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The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
OUR ADVERTISERS.

Liggett IL Cole is the firm name
OF an appropriate combination
of real estate enterprise and le-
gal talent. G. Frost Legget's
name is : household word in the
Prowers land district, he having
been Tor many years receiver OF
fhe Lamar land office. Mr.. LiR-
get consequently knows the real
estate part of the business from
A to lizard
Allyn Cole is acquir-
ing reputation as lawyer, andin
crossing Iances with older prac-
titioners has Shown his legal a.
cuman and ability to hoe his own
row.
The Herald joins with their
many friends in wishing contin-
ued success to the firm of Lig-
EFT & Cole.
Maurice Long is 1t permanent
fixture of Springfield and Baca
county. He is sociable and a.
greeable-iust the nature suited
to the hotel business. He is now
conducting the old Homsher ho-
tel, now TIE Long hotel. and is
getting il goodly share of trade
in that line.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
A we'll Pleased Advertiser,

Elkhart, Jan. IA, 1914.
Mr.. S. NJ. konkei,
Editor Springfield Herald.
Dear Sir
Your favor Of the 18th
inst. received and we enclose
our check for the amount of
our advertising for the month
.of December, and wish to assure
you that we are mighty well
pleased with the results. We
nave noticed the articles from
your subscribers in regard to the
neateSt and claSsiest ads with a
great deal of satisfaction, for the
majority of them seem to give
ours first place. We can readily
agree with them, for you have
surely given US neat attractive
ad and we wish to assure you
and your subscribers that our
yard and stock of materials is
Just as neat and attractive ana
our prices are right.
Yours very truly,
VIM. WaShburn.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

Welcome school had lot Of
visitors this week.
Mr.. Editor, what do you think
of feterita for this dry country?
(Tall of itneXt week-Editor).
| think the 1st Natl Bank ad.
would be hard to- beat.
The Herald is fine. | think
you have greatly improved it.
AS to signing the name, | think
1t beS I as it is.
Stock is h"iding un we'll
Fancner, Davis, and Turner
have gone to spend the winter
elsewhere.
Mr.. Editor, tell us something
about the $40 acre homestead
bill that we have been hearing
about Of late.
On the early future will pub-
lish the bill.-Editor),
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Boston,.

Rev, Jones Of Stonington, was
in this neighborhood the first
of the week.
E. Lepel and Ed StapIeton
were at Elllhart asst week.
Eldridge and Roy Bryan were
in this neighhorhood last week,
Sam and Jim Nichols have gone
to eastern Kansas ON IL visit.
Rev. Nidy preached to large
audiance Sunday night.
would rather you would not
publish my name as correspond
ent.
James Villers and Doe Cald
well have purchased buggles.
Ifit were not for seeming origin
al, we would say, look out eirls''
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Wentworth.

Roy Cotield took his broomcorn
to Ell1hart last week and brought
back freight for Gurn Thompson
The children in the neighbor-
hood are just getting over the
chicken pox.
Our spelling school is progress
ing nicely. Everyone learning
fine.
Rev. Johnson will preach for
us Saturday night, Jan. "a.
The people in this neighbor-
hood haye organized a prayer
meeting.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
THE STATE TAX COMMISSION,

The supreme court, four to
three, recently decided
the tax suit in favor of the State
Tax commission, and the coun
ty assessors consequently got
busy raising the tax valuation
of all property according to
the first order of the state COM
mission, which was II. 81 per cent
making a total in this county of
S277,CO0 above the valuation Of
the assessor,
County and state boards Of
equalization exist in all states,
but it's our idea that county as
SCISSORS should be given certain
directions or instructions in the
assessment of property, and made
officially responsible for any fla
grant violations of their instruc.
tions.
But as the Herald can't effect
these regulations, we shall have
to worry along as best we can
under the present system, under
which the orders of the State
Tax commission, supported by
the supreme court, is probably
the very best that can be done to
meet the present situation.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Where The, Are,

Pretty Pra;rie is a prom
inent locality of the county, and
it well deserves the name that
mas been given 10 it. The Pret.
ty Prairie school house may be
considered as Il central point,
ana all that country between the
Sandy Arroyo and Bear and
Horse creeks on the west and
north as part of the Pretty
Prairie territory.
North Flats will be next con-
Sidered.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Blaine.

Alfred Lucas and SIerril
West went to I amar last Thurs
day for freight fer Wade Burnet.
L. F. Mathews is keeping
bachelor hall on his ranch,
F. Dunlap returned from
Beaver, Okla. Wednesday. He
had been down to visit his father
and mother this winter.
C. Watson and the two Miss
Hennehergs went to Springfield
last Friday, returning Saturday.
Wade Burnet and wife went to
Stonington Tuesdayin their car.
Geo. Lucas is helping Lyle
Knox on his house,
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

The decisions of our cores
pondents as to the poorest ad. in
the paper developed some sur
prises. The. editor was figuring
that Gurn Thompson would get a
whole lot of attention through
the poorest ad., and bless or
lives he wasn't even mentioned.
The most Of our correspond
ents didn't seem to like them
furrin ads.," while Bakers ad.
gets one vote as best and two as
poorest. Mrs. Mills ad. also gets
ON q hn6 Nnto
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
G.n Ml3Nll=Ni,E.

Will French took Mr..
Shieman to Elkhart last Wednes-
day morning.
Halls ard Steeles cot in from
the cedars Thursday nj rht.
They report some pretty big
snow stories, but say their no Sc
did not suffer
Mrs Earl Claop was g visitor
at the Collins home Wednesday.
Fred Collins went TO ElI5harD
the first OF the week.
Mrs Bert Glasgow and Child
ren visited with Mrs. Garvie
one DAY lastweek.
Which OF the half dozen" will
be the next for the scalping
knife?
Ms. OIdem is o. visiting
cFoloss this week.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

One by one the boys are fall
ing. The latest vic,em is I. e.
Bar, one Of the, faithful ha t
dozen. y He was tomahawked
scaiped, slain. and devoured last
week. The remaining
Five little Indians.
Full of sorrow and gloom,
In fear and in trembling.
Are awaiting their doom.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
BAILEY,

At Springfield, has wagons that
have been used, work Harness,
all kinds of horses and mules, d
well drill complete and decided
land all at II low price.-Adv.
2-15.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
County Jude Jackson.

There is little more of direct ev-
idence of the conduct of judge
jackson than there was the
week he made his getaway; but
from all the evidence at hand we
are still of the opinion that he
was practically moneyless when
he landed at Lamar.
One thing is very certain,
jackson was foolish to go crook
ed and run away for what he got
out of it. Atpresent it is known
that he got the money on five
homestead proofs, but as three
of these were taken about two
months ago it 10 probable that
the money was all spent before
he left. 1t is known also that
he got money on one or two
contest notices, and long age ON
some fling cases, probably two,
three or four.
In connection with the office,
there was nothing he could get
his hands on. outside OF the
land business connected with it.,
so there was nothing in that way
he could get away with.
Outside of government laid
money, there was $225 borrowed
from the Two Buttes bank on
Chattl.s, aud about 500 bor-
rowed from Wm. Thompson on
Chattles; but tllis money in both
cases was receiyed something
like a year ago, and of course
was used up long ago.
So far as present evidence
goes, this is the money appropri-
ated by Judge Jackson up to the
time of his disqualification,
which gives vredence to the view
that he left with not very much
money.
At the Citizens State bank ut
Lamar he passed his check ON
| the Two Buttes hank fer $40 but
had to give the money up at
lSyraouse.
At Syracuse he gave his check
alta store for $40, and we under-
stand that at Kansas City he
passed one or two for small
amOunts.
Mrs. Jackson claims the COWS
and horses mortgaged to the
Two Buttes bank The bank
succeeded in getting tn stock out
of the county, and we understand
Mrs. Jackson intends to sue the
bank. The horses mortgaged to
Vim. Thompson would have been
sold last Saturday, but they we've
rambling over the country and
could not be found.
We understand Mrs. Jackson
had 81 400 in the Syracuse bank,
that she loaned $4OO recently,
and still has $1,000 there to her
credit.
Presumably Jackson went
straight back to his old home in
Benton county, Mo. and is there
at this time,
AS to the exact crime of which
Jackson is guilty, it seems to be
o matter of some doubt. 1t
would look as If it became U. S.
money when 1t passed into his
hands, as in this case he is act
ing as, the governments agent,
and it would look under the cir
Gums tances that the government
ought to lie responsible for the
defalcation.
If, however, it Is only a breach
of til ust, the chances are that he
may remain in Benton county un
til some more crooked work
takes him to some other quarters
unless indeed the surety com
! pany should see fit to bring him
( back to answer for such breach
of trust
Boston.
Rau lones of Stnnin .rtnn uaS
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
E. Emerson.
Big Dance!

Friday night, Jan. 31ti
A Piano installed for the occasion
and thus have the very best M
sic obtainnblc. Invitation is |
everybody adv.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

1t matters little whether an
adj. is the best or the poorest
If it gets the attention. The best
ad with nobody ookiug at it Is
MT worth ) cts.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
EUGAES.


to-day.
H. Tankersly cut up a wood
pile for the editor on the 10Th
inst.
Bert Schneider of Regnier,
was Il county seat visitor Tues
day.
Question for debating socie-
ty: Would pit siIo pay in Baca
county?
The Horn boys delivered feed
at the EDITORS home on. the
2lst inst.
The roads to Lamar by next
week, if the weather remains
right will be pretty good.
The editor wants IL ton of coal,
and the first man who speaks,
gets the job.
l.. W. Jackson went into court We'd
nesday, pleaded guilty ana paid the
costs, something over u 500
Ira Greathuuse and Zeal Nor
ton were business visitors to
Springfield the first of the week.
The Mail and Breeze and Cap
per's Weekly will cost you 80 cts.
in connection with the Herald.
Ask Ed Measel for one of
those neat cards turned out for
him this week by the Herald
force
Attorney Allen returned from
his Topeka visit with his parents
on the twenty inst. he re
ports Il jolly time in Topeka, but
Baca county for him,
Ell StaplCton of Boston deliver
ed two porhers to A, A. Denney
Tuesday. and incidentally got up
in the Herald band wagon for.
the coming year. Thanks.
There is a dispute in this office
as to whether two of the orna-
ments in the Long ad. are up.
side down. In case they are
balloons, they are alright.
The frstlhin9 fiat caugh5 onr
eye at Geo. Ralicr's one day this
week wae them garden seeds"
in tha dead of the winter
You Will see them on either Side
of the door as YOU go in.
Since printing the inside pages, the
, school situation has changed. Mrs
PhcGlev is rapidly improving. and viii
report for duty Monday morning. Mrs
0lian has been employed 10 teach
Miss. Gordon's room.
Merchant Warren of ArteSia. |
was guest in town over Mon
day night. Nj Warren opened
his store in November. and re-
ports business since that time
as worry good.
Miss Alice Doncr, one of the
best known former teachers of
this C unity, writing from IlIini's,
says she likes the Springfield ld
Herald under its present
management, and to change it
to her new address.
G |. Dishman of Rodley, who
formerly clerted in tho Daggett !
store at Stonin%ton, jumped up
on the Herald family band wagon
with the HeraId family for
the coming year. Thanks 20 Won
G. |. and my the est Of Rodley
go Gomez and do likewise.
r. y. Campbellrerurned yes
terday fro-a Hutchinson, Kans..
where he has been on - short Wis
it, At Lama" he heated four
persons in his neimhborhood of
No. o, and has ten more on the
string.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Nursery Stock.

Call and see the trees have gro Ying
in lots in Springfield. If you contem-
plate planting trees, let me figure with
you Delivery about April 1st. from
the Grlesa Nurseries, Lawrence, kans.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

The weather has been like spring
for few days and the mud is rapidly
disappearing,
The Thompson store has purchas g /!
the whole Daggett stock.
VIM Dagget Jr. returned TO Syra
cuse Saturday, having closed bis bust
ness interests here.
Mrs. d. o. Brown has gone east to
Visit.
The school won in the recent spelling
contest, there being seven students on
the floor after the other side had gone
down.
The mock trial brough, to light some
fine talent. Messrs. C. +. Gilmore.
S. l.. Thompson, w. A. Thompson,
and j. c. Waldren were the counse-
lors at bar,
Rev Dean preached a very fine ser
mon Sunday morning :, @lso another one
after the Christian Endeavo. service
at night.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
VilaS.

The Conner boys were ii hauling
feed Thursday from the Walters
place
Several young people met
with Miss McAdams Friday
evening for the purpose of col
lecting some dialogs for The lit
erary Friday night. Every body
invited to the literary.
Villas is rather dead at pres
ent. Tie "four hundred' we
think are taking a long sleep af-
ter a continued round of pleas
ure. Some also are crippled from
too much frolicking on the ice.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Campo.

Lou Williamson has returned to elk
hart for another load of II. h goods
Geo. Bowman is staying with Jess,
Afford.
Ray Dunn and Jas. Merriield are ir
the cedars this week.
VIM Terebough and Floyd Richard.
have returned from a nip to Elkhart
M. l.. Lee made trip to the coun-
ty seat last Tuesday.
George Petty was IA Springfield visit
or Saturday.
Mr.. Coe has been on the grippe
list recently.
In responce to inquiries regarding
why | suggested the publication of
correspondents names, all iuquir, RS
will find my reasons embodied in the
editors article, entitled "a Sugges-
ton" in issue of the md inst.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Ten Years
Of Dry Farming

rain for the season is wanting.
The facts are that we
think no more about rain than our
brothers away back in the rain
belt. 1t may not rain for two,
three, four, or six weeks, but
stuff keeps right on growing. so
while we are wondering if it is
ever going to rain again we still
have feeling that at the end of
the season we will have some
thing to show for our summers
toll.
or our methods of farming, the
tendency is towards uniformity
and the uniformity is in the
right direction. What one does
MT find out another finds out for
him, and he profits by it. The
tendency is towards deepness
for moisture-holding bed, and
q moisture retentive condition of
the soil. Listing is pre-eminent-
ly the moistu re- bed method of
planting. It wants to be done
deep, and on hard land it wants
to be done once-twice would be
better-before planting. If l
were on hard land I would list in
the fall, then in early spring as
deeply rs six horses could pull
the lister-of course always
breaking the middles-and then
again in planting. We ought to
watch our chances to do our back
listing after u heavy rain to bury
the moisture, and the first in
ward cultivation should be- done
likewise. If we can succeed in
burying two or more heavy rains
we will have grain, and if we can
then have one good rain at grain,
ling time we will have big crop.
Our problem for success out
here is extensive farming, as a.
gainst intensive farming in the
back east country. A man here
who would try the forty-acre in
tensive plan, would starye to
death. What is wanted here are
fast working tools. A proper
one-man equipment is a two-row
lister, 4 two row cultivator,
one row binder, a thre.Shing ma
chine and q. baler, broomcorn
seeder, and of course secondary
tools in proportion. One man
last year with such an equip
ment raised five thousand bush
els of milo maize and thirty tons
of broomcorn, with no help eX.
cept in harvesting. Such an e.
quipment calls for six or more
horses. This is the proper e.
quipment. A man needs at least
four good horses, good lister,
q two row cultivator, and a one
row binder to make success,
and If he hasn't these the prob
lem he has to solve Is to get
them; and about one hundred
and sixty acres is what he wants
to cultivate, After the stuff is
up we want to get over it three
times, the first time throwing
the dirt out, the second time
throwing 1T in, and the third
time completely leveling the
ground,
Of course farming here wants
to be complemented with the
necessary stock. A man needs
not less than three hundred and
twenty acres of land, and a dozen
good mares, twenty good COWS,
ten to twenty good hogs to fat
en-, and around three hundred
hens on the roost in the fall.
/ will add that less than half
the work here will keep the soil
in better receptive condition
than back in the rain belt. This
is partly from the nature of our
soils, and partly from the fact
that we don't have the enormous
rainfall to pack it down. For
this reason even the work that
we do is eaSier-the necessary
work for the same results. 1t
is this that gives to extensive
far ming here its practicability.
; Consiudcd next week,
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Continued
s. M. Konkel
In Farm and Fireside

=
time. Now every man has his
riding lister. two-row cultivators
are everywhere, sullkies are COM
mon, disk harrows are in evil
dence, one-row binders, which
had never been seen, are plenti-
full, each neighborhood has one
or more grain binders, grain
headers are here and there. and
threshing machines have loomed
up in the different settlements;
and, as an evidence of moderni.
zation, the telephone, the motor
cycle, and the automobile have
come.
Land Prices 20 Years Ago.
The difference that is put on
the value of land now and ten
wears ago is an indication of the
transformation of the country.
Twenty years ago it was selling
at from twenty.tiv to fifty dol
lars a quarter, ten years ago at
from fifty to two hundred dollars
a quarter, and today at about
one thousand dollars quarter.
The difference in the valuation Of
land now and then isn't mere
matter of the new settlement
that has since come in. but the
general prevailing contentment
and prosperity of those who have
been here long enough to get
ahead.
After having been here Cor
some time 1 began to wonder If
something might not be done in
The way of farming; and about
the same time Campbell came
out with his magazine articles on
the subject of "dry farming"
and his pamphlets soon followed
on the same subject. Macaroni
wheat was just then having an
inning, barley took it's place in
the new order of things, spelts
came in for it's share of attention
and Kherson ind Red Texas oats
lined up in the procession; and to
all these the new order of things
here, agriculturally, is indebted.
Some of these things have since
been dropped from the program
and others are declining in pop
ularity, but the impetus given to
farming by these contributing
influences has taken the country
out of the domain of conjecture,
doubt and uncertainty as to
whether it is agricultural or
whether it isn't. No one stops
now to ask someone else what he
thinks about it. The question
is settled. 1t is an agricultural
country of a certain dependable
class, and from this recently
acquired elevation there will be
no recession to materially
impede it's onward course.
l have been here for more than
ten years. and during
this time there has not been a
single failure in making good
crop in my locality where any
kind of Intelligent farming was
done, I have neighbor who
has farmed here twelve years and
come out on top at the end OF
every year with good crop.
Some Big Results
You will notice that the above
is a modified statement. / have
known other localities during
this time that under the farming
in vogue raised only fodder, and
still others where there was not
rain to make fodder worth cut
ting, The kind of land in such
cases has had much to do with
it, and the kind of farming very
often had a great deal more to do
with it than either the season or
the land. With any kind of in:
telligent farming, on good land,
and particularly on our sandy
loans, some moisture will be
stored away in the cultivation of
one-row stuff for the yeal follow
ing-a little more each year than
the year previous, up to a certain
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Sandy Soil 5oaih. / MI,.'

Dee Williams md Claude Mar.
tin made Il trip to the county
seat one day last week.
Miss Mabel Fosengrant visit
ed GoIda Neal lust WalnesIIF
evening
Franklin Sacks and wife visit
ed J. H. Neal and family Sun
day.
Mrs, Howard was at Spring
field last week.
Ira Williams and family are
home again.
Mrs Nidey visited at Longs
Wednesday.
Frank Neal was at Campo II G
first of /, q week
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
Welcome.

first of tie week.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

me bad vote
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23

MrS. Oldem is o. visiting
cFoloss this week.
The Springfield herald., 1914-01-23
.Stonington.

But such is life in tt
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-05-09
GLEANlNGs OF GREAT
 NORTHERN EMPIRE

Dawson has put the ban on foxes and hogs within the city limits. The health officers have decided that they are a menace to the health of the com, munity.
 The people of Cordova gave Judge William N. Spence. the new district attorney for the Third Division a roy. al welcome.
 G. E. Gardner. a South Carolina law. yer. recently came North and went in. to Fairbanks over the winter trail by way of Cordova. It Is rumored that eventually be will become the United States District Attorney for the Fourth Division. He has been named assist. ant for District Attorney J. J. Cross Icy.
 The Industrial Worker newspaper. of Nome, says the eight,hour day Is practically an accomplished fact on Seward peninsula. The union men have agreed not to work in the ten. hour camps. and the mine owners have been unable 60 get satisfactory men without dealing with the union.
 Judge F. E. Fuller has appointed Chester Johnson United States court commissioner to succeed Barney Sand strom and Duke E. Stubs to succeed E. J, Stier. The latter commissioner. ship Is for the Kuskokwim with head. uarters at Georgetown.
 
 Homestead entries may be made in the new townships opened for the pub lie in the Fairbanks district after May 20. 1914. Four townships have been surveyed and thrown open for home stead locations.
 The Ketchikan grand jury In It's off, cial report recommended that the court house at that place be improved. and urged that a building be erected to house the records and provide a suitable office for the United States court commissioner at Wrangell.
 
 Capt. E. T. Barnette. formerly Nome banker and mining operator, recently sold his Ally, Virginia Barnette. that holds the worlds two-year-old trotting record for half mile-1:01h-to Clar- ence Berry. also formerly of Fairbanks, for S15,0oO according to the Horse Re. view.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-05-09
TELLS ITS OWN STORY.
-HE stampede of those Huertaists,
 who week ago were splitting on

-HE stampede of those Huertaists,
 who week ago were splitting on
 the American flag. to Vera Cruz that they might enjoy the protection Of the Stars and Stripes tells its own story. In the last analysis the Ameri- combating Mexicans and all others know that the United States and it's citizens stand for fair play, for justice, for mercy, for enlightened twentieth century civilization. They might talk of our greed. and we have it among us; they might point to our jingoes and advocates of dollar diplomacy, and We have them; they might think of our special privilege seekers, and we have them. also; but when they get down to brass tacks they know that none of these are truly representative of the great. broad.thinking, generous American public, whose priciples and sympathies and strength are symbol ized by the country's flag.