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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only is it unrivaled In
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tations, remove redness, %roughness
and chatting, soothe sensitive condi.
tons, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti-
rura Ointment, it is most valuable in
the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
itching, burning infantile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer, often
outlasting several cakes Of ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomica1.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston ADV
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

and it is usually transported from
place to place in the manner shown.
In use it is drawn by one of the native
cattle or by a water-buffalo. The 9th
er woman holds in her hand a hook
of the kind used for cutting the long,
coarse grass on the uncultivated hill
sides (there is much of this done), and
across her shoulder she has a carry
ing pole. The head-dresses of both
women are quaint and characteristic.
What appears to be a rough crushing
mill is partly shown in a corner of the
photograph. 1t consists merely OF a
circular slab of granite resting on an
other larger slab, which has a chan
mel cut round it's outer edge with a
Tipped outlet. A hole in the side of
the upper slab is apparently intended
for the insertion of a bar or hand
spike, by which it could be turned,
while another hole, through its center,
provides a means of ingress for the ar
ticle to be crushed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
Ais FIRST YEAR At FARMING
IN SASKATCHEWAN
Win Premiums and Prizes in
Competition With the
World.

There are thousands of young men
filing positions in stores and offices,
and in professional occupations
throughout the United States, who in
their earlier life, worked OF the farm.
The allurements of city life were at
tractive, until they faced the stern
reality. These people would have
done better had they remained on the
farm. Many of them, convinced Of
this, are now getting back to the
land" and in the experience, no bet
ter place offers nor better opportunity
afforded, than that existing in Western
Canada. Many of them have taken
advantage of it,, and there are to be
found today, hundreds of such, farm
ing in the Provinces of Manitoba,
| Saskatchewan and Alberta. The con-
ditions that surround farming opera
| lions today are so much superior to
those in existence during their early
farming days, that there is an attrac-
ton about it. Improved machinery,
level and open plains, nc rocks to
shun, no trees to cut down, but wide
stretches with mile-long burrows, ele-
vators to handle the grain, railways to
carry it to market, and bring almost
to their doors the things necessary to
operate. Splendid grazing areas, ex
cellent opportunities for raising cattle,
These things are all so different from
what they once were that there is rea'
son to speak of the attractions. R. H
Crossman of Kindersley, Saskatche
wan, the mar who won such splendid
prizes at the international Dry Farm
ing Congress held at Tulsa, Oklahoma
last fall, grew the prize grains during
his first year farming. Up to 1913 he
was an engineer and the only knowl
edge he had of farming was that OBJ
tanned when he was a boy. That was
very useful; in fact it was valuable
to him. He had not forgotten it
Thousands with as little experience al
he had can do well by taking up ont
of the 160-acre grants offered by thu
Canadian government. Advertise
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
PROPER SEED BED FOR OATS
BY M. r. Miller, Professor Of Agrcn'
omy, University Of Mic.
souri,.

What is the proper seed bed for
oats? ~
Results Of various experiments show
that. while 1t usually pays to prepare
o seed bed, either by blowing or by
discing, which will allow the oats to
be drilled in, it rarely pays to plow
stalk land for oats. A sharp disc har-
row properly used is usually sufficient
for preparing a seed bed after corn.
Naturally, a better seed bed can be
prepared by blowing, but the extra ex-
pense does not usually warrant the
effort.
This does not mean that oats should
be "mudded" in, as ID 80 commonly
done. 1t Is true that sometimes where
a man can get his oats sown very
early by mudding them in he gets Q
much better yield than where be waits
until the ground Will work properly,
but one year with another this Il not
the case On the average. II will pay
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
SIGN CAME DOWN QUICKLY
Clerk May Have Meant Well Enough
But 1t Was Not at All Flatter-
ing to New Proprietors.

The new proprietors of a little can
dy and nut shop in New York were
~astonished to notice pedestrians on
the opposite side Of the street stop,
gaze at their window for a moment
and then pass on, faces decorated with
broad grins.
This happened so often that one Of
the pr%oprietors determined to investi-
gate. He fastened across to the OPP
posite pavement. What he saw there
caused him to scurry back to the shop
on the run. Below a large black and
white sign that bore the notice-"This
shop is under new management a
careless clerk had hung an equally
conspicuous sign reading:
New crop of nuts now here"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
New Cause for Divorce.

Why is divorce? There's a question
capable of puzzling most of US, don't
you think? Of course, some of us can
answer 1t in a single sentence or two.
More of us require large volumes to
contain a full reply. And when we
get them written some n is sure to
supply a fresh cause for divorce. Take
the case of that Of. a New York man
who is demanding the dissolution OF
the marriage tie because his wife put
soap in his soup. He has added some
what to the literature of divorce. And
he has revealed a new form of cru
city. Soap as an article of diet is not
to be highly regarded. BY most per
sons it is considered not only offens'
i've but dangerous. And, what is more,
the average mar probably feels that
he eats enough soap in the barber
shop to satisfy his needs. Any added
by his wife is likely to be regarded
as superfiuous and to arouse a peey'
ishness that may not easily be stilled'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
STORE YOUR MACHINERY
CARE IN USE, CLEANING AND
HOUSING IMPLEMENTS ADDS
TO LASTING QUALITIES.
BY c. E. Alfred Of the College Of Asri-
culture, University of Mis-
souri,, Columbia.

Many farmers think they are max
ing a profit when, if they took into
account depreciation and interest
they really were losing money.
The annual farm machinery depreci
alton is commonly estimated at 10 pei
cent. Statistics collected in the state
of Missouri show the average annual
depreciation of all classes of farm ma
chinery to be approximately S.24 pei
cent.
Depreciation is not exactly proper
tional to the acreage cut or acreage
covered. Age is a factor that reduces
values, as well as usage of the ma,
chine. A binder which cuts 1000
acres in two years will not be reduced
IS low in value as the binder which
.g;ts 1000 acres in 10 years. There,
59re, the depreciation charge is much
ssarger an acre on small farms than on
ss.rge.
Machines that have heavy usage,
such as corn binders, depreciate rap.
ssly. The same is true of the more
complicated machinery, such as thresh-
ing machines. New kinds of machin
cry depreciates more rapidly than
those that have been in use for sew
eral years. Manure spreaders depre
ciate rapidly because the manure rotS
them. A crowbar OF a post maui may
he Just as good at the end of rs years
as when bought.
Factors which influence depreci
alton are the character of the nipple
ment itself, the amount of use, the in
telligence displayed in it's handling
especially if at all complicated in it
mechanism (southern farmers fine
that they cannot trust negroes to rul
complex machinery, the care it re
ceives when idle and the attention
given to repairs when needed.
In dry regions the depreciation j
not so great, but here in u humi'
climate it is very rapid. 81
The scarcity Of labor may force
farmer to buy tools which he woul
not find profitable if he could get Ii
Dor. Hay leaders, corn harvesters an
lime spreaders. all cost c~onsiderabl
and are used only a few days eac
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

year. But they are often a necessity
in order to get the work done at the
proper time. Horse power must now
be used as a substitute for human
muscles as a motor force. The per
capita production of the country as a
whole increased from Sc bushels in
1860 to go bushels in 1880-due large
ly to the use of binders. The success
full management of a modern farm de-
ponds largely upon the efficiency OF
the equipment with which the work is
performed.
Statistics were gathered on 80 farms
in Ohio. 1t was found that the aver
age size of farms was 1858 acres, the
value $46.25 an acre and the maohin-
ery per farm was valued at $1,325.4S.
Figuring the depreciation at the rate
of S.24 per cent, 1t is found that each
farmer had to pay $1O9.22 a year for
depreciation alone. And in addition
there is a bill of 1888 a year for in
terest on his investment in tools. 1t
seems that such expensive property
should bs well cared for. By the 1910
census the implements and machin-
cry on the farms of the United States
we're valued at $1,265, Jas, 1888. The saw
ing which would come to the farmers
Of the country by extending the life
of each machine one year would be an
immense addition to the annual pro-
fits. No merchant OIL manufacturer
would expect to make a profit unless
he exercised the strictest economy
and took the best care Of his equip
ment. Yet many farmers buy expen'
sive implements costing as high as
$500 or more and give them no care
whatever.
Depreciation is a charge from
which none can escape, but it a be
greatly lessened by judicious manage
ment. Care in use, in cleaning and In
housing will do much to extend the
life Of an implement. This e less
reduction in the inventory value and
therefore an increase in profits just
as surely as does an added sale o.
products.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
Important to Mothers


Charles r. Murphy, with his toler-
ant and good-humored smile, was talk,
ing to a reporter about the defeat OF
Tammany.
They were unfair to u.s." he said
AFTER all, you know, all politicians
aren't grafters. They couldn't be and
exist.
ITS like the eagle story. A man
said at the club:
why is an eagle like a MANI"
Everybody gives this riddle up, sc
the propounder announced triumph
antly:
Because it's bald-headed.'
But an auditor objected, al
eagles aren't b~ald-headed.'
"'Well neither are all men, was thu
reply"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
THE FARM INVENTORY PAYS.
STOCK ON HAND SHOULD BE DE.
TERMINED ANNUALLY.
BY 0. r. johnson, Assistant Professor
of Farm Management, Uni
Versity Of Missouri.
rake a farm inventory.

TAKE a farm
The annual inventory should be con
sidered as important by the farmer as
by anyone else, because the farmer
uses and controls a larger amount OF
capital than any other class of bust
ness men. If for no other reason than
to have a list of the property which
he possesses, every farmer should
take an inventory. 1t will show him
from year to year the gains or losses
in his business.
The taking Of an inventory does not
mean a large amount OF difficult
work. It means that a man list the
different kinds of property which he
owns and determines its value. The
things to consider are these: Real
estate, farm equipment, live stock,
feeds and supplies, household equip
ment and supplies, bills receivable,
bills payable and cash. If these diff
ferent items are listed it will be easy
| to calculate the loss OF gain for the
year.
In making an inventory two things
are very important. First, be con-
sentative in estimates-place values
as nearly correct as your good judg-
ment will enable you. Second, do net
overlook any part Of your property.
The value of the farm will not
! change very much from year to year,
and it will make your showing more
satisfactory if you do not increase the
value of land except for actual money
spent for improvements.
All classes of live stock have a pref
ty definite value, depending on mar
ket prices.
1t is a little difficult to determine
the value of farm machinery. II you
know the first cost of the tool and
about how long it will last you, by fig
uring from the number. of years you
have used it, you can determine about
what it is worth. These things are
more or less estimates and cali for the
best judgment. You will have to con
slider the condition Of your tools at
the time of taking the inventory in all
cases. You can usually tell about
what it would. cost you to replace such
a tool. All tools should be listed sep
arately, down to those worth 81 or
less. The value Of these can be given
in one sum.
Feed and seed are easy to measure
and place values on, as there is a def
mite market price for each. All sup
plies on hand, such as wire, paint
lumber, ETC., can easily be measured
up. The money that other people owe
you and that you owe others should
not be overlooked. Neither should yor
neglect to list the amount Of cash on
hand.
After your inventory is made, If yot
will list it, subtracting your bills pay
able from the amount labeled "tota
assets" you will have the presen'
worth for the year. The difference
between the present worth at the be
ginning and close of the year is you
loss or gain for that year.
The following table shows an inven
tory for two years and how the pres
ent worth is arrived at:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
THE LIGHT CHINESE PLow
Made Entirely Of Wood Except for
Peculiar Shaped "share"
Which ls Iron.

sLondon-Here is a snapshot of a
village scene in South China. The
village is near the coast, and conse-
quently most of the men find employ
ment in fishing, while the women Gull
tivate the land, the crops grown con
sisting chiefly of rice and sweet pota-
toes. The woman IN the foreground
of the photograph is carrying on her
shoulder a plough Of the kind univer-
sally used in the district. 1t is made
entirely of wood except for the pecul-
iar-shaped share" which is of iron,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
nMMMHRM Ladies to solicit and demonstrate
MHH&n anew washing compound. Liberal
HASn Azuv : proposition to right parties. Write
early. I'll Washington Ave-, st. Louis, Mo


1t was at a Tammany dinner, just
after Mayor Gaynor had appointed
R~hinelander Waldo police head. Elk,
Comptroller Herman A. Metz was pres
ent. Metz is about as formal as a
Bowery lad. We'll, Riney,'" he said,
holding out his hand, you've got a
hard job ahead of you. 1 hope you
make good. But don't forget what
you're up against"
well, it's my intelligence against
theirs; my intelligence against theirs
replied the police commissioner, and
he pointed to himself significantly.
"'Rhiney,' you lose" %retorted Metz
New York Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
His Plan,

Glow is it, colonel" asked the
hopeful young bunco s%teerer, address
ing the hoary-handed master of the
craft, that you have always been SO
successful in picking out juicy suck
ers, and never have to waste your
time on Improbable subjects?" u
simply wait till l hear a man say that
he is a pretty good Judge Of human
nature" replied the veteran, "and
then l know he is just what l am look
ing for."-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
Rather Warm.

At a school in Dudley a teacher
with whom l am well acquainted was
taking his class in their poetry, Casa
blanca" They came to the line, THE
boy stood on the burning deck" He
stopped the class, and asked this
question, why did the boy stand on
the burning deck?" He had a good
show of hands, but one led in particu-
lar seemed very eager to give the an
swer. The teacher noticed this, and
asked him, whereupon he got the fol-
lowing answer, Because 1t was too
hot to sit down." which put the whole
class in an uproar.-London Tit-Bits,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
s4s,54s.46 $4s.54s.4s

better to wait until the land a be
thoroughly prepared for drilling in
the oats.
1t is true, further, that drilling does
not always pay better than broadcast
ing, although on the average 1t does.
This is a seasonal matter. There is
a great temptation for one to gamble
ON the weather and rush oats in very
early, because this occasionally gets a
very fine crop, but 1t is the average
results that are important in the long
run, and this means better seed bed
preparation and the use Of a drill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
India cuItivatino oulnlne.

Java, nov furnishing the bulk of the
worlds q~uinlne supply, finds a great
market for the preparation in India,
which already nsum one-sixth of
all the q~uinine produced. Ceylon. once
a large exporter, has fallen off in the
product until the quantity sent out
each year is quite negligible. India,
however, in an effort to become a
great quinine-producing country, has
planted thousands of acres to the elm
chona tree.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
No Wonder II Hurt Him.

A group Of grieving depositors stood
on the sidewalk before the closed
doors Of a recently defunct bank. 1t
wasn't a merry Gene. One man who
had lost his all was trying to brace
up a colored grandpa whose white
wool bobbed up and down into the
folds of a bandana.
Don't cry, uncle" he said. Banks
burst every day, you know"
Yes, sir, l know 1t; but-huh! huh!
huhl--dis bank-huh! huh!-done
bus right in nah face."-Harpers
Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
Novel FORM 81 swIndNnq.

A curious case comes from Belgium.
Two Engllsnmen have been arrested
in Brussels charged with the practice
Of bruising their arms to initiate the
marks Of horses teeth, and then OF
claiming compensation by alleging
that the bites we're made by horses
left standing IN the street
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
MOI Expsn.Ive entertainment.

Denver, Colo.-Mayor Perkins ex-
pense account, submitted to the coun-
Gil. shows that he spent $3.50 to en-
terrain the secretary Of wal and the
secretary Of the navy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
Approved Method.

Knicker-For whom did you name
the baby?
Bocker-Huerta; we intend to bring
him up the same way Uncle Sam is
raising Mexico.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

The largest theater in the world 10.
the Opera House Of Paris. II covers
three acres. Of ground, It's cubic mass
10 z.sS1, 100 feet and It cost $25 5000. 900
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
nlsanreed WITH Science.

Bix-Scientists say that it is much
easier to support a weight than 1t
is to lift 1t.
Dix-T haven't found it &c. can
lift my wife quite easily.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

to instantly remove taste for cigarettes or tobacco
in any form, or money cheerfully refunded. Send
$50 and receive wonderful remedy by return mail.
Address Dssk 4, Tobacco Cleanse Co. WlehItA, kansas-Adx.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
MIfe Lanturea roo Much.

Is New York,--Charles Beuret, suing
for a separation, declared his wife'a
lecture" begins at s4p NJ. and lasts
until 3:30.a. m.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
veracity.

"Does that man always tell the
TRUTH"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. IF
it's about somebody else"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29
Hinh Finance.

Very black, very small, and very
much impressed with the importance
of her mission, she stood before the
kindly lady of the house.
well, Ophelia?"
Use de washefwoman's little girl
and mommer she say please to len her
a dime. She got to pay some bills"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

The number Of mothers who hope
that my boy might turn out a min
lister" is diminishing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

When a girl marries for money the
devil generally acts as best man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

The Cough is what hurts, but the tickle is
to blame. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
stop the tickle-5c at good Druggists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-01-29

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest. Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-10-26
STORY

George Broadhurst vote one of
the greatest successes the Ameri-
cen sage has cvc- known when
he o-aplotod "Tlo Man of .h,
T-1- vl.ca g. urw Go Oc SEE n as
Wcrld Pam Corp..-t-n felumc
an. .,h Robert Warwick IN ihc
tuc rcic o. the incor uploio
mayer
lle psrUcui.- "erati a1. Mr.
l.1aah-f.l el1ckcd is scheme
ua the part e., ID machine "boss
aad d shr, wd nnancior TO put q
bd. ,hrcusa ihc New York Cii-
ooracI uh.cl would give 20 O
ua.Aca compsn, group OF FER
pctu1l franchises. Iho llssasc oi
thsi bin would be- O. great Icsuai
ary ea.n .o- mary parties. while
IL lies ihc ,lty up forever $50 that
competition fer franchises would
be unknown election b. nea- a.
hand. and in looking about Tor
suitable candidate for the mayor
slt,. WHO could "ic handled,