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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

FOR sALEAt Public Auction, at 10 o'clock a. m.. Dec 14th. 1914 at the banking house of Burr 6 Knapp, 923 Main St. Bridgeport Conn, all the furnitura of, said banking house, consisting of- partitions, safes, desks of vari-l ous sorts. numerous office chairs, stools, etc and all office appliances bsIonginE to said firm now on tlae premises at 923 Main St Chamberlain, Trustee for Burr
 Knapp. 92s Main St, Bridxeport. Conn. H 25 &tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

yEAEFTEDTo buy all kinds Of sec ond hand furniture Geo. F. Totama Redde1ds old stand z3 Harrison St Tel 1015-2. U 18 elf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

WANTED TO BUY all kinds t1llnaz, hair. J. B. Adams, 1496 Ira1fatau avenue near Maplevzood Ave.
 U 50 all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

WAEaTEzD-To buy all kinds of sec oEid hand furnftIire. Geo F To- tamz. RedfieldsH old stand. 43 Har- rison St. Telephone zbAA-2.
 P10 stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

hand clothing and furnfture Mrs C. Meyer I447 Main St. Tel. 2352-2
 s S s3s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

AEullins' Typewrfter Exchange Cor. Main and sta1e sts. Tel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-15

EeDHN11BRE REMOVED, team work.
 horses sale and hire. coal and wood. Portable power for saving wood or other purposes John D. Dixon, 125
 Evergreen St Tel 1855. T6 If
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
Let's Stop and Think

Is we stop and think we can readily
see that the community that pulls to-
gether will do more and accomplish
better results than the one that is al
ways divided.
By working together and producing
the greatest amount Of marketable
products, and marketing them to the
best advantage aud at the least ex-
pense, we will have greater profits in
the community than we would other
wise receive.
And by buying our goods from oul
local merchants and from one another,
instsad Of sending away for them, We
are constantly increasing the wealty o.
the community and the resultant pros
perity Of each individual.
When much money comes into th'
community and only a portion Of j
goes out again, the surplus at hom'
will grow, and grow, and grow, unit
it becomes veritable Eden Of wealth
Let's do little thinking.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
Secretary Of Agriculture Discusses Meat
Shortage

Chicago, Ill.-Addressing an audi
ence composed Of Stock-raisers from
practically every state in the Union,
at the National Dairy Show convention
here recently. Secretary Houston Of
the United States Department Of Ag
ricuiture declared the short meat sup
ply to be one Of the most serious
problems confronting American agri-
culture. Mr.. Houston approved the
plan Of cattle raising on large ranche:
and declared that no effort would be
spared by the Federal Government ir
further increasing production from thij
source but insisted that the proper so
luton Of this problem depended on al
increased interest in live stock raising
by farmers and in a more systematic
control and eradication Of hog cholera
cattle tick and tuberculosis.
Figures were quoted from govern
ment reports, showing that the pro
duction Of meat in the United State
during the past IA years had Iallen o
3,oOO,O 10000 pounds and that tn
population Of the nation during tn
time had increased $4,000, 900.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
Government Makes Report on Missouri
Crops

Washington, D. c., Oct.--The Crop
Reporting Board Of the United States
Department Of Agriculture has just
completed its estimate Of the acre
yield OF the principal farm crops Of
Missouri for this year. The estimates
are based on crop conditions during
the early part Of October. The final
figures will be given out in short
time, but it is reported that they will
not differ to any great extent with the
preliminary estimates. According to
the figures the yeild per acre Of the
principal crops Of this state in 1914
will be as follows: Corn, 38 bushels;
buckwheat, 1875 bushels; Irish pota'
toes, l07 bushels; sweet potatoes, us
bushels; tobacco, ll60 pounds; fax,
90 bushels, and cotton, 800 pounds.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
American Horses in Battle

The American horse is one Of the
first to answer the bugle call Of the
European war. Representatives Of
many foreign governments are in this
country purchasing horses for the var
ious armies Of the warring natiors and
practically every state in the Union is
contributing cavalry material to the
belligerent factions.
The American horse is a utility ami
NAL and rxcels that Of any other coun-
try on the face Of the earth. He has
plowed our fields, fought our battles
and is the most faithful Of animal kind.
His reputation has extended to oihel
countries and he is now going to per
form the services for foreign countries
which he has so faithfully ialhlled a
home.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
COOPERATIVE Farming

In this age Of cooperation, in which
manufacturing and commercial. inter
ests have attained wonderful develop
ment and success by merging their
resources, it is not to be wondered at
that corporation has slowly but inev'
itably weuded its way into rural life.
The old method Of individualism is
gradually giving way TO the co-opera-
tive spirit and the result is a greatly
reduced cost Of living and lessened
expenes Of farming.
Missouri farmers are leading the CO.
operative movement and it is gradu'
ally being extended into every feature
Of community life.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
Missouri Hay Crop

Washington, D. c., Oct, Missouri
farmers produced l,848,000 tons OF
tame or cultivated hay during 1914,
according to the preliminary estimates
made today by the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture. The yield
last year was 100000 tons. The
product is selling for an average oi
$l4.l0 per ton, compared with Sl3 20
per ton in 1918. The yield per acre
this season is ,hree-quarters Of ton
and the quality is not as good as that
Of the average crop Of the past ten
years.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

Iowa, in discussing the help mate"
maintained that
To-day, as never before, we feel
the possibilities Of united interests, and
a harmony Of ideals are in the home.
Then there comes sympathy into this
hardened old world. Not in day
can we hope for this ideal to come into
flower all over the world. There
must be time for ripening Of thought,
time for development that man and
his helpmate mag attain greater happi'
ness when they go hand in hand, guid-
ed by the star Of hope, Their achieve
ments must be shared, and their glory
must be appreciated by both no less
than their sorrows, but when the wife
is a good counsellor, friend and COM
panion, the birthright Of the woman
and the world in general, reaps its re-
ward"
Housekeeping as an occupation
should be ranked as high as any vo-
cation or profession" declared Mrs,
G. H. Randlett, South Dakota dele
gate to the congress. Training for a
good housekeeper is as essential as
for any other line, and a good house
keeper overcomes just as many difficult
ties as any professional man for upon
her work depends the mental, physi-
cal and spiritual future Of the nations S
citizens. System shonld be carried
out in everV household for only
through system can economy be
practiced and when economy is not a
watchword, a howl arises about the
high cost OF living. Women ought
to be willing to learn more abou,
housekeeping. They ought to study
the method Of taking care OF thei
homes and see if there is not ar
easier way or a cheaper way that would
bring the same results.
The big business Of housekeep
is one institution against which there
is no trust laws, and against which there
will be no restraining legislation, Sc
the field is open, competition il
wiped cut and genuine trust can be
formed where it will not do any harm
Let system and organization be th'
watchwords Of a good housewife anc
all will be we'll in that home"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
Give Il a Name

The dad new is to give your farm or
place a name.
But we should go little further and
do little better and give the public a
little more satisfaction.
We should not only give our farms
names, but those names should be
neatly painted on sign over each en-
trance, together with the name oil the
owner Of the place.
And while we are about it let's do
another good job and give name to
every country church, and school
house, and cemetery, and public place
Of every nature, and have the names OF
those conspicuously displayed.
Ane then when the township is thus
completely named and charted, map
should be printed giving the location
Of each place by name, together with
every highway, lake and river in like
manner, and residents could provide
themselves with thes maps.
And with such a map a person to-
tally unacquainted with the territory
could 90 anywhere and find any place
without asking a single question.
And that is something which nc
man on earth can do today under
present conditions.
Give i a name.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05
Benefit Of Roads to koH'Abuttiug Prop
eTty Owners

6tb thHNsS
Washington, D. c. The road build
ing specialists Of the Department oi
Agriculture, in Bulletin No. is6. en-
titled Highway Bonds, have the
following to say about the benefit Of a
well constructed highway to property
owners whose property is not directly
on the road to be improved:
In planning the highway system or
the main market roads, it will be
found necessary to omit many roads
the improvement Of which is greatly
desired by abutting landowners. The
fact that such property holders must
pay tax for the bond issue is only an
apparent injustice, for il the highway
system is well planned the entire
county will feel the benefit Of the i'm
provement. AS a rule, main market
roads reach the majority Of producing
areas, and when they are improved all
land values tend to increase.
The fact that cities and larger towns
are ireqlently taxed Tor bond issues to
build highways outside Of their own
limits is sometimes made point oi
debate in bond elections. 1t is argued
that because a large part Of the county
wealth is within the corporate limit oI
such cities and towns, highway bond
money should also be used 10 con
struct their streets. 1t is even urged
that the expenditure should be made
proportionate to the assessed valuation
within the city limits. Ii the proceeds
Of highway bond issues were disribut'
ed in this way, their purpose in many
cases would be defeated. The prim'
ary object Of the county highway bond
issue is to build county market roads
and not to improve city streets, al
though a high percentage ol the
assessed valuation may be city prop
erty. 1t is nov known that the ex'
penditure Of city taxes on country
roads is a sound principle and that il
is one the best features Of State aid FOL
highways. In Massachusetts the city
Of Boston pays possibly 40 per cent O.
the total State highway fund, but not 4
mile Of Stste-aid highway has beer
built within its limits, New YorG
City also pays about 90 per cent o
the cost Of the State highway bonds
Some State laws prohibit the expendi
ture Of proceeds Of State highway
bonds within corporate limits Of cite!
or towns.
The improvement Of market roads
results in improved marketing condi
tions which benefit the city. Mos
cities are essentially dependent upor
the surrounding country for their pros
perity and development. The devel
opment Of suburban property for resi-
dence purposes is also dependen
upon highway conditions and it is be
coming evident yearly that whateve
I makes for an increase in rural popula
tion must be encouraged. Since tht
introduction Of motor traffic, countr!
highways are used to an increasing
extent By city residents. In fact, tn,
cost Of maintaining many countr.
highways has been greatly increased
by the presence Of cily'owned moto
vehicles. The general advance il
facilities for doing country busines
from town headquarters when roads ar
improved is no inconsiderable factor il
the commercial life Of the community
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

During the past three years wars
have been in evidence in Italy, Tur-
key, Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Monten-
egro, Roumania, Albania, Austria,
Russia, Germany, Belgium, France,
Great Britain, Portugal, Mexico, and
Teddy Roosevelt.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

Tom Edison says it is easy to put
gills on a submarine so it can breathe
like a fish. We say the same. But
we haven't done it, and neither has
Tom.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

In polite society they whiten the
hands by rubbing little glycerine and
lemon juice over them at night and
drawing on an old pair Of gloves.
Personally, we use soap and water.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

A man in this town remarked re-
Gently that he would rather have a
clear conscience than a million dollars.
He has neither.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

The country is sadly awakening to
the fact that our war correspondents
are not war correspondents at all.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

Ducks are to be used next summer
in fighting mosquitoes. OF course it
will be a quack remedy.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

II this war lasts twelve months long
er Europe will have to borrow shirt.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

When the kaiser has swallowed
all the res; Of the earth the Belgians
might retire upon Naco, Arizona.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

A diplomat is a man who admits to
his vile that he is wrong when he
knows he is right.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

Another day and we are still neutral
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-11-05

1t is possible now for Mexican
president to resign before being assas'
sinated.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26

What do these percentages, which
are also computed as of January,
1911, show? Certainly the COM
parsons do not indicate that private
enterprise is less successful than
Government Ownership in extending
the broad use of the telephone.
For even with our relatively
sparse and scattered population, the
United States has set a standard of
development which none of the
governments of Europe have even
approached; and that the service is
of vastly superior quality in this
country, even the most ardent ex-
ponent of Government Ownership
will not dispute.
Considering the telephone develop
ment of the large cities, it is an es-
tablished fact that only one Euro
pean city, Stockholm, is able to
boast of the number of telephones
per hundred population that Phila-
delphia is.
Whereas Philadelphia, New York,
Boston, Chicago and Pittsburgh all
show vastly more extensive use of
telephone service, determined on the
same percentage basis, than any of
the great metropolitan centres of
Europe, as will be shown by the
following table:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26

The home talent play when a
Mans Single" given by the Lam
bertville High School Alumni AS
ISOLATION in st. Andrews Hall last
Friday evening was a great success.
1t was we'll attended and the
acting was of a high class. About
$40 was realized.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26
Brick Plant to Resume Work.

According to S. G. Davis, super
intendent of the New Hope Vitrified
Brick Company's plant, who has
just returned from New York City
work upon the construction of the
necessary buildings for its operation
will be resumed very shortly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26

Yet none of the above percentages
may be accepted as Indicative of the
eventual development of the use of
the telephone in our American cities.
Nationally and locally the great era
of expansion has hardly begun. The
wonderful growth of the Bell sys-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26
JAIL FOR MAN
Who STABBED
Harry Lawyer Cut Policeman Nee
han While He Was Arresting
Him at Railroad Office.
THIRTY DAYS AT BENNINGTON

The largest hearing before
Justice of the peace in this city for
a long time was that held in the
case of Harry Lawyer, who was
arraigned before Squire William
Lyman Monday upon a charge of
drunk and disorderly conduct COM
bined with assault.
Lawyer was arrested early Sun
day morning in the telephone
operators room of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Station, by Policemen
Lynch and Meehan, while he was
attempting to stab the latter. The
council chamber was packed to the
doors and far out into the hall.
when the hour for the hearing
arrived.
The venerable justice questioned
the prisoner closely as to his con
duct on Saturday evening, prior to
the attempted stabbing, and he
professed ignorance of what had
really happened.
The original charge against him
was made by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, but it was agreed, at
the beginning of the trial, that if
the prisoner would plead guilty to
drunk and disorderly conduct, the
more serious charge of threatening to
take life would not be pressed.
Lawyer plead guilty to the charge
and admitted that he often got
drunk on Saturday nights.
Said he had been drinking since
he was eighteen years of age, and
that he is now twenty-five.
He said that he experienced
difficulty sometimes, in getting
liquor at that age, but usually
secured it.
He also admitted that he was
crazy when drunk and did not know
what he was doing.
He denied any allegation that
he had previously been locked up
for crime.
Questioned as to where he got
the liquor last Saturday that sent
him out on the crazed hunt for
trouble. Lawyer named the dealer
who supplied him.
His mother, who was present.
said that she had sent word to the
dealer not to sell her son any
liquor, and had twice called him on
the phone and he refused to talk with
her
Squire Lyman said that it was a
matter for the excise commission
and flag committee to investigate.
After a lecture on the dangers of
liquor drinking and the possibility
that he might have had to face a
far more serious charge that would
have meant a prison term, he
sentenced Lawyer thirty days in
the county iail at Fleminoton.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26

The Lambertville Vigiiant Society
is peculiarly linked with the history
of the city itself.
Organized on February "a, 1887,
when its need was specially apparent
it has continued to prosper right
down to this time, and is in a
vigorous, fourishing condition.
1t has retained it's list of pursuers
and kept them up to date, but they
have had but few criminals to pur-
sue of late years, and none during
the past year.
Jacob B. Smith was first president
of the society, and William B. Ely
first secretary.
Mr.. Smith continued to be presi-
dent until his death, when DIR.
Samuel Lilly was elected and served
until 1857, when Johnson Barber
was chosen.
Mr.. Barber was succeeded in
1860 by John H. Anderson, who
held the office for two years, when
James D. Stryker was elected and
continued until 1868, when DR.. j.
Hayhurst became president.
DR.. Hayhurst continued in the
chair for twenty years, until, in
1888, bis son, Counsellor Walter F.
Hayhurst was elected, and has con-
tinued ever since, thus holding the
office for the longest period, and
keeping it lin the family" for
forty-six consecutive years.
Samuel A. Finger, the present
secretary, is not exactly a green
horn on the job, having served as
secretary pro tenn from 1880 to
1882, and as regular secretary
since that date.
Robert H. Dilts, who is the oldest
member, in point of membership,
has served as vice president for
twenty-six years, since 1888.
David w. Hoppock, the treasurer
is comparatively new on the job,
judged by the standards set by the
other officers, he only having reach
ed his official position in 1906.
At the annual meeting held in
1847, twenty-three members par
took of the feast that was spread,
and the cost was $8.62.
At the meeting fifty years ago to-
day Tor to be exact, on February
81, 1864 a resolution was passed
endorsing the action of the direc-
tors, who had acted so promtly in
connection with the stealing of a
horse belonging to Samuel c. Bar
Der, on November 10, 1868.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1914-02-26
EXTENSION OF
LOCAL PHONES
Line to Sergeantsville Expected to
be in Operation Within the
Next Thirty Days.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP IDEA

C. R. Fairchild, district manager
of the Bell Telephone Company,
from Trenton, was in this city
yesterday, and announced that he
expected to have the rural extern
sions to Sergeantsville in operation
within thirty days.
Nearly half a hundred phones
will go on the Sergeantsville ex-
tension, at once, and probably that
many more are expected to be
added during the year.
The line to Rosemont will be
continued on to Sergeantsville also,
and an additional line will be con-
structed from Sergeantsville down
the Neshanic Valley toward Ringoes
taking in lot of people who want
to be connected with the Lambert
vile exchange.
The percentage of phones in the
Lambertville territory ranks up with
the leading cities of the country
and it is the aim of number of local
business men to raise it to the high
est percentage.
There are about 500 phones on
the Lambertville-New Hope ex-
change, and we want to see 1000
phones in the Coryell's Ferry Com
munity by 1916.
Mr.. Fairchild is much interested
in the government ownership agi-
tation, and gave us his version of
the matter, as follows
1t is strongly argued by present
advocates of Government Owner
ship that the use of the service
would be still more widely extended
were the telephone systems of this
country turned over to the Post Of
flee Department.
But while the casual nearer might
assume that such argument is SUBJ
stantiated by the results obtained in
other countries which have expert
mented with public ownership of
telephone lines, even the briefest
reference to authoritative statistics
on the subject will show that such
is not the case.
In practically every country ex-
cept the United States the national
telephone system is now owned and
operated by the government.
And if we investigate as to the
telephone development in foreign
lands, it appears that on January
LIST, 1911, the countries of Europe
averaged one telephone to every 14S
inhabitants; whereas the United
States, on the same date, averaged
one telephone to every II inhabi-
tants.