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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
NOT WORRYING OVER COTTON
Joyous and Prosperous Conditions
Prevail In Texas-Grain 10 TAX
ng-the Place Of Staple.

While in Washington recently Col
Thomas F. West of Fort Worth spoke
of conditions in Texas. Among other
things he said:
The people Of Texas have alto
gether ceased complaining about the
depression in cotton. because they are
face to face with joyous and prosper
GUS conditions. The oldest inhabitants
cannot remember a finer stand Of
wheat and oats than our farmers are
now blessed with, and the cattlemen
are getting bumper prices for their
beef steers
Fort Worth, as the live stock CEN
ter Of the state. has reaped a rich
harvest by reason of the increased de-
mand from Europe for wheat products,
and the people in the western counties
have sold thousands of horses at
remunerative figures to the warning
nations of the old world.
las a rule. Texas planters own their
own farms. have money in bank, and
are about the most independent set Of
men in the world"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
SELL DIRECT TO CONSUMER
Practice Of Charging Top Prices 10
Apt to 0ampen Ardor Of City Cue
tomer-Don't Overreach.

Direct business dealings between
farmer and ultimate consumer are
rapidly reaching a point Of practical
bility and mutual profit in both large
and small dealings. However. when
farmer asks the highest retail price
for product purchased directly from
the farm, he is apt to dampen the ar
dor Of city consumer. even though
the latter may prefer to buy straight
from the land. OF course quality OF
the goods is the prime essential. but
the cost plays no little part.
1t is unwise to demand a fancy
city price even for an AL product. as
is generally done in small transac-
tons. The city customer reasons as
follows: The middleman secures the
SO cents Of the oft-quoted 35-cent farm
er's dollar. If the farmer ships direct
to city customer. theoretically the
producer should get that So cents, mi
nus shipping charges or incidentals.
which may or may not be charged to
the farmer. If this is true. the city
man continues. there should be a re-
duction from the retail city price.
thereby, benefiting both himself and
the grower, who gets more profit this
way than obtained on the old commits
sion basis.
For time the farmer may succeed
in disposing of his products at the
highest price, but there will be an ir-
ritable feeling on the part Of his Gus
toner. says Orange Judd Farmer. The
psychology of the deal must be consid-
cred. bearing in mind that the farmer
is the salesman. The producer re-
ceives the greater benefit from these
direct sales. and the responsibility
falls upon him to retain the direct mar
ket. A slight reduction from the re-
tail price in the city pleases the Gus
toner. who helps to pass the good
word along.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
FARMING OUTLOOK BRIGHTER
Marked Progress Made in Agriculture
IN Number Of Directions-eetter.
ment Of Rural Life.

(By d. F. HOUSTON. Secretary of Agri-
More attention and more intelligent
thinking are being directed today to
the study of the fundamental problems
In agriculture and in rural life than
ever before. The last two years have
been fruitful Of significant state and
federal legislative and administrative
measures designed to foster agricul.
ture. to improve the distribution of az
ricultural products and to better rural
life. The people of the nation, urban
and rural alike. are keenly interested
In efforts to increase the supply of the
necessaries Of life. and recognize the
supreme Importance not only of max.
ing agriculture efficient and profitable.
but also of making rural life comfort
able, healthful. pleasurable and attrac.
tive.
Agriculture has made marked prog
ress in a number of directions, but as
an industry it has not kept pace with
the other activities of the country.
AsCioSisSiy SPCoAIu6s tucTc mas Oeeu n
neglect Of rural life by the nation. This
neglect has perhaps not been conscious
or willful We have been so bent on
building up great industrial centers, on
rivaling nations of the world in manu-
featuring and commerce. fostering
these by every natural and artificial
device We could think of. 30 busy in
the race for populous municipal CEN
tiers. that we have overlooked the very
foundations of our industrial exist
ence. 1t has been assumed that we
have a natural monopoly in agricul-
ture-that 1t could take care OF itself
and for the most part we have cheer
fully left 1t to do SO.
The direction and emphasis of the
national thought is changing. and we
are witnessing the marshaling Of
many forces in the struggle for greater
prosperity and for better conditions of
living in the rural districts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
SANDUSKY IS PROUD OF HIM

DR.. Walter F. Rittman of the
United States bureau of mines. who
has developed process whereby
much of the waste in deriving gaso-
line from crude oil may be eliminated,
and another for the extraction of
toluid and benzol. used to make dye
stuffs and explosives, also from crude
oil. went home to visit his parents in
Sandusky, o., and received an ovation
from his admiring fellow townsmen.
In Sandusky Doctor Rittman is looked
on as second Thomas A. Edison.
AS youngster no one ever
thought that the "Rittman kid" as
Doctor Rittman was known, would
ever amount to much. He indicated
a marked preference for play as a
schoolboy. In 1905 Rittman left the
high school, saying he was tired Of
going to school," and the next heard
of him he was a stenogr2pher for a
manufacturing company in Cleveland.
He had attained some fame as a foot
ball player, and a wealthy Philadel-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
DECORATED BY KING ALBERT

Mile. Jeanne Perichon, a blue
eyed girl of twenty-three years, has
the distinction of being the only wom-
an whom King Albert of Belgium has
decorated with the military order of
Leopold, and the medal was pinned
on her bosom for conspicuous bravery
which has seldom been equaled even
by members of the stronger sex.
Mile. Jeanne is Red Cross nurse
who has actually done work in the
trenches at the front. She felt she
could accomplish more good there by
administering first aid to the wounded
than by simply doing her regular du-
ties in some field hospital. and by
special permission she was permitted
to go with the surgeons to the battle
lines. She is in America as the Sec
rotary of the Countess L. de Hemp
Time. to aid in her appeal to Amer
leans for help in rebuilding Belgium.
Jeanne has seen actual fighting
in towns that we're sacked and fred"
the countess explains "She was at
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
COTTON SITUATION IN SOUTH
Decreased Acreage In Texas and Okla
homa Will Probably Be Taken
Up by Wheat and Oats.

A prominent New York cotton bro
kerage house in its weekly review
says In part:
THE question of acreage Is steadily
growing in importance as a market
factor and is without doubt even now
the most vital of the long-distance
price influences. More and more Sec
lions are being heard from and all re-
ports so far received point to a de-
crease in acreage. The Journal of
Commerce made report as the result
Of a special inquiry as to the probable
acreage to be planted in Texas and
Oklahoma Which says the Texas indi-
cation p for a reduction of about rs
per cent. while Oklahoma expects to
reduce 30 per cent. The decreased
acreage will be largely taken up with
increases in corn, wheat and oats.
Many people are also turning their at
tention to the larger production OF
feedstuffs for home consumption. 1t IL
too early to determine the exact acre
age, since weather conditions from
now on until planting season will alter
estimates
Last year 37.900.o0O acres were
planted in cotton. The excess in the
acreage of fallsown oats in the cotton
territory this year Is placed at 1,S00.-
600 acres. and Of fall-sown wheat at
800, 900 acres. This should unques-
fion a hIv no auhtro ctod from tho cOt-
ton acreage. which. theoretically,
would leave a little over 100000
acres for the coming season. provided
there should be no increase in the
area allotted to corn. spring-sown oats
and other food products. This. OF
course. is highly improbable and 1t
looks now as II decided acreage re-
duction could be counted upon aside
from the likelihood that a certain
amount of cotton land will be permit
ted to remain idle"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14

was busy trying to lead a swift life
by ordering a settler lemonade it
didn't make much difference what l
called him.
Hep must have been sitting over a
trapdoor. because suddenly wine-cool-
ers began to festoon themselves
around about him. Blue wine-coolers
appeared at his right, magenta wine
coolers at his left, and ice, drift ice
as far North as the eye could see.
Presently a platoon of walters began
to annoy the corks and then followed
correct imitation of the second day
at Gettysburg.
One cork went over quickly to an
other table and struck a fat moneyed
person from Pittsburgh between the
second and third floor Of his accordion
chin. He thought it was one O'Clock.
so he arose hurriedly and left the
room.
For months he'll be telling the home
folks how he beat the police to it at
closing time.
Meanwhile Max was overheard with
splash. For the first ten minutes
he had three walters on the verge of
nervous prostration trying to supply
the suds fast enough. But Max didn't
play Rugby rules-he used two
glasses and both hands After a time.
however, he feathered both oars and
drifted aimlessly with the tide.
Pardon me-" said Peaches to Max.
IN an enort to pass out a bit of Soci.
ETY. Salve. but do you find it inter.
esting-this glimpse of Bohemia? ?"
bohemia nothing!" dubbed Max.
Ihls Joint is Cosmopolitan-sure
thing. The chef is a Frenchman:
the pastry cook is a Greek; the head
waiter is German; they got a Hum
garian violinist and the proprietor has
wife and two kids In Jersey Citv
but he don't go there much. Bohemian,
not on your powder pun"
reaches took the count. then she
leaned over and whispered to me.
what is he?-a painter"
oh. he's a painter all right"
squeaked; when some one leads him
up to a tub"
Water colors or oil?" she asked.
OIL ! said; "fusel OIL"
Has he ever done any good thing?"
she queried.
Yes" | said: Hep Hardy"
oh. I'm enjoying this so much"
she coo-cooed. giving Max and his
past performances the sudden pass-by.
Who is that man at that other table
hair"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
DARING CAVALRY LEADER

One OF the most daring cavalry
leaders in the western zone OF the
European war is Lieut.. Gen. E. II. II.
Allenby. who since the contest began
has been promoted from major gen.
eral and is now in command of an
army corps. In several dispatches
Sir John French has taken occasion
to comment on the skill with which
Allenby has turned to the best ac-
count the good qualities inherent in
the troops under his command. the
energy and bravery with which he
has carried out "Reminiscences in
the face of great opposition. gaining
valuable information and holding in
check strong forces of the enemy.
General Allenby commenced his
military career with the Inniskill-
ing dragons, and with this regi-
ment he served with the Bechuana-
land expedition. He was promoted
adjutant, lnniskilling Dragons, in
1889. a position which he held four
years. He served throughout the
Coufh African camnaigu coumandip.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
SEEING LIFE mM
rfANa JOHN HENRY
RHSh% GeO1geV.Hobart
kS1X\1NXYf1 John Henry on CabaretS
John Henru on CabaretS

The head waiter met us at the edge
OF the reservation.
Hep slipped him something that
made noise like five dollars and the
II. w. bowed. Hep slipped him again
and he bowed lower Hep slipped
him another little map of the mint and
Fl. WIS forehead scraped the floor.
Hep ceased slipping and the H. w.
came up on the other side and led
us to table.
The room was a-dazzle with Gaudy
Lights. Rag-time music hurried away
from a preoccupied orchestra, hit the
ceiling, bounced off and scampered
around the tables. Laughter, both re-
fined and careless, tried to drown the
clatter Of dishes-and won out. Ciga-
rette smoke and Mary Garden per
fume clinched in a death struggle all
over the place and Mary put the boots
to Murad every time
so this is Bohemia" sighed
a chair and dared her to sit down.
John, dear, do point out the celebri-
ties to me. won't your"
They haven't come in yet" I CUR
gled, and Hep let loose a laugh SO
nearly like that of a nervous coyote
that four walters rushed up, prepared
to take any kind of tip.
Just as we were sinking gracefully
into our plush chairs, and the Sicilian
.tCigand was about to take our order,
who should float into the dry-dock but
Max Mincenstein, one of Helps friends
after 2 A. M.
l don't know how Max ever pressed
close enough to get on Helps staff.
Max has money. He'll always have
1.-THE same money.
Max is a lazy loOsener.
When the waiter returns with the
check Max is the busiest talker in
the bunch.
Max loves money. Money loves
Max. They are inseparable.
Whenever Max passes a bank he
takes of his hat and walks on his
toes.
l spoke his name rapidly when I in
troduced Max to Peaches, but as she
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Utilize All Feed Grown.

The farmer of today must utilize
every pound of feed grown on every
acre to the best advantage or his
farming will be a failure. Cheap
roughage which deteriorates rapidly
in winter and spring can be stored in
the silo with saving Of 80 to 40 per
cent waste which usually occurs when
It is shocked and left in the field until
fed. Silage is a palatable. succulent
feed which should be fed with a dry
roughage. Its use in connection with
cottonseed meal makes the utilization
of unpalatable dry feeds such as straw
possible.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
WH0BH5NWH0
| NOW
QUITS WHILE STILL POPULAR

Il have never had a great deal of
personal ambition except perhaps my
desire to make the best l could out
of public life, and to retire while the
tide of my popularity in my district
was at its height. l am gratifying
that ambition now"
So spoke James T. Lloyd, who for
20 years has represented the First
district of Missouri in congress. and
thereupon he announced that at the
end of his term. on March 4, 1917, he
would retire from political life. The
step was entirely voluntary one, as
the fact that he received the biggest
majority of his career at the last cleo
ton will verify, and there are hints
that his admirers will insist on put
ting him up for a higher position than
he has held.
Although he is nearing the three
score mark in age, James Tilghman
Lloyd is vigorous and hearty and
looks forward with a keen kind Of
pleasure to his prospect of returning
precapt intention He is a native of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14

Gt0OUs
Papa, Papa, Papa, Papa!" then he'd
clOse one eye and with the other look
over at Peaches and hand her a sad,
sweet SMILE
It's a gay life, boys!
When our expensive food finally
arrived Hep was gazing at his fingers
and wondering how they got on his
hands, while Max, the genial pest,
with his chin driven through his shirt.
front, was over on Dream Avenue,
about to hitch up his favorite night
mare and take a spin through Bug.
land.
Peaches was toying with a spoonful
of consomme Julienne and I was par
leying shoestring potatoes back on
my fork. when suddenly there came a
great changing of bells, doors ratified
and banged. women screamed and the
orchestra fell out of a back window
all except the bass fiddle He fell
in bowl of soup left for him by an
obliging but hurrying waiter.
Max woke up suddenly, looked
about wild-eyed and slid gracefully
under the table.
Hep, with a roll of bills in each
hand. tried to stand up and defy the
universe, but he toppled over among
the winecoolers and passed peaceful
ly away again in cold storage.
A fat man with beard and a dia.
lect ran around in circles exclaiming
that he was the proprietor. but nobody
pinned a medal on him, and he burst
into sobs.
Then he rushed over to our table
and yelled. Get out! Get QUIT"
why should we get out?" I in
quired. placing a piece of fried chick
en- tenderly in his outstretched hand.
Because it's closing up time and
I always forget about it. The police
have to come and remind me-"
Then he threw the fried chicken
at the lady cashier and faded out Of
our lives.
looked in the direction of the door.
Yes, there they were-an Army Corps
of Cops. marching steadily forward
into the Palace of Pies, fearless in the
face of danger
1t was brave sight to see them de-
ploy by tours and reaching forward
with their nightsticks knock hunk of
beefsteak out of hungry diners
hand.
grabbed Peaches by the elbow
and we beat it from Bohemia while
the beating was good.
The last I saw of Max he was act
ing as a foot-rest for the General COM
handing the Fifth Brigade. while Hep
slept peacefully on amid the up-turned
wine-coolers and the ice-floes.
Bohemia. Ell?
So this is what they call Having A
Good Time in New York!
Mr. Umpire. called you Bad names
put me on the Bench
This Burg is the home of the Gink
who can't keep his Temperature
down unless he Is continually sniff.
fing the odor of burning money.
This Gink's idea Of being a gentle
man is to get into Tuxedo makeup
and swap gags with a bunch of booze
biters while Mamma has to tie her.
self up in Mother Hubbard and stay
home alone till Papa gets through be.
ing Good Fellow.
Cabarets. Ell?
Hereafter me for the little Pto-
maine Parlor where the dillpickles
hide behind the bowl Of pulverized
sugar and wink at you when the wait.
ress splashes an ofnelette on your
shoulder.
But Peaches thought It was all per.
fectly lovely.
And your take me some night
soon," she marshmallowed, where we
can see 'some real turkey trottiug.
won't you, John, dear"
A glass Of water. Nurse: he's faint
ing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Bacteria In Hamburger Steak.

Bacteria In Hamburger Steak.
According to an examination made
by Messrs. Weinzirl and Newton for
the American Journal of Public Health,
hamburger steak is full of bacteria, but
is not necessarily unwholesome on this
account. 1t has been suggested that a
limit of 100000 bacteria to the gram
be set as that beyond which hamburger
steak may not go. These experiment.
ers propose limit of 100000 bac-
terra per gram. but add that even this
is low, as about so per cent of the sam.
pies bought in the market contain
more than that.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Some Modern Widows' Mites

Specific instances Of generosity
among the very poor are often seen in
our distant mission work. reports the
Episcopal board Of missions. Bishop
Biller of South Dakota recently re.
ceived letter from the Indian women
of one of his missions inclosing s2I. As
for the sufferers from war in Europe.
and Archdeacon Stuck from Chandalar
village upon the Yukon. sends $26.
the value Of an offering, mainly in
weazel skins. taken at the celebration
of the Holy communion In Chandalar
village"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
HANDLING Bees.

1t is easy to handle bees when you
know how. Undoubtedly beekeeper
often gets stung; 1t would be useless
to deny it, and 1t Is scarcely consoling
to a novice to tell him he will get used
to being stung; but after time a
beekeeper really does become inocu-
lated, after which. although the mp
mentary pain may be sharp. there are
no disagreeable after effects. such as
swelling, etc.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Think Before Leaving Farm.

Farmers and their sons and daugh-
tiers ought to think carefully and long
before giving up their birthrisht OF
the soil. Most of them will rue the
change which takes them to a crowd
ed city. It is far better to elevate
their standard of living In the coun-
try
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Golf eaIrs Strange flIoht.

That a golf ball does not travel in
a parabolic curve was asserted by
Prof. c. Vernon Boys during the trial
of patent suit in the British chancery
court. Professor Boys. who had been
called as an expert on ballistics. de-
scribed experiments he had made with
mechanically propelled golf balls. and
said that these when driven hard more
than counteracted the attraction Of
gravity. "A good flight" he said. lis
very nearly straight for long time.
then gradually rising and then fall.
ing"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Many-Sided Proposition.

Farming is now a many-sided
proposition. No other occupation re-
quires so varied a knowledge. No
other develops more fully the best
that is in man than farming properly
carried on. In no other are there
greater possibilities or more per-
manent rewards
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14

Fort Waehem Antwerp during the
tne oders the
She taken with fever
she accompanied here because
Yes have
bullets
fall in the midst soldier
health permits"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Spells Success.

Cooperation spells the success of
marketing, merchandising and great
commercial enterprises. Why should
not cooperation be equally success
full on the farm? II will be II II is
given the fair chance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Greatest Farm Loss.

The greatest loss in all kinds of
farming in the United States is in the
marketing and the placing of the
product with the consumer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Keen Farm Account.

Begin right now to keep a book
account of the farms production--it
will save money for you.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Neglected Farm lmplement.

An important farm implement which
Is often sadly neglected is the lead
pencil Most farmers do too little
figuring" Cor their own good
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14
Never Well-Fed Fowl.

Professor Hill. the famous English
authority. says: AN overfed fowl ID
never a wellfed one."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14


taking
without
won It's frstan Pennsylvania.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-05-14

South African campaign commanding the Fourth cavalry
mentioned in dispatches and received the Companonhp
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-13

You should have been a draInatst
or an actor-or BOTH" said his friend
Anyway. don't forget to send Us down
a little sketch once in while.
When The Survival was first I'M
reeled, the author had an exceedingly
uncomfortable half-hour. It was enc
thing to put his thoughts into dra-
matte expression and another to see
them in bold black and white scenes
on the canvas.
Stfll-how deserving was the hero
and how craven his rival! And it was
a good play. the public testified to
that It was also unlikely that any
Eatontown folks would ever see it
He did not reckon on the far-reach-
ing influence Of the moving picture
industry.
The Survival" was sent abroad
throughout the land with several other
entertaining products CT The camera
SAKE wrote little, worked much and
thought every day Of his old sweet
heart No bright eyes smiling lips OF
the city could Danish the image OF
Marian Evers.
He could shut his eyes at any time
and see the sweet mouth, the tender.
steady eyes of pansy blue. the capri
cious little chestnut curls that fell
upon her brow and slender white neck
It seemed impossible that she had
gone out of his life forever!
All the wrath and bitterness had
left his heart with the making of his
little play; he had only sadness and
a great longing to return TO his ma
tive town.