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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
WHAT ROCK ROADS WILL DO
A Factor In the High Cost of Living
4 r,t :; Problem.

lNational Crop improvement service]
1.-THE construction Of rock roads
will do more to solve the high cost
of living problem than all else COM
binedtp -
What do you think of that declar-
alton? It was made by one OF Pettis
county's most prominent and success
full farmers, Mr.. A. D. Teter, Of
Blackwater township, a man whose
success is proof Of the fact that he
uses his brains as well as his hands.
Let's think-also talk some-about
Mr.. Teter's statement. His time was
limited. hence his elaboration was
brief, but his contention was that bad
roads cause unsettled and irregular
markets. If a considerable number
of farmers, the producers Of food
stuffs, are prevented by bad roads
from marketing their products for
any extended" period. shortage of
available food results and prices ad-
vance as consequence.
Lets analzye Mr.. Teter's conclus
ons; Who pays the advanced price
of foods caused by the bad roads?
You and I and everyone compelled
to buy. 49
Does the producer profit from these
advanced prices?
Most assuredly: not If he lives on
impossible mud roads, because he
can't market his, produce. On the
contrary, he is compelled to accept a
lower than normal price when he is
able to get to market for the reason
that so many other producers have
been kept Off the market by the same
cause that when the roads again be-
come passahIe there is such a rush
of food stuffs as to overload the mar
ket and. force down prices.
It may be argued that that reaction
would offset and tend to equalize the
high price, but that is only partially
true, because much Of the required
food stun Is Of a perishable or semi
perishable character and being held
too long caused deterioration.
Were proof needed Of the fact that.
bad roads demoralized the markets,
causing the one extreme of great
scarcity to follow the other of over
abundance and the corresponding
fluctuations of prices, the fact that the
railroads are the most practical and
.ersistent advocates >of public road
improvement ought to set every per-
son to thinking to find out why the
railroads take such a view of the
matter when we know that passabIe
,ublic roads are direct competitors
n many instances Of the railroads
themselves. :, They explain their ad-
yocacy Of good roads by saying that
we're the farmers able to market their
surplus products whenever they want
d to or when 1t was most convenient
or profitable for them to do SO, the
eountry's surplus would be distributed
yer the entire year and would not be
rushed to market within the very
limited periods when there Is assur
anoe of passable roads. This would
result in the railroads having a reg
liar all-year-around business, which
they could handle much more econ
omically and therefore profitably, for
they would not have great scarcity of
rolling stock at certain periods and
a great abundance of idle rolling stock
at other periods.-M. ". Carroll, Pet
til, county. Mo. -
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
MARKETING GRAIN
More Economically Handled Between
Producer and Consumer Than Any
Other Commodity.
BY JESSE SIMPSON.


National Crop Improvement service.1
I will speak of this middleman In
the grain trade and will say in the
outset that 1 believe that grain is
handled from the producer to the con.
sumer more economically than almost
any other product. Your cooperative
elevator company buys and sells this
grain on a margin of not more than
two cents per bushel. and in many
cases for less.
They can not, however, fill the gap
between the producer and consumer,
SO they in turn ship 1t to some ter.
minal market and sell through a
commission merchant whose business
is to keep in touch with consumers.
His charge for this service is one
half cent per bushel, which think
is very reasonable charge. He pays
a draft On this grain as soon as load.
ed on cars, looks after the grading.
selling and weighing. Now, If all
these services are honestly perform.
ed, he has certainly earned his com.
pensation, and 1t is not here that we
Can expect to reduce the cost.
l have no suggestions to make re.
garding reducing the cost here, but
think there is a chance for the pro
ducer himself to get better and stead.
Ter prices for his grain IL the market
ing was distributed through the year
as it was wanted by the consumer in.
stead of marketing the bulk of on
grain crops two or three months after
the grain is harvested
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
COUNTY AFFILIATl0N
e. c. Ferguson, President Illinois
Commercial Federation.

National Crop Improvement Service.1
And in this connection, one Of the
greatest works that every chamber Of
commerce should undertake is the
afiliating of the farmers with their
organization, making them active
members in every department of the
organization, and aiding in the estab-
lishment of churches and civic CEN
ters in the country is just as impor-
tant as the establishment Of civic
centers in your city. The provision
In your city for a place of rest and
recreation for the people from the
country districts, when they come to
the city to trade and visit, is of the
utmost importance, and also in the
country the development of these wei
fare features, which will give to tie
boys and girls an opportunity for ed
ucation, and the creation of a congo
nial atmosphere which will encourage
them to remain on the farm; in other
words, give to the people in the coun-
try as much attention and the same
surroundings that they feel exist in
the city.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
THE HOME TOWN ASSOCIATION.

Another society along important
lines has been organized. They state
their purposes as follows:
3 The object of this association shall
be to improve the economic, social
and civic life of the town and coun-
try; to establish a closer relationship
between the large commercial centers
and the small towns; to create a
hometown sentiment, based on COM
mercial advantages, larger and bet
ter provision for social life, recrea-
tion and amusement; to develop a
civic pride calculated to improve
rural life; to bring together for their
mutual benefit, commercially and So
cially the town and the country; to
cooperate with all who are seeking to
establish, improve and maintain a
higher standard of efficiency in Amer
lean life; and conserve the forces
that make for the proper adjustment
Of our national economy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
ONE THING YOU CAN NOT DENY
L. 4I.c haclrho1ia of anN

ONE THING YOU CAN NOT DENY
The Church is the backbone of any
community. It is the center. of all
our best life, our best thoughts, our
best development. You, who go not
at all or frequently at the best, do
not want to see it banished from the
community, yet you do not support it
with your presence. Go next SAB
bath and keep going thereafter.
IN LIFES PATH
A familiar image of the Church Is
that of a great company marching
onward under high leadership and
with a definite purpose. Now, in a
irving march there are always some
who fall out of the ranks. Most COM
panies of Christ's disciples have their
stragglers. Some have grown tired
of carrying the cross, some have
been tempted by the opportunities OF
idleness and pleasure in the fields
along the straight and narrow path,
some have listened to the voices OF
doubt and encouragement In their
own hearts and have failed to note
the Leaders, call and cheer Every
church has to think of these stfag-
glers and attempt to get them back
into the ranks. Sometimes we. nave
to purge our church rolls, which Is
always sorrowful business. For the
worst of struggling is that it puts
discouragement into the hearts OF
others. A clear call is issued for
you.
Darken your pews next Sunday.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
WAUsEBA BEAUTIFUL

up if you would: have a rally beau
tiful town, you need to "plant up"
Much has already been done along
this line in Wauseon; through the
activities of the civic league with the
cooperation of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway and many
householders,- much planting has al
ready been done and the results am
ply repay the efforts that have been
put forth but much remains to be
done along, this. line by individuals.
At small cost and with little labor
that to many would prove a pleasur-
able recreation foundation walls that
are anything but beautiful in their
baroness, unattractive and barren
back yards, side and front yards,
fences, that are more remarkable
for their ugliness than their beauty,
and even gaping staring vacant lots
that are desolate to look upon may
all be transformed into veritable
things of beauty and joys for all
summer. Use of the simple old fash
ioned flowers and vines will be all
that will be necessary; there is no
need of planting rare and expensive
things unless taste and pocket book
combine to make it so. It was the
writer's privilege to hear Mr.. Stef-
fen's the landscape gardener who is
in charge of Toledo's campaign of
beautifying that city speak recently
in regard to what might be done by
property owners, householders and
boys and girls toward making the
city beautiful by planting flowers
shrubs and vines; his talk was il
'ustrated by lantern slides showing
unsightly spots before and after
they had been transformed by plants
and flowers, there were also slides
showing the right and the wrong way
of placing plants and also, plans for
the ordinary city or town lots. The
points emphasized by Mr.. Steffens
were that open lawn speace should be
preserved, straight lines avoided and
shrubs and flowers massed.
Any one can follow these simple
yet fundamental directions and the
results will more than pay for all the
efforts put forth. :
Let US make our spring clean up
campaign large enough to include
this work of plantisg and beautify-
ing our home surroundings and we
shall not only have more, beauti-
full town but we shall have more
beautiful homes and we shall confer
a real benefit upon all who live in
or who visit our home town.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Add To Clean Up and Paint Up. A
Little Planting and The Result
Will Be Wauseon The BEAUTIFUL.
This Summer Make Your Homes
Attractive Outside and inside.

Next Monday, May the 4th has
been appointed by the Mayor and
Council as the annual clean up day
for Wauseon and there is no doubt
that Wauseon citizens will respond
to this as readily this year as they
have in years past. If we are to
have an attractive town we must
have a clean neat town and the first
step toward beautifying the town is
to clean up all rubbish from back
yards, vacant lots and alleys; then
if we can possibly do SO, where it is
seeded, brighten and freshen up
buildings ane fences by applying a
coat of paint and another step is
taken toward the realization of a
Town Beautiful. Here again, Wau-
seon citizens are not found wanting,
they have and do keep their homes
and other buildings well painted.
There are some other features that
add to the beauty of Wauseon; one of
them is, our lighting system on full
ton, Beech and Depot streets. Visi-
tors to Wauseon remark upon the
beauty of the town at night and
many have inquired if there was not
some sort of carnival in progress;
for a town of its size, it would be
hard to find any where in the state
a town that is better lighted or that
presents a more attractive appear
ance in the evening.
Another feature that the citizens Of
Wauseon appreciate and which adds
much to the attractiveness of the town
is the diligence of the street COM
missioner in keeping the streets
cleaned up; the sweeper will not have
an opportunity to rust out with dis
use If it continues to be used as has
been the past few weeks. 1t should
be noted in passing that the brush on
the sweeper needs to be renewed-"A
new broom sweeps clean"
Another step toward securing a
town beautiful needs to be taken now
and that is the planting of flowers
shrubs and etc. on the bare places
and. help nature to transform un-
slightly places isto places of beauty.
It is not enough to clean up and paint
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
DEFINITE RESULTS
OF County Agency Work. The Half
Has Never Been Told.

National Crop Improvement servite.l
Thomas Cooper, director of the Bet
Ger Farming association Of North Da-
kota, has summarized the work of his
organization for 1913 and makes an
Impressive showing of definite results
as follows:
Number of field agents, rs.
One field woman.
Number of farm co-operators,
6.105.
twenty-five per cent of farmers IN
territory carrying out some form Of
cooperative work.
Land under cooperation, 44,612 q.
Average yields on demonstration
fields, greater than average of fields
farmed by ordinary methods; Corn,
II bushels; wheat, 5.5 bushels; oats,
So bushels; barley. ga bushels; rye,
3 bushels; fax, 8 bushels; potatoes,
rs bushels; clover tons.
+ Alfalfa under supervision, 3,612
acres. Average yield, two cuttings.
2.3 tons per acre.
Value If additional crop grown on
acreage actually under demonstration
of field force, $4,000.
Much Stock Imported.
Stock brought into state due to in
direct influence Of the agents: $500
head of cattle, 1853 pure-bred sires,
$3.50 sheep and "a hogs.
Thirty thousand pounds of alfalfa
distributed for seed in the spring.
Twenty-three thousand bushels OF
seed corn selected and cured.
Held acre-yield corn contest: High
yield, 1O6 bushels mature corn to
acre.
Held pork production contest.
Farmers clubs organized, 1So.
number of farm families members
1000; meetings held, TAT; attendance
81, 900; seed tests for termination
| 1900.
.Silos constructed directly due u
influence of agents, 81; number ION
etructed in districts where agents
were employed, $50.
One-third Of the state is co-operat'
ing actively in the work Of the asso
ciation, and approximately one-hali
of the agricultural area Of the entire
commonwealth is embraced IN the
operations Of the better farming
movement.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
WEALTH OF HAIR
Partisan Sage Makes Thin Lifeless
Hair Soft and Abundant.

Partisan Sage Makes Thin Lifeless
Hair Soft and Abundant.
Beautiful hair, thick soft, fluffy,
lustrlous, and free from dandruff, is
one OF woman's greatest charms, vet
SO many have streaked, thin and
lifeless hair. and think there is no
remedy. Pretty hair is largely a
matter of care.
Frequent applications of Partisan
Sage well rubbed into the SCALP is
all that is needed-it acts like magic
Try it tonight-you will really be
surprised with the result. Not only
will the hair become soft, fluffy, radi-
ant with life and really doubly beau
tiful, but all .dandruff disappears,
falling hair and itching scalp cease
your head feels fine. S
All druggists sell large bottle of
Partisan Sage for fifty cents. Get it
from Read & Wager they will re-
fund the money if you are not salts
fed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
IF YOU SUFFER ANY
STOMACH AGONY
Take Mi-o-na Now-Perfectly Harm
less but acts Quickly and
Effectively.

When you feel nervous, blue, ir-
ritable, tired and dizzy-when you
have headaches, sour stomach, heart
burn and pains in the colon and
bowels-you are suffering from in
digestion-you need Mi-o-na at once.
Mi-o-na is not a cure-all but a spe-
cific for stomach ills. 1t builds up
and strengthens the stomach walls
and glands, improves quickly the di-
gestive system and assists nature to
properly digest and assimilate the
food thus insuring good health.
Do not suffer another day. Get
fifty cent box of Mi-o-na Tablets from
Read & Wager. Keep them with you
constantly-they will help you get
wei and strong and immediate relief
is sure. If not benefited Mi-o-na
costs nothing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
"You bet I'm for it," said a CRU

You bet I'm Tor 1t, said Grundy
county, Missouri, farmer, speaking
about the seed grain termination sur
vey now in progress in that county
through the schools. "The very fact
that had a wheat crop last year was
due to a boy telling me that he read
in the paper where this man Long
mire told farmer to run a roller
along the green wheat just at the
edge where the army worms had de-
stroyed it and saved his sixty acres
of wheat. tried it and when I drove
over that edge where the barren
ground met the green grain thought
was a fool. But l saved my wheat.
Now I'm willing t. listen to a boy or
even girl. They read all.the time
and these new ideas hit them quick
er."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
C r O P | NJ P r Owe M E N T
ONE TYPE OF EACH GRAIN
How to establish the va
liety best adapted to
soil and climate in
each vicinity

There are al ways those
whose yields of grain are above
the county average, and there
are always those who are al
ways pulling down the aver
age. 1t is vital statistics to
know how much Of each crop
is grown by the county, but it
is far more important to know
how much each man adds to
the total and why.
Therefore each neighbor-
hood club will make progress
in inviting som cone who
knows, either from the Agri-
cultural college or someone in
the neighborhood who grows
the largest yield of the best
grain, and discuss why he
succeeds while others fail.
T b e mixture of mongrel
grains is partly responsible.
After you have discussed the
best varieties, take q vote and
see if the best type cannot be
sown by all. If there is a So
rious difference of opinion, get
the proper information from
your Agricultural College.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Long Lost AUX. Discovered

A species Of bird hitherto believed
TO be extinct, the rhinocerous aux, Is
to be found by thousands on Forrest
Island, Alaska, according to an an
nouncement made by Prof. Harold
Heath Of the zoology department of
Stanford university. The aux, he
satd. Is a nocturnal bird about the
size OF q large pigeon. 1t burrows as
much aa 15 feet in the ground where
1t makes its home.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
TOLEDO, COLISEUM

~ - OG1ZOO, NOLlSEtJ M :
!etrazzini, the reigning star of the
iyrlc armament will be heard here n
concert May 1st, and it is safe to nre-
ialcI eI that her reception will be one. of
the greatest in the annals of local
musical events.
Ietrazzini's achievements in tho
world OF music are legion and her an
Viaple distinction of being tho
worlds greatest living coloratura On.
prano cannot questioned. Her vocal
art is the sensation of two cont;,,
ents, her personality universal. What
Nerhardt was to the drama. Tatro1
zlni Is to music; the idol of ali lover.
OF artistic worth. Her fama nra' :
cedes G1 her, and her artistry erdnras
What greater tribute can be bestow.
ed upon q human being?
Tetrazzini has become a bm,sobold
word, and signifies the most narfoot
y developed vocal organism ever en-
G0Meo q nvlng woman. Tetrazzini
Divlne DIVA is alone in the operate
Worfd; mistress of forid song. on
exquisite Lieder singer; a brilliant
dramatic soprano of emotional an
peal and a. virtuoso of brilliancv and
oiSHlHcanco.
Tetrazzini is authoritative in o,,ox,,
song she sings and .mapifests the an.
soiuee surety and knowledge of the
meme interpreted, this is especially
Gvraenced IN the grand arias from
LUCIA and Sonnambula.' Tetraz-
zlnrs vocal technique is fiawless bar M
dynamics perfect, in a word there is ;s
only one Tetrazzini, and there ;s S
nothing that this gifted woman cam 70
not do with her voice. She ia % tha
hnal word in absolute faultless VOCAL al
her programe for this OCCASION
VIII De composed of her greatest
triumphs and is especially we'll chos-
en- and lengthy. ~'0
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Price 1OC and 25c

Blood Poison. Pick is an antidote
against blood poison often caused by burns,
Use Pick after an accident; 1t anticeptically
heals, and blood poison averted. Pick kills
the germs. :
Catarrh. Hay Fever. Plex has cured
thousands of cases of catarrh. Pick makes
you breathe easy and relieves at once.
Piles-Blind, Bleeding and Protrudins.
Pick has cured cases of twenty years.
standing: One or two applications relieves
or fill extra large capsules with Pick; keep
bowels open with Pick Com-Plex-ion Pills.
Eczema, Itch. No matter how many
high-priced remedies have failed, ten
Plex COMPLEXION Pills with free applica-
tion of Pick.
Group, Cough. Children like Plex-rub
on chest and throat. No remedy gives the
satisfaction as Pick for croupy babies and
children.
Sore Feet: IT'S. Sc. easy to make your
tender, aching, tired feet feel hne-just
to rub on Pick at night-notice the differ
ence next morning.
Corns, Bunions. Pick relieves the pain,
softens parts, and effects a cure. A few
applications Of Pick and you'll forget you
ever had corns or sore feet. ...-.
Working Men will find Pick a god-send
for stiff, sore hands and muscles-rub
Pick as you would liniment
smeoths and Whitens the Skin. Apply
tonight-not1ce the difference next morning.
Falling Hair and Dandruf.. One spplica--
tion cures itching scalp and -dandruff; a.
few more stops falling hair.
Backache and Rheumatism. Use Pick as
q liniment rubbing in well and take
internally Plex-itts.
After q Shave. Use Plex-it will
strengthen the tender skin, remove rough
ness and boily skin.
Sold by all well stocked drug stores.
Read & Wager
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Most Prompt and Effectaal Cure for
Rad Colds.

When you have bad cold you
want remedy that will not only
give relief, but effect a prompt anc
permanent cure, remedy that is
pleasant to take, remedy that con-
tains nothing Injurious. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy meets all these
requirements. 1t acts on natures
plan, relieves the lungs, aids expec-
toration, opens. the secretion and re-
stores the system to healthy condi-
ton. This remedy has a world wide
sale and use, and can always be re-
pended upon. Sold by all dealers. If
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01

The offer of State Grain Inspector
Tunell of Minneapolis, has been &C.
cepted by number Of the farm bur-
eaus, and while the offer comes a lit.
tie late for the most effective work OF
this season, a Fl eat many programs
will be so arranged to include the
grading of grain for all comers, ex.
planning in each case why the grade
is fixed as two, three or four.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Most Children's Diseases Start With
a Gold

ess-feverishness-a infllam-
ed throat and spasmodic cough may
be whooping cough is starting in.
Give Foley's Honey and Tar prompt
ly. 1t helps the children so very
much, and Mrs. Ships, Raymonds-
vile, Mo-, says: II got fine results
from it and it is a great medicine for
whooping cough" Fink G. Haumes-
ser. If
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Feel Dull and Sluggish? Start Your
Liver to WOrkingt

1t beats all how quickly Foley
Cathartic Tablets liven your liver,
overcome constipatibn-make you
feel lively and active again. J. L. Nc
Knight, Ft. Worth, Texas, says: "My
disagreeable symptoms were entirely
removed by the thorough cleansing
Foley Cathartic Tablets gave me-"
They're a wonder. Fink & Haumes-
ser. If
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Gently Defined.

Father" said the small boy, what
is lobbyist?" "a lobbyist, my son,
is a man who is SO afraid there will be
a mistake made in legislation that he
is willing to spend large sums of
money to prevent it."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01

The time will come when 1t will
be crime in law, as it is a crime
in fact, to rob the soil and it will be
the duty of the state to insist that
every man shall restore all the fer
tility he removes and add a liberal
percentage for posterity.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01

/ There are two things" remarked
/ Fogs1 in q contemplative mood, that
/ don't understand. One Is how the
world got along before / came into
It; and the other, how it is going to
get alo after have left It."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-01
Our Popular SONGS,

If young lady informed you in
ordinary conversation that she was
yaller Zulu baby, wouldn't think
much of her culture. But this Ian
guage is all right set to ragtime mu-
sic.