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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03
SOLVES THE WEED PROBLEM
Wichita Raises Alfalfa on Vacant
Lots of city-PIan Taid Well
Last Year.

When. year ago, Wichita officials
possession of vacant plot as well as
neglected city lots, plan was evolved
by which it could be averted. A man
was engaged to prepare the lots for
alfalfa at cost of fifty cents each to
the owner, to pillow, harrow and keep
moved the crops, and the weeds were
obliterated in every instance. Many
Wichita lots that otherwise would
have been rank with unwelcome YER
dure, were turned into a profitable
small hay meadow. The fifty cents
that the city collected from the land
owners was given to the man who pre-
pared the land and he was well recon-
pensed. The alfalfa thus raised was
utilized in many ways by the owners
and it made itself more than pay for
its raising
This year. while Wichita city Off
Gals named no official alfalfa sower,
the man, who last year did the work,
has put in many alfalfa crops of small
size and the weeds have been choked
off as a result. The first cutting this
week gives Wichita the odor Of
great hig hay field.
1t is estimated that more than two
thousand tons of alfalfa we're cut this
week from the numerous small plots
in Wichita and as the price is high it
represents a goodly sum. In many
cases men who raise homegrown al
falfa feed the crop to the COW or
horses and chickens. Hundreds of
small transfer men who have horse
and cow have found growing alfalfa
on small scales very profitable.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

river and is the terminal port for all
lines of steamers plying in the Per-
sian gulf, and commerce with 1t is
bound to increase. l have counted
over twenty large ocean steamships
in the Busrah river at one time, wait
ing for the shipment of dates. Here
the English and Turkish river steam
ers ply to and from Bagdad on the I'll
girls, and to and from Mohammerah
and Ahwaz in Persia on the Karoon
river. If you will look up Busrah on
the map you will see that it is in
direct line with Kurachee and Bonn.
bay from Constantinople and is ON the
track of the shortest possible mail
route to India, and the railroad which
the future is bound to bring. Seventy.
five miles Of date gardens extend from
above Busrah down to the sea on
either side of this wonderfully beauti-
full river, and twice daily the gardens
are watered by the tidal wave. Sail.
boats coming down the river for hun.
dreds of miles are laden with grain,
licorice and provisions for sale or ex.
change at Busrah.
In order that the situation may be
more real, consider the political as.
poets which confront us on every hand.
Busrah is at present in the maeIstrom
of political strife; many statesmen be-
lieve that the future battle of diplo
macy will not take place in the faI
East but in the Persian gulf. Natu
rally the favored valley of the Euphra
ties will be the chief bone of conten
ton.
Prominent engineers say that Their.
are here sixteen million acres of the
finest land in the world, capable OF
yielding cotton and wheat, or the luxu.
rious date palm. This land only needs
proper care, and does not suffer from
a dearth of water but from the abun.
dance of 1t. Floods are of yearly oc.
currence, running crops and discourag.
ing canals inland Sir William Will.
cocks would bride this immense power
in the mountains of Mosul, and by
great dams high upon the two rivers.
He would then irrigate the country
from the Euphrates to the Tigris, and
as this former river is about eighteen
feet higher than the latter, the situa-
ton is ideal to use all the Euphrates
water for irrigation and the Tigris for
navigation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03
Gardener,a Best Eriend.

The wheel hoe is the gardeners best
friend; with it one man can do as
much work in two hours as he can
in six with the old-fashioned common
hoe. It saves laborious shopping,
makes the work easier and does it
better.
These hoes have several attach
ments, such as drills, cultivators, and
different sized hoes, making it suitable
for crops of all kinds and sizes.
If man is too lazy to attend to
his own garden, his wife will find the
Vso Of the wheel hoe q great help.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

future of marvellous deI elopment be-
fore 1t when they shall adopt western
methods and progress. Indeed, it is
fascinating employment as Hermith
Freeman says, to watch the immemo-
rial culture of the East, slow moving
with the weight of years, dreamy with
centuries of deep meditation, accept
and assimilate as in a moment of time,
the science, the machinery, the rest.
less energy and practical activity of
the West.
Geographically there is no doubt but
that within the last five thousand
years the great delta caused by the
confluence Of the three great rivers,
the Euphrates, Tigris and Karoon, has
gradually pushed its way into the Per
sian gulf, until over two hundred miles
Of the sea has been replaced by land.
Frazer. in his recent book, THE Short
Cut to India" says that these rivers
at the present time advance the land
from the silt they deposit to not less
than eighty feet per annum. Sir Will
liam Willcocks says that undoubtedly
many Of the ancient cities of Babylon
were very close to if not directly on
the Persian gulf, while the ruins of
these cities are at the present time
rom two to three hundred miles back
rom the coast
5usrah Once Seaport.
Busrah, the city where our Arabian
mission is established, must have been
at one time port on the sea, but is
uow 60 miles from the mouth Of the
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

an equally fine effect on the entire
system. If one is inclined to acidity
Of the stomach, the juice of an orange
is counterirritant. If the stomach
is weak the juice of an orange before
breakfast is an excellent tonic for
the entire day. If one is dieting to
reduce, one or two oranges eaten
at noon will nourish, fill the aching
void in the stomach and reduce rather
than add to the weight.
An orange always Quenches the
thirst, and in travelling it is much
safer to eat an orange than to drink
stale water. A hot orangeade before
going to bed on cold night warns
the entire body and soothes the nerv-
GUS system.
The peel Of an orange thrown into
"a hot tub softens the water to the ex-
tent that the whole body benefits by it.
For cleansing the face soak bit of
orange peel in basin Of warm water.
then go carefully over the face with
the peel; afterward rinse in the water
in which the peel was soaked. It in
far more cleansing than cold cream
and never promotes the growth OF
hair.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03
Ealae Economy.

1t is surely false economy to use
WORKOUT tools. An old, rickety, worn
out disk or cultivator should be dis
carded and a first-class implement
used. Every farmer should strive to
raise maximum crop this year. He
cannot do it with WORKOUT implements.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

distribution that will follow
the war, perhaps none is of
w greater importance than the flu
ture of Mesopotamia, for it
seems certain that most fertile tract of
the earths surface is destined to re.
gain its ancient position as the gran
airy of the world.
This legendary cradle of the race
it contains the supposed site of the
Garden of Eden-bears a name strict
ly descriptive of the country, set as
it is "in the midst of rivers" the four
streams of Eden-Pison (now a flood
ed swamp west of Babylon), Gihon
(now the Hindia branch of the Eu-
phrates), Euphrates proper and Tigris
For thousands Of years one males
tic civilization after another Powered
in this region, but for many CEN
turtles past the beauty of life has
been fading, until now not only Eden
but almost the whole of Mesopotamia
has become an arid waste crying aloud
for the renewal of youth.
If Mesopotamia comes under British
control 1t is probable that it's regen-
Grafton will be brought about by some
such scheme as the magnificent plan
Of irrigation and flood control proposed
by Sir William Willcocks, who de-
clared he could re.create the Garden
of Eden and make the hanging gar
dens of Babylon blossom again like
the rose.
Hopes for Its Future.
Writing in the Missionary Review of
the World, DR.. Arthur X. Bennett of
Busrah, Arabia, says:
Mesopotamia is a country north of
Arabia proper, which though peopled
by Arabs today dates back to the civil
lization which was in its glory three
thousand years before Christ. Here
Is the seat Of ancient Babylon, the
Queen City of the Earth the metropo-
lis of literature and art for all the
nations Of the then known world. To-
day excavations have revealed a sys-
TEN Of canals which told of its won
derful fertility and researches in its
ruins during the last half-century have
brought forth the prose and poetry of
that marvellous civilization. Inhabited
by such glorious peoples, it stands to-
day a desolate place in comparison,
surrounded by wide wilderness and
waste, and only peopled along the
river by few struggling Arab cities
here and there.
There are many reasons which lead
me to hope that Mesopotamia has
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03
In the Abstract,

"They contemplate a trip TO the
Frisco exposition"
That's cheap enough"
what? Why the fare"
81 was speaking of the contemplAs
tion."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03
liscnnranes Weeds-

If you have dirt paths in the gar
den, cover them With sifted gravel.
This discourages weeds and makes the
paths dry quickly after a shower
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

AN apple day keeps the doctor
away" is an old adage, and the same
may be said of the orange, as it has
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

Hotel Proprletress Burns to Death.
Mrs. T. Ottinger, proprietress of
hotel at Granville, eight miles east
Of Topeka, was burned to death recent.
ly. She was trying to start a fire in
a gasoline stove when the can ex.
Dloded.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

saIina Is Growlng.-The new city
directory for Salina contains GASP
names, which by the usual method of
computing population gives Salina
10000 persons, gain OF 72O over the
figures given by the directory of two
years ago.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

F all the problems Of territorial
distribution that will follow
the war, perhaps none is of
greater Importance than the fu-
tura Of MeSonotomia for II
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

Hospital Patients In Panlc.-Light.
ming struck Mount Carmel hospital
one mile rom Pittsburg recently. A
hole was made in the roof, but no
flames appeared and the property dam.
age is slight. Fifty patients in the in.
stitution were thrown into a panic.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

Saline Pioneer Dead. - Timothy
Hoyne, 81 years old and one of the
first settlers in Central Kansas, is
dead at Salina, following kick by a
horse three weeks ago. He was born
in Kilkenney County, Ireland, and
came to America when a young man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

Dies as Result Of InIury.-Henry
stellman, aged 81, died recently at his
home near Nortonville from injuries
sustained when horse fell on him.
He was teacher
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03

Atchlson Veteran Dles.-George s.
Gleitsch, aged 20, is dead at his home
in Atchison. He was veteran of the
Civil war, serving throughout the war
in the First Ohio infantry. He had
lived in Kansas twenty-seven years.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30

tors from whom received only tempo
rary relief. l decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. Ihave
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them" - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, ass
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia IL. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you. write.
to Lydia Il. .Pinkham Medicine CO.
confidential Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will he opened.
read and answered by q woman.
and held In strict confidence.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
INCREASE
In Canadian Money Orders
On Account Of The War

The Mt. Vernon postojce has re-
ceived notice of material advance in
the fees for postofiice money orders
issued in Canada on postofiices in the
United States. The present fees for
an order of 500 issued in Canada is
75 cents, while for like order issued
in United States on Canadian post
offices the fee is 80 cents. Canadian
authorities state that the increase in
fees Is made necessary temporarily
on account of the high premium on
New York each day demanded in the
dominion.
This Is the first reflex of the Eli-
ropean war to show itself in the post
al department. At present this cOun-
try is loaded with money, the supply
of gold being far beyond the needs Of
country. Such conditions do not ex-
ist. however, in Europe or the pos
sessions of Great Britain. So far the
rates of foreign postage has not been
increased 5y the warning nations.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
LINDSAYS
We're Taken To The Pen
Friday At Noon
To Commence Their Sentence
For Grand Larceny

Hubert and Alex Lindsay, sentenced
to the Ohio penitentiary Thursday,
as announced in the Banner. were
conveyed to the institution Friday at
1908 over the Pennsylvania railroad
by Sheriff Woolison. On the same
train Deputy Sheriff Mossholder took
William Hogle to the epileptic hos.
pital at Gallipolis, and, having several
hours in Columbus waiting for train
assisted the sheriff in re-
moving the men to the pen.
The Lindsays were sentenced to the
pen after pleading guilty to the charge
of grand larceny. The indictments
against the men charging petit lar
ceny and carrying concealed weapons
were nolled by the prosecutor late
afternoon.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
CORN TESTING

The agricultural department of Mt.
Vernon high school will test seed
corn again this year for those farmers
who desire such services.
Mr.. Doherty, the head of the de-
partment, is practical farmer with
four years of college agricultural
training added. He will oversee the
testing which will be done by the
young men taking agriculture.
1t is not necessary to state the val.
ue of tested seed corn to the farmer
in saving time in replanting as well
as in larger crop results.
Help yourself and encourage the
agriculture class by having your corn
tested. Tests will be made in the or.
der corn is received at the higl,
school building.
p, C. ZEMER, Supt.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
TROPHY
Cup Won By High School Is
On Exhibition

The window OF llgers jewelry store
on South Main street has been at
tractively decorated by Mr. Tiger with
high school display. The center of
the window is occupied by the trophy
cup which the Mt. Vernon high school
basket ball team won In the Delaware
tournament On this is engraved the
names of the members of the team
taking part in the tournament and
the name OF the coach. Surrounding
the cup are number of high school
pennants, forming In all very pretty
display.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
Answer And Cross Petition

In the case of Helen Davis Cagney
vs. Leona Davis Diamond, an
answer and cross petition has been
Hled in the Knox county common
pleas court. The defendant admits
that she was the wife of M. j. Davis,
deceased. She admits that the said
M. ]. Davis died leaving about $1,000
IN money. She denies that she recoy-
cred any part of this sum. She al
leges that the money was taken in
, charge by Michael CARRIER, grandfath-
f, ~ of the plaintiff in this action, and
lS'hat he deposited the same to his
credit, and that after paying few
small claims appropriated the funds
to his own use. The defendant denies
that she received or used any part
of the money towards the purchase
of the said real estate named In the
petition of the plaintiff On cross Pc
tition the defendant asks that Michael
CARRIER be made party defendant in
this action and that he be required
to account for the said funds, which
have come into his hand, and that he
be required to pay the same over to
r.he court. She asks that the injunc-
zion, as prayed for by the plaintiff, be
dissolved. l.. c. Stllwell represents
she defendant.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30

Smith, lots 160161 o. p,, city. 81.
Cleveland C Sandusky Brewing Co.
to William II. Baker, lots 103-1O4 Mt
Vernon, 81.
William H. Baker to John s. Stang,
lots 103-104, Mt. Vernon, 81.
Martin j. Murphy to r. B. ,McCroy,
lot in city, 81.
Newton Donnelly to Grace D. Kulb,
1 acre in Clinton, 81.
Malinda Bradfield to William R.
Lanning, rs acres in Union, $1,690.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30

Mr.. A. j. Wright departed this
morning on business trip to Colum-
bus and Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Devoe and
children, Smythe and William, are
spending the day in Columbus.
Mrs. William ". Ralston went to
Howard this morning, to spend the
weekend with relatives.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
REVIVAL CLOSES

special meetings at the Brethren
church in charge of Rev. Haskins Of
Granville almost at an end. people of
this vicinity are unanimous in pro
nouncing them the most successful
in the church's history. To date,
there have been 35 accessions to the
church's membership roll.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
SERIOUS
Charge Is Placed Against
Harry Blake

Harry Blake, colored, was arrested
Thursday night on West High street
charge. preferred by Celia Simmons,
aged l6 years.
The examination of the complain
ant was set for . o'clock Friday after
noon. and for Blake's appearance at
that time bond in the sum of $500
was ordered, and being unable to fur.
nish same he was committed to Jail
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30

Mr.. Harry Householder went to Co
'umbus this morning to join his wife
and spend the weekend with friends.
Messrs. Harold Dutt and Leon 2eis-
loft transacted business in Columbus
on Saturday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
SOLON' 5 AUTO
HITS boy

Springfield, O., March 27.-fiar' ey
McAllister seven, was fatally injured
when he was struck by an automopile
belonging to State Senator A. X. Gar
yer of Tippecanoe City. Mrs. Carver
and several other women were In the
machine, which was driven by the
chauffeur. The boys skull was frac-
tured. At the hospital it was said he
could not recover.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30

Mr.. William Denman is spending
the day in Centerburg on business.
Mrs, Fred Webber of North Divis'
ion street was called to Wooster Sat
urday by the serious illness of her
mother.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
MRS. Williams
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind. eel suffered for four
teen years from organic inflammation,

t e m ale weakness,
pain and Irregular
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and / had such
awful bearing down
feelings, W as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ovoa 7 had civ d0f..
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
WIDOW
A SUICIDE

New Rochelle, N. Y, March 27.--
Grieving over the prospect of being
left alone by her niece, who was mar.
ried last Saturday, and fearing that
she would become blind, Mrs Wilhel-
nina G. Burlington, fifty-two. a veal,
thy widow, drank a solution OF
cyanide of potassium in her residence
here and died almost instantly.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
CASE DISMISSED

The case against Charles Wrentzel
of assault was dismissed by Mayor
PeIrine Thursday night, after Fred
Shut, who had made the affidavit, ap-
peared and asked that prosecution be
stopped
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
OF
old CARRIER

Marietta, o., March 81 William
w. Eildebrand, eighty-three, said TO
have been the Oldest mali carrier III
Ohio, died here He was IN the gov.
ernment service before the advent OF
the railroads and his route was be-
tween Parkersburg and Baltimore. lie
was a civil war veteran and In later
years was carrier of star routes in
this county.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
FATAL
ACCIDENT

Kenton, o., March 27.--George Page.
twenty-five, and Nell Simpson, forty
Ave, Erie railroad section men, were
killed. and w. T. Nau. forty. track
foreman, was perhaps fatally injured
when motor speeder upon which
they were returning to their homes
in Foraker from show In Kenton
was derailed one mile west OF mere
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
Association
Entertained

Association
Entertained
Mrs. George Mochwart Of South
Vernon delightfully."- entertained the
Past Chiefs association of the Pyth-
ian Sisters on Thursday afternoon. A
very pleasant afternoon was spent.
Delicious refreshments were served.
The next meeting Of the association
will be held at the home of Mrs. U. G.
Pickard.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
Government Experts to Speak
Cow Testing

PROF. OSCAR ERF DAVIS, Dairy Division De-
partment Agriculture
Department.
organizing Cow Testing Associations
production of herds
eliminating the
o )
influence OF
Mr. H. the
charge Of this work in Ohio
i've
Mason
Friday
Chamber.
Monday Taylor Hail.
Lexington, Friday Hall
that
Ohio will be and
which
detained by engagement
These desire speak all producers of milk and They will
o organized conducted
be
continuation will entirely
o it.
fail
troubling
= Mt Vernon Plant, THE LICKING CREAMERY co.
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OF KILLING

Toledo, March 81 = Suspected of
having murdered Chief of Police John
Finnell and Sergeant Charles Gradwell
in Elmira. n. Y. Tuesday. a man CIV
ing the name of william Leahy and
who says he is from Flushing. L. L.,
was arrested here.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-30
In Case Of Helen Cagney vs.
LeOna Davis Diamond
Other Items Of Interest From
The Court House

The Injunction suit Of s.. M. Wool
son ct al. vs. William II. White. d.
rector Of public service, was with
drawn in the Knox county common
pleas court Friday morning. The suit
was brought by number Of business
men few days ago asking the court
to restrain workmen from removing
a poplar tree on Monument Square.
The matter was to have been heard
before Judge Blair in common pleas
court Friday morning. Early In the
morning the attorneys for the plain
tiff announced that the suit would be
withdrawn and there would be no
hearing of the matter Since the suit
has been withdrawn it is probable
that the tree In question will be cut
down on the square.