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Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18

(By A. s. ALEXANDER, Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.)
Every foal should be the product OF
intelligent, correct breeding; not hap
hazard, hit-and-miss mating.
Too many misf1ts and mongrels are
produced. They fail to make high
class horses, even when properly fed
and managed. Born wrong, they do
not grow Alright. It is also lamentably
true that many colts born right are
raised wrong.
Every farmer should aim to mate
only suitable sires and dams for the
production of ideal horses, for the va
rious purposes. and then should feed
and develop the product perfectly.
Only q pure-bred sire can beget a
grade horse. He also must be sound,
muscular prepotent and suitable in
type If the colt is to be ideal. This
is equally true Of his mate. The sire
does not necessarily correct, in his
progeny, the serious faults of con-
formation of his mate. He reproduces
only those of his features which are
stronger or dominant over the CORE
spending features of the mare.
She stamps as surely upon her or
spring those of her undesirable traits,
which are dominant over the corre-
spending traits of the sire. To have
a colt born right, SO that it will de-
velop right, the characters of both
sire and dam should be as similar
and ideal as possible. Violent crosses
should be avoided. The most prepo-
tent pure-bred sire should be used.
The use of all other sires is mere
waste of time and money.
Given foal that is born right, its
development should not be left to
chance or luck. 1t can only material
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18
WorId,s Larae.t unlxar.ltx

W0Tso y IdF9S6t Onlvef8tey.
The world in. which we are living
souls was never so interesting, as now,
in its physical attraction, because we
are understanding it and discovering
its wonders as never in all the cen.
turies before. Nothing is more COM
mon than tree or flower or a grain
of wheat. Yet around these common
forms of earthly growth, millions are
pouring out their energies and thou.
sands are eagerly studying and dis.
covering new forms of power. The
combined forces Of earth, air, water,
light, plain. mountain, lake, river,
snow, rain. sun, stars, the universe in
its bewildering variety Of seasons, eli.
mate. change. are forces which chal-
lenge our lives. They are the constant
university to which all living souls are
privileged to go. The earth is itself q
stupendous setting for the living soul
and we can never exhaust its interest
or compass its entire meaning.-The
Christian Herald.
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18

TO MEET the flying SHOWS that can
! do them little harm. fur-trimmed
and all-fur turbans and larger hats in
which fur is conspicuously figured,
have been warmly welcomed by the
world of fashion. There are few all
fur hats as compared to the great
number in which fur forms part of
the hat or is employed simply as
trimming.
In turbans the coronets are usually
Of fur and the crowns Of a fabric.
Rich brocaded silks. plain velvet and
cloth Of gold or silver are featured in
the crowns. There are some novel
brimmed hats having crowns of fur
and brims Of gold or silver lace.
But it is in bands used as a trimming
that fur is liked best. There is not
much effort to use 1t in unusual ways.
Large flowers of silver or gold lace,
having each petal bound with fur. are
novel and these, with ribbon or vel
vet trimmings bound with fur. are
about the only new fur decorations.
A wide band about the crown, Dor.
der of fur about brim edge or band
forming coronet are the prevalent
modes for using this most staple Of
things used in millinery.
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18

Trimmings on fur hats are very sim.
pie. A single flower or single feath.
er is the rule for the small turban.
The head and neck Of birds Of gay
plumage Imagined by the manufac.
turer and not grown by nature) are
occasionally seen, and fluffy pompons
seem appropriately posed against a
background of fur.
The hats shown In the picture are
fine examples Of the way in which
furs are used In millinery. The ma
jority of millinery furs are limitations
Of the skins for which they are named.
But they are equal to such demands
as are made of them so far as wear.
ing qualities are concerned. Hats
made Of fine. genuine skins are costly.
but. considering their durability and
the fact that these furs are never ont
of style and may be used again and
again, they are. after all, among the
most economical Of hats.
JULIA eoTToMLEY.
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18

ize the hereditary possibilities Of its.
breeding If properly nourished. The.
inadequately fed, and consequently
stunted foal never attains full size or
value. At least one-half of the growth
and weight of horse is attained dur
ing the first 12 months Of life. That
is, therefore, the most important Pc
riod in the life of a foal.
The pregnant mare should be fully
fed to insure adequate nourishment
of her fetus and an abundance of milk
for its reception. She should be as
we'll fed while nursing the foal.
II the foal is to make perfect
growth 1t must, from its earliest days,
be provided with oatmeal, then
crushed oats and wheat bran and af-
terwards an abundance of whole oats,
bran, grass. hay and roots. There is
no time in the life Of horse when
the feeding of oats and bran is SO
profitable. The foal that is not so
fed may lack at maturity 25 per cent
or more of the size, weight, strength
and value possible, through heredity.
Overlooking and pampering must be
avoided, however, as they may prove
injurious or ruinous.
Then, too, II care is not taken to
train the foal's hoofs properly they
may grow crooked and throw the leg
bones out Of plumb. This will spoil &C.
tion and utility at maturity. The feet
must be made level and true by ex-
pert rasping once month or SO dur
ing the growing years. Such trim
ming is allimportant. Postponed it
soon becomes too late to help; the
mischief is done.
"As the colt is. so will be the
horse.'
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18
Agricultural Fairs,

The agricultural fair has played an
important part in the history Of our
country. It has been an educating
factor of no small importance as we'll
as serving to arouse competition and
giving recreation and social enjoy
ment. In this age Of agricultural
activity. when questions Of the farm
are being forced to the front, wrestled
with and overcome. unusual interest
ts shown In exhibits Of live stock.
grains. grasses. vegetables and other
farm products.
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18
Quail Is Farmer's Friend,

Quail 10 Farmers Friend.
A quail killed in a potato field had
In It's craw the remains Of 101 no
tato bugs. Another killed in Texas
had in its craw the remains Of 1877
boil weevils. Another killed in "a
Kansas wheat field had the remains
OF 1900 chinch bugs. The chinch bug.
as early as 1854. damaged staple
crops 800. 100000. Protect the quails!
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18

After exhaustive researches in Paris
famous French scientist has recon
mended a diet equally divided be
tween meats and vegetables as the
best for working people.
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18
Some Good cert.In.

"No matter how bad man is,"
said Uncle Eben. ''he ought to be in.
couraged to go to church. It1l keep
him out O. mischief fob few hours Z
week anyhow"
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18
HOMEGROWN Seed Corn.

The best place to obtain seed corn
Is from your own fields or in your own
neighborhood, selecting variety that
has proved generally successful, says
the federal department II you have
an established and reliable corn
breeder In your neighborhood, II will
be safe and often win pay to get your
seed from him. @fs
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18

should write In, with a KICK, We could
call their attention to the actual
measurements and explain there had
been no deception practiced in our
statements to them in the catalogue.
While was writing up my descrip.
tions for the catalogue, Y came in
one day and picked up some Of the
sheets had finished.
"Whew," he whistled, this won't do,
x"
Whats the matter?"
why, this stuff looks in the pictures
like real genuine oak and real solid
mahogany. Here you say that 1t is
Eastwood, and pine and so forth"
That's what 1t is," replied.
He called in 2 and we had a confer
ence. Surely it wouldn't do to de-
scribe these fine pieces Of furniture
as though made out of common wood.
We sent for samples and examined
them in the office. Then we figured
on various catch phrases of descrip.
tion such as genuine solid mahogany
finish" and 'tsolid golden oak finish"
which meant that they were grained
and painted to represent the appear
ance of these valuable woods, but
which the reader would to certainty
take to be an honest assertion that
the woods were solid. We created a
lot Of trick phrases like this. The
solid mahogany" was really birch and
the "solid golden oak" was Eastwood.
And so we prostituted good old-fash-
ioned pine and other common woods
into painted courtesans of trade to
fool the trusting and the innocent pur.
chasers. There was much laughter
and fun over these counterfeit phrases
and every one was greeted with shouts
Of applause. n
We took iron beds, with posts an
inch in diameter and made them ap.
pear in the illustrations as though the
posts were three-inch ones. Narrow
beds were widened in the pictures to
look like comfortable. roomy beds and
we distorted every illustration in this
same manner.
But we adhered rigidly to our de.
scr1ptions OF measurements so that we
were technically correct in our de.
scriptions. They could kick, but we
were perfectly honest in our state.
ments in the catalogue.
can only imagine the number of
times that some housewife in the coun.
try has taken look at our catalogue
and Witnessed the breadth and impos.
Ing appearance Of some article of fur
niture pictured there, only to visit her
local merchant and inquire his prices
for similar furniture. He, honest fel.
low, never knew the joke that was be.
ing played on him by us, and he would
give his prices, correctly for sizes,
while the prospective buyer would
snort her disgust at his "high" prices
because she would be judging from
the pictures only, forgetting to or
neglecting to read the attached de-
scripticns. II she were actually to
measure the samples shown by
her local dealer and compare meas,
urements with the descriptions in
our catalogue as printed. she would
! ,sanerallK discover that she. had
done him great injustice and his
prices; pc per actual measurements,
would be lower than our prices. 4.
sedck to the local dealer. You see
what..you are getting when you buy it,
Sioux County pioneer., 1914-12-18
Might Scare Him Av,.v

Might Scare Him Away.
II girl wants to marry and is visa
she never attempts to appear more in.
telligent than the man whom she is
trying to induce to pay her board for
life.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15

not specify the use which was made
of the money.
incidentally it was said by high
officials that President Wilson had
never even discussed the evacuation
of Vera Cruz with any members of
the senate.
Rafael Zubaran-Capmany, Wash
ington, representative of Carranza,
who was mentioned in the story as
having received the money to infu-
ence senators, issued the following
statement:
THE story is too ridiculous to
merit serious consideration. 1t mere
ly serves to show what length the
Villaistas will go to manufacture
fabrications that they believe may
be of assistance to them in this
country"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
WERE THE SENATORS
BRIBED BY NEXICANS?
MIR. ROBINSON SEEKS INVESTI-
CATION OF WITHDRAWAL OF
UNITED STATES TROOPS.
|HIS RESOLUTION GOES OVER

SCharges They Were Hired by the Car
rama Government to Use Influence
to That End. Small Sized Sensa-
ton in American House of Lords.
WASHINGTON.-An effort by Sem
Ptor Robinson of Arkansas today to
sPaunch an investigation of publish
Sed report that the Carranza govern
8ment in Mexico had appropriated
$4,000 to obtain the influence of
tWo United States senator's in bring
#7ng about the early withdrawal of
SAmerican troops then at Vera Cruz
8precipitated brief discussion in the
senate, but resulted in no action.
senators Stone, Gallagher, Penrose
sand Smoot urged that the dignity of
y The senate would be lowered by It's
adoption and on objection of Senator
sSmoot the resolution went over for
the day.
As drawn the resolution proposed
san Investigation by a special commit
Zee of five senators empowered to
5'ravel in foreign countries if neces-
sSary, Senator Robinson said he had
talked it over with several senators
and decided to charge the foreign re-
latlons committee with the task.
88During the debate he agreed to the
SUBSTITUTION of the lobby probe COM
nittee, and the resolution was in
Ills shape when Senator Smott OBJ
keeted to further consideration, say
lng he hoped it would not be sent to
my committee.
Senator Robinson objected heat
10y to any but serious consideration
loF his proposal, and had arrived at
pa agreement with Senators Stone
ald Gallinger that the lobby commit
Zee be charged with the task when
senator Shoots objection closed the
discussion.
When the report was brought to
'Lne attention of Secretary Bryan he
fald it contradicted itself by giving
Eae impression that senators had
peen paid and then indicating that
/ ne entry on the Carranza book did
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
ASK FOR BIDS
ON COURT HOUSE
Plans For Webster COunty's Temple
of Justice Have Already Been Ac-
cepted by Commissioners.

cepteO by commissioners
PRESTON, Ga.-The commission
ers of Webster county have advertts-
ed for bids for the erection OF the
new court house. Bids must be in
the hands of the chairman OF the
board by January 18th.
Webster county is planning to
erect a modern court house to take
the place of the former wooden
structure recently destroyed by fire.
The plans for the new temple OF JUS
tice have already been accepted and
all that remains is for the contractor
to be selected.
Webster will pay for the new court
house with $4,000 bond issue
The bond issue has already been
passed by the voters of the county
and are ready for sale. Chairman
Eddy of the county board Of COM
missioners, has advertised the sale OF
the bonds on Tuesday, Jan. 9Th.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
MODE OF GOVERNMENT
CRITICISED BY TAFT
IN SPEECH FORMER PRESIDENT
TAFT URGES ECONOMY IN AD-
MINISTRATION OF AFFAIRS.
SAYS IT'S NOT BUSINESS-LIKE
President Should BE Vested With
More Power to Keep His Hands on
Expenditures. Three Great InstPu-
mentaIities Need to Be Created.

Expenditures. Three Great InstFu-
mentaIities Need to Be Created.
Former President w.
H. Taft, speaking before the Detroit
Bankers Club tonight, urged econo-
my in the administration of affairs
of the federal government. More
power" he declared, Should be vest
ed in the president to keep his hands
upon the expenditures of money in
the various departments"
With economy and efficiency OF
government an object Mr.. Taft said.
There are three great instrument
talities that ought to be created:
First, machinery for the reorgan-
ization of the executive departments
of the government so as to eliminate
Implications and overlaps; second, a
bureau directly responsible to the
president, to report to him a COM
parative statement of economy and
efficiency in each department; and,
third, a plan for bringing the legis-
lative and executive departments
closer together and the preparation
of an annual budget upon which CON
gress can intelligently act.
1--WE must give to the legislative
department, to aid it in it's prepara-
ton of appropriation bills, definite
account stated on both sides of the
ledger, so that in respect of each APP
preparation bill it may act with a
comprehension of all. That is why
they have budgets in all the coun-
tries of the world that have respect
able governments except our own.
We have acted like children. We
have had so much money available
through taxation that we have not
been obliged to consult the revenue
side of the ledger. Now we are COM
ing to the point where we must con-
suit it. We must pursue the policy
that other governments have found
absolutely necessary in order to keep
out of bankruptcy
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
CONGRESSMAN GARDENERS
HOT REPLY TO PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON-In caustic
speech Representative Gardner, of
Massachusetts, today replied in the
house to that portion of the pres
ident's message referring indirectly
to the congressman's demand for an
investigation of the national defense.
That the president has ''set up a
man of straw which he had 'fblown
to bits with volleys of verbal grape
shot" was Representative Gardeners
retort to the reference in the presi-
dents message.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
THE PRISON BOARD
HAS CUT ITS FORCE
The Number of Inspectors Reduced
to Four. Prisoners at the State
Farm Collecting library.

arm OOl1eCUlnS Library.
ATLANTA.-The prison commits
sion will employ force of four in
spectors in 1915 instead of five men,
as for this year.
The board has reelected Shade"
Halves, ]. F. Simmons, J. B. West
and Frank Monk, all good and ex-
perienced men.
This will leave DR.. w. J. Flanders
off the force. 1t seemed to be the
view of the commission that the in
spection work could be done with
four men. Judge Dawson and the
other commissioners do considerable
of this work themselves.
Commissioner E. l.. Rainey today
received his new commission, which
runs from November 30th, 1914, to
November 3Oth, 1920
The commission is interested in
the fact that the state farm now has
started a pretty fair nucleus of
good library. Several of the men on
the farm are interested in the library
and got friends to donate books.
The library now has about $1,000
worth of books, and will be glad to
receive others from any one desiring
to donate them.
1t is the hope of the convicts ulti-
mately to have a first-class library.
Most of the men are eager for some
thing to read.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
EDISON PLANT is
SWEPT BY FLAMES
Fire Destroys Eleven of Eighteen
Buildings Operated by the Fa-
nous Inventor.


4 WEST ORANGE, n. When the
fire which swept over the ten-acre
manufacturing plant of the Thomas
A. Edison company was extinguished
an inventory of the damage done
showed eleven of eighteen buildings
completely destroyed, with a prop
erty loss of approximately $1,000
600.
In addition to the buildings de-
stroyed many pieces of valuable ma
chinery and models of inventions
were wrecked. Three thousand peo-
pie will be thrown out of work until
the company can recuperate from it's
losses.
The most famous of all American
inventors, Thomas A. Edison, calmly
viewed the fire which wiped out his
vast fortune, amassed during half a
century of hard work. Mr.. Edison
personally directed the work of the
firemen and did not leave the scene
of the confiagration until the flames
were under control.
81 am an old man, 81 years old, :"
Mr.. Edison said to reporters after the
fire ''but l am going to start all over.
/ still have many years before me,
and the world will see me rise
again.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15

gan is not sitting in this court-of
course | don't mean that as disre-
spectful to the judge. Short skirts
shorter than those of a year ago
are quite the style now, and l must
say in wet weather they cannot be
surpassed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
AT FRIENDS FUNERAL
GIRL SHOOTS HERSELF

Miss Gregg, Aged 20, Pulls Trigger
and Falls Into Open Grave.
CHICAGO.-At the funeral Of
Richard r. Levin, buried at ceme-
terry here today, Miss Maude Gregg,
20 years old. drew revolver from
her muff shot herself and fell into
the open grave.
Levin was killed in an automobile
accident. Miss Gregg and Levin had
been close friends.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
PRETTY ANKLES ARE
AGAIN IN COURT
MRS. DUCAS' SKIRTS ARE EVEN
SHORTER SINCE JUDGE GAVE
HER A SCOLDING.
SILK CLAD DISPLAY INDECENT
Declared Justice Gavagan, But Since
Then Fashion Has Decreed Even
More Abbreviated Costumes, and
Woman Reappears i'm Style.

Woman Reappears in Style.
NEW YORK-Pretty Mrs. Rachel
n. Ducas tripped airily into Justice
Blanchard's part of supreme court
today wearing a neat little tailor
made suit, the skirt of which is short
erin accordance with the season S
mcclellan the skirt Mrs. Ducas
wore when she appeared year ago.
Now, ordinarily the length of a
woman's skirt would not cut much
figure in a court of justice, but with
Mrs. Ducas' skirt it is different.
When she came into court a year ago
to defend herself in a suit brought by
her wealthy husband, Benz. n. Du-
cas-, a manufacturing chemist, she
wore a dainty, short skirt with a
slash in the bottom of it.
Judge Levels His Finger.
AS she sat beside her counsel her
ankles, covered with gray silk hose.
could be easily seen. Suddenly JUS
tice Gavagan leveled his finger at
her and said
II want to say to that young lady
in black that she is disrespectful to
this court and that she is making an
indecent exposure of herself in
public place. If she wishes me to be
more explicit l will say for her bene-
fit that her lower limbs are INSULT
GENTLY clad. She is making too free
an exhibition of them-and in a pub
lie place, too"
The same two ankles were with
Mrs. Ducas today, but there was no
slash in the skirt, not because Mrs.
Ducas was afraid of another repri-
mand in court, but rather because
slashes in skirts are no longer de
rigeur.
Seeking Increase in AlimOny.
Your skirt is rather short" a re-
porter said to Mrs. Ddeas.
Il know it," replied the young wo-
man with a smile, but Justice Gava-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
JAPANESE AMERICAN
War ON THE PIVOT ?
CONDITIONS APPROACHING THAT
TRIVIAL EVENT MIGHT BRING
DEPIORABLE RESULTS.
lingo Press in Japan Like That in
America. Study of Anti-Japanese
Sentiment ON Pacific Coast to Be
Made by University Presidents.

Made by University Presidents.
RICHMOND, Va.-The declara-
ton that psychological conditions
both in Japan and the United States
'are approaching state in which
some startling but really trivial event
might easily bring series of deplor-
able consequences was made here
| today in the report of the Commits
sion on Revelations With Japan to
| the annual convention of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America.
Announcement was made that Pro-
! lessor Matthews of the University of
Chicago and the Rev. S. L. Gulick of
New York had been authorized to
visit the Pacific coast and make a
study of anti-Japanese sentiment
there and later to proceed to japan
"for the purpose of fostering cordial
relations between the United States
and Japan"
1T is increasingly clear that we
have entered upon this work none
too SOON" says the report of the
committee. THE publication in June
of official correspondence between
Secretary Bryan and Ambassador Wis
count Chinda has by no means as
sured the Japanese that we are meet
ing the issue.
Press Suspicious.
1.-THE suspicious attitude of a sec
ton of the American press toward
Japan, at the outbreak of hostilities
between Japan and Germany, tends to
arouse antipathy in Japan towards
America Additional anti-Japanese
legislation is contemplated. So deli
cate has the situation become that
Christian leaders in California are in
doubt as to what should be done.
1.-THE sensational utterances of a
lingo press are utilized by the equal
ly jingoistic press of Japan to foment
suspicion and i'll will, while our own
lingo press engenders the same feel
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-12-15
Hopes For Settlement.

Hope was expressed by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, addressing the
council, that the anti-alien situation
in California might be settled in a
manner pleasing to Japan and salts
factory to organized labor in the
United States.
In connection with the report of
the committee on the Panama-Pacific
Exposition it was announced that
memorials had been sent to the may
or of San Francisco and to the expo
sition officials asking that high
moral tone be maintained throughout
the spectacle. Preparations have
been made by the federal council for
extensive social work during the ex-
position.