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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14
Lines From London

Oh, my. How muddy il has
been
Misses Susie and Fanny Kel.
! lev visited High Point school
Friday afternoon.
Miss Anna Thomas spent
Tuesday night with Miss Macie
lIcnSlcy.
Miss Lily Kelley spent Tues
day night with Miss Opal Rnf-
falO.
There was a party at Hiram
Rire's Tuesday night.
Earl and Dorothy Gilloy visit.
Hobert and Ollie Latimcr Wed
! neSday night.
Miss Minnie Thomas spent
Tuesday night with Misses Al.
ma and Edna Tarbutton.
Miss Opal Chapman called on
her sister, Mrs. Ethel MatlOck,
Monday night.
Mrs. Hiram Rice'S mother is
visiting her.
CATHERINE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14
Wild Goose Items
Several attended singing at
Hargus Chapel Saturday night.

Several attended singing al
Hargus Chapel Saturday night.
The party at Joe Kelley's
Tuesday night was well attended
and all report an enjoyable time
The baby of Mr.. and Mrs
John Dixon died Monday and
was buried Tuesday.
Miss Mabcl Hoffman visited
her sister last week.
Joe Kelley had the misfortune
to lose a horse Monday.
Fred Rhenkauf is on the sick
list.
NJ. A. Blankenship left Thurs,
day on a business trip to Cam
eron.
The surprise party at H.
Rhenkauf's Friday night was
well attended and all report a
nice time.
George Blankenship spent
Sunday afternoon with j. |,
Bender and wife.
Gus Pitchford and family
spent last week visiting rela.
tives at Grove Springs.
Lowren Land and George
Blankenship called at ]. D.
KeIley's Monday evening.
Making new roads seems tc
be the order of the day.
! George Blankenship spent
Thursday evening at G. "
Mackey's.
Lowren Land is preparing tc
build on the farm he traded foi
recently.
JAkEY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14
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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14

G.. A. Norris and wife visited
at Fred GosS's Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Maggie and Sue Wilson
visited Miss Clara Goss Sunday.
Otis Newton's visited G. G.
-Hensle.y and wife Saturday
night.
There was a musicale at J. n.
Goss's Friday night.
c. G. Hensley and wife visited
at Joe Goss's Sunday.
Hosea Herod is helping Sam
Goss saw wood this week.
O. f. Winburn and wife and
father visited at Joe Goss's Sun.
day.
JEFF Matney visited his sister,
Mrs. lake Order, Monday
night.
A little daughter of Mae Car.
ter died Sunday night. 1t was
a grand child of Wesley Rippee.
of Cedar Gap.
Dunning and Gordon Hensley,
Harry Order and Walter and
August Rippee all visited Cap
and Marvie Goss Sunday.
Otis Newton is moving this
week to the farm vacated by
Press Newton.
We had a nice snow storm
Sunday, but the SNOW has since
nearly all melted. The con-.
geaIed mud has melted, also.
Joe Goss and wife and Sadie,
Marve and Cap and Sam Goss
and wife visited Mr.. SCOTS Fri
day evening and had a good time
passing jokes. Wren Scott and
Marvie GosS went to get some
persimmOns and caught a big
'pGssom.
A little runaway Scrape took
place at Lead Hill one day last
week. Oscar Slate and Claude
Selvidge, aged respectively II
and II years, concluded they
preferred tramping to working
and departed for parts unknown
even to themselves. They we're
soon located, however, and re-
turned to their homes, and now.
doubtless after some "persua
sive power" has been invoked,
they claim to be of the opinion
that it's easier to work than to
tramp and beg.
Wiley Matney spent Monday
night with E. Matney.
LIZA JANE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14
CARD OF THANKS.

We, the undersigned, wish to
extend our heartfelt thanks to
our kind friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted US in get.
ting up such a nice lot of stove
wood on the first day of the new
year, 1915.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Canaday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14

We have just received informa-
ton that the First National MUIR
series of Rochester, N. V, wants
lady or gentlemen representa-.
tives in this section to sell all
kinds of Roses, Shrubs, Trees
and Seeds. They inform us that
without previous experience it is
possible to make good wages ev
cry week. Any one out of EN-
ployment write them for terms
and enclose this notice. ADV.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14

quantity prove
mortgage acknowledgment
cOnscience benefited
athletics symmetrical
chauffeur religious
fulfil promissory
tragedy weather
auxiliary perhaps
Odor Oblige
supersede advice
polygon antecedcnt
always dissolve
definite convenient
straight infinitive
opposite. library
prejudice practice
disease vacuum
decease eXaggerate
refer analyze
soluble foreign
consul leisure
control license
receipt chlOlophyil
Wednesday character
sophomore color
busy prairie
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-14
SCHOOL NOTES

school nov.
A great many visitors thi.
week come again.
We were somewhat disap
pointed at not having Rev. !. Nj
England with us Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. p. W. Newton and Mrs
ID. ). Cantrell enjoyed the high
school literary program Friday
afternoon.
Marian Riley has returned
from a Christmas visit with her
grandmother in Kansas. Room
, missed her very much.
Clifton and Clinton King Wis
tied school at Flat Rock last
Friday. They had a good time
and learned some things worth
while.
Miss Maude Tarbutton. one
of Wright cOuntv's we'll known
teachers, spent a greater part of
the day Monday with US.
The sophomore play is coming
along nicely and if nothing un.
foreseen occurs will he given on
Friday evening, January %.
Only one new pupil to report
this week Miss Cletla Ryan,
who has been att 'nding the
Pool school until it closed last
Tuesday.
At faculty meetings each
teacher is leading in the discus.
sion of subjects that pertain to
our work. Miss Osborne gave
some excellent suggestions
Tuesday afternoon on school dis
cipIine.
c. A Stephens. president of
the board, will talk to the pupils
during assembly Monday morn
ing. All patrons are invited to
visit school and hear some of the
good things we expect MIR.
Stephens to tell us.
\ new five volume set of
Larned'S History of the World
was added to the library this
week. This is an excellent ref.
erence work in history and can
be secured from the Springfield
Leader for five coupons and
Sl.9s.
Quite a number of the school
boys are trying to break off the
use of cigarettes. and our mer'
chants and others who have eli
garette papers would help the
boys and confer a lasting favor
on the teachers if they would be
more careful in keeping the pa
pprS where the boys can not
even see them.
The following is a copy of a
letter received from the state
superintendent of schools Mon
day:
Gentlemen;
After examination OF the report nj
my high school inspector, | am advanc-
ing Mansfield High School to the Sec
ond Glass list with units approved as
follows:
English ........ 3 Ancient History |
Algebra. ....... NJ. and NJ. His.
Pl. Geom...... English History
Adv. Arith.... - Sewing ........ |
Com. Geog.... - Agriculture. |
Pepagogv .....l Total units .... L.
This classification is based upon the
understanding that you will spend not
less than So for reference books in lit
erature and history as recommended
by the Inspector at the time OF his
visit.
am glad Ia note the good spirit
which prevails in your school.
Yours truly.
WIN. P. EVANS.
All the required books have
been ordered and some of them
already received, so we may
safely count or about $500 more
state funds than we had last
year.
The following is a list of words
given Friday for our weekly re-
view 10 spelling, in which sew
eral pupils made a grade of $3.50:
until purse
business adjacent
parallel whose
two algebra
necessary embarra
Judgment tariff
privilege coincide
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
ALFALFA ON HOOF
 .|S CO|N GETTING
 CROP IF ARIZONA
100000 Tons of Hay and 100000 Acres of Pasture Are Produced in Valley from January to Decem- Der.

100000 tons of alfalfa hay and 100000 acres of alfalfa pasture are produced in the Salt River Valley from January to December, and all falfa ON THE HOOP is Arizona's biggest PROFIT CROP.
 First in importance in the dis position of our surplus alfalfa has been the fattening of range cattle 1 during the winter months on hay and pasture, with the development during later years of alfalfa fed as ensilage. The results of experiments with the two methods show that Q combination of the two systems brings the biggest profits. The fol- towing statement will show values and profits which are to be expected Ly this method.
 Stock bought in the fall, having an average weight at loading sta tion on range of $50 lbs, will arrive at the feed yard with an average shrinkage of 3 percent, and will be bought around 515 to 6c. Fed from ninety to one hundred and twenty days on a ration consisting of ten pounds of nay, 20 pounds of ensilage s pounds of grain, or a proper ra-
 ton of cotton seed meal and pas turage, will show an average gain of more than pound a day. and a proportionate spread in the total value per pound of beef; thus. with a gain of 90 to 130 pounds per steer for the season and selling at from to 71ac, your financial state
 ment on 100 steers will be about as follows:
 100 steers, 9O.5OOO lbs. at 6c S543O.O0
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
AB0Lu The W0ndey Pl0ut
 or The Salt RiUeY Valley
Farm Tear Phoe nix.

Alfalfa is d wonderfui pant in the Salt River Valley as a hay pro- ducer and d year rovnd feed crop. have grown ana fei it for nine years. Horses and mules VII d. the ordinary work on the tarm and keep in good condition the yca. round. often getting too fat It's the same with dairy cows Alfalfa can be handled so as to give green feed for ct least ten months and some sea sons twelve. They will give more milk fed on it than any other single plant i know of They dc not seem to tire of it either as dry hay, green fodder or pasture
 Calves, growing stock auj beef cattle. do well on it: also pigs It is an ideal feed for brood sows. If turned out on alfalfa pasture and plenty of clean water they will not get too fat lut will be in a healthy condition to have their pigs. Young pigs make profitable pork on it, but the last six weeks they should be
 fed on grain. In many places it
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
Rich Acres Yield B0lM1t@e&olas Crops
 Under Awakening Touch of Inrigati0r7
I'm D@GieaUa0las Fruits and Berries
 Is Rich Reward For Growers

of the best eating varieties of pears the blight seriously affects their bearing, but if proper care and at tention is giving 10 cutting out the blighted twigs, d good crop can be obtained. The pear blight. is not so serious in the valley as it is in more
 humid climates, for the hot. dry sum- mer stops it's work. The Keiffer pe;;r is the most important conner
 cial variety. the Bartlett, Winter Nellis, Winter Bartlett, P. Barry. Anjou, and many other varieties also being grown. Pears commence to
 bear the fourth and fifth years after being planted. and gradually increase each year after that. The average price received is about three cents per pound on the local market. Sev- eral cars of pears are shipped each wear to California and eastern mar kets
 Not a great many prunes are be- ing grown in the valley One req son is that they are not very early bearers. and for that reason and others. they have not been planted extensively. although those that are being grown do wonderfully well.
 Figs grow almost as readily as weeds and yield big crops of deli cious fruit. On account of the fruit being so tender they are difficult to ship, and the summer rains inter- fere with the drying of them as a commercial proposition. Those sold on the local market bring from two to five cents per pound.
 For a long time it Was though that the summers were too hot here for growing apples. but many varieties have been tested and have proven to do exceedingly well. and now there are several commercial or chards of apples. On account of the warm weather and the absence of frost. the apples do not color up as well as in the cooler climates, but the quality is practically the same as those grown in the cooler climates. Apples bring from three to five cents per pound.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

not a pasture plant but here es- peciaily, on light soils it stands pas turing well. 1 have seen fields pas tured the year round and not hurt but it must not be fed too closely. It seems natural to the soil even on new desert land When watered and properly put in it will grow and do well. As a hay producer 1t will make from six to ten tons of cured hay per acre. according to the stand and condition of the land. The most important thing % insure a good crop continuously is to have the land well levelled so the water will cover it. The first seven years I lived in this valley sold hay from $1O to $14 ton. The last two years hay is cheaper, running from S7.50 to $10. This I think will result in good for the valley as the ranchers are turning their attention to dairy ing and feeding stock which will bring better returns. l am planning 10 feed my alfalfa on the ranch
 K. s. TOWNSEND,
 South side of the River.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
(sy FOSTER RockWELL1


 Compare the Salt River Vallv with it's heat and cold as habitat of the orange, the grape fruit and the lemon with California and Florida districts where citrus culture has flourished we'll And We find in so doing that it is better for comparison to di- vide the varities grown here into two classes @. g.-seedling and seed less: the Jaffa orange varieties, the Mediterranean Sweet, and the SO called seeding orange, the Clayson the Duncan Grape Fruit, these with the local Arizona and Villa Franca lemon comprise one class while the Washington navel, the Marsh Seed less Grapefruit and the Eureka lem on constitute the second. The first variety is characterized for it's many seeds while the second natures with out seeds, being practically seedless. All seeding varieties produce regu- lariy and well here. The net return to the grower year in and year out exceeds that of the similar growers either in California or in Florida. But the tendency of the second class is to seedlessness and somehow judging from past performances some subtitle malign influence has been at work. for the regularity and ,size of the crop has left considerable to be de- sired. The Washington navel particu- larly taken throughout the valley has not been dependable performer as to quantity produced. There are very few bumper crops recorded. possibly as low as one in five. Fortunately it's early maturity with it's accomp- aning high market value somehow has tended to further it's popularity hence it's cultivation over the Varie- ties that crop heavier and pay more in the aggregate. The average pro ductiveness of the Washington Navel tree here while somewhat below the average of California perhaps is not a fair criterion wherewith to final ly judge same. Some growers con tend that many trees in the old groves were originally cull trees which would not have been profit able in any country. These have never paid here and perhaps never will. So upon the crop record of the young groves now coming into bear ing q fairer estimate of the value of this variety for over valley orchards can be had. Now few young groves have cropped on q par with Cali fornia trees of same age.
 It remains. then, that the premium
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
CITRUS PRODUCTS OF THIS VALLEY
 COMMAND PREMIUM OYER OTHERS

in price that the Arizona Navel by virtue of its well recognized sweet ness and early maturity obtains with the tendency to produce as we'll as California trees of like age when We confine our data to the young groves prompts a belief in the stability of orange culture and answers the ques- tion do oranges pay here. T. also follows that good business demands the rehabilitation of the old groves by the replacing of the unprofitable trees with young pedigreed stock.
 Here again the seeding lemon bears better than the seedless. There are not many lemons grown but their quality equals the best that California boasts. The existing low tariff on lemons permitting vast Sici-
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
County Falys Are Features Of EaCh
 MidsMwmeYHeYe

Under the auspices of the Farmers Institute of Maricopa County, there Ibas been held for some years past mid summer County Fair at which has been exhibited the spring and early summer products of the farms of the valley. Three of these fairs have been held in Phoenix, but the fourth one which is to be held this summer goes to Mesa.
 Each year the fair has been held in Phoenix the display has been arranged along the north side of the City Hall upon series of bench booths provided for the oc- casion Here have been grouped in attractive vegetables and fruit of the temperate zone, with not a few sprinklings of semi-tropical groWths. A womans department has been con ducted in connection with the dis play and splendid examples of cul- mary art have been shown. as well as the product of the poultry pen and the dairy.
 Assisted by the generosity of the Phoenix merchants, together with no few prizes added by outside com munities and interested foreign or ganizations, a most attractive list of premiums have been provided each year and in consequence the rivalry for those which are valuable in more ways than one, resulting in a num- Der of entries second only to the number of Maricopa county entries in the Agricultural division of the State Fair
 The regular Farmers Institute work is carried on during the two days of the exhibit which has gen eralIy come at the last of the week.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

ian importations, however, limits the amount that profitably can be plant cd here to an amount sufficient for the local demand.
 The profit in growing grapefruit has been in some cases enormous. The 300 per cent increase in acreage planted this year is inductiye of its present popularity. It is marketed in Arizona and California for there is lit tie gosd grapefruit grown in the lat ter state Then, too, California has q quarantine against Florida fruit as q protection against possible spreading of scale larvae that the fruit itself carries even after the most thorough washing in the packing house. Ari- zona so far is entirely free from in- sect pests
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23
Truck Farming Is
 LdeaI Chance To
 MakeMOst t0fLamd

Having been asked to give some of my experience in truck farming in the Salt River Valley. l will begin by saying that not everything undertaken has turned out as l wished, and the things I shall speak of are those l have worked out to d successful finish.
 I have DO intention to mislead any one. The figures given are what l kept for my own benefit-to prove which were the best crops to raise to get the greatest results from the soil and obtain the most money on the market. and also which were handled with the least amount of cost render ing 10 me the greatest amount of profit.
 I have farmed on what is known as river wash" d sandy loam soil which Is adapted tc all truck farming. I have raised sucn crops as melons, cante- loupes, potatoes, green corn. onions. let tuce and other vegetables Melons have brought me $150.00 per acre gross returns, canteloupes have done even better. Corn sold in roasting ears have brousht Sl0000 and Irish potatoes nearly $209 co. By farming Irish po- tatoes in the spring and green corn in the fall. l have reaped the best returns with the least cost. Lettuce, cabbage, or 9rIons can be grown in winter and crop of corn or canteloupes in sum mer, which gives you the use of the land the entire year. I do not assume to say that l have always obtained these figures for my crops, but I have even done better on some occasions. 1 find the clements favor us as much here as they do in the Mississippi Val ley, or anywhere else I have read of. There is one thing more-my crops have never lacked for water when the
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

Nearly every orchard has a few quince trees and also nectarines. both of which do very well. but neither of them are ranked as com mercial fruits. Pommegranates are grown for hedges and are sold on the local market and a few of them are shipped east at a very profitable price.
 The strawberry is one of the most profitable of the small fruits, and they are extensively grown for the local and state markets The prin- cipal varieties grown are the Klon- dyke Arizona Ever bearing, Aroma, Lady Thompson. Michaers Early and the Blue Ribbon. The Blue Ribbon
 (Continued on Page FouD
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

Net profit ....s 641.00 This net profit you will notice is taken only after the feeder has been allowed a fair market price for all feed used in the production of the beef, and in the market so pro- duced the farmer finds a good pro- fit in the production of alfalfa and the other feeds used to produce & balanced ration.
 Along the line of more intensive farming. the feeding of alfalfa to dairy stock means the greatest pro- ductivity for every acre of alfalfa. and the greatest value for every ton of hay.
 With cows producing 25 pounds If four per cent milk per day, and but ter fat selling at soc, the average price in the Salt River Valley. alfal- fa hay and pasturage will produce the following results with a herd uf ten cows
 Milk produced per day, lbs.... 25o Hay fed, lbs. per ay............. 300 Sold as butter fat and skim fed
 to hogs together with alfalfa
 10 lbs butter fat .........$3CO 24O pounds skim at 20c ...... AS
 S34s or a value for each ton of hay sold as butter fat of S23.00.
 Hogs, sheep, chickens, turkeys and ducks, find alfalfa a natural feed. and kept in connection with dairy stock, transmute the emerald green of our evergrowing fields of alfalfa, into the golden coin of your Uncle sam.
Arizona republican., 1915-05-23

supply was properly handled, nor have they lacked for sunshine. 1 have been injured sometimes by a late frost in the spring or an early one in the fall, but not as often as when living in the Mississippi Valley. From all eXperi- ence and judgment, l would say the chances for d man with good horse sense, some capital and health and grit to win cut is a $ good in Salt River Valley as anywhere else.
 P. l. EDISON,
 Care Scottsdale Stage
 Phoenix, Ariz. Out Of 5.040 automobiles in Ari- zona in 1914. 2.lG8 are registered in Maricopa county. The auto is now a necessity on the farm
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-03-09
CHAPTER II.
"Good-hY.v

When the last look of parting had
been given to the old kitchen and the
couple passed out of doors, hushed
and trembling, they presented an in
congruously brave, gala-day appear
ance. Both were dressed In their best.
To be sure, Abraham's Sunday suit
had long since become his only, every
day suit as we'll, but he wore his Sab
bath-day hat, beaver of ancient de.
sign, with an air that cast its reflec.
ton over all his rparel. Angeline
had on black 81 aown as shiny as
the freshly polished stove she was
leaving In her kitchen-a gown which
testified from it's voluminous hem to
the soft yellow net at the throat that
Angelina was as neat a member and
darner as could De found in Suffolk
county.
A black silk bonnet Struggled close
to her head, from under it's brim peep
ing a single pink rose. Every spring
for ten years Angelina had renewed
the youth of this rose by treating it's
petals with the tender red dye of
budding oak.
CTO BE CONTINUED