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The Lamar register., 1916-02-23
~ STATES TO PICK DELEG ATES
AT PRIMARIES
Nearly 800 Representatives to Repub.
lican and Democratic Conventions
VIII BE Chosen Beginning
March Z

Chicago, ILL.,, February 2O.-The
Tribune this morning prints the fol-
lowing:
Nearly 600 national convention del
egates will be elected in string of
so-called direct primaries" in nine
teen northern and western states.
Indiana starts the ball rolling two
weeks from Tuesday, on March z, and
thence forward there will be a con-
slant procession of states choosing
republican and democratic national
delegates up to the very eve Of the
Coliseum convention in Chicago.
West Virginia holds its statewide
primary the day before the republican
convention is called to order.
Vermont may be added TO the nine
teen if its primary law, just issuing
from its Legislature, is adopted by the
people at a referendum vote March Z.
If Vermont accepts the law, as seems
probable, twenty states will elect, "di-
rectly," $50 delegates to the Chicago
convention and 592 to the st. Louis
democratic assembly.
The discrepancy is due to the cut
ting of New York's representation by
the new rule of the republican ma
tional committee, aimed in the first
place at the southern states.
Here is a summary of information
regarding political conditions:
There is no genuine contest be-
tween republican presidential candi-
dates in a single primary state and no
opposition to President Wilson's re-
nomination manifested in any pri-
mary STATE. In Wisconsin, Minnesota
and North Dakota the attempt is be-
ing made to defeat La Toilette or
Cummins delegations with uninstruct-
ed delegations.
Favori.e sons apparently have been
conceded their home states, without a
primary fight, and in states which
have no favorite sons the agreement
has been reached to send uninstructed
delegations to Chicago, notably in
New York
With the opening Of hOstilitles bare
ly two weeks away the Chicago con-
vention only three months removed,
rumblings have been heard of i'm
pending trouble over technical tenn
pests in the primary laws. court pro-
ceedings and probable contests that
may affect vitality the makeup of the
convention roll.
California political conditions ap-
pear to be more chaotic than at any
time since the contest that developed
into one Of the most relentless of the
1912 Chicago Coliseum affrays. AboTt
the only point established is that
twenty-six national convention dele
gates will be elected at statewide
primary May 8.
Gov. johnson may declare himself
aligned with Gov. Whitman of New
York, and the net result would be a
republican-progressive delegation at
Chicago that would be credited to
both the republican and progressive
national conventions and for Hughes
for president.
This news may be a distinct shock
to Col. Rooscvelt's admirers. The
dope from Sacramento is that the col
onel has no chance to get any Cali
fornia delegates. The democratic del
egation will be for Wilson, it is
claimed, the only issue being local as
to state organization control.
The Lamar register., 1916-02-23

Officials of the Treasury Department
are spending much more or less val
liable time trying to defend the new
form Of daily treasury statement the
adoption Of which saved the demo-
cratic administration still worse en-
barassment. Juggling the books not
oaly deprives the people of informa-
ton upon which useful comparisons
can be made but also costs the people
something in the time taken by Of
ficials in defending it. A simple, con-
sistent form Of treasury statement
should need no explaining and no de-
fense.
The Lamar register., 1916-02-23

The American Economist publishea
a long list Of variations Of the exprla-
sion take the tariff out Of politics,
which begins with the New York
Evening Suns amplification, take the
sentiment out Of love-" and concludes
with that Of the Economist, take the
notes out Of music" Our humble con-
tribution to the list is, take the flop
out of Woodrow"
The Lamar register., 1916-02-23

There are indications that President
Wilson has changed his mind on one
more governmental problem. A few
months ago Assistant Postmaster Geo.
Burkitt, of Winnctka, Illinois, was
discharged for expressing his per
sonal opinion that the President should
not have married so soon after the
death Of his first wife. The Postof-
fee Department confirmed his dis
missal after what it termed a full
consideration Of all the facts" News
papers gave the affair some "pitilcss
publicity" which resulted in Burlfitt's
temporary reinstatement followed by
President Wilson's pcremptory order
that he be fully restored to his former
position. Now, however, BurBitt has
been transferred to Chicago, which
forces Burkitt to change his home or
incur the expense Of transportation.
In view Of the rebukc the postal au-
thorities received in the first instance,
it seems hardly credible that they took
the latter action without assurance of
the Presidents approval. Burlitt will
be wise if he fixes his gaze on a new
job.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31
Bitter Milk.

Milk is especially likely to be
bitter in the spring, but this
trouble may appear at any time.
It is almost sure TO result from
(1) eating the last remaining
weeds in closely grazed pastures,
(2) bad health Of the cow, or (0
the growth OF bacteria in milk.
The cure in each case consists in
finding and removing the cause
and suggestions for doing This
are made by Percy Werner, Jr.
OF the Missouri College OF Agri-
culture.
II the milk becomes bitter after
standing II is not the COWS fault,
but results from the growth ol
bacteria brought In by particles
Of dirt or manure or left In i'm
properly cleaned vessels. II shs
milk Of oil the cows in the hert
lis bitter when drawn the iced /
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31
Sour Soil.

Sour soils are often recognized
by the weeds found growing on
them. One Of the most common
weeds in meadows and pastures
that have become acid or sour 10
Red Sorrel. Complaint is often
made that red sorrel Is killing the
red clover. Sorrel will grow on
lined soils but is not able TO COM
pete with other plants or weeds.
In the sour field the clover died
from lack OF lime and then the
red sorrel occupies the land. Red
Sorrel is not to be confused with
sheep sorrel that has pink blos-
SONS, bulbous roots from which
cover all the leaves. The leaves
are in three parts arranged ut the
top Of the leaf stalk. Red sorrel
has small, inconspicious flowers,
long narrow leaves, shaped come
what like a spear head, and
spreads both by runners and
seeds. The ripened seed stalks
are quite prominent and give the
plant its name.
Door weed is another common
weed on sour land. This plant 10
the fiat. carpet.like weed found
growing along paths and in door
yards. 1t is usually covered with
white mildew. On soil becom-
ing sour 1t appears In great abun-
dance. Common plantin and
horsetail rush also indicate sour
land.
Some crops that grow in South
east Missouri and are adapted to
soils are cow peas, red top, water
melons, strawberries. vetch, po.
tatoes, sweet potatoes and buck
wheat.
Some field crops injured by
sour soils are alfalfa, timothy,
blue grass, corn, sorghum, red
clover and pea nuts. Some gar
den crops injured by sour coils
are peppers, pumpkin, beets, cell
cry, cabbage, onion, okra and
egg plant. More complete lists
Of plants can be found in Far
mers' Bulletin H., Dept. OF Ag.
riculture, Washington, d. G.
i SETH BABCoCK.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31
WINTER WHEAT PROSPECTS

National Crop Improvement servieel
There has been O rank growth OF
Wheat over practically the whole OF
the Winter Wheat belt.
There has been some apprehension
that insect pests would do serious
damage. but so far this pessimistic
outlook has failed to materialize.
Snow has fallen over the Western
part OF the Winter Wheat belt, and
when reasonable Winter weather
gradually supplants the unreasonable
warm weather in the rest OF the
Wheat belt. no serious damage IL apt
70 result to the crop.
In this case the heavy growth
should be OF considerable advantaf'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31

probably at fault and the bitter
taste will probably disappear il
the COWS are kept in lot where
they cannot get at weeds. This
will give the pastures better
chance to get a good start. II
only one or few of the COWS
give hitter milk it is probably be-
cause they are in bad health or
going dry, and their milk should
be kept away from the rest so
that it will not spoil the whole
milking.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31
SMUT in OATS
4, T. Robbins. Agent Tsxeweil cs~
H., VIII Wage Campaign Of Erad'
cation Of Smut by Treating Seed
With FormaIdehyds.

.rhe oats crop was carefully
studied and II was found that 3 70
10 per cent. OF the oats were affected
By smut. The average Of fields az
amined showed about 10 per cent. uf
the crop affected. This would mean
. loss OF at least bushels per Acrs
amounting to fully 81. This loss can
be- saved by treating the seed oats at
an average cost OF ! cent per
bushsl per year. and . cam
paigr u planned for next spring
in treating oats In this way. II wss
found In studying the oats crop. that
drilled oats had usually more uniform
stand and better yield than broad
castsd oats, amounting this ysaf q :
min of : to 10 busheis pr acre.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31

Flowing Under Weeds And
Grass.
M. r. Miller, Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station.
The large amount of rainfall
last sea son resulted in an exces-
sive growth Of weeds and fall
grasses in many parts of the
country and farmers are now
confronted with the problem OF
turning under this large growth
OF dry material. The difficulties
encountered will undoubtedly
lead q good many Of them to re-
sort to burning. The great need
| OF most corn belt soils for organ
| ic matter makes it highly unds-
sirable 60 burn off anything
where il can be avoided, except
occasionally on local areas for
controlling insects. Organic
matter is the great need OF many
soils, as shown by analyses made
at the Missouri Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, and II this large
growth could be satisfactorily
turned under at this time it would
be of great value to the land.
The difficulties in plowing un-
der are two: first, where the
covering is mainly Of grass which
lies closely to the ground the soil
dries out 80 slowly as to throw
plowing late. Second, it is very
difficult to turn under this mater
ial and incorporate 1t thoroly with
the soil. There is no entirely
satisfactory way Of drying out
the land il the soil is very heavy
and the layer of dry grass is very
thick except by burning it off but
|it should be understood that
burning is the last resort. II
might even pay better in such
cases to plow late and seed to
soy beans or cowpeas rather than
attempt to prepare the land fol
corn. The problem OF turning
) under this material can largely
be solved by thoro disking as
soon as the land is dry enough
There are doubtless extreme cases
where this cannot we'll be done
but as a general rule the use OF 9
sharp, weig' ted disk will ait
very greatly in preparing thi'
material for plowing under. Far
mers are using the disk before
plowing and this is a case wher'
, its use becomes Of greater impor
tance than usual.
In case the land does not DIR,
early enough to allow the plow
ing under Of this material befor,
the latter part Of April in Contra
, Missouri the disk must certainl.
be used to aid in Incorporating
the organic matter with the soil
!, A large amount OF dry materia
plowed into land late would b.
Injurious to the immediate crop
in spite Of the fact that it nigh
be benificial to the soil in tn
long run. BY the use OF q sharl
!. disk one should be able to saw
this organic material for the so'
and at the sams time prepare
thoro seed bed for the imnediat
crop, except in the most extrem
, cases.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31

'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading

Music lovers at Joplin are try
ing to organize q chorus OF ooo
voices.
With two tame deer as a start
or, Cape Girardeau hopes soon
TO have zoo.
Albany goes on record for pre-
paredness. A local concern is
installing an ice plant.
When her puppies died an
Albany spitz dog adopted q
couple Of young squirrels.
It is said much coal underlies
northwest Missouri, but it has
not yet been found in very great
quantities.
Something Of q feat is the
achievement OF o Humansville
man who has succeeded in wear
ing one pair Of shoes five years.
Lead ore attained its highest
figure in history at Joplin the
other day when $50 a ton was
paid. The highest previous price
was $3.50 in 1908.
The first news q Carthage
woman had OF her son in twelve
years was a letter she received
the other day telling her OF his
death in the Philippine islands.
The Corning school district at
their election to vote $4,000 in
bonds for the purpose OF erecting
q new school building to replace
the one burned a few weeks ago,
carried the election in vote OF
SO to 10.
Because she walked around too
many blocks with her sweetheart
coming home from church,
seyenteen-y year-old Helen Hill OF
Barton county was upbraided by
her parents and suicided by the
strichnine route.
Harry Moore. age 70, and his
wife, Anna Moore, age 90, are
likely the oldest operators OF the
telephone system in the world.
They live near Linkvilie, have o
switchboard in their home, and
give faithful service day or night
A car of turkeys is q pretty
big thing to loose, but the bank
ruptcy hearing of w. H. Pitts
poultry dealer at Bolivar, revea''
ed that he had shipped a car Of
turk to Chicago q month ago aad
had not been able to locate them
since.
When William Bowen, o.
Flynn's chapel neighborhood II
Cass county. fell Ill the doctors
made the usual diagnosis of ap'
pendicitis. While he was get
ting better an attack of hiccough'
set in which killed him in forty
eighi hours.
The II knew him when" clul
assembled the other day to shak'
the hand OF former Hanniba
man who left there pennies year
ago, and came back worth sever
al million dollars. His forum
was acquired Ia the motion pic
turs business.
A startling find was made Q
Centralia the other day, says Tn
Guard, when the owner of
building started to clean up
room formerly occupied by
doctor. When the find was In
voiced 1t was found 10 consist I
forty pint whisky bottles. twenty
one half-pint whisky bottle'
i've quart bottles, one half-gal
Ion bottle, six four ounce alcoh'
bottles and forty -sieht be-
bottles. The labels we're ints'
and the identifying odor VI
present, but the bottles ell We
amply.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31

The Catholics OF Oran last
week let the contract for a S28,-
600 church in that city.
Egg mail" swamped the mail
hack between Licking and Hous-
ton the other day when twenty
cases were forwarded by parcel
post from that route. When the
hack arrived at Raymondvills
the carrier employed emergency
and hired an extra vehicle for
overflow business.
After all, there 10 some sort OF
honor among thieves. Some time
ago the. home OF Kirksville
school teacher was robbed. A
few days ago the owner received
a note from the theft, who in.
closed insurance policies and
other n-negotiable papers Of
value only to the owner.
The Milan Granite Works last
week lettered q monument for
Aunt Polly Reed who was loo
years old. Mrs. Minnie McEntire,
who lives at Pollock, paid for the
stone and the engraving. Aunt
Polly was the Oldest person, as
far az we know. that ever lived
in this oounty-Milan Standard.
When q Nodaway county fam.
lily was go unfortunate as 10 lose
all its possessions in the fire
which destroyed it's home, kind
hesrted neighbors neighbors de.
cided to give q shower. Invita-.
tions were issued and more than
two hundred guests responded,
each bringing some useful article
as gift.
A young ijiot was fishing
through the ice the other day.
He heard a large buick car roll
across the nearby bridge and q
bullfrog cay, "Buu-lck, Buu-
ickl" Next came q Cadillac and
u guinea in the pasture said,
"Cad-il-lsc, lCad.il-lac Finally
a Ford rolled across the bridge
and a little snowbird said,
"Cheep, cheep. ."-E d gerto n
Journal.
Former Gov. A. NJ. Dockery,
now third assistant postmaster
general at Washington, wears
boots all the year round. He
wore them when he served In
congress, kept them on when he
was governor, and someone has
been unkind enough to say he
does not take them OF when he
! goes to bed. As q true West
erner, doubtless he expects to
} die with his boots on.
Twenty five years is q long
time to wait to get even with
charivari promoter, but when ]
D. Coon Of Princeton was mar
risd. Henry Shooklsy helpet
. "ride him on a rail-" Mr.. Shock
Q ley married recently, and on TIL
! day he was expected home. Mr.
. Coon organized party and mad
: his old friend ride q rail in ex
Q PLANTATION Of the like ceremon,
: twenty five years aso.
Louis Msrriman. who was bor
It while George Washington wa
. president Of the Unitsd States
q died Thursday at his homo !
q Kansas City. He was i21 year
. old, and he had said he was tn
i oldest negro In America. H
II was born on the Sopher planta
= tion in Virginia, and was 81 yeal
>, old when freedom. came durin
|. the Civil war. After the war !
ol went to Kansas. living nsl
sr paola until three years ag'
at Residents Of Paola made sn II
= vsztigasion Of bic sge and DE-
70 clarsd they were satisfied he VI
bora ia 170b.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-31

Cannon Of Jackson became con-
vinced that dumb animals love
company when they are fright
ened. Mr.. Cannon did not lose
his presence Of mind, but the
buggy went all to pieces.
The body Of "Pink" Kilgore,
who was drowned when he fell
off the Cairo Branch bridge over
Black river some weeks ago, was
found last Friday by three small
boys. The body was half buried
in q sand bar, near the W. E.
Morrison mill. M inquest was
held. Poplar Bluff Citizen.
The fact that the old wooden
bridge across the Pomme de
Tsrre at Fairfield, Benton coun.
| ty, withstood the attempt Of some
miscreant to dynamite it, demon
strates that q wooden bridge is
pretty lasting after all. This
particular bridge was built in
1849, and has outlived many
steel and all the cable bridges In
that county.
The 10.yaar old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Miller living one mile
north OF Fremsdorf was bitten by
a iog last Friday. The dog was
q hound and belonged to Miller.
The boy was patting the dog on
the head when 1t grabbed him,
tearing the jaw from the left ear
to the angle Of the mouth. 1t re-
quired seven stitches to tie up
the wound.-Illmo Jimplicute.
"Rem ember it is catching be-
fore hanging" said q Weston
poet as he laid these lines on the
desk of the Herald, then fed;
GA young lady residing in Wes-
ton, when gadding just would
put her best on. Her clothing
grew shabby; her purse it grew
aabby, go credit she finally
dressed ou." The sad part OF
story is that the poet escaped.
Like truth, Louis Bokenper oi
Glenwood lay at the bottom OF a
we'll when caught by a cave.in Of
bricxwork which for six hours
held him prisoner in the well he
essayed to clean. The accident
was noted at once and relief work
begun, but it was more than siz
hours tefore he was rescued from
his perilous position fifty fee
under ground. Mr.. Bokenpel
was only slightly hurt.
Postmaster Phleiger got a let
ter from q man in neighborine
county who had read much abou
the convenience of the parce
post. He wanted one OF our car
riers to 90 to market and bu!
sausage, cheese Of several differ
ent kinds, fish, oysters, meat
and preserves" said Mr.. Phlei
ger. "He asked that the stuff b
cent G. o. D."-Caruthersvill
, Republican.
! We are informed this wee
/. that the manager Of the Silve
; Mines has purchased the mach
! inery that has been in use at tn
: jackson Revelle mines and vii
. remove 1t to the Silver mines fc
: use at that place. During tn
. last few days several loads c
: tents and camping outfits hav
= been hauled to the mines for us
until houses can be built for th
linen that are to be employed
= Fredricktown Tribune.
Il is reported that there va
: doings in lllmo last Saturda
D night. A quiet little game
Q draw was in progress and tt
% "kitty" was being fed prett
3 regular when suddenly the vii
!. of one of the players appeared Q
!. the scene, 30 the story goes, d.
: livered a piece OF her mind in r.
g gard 10 mankind in general ar
10 poker players In particular, gatl
lr ersdup what money WAS In sigh
D. Itook swips at the "kitty" kicl
!. ed over > chair. took her hubl
i with her and left. leaving Il
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
HAYES

Grandma Post is expecting to
make visit to Alaska soon.
Several young people of Hoquiam
attended the dance at Chambers
Prairie and reported an enjoyable
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcdonald of Seattle,
former residents of this vicinity, au-
toed to the James Mcmahon home
Sunday.
The Misses Wickie and Mr.. Rich
ard Aver autoed to American Lake
Sunday afternoon to visit Charles
Schiller, who joined the militia last
week. and reported everything in
confusion, as they had just arrived in
camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Broyles and
family visited their daughter, Mrs.
Lem Carr, Sunday.
Mrs. Wendell Raymond visited
Mrs. Will Hicks Saturday.
Mr.. George Briggs has been ship
ping Ills DoTTleS 10 uOWu OOuHu
points by way of the new railroad.
Mr.. e. E. Stickler of Seattle, cap
tain of the tug Resolute, visited his
sister. Mrs. Alex Graham, last week.
Sam Turner and John Hutson re-
turned from their Eastern Washing
ton trip Saturday, on account Of
heavy snow in the mountains.
Mrs. Vogel's daughter, Mrs. Rich
ard Dye, who spent the lost few days
with her, has returned to her home
at Mud Bay.
Mr.. Alvin McCafferty recently
rented the Anders' place and moved
his family there last week.
The little son of H. G. Kempher is
so much improved as to be able to
have the splints taken off his arm.
Baby Milliron is sick with the
measles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
SNEIDER s PRAIRIE

Mr.. Charles Austin of Slhneider's
Prairie entertained "a number of his
friends last Wednesday evening at
his place of business. A very pleas
ant evening was spent by all and an
abundance of ice cream and cake was
served.
Mr.. Cropy Williams of Mud Bay
entertained several of his friends
from the state house last Sunday ev-
ening. A very enjoyable time was
spent by all.
Mrs. L. M. Stewart of Olympia
spent the weekend with Mrs. M. M.
Stewart of Shelton.
Mrs. Perry Baker spent several
days in the city during the past week
Mrs. A. c. Smith and son Alex
motored to the city last Wednesday,
on business.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-06-30
LITTLE ROCK

The Y. P. B. met at the home of
Mrs. Lehn last Thursday. After an
interesting business meeting a deli
cious "weenie" supper was served by
Harold Tibbetts and Joseph Little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zimmerman Of Cen
tralia were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
l.. Kotick last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rutledge and
Rev. ]. E. Walker were calling on
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Ives Dodge last Sun
day.
The Ladies' Aid met at the home Of
Mrs. Thompson last Wednesday,. The
hostess, assisted by Mrs. James Dool-
ey, served a delicious luncheon.
Mrs. Lizzie Hoage and grandson
Alden Of Olympia are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hoage.
A social dance was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Maynard last Sat
urday evening A fine time was re-
ported by all
A number of our citizens attended
the trial of Walter Bland against
John Zimmerman in Olympia last
week.
Mrs. H. w. Gordon Of Malone and
Mrs. Frank Rutledge were visiting
Mrs. NJ. w. Mackay at the home OF