
COWS to make butter. sh Ju.d ha. Q
II heller calves to sell. and should
raise II steers and 100 hogs. The
live stock would thus give him
fertilizer for his fields and make
his land richer year by year, be
sides increasing his income four
fold.
richer every year, as he would
have manure to put on one lot each
year and one field would remain
in alfalfa two years. His horses
could be fed from the silo and be
kept in good condition. With this
system of farming his cattle are
| u
out pasturing. There should be a
well-paved lot near the barn for
the cattle to run in. There is no
thing about this system to prevent
its adoption by any man. He says
there are but few men who know
how to raise corn. The ground for
the corn should be plowed with an
Albion plow. which should plow 20
inches deep, and then be thorocS cSh-
ly cultivated. Corn should be plant.
ed with a lister in rows, four feet
apart. so the sun can get into the
corn, and planted in drill rows one
spear in a place. about four inches
deep. then dragged with a harrow
three times, so as to kill all the
weeds when young The harrow
should have fine teeth. not longer
than one and one-half inch.
He also says the farmer should
raise- at least 100 bushels of shell
ed corn per acre instead of so. and
TWO 8OOQ mcu tOuiu Woih Suth a
farm. and in this way the states of
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. and
Missouri would raise 100000 head
of cattle more than they now
do. II Illinois farmers planted
half as many acres of corn. and
kept their land in good condition.
they would raise more corn than
they do now.
How many farmers will take this
advice in the spirit in which II is
rendered and profit by it. 1t ap-
pears to be entirely conceivable that
the substitution of small farms for
the range may ultimately be the
means of making the beef supply
more abundant than ever, but this
can only come through the farmers
going in extensively for cattle rails
ing.-National Farmer.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22
The White Grubs in thu Lawns

During the season just passed,
many lawns have suffered serious
ly from the devastations of the
white grubs. and everyone is ask
ing. "what can we do about it?"
Where the grass is killed nothing
can be done except to reseed. but
some precautions can be taken to
insure new growth The grubs are
the Iarva of the June bug, and they
hatch from eggs deposited in barn.
ward manure, or in very rich
ground. and work In such soil
until they mature. Their presence
in the lawns is explained by the
top dressing with which we are
accustomed to fertilize grass plots
in the early spring. The grubs nat
urally work the rich soil and so
cut off the roots OF the grass.
Before reseeding, the ground
should be spaded and the fertiliz-
ers thoroughly mixed to con-
siderable depth. and 1t is not ad-
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22
How To Farm

Samuel W. Allerton. an old chL
caco resident, who has had practi-
cal success in farming, writes u
the Inter Ocean of that city, on
the text that the ignorance Of the
farmer who falls to renew the per-
ulity of his soil is largely respons'
ible for the high cost of living.
Mr. Allerton says that there 10
no question OF such great import
ance as how to restore the feruiity
Of our soil. He would bring TINS
about by having the farmer ra'se
more live stock.
In the first place. he says tne
farmer should raise 12o bushels OF
shellsd corn to the acre. 'ns'eao
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22
Hunting Trouble

President Wilson has overruled
his immigration board and ordered
them to admit Mrs. Pankhurst, ev-
en- after she had admitted to TAX
ing part in burning public build
ings and private residences. The
stitute "moral turpitude." what
our president needs is a little tur-
pentine.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22

According to the Kansas board
of education, successfully fighting
the growing divorce evil is such a
simple proposition that wonder
grows because the cure was not
thought of long ago.
Domestic science courses in the
schools-that's all. Figures given
show that out OF 5000 girls grad
uated from domestic science classes
since they were installed in the
higher educational institutions OF
the state. 4.40O have married and
not one has sought either separa-
ton or divorce.
Without wishing TO appear at all
pessi imistic, it may be urged that
the percentage of marriage to the
whole number is only So, which
would indicate that in selecting
must have had an eye to some
thing besides ability to cook, mend
and dust. Beauty. possibly. 1t this
guess be true, probably the physi-
cal attractions of the brides have
much to do with the paucity of di-
yorce. A man is reluctantly part
shapely cook, never.
Then again, it may be hinted that
$500 husbandless women out OF a
possible 5000 does not show any
great demand for ultra competent
and domesticated wives. Domestic
science has been taugh. in Kan
sas for some feN years. and many
of the unfortunate 5000 must be
merging into the sere and yellow
by now. Apparently the beautiful
girls who know more about the SER
ial story than they do about GER
cal food, and who get better results
from a powder rag than a dust rag.
are still in large demand. At least
the latter are either all married,
or turning down chances every
day, while the Kansas board owns
to an average of nine failures in
twenty with its home angels.
However, while this Sunflower
optimism appears more a knock
than boost. 1t has shown dividends
Of happiness to 400 homes with
out scoring one loss. and anything
that will do that must be all right.
The way to a mans heart still lies
through the same old region, and
II domestic science in the schools
make for loving. contented homes,
then 1t might be we'll to teach more
of it to the sacrifice of other things.
Anyway. the chances are a girl will
have more call to make coffee. to
poach eggs and darn socks than she
will to parse a Greek verb, work
a problem in trigonometry or read
the "Iliad" in the original. The
latter three need not be neglected,
but the former should not be
wholly despised Denver Times.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22
Tho Inside Story OF the State Tax
Commission

Let every taxpayer In ColOiauo
get hold OF this vital fact and med
itate upon it: The state tax COM
missioners We're appointed to raise
extra funds because OF a deficit OF
SI,265, left by Honest
John Shafroth as legacy 10 the
people that they might not Forget
the four most wastetul and extia'-
agant years in the history of the
slate.
Here, in a nutshell. was the ST.
uatiOn. Shairoth wanted 10 90
to the United states senate. II
WAS necessary to build up strong
political machine. This required
money. Salaries were raised, new
positions made. expensive boards
created. So far did the Sharoth
coterie 90 in this flagrant waste
that the second term of the present
United States senator cost $12.OOu
more than the combined Mcdonald
and Buchtel administrations. 1he
daily deficit under the Shafroth ad-
ministratiOn was close to a THOUSAND
dollars, the total during the ioui
years $1.265.6s7.44. How was this
TO be metz
Clearly the only way out of the
difficulty was increased taxation. A
complaisant democratic legislature
created a body known as the state
tax commission. Certain duties
were named. among which was that
of visiting the counties of the state.
of keeping minutes. Of holding open
sessions. The commissioners un.
derstood that there were merely
perfunctiOnary. Its one clear duty
was to raiae more taxes for demo-
cratic politicians to spend. The taa
commission- San Its duty and With
oct any hssitation did It. II its
viii stands the Taxpayers of Colo
RADIO will have to meet An incnease
Of taxes based on an increased prop
erty valuation Of e1SS.s61.s5S.
The logic Of the situation Is al
a primer. The misrule of the Shat
roth administration plunged the
state into debt. A commission ap.
pointed by him was to whitewash
gross inefficiency and extravaganza
by an arbitrary revaluation to OBJ
tain more money. An appeal to
the state board of equalization
some Of them holdovers from the
last administration. and all good
democratic office holders-would
be heard in a perfunctory manner
and refused. Then the people as
usual settle the bill. n,
This program was upset because
The Republican exposed the con-
spiracy. 1t has day by day point
ed out the inequity of the propos-
ed raise. the extravasance of 1t.
and the purpose back of the move
An appeal has been taken to the
courts. Already one Judge has ex'
pressed 1t is his view that the
state tax commission has no pow
er to override elected constitution
al authorities. Among the lawyers
of the city there is a very general
concensus of opinion that the duty
of valuation will be held by the
higher courts as inherent In the
o,,ct,, oauasaora Denver Republi.
can.
The Lamar register., 1913-10-22

1. Glasses will be organized in
shorthand. book keeping, typewrit-
ing, penmanship and in commercial
arithmetic.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19
WHAT ALFALFA MEANS
To WISCONSIN.
We should Have $4,000. 900 Acres
Devoted 20 This Wonderful
CrnD


Wisconsin has over /, 000, 00O acres
devoted to the various forage crops.
This is largely timothy and clover
mixed and timothy alone. Practically
all this acreage should be devoted to
alfalfa, in other words the acreage
devoted to alfalfa should be at leas
2.5O0,000 acres.
According 10 the experience of
more than 500 farmers, whose results
We're determined by a recent census,
this would add S11O, zoe, 900 to the
agricultural output of the state-add
that amount in the value OF the raw
material. But when handled as for
age is handled by Wisconsin farmers.
that is, turned into milk or meat, it
means that the 100000 acres of
alfalfa would increase the states
agricultural output nearer 100000,
GOO per year.
Ten years ago, when the writer
first began to advocate alfalfa as a
future Wisconsin crop, every manner
of objection was raised Men who
should have known better, said, first
that we could not raise it, and, sec
ond, that We should not The latter
objection was based upon hazy idea
that it would interfere with rotation
of crops, These objections gradual
ly faded until the 1910 U. S. census
dissipated them.
Now, the fact is that all the bepe-
fits of clover in rotation can be Sc
cured by using il as a catch crop
and blowing the growth under. This
can be done at a cost of about one
dollar per acre, While the alfalfa
grower is gaining twenty to forty
times that amount Besides, when
once we'll established. it is not neces-
sars 10 leave the land long in alfalfa.
1t can practically take its place in the
rotation.
In view of the past I am elated
over the "A tons per acre shown by
the recent census of 500 farmers and
the capture of the worlds champion
ship award by st. Croix county in the
upper portion of the state.
A. d. CAMPBELL,
Manager Wis. Advancement Assn,
Milw.
Building Bigger State" should
be the slogan of all Badgers, and it
will be a matter of profit as well as
pride.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19
Other Resources

There are great the upper counties the
development of which hand in hand follow agrcul
tura development They the water and the granite
depoSseach of its kind the finest in the iandyes the finest
in the world II these to be developed must
first have agricultural developmenfor industries requiring
large skilled labor viii into undeveoped
If doubts this statement let him make the most
superficial investigation and he will not long be douber
The records commercial clubs of the north full of
proof of this fact.
The great value of the water powers of the upper country
in the manufacturing institutions that will the II
reach point inviting them Powers requiring
outlay their hydraulic development require plants
and payros mons-nd all this added to the wealth and
rolls of the The going waste
rapids while Nero fddes Economic of these
demands plants them and those plants should be close to
power Only those who have gone into the subject
Appreciate the and of long distance transmission
GRANTEES the finest in the word-there
Setter Some day will have the greatest granite industry IN
all the saesbut will not get by sending people to
Canada The first essential is the development of the north
learning that have good things at home
This last remark inspired by knowledge of the fact that
granite product is sold almost everywhere in our
state
The full development of these two will add mil
lions the annual output of the state and thousands of millions
the assessment rolls of the commonwealth Again.
attempting to smother the goose of the golden eggs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19

money invested apple orchards where profits
consumed freight charges than that should be invested
in Wisconsin orchards at the bakdoor of great marke9
Would the opponents of extension of agriculture in Wiseon
prefer that such extension should be in Florida other
state in the active South?
Would the opponents of state publicity prefer that Wis
consn people should invest in the wildcat schemes with the
agents of which the state filed than legitimate in
state?
We should either give publicity these matters TO the
people of this should take the position of absolute
Indifference the welfare of the public Publicity the
order Of the day Wisconsin is filed with the agents Of every
egmae scheme that abroad in the land seeking him whose
earnings they may devour There middle ground in this
matterwe either in favor of The protection Of people
the conservation of capital and energy the development of
latent and greater prosperity the state
either actively in ehagy and Indifference in favor
of the prosperity of other sections.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19
The Alternative

If we are for development of our state
either negative be for the development of
other If people, who the present circumstances
are headed for other sections worth inviting to look for
opportunities Wsconsnthen should bid them adeu IN
If they worth conserving then such expendl
Minnesota and other states make for publicity purpose
is the least that should consider
Would those who opposed to publicity work the part
rather have Wisconsin money invested in the dry
crop failure than the crop sections of cheap
lands in state?
Would these oppose publicity work prefer have Wis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19
Which Way !?

States like individuals go forward backward there is
such thing in human affairs static condition Without
these upper counties would have been going backward in
improved acreage decade 900190 The spirit of
progress that pushing agricultural extension to northern
limits working increased yield the older portion of the
per CONTRA the ehargy that constitutes the
wheel the direction the rocks in
of better farming The footprints of each
on the sands of time.
Give the Wisconsin Board of immigration sufficient
fund with the greatness of the state and the
immensely the task direct to work for the extension and
Of agriculture and the conservation of Wconsns
capital people, and the investment will dividends The
future will the rolls vastly increased the rolls
the greatly enlarged and degree of prosperity well
BETTING the wonderful have and the and
intelligence of the people of the state Take step backward
and people and capital win depart for the land
of the frenzied fnancier. The situation is plain
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19
WHERE MANY BADGERS HAVE GONE.

They There with Upper Wisconsin
south Here is what the
S alb spnneo Of he
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-03-19

Who will that he does the assessment rolls of
the state to grow? Who will say that there better
raise the needed supply the increasing wants Of the
commonwealth than by increasing the asssabe assets of the
state? Who will prefer the alternative of increase the
of taxaton Minnesota gives her State Board of mmigra
ton 900 year and each of the three candidates for
of that state last spoke favor of increase What
would good business do if he had large that could
be made pay dividends times their present yaue
Shall the 10000 farmers the upper portion of the
farmers who want neghbOrsthat have
in themY Shall to the farmers of %
upper counties who contributed $S000Q00 Wseonsns agri
cultural output during 1909 that do appreciate their
endavors their farms had better be the haun of the
coyote and porcupne Shall say the than onefth
of the population that live in the upper counties that
of concern ?and that regret
that they did not go to Canadaf