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Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02
CAPPER, THE ORATOR.

Although our old friend Arthur
Capper teStifieS to the merit OF
the mail order course in oratory
recently taken for the purpose OF
improving his public speaking, he
is still very shy of appearing on
the platform with the gentlemen
whom he must defeat if he is elect
ed governor. No one knows
whether it be cOwardice, modeSty
or magnanimity that impelS Cap
per to make a condition in all his
acceptanceS of invitations to speak
that no other candidate for gov
ernor shall address the voters
from the same platform on the
date of his appearance.
Capper not only reSolutely re-
fuses to meet either Hodges. Al
len or Billiard in debate but insists
that he be the only speaker, even
on occasions that arc supposed to
be wholly non-political. What is
wrong with the Republican candi-
date for governor? Mail order
teaching by his own testimony has
made him a finished orator bul
he still avoids his opponents III
public. Is it possible that he fear,
to have his arguments examined
and his statements questioned il
the hearing of the voters?-Salins
Union. }
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02

The Lawrence Gazette, one of
the rankeSt StandpatterS in the
country, pays the following tri-
butte to President Wilson: Pres
ident Wilson certainly deserves
the honor of which he has been
given for an award of the peace
prize. Few men would have kept
us out of war with Mexico when
war was almost inevitable, but
Mr.. Wilson Steered us around the
rocks, and so far his judgment and
his work have been justified. He
did all in his power to prevent the
European war, also, but preven-
tlOn there was not within human
power. Thousands of wives and
mothers in this country have
President Wilson to thank that
they have their husbands and
sons safe with them today instead
of being compelled to mourn their
death on the Mexican battlefield.
Had President Wilson declared
war on Mexico, his act would have
been justifiable, and the whole
country would have stood back
OF him. But he has done far bel
ter than that, and not only will
those now alive bless him for his
wisdom and courage, but history
will justify and praise him for il. "
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02
BREAKS WORLD RECORD.

Barton county people. with their
big wheat crops and general pros
perity, are SO in the habit of see
ing established records broken
and have become so blazed to
what would be wonderful things
TO people of other communities,
that a little thing like being the
banner wheat county of the state
and such like doesn't excite to any
great extent any more. But this
year there has been a Great Bend
man who has not only broken the
state record, but a United States
and worlds record as well, and
that person is E. E. Cook, the busy
and popular implement man al
the southeast corner of the square.
Ed is the local agent for the Avery
ThreShing Machine Co., and for a
number of years has annually
handled an enormous amount of
business in the line of threShing
machines and repairs, but the rec
ord for this year is already some
twenty thousand dollars over the
amount of business handled in
one year by any local agent any
where in the world, and there is
still a few months of the old year
left yet. So far this year he has
sold almost sixty thousand dol
lars worth of new threShing ma
chimes and repairs, and his sales
of used and second hand outfits
has totalled almost a like amount
Ed is one of the best business
hustlerS in this part of this bully
old world, and his habit of treat
ing everyone on the square and
making good every statement he
makes to his customers has built
him an enormous business OF
which he has just cause to be
proud.
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02

In Pennsylvania the Progress
Sive candidate for governor has
Withdrawn from the race with the
request that the voters of the par
ty unite in, support of the Demo
cratic nominee, declaring that the
Democrats stand for the same
things and that a Progressive tick.
ct but aids in the election of the
candidate of the old Republican
machine.
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02

come out and ask for the re-en-
actment Of the diScredited Payne
Aldrich bill, so they are in a posi-
tiOn of denouncing without hay
ing anything to recommend.
Poor old Republicans. .-Marys-
vile Democrat.
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02

The object of the high tariff, as
frankly stated by its supporters, is
to bar foreign made goods from
sale in this country and to permit
American manufacturers, to sup
ply the entire demand, AS the
price which an American who
buys a foreign made article must
pay consists of its cost on the
markets abroad plus the tariff, the
higher the tariff the higher the
price. As this article comes in
competition with similar goods
made here, the price at which it
sells determines the price at which
the home made article sells, unless
there is sufficient competition
among home manufacturers to
control the price. American indus
try is so highly organized now
that there is little competition
among American manufacturers.
Hence high tariff means a high
price. Just remember this when
some Republican campaign ora
tor comes around asking your sup
port for his propaganda of rails
ing the tariff.
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02

Harold Crawford, who has been
here for several weeks visiting
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A
D. Crawford, left last week fol
Los Angeles, Calf.
Barton County democrat., 1914-10-02

If you want the real news OF
the county, read the Democrat.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18

of spirit child that would come
to him as a precious token of his
lost love. Mrs. Plymouth Weeks, a
medium, voiced the spirit messages,
and they told Kraft that Mrs. Weeks
would be physical mother to his.
spirit child ...-.
A child was presented to Kraft and
he acknowledged it as his own. When
he died six months ago he be-
queathed it part of his fortune
Immediately after the terms of the
will became known, Mrs. Dora Funk
Guien, wife of a farmer at Washing
ton Court House, Ohio, brought ha-
beas corpus proceedings to recover
the spirit child" which she claims is
hers. She says she gave it to Mrs.
Weeks at its birth, because she was
then unable to support it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18

whether the boy be of the earth or
the spirit world, he is not the son of
her husband, the late Lewis Kraft,
and he has no claim on the Kraft
name or fortune.
When Lewis Kraft, political boss"
of Cincinnati and right-hand man of
Boss" Cox, reached middle life
years ago, he discovered that he was
tired of humdFum domesticity and
he sought solace in spiritualistic
seances. From a sweetheart of his
youth long dead, he received spirit
messages. The spirit voice whispered
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18

than her mere word to offer in proof
of her motherhood. She will bring
into court her two sons, Samuel and
Lorenzo, who, she claims, are broth
ers of Lewis Kraft, Jr., and sons of
the same father. She will ask the
Judge to compare the three boys and
note the striking resemblance they
bear to each other. She will also pre-
sent a picture of Baby Lewis which
shows a distinctly protruding ear,
and she will point out that the
spirit child's" ear Stands OUT too.
The picture showing the protruding
ear is her main reliance in proving
her motherhood of the boy called
Lewis Kraft.
Speaking of the tragedy that de-
stroyed their family life, Mrs. Kraft,
wife of the dead politician, says: "Af-
ter heard of my husbands relations
with Mrs. Weeks had a long talk
with him. l told him that, with
Gods strength back of me, l would
endeavor to go on with my life as
though the biggest thing of all, my
husbands love, had not been taken
away from me.
81 said l would remain Mrs. Lew
Kraft until death parted us. l said
that l would keep his house, care for
him if he were i'll, and that we would
try to hide from the world the aw-
full thing that he was doing.
"He agreed, and we began new
life that lasted until he died. AS
time went on, Mrs. Weeks, knowing
that he loved children, urged him to
have an heir to whom he could leave
the most of his fortune. It was soon
after that heard of the spirit child
But he is not Lewis son. He has no
claim to his fortune or to his name"
AS Lew Kraft, Jr., is named as
beneficiary in Kraft's will, he will re-
ceive the $4,000 whether or not the
court decides he is spirit child"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Dog-Proof Fence.

wire IL inches apart, the width be-
tween wire gradually increasing to 5
inches at top. The vertical stays are
6 inches apart The wires are fast
ened to posts set rs feet apart, the
bottom wire being 8 inches from the
ground. One barbed wire is set mid
way between the bottom horizontal
wire and the ground. One barbed
wire is fastened to the posts inches
higher than the top wire. Two barbed
wires are attached inches apart to
pieces of 2 by scantling nailed to the
posts above the wire with 20-penny
nails. These pieces are set outward
and upward with the posts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04

other equally ingenious contriyances Messages
are o1ten reproduced by photography upon films
reduced TO the smallest possible size which the
blrds carry and which weigh the mere fraction
of an ounce.
Recently there appeared an account of the cap
ture OF German spy He was riding train
IN Belgium. The spy noticed that he was under
surveillance and hurriedly wrote the information
ne had in his possession and released his winged
messenger from the window of the train The
spy was captured, but the message could not be
stopped.
These messengers of war sometimes are called
carrier pigeons. They not Carrier pigeons
lack the instinct that enables the homers to re-
turn to their cote. Carrier pigeons only for
the purpose of display at pet stock shows.
Many nations have established pigeon posts,
where birds trained to fly from city to
another, from one island to another They
much faster than train steamboats, and
message is much safer in their They
numbered today as one of the most deadly mes
sengers of war.
The first news of the siege of Ladysmith, dur
ing the Boer war, carried by homing pigeons.
The pigeons used at Ladysmith were taken from
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
BADGER NEWS NOTES

Madison. Careful examinations
have proved that the herd Of A. h,
eraser in the town of New Berlin Is
afflicted with foot and mouth disease
and forty cattle and number OF pigs
have been killed. All the cattle are
pure bred Holsteins. The eraser farm
is three miles southeast of Waukesna'
1t is under quarantine and no one
allowed to enter or leave the premises
ppleton.-Notice has been sent OUT
by Gen. Orlando Holway that the war
department has designated January
February and March for the annual
armory inspection of the companies
of the Wisconsin National guard lne
inspections will be made by Capt H.
H. Wescott, u. S. A.
Neenah. Every effort is beng
made to prevent more cases OF snar
pox developing here. But one cSS'
is under quarantine in this city Ss'
eral more cases have recently de'sf
oped in the city of Menasha.
Beloit.- mass of flesh and bones
discovered in the ruins OF barn Is O'
lieved to be the remains Of an unluSI,
titled man who persisted in flre ~
the farm of Edward Salmon, tnl''
miles southeast of here.
Antigo.-Mrs. Nels Madsen, WIN
shot her husband, Patrolman Mau''T
at the command of unseen VOICES
was committed to the Northern iiV'
pital for the Insane.
La Crosse.-The earliest ice cutunS
in the Mississippi river has been uOu. ~,
by local firm in order to exc w. ~
its last years supply. The ice was ~
inches thick. -
Fond du Lac.-William Love-
charged with robbing the W. T.
Clark residence here, plead guilty. az =
was sentenced to twenty years
Waupun. 1,oos.
Fairwater-Joseph Hanson, Oia.a
smith, 55 years old, took his own -
by hanging. re
Iron Riyer-The first nine Of =
twenty-five houses to be moved Nv
Iron River to Superior have alisa 60.
been transported. All the ng1 IN.
were property of the Iron River w.
Der company, now out of business Il
= Kilbourn. = Thomas Gillispis, L., y
years old. one Of the oldest resid en-,
Of this city, is dead. He and bis s i,
niversary on Oct. 81. o.sc
Kenosha. The explosion Oh r,.9gas
line engine on the Freeman nis' ne
farm, west of Kenosha, DESTROYS 60 30
harms by fire with a loss Of :"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
FEW FUNCTIONS OF TANKAGE
Connects Successive Generations OF
Pigs So vitality That One May
Become Food for Next.

(By G. r. SAMSON, Oregon Experiment
Station.)
Tankage connects the successive
generations of pigs so vitally that one
generation may become food for the
next. When hogs are slaughtered
their blood and refuse that were for
merly wasted are made into tankage
and used to fatten the next crop OF
pigs for the market. While not
great deal of this material enters IN
to the new lot of pigs the most ex-
pensiye parts of their carcasses are
made up by it.
Tankage is a by-product of the
meat industry that is admirably suited
to hog feeding, and is likely to re-
main the cheapest source of protein
for swine. The supply is increasing
as slaughter methods become more
concentrated and efficient.
At present, large quantities of ma
terials from which tankage is made
are wasted by the small slaughterlng
establishments The use of system
that provides for saving this material
and turning it into a valuable COM
mercial product instead of into pub
lie menace to health will increase the
supply and assure it's availability
throughout the entire year
Swine are likely to remain the prin-
cipal consumers of this product be-
cause it is neither so palatable nor
digestible to cud-chewing animals.
Being a product of the meat industry,
tankage has more direct relation to
the swine production than has any
other protein feed supply. It carries
twice as much protein as linseed and
soy bean meal, nearly seven times as
much as barley or corn, and costs
only about one-third more. 1t may
also be fed an indefinite time without
injurious results:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
SEIZED A GERMAN MEAL

Incidents Of soldier life in the fighting zone are
read eagerly in London. How small party of
British cavalry cheated some Germans of their
supper is told in the following words:
"a small party were out on reconnaissance
work, securing woods and searching the country
side Just about dusk hail Of bullets came upon
our party from small spinney of fir trees the
side Of hill. We instantly wheeled OF as If we
were retreating, but, in fact we merely pretended
to retire and galloped around across plowed land
to the other side of the spinney, fired the men
and they mounted their horses and flew like light
ming out of their supper room, leaving a finely
cooked repast of beefsteak, onions and fried pota
toes all ready and done to turn with about fifty
bottles of lager beer which was an acceptable rel
ish to our meal Ten of our men gave chase and
returned for an excellent feed"
The same writer gives an account of speech
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Pigs as Virus Carriers.

Observations made by German spe-
cialists have shown that hogs which
have recovered from an attack of hog
cholera, but which are otherwise in
an unsatisfactory condition, are often
found to be virus carriers. The urine
of young pigs is especially dangerous
and is often the chief cause of the
spread of the disease. The secretion
from the eyes and nose is dangerous,
for this may be inhaled or may come
in contact with the mucous mem
brane of healthy animals, thus caus-
ing the disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04

of an old French squire, retired general wno ~
tartained the troops at his house He says:
'"The old gentlemans two daughters hepeu "
wait on the men, and after the meal was over LIS
general said:
NV dear comrades, let me so call you. IL Is
an old soldier who fought against Prussia forty-
four years ago. / was then captain OF culras-
siers-who welcomes you to his house with
heart full of emotion and in voice trembling
with sympathy and thick with tears. You honor
me by this visit In the midst of all your trials
and privations you have soldiers heart and
courage and cheerfulness By your wounds
know your sufferngs. You see me old, but am
active and glad to be honored by your sharing
such as can offer you. France never repay
the debt she owes to England for giving to us her
best and bravest sons. My father was killed in
the war of 1870 at the battle of Sedan
1T was picture to see the grand old veteran,
with faltering voice, strike the mems hearts by
the first phrase My dear comrades but when he
raised his glass and gave The king and queen of
England the stood up and tears chased each
other down their cheeks. Then the parish priest
said a few kind words of welcome and invited
the party attend benediction in the little church
which adjoins the park of the general This was
a happy thought, for Professionals Episcopalians
and Presbyterians joined with Catholics in a SOL
emn service of devotion under circumstances
which show how easily, under stress of trial and
adversely, the barriers of class and creed fall
down."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
A Good Breeder.

No breeder, however wise he may
be, can succeed unless he is a good
feeder and good manager. When
we talk of overlooking our brood sows
We are mistaken or ignorant Of what
we say. Throughout the farming dis
tricts, one finds more underfed than
oyerfed hogs, more poor managers
than successful caretakers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
MARKET REPORTS
Observation-Disclosures
Milwaukee, Dec

milwaukee, Dec. l, 1914
Butter = Creamery, extras BE-
prints, 33c; frsts, 27@29c; seconds ),
@26c; renovated, 24025c; dairy t.n
cy, CSC. :
Characterization, full cream new
made twins, 141ac; Young America,
141sc; daisies, 141a@15c; longhOrps
lac; limburger, fancy, 1870.
Eggs Current receipts fresh as 10
quality, 24@29c; recandled, extras. X
@26c; seconds, 15@1Sc.
Live Poultry Fowls, S@9c; roost
ers, &c; springers, 1Oc.
Wheat-No. l northern, lie; M !
northern, 1.12@1,14; No. 9 northern
95c@1.09; No. l velvet. 1.14@115
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 611bc.
Oats-No. 8 white, 4Sc; STANDARD
ATM @4S1sc.
Barley No. 8, 6s@72c; Wisconsin.
6S@7Sc.
Rye-No. 1, 1.O8.
Hogs Good heavy butchers, z1s6
7.25; fair to best light, 7.OO@Zs;
pigs, 5.OO@5.5O.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 6.75GS5O,
stockers and feeders, 4.25@6.25; cows
and heifers, 5.OO@6:75; calves, 5000
9.75.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Community Breeoino.

Community breeding is valuable in
two ways, viz, it aids in getting a
fine pure-bred sire, much better than
the ordinary breeder could afford to
get. Next is advertising, for where
there are several herds of the same
breed it will be more widely known
and a buyer would have many more
to select from. If one cannot please
him perhaps neighbor can.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Keen Track of Sheen.

II a single day passes when you dc
not see all the sheep. you may get uI
some morning and find them dead OF
helpless. Count them every day. Go
out the last thing at night and see il
they are ali right
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Nz1EzESS ozgRAza9 .5Exazwgn8saAgF

the lofts at Durham and Pietermaritzburg and IN
view of the great service which they performed II
is of more than passing notice. The dumb mes
sengers used in the signal service OF TINS
country during the war with Spain In the French
army than three hundred thousand
trained pigeons and more than six hundred thou
sand in the postal service which can be utilized IN
time of war Germany has more than two hundred
and fifty thousand well trained fiers and it, too,
has its pigeon posts that be utilized by the
government
During the Russo-Japanese war an automatic
camera was fastened about the breast OF a pigeon
and accurately timed to make photographs in the
air.
When homer is released, it rises rapidly into
the air. flying in large circles apparently getung
its bearings After rising several hundred feet II
will circle to point directly above the place
whence it was released, then dart in straight
line toward it's home, bearing the important docu-
ments to it's government. A pigeon cannot be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
l17aSzz55 Sz4zzzYAr N7znzg1QwMa

bound tight to the
birds legs. Releas-
ing the bird, his
message is started
to it's destination
with a speed that
only wireless or tele-
graph can rival.
Messages can be
fastened to birds in
ario US ways,
a un d t h e t all
feathers, under a
wing, about the leg
or secretly marked
by plucking a GER
tain feather, tn
painting of certain
feathers and many
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04

u dlAOQ W II ~ eAS
point, but it can be
trained to be taken
hundreds of miles
from its home, re-
leased on battle
fields and return to
its original home
with great haste.
The pigeons were
almost displaced by
the inv e n t ion of
wireless telegraphy,
but a bird can be
carried easily where
a wirele S S outfit
would prove too
bulky and could
never be taken. A
spy can release a
pigeon in the face
of the enemy when
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
A PARADOX.

Childhood presents many paradoxes," asserted
the bachelor.
friend
"A spoiled child may be extremely fresh"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
MAKING A DoG-PRooF FENCE
Effective Protection Can Be Con-
structed of Seventeen Horizontal
Wires, Fastened to Posts.

An effective dog-proof fence is
shown in this illustration. 1t consists
of IL horizontal wires, the three lower
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
war, not peace

he could not dare to try Wlreless' - 80, S:sa -
to the bird. The messengers are truly BIRDS Of
war. not peace
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
a GREAT DIEEERENcE.

You always advised against speculatiunPs
"Yes," returned Mr.. Dustin Stax
you never played the market yourself?"
No, sir. never played it. / worked it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Chicago. Dec. l. 1914.

Chicago, Dec. 1, 1914.
Hogs-Light, 6.95@75O; heavy, 200
@7.6O; rough, 7.15@725; pigs, 1900
6.25.
Cattle Beeves, 5.9O01O.5O; stock.
ers and feeders, 4.25@6.25; cows and
heifers, 3.5O@9.2O; calves, SO0@1l&
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-04
Minneapolis, Dec. 1, 1914.

w IN n 711DI Nv y IT.
Wheat 1 hard, lit; No
northern, 1.14@116; No, northern
1.1O@1.14h.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 55@57c.
Oats-No. white, 45c.
Rye-No. 2, 1.O2@1.O3.
Flax-1.42@1.45.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02
JEWISH EDITOR Returns.

After visit in Savannah. Albert
Herskowitz, editor of The American
Jewish Review, has returneds to his
home in Atlanta
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-02

since this trying experience in Feb
ruary. last year, so little sledging was
undertaken afterward, The health OF
the rest of the party was exceptional
ly good,
Terrific winds were experienced at
the expeditions base in Adelieland.
During one whole month the wind $
speed average GO miles an hour For
one hour it blew ll6 miles, and gusts
We're frequently gagged at over 200
miles an hour These winds delayed
the party, but they took advantage
OF the delay to make a magnificent
collection of eggs some extremely
rare.
Or. Mawson emphasized the value
of wireless telegraphy to him and IN
sisteo that no similar expedition
should be undertaken without wire
less apparatus,
Finds Huge Coal Deposits.
Occasional exposed rocks lndi-
Gated the existence of vast coal
loJ. haSi1og many ciUrS al conner