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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
IN COUNTY CHECKED
Farm Adviser McWilliams Gets
Credit For Saving Hogs
Near Oak Ridge

The hog cholera epidemic in the
vicinity of Oak Ridge has been check
ed, according to Burette Bowers, editor
of The Independent, published at Oak
Ridge. Mr.. Bowers, who called at The
Tribune office yesterday, said Farm
Adviser McWilliams was responsible
for wiping out the disease.
"For two weeks he was vaccinating
hogs on the farms near Oak Ridge"
said Mr.. Bowers, "and the herds that
he treated escaped with but insignifi-
cant losses.
"But there are some farmers in that
section Of the county, who were OPP
posed to the County Court reappoint-
ing Mr.. McWilliams. They still hold
their grievance against the County
Adviser and for that reason, refused
to call upon him when cholera invaded
their pens. The result was that they
suffered while the farmers living on
adjacent farms escaped with scarcely
any losses.
"For instance, C. F.. Drum, one of
the big stock raisers, noticed that one
of his hogs was sick. While he did not
recognize the disease as cholera, he
feared it was. He promptly summoned
Mr.. McWilliams to examine the ami
NAL. The Farm Adviser found it to be
the dreaded disease, and he vaccinated
the sick hog and every other member
of the Drum herd The result was that
only the sick hog died. None of the
others was attacked by the disease,
and had it not been for the County
Adviser, he would no doubt have lost
the whole herd
''The anti-chOlera serum proved in
valuable in the fight on the disease in
our community. For a week or more
it looked as if many of the herds were
going to be wiped cut. 1t is now prac-
ticaIly eliminated and there is no
danger Of new cases in that locality.
because all Of the hogs have received
the serum treatment.
This vaccine is furnished free by
the State. and as it costs nothing to
have it administered, the farmers liv-
ing near Oak Ridge have not found the
recent epidemic costly. Those whose
herds were not stricken before the
Farm Adviser began his treatment, es-
capped without loss. In every case
where swine was affected, Mr.. McWil-
Hams was able to save practically all
of the we'll hogs. OF course, in some
cases, the swine had been exposed to
the disease for so long that cholera
developed before the serum could have
its effect. But these instances were
very rare"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
HERMAN LOEFFEL AND
REGENHARDT PARTNERS
Announcement of Contract for Garage
Reveals Formation of New
Company.

Herman LOeffcl and Edward F.
Regenhardt have formed partnership
in the construction business, it became
known yesterday after the announce
ment that the contract for the erection
Of a $4,000 reinforced concrete auto
mobile garage had been let to them by
the Observation-Disclosures Lumber
Company.
The garage will be built in the rear
of the Himmelbcrger- Harrison Build
ing on North Fountain street.
The partnership between LocffeI
and Regenhardt was formed Friday
night before the contract was obtain
ed. Loeffel is a we'll known cOnstruc-
ton man in Southeast Missouri, having
done the work on lots Of big paving
Jobs as we'll as building construction.
Regenhardt formerly was United
States Marshal.
The garage that they will build for
the lumber company IS leased to Fred
A. Groves for occupancy by January
/.
It will be two stories high, each
floor containing 5000 feet of floor
space. All modern nnTipment will be
in the structure. The plans
and specifications were drawn by II.
+. Worcester, architect.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
WRECK DELAYS TRAIN
Coach of SOuihbOund Flyer Derailcd
None Injured.

The Memphis to St. Louis Frisco
Limited train No. SO2, which is due
here at 300 p. m, yesterday was al
most three hours late on account Of
being delayed when coach of No. sol,
the sOuthbound train, became dcrailcd
a short distance south of MacNuTlcn.
below Brooks Junction.
None was injured, although in the
Cape, the report was current that three
men had been killed. 1t was reported
that in wreck near Memphis earlier
in the day, several lost their lives, but
no confirmation Of the report was re-
ccived at the local station.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
THE TEACHERS AND THE CAPE.

In spite OF the efforts being made by Poplar Bluff
meeting
Crardeu the metropolis
landing the crowds better part
Cape Gradau is the
small
can shop as well As entertain and be entertained
BY privileged
all OF
makes another visit eunnece
The Normal School the building
the
other city would bungle
he teachers therefore,
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05

first; A. J. Kinder, GOrdonville, sec
Ond
Peanuts-John Griffin, Cape Girar-
deau, first; l.. H. Gale. Hayti. second
Grimes Golden. T. Schreiner, APP
pleton, first; Butler County, Poplar
Bluff, second; c. H. Mcngc, Farming
ton third.
Winesap-I. T. Schreiner, Appleton
first; c. G. Sorrell, Dexter, second and
third.
Stayman-Butler County. Poplar
Bluff, first; L. r. Johnson. Cape Cir
ardeau, second and third.
Roman Beauty-B. r. Sides, Poca-
hOntas, first; Ben Huey, Hiram. sec
ond; H. F. Duncan, Hiram, third.
King David. r. Johnson, Cape
Girardeau, first and second.
- Gano or Black Ben Davis-Madison
County, Fredericktown, first; Joseph
King, Ste. Genevieve, second: Madison
County, Fredericktown. third.
DeIicious-Butler County. Poplar
Bluff, first; l.. r. johnson. Cape Cir
ardeau, second; Pennington Orchard
Company, Pennington, third.
Huntsman Favorite-C. H. Mcngc,
Pennington, first; j. J. WestOver,
Pennington, second; Ben +. Sides. Po-
cahontas, third.
Ben Davis-Butler County POPLAR.
first; Ben F. Sides. Pocahontas, sec
ond; Madison County, Frcdcricktown,
third.
Arkansas BIack-C. J. Sorrcll, Dex-
ter, first; b. +. Sides, Pocahontas, sec
ond; c. J. Sorrell, Dexter, third.
Black Twig-Joscph King, Ste. Gen
cvieve, first; st. Vincent College, Cape
Girardeau, second; l. T. Schrciner, APP
plctOn, third.
Collection of apples-Butler County,
Poplar Bluff, first; Madison County,
Fredcricktown, second; St. Francois
County, Pennington, third; c. J. Sor-
rell. Dexter, fourth.
Pears-Butler County, Poplar Bluff,
first; Otto Schreiner, Appleton, sec
ond; Joseph King, Ste. Genevieve,
third.
Persimmons-B. F. Sides, PocahOn-
tas. first; Otto Schreiner. Appleton,
second; Charles Schweer. Gordonville.
third.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
ENGLAND'S PREMIER's POINT,

Premier AGuh Of England in speech Parliament declares
rast eight months Such silly speeches will
England anywhere else.
Who whether
the Germans hack
what s his address?
Mr. Asquith said neither
soldier in that TERRITORY during the past eight months have induced
the British the cellars enlist
thousands that have been kd will be long time dead and the Enghen
the
dead died running after the from them.
talking the would help
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
Magazine Writer Finds Poetry
100000 100000 100000 100000
Radiating All Over The Cape

nation in twain and reunite it over the
bloody trenches? Can't you see the
village belle in her hoop skirts and the
bobbing curls famed back from her
cheek by the warm Septemberbreez
And that tall, outstanding son of Old
DR.. WhOeverhewas, who led his COM
pany to certain death at Gettysburg
and fell and died with the name of the
village belle on his lips? Surely you
all know the story of shiftless Bill
Virgins, the village drunkard, who en-
listed and fought side and side with
the quality and who said, with his last
breath at Nicksburg, as he lay wound
ed beside young Douglass Vanlanding
ham, that he was, at least, dying in
good company?
There was old Jean Bezequet. the
Frenchman, who insisted on carving
his squirrel rifle through the war and
at the end he hung it I'D over his fire
plice with the old flag on the barrel
and the colors of La Belle France on
the stock. He kept it there in his little
house up on the hill until his death.
when it passed into the hands of Young
Jimmie jackson who owns it to this
day?
Those are some of the memories the
old courthouse revives. It broathcs of
those days, even as pressed roses in
the old family Bible. There was Mary
Fuller who married that handsome
man from st. Louis one day in May
under the trees on her fathers lawn
with half the countryside standing
around. And how Mary came back.
brOken-hearted in Il year. with the
baby. You remember the day she died
and how the whole town went i'm
mourning. The wind and the rain has
turned her white marble slab yellow
these many years.
But, say you. those things didn't
happen No such people ever lived and
anyway they never did anything ro-
mantic-even those that did live here.
It's all darn fOolishness.
You are right. 1t is fooIishncss. !
suppose, but it is delightful and low
able make-believe. To me it is. If /
lived here | would hunt up some Of the
old stories and | would dream them
and revere them and in my old days
. would call the little kids around ne
If l didn't have any Of my own-and
I'd tell them of the days that are gone
forever.
| could love this town. From the
bottom of my heart | could worship
it. Life is swift, but YOU who live hero.
need never seek the whirIpools. In
such an atmosphere can't the occupa-
ton Of living be softcrcd and tinted
with the gentle rccollcctiona that seem
to be so appealing. even to me,
stranger?
And isn't there some inspiration in
it all to revive the sweet spirit of gen
tility that smacks so much of the story
book Elsewhere, life is hard and keen
and cruel, but might not Cape Girar-
deau be one spot where it is ideal?
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05

When my train from ST. Louis ar
rived in Cape Girardeau it was ten
minutes until l o'clock Within a few
minutes l met representative of The
Tribune, and together we inspected it.
1t was 6 o'clock when we finished.
During that period we tramped it
from one end to the other; then we
struck ont diagonally from corner to
corner and, l Judge, our paths inter-
Sected in the exact center of the city.
Later we travelled the circumference,
slipped along the diameter and made
several flying trips up ard down the
radii. After that We wandered aim
lessly.
All in all, it seems to me, we made q
thorough job of looking Cape Girar-
deau over If there was anything we
overIooked-and ! don't think we did
it was because we didn't have a micro
scope along.
what do you think said my pilot,
after he had taken compassion on my
"cityfied" fatigue and had set me
down to a glorious dinner, what do
you think of our town."
| told him what thought of it and
he asked me to write it. 1t seems he
didn't take my word for it; that he
wanted it down in black and white
under my hand and seal, to be used,
no doubt, as documentary evidence
against me if | ever should retract
what l told him. Why my opinion Of
Cape Girardeau should be Of public
interest is beyond me but since the
onus for this article is on him, and
not me, here goes.
The most interesting thing in Cape
Girardeau is the Courthouse.
Your courthouse, 70 the stranger,
seems TO be a survivor OF the ante
bellum days, of the old South. of the
days of the palat.al river steamers. Of
the days of courtly grace, side whisk-
ers and the bred Scott decision 1t
seems to be the last foot bridge back
into the romantic past that is now ali
but forgotten.
It isn't modern. thank heavens. Up
in the big cities with their vice. their
political scandals and all the distress
ing things that come with the high
pressure life, up in those places they
have modern couTthOuses with modern
people in them-and modern troubles
Down here in Cape Girardcau-al-
lowing for this haSty impressiOn-you
have preserved something of the de-
lightfuI old life when genial old gentle
men sat on wide verandas and slipped
their mint iuleps. | get the picture
from an Old Kentucky" and the first
act of ARIZONA"
Do | hear someone Oniecting and
saying they never did anything like
that in Cape Grardeau? | beg to dis
agree, sir. They must have. Do you
mean to tell me that those things exist
only in fanciful stage pictures?
Tut, tut. sir. Absurd. Have you no
romance in your blood? Can't you pic
turc old Judge So and SO and Colonel
What's Hisname hobnobbing over their
glasses and discussing the great i'm
pending conflict that was to split the
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
MRS. PRUITT'S RITES HELD
Widow Died of DrOpsy Sunday After
noon After Long IlirCss.

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Pruitt
who died at her home on Bloomfield
road Sunday afternoon after a long
illness with dropsy, was held from the
residence at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon to Paramount Cemetery. Mrs.
Pruitt's husband was a Civil War vet
eran.
She was Frustrated by the death of
her husband. followed a year ago by
the death OF her daughter. An in
formation to have the court adiudge
her Of unsound mind was withdrawn
last summer when a physician told
her relatives that she had but a short
time longer to live.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05

Senator R. B. Oliver Sunday return
ed to the Cape after spending the week
in Washington, where he and his son
Burette Oliver, argued in the drainage
tax suit of Louis HOuck's before the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Burette Oliver returned to the Cape
last Friday from the hearing.
Herman Pape, the well known con-
tractor, is remodeling the building for
merly occupied by the Princess the
alter. The building is owned by Capt.
A. c. Jaynes.
W. W. Woods Of Golden. H.. yes
terday was a business visitor in the
Cape.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
SYCAMORE TREE IS
BEST FOR SHADE
Prof. Johnson Points Out Good
and Bad Qualities i'm
Trees For Yards.
By Prof. l.. r. johnson.

By Prof. l.. r. Johnson.
There is some demand by those who
would set shade trees around their
houses for new and better varieties.
The old standards are not altogether
satisfactory. The hard maple makes
a lovely tree but is slow grower. The
soft maple grows rapidly but its wood
is brittle and limbs frequently break
off in storms. The elm has now be-
come a frequent victim to species of
bOrers which cause its death.
The poplar is not very popular. In
addition to these faults the soft maple
and poplar are sometimes attacked by
the San Jose scale of which there are
instances here in Cape Girardeau. In
casting about for other and more salts
factory kinds there are several that
suggest themselves. One of these is
the Dinden, another the Norway ma
pie, another the Sycamore
Of course, everybody knows the
sycamore, that lordly native American
tree that is most frequently found
growing along water courses. In its
native habitat it attains gigantic size
but though it prefers bottom soil it
will grow just as readily on the hills.
1t IS very fast grower; will round
out in stately proportions and make a
dense shade. 1t is imperviOus to in
Sects, lOng-lived, and all in all, very
beautiful and impressive tree. Young
trees can generally be procured cheap
ly-merely for the digging. 1t is now
at the last of October still holding its
leaves as well as other sorts.
The Norway maple has only recent
ly come into popularity. 1t bears con-
siderable resemblance to the hard ma
pie. The Linden or BrasswOod is an
other fine shade tree that succeeds
well here though its home Is in the
north. 1t bears wealth of fragrant
flowers in the spring that yield a fine
quality Of honey. There is no reason
why some of the native forest frees
in this region should not be planted for
shade and ornament The red gum has
many features of beauty. SO have
some of the oaks and hick iicS, and
when fortified, they grow fat.
If the orchard has prcd4c-d a good
crop this year the trees should be fer
tilted by dressing of stable manure.
4 crop of fruit is as exhaustiv- to the
soil as crop of grain. If tlH soil has
nothing growing on it and is bare, it
would be we'll to pillow the manure un-
der and leave the land rough and I'M
narrowed till spring. Properly, there
should be cover crop always grow
ing in the fall. such as rye or vetch.
If you want to breed a superior
strain of laying hens, the trap nest is
the best means to secure it. Plans and
figures explaining how to make such
nests may be had by writing to the
Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn,
which has issued a bulletin for dis
tributiOn, No. 81 and 50.
II the SparrOws are numerous and
making a nuisance Of themselves on
your premises, send to the Agricul-
tural Department, Washington, D. c.,
for Farmers Bulletin, No. 3S3 1t will
tell you ways to trap, poison and de-
stroy them by various devices.
Land infested with wild garlic or
onions should be plowed good and
deep as soon as possible and then well
disked.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05

Philip Love yesterday came over
from Mcclure to transact business in
the Cape.
Miss Ethin Anderson left yesterday
for Bloomfield to visit friends. She
will return about Saturday.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
Robert Shannon of Kansas
City Star, Pines to Live
Here and Write Story Books
for the Publication of His
Progeny.
BY Robert Shannon.

A special writer for the Kan
sas City Sunday Star and con-
tributOr 10 leadin0 magazines.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05

Land infested with wild garlic or
onions should be plowed good and
deep as soon as possible and then we'll
diSked
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-08
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that the United States must stand. "

that the United States must stand"
Much to the disappointment of
Washington. in its reply of July 10,
Germany unbended no further than
to propose to imnunize four British
steamers for passenger traffic between
the United States and England by al
lowing them to fly the American flag,
so that there would be mo compelling
necessity for American citizens to
travel to Europe in time of war on
ships carrying the enemy flag" 1t
would refuse to admit that American
citizens can protect an enemy ship
through the mere fact of their pres
ence on board
On July 81 the United States mott
fed Germany that it's second note was
Every atisfactory"-tlat the United
States would continue to contend for
the freedom of the seas without COM
promise and at any cost" and that
repetition by commanders of German
naval vessels of acts in COntravention
to those (neutralD rights must be re-
garded by the government of the
United States, when they affect Amer
lean citizens. as deliberately I'M
friendly"
The sinking of the Arabic occurred
on August 10 and evidently was almost
as much of a shock to Germany as ii
was to the United States. At any
rate. it brought from Germany an ap-
peal that the United States suspend
judgment, and now comes the follow
ing assurance, which seems to include
almost everything for which Washing
ton has been cOntending throughout
its correspondence with Berlin: Lin
ers will not be sunk by our sub
marines without warning and without
safety of the lives of noncombatants.
providing that the liners do not try
to escape or offer resistance That is
plain language.
Considering handicaps under which
the United States was compelled to
carry on its negotiations. and in view
of the great stake, the sweeping con-
cessions that have been made by Ger
many and the possibilities that now
are opened up for the United States
to play an important part as mediator
the elimination of its negotiations
with Germany may well be regarded
as one of the most noteworthy and
far reaching victories in the history
of American diplomacy.
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing are entitled to the heartfelt
and the continued CON
fidence of the nalion-Sioux City
Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-08

on the municipal and county trcasllr.
les for the support or assistance OF
dependents or Guasi-depcndcnts.
According to the figures of the poor
relief department OF the county, the
department in February of the pres
ent year fed as many people as live
in Springfield, H., the third largest
city of the state. Last year the
county aided directly 100000 persons.
This year the estimate is that 100000,
or twice the number cared Tor last
year, will be fed, clothed yand warmed
at the eXpenseof the tax payers. Con-
sequently more taxes will have to be
collected to pay the increased BILL
Cook county's grand total for chart
table purposes last year was $2,27S.54O
If the population provided for at
the county hospital at Oak Forest. to-
gcther with onehalf of the lS,2oS
patients visited at their homes by the
county agents physicians. and who
do not receive other assistance, and
also the 2,5SS non-resdcnts and aliens
given temporary assistance in 1914,
are added to those directly assisted,
it is estimated that in round figures
the actual total of those assisted will
come close to 125,000, and exceed the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-09-08
LAND WASTE.

Iowa has 100000 miles of public
roads. The land wastage in Iowa
alone, therefore, is equal TO 1000
acres, which at a value of SIS an acre,
would represent $46.S00,000. Even at
such an absurd valuation, for Iowa,
as $40 per acre this land would be
worth $24 900, and at present it
is devoted solely to the cultivation of
weeds which only lower the value and
increase the difficulty Of farming adj
jacent land. ~ ~ 4
Twenty-Five million dollars would
enable Iowa to pave all its govern
ment roads as they ought to be. with
a hard surface. Forty-siN million dol
lars would enable Iowa to make ev
cry road a boulevard; and yet this
money is allowed to lie idle. even
worse than idle, for it is continually
a menace to the surrounding property
as breeding place for weeds.-Du-
huque Telegraph Herald.