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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
THE FARMERS OPPORTUNITY.

No farmer in St Joseph county
should need urging TO attend the in
stitute 10 be held in South Bend Feb.
20 and % IL will be an opportunity
none can afford to lose. The subjects
to be discussed are vital to the farm
ing community and the speakers who
will lead them have been selected for
their knowledge Of the matters 10 be
considered.
The leading topic on the program
and in a sense that most important
is The Past, Present and Future OF
Agriculture i'm St Joseph County"
This subject has been assigned to John
:. Bordner. county farm adviser. and
viii give our agricultural expert an
opportunity TO hold the mirror up to
nature" which ne is likely To make
good use OF.
In order To fully comprehend what
we should be it is quite important to
know what We have been and what
we are. and this Mr.. BOrdner is we'll
qualified TO tell the farmers of st.
Joseph county With the mind Of an
expert he has studied the conditions
under which our farmers have Guilt
Nated their lands and made himself
familiar With the methods employed.
With this knowledge as a basis he will
be able to intelligeutly point out the
remedies
such subjects as Horticulture"
The Proper Handling of Livestock
Good Roads. The Successful Breed
err. Poultry Raising, Permanent
Agriculture and kindred topics will
be discussed by competent authorities,
and the substantial features of the
program viii be varied with readings
and music The two days promise TO
be full OF food for thought and pleas
ing entertainment
The farmer who does not avail him
self OF these opportunities cannot ex-
pect 90 hold a place i'm the procession
OF progress moving swiftly onward to-
ward higher ideals and greater eff
cheney
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

ment He is charged with instigatins
it for the purpose of securing a club
10 hold over the president in the re-
organization OF the democratic party
in New York state. Rep. Fitzgerald
is a representative OF Tammany hall.
His sole aim as a congressman is TO
play politics. All else is subOrdin>,e
20 the welfare Of his organization.
IL the Fitzgerald amendment is
agreed to by the senate the bill will
go to the president in it's present
crippled condition 1t will in all
probability fail TO carry out the pres
ident's plan for a government railroad
in Alaska.
lie remains for the supporters OF
Pres. Wilson in the senate TO insist
upon the kind Of a measure the pres
ident wants. The chief executive is a
mighty popular man at this time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
THE ALASKA BILL JOKER.

The News-Times called attention
yesterday TO provision OF the Alaska
railroad bill which is likely to defeat
the purpose for which it was intend
ed. This provision is in the form Of
an amendment which instead OF au-
thorizing the appropriation OF thirty
FIVE or forty millions for the construc-
ton Of the road leaves ii 10 congress
70 make annual appropriations.
With reference 10 this amendment
The News-Times said; I'm this provi-
kion there are possibilities OF obstruc-
tion and delay. through the opportu-
nifty afforded the enemies of govern
ment ownership OF railroads in
Alaska and Of public utilities generally
10 contest appropriations" II was
obvious that the amendment was in
jected into the bill as a joker.
The character OF the trick is fur
Their exposed by knowledge OF its au-
thOrship. Rep. Fitzgerald OF New
York is responsible Cor the amend
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

to the real value of the road-abess
30,000,0OO. ~
Then it fell into the hands of Wall
st. hnanciers. All sorts of deals were
put thrOugh-sOme straight and some
crooked. There were commissions
and rake-offs paid that should not
have been paid. Property was bought
at a bargain and unloaded on the
Pere Marquette al big profit. Earn
ings that should have gone for wages
and bettePments went for interest on
debts saddled on the road by such
deals. Then more debts were incur
red TO meet bills left unpaid, because
the earnings were so diverted. The
increased debts are calling for more
interest money, and the farmers are
asked to please contribute.
As near as can be estimated. the
road is bonded and capitalized for
about 100000. 600. This is $50, 600
600 or S7O,OOO,O00 more than it is
worth. That means an annual inter
est charge of about S2,5O0,0OO to pay
interest on bonds that cover property
that does not exist.
The plan is TO raise this money by
increased freight and passenger
charges.
That is, the farmers and consumers
of Michigan are asked TO contribute
this amount annually to Wall st. man
ipulators.
The farmers and consumers didn't
borrow the money. They didn't get it.
They just happen to be unfortunate
enough to live along the line of the
road that was used for that purpose.
For that reason. and that alone. the
management hopes to shove the bur
den off onto them.
Things are being lined up foA a<tion
in the next legislature.
Watch out.-DetrOit News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

THIS is IA world of change. Every
thing suggests il. The message may
come from far or near. but it is the
same-everlasting change. No man
knows what the day may bring forth.
no plan is so we'll laid it may not go
awry. In the midst of cOntentment
we are disturbed by the summons TO
change.
HERE is q London manufacturer
of wooden goods mailing US a message
from across the sea TO say that his
cloths may be found at a South Bend
tailOrs. The suggestion is acute. We
had thought TO get by without a new
spring suit but now-nOw we are
tempted to stretch our credit once
more.
A VALUED contributor writes
Possibly YOU saw this skit on Califor-
MIA. It's humor strikes me as eX-
quisite, although 1 am badly stung on
California" This is what he refers
to- 1t is from 3. L. rs 'Line-o'-
Type or Two" We gladly give it
space on its merits as we'll as on the
demand.
The Land OF the Bromide.
The Sun shines every day in Califor-
MIA.
So all the people say in California;
There's a keenness in the air.
And the Face of Natures fair:
You're told it everywhere in Califor-
MIA.
The oranges grow on trees in Califor-
MIA
Don't overlook this, please, in Cali
fornia.
/ The Pacific's always blue,
/ And the Climates mentioned. too,
/ BY folks who talk to you in Califor-
mia.
The nights are always cool in Califor-
mia:
Reporting is the rule in California.
On the mountain tops there's snow
I While the flowers bloom below
/ Everybody tells you so in California.
The Mountains Meet the Sea in Cali
fornia,
! It's pointed out to me in California;
But these facts, one must confess,
/ Might with equal force impress
If they'd talk about them less in Cal
ifornia \. L. F.
( THIS will be our last opportunity
before Monday to say u word about
/ Washington and his birthday. We
don't like te let il pass. Force of
! habit impels us to mOraliZe on each
recurring twenty-second day of Feb
ruary. We might repeat what we said
/ last year. but for some unaccOuntable
reason we didn't say anything last
: year But whatever we might have
said last year, thems our sentiments
this year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
HISTORY AND DOG WHIPS.


Lord Weardale has been attacked
by a militant suffragist. knocked 60
the platform Of II railway station in
London and beaten with q dog whip.
in the biogra phical note Of Lord
Weardale, it is hrieiy stated that "he
has written a history of England and
is opposed to women suffrage.
Ii isn't reasonable TO thing that the
attack on Lord Weardale was brought
about solely because he does not be
lieve in giving women the vote. The
militants would be undertaking toe
large a contract if they purpOsed using
dog whips on every opponent CT equal
suffrage IN Britain. There would.
moreover, probably not be enough
dog whips TO go around. No, the
chances are that the chief grievance
against this peer is that he has been
guilty of writing a history Of England.
IN the breast of his assailant there
must have ranked a resentment
against the schooling of her youth
which consisted of such truck as
memOriZing the genealogical trees of
the royal families and keeping the
crimes of the Henrys properly differ
entiated from the misdeeds of the
Charleses. 1t was a wicked thing, ~
the mind of the woman, that LORD
Weardale should deny her the right 10
miscOVern England equally with men.
IL was monstrous that he had written
q history of England. The two OF
lenses were more than mortal flesh
could bear.
There are men in this country who
every year or two put oUc duh and
uninspiring textbook history OF the
United States. II they are wise they
viii read d meaning for themselves
in the experience of Weardale. first
baron of StanhoDe. County Durham,
, I-snor1o nh Toledo T2I2Gn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
THE FREE LUNCH FORK.

The Indignation expressed in some
quarters over the abolition of the pub
lie drinking cup had not disappeared
when many states began TO legislate
the roller towel out of existence. The
argument that these public cOnven-
fences are unsanitary and unhealthful
is not challenged, but the authorities
have nevertheless met with some op-
position in their efforts to suppress
the twin nuisances. Abolition OF the
free lunch fork would seem TO be the
next logical step in the campaign for
sanitation. yet when Health Commits
sioner Coldwater of New York city
placed that useful utility under the
ban, his order is said by the Sun to
have caused CONSERVATION from the
effete Battery TO the very furthest out
posts OF civilization in the Bronx"
Ii means, according to that paper,
that 1.-The la- andmark of the Old
Freedom is usl forever in this ny
gienic era"
The free lunch fork is not unknown
in Wheeling. In the good old days
before council undertook to interfere
with the right of a saloon keeper 10
give a meal with each glass of beer
bought at his bar. the free lunch fork
was a busy and useful article. When
it was not working il stood iE a glass
of water. and every patron was eN-
pected TO put il back there after II had
guided sauer kraut. weinies and baked
bssns TO his mouth from plates on the
counter. Ninety per cent of the sa-
looms IF Wheeling served free lunch
in those days. Very few DO now, but
in other licensed cities Of West Viz
ginia the free lunch fork is still q
popular institution.
The free lunch fork may really be a
menace TO health but it * not neces-
sary for us 10 worry on that score. rs
il will disappear automatically when
the state goes dry.-Wheeling Regis
fer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
UNUUCKY THIRTEEN.

Married at the end of summer, only
a couple Of months before, and now
they were already quarreling.
And to think" snapped the young
wife. how palaveTOus and sweet YOU
were this summer, So popular at
Cottage City, Huh, Just for Curl
osity I'd like to know how many other
girls YOU made love to there before
YOU made up TO me-
The man buried his head I'm his
hands There were twelve he
groaned but I didn't count EN- up
until it was too latei"-N. Y. World.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
NONE NEEDED.

"Why don't you brush your hair2'
asked the man of the boy with the
frowsy head.
''Ain't got no brush
''Why don't you use your father s
BRUSH"
He amt got no brush"
"NO brush? Why hasn't he a
brush ?"
Amt got no hair."--N. Y. World.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
MORE TRUTH THAN
POETRY.
Hints for Husband
BY JAMES MONTAGUE.


Hints for Husbandmen.
(Fr0m a Possible Course in the Gov
ernment's School for FarmersD
Alarm clocks can be quoted with
a good strong axe. which ought 10
be kept at the right hand of the bed
for the purpose.
Chickens can be successfully raised
by means Of an electric elevator OBJ
tainable at any large machinery
warehouse.
Cows that refuse 10 give milk
should always be called upon for a
good and sufficient reason for such
refusal. IL reason is unsatisfactory
do not accept it.
II the farm housewife works less
than is hours a day and does less
than four mems work. consult the
family doctor Immediately.
Worn out farm machinery can be
scrapped and sold for sausage meat
TO any reliable packing house.
Do not abandon your farm. $slild
a city on it and sell it for apaBefn ent
house sites.
Do not wear a wrist watch while
milking. The ticking frightens the
cows
To raise stewed potatoes keep the
soil well irrigated with wine, beer or
spirituous liquors.
Do not liberate giraffes in a cocoa
nut orchard.
\ good way to promote a panic is
to stand on a housetop and loudly
proclaim that there is no danger of
one
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

y have here" began the applicant
for a position. "a letter of recommen-
dation from the pastor of my church.
That's very good as far as il
goes" replied the head of the firm,
"but we won't need your services on
Sundays. Have you any references
from anybody who knows You the
other six days of the week ?"-N. y.
World.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

Mr.. Bryan's interview with Gov,
Dunno Of Illinois is construed by
Washington dispatches to mean that
the governor will take the field
against Roger Sullivan in the sena-
torial contest. The effort of the cor
respondents to embroil the secretary
OF state and Pres. Wilson, however,
are likely to prove unavailing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
GOOD REASON FOR SELLING.

A we'll known lawyer had horse
that always stopped and refused to
cross the bridge leading out of the
city. No whipping, no urging would
induce him to cross without stopping
so he advertised him:
"To be sold for no other reason
than that the owner wants 10 go out
of town. N. Y. World.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

Huerta celebrated his first anniver-
sary as distator by promising to ban
ism an editor. He could not have OBJ
served the occasion in a more signal
manner. The Punishment of an ed
itor proves his power beyond dispute.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

The movement in the Progress club
for a woman police officer meets with
public approval. The need of such
an addition to the police force is gem
orally recognized. and one was prom .
ised by Mayor Keller when a candi-
date for office.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

The Maryland legislature just
laughed when a bill was presented
prohibiting the wearing by girls anC
women OF high heeled shoes and slit
skirts and dancing the tango and
other immoral" dances. We pre-
sumo most of the members are mar
ried men
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
Wasted Sweetness.

Lady said the Chicago heller,
here's a box o. candy to take home
TO de kids"
Sir said the lady voter. candy
is deficient in proteids. contains an
excess Of albumenOids and its use by
the adOlescent is provocative of many
intirmities which we, as new members
of the electorate, are trying TO eradi-
cate. Furthermore, your tender of
this package is in violation of Sec
tion 9, II, A Of the Criminal Cade.
which deals with attempted bribery,
and which carries a heavy penalty
To which the heeler could only re-
ply:
Wei. wot Tell? wot Tell?"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

A congressional investigation OF the
wheat market would likely result in
revelations TO the advantage Of the
public The wheat market is the
most manipulated thing outside OF
uQiiffca
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

THROUGH THE YEAR WITH
LONGFELLOW.
Into its burrows shall we all be
cast.
I'm the sure faith that we shall
rise again
At the great harvest. when the
archangel's blast
Shall winnow, like "a ram, the chaf
and grain. Gods Acre.
I'm the press OF our life il il diff
fiCuIt TO be calm. The voices of
the Present say. Gomez" but the
voices OF the Past say, Watt
Hyperion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

Arbitration on the Burlington route
resulted in an increase OF wages for
5000 employees OF the road. There
was no strike. nobody was hurt. no
property destroyed II was purely a
business transaction.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

Castillo is the "innocentest man Oh
the road" He admits il himself. But
Americans will hardly be satisfied
until "A better explanation OF the tun-
mel slaughter is given.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

n Germany insists Admiral Dewey
Will prove what he intimates in his
book as TO the conduct OF the Ger
man feet in Manila bay. Its antago-
nistic attitude was matter Of news
paper history at the time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
Some Wolf Story.

NOdSSUpUIIS IklIdfII.
The gray wolf which has been
roaming through Cass county this
winter appeared at the farm of J. c..
Wright. north of Penn. last Saturday
and succeeded in making away with
three of Mr.. Wrights young hogs
weighing about sixty pounds each.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

The story Of the sitting OF lake traf-
hc by railroad owned boats is one Of
the most interesting disclosures OF
this remarkable period OF truth strip
ping. Publicity is doing a noble work
for the innocent Consumer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

Accusations against the HoughtOn,
Mich, sheriff of trying TO railroad"
mine strikers practically completes
the list About everybody in that part
of the state is accused OF something.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

sentative in the congress of the
United States.-Benton Harbor News
Palladium.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21

day at the ~. Cathartne' cnufCn, IN
the Nix settlement
WHAT GOSgKPS DO.
BY Mrs. 4. T.. Kern.
There are many things that gessips do
That nobody else would do.
No need 20 ask are they false or true.
we understand by the works they
do.
They go on hunt for your pedigree,
and climb all over your family
tree
They bite the branches like singing
frost.
And your tree in a tempest of gossip
is tossed
Your Garden of Eden is their camp
ing ground.
Where they pass the apple of diseord
around.
All who like gossip may take a bite,
Then YOU don't lock good-they have
got their sight.
If you have a skeleton somewhere hid
nail it down tight and sit on the
Gossips do thrive on skeleton bones,
But they don't dig them up in their
own homes.
They can talk all day and not tell the
ms a habit they have since the days
Ananias and saphlra have passed
But a lot of their relations are living
today.
-Logansport Pharos- Reporter.
SOME woman with an abnormally
Tar-aTnnoI in hQRTn col
lection of sofa pillows and has already
gathered more than hundred. We
hope she is not married. and If not
we predict she never Will be. There
can be no affinity between a man and
a sofa pillow fad.
The Suffering Reporter.
(Fort Wayne Journal azette.)
More than 500 was taken in at the
door. the interest was so great and
Wawaka walked away with the big
honors.
SIR: What has become of those old
fashioned men who used TO sit around
the grocer's stove and ext apples out
of his barrel? l.. n. NJ
We don't know. but the woman who
pinches the peaches and tastes the
cranberries is still in our midst.
How Do You Elaborate An Oyster?
North Liberty NeWs.)
An elaborate oyster supper was
served.
GIVING women instructions in pol
itics is our idea of the negligible IN
education. After they get them they
will do as they darned please.
\ Problem In Economies.
Sir: Surprising we provide three
per cent money for the farmer SO he
can raise better cattle and produce
and make ST. Joseph county one of
the chief stock raising counties in the
United States, and bfg prices could be
demanded? Who PAYS the freight?
The editor could trade his newspaper
for a bushel Of potatoes and a COW.
Consistency, thou art jewel H.
MARRIED men may be interested
| in knowing that all tub dresses Will
| fasten in front This is authentic.
SIGNS Of relief from the audience
c. y. +.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US

Southwark the baseball heroes wend
their way
To fend against the opening day.
When his royal jumps shall order
play"
Aber Nix,
columbia City Post.)
The wedding will occur next Tues
day at the 81 Catharines church, in
the Nix settlement.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
The stnttering Reporter.

(Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.)
More than 500 was taken IN at the
door. the interest was so great, and
Wawaka walked away with the big
honOrs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
How DO You Elaborate IN Oyster

INOTIn JIDeILN NtNs'I
An elaborate oyster supper was
served.
GIVING women instructions in pol
itics is our idea of the negligible in
education. After they get them they
will do as they darned please.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-08-27
(From the Harrisonburg Daily News.)
LIVES SAVED BY TELEPHONE
One Man Drank Poison, and Another
Severed Four Arteries.

Within the last several days two lives
have been saved over the telephone.
Rev. /. w. LentZ, of Orders, Breth-
rem minister, took poison by mistake tor
his medicine. No physician being here,
his family got instruction from distant
physician. AntidoteS were administered
and his life was saved.
William Mlonich, in Pendleton county
tried to cut a bullet from the breach OF a
gun. The knife slipped and severed four
arteries in his wrist. He was in danger
of bleeding to death. DR.. Meyers, al
Oak Flat, six miles away, gave inStruc-
tions over the phone. Another life was
saved. Mr.. Mionch is 76 years old.
SO daily are valuable lives preserved
and saved by the use OF the Jefferson
County Telephone. .
Is your Wife's life valuable to you :?
Do you want to preserve your children's
lives? Is your own life valuable to your
self or family?
Doyou want to make paying invest
ment? Install Jefferson County Tele-
phone. II is a MONEY maker. Ask
Wall, who sits in his country home and
talks to Chicago. Install a Jefferson
County Telephone. Pay $500 per an
mum. Meet me at the end of the year
and say, "Getzendanner that phone did
not pay me, take it out, give me your
check for $500" | will do it. mean
this, every word of it. Phone, write or
wire. DELAYS are dangerous. Long
distance connections with the world.
He. GETZENDANNER,
General Manager.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-08-27
ADVANTAGES OF FALL FLOWING

farmer is, that blowing at this time
will take much of the work OF soil
preparation out Of the busy spring sea-
son and thus he can prepare his fields
more quickly for spring seeding. After
all, this is probably the greatest ben
eft that is derived from the practice.
But it can only be practiced on the
more level lands. 1t would be utter
folly to pillow steep hillside in the
fall if by spring all the plowed land
were wasked into the nearest creek
We can check this washing on the
more moderate slopes by the addition
of lime and OF ganic matter to the soil,
for they increase the amount of the
rain water witch is taken into the
ground and thur leave less TO run off
from the surface and carry with it the
most fertile part of the field An i'm
poverished soil, deficient in humus as
it usually is, may not hold weight of
water greater than half Of its own dry
weight, yet the organic matter will
hold several times its own weight of
water, and 1t is surprising how much
more water a soil will hold if it con-
tains a sufficient quantity of humus.
To summarize, We find that, except
on hills which wash. badly, good re-
suits may be expected from fall and
winter blowing, and even on such
hills washing may be greatly reduced
by mixing with the soil sufficient guam
titles of organic matter and lime
w. B. KEMP,
College of Agriculture, West Vir-
ginia University.