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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

New York hotel men are having a
hard time of it with striking walters.
At the same time they appear to be
getting along very well as there are
thousands anxious for the places as
they have read of the wealth of a
few from tips.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

less because they could not make an
other trip without running over the
ten hours, and as they are paid by the
hour it is up to them to choose. 1t is
queer the way some members who
can't run their own affairs success
fully want to regulate the hours Of
other people and some would like to
regulate what one eats and the kind
Of medicine taken when sick.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

A Boston youth married his de-
ceased fathers second wife as an
economical proposition and to keep
the family holdings intact. This is
about equal to the New York woman
.ho had the nerve to marry her
daughters divorced husband.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

Although crime must be punished
one cannot but feel sorry for Genera
Daniel Z. Sickles of New York. Will
u brilliant war record along with gen
eral service to his country, his down
fall is to be regretted, but he hac
no business using public funds with
out accounting for them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

If the government would purchase
the low lands along the Mississippi
river and permit the flood waters to
lay them waste without opposition,
it would be money ahead. Costs as
much To keep up the levees every
year as the land is worth.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

Denver is as much divided over the
form Of commission government and
the character of its proposed charter
as they are over politics generally,
One side wants one thing and ahe
other another. Playing for political
preferment all the time is the rule.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03
PAPER RATE BOOST HALTED.

Proposed increases of about 10 per
cent in the freight rates on news
States were suspended Jan. Q by the
print paper from Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont, to destinations in the United
interstate commerce commission from
Jan. II until July II.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

The Herald will guarantee patrons
sending orders by mail to Durango
merchants they will receive homes.
treatment, Just peruse Herald ad-
vertisements carefully and you will be
able to secure just as good bargains
NJ any place on earth.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

The Wyoming solons are having u
lively time. Some people think they
are elected to play '.hoss' when it
eomes to legislative matters.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

1t is believed tariff tinkering viii:
consume all of the summer months,
possibly continue until in October.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

A Denver stock show without Miss
Lulu Long would be like Romeo and
Juliet with Juliet left out.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

unless they are wiped dry when put
away, and even this is not sure
preventative.
And then imagine what belt is up
against 1t must be dependable day
after day. The season may be dry or
wet, the atmosphere saturated or
dried out by the close proximity to a
boiler or other heating apparatus, but
the belt must go on doing its duty
or the machines can not run and the
shovels and locomotives can not be
repaired. Then, too, there is oil
around. the machinery to contend with,
all Of which makes the conditions es-
pecially trying.
Ordinary betting stretches with the
moisture, contracts when it dries out
bit, opens at the laps and has to be
cut constantly to keep the length SO
it will pull the machine. Two or three
ply betting is very apt to part COM
pany and be of little value as driver
of machinery of any kind.
Here again careful attention to de-
tail saved the day and made steady
and continuous work possible in the
shops. What is known as the Dux-
bak betting solved the problem and
wiped out all the delays due to poor
belts which had previously been ex-
perienced. Over $4,000 feet of this
betting. some of it under the most
trying conditions, has given the best
results in every case. None of the
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03


found to require strengthening to
stand up under the severe work of
the canal excavation. Crane arms have
to be reinforced, car sides strength
ened and other machinery parts in
creased in proportion. The old French
rails have been largely used for such
reinforcing and there seems to be no
end to them. They make excellent
I-beams for the sides of dump and
other cars and are also largely used
in reinforcing concrete structures in
many places, even including the edges
of curbing for street sidewalks.
Bridges of short spans have also been
built of these rails and they have
been put to more uses than can be
mentioned offhand. Whoever bought
them bought with great liberality, to
put the matter mildly.
Everything about the whole canal
is on a big scale, even though the
success of the largest may depend on
the proper working out of the smaller
details. The locks at Gatun will lift
the vessels eighty-five feet from the
sea level to that of the lake, which is
formed by the huge Gatun dam. The
lake will cover 164 square miles and
flow the water from the locks at Ga
tun through the great Culebra cut and
to the locks on the Pacific side at
Pedro Miguel. The locks will accom-
modate vessels 1000 feet long by 10
feet wide and draw forty-five feet of
water. But as the average vessel
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Spring Culture of Wheat.

Narrowing wheat in the spring is
a practice that is receiving consider
able attention of late years. Where
the ground is compact and hard from
beating rains of early spring, fol-
lowed by rather dry weather, the har-
rowing of wheat with a drag harrow
is a good practice. So far as expert
ments have shown at the Missouri Elk
pertinent station, however, the harrow
ing of wheat is not always sufficient
ly beneficial to pay for the work, al
though where one harrows in clover
seed at the same time the practice
is uaally a paying one.
Where wheat is badly 'heaved,"
the use Of a heavy roller In the carly
spring is a good practice. All depends,
however, upon the extent of the ''heav-
ing"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20


III
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
SWALLOW HAD LONG JOURNEY
Positive Proof That Bird Travelled the
Distance From England to
South Africa.

The capture of a swallow bearing
an aluminium ring in Natal, South
Africa, the other day, has resulted in
an astonishing insight into the migra-
tory habits of birds. From a number
and address stamped on the ring it
was discovered that the swallow was
one Of 11,483 British birds marked in
a similar way last summer by enthu-
siasts, desiring to learn more as to the
routes taken by bird migrants, and
whether birds return again to their
previous nesting sites. This systema-
tic marking Of birds began in 1909,
since when nearly $4,000 have been
hinged" About three per cent. are
afterward noted, but the swallow re-
ported from Natal appears to have
made the longest flight so far. A
black-headed gull ringed as a nesting
in Yorkshire in July, 1911, was found
in February, 1912. in Flores, Azores.
A startling ringed In Berkshire in jan
uary, 1912, reached Helsingfor, Fin
land, in April. A. teal ringed in Stat
fordshire in the autumn of 1910, was
found at Dalarne, Sweden, July, 1911.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
BURNED AND ITCHED BADLY

500 Lincoln Park Blvd, Chicago, Ill.
"A year ago l received a very severe
burn on my left arm. / caught cold in
it and 1t was all sore and liberated.
The lore was as large as a silver dol
lar. It was all red and inlamed and
had pus running out of it. I suffered
terribly from burning pain; could not
sleep for two weeks it burned and
itched so badly. I applied - Salve,
- Salve and a salve my druggist
recommended as his own, but got no
relief. I then commenced using the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l bathed
the burned parts with Cuticura Soap
and applied the Cuticura Ointment on
a linen bandage. l got relief from the
first, and my arm healed nicely. l was
o % able to be at work again. Had l
used Cuticura Soap and Ointment at
first I would have avoided lots of suf-
fering." (Signed) Harry Junke, Mar.
8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
ADV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20

Alfalfa is one of the most important
forage crops that the Missouri farmer
is growing today. Its wide adaptable
,ty for feeding to all classes of farm
animals, its high feeding value and its
beneficial effect upon the soil make
1t a very desirable crop to grow. The
idea that it cannot be grown success
fully in Missouri is largely a matter of
not understanding the requirements of
the plant, and as these become better
understood there is no doubt that it
will be grown to a greater or lesser
degree in practically every section of
the state. In the rich sections it will
be grown on the uplands, and in the
less fertile sections it will be grown
in the fertile valleys and bottoms.
Soils Adapted to Alfalfa.
Alfalfa is not adapted to all Mis-
souri, soils, and there are certain ones
on which it is not feasible to attempt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20

NEWSS MISSOURI
ORGANIZE BIC oRcHEsrRA.
Sixty Musicians to Take Post In Joplin
String Band.

Joplin.-The Joplin Symphony or
chestra, in which it is expected to
have so musicians, nov is being
formed. The organization as planned
will be one of the largest and best in
the West and the project has the in
dorsement Of all music lovers of this
part of the country.
After the orchestra is completed and
the players have had sufficient prac-
tice it is expected that public con-
certs will be held.
An invitation has been extended by
the management of the orchestra to
all in Joplin who have orchestral abil.
ity to take part in the practice and
become a member of the orgauiza-
ton.
The work is under the direction of
Victor Kreyer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Education bv Mail.

Kansas City.-That a correspond
ence school will be opened at the
University of Missouri next fall was
announced by Isidor Loeb, dean of
the university faculty, in an address
here. This school, he said, will give
all Missourians an opportunity to get
a university education by mail. The
cost of this education, which will in
clude all branches of arts and sci
ences, agriculture and instruction in
the teachers college, will be only that
of ostage stamps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Universal Hero.

For America, at least, there is the
n universal hero. No one questions
his greatness. None names him but
to praise.
Who is this universal hero?
Is it Napoleon? Many condemn
him, as Ingersoll did, as the imperial
personification of force and murder"
No, it is not Napoleon.
Washington, then? Wendell Phil
lips said: But the great Virginian
held slaves" So, even Washington
had his detractors.
Lincoln? Perhaps later on; but not
yet.
Well, who is this universal hero of
America?
John Hampden, of course. He OBJ
jected to paying taxes.-Kansas City
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Major Bars Place Hunters,

Jefferson City.-Gov. Major has an
nounced the closed season on place
hunters and all others except men,
bers of the general assembly and the
newspaper men. He said he will be
SO busy reading bills and disposing
of them and comforting with members
of the legislature that he will have
no time to confer with people about
positions to be filed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Where It Happened.

A seven-year-old colored boy was
before Judge Taylor in juvenile court
not long ago for shooting at his play
mate with a rife. AS is customary in
all such the attorney in ques-
tioning the boy asked:
you we're in the state Of Indiana,
Marion county, when this happened,
were you not?"
The little fellow studied a minute
and then answered:
NO, sab. All was on tn front
po'ch."-Indianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Imnortant 70 Nnothara
Plea for Liberty.

Mrs. B. was entertaining q few
friends and Elsie was allowed to re-
main in the room, provided she made
no disturbance. But she was inter.
ested and laxative and asked SO many
questions that at last her mother be-
came exasperated.
Elsie, II you open your mouth an.
other time, you'll have to go back up
stairs. Now, remember!"
Elsie was accustomed to obey, so
for a long time Elsie's lips were kept
tightly closed. At last, however. she
touched her mother and said softly:
Mamma, can / open my mouth II
| don't say anything?"-Chicago Trib.
une.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20


growing. and the crop reaches its best
development on such lands in Mis-
souri,.
The main essentials to success are
to prepare the seeded well and to
use good, strong, vigorous seed. 1t
also grows with little difficulty on
well-drained and rich uplands, espe-
cially those well supplied with lime.
But on average to thin land it requires
considerable care to secure a stand
and to keep the grass and weeds from
taking 1t. For the small farmer who
wishes to grow only a few acres an
old feed lot will usually be found to
be an ideal place for seeding.
On the thinner lands it is necessary
to give certain treatments before it
can be successfully grown. Among
these are the use Of manure, inoeulas
ton and lime. At Q
Using Manure.
The Missouri Experiment Station
has found that the liberal use of ma
nure is always beneficial on uplands,
and in many cases essential to get a
good stand of alfalfa. In many Mis-
souri, soils the humus has been de-
pleted by continued cropping and it is
necessary to replace this before alfal-
ia will do hest. Manure also furnish
es a large quantity of available plant
food, especially nitrates, which starts
the plants off vigorously and allows
them to get well set in the soil before
winter sets in. An application of from
IL to Is tons per acre on the thinner
lands will give good results.
lnocuiating the Soil.
On all uplands that have never
grown alfalfa, inoculation is generally
of much benefit, and usually necessary
to success. Especially is this true in
regions where sweet clover does not
grow. Where. sweet clover grows the
land is usually inoculated, for alfalfa
uses the same bacteria as are found
on the roots of sweet clover. Bottom
lands which overflow never need in
oculating.
incubation is best accomplished by
scattering 200 to 300 pounds per acre
of soil from a field where alfalfa has
been grown successfully, and harrow
ing il in Immediately. This soil should
be applied directly ahead of the har-
row and not allowed to lie exposed to
the sunlight for any length Of time,
since light will kill the bacteria. Soil
for incubation may also be dried,
away from the sun, sifted and drilled
in with an ordinary fertilizer grain
drill.
Using Lime.
On a few soils in the state which
have a tendency to %sourness, the use
of lime is beneficial in securing a
stand of alfalfa, and in some cases is
necessary to success. To begin with,
however, oneA should use lime expert
mentally and if possible learn to grow
alfalfa on land that does not need
lime. Where lime is used it should be
applied at the rate of 5000 or 1000
pounds per acre in any convenient
form except that from gas works,
which contains injurious compounds.
Where only a small area is to be
lined the ordinary barrel lime, al
lowed to air or water Stake to a pow
der, may be used.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Mayor Thomas Renominated.

Jefferson City.--Mayor Cecil W.
Thomas was renominated for mayor
by the Republicans in convention.
The other nominees are: For mar.
shall, Anton Richter; city attorney,
H. J.. Westheus; assessor, Charles
Bartlett; treasurer, Fred Jens; police
judge, AL Walther.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20

UbI. DUUU hIUH6y
Pills cured me Of that and the Kidney
Trouble. l take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache. 1
amN years old and a farmer. You are
at liberty to publish this testimonial,
and you may use my picture in con-
nection with it." Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Farmer Killed by Train.

Trenton.-William H. Kilburn, Ga
years old, a farmer living seven miles
northeast of Trenton, was struck and
instantly killed by Rock Island pas
senger train No. 1 near Lindall.
George Kilburn, his son, is perhaps
fatally injured. They were returning
home from Trenton when their team
became frightened at the approaching
train and darted across in front of it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
One Word She Could saw.

An earnest London slum worker re-
cords her %unremitting, patent en-
deayors to improve the accent and
vowel enunciation Of her little
protege, Blanche, for the sake of the
child's future destiny, ION the stage"
Once. failing in all else, she tried a
mild dose of gentle ridicule. you
can't say food, can you, Blanche?"
che smiled teasingly. Il can a
'fule!'' vas the child's crushing re-
tort.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Safety In Friendship.

An intimate friendship is at once
Il safeguard in recreation and social
enjoyment. for a man thinks twice be-
fore he plunges into surroundings
which he knows his best friend would
condemn. 1t is a stimulus, because
in work or in business, or even play,
a man does not willingly lag behind
while the friend is forging ahead. In
common endeavors for good causes,
religious or social or political, friend
ship is a powerful inducement to self
forgetting activity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
of Legumes In
Maintaining Soil Fertility

make wide use of legume crops, to be
pastured or turned under, unless feed
manure is brought in from outside
the farm. For the grain farmer who
makes little n and who sells
the bulk of his crops from the land, re-
sort must be had to the turning under
of legume crops if the humus supply
is to be maintained.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Plea for Julius Lehman.

Jefferson City.-An appeal to Gov.
Major to restore to citizenship julius
Lehman, who was n of the mem
bers of the st. Louis house Of dele
gates sent to the ~penjtentiary as a
result of. the Folk bribery crusade,
was made by Senator Mike Kinney
and others from St.. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Warning to Women.

Very Meek HUSBAND jus. finished
writing your speech for the club,
Marian.
His Wife (not so meek)-What's
the subject?
Very Meek Man-"The Lady Who
VIII Strike Her Husband Is No Man"
Satire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20

When you call the average young
man honest he is likely to feel a mild
sort of qualification. When you call
him competent his chest begins to
bulge. When you call him a heart
breaker he slaps you on the shoulder
and gives you to understand that he
consider you a person Of remarkable
perception and unerring judgment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Not Really serlous.

my cases are all simple ones, such
as stealing boxes of matches and
handkerchiefs, and bigamy," said a
prisoner at Kingston-o on. Tha mes
court, after rs previous convictions
had been proved against hIm.--Lon.
don Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
No Conclusive Evidence Of chance

Five years ago, sir triumphantly
declared the landlord of the Atlantic
and Pacific hotel at Whoopopolis, Ok,
there was no town here at ALL"
"H'ml" replied the hypercritical tour
list from the east. "And what makes
you think there is one here now"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20

If the humus in our soils is to be en-
tirely maintained, the rotation must
contain legume crops, such as clovers
and cowpeas. These plants have the
power of making use of the free nitro
gen of the air in their growth, making
it unnecessary to use any great guam
tity of the supply in the soil. They
are usually known as "humus build
ing" crops, because, in order to build
up humus in a soil, nitrogen is neces-
sary, and these plants have the power
of taking it from the air.
These "humus building" plants, or
leguines as they are commonly called,
include: Clovers, cowpeas, soy beans,
alfalfa, garden peas and beans. If
these crops are removed from the land
the amount of humus actually added
to the soil Is small, although since the
land is not cultivated while these
crops are on the ground, they tend to
maintain it. To build up humus rap
idly in a soil, it is necessary that these
crops be pastured or fed and the ma
nure returned. Or, better still, that
occasional crops be turned under. This
indicates another factor in maintain
ing humus, and that is the return to
the land Of the manure produced, not
only from legdmes but from grain
crops as we'll. Manure is mostly hui.
mic material, and while it returns only
about half the humus contained in
the crops fed, due to the digestive ac-
ton of animals, 1t means a saving of
this to the land.
1t can readily be seen, therefore,
that to maintain the humus of a soil
absolutely, and especially If the humus
is to be built up. it is necessary to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Halfway Plan TaNes Shane.

Observation-Disclosures of bust.
ness men from every town between
Springfield and Joplin will meet in
Springfield in an all day conference
to launch a project for the building Of
a stone road between Springfield and
Joplin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Cruel to Be Kind.

What makes you carry that horri-
BILE shrek machine for an automobile
signal?"
For humane reasons" replied Mr..
Chuggins. IF l can paralyze a per
son with fear he will keep still and l
can run to one side of him"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Rich Farmer pisannears.

Dexter.-Dan Woodinf, a rich farm
er and former magistrate of this town
ship, mysteriously disappeared from
his home and no trace of him has
been found, though queries of all rail-
roads and adjoining towns and ex.
tensive search have been made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
Anti-GambIinu Law Upheld.

Jefferson City.-Bookmaking, policy
and lottery schemes received a Sc
we're setback at the hands of the
judges of Division No. 2 of the SUI
Dreme court. The court sustained
the constitutionality of the law and
upheld the sentences Of several men
convicted under it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1913-03-20
David Buckley up For Marshal

Brookield.-David J.. Buckley Of
Brookfield Is a candidate for United
States marshal for the eastern dis
trict of Missouri. Mr.. Buckley served
one term as sheriff of Linn county,
and at one time was deputy grain in
spector at Kansas City.