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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.

Kansas City Stock Yards, Nov. g.
Cattle receipts last week decreased
5000 head from the previous week,
but It was a hard week for sellers.
Chicago and an the markets in the
east had heavy receipts, both killing
and stock grades, and adverse condi-
tons there constituted chief talking
point for buyers elsewhere. Declines
here were not more than 10 to 25c,
and the week closed with some sign
Of bloom. Today the run is $4,000
head, some larger than was expect
ed, but moderate receipts are looked
for later in the week. Prices are fair
BY strong today ON good to choice
fed stock, and on stock cattle and
feeders. Middle grades Of killing cat
tie are steady to weak. 1t is fig
ured that the presad between choice
kinds and the lower grades will Wild
en-. The poultry season is coming on
and dealers find little ON which to
base optimism, except on the best
cattle, which are scarce. Some good
heavy steers brought $500 today.
Colorado and Panhandle are furnish
ing some Of the best stockers and
feeders to be obtained anywhere. Col
orado feeders brought $50, ITO and
100 this morning, and good Panhan-
die calves sell at IT'S to S.25. Can
ada is sending some stock cattle and
butcher grades to Buffalo and Chica'
go, but Dominion cattle statistics IN
dictate a shrinking bovine population
with little prospect Of any surplus
above what will be required at home
Hog production in Canada is far be
low home requirements. Clean NJ
signs are written all over the quar-
antine run and few good cattle arr
included. Prices are little changed
steers selling at 5.25 to $50, cows
AS to $50. Beginning November /
government and state regulations al
low quarantine stock cattle to bt
shipped to all Missouri points rortf
Of the river, to all of Iowa, Nebras
ka, Illinois and other states. Sever
al shipments were sent out the frs
day of the open season.
Hogs had a good week, holding W
steady to strong all week. except fo'
small decline right at the finish
Receipts today 5000 head, market &
steady, top $50, bulk rs to 7.S5
Immune hogs, used by serum manu-
tacturerS, bring 10 to 25c above tn
general market. Packers may be de
pended on to fight prices relentless
ly for the next few months and tn
volume of the supply will determin
how far they will be able to go.
Sheep and lambs are 80 to 70
higher than a week ago and price
hene are % TO SOC above competin
markets. The market is 1Oc lowe
today, but at that Western lamb
brought 7.75 here and ewes 4.75, a
compared with top lambs at ~
and ewes at $50 in Chicago toda!.
Scarcity here is what does It, tn
!. receipts today 1900 head. Feediu
stock is also higher, lambs wort
SIS to $50. J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07
CLEANLINESS IN cow STALL
Bedding Never Becomes selled and
Any Number Of Animals May Be
Kept Clean In Dairy Barn.

R. C. Kruger Of Cotiey county, Kan.
Sas, q breeder Of GuernseyS, In q recent
trip to Wisconsin. saw Z Hoard model
dairy stall. 1t was devised some years
ago by Ex-Governor Hoard. The Slop-
ing manger compels the COW to stand
back when she IL eating. When she
lies down the crosspiece behind COM
pels her to lie between that and the
manger. In this manner she is always
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

For Sale TO the highest bidder, the
Northwest Quarter Of Section 21-21-
Is, Pawuee county, Kansas. All bid
to be mailed to me at Elinwood,
Kansas, not later than November 10,
1918. | hereby reserve the right to
reject any and all bids.
Charles Mellies, Adm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07

kept clean. The distance between hind
cross-piece and manger is regulated BY
the size Of the COW. In this stall the
bedding never becomes soiled and q
large barn full of cows kept In such
stalls will all be found clean.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07
Be Careful of Fences.

Be careful and do not have low,
sagging fences. They are worse than
no fence at all. for the cows will get
to jumping them and cutting their
teats, which often results In the spoil.
ing Of the COW for milking.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07

"Dr. Thomas Eclectic OIL Is the
best remedy for that often fatal DIS
eRse-croup. 1t has been used with
success in our family for eight years
Mrs. L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07
Mems Work Shoes
$500 and $3.50
The Kind That Wear
RAUSE'S

First published in the Barton Coun- !,
y Democrat Oct. II. 1918.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF APPllcA
TlcN TO PURCHASE SCHOOL
LAND.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07
HEARING OF APPLICATION TO
PURCHASE SCHOOL LAND.

State Of Kansas, County Of Bar.
ton, SS:-
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Notice is hereby given that ]. NJ.
Yeo, with a view Of purchasing the
same as school land, has made SET
tIement upon the following described
land to-wit:
Island land adjoining Lot ), in Sec
ton 80, Township 10, Range 1S, con-
tanning 1875 acres, more or less.
Any and all claimants, and any
and all persons claiming any inter
est i'm such lands or any part there
Of, must file with the county clerk,
their protest and objections to the
said filing and purchase Of the said
J. NJ. Yeo as aforesaid, on or before
the goth day Of November. 1913, or
all such objections and protests viii
be considered as waived.
Done at Great Bend, Barton Com.
ty. Kansas, this Goth day II octo'
Der, A. D., 1913. C. F. YOUNKIN,
County Clerk
First published in the Barton Coun
ty Democrat Oct. 81, 1913. 81
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07


ty Democrat October 31st, 1913.
In the District Court Of Barton
County, Kansas.
Alma Stokes, Plaintiff,
vs..
Samuel E. Stokes, Defendant.
The State Of Kansas to Samuel E.
Stokes, defendant above named:
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
You will take notice that the
above named plaintiff, Alma Stokes,
did on the oath day Of October, 1918
file her petition for divorce in said
District Court, within and for the
County OF Barton and State OF Kan
sas, against you as defendant, and
that you, the said Samuel E. Stokes,
must answer said petition as afore'
said, on or before the 18th day Of
December, 1913, or said petition wi1l
be taken as true, and a Judgment
rendered In said action against you
accordingly, forever divorcing YOU
from the said plaintiff, Alma Stokes
on the grounds Of abandonment for
Irore than one year last past, and
for gross neglect Of duty, and custo
dy Of the four year old son, and fol
such other and further relief as said
plaintiff may be entitled to.
ALMA STOKES,
By J. B. Prose. attorney for the
Plaintiff.
Attest-S. NJ. Kellam, Clerk Of thE
District Court. (Seal)
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07

State u Kansas. County Of Barton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1913-11-07

First published in the Barton Coun.
ty Democrat Oct. 81, 1913. 81
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
Fox Cunning.

1 In a field of feeding hares fox es have been observed to approach with slow, limping motion and holding down their heads, as if eating clover, until they were near enough to secure their prey. The following is an rXtraordi- nary instance of fox cunning: One week when the ground was frozen, but bare of snow, a farln- rr placed a hen under strong. heavy chicken coop. The coop was. boarded on one side and lat he'd on the Olhrr--lhc lower lath within an inch of he ground. which was smooth but sloping. with a furrnw-likr drprrSsiun a few inches in depth about two feet up the slope.
 In the morning the hen was gone. The coop stood immrdi- ately over the dcpreSs ion. the laths bearing numerous impress Sions of an animals teeth, and the small one at ,he apex was scratched by it's claws.
 The fox had wasted no strength on the board trying to push the coop over in an uphill direct ion. but Inc tried his best on he other side. Failing in this. hH bit and tore at the laths to break them. and finally drew tn" coop up tEr hill over h" hollow. dragged cut tn" hen. leaving mo blood. very few feathers. and on ly three of his hairs on the lathS.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
Open Winters.

When snow covers the ground | il preserves vegetable life with- out developing it. Snow is three times less powerful as a ronduct-
 OF of heat than rain: it screens
 he ground and prevents noe turnaI radialion
 Vegetables, cereals in partiru- lar, can endure a considerable lowering of temperature if the fall of snow procedrs the frost. Ground planted to wheat can pass through a period when the tenn perature falls far below zero if the snow covers it we'll. While rain brings to the ground aZote in the form of ammonia OF nitric acid. snow enriches the soil in
 much greater proportion. A liter of rain-water contains much less
 fertilizing material than the same amount of hOar-frost or melted
 snow; and when the winter has been "open" or mild, when there
 has been rain instead of snow.
 the farmer is forced to spend
 more money for fertilizers than when the winter has given the earth snow in abundance.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Tight shirts mean less cloth, but not less money.
 Notice the difference since we have no Russian treaty.
 Neither. fond dreamer. does one seed catalOg make a spring.
 This isn'l leap year. but there II be just as many June brides.
 Many a man who aims to tell the truth is a mighty poor shot.
 \ man buys al he nearest . place. a woman al the cheapest.
 The whole country ought iO resolve to cut down the acreage of wild oats.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
SATTRD.\N. MARCH 1, 1913.
A DOCTOR UNDER CRITICISM.

From he rather con ifu>Ing ulS- matches il, regard tu Dr. Fried man and his supposed or alleged cure for tuberculosis, one gets, reluctantly. he impression that his course with whatever it is that he has discovered has not been fully up io the highest standard of medical ethics.
 It is the glory of doctors that they are held, or rather that they hold themselves, under a Speclal obligation to serve humanity first. and only as an incidrnt--as a necessity more than as a right are they allowed to take from their grateful patients a mater ial recompense for their labors.
 There seems to be no doubt that the Berlin physician has per mitteh himself to consider lit tie too much the possibilities of commercial exploitation that lie in his serum. or strain of ln- nocuous and immunizing bacllll, and not quite enough the honor and glory that would be his if he had followed what is, fortun- ately, the usual custom of his profession and given to the world for whatever they may be proved useful by experience the results of his investigations.
 On the other hand, there are also indications that Dr. Fried man has been the object of an antagonism from some of his col leagues such as has been suffer- ed by many an innovator, in med icine as well as out of it, and that some of this opposition may have been due to jealousy al least as discreditable as would be the lack of the scientists disin- terestednesS with which he is charged.
 Of course the world could we'll afford and would be glad. to pay for cure for tuberculosis much more than s5,0O0, ,00O which Dr. Friedman. according to one ac- count, is said to have declared ought--or couId--be made out of his discovery. II would be "worth inc moncy.' in the Strictest sense of that phrase. To demand that Or any other sum. however, would he unworthy of any doctor if the demand were accompanied, as it almost necessarily would be, if made, by an implied threat that the use of the remedy will be de- niad until the amount asked for has been paid.
 To prevent sucn scandals as this, and tu save doctors, who, after all are only men, from oc- casionally yielding to the tempta- tion toward commercialiSm which their inventions and discoveries create, governments might we'll make provision for giving to them and others a reasonable ma terial reward for measurable and unquestiOnable benefits conferred upon humanity. A little some thing of that sort is already done. but there is nothing of system or certainty in the granting of re- compense, and too often it is lim- ited to the conferring of posth- umOus fame.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

An Arkansas girl wrote her name and address on some eggs she shipped. She received pro pOsal. It came from man who proposed to her that hereafter she send him strictly fresh eggs.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
Cable Office Hours.

Week days 9 a. m. to g p. m. Sundays and holidays 9 to 10 m. and 5 to 6 D. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
Postofice Hours.

Week days g a. m. to D. m. Sundays and holidays i2 noon to 2 D. m.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01
FISH, FISH, FISH.

Fresh caught fish, lake trout, red snapper and halibut al the Valdez Cafe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

We nominate Colonel RoOse- welt to reply to the declaration of Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace's that man has not advanced morally or intellectually in 1000 years.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

Men are given medals fol herO- ism and devotion to duty, but a woman must content herself with a plain gold ring for the third finger of her left hand.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

Subscribe for the ProspectOr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

That Missouri doctor who is suing the Pullman company fol S2,9O0 for failing to reserve 8 berth for him must have givcr the porter quite a tip that time
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

A man with water on the brain should have no trouble in having a flow of ideas.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

With the parcel post .Ameri- cans can plume themselves that at last they are in one respect abreast of some European coum- tries they are prone to speak of patrOniZinglY.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than mOn- ey. more than honor, to the per sons who possess it. and crrtain- ly to everybody who dw"llS wit h them. - Beecher.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

Since Inc trial of Harry Thaw we have lost faith in the testl- mony of experts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

In polite society il is account- ed piece of braZen import inencr to ask a rich malefartor. where he got all his money. IL is none of your business.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

Since the trial of Harry Thaw we have lost faith in the testi- mony of experts.
 There is at least this to say for the men: their clothes do not but = ton in the back.
 The case of the Sick Man of Europe seems tu require a sur gical operation.
 An upIimiSl has been defined as one who can believe that lIades is q refrigerator.
 A Kansas City parSun says the "lurkry trul' causes hiNnIrrS. Amy sort of fast race surely does. X girl first makes sure of her own marriage. Then she begins ito look around for a suitable huS- band for hrr chum. Round steak has risen in prir" 33. per cent in a year. the plu- turratS evidently having found some way to make il tender.
 If you have ever had occasion to use a lantern the fact that DiugrncS failed in his search for an honest man will not surpriS" you.
 In polite society il is account ed piece of braZen impertinenc to ask rich malefactor. where he got all his money. lt Is none of your business.
 Men are given medals foi herO- ism and devotion to duty, but a woman must content herself with a plain gold ring for the third finger of hdr left hand.
 We nominate Colonel RoOse- welt to reply to the declaration of Dr. Alfred Russcl Wallace's that man has not advanced morally or Intellectually in 1000 years.
 That Missouri doctor who is suing the Pullman company for S2,9OO for failing to reserve berth for him must have given the porter quite tip that time.
 With the parcel post Amcri- cans can plume themselves that at last they are in one respect abreast of some European coun- tries they are prone to speak of patronizingly.
 Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than mon- ey. more than honor, to the per sons who possess ii. and crrtain- ly to everybody who dw"llS with them. - Beecher.
 An Arkansas girl wrote her name and address on some eggs she shipped. She received a pro p0sal. It came from a man who proposed to her that hereafter she send him strictly fresh eggs. >>>>>>>4>>>>>>><<>>>>t<>>>
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

There is at least this to say for the men: their clothes do not but ton in the back.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

If you have ever had occasion to use a lantern the fact that DiugrnrS failed in his search for an honest man will not SurpriS" you.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

Round steak has risen i'll price 33. per cent in d year. the plu. turratS evidently having folm' some way to make il tender.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-03-01

The case of the Sick Man nl Europe seems to require a sur gical operation.
Newport daily independent., 1913-07-08
Remarkable Popular Ignorance.

Some one has remarked that a he height of Napoleon's fame there were men in the back alleys of Paris who had never heard his name. This illustration of popular ignorance was recalled by a judge who was examin- ing candidates for citizenship in New York city recently. He asked one of these prospective citizens, "Who Is the head of your native country?' The king" "Who becomes the head when he dies7' His son" And who Is the head of this country ." "The president" And who would become the Asad if he dieds" "Hls son-" And yet, as the judge remark. d, all these men know enough tc earn their daily bread-the rest Is $ natter o s0aooling
Newport daily independent., 1913-07-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily-Singis copy, 5 cents; per week 10 cents; per month, 40 cents; psr year, $4.50 in advance, by carrier h city, by mail in country.
 Weekly-3l.00 per year, payable In advance.
 Entered at the postofios, Newport, Arkansas, as second-class nail mat ter.
Newport daily independent., 1913-07-08
Government Work Against Hog
 Cholera.

ASVF VI ttAttNhN " CA h Afs NtAsftSN AAce5 Cholera.
 Under a special appropriation of $75,000 made by Congress flor demonstrating the best method of preventing and eradi- eating hog cholera, the Bureau of Animal Industry has under taken practical experiments in conbating the disease. The ap- propriation becomes available July 1, and work will be begun first in Dallas county, Iowa, and will be taken up later in Indiana and one or two other states. In Iowa the work will be done in cooperation with the State Vet 1 eranian and the Iowa State Col lege.
 A few years ago the bureau, after years of experimentation, developed a serum which has been demonstrated by repeated tests to be very effective in pre- venting hog cholera. In many states this serum has been pre- pared and distributed to farm CTS with the result that large sums of money have been saved to the farmers, but thus far no systematic effort has been made to eradicate hog cholera. In the work which is now begun the control and eradication of the disease will be the main object, the serum being used in connec-- tion with the necessary quaran- tine and educational measures.
 In the work in Dallas county, Iowa, representatives of the state college and of the bureau will make a survey of the coun- ty, estimating as closely as pos sible the losses from hog chole- ra during previous years, and se- curing the names and addresses of hog owners. Through lectures and demonstrations at farmers meetings and by personal in- terviews they will also explain to the farmers the object and na- ture of the work.
 The State Veterinarian will issue and enforce such restrlc- tive regulations as may be deemed necessary, after con- ference with Federal officials, to prevent the spread of the dis ease. The bureau will prepare and furnish the serum and will undertake to control each out break of hog cholera existing in the county at the time the work begins, and also subsequent out breaks as may arise during the Iyear. The serum treatment IS preventive rather than curative, and will be administered to hogs on infected farms and on neigh boring farms with view to checking and preventing the spread of the infection.
 Hog cholera has for many years been scourge of the hog raising industry, causing heav- fer direct loss than any other an- animal disease in this country. The losses for last year are es- timated at S6O,O0O,OO0. In the face of short supply and high prices of meat it is becoming imperative that something 1 should be done to check the rav- ages of the disease. Armed with an effective preventive treat ment. the Department of Agri- culture hopes by means of these experiments to demonstrate a method which can later be ap- piled on large scale through out the infected regions, so as to control and eventually to e. radicate hog cholera and thus stop the heavy losses and help
Newport daily independent., 1913-07-08

cattle as a result. They do nOL look far enough ahead, however or they would see that if. the shortage of cattle is such as to cause buyers to come from the ! far West to buy these scrub cat tie for breeding purposes the chances of southern farmers re- 1 filling their pastures with good cattle are, indeed, small; for where are these good breeding cattle to come from at reason able price? The best and most profitable way of getting good cattle throughout the South is to breed up the native cattle by the use of pure-bred bulls and by castrating all scrub bulls at an early age.
 The South is especially adapt ed to raising cattle because of the long grazing season; the enormous areas of cheap land, much of which is now lying idle; the great variety of pasture grasses and legumes, which grow luxuriantly on all soils l; and because of the mild winters.
 If the western ranchman can afford to pay southern farmers good prices for cows, pay the high freight rates to the West, stand the losses which naturally occur during shipping thin cat | tie such long distances, also bear the losses due to change of eli matic conditions, and then make money on them, why cannot the southern farmer, who already owns the cattle, as well as the grazing lands, and who needs manure upon the soils, keep this stock on the farm and secure the increased profits? He can if he will free his cattle of ticks, in- crease the efficiency of his pas lures by planting mixtures of lespedeza, bur clover, white clo- yer, or perhaps melilotus, alslke clover and redtop over his pas ture lands, and by raising more hays and forage crops for win tering his stock and finishing them for market. The surplus cattle can then be fattened by feeding cottonseed cake or grass, grazing fields of velvet beans, while feeding some con- centrate, or they can be finished in the dry lot during the winter months. For winter feeding no rougage has proven more valu- able than silage, as the addition of it to feeding ration invarla- bly increases the size of the dal- ly gains and reduces the cost of them, thereby making greater profits. The quality and the quantity. of silage which can be produced on some of these cheap lands can not be surpassed by the high-priced lands of the corn belt, whereas the cost of produc- ing it is far less because of the cheap labor.
 The farmers of the South are therefore urged to discontinue this wholesale shipping of their female cattle to other states, to free the pastures of the cattle tick, and to increase their num- bers and quality of their cattle by the use of pure-bred beef bulls. The progeny will not only grow off faster and make larger and better cattle, but will be far more profitable to raise and to feed than are the natives. The soils will be increased in fertil- ity, and manure, which gives such profitable returns when ap- piled to the cotton crop, will put vegetable matter into the soil, thus reducing the amount of commercial fertilizer necessary and increasing the availability