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The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
COTTON PROBLEM is SERIOUS
Bankers Throughout Southern States
Are Up in Air Because of TN
certainty of the Crop.

The cotton growers of the southern
states are not alone In worrying about
what they are going TO do with their
cotton this year, remarked Capt.
Sligo Myers. president of the National
Bank of Savannah, while in Washing
ton the other day All through the
South the bankers are up in the air
because of the uncertainty Of What is
going to happen to cotton. Georgia
last year made a high cotton crop.
This year we shall produce more cot
ton than in any year in our history.
We shall make close to 2,500,0o0 bales,
and when it is figured that bale is
worth $40 the amount of money in
voIved can be realized The ship
ments through the port of Savannah
of last years crop 10 date total ap-
proximately 100000 bales. The new
crop, which will be ready for shipment
about the last Of September, naturally
is worrying us, because we have no
idea how we are going TO market 1t.
About 65 per cent of the total cotton
crop of the country goes abroad, most
of 1t to Europe. Nearly all of this
is carried in foreign bottoms. British
and German merchant vessels have
done the largest part of the hauling,
though from Savannah a great many
Norwegian tramp steamers have car
ried cargoes of cotton to Europe.
Now, with foreign ships almost
out of business and no American lner-
chant marine, it is not to be Won
dered that the farmers and the bank
ers Of the South are worried | have
hope, amounting almost to confidence,
that we shall be able to meet the stu
alton by securing through purchase
or otherwise foreign ships, which, ny
ing the American flag, will be utilized
for transporting our crops. The emer-
gency is great. OF course, If the
southern bankers are able TO finance
the growers and enable them to hold
their cotton, it would not make a
great deal of difference, because cot
ton is not like other products. 1t
will not deteriorate or perish.
While Europe takes the greater
part of our cotton, there is big field
open to us in South America, and
no doubt in a-few years we shall send
large quantities of cotton to Argen-
tina, Brazil and other countries to
the south OF US"
Captain Myers was present at the
swearing in of the new federal re
serve board, most of the members OF
which he knew personally
The president showed great wis
down in his selection" said Captain
Myers. Il have the utmost confidence
that this board will prove efficient
and will undoubtedly go far toward
helping the country over any financial
rocks that may lie in the path OF pros
perity."
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
WHY BOYS LEAVE THE FARM
Town Worker Is Envied Because He
Has Room of His Own, Where
Belongings Are Not Disturbed.

lBy &. r. COEN. Colorado Agricultural
College,
1. Did you ever know boy #hc
owned the pigs and the lambs, but
whose dad owned all the hogs and
the sheep?
2. Did you ever know a boy who
didn't like to have a room of his very
own with a stove in it, so that be
could stay there even on a cold winter
night?
3. Did you ever know a boy who
didn't like to have a horse and buggy
of his own? How did you like TO ask
dad for the horse and buggy every
time you wanted to go somewhere?
4. Did you ever know a boy who
didn't work better when he had a
share in the crop, or when he had one
field with which to do as he pleased?
5. Did you ever know from being
boy, how the town-worker boy was
envied because he had a room that
was his very own; a room in which
he could leave his trunk and good
clothes and know they would be un-
molested?
S. Do you realize that the way you
felt under these conditions is about
the way all the other boys feel?
Z. Did you know that time and
thought spent on boys viii pay just
about as well as time and thought
spent on pigs, cows and sugar-beets?
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

the tribe was assembled and games
and sports were in order he used to
amuse his people by shooting arrows
so far into the sky that even the keen
est sighted young brave could not see
them His bows and arrows, Lazy
Boy says, were the wonder of the
younger Indians. He always wrapped
the center of his bow with raw-hide
for a hand-hold and the thong he made
Of sinew from the bull buffalo, A
snake-skin or two always were wound
around the bow that Three Bears
drew" And an eagle feather dangled
from the upper end Of the thong
That was significant-because it was
regarded as good medicine"
Lazy Boy says he never saw Three
Bears kill bear with his bow and ar
row That was before Lazy Boy was
born, but he says he heard much about
it, for the stories of Three Bears
prowess with the bow and arrow have
been handed down among the Black
feet, who cherish the greatest respect
for this old Indian Lazy Boy, how
ever, is a living witness of the fact
that Three Bears has killed many buf-
falo and even mountain goat with his
bow and arrow While the killing of
buffalo with the bow and arrow, as
any old Indian knows, required mostly
strength in drawing the bow, the
highest form of skill in craftsmanship
had to be employed to bring down
mountain goat from the ledges high
up on the mountain sides.
When the Indian trader invaded the
Blackfoot country with his old flint
lock guns, about forty years ago.
Three Bears was quick to bring in all
the buffalo hides he could, that his
tribesmen might be armed with these
more deadly weapons. A trader whom
Three Bears and his people called
eyebrows, sold many guns to the In
dians, Three Bears says, exacting
fifteen buffalo skins for each gun. For
each horn filled with powder the In
dians paid one or two skins extra.
But the Sioux were pressing them
pretty hard about that time, so the
| BIackfeet were glad to exchange buff
falo hides for firearms. The man
known as Buffalo Brows now is mil
| lionaire and owns a string of banks
| in Montana.
/ That Three Bears and his people
| became good marksmen with the
f1intlock guns is shown by one of the
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
TO SUCCEED WITH ALFALFA
Under Certain Conditions Crop viii
Prove Success-lnoculation is
On of Essentials.

It is pretty we'll demonstrated that
alfalfa will grow and afford large
yield of good forage wherever the
following conditions exist:
1. A we'll drained SOIL with water
not standing closer than four or five
feet of the surface and preferably at
a much lower depth.
?. A soil naturally containing one
per cent or more Of calcium carbon
ate, or on which three to four tons OF
ground limestone is applied every
four or five years.
3. A soil naturally rich, or one o.
fair natural fertility made rich by the
use of FERTILIZERS,
4. A soil sufficiently inoculated
with the germs which live on the
roots of the alfalfa plants and help
them to get nitrogen from the air.
Without these conditions alfalfa will
be a failure, with them it will prob
ably be a success.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
keen busy. bat not as busybody.

Keep busy, bat not as a busybody
Generous prayers are no excuse for
soft hands.
A good deal gives one a good deal
of pleasure.
Some men give advice. and expect a
favor in return.
II pays to keep up the appearance
of the premises.
Rest is sweet, but too MUCH Of it
turns man sour.
Pretended goodness is worse than
pretended badness.
The wise man rests just as enthusi-
astically as he works
A wet cabbage leaf on the head is
better than flowers in the hearse.
Making life pleasant for others
means making life worth while for
ones self.
A thriftless man cannot be spend
thrift, because he has no thrift to
spend; and a spendthrift soon becomes
thriftless
If you are satisfied with your Sys-
tenn of farming there is little hope for
you. It's the man that is dissatisfied
that improves.
1t is always easy to make good un-
der perfect conditions, but it requires
a real man to make good with imper-
feet conditions.
The man who provides carefully
against blistering his hands ought to
see to it that none of his work horses
have sore shoulders.
Call mans Job a position and he
will lay aside his oyeralls and wear out
good clothes in an effort to keep up
with the dignity of the word.
The first mess of radishes on the
table might taste better if the good
wife hadn't been forced to spade the
radish bed in order to get them.
If it has not been a habit Of yours
to watch for new ideas-start now;
stop. look and listen and you will
never be run across by the engine
OF debt.
The praiseworthy and highly benetl-
ciaI cooperative corn Improvement
work in progress throughout the UNI
ted States is making 1t more urgent
that records be kept and that they be
kept in definite and comparable terms.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
WAR STOPS TALKING APES
Prof. Garner in War-Bound Rotterdam
With Two Giant Chin1panzees
on His Hands.

Baltimore.-With two giant chin.
Banzees, which he claims are capable
Of holding an ordinary conversation
with him. Prof Richard l.. Garner.
of this city, is stranded in Rotterdam
on his way home, after several months
spent in the African jungles, where
he made study of the monkey Ian,
guage"
Prof. Garner sert a cablegram to his
son, Harry E Garner. here, who has
arranged to supply him with funds
to London He is not anticipating any
trouble travelling with the monkeys
according to his message.
Entirely cut off from the world
Prof. Garner made exhaustive studies
Cf the habits OF the simians in five
visits 10 the heart of Africa. His
discoveries have startled scientists.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
INDIAN SAVES BIG TRA!NLOAD
and Flags Engineer, Who
Stops in Time.

Riverton, Wyo.-Passengers on a
westbound Chicago and Northwestern
train were saved from certain injury
and probable death by Sumner Blake,
an Arapahoe Indian, when he discov-
cred a bridge had been washed out
near here and tagged the train within
100 feet of the dangerous spot.
Blake was walking from Shoshoni
to Riverton, using the railroad track
when he found that flood in Muskrat
creek had washed out the piling under
a bridge. Knowing that the passen.
ger train was about due, he hastily
built a fire on the track. Barely had
the blaze become bright when the
train appeared. The Indian leaped
about on the track in front of the
fire, waving his sombrerO The engi-
neer brought the train to a stop.
Grateful passengers overwhelmed
the Indian with expressions of graft
tude and gifts, which so embarrassed
him that he hurried away in the dark
ness.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

nation often found the buffalo leaving
the burnt grass plains to Craze up un-
der the shadows OF the Rockies, where
the grass grows green. Thus, in their
hunts. the Sioux had to encroach upon
the Blackfeets domain. And that
meant war
It was not only against the Sioux
from the East but tribes from the
South, North and West that the Black
feet had to wage war They were al
most constantly on the warpath to
hold their own country against IN
yasion in the early days, Three Bears
says.
And at this juncture of his story
old Three Bears will proudly tell his
listeners that the Blackfeet never
were routed from their Rocky Noun
tain homes. Often they fell back into
Cut Bank canyon, the Two Medicine
valley or some of the other Rocky
mountain Businesses, but always as a
ruse. There they would lie in ambush
and slaughter their enemy at a psy-
Geological moment.
Three Bears is one of the few re-
naming Indians of the bow and arrow
days. He has strung at his belt the
claws of six grizzly bears he killed
with the bow and arrow. He must
have been a powerful man sixty years
ago. when he was in his early sos
if his physique of today is any cri
terion. Notwithstanding that he is
nearing the century mark, he stands
almost erect, his huge frame having
shrunk very little from its original
height of 6 feet f.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
SAVES HIS FATHER FROM JAIL
Son Hires Parent Under Provision OF
Parole Law of the State
of Wisconsin.

La Crosse, Wis.-Albert Wickert of
La Crosse hired his father, aged sew
enty-nine, from Sheriff John A. Weber
so the aged man would not have to go
to jail for the first time in his life.
Andrew Wickert was charged with
shooting a shotgun carelessly and in
such a manner that shot entered the
skin of Louis Beesecker, Judge Bald
win found him guilty and sentenced
him to ten days.
The son furnished cash bond and
hired his father, under the parole law
to work on his farm. The county will
collect the old mans wages from his
son and turn a portion of the amount
over to the fathers family
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

Denver. Colo-So far as can De
learned from history. that section OF
the Rocky Mountain range now desls-
mated as Glacier National PARK mas
been the exclusive home of the BLACK
feet Indians since the first record ol
its habitation by man:
And the word exclusive is used with
it's full meaning, especially in the le-
gends of these redmen, who proudls
relate that the Blackfeet braves nave
held the fort" on the roof OF the
Rockies in northwestern Montana
against all invading tribes for so many
moons that it is ancient history.
The Blackfeet of the Rockies enjoy
the distinction Of being the arlstocracy
of the American red race.
1t is a strange coincidence that on
the reservation which adjoins Glacier
Park there are now only 400 full
bIoods left They have had translated
to them the significance Of the mean
ing of the 400" in English, and the
little band Of tribal aristocrats reefs
very proud Of this numerical distlnc-
tion.,
Three Bears probably is the most
interesting Indian that is left among
the Blackfeet, and he is the oldest.
He gives an interesting explanation or
how the Blackfeet came to be marked
as the American Indians, and in MS
story he brings out the fact that so
cialism is an innate disgruntled spirit
Of the human race that is not confined
to White men by any means
lie does not say it in just this Ian
guage. but he emphasizes the fact that
the Indians of other tribes always
were Jealous Of the Blackfeet and
coveted their position of contentment
amid the Iuxuries which this great
natural game preserve of the Rocky
Mountains furnished in the way of
wild animals, from which the Black
feet got a bOuntiful food supply, and
the finest skins for their raiment and
shelter
Is it any wonder there were social
lists. and even anarchists among the
Sioux. Crows, Nez Perces, KOotenais
and other unfriendly tribes?
Three Bears does not talk a word of
English. but through an interpreter he
will tell you that these tribes always
were the enemies of the Blackfeet,
who, by the way, boast proudly of the
fact that they never went to war with
the white people Members of the
other tribes hated the Blackfeet be-
cause they always dressed so well in
deer skins and lived on the fat ,of the
land.
In the days OF the buffalo. that ami
nal furnished almost entirely the
food supply and shelter for the prairie
Indians and the tribes of the Sioux
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
GERMANY'S GRAND ADMIRAL

Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz, the
head of the kaiser's navy, is the
dominating figure in German official
life. AS far as the navy is concerned,
Tirpitz dominates over the kaiser. A
man of comparatively humble birth,
born sixty-f~e years ago, he entered
the royal Prussian navy when he was
only sixteen, cruising in the Baltic,
the North sea, the Mediterranean and
the Atlantic ocean. and rising TO the
grade of second lieutenant in time 10
serve IN the Franco-Prussian war on
board the Koenig Wilhelm. Service
in South America, in the West Indies
and again in the Mediterranean fol-
lowed. and the young seaman had
soon become so Indispensable TO the
service that in 1879 he was appointed
commander of the Iieten; in 1881,
commander of the Blucher, and in
1885, commander of the Blitz, as chief
of the fiotiIla He was made rear ad-
miral In 1895 In 1896 he became
lite 80 +,a uoua drop in Fast Asia
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

many battles which, Three Bea-s re-
Iates, they had with the Sioux. There
liz part of an intrenchment now stand
ing on the mountainside in the Cut
Bank canyon from behind which Three
Bears and thirty Blackfoot braves am
buscaded $50 invading Sioux They
nearly annihilated the Sioux warriors,
killing all except forty-eight, who
made their escape back to the prairie
country under the cover OF darkness.
During the recent Land Show held
in the Chicago Coliseum, there was
in attendance at the Glacier National
Park exhibit a band of Blackfoot In
dians. Three Bears had been picked
by the Indian agent to be one of this
party, but the old chief was not feel
ing well so he did not go to Chicago.
His failure to visit the Windy City
was a great disappointment 10 mem
bers of the Adventures Club, who
had planned to make him an honorary
member of the organization, which
consists OF some OF the best-known
war cores spondents, military heroes
anu SCleutIStS, IiCd WIZ h1fS oCOii
service in all parts Of the world.
Theodore Roosevelt was the first and
only honorary member this club
had adopted The members most OF
whom know Three Bears, regarded
him as the one American Indian upon
whom they could confer this honor.
However, Lazy Boy, Three Bears
old friend, who was one of the visiting
band of Blackfeet, was finally selected
for the distinction, inasmuch as the
organizations bylaws made it obli-
gatory that the candidate be present
for initiation.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
SOCIALISM BRED INDIAN WARS
DECLARES CHIEF THREE BEARS
Head of the Aboriginal 400" Reviews the Days of His Youth
Bacfeet Were PIutocras of the West, Says Old Warrior
Renresennu Vested ntere sts-0id Man Interesting
and Oldest Indian of Tribe.

Lazy Boy, another Blaekfoot of the
Three Bears was in his prime, says
the old chief was known far and wide
for his strength He says the squaws
had to gather the heaviest Sarvis
berry bushes to get poles big and
strong enough to make bows for Three
Bears This giant Of his tribe used
a bow made of pole nearly an inch
and a half in diameter, and the ar
rows he shot were heavier than those
used by the ordinary Indian. They
were twenty-four inches long and
tipped with long, sharp, spearshaped
flint stone. Three Bears used a forty
inch bow and on gala events, when
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

CT told you they were actresses), they
started operations on Sir Henry at z
O'Clock in the morning.
Just as Sir Henry's face was begin
ming to take nice polish the expected
policeman strolled up. The statue
scrubbers tried to look unconcerned,
and the photographer primed his fash
lamp.
What are you doing?" inquired the
policeman
Washing Sir Henry's face" came
the defiant reply simultaneously from
the workers.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
rreatino Inside of siIo.

A very good substance for treating
the inside of a wooden silo is carbo-
lineum which may be applied with
common paint brush. Care should be
taken not to get this substance on the
flesh as 1t will burn If left there any
length of time.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
Capital, capital; just what II
wanted" was the unexpected reply.
Electric Bell That Tolls.

The electric tolling bell shown in
the illustration has recently been
placed upon the market by an English
manufacturer. The device is OF par
ticular use in factories either as .
fire alarm or as a time signal. In the
latter case, 1t can be operated by .
time switch at any desired interval
during the day and without the serv
ices of an attendant
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
No Moisture to Waste.

Don't think for a moment that we
have soil moisture to waste. Get it
into the subsoil all you can and keep
it there. Some of the most disastrous
droughts follow extremely wet periods.
The cornfeIds will pump up the water
amazingly after the tasseling period.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
GERalASY's FIELD MARSHAL

Gen. Count Helmuth Won Moltke.
field marshal OF the German army,
now in supreme command. under the
kaiser, of the united forces of the
empire, is the favorite nephew of the
old field marshal of the Franco-Prus-
sian war of 1870 He inherited his
uncle's favorite personal belongings
and his favorite estate His father
was the old field marshals younger
brother and was chamberlain to the
king of Denmark, the Moltke family
being OF Danish origin. Helmuth Won
Moltke, now fifty-six years old, was a
sub-lieutenant in the Franco-Prussian
war and was awarded the iron cross
for bravery. From 1882 to 1891 he
was his celebrated uncle's adjutant
on the general staff. and it took him
that whole period to advance from
the rank of captain to that of major.
When old Won Moltke died the kaiser
made this intimate friend of his an
A. D. c. in his personal suite.
Helmuth Won Moltke is one of the
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
WASH HENRY iRvlNG's FACE
Actresses Win aBobbies'. Praise by
Cleaning Statue in City of
London.

London.-Two young repertory ac-
tresses yearning for excitement after
long weeks of resting determined the
other night to wash the face of Sir
Henry Irving's statute, which stands
behind the National gallery. Armed
with soft soap and a bucket of water
and accompanied by a photographer
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

Europe. last haven of 'the divine
right of kings" in the occidental
world. has long glared impotently at
Albert, king of Belgium, His casual
democracy, his undoubted business
ability and his manner of dealing with
the Socialists, SO that the Socialists.
cursing most labor conditions, paused
to praise their ruler, has worried them
almost into prcstration.
He is called in the circles which
royalty frequents the Socialist king.
but whatever his political belief the
fact remains that he brought his coun-
try to a wonderful state of prosperity
and the state railroads under his d.
rect supervision became little moro
profitable than any in Europe,
There are few things that this
accomplished king can not do or hasn't
done He fights, rides, swims, shoots
and engages in aviation. engineering
and writing with equal facility.
He was an ordinary newspaper.
man for long time, carrying a police
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
determination of Birds.

If all birds were destroyed it would
not be many years before no crops
could be grown because the insects
and weeds would increase so rapidly
that they would consume every grow
ing thing.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
Material for Market,

The material that is sent to market
should not only be of best quality but
1t should be In most attractive form.
Appearance will have a good deal to
do In determining the price.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
Nearly balanced Pla Ration.

Cowpea or soy bean pasturage, sup
plemented by the feeding Of some
form of corn provides simple and
nearly balanced ration for the pigs.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
Cut Out the Canes.

Cut out all raspberry canes that
bore fruit this year and burn them.
If there are too many new shoots, cut
them back also.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
DUCHESS A RED CROSS NURSE

Dressed in the cap and gown Of a
Hed Cross nurse, the duchess OF Suth.
erland, a famous English beauty, was
recently in command of the French
Red Cross work in Brussels, Belgium.
One of the exquisite salons of the
Cercle Artisque was turned over TO
her. There she installed 30 beds
changed one of the rooms into an
operating theater, and another, where
beautiful paintings still hang. into the
kitchen
In speaking of how she happened
to offer her services in Brussels. the
duchess said: Il was in Paris and
offered my services to the Secours des
Blesses. A few days after an urgent
message was sent from Brussels and
was sent here. Throughout the jour
ney of eleven hours | was received
with the most amazing kindness. The
people wept when they saw the little
red cross upon my arm. broke down
myself.
Il have one English lady with me.
Al Il
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

accomplished musicians Germany and twelve years ago.
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First pax Feed for Chicks.

Plenty of pure, fresh water, grit,
shell, and green feed should be avail
able to the chicks from the first day.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

police doing what would be known here as ship
ne
"snappy worker who scored
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10
Lime for Acid Soils.

Lime acid soils after they are
plowed in the fall. during winter, or
in the spring.
The sea coast echo., 1914-10-10

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