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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-16
PRESIDENTS ONLY
SISTER IS DEAD
Mrs. Annie Howe Passed
Away This Morning at /,
Home in New Lon
don, Conn.
SOUTH CAROLINA GRAVE
Mr.. Wilson VIII Attend Funeral Next
Week With oxher Members
Of the Bereaved
Family.
SOUTH CAROLINA GRAVE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW LONDON, Conn. Sept. To-
Mrs. Annie Howe, only sister of Presi
dent Wilson, died here at GAO a. m.
today.
Joseph Wilson. brother Of the presi-
dent, and Mrs. Howe's sons Wilson
and George, her daughter, Mrs. Goth
ran and Miss Margaret Wilson were
at the bedside when the end came
Mrs. Howe died peacefully.
President Wilson was immediately
notified. Information here soon after
Mrs. Howe's death was that the presl'
dent will not come to New London.
The body will be sent to South Caro-.
lima for burial, however, and the presi-
dent and Mrs. Wilson will accompany
the funeral party.
Since the president was here early
this week, Mrs. Howe had been con-
stantly under the influence OF opiates.
She had few lucid intervals. Death
was due to peritonitis and attendant
complications. During the last few
days a Christian Science woman
practitioner was with Mrs. Howe
often, but is said to have visited her
as friend and not professionally.
Mrs. Howe was born in Virginia
sixty years ago last Friday and
like her brother, was educated
there. She has two sons, Wilson
Howe of Primos, suburb of Swarth.
more, Penna., connected with the
Pennsylvania railway, and DR.. George
Howe, a professor at the University
of North Carolina, and a daughter,
Mrs. Perrin Cothran of Raleigh, N. G.
engagements Cancelled.
ASBURY PARK, N. j., Sept. To-
President Wilson's trip to st. Louis
| whereshe was scheduled to speak nex'
Wednesday, will undoubtedly be can
celled as a result of the death OF Mrs
Annie Howe, the presidents sister, a,
New London, Conn, today.
The president was notified OF his
sisters death by a message reaching
Shadow Lawn early this morning
Present plans are for the president
and Mrs. Wilson to meet the body at
some point between Long Branch and
New London and then accompany the
funeral party to Columbia, South
Carolina.
st. Louis Date Cancelled.
TBy Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ASBURY PARK, N. j., Sept. 10
President Wilson today cancelled his
engagement to address the national
life insurance underwriters at st.
Louis, September 20. following receipt
of news of the death of his sister,
Mrs. Annie Howe at New London.
His engagem ents for Monday and
tuesday of next week were also can
celled. The president asked Secre-
tary of War Baker to speak for him
at st. Louis.
The engagement for the president
to speak at Baltimore on September
"a still stands.
The presidelt and Mrs. Wilson will
probably meet Miss Margaret Wilson,
Joseph Wilson, the presidents broth
er, and other members of the family
who will leave New London with the
body of Mrs. Howe, at Trenton, N.
y. From there they will accompany
the body to Columbia, 8. c.. where
Mrs. Howe will be buried beside the
body of her husband.
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INDEPENDENCE
DAY CELEBRATED
Mexicans Observing Historical
Z Anniversary With Speeches
and Singing Of Ma
tional Airs.
RMG THE CITY BELLS
!
Defacto Police on Guard Watching
for Trouble Which Usually
Springs up This
Day.
RMG THE CITY BELLS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
JUAREM, Mex, via Ell Paso, Sept.
16.-Throughout Mexico, the national
independence day is being observed
today with historical ceremonies.
Last night at II o'clock the celebra-
tion began in this city with the ring
ing of bells in commemoration of the
ringing of the liberty bell by the
priest patriot Hidalgo in the village
Of Dolores, Guanajuato in 1910. Close
watch was kept on all gatherings by
officials of the defacto government,
as independence day is q favorite
time for demonstrations against the
government.
Patriotic addresses were made by
the mayor and other officials in the
plaza after which fireworks were set
off and the people shouted viva
Mexico" viva Hidalgo."
Today there were more addresses,
singing Of national airs by the school
children and parades. The city was
decorated in the national colors.
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American-Mexican Negotiations

NHeTICdn-mcSiCdn NeSOtlatlohS.
[By Carl d. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent
NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. 49,
American-Mexican negotiations reach
ed delicate point today. Whether
Carranza is willing and more import
antly, able to patrol the border, is a
vital question upon which negotiations
are now turning.
AS far as surface indications 60
the first chief probably will take over
the duties which have developed upon
General Pershing's column. But the
fact that his resentatives have not
committed themselves to such a
scheme, make negotiations at this
stage extremely important and deli.
cate.
AS matters now stand, the Ameri.
can commissioners want Carranza to
do most of the patrolling through a
sort of Mexican police. This varies
from the original proposition in that
what the Mexicans then proposed
called for a joint international police
Now the Americans want Carranza to
establish strong force. Today in
the absence of the Mexican commits.
sioners, the American conferees indi
Gated their belief that there is no
sign in sight.
The Mexicans have despaired OF
getting loan from Wall street and
have decided to turn to the small
bankers for their loan.
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Fair and cooler Sunday. Local
temp p. M. 54; Z a. m. 46.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21
Standing Amy Should Be Employed in
Constructive Work in Time Of Peace
By DANIEL A. POLLING. Bosoo, Mas.

Our preparedness for indeed poorly begun not place
very early its program the conservation mines forests natural water
ways and unclaimed soe all natural resources Tn
such conservation lies opportunity employ
peace as to make them constructive builders the
dred and fifty thousand could be engaged for wengh unnumbered
years In the Mississippi and Missouri valleys retaining lands
the richest OF the country strengthening the banks these rivers
from source to mouth building system of the head
waters OF all great rivers eliminate disastrous and SO
give an equal distribution of water throughout dry season.
reoresng the hills and lesser mountains rgang projects that
will make out OF the Great American Desert waving wheat field and
garden In building system of naonaate highways opening up
Alaska In completing inland waterway from Florida Maine that
would make possible the prompt mobilization perfect safety Of vast
forces to be used against possible invader and in building
railways paraeng both to be in peace highways
commerce. and in time of conflict should the necessity ever arise the
carriers Of munitions and defenders
such armies would be glory to the republic
the surest guarantees for world peace that provide
The chief menace Of the standing army idle unoccupd minds
would be removed Men the uniform no longer trained to
think deuctve but construcey the direct daily military nuc
o while not neglected would be incident their business as SOL
ders the task their lives would be the building the state
the creation of greater America
Such program would enable pay the soldier and the sailor
an industrial large enough guarantee enlistment Of
men desirable morally physically and mentally would also assure
equipped for all the tasks that fall to the lot of the private
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21

clover, corn, oats and other crops
when sold on the market take away
fertility which will never return to
your soil.
The accompanying chart shows the
fertility contained In alfalfa, clover,
corn and oats In comparison with
milk. beef, pork and butter.
When you grow three tons Of al
falfa, about the average acre yield,
and sell 1t, you rob your soil to the
amount Of about $28. When you mar
ket so bushels Of corn you lose about
$15 In fertility-value but II you feed
the corn and alfalfa to steer or q
hog or dairy COW. 70 to 80 per cent
Of the fertility will be returned to
you In manure and go back to the
land II you save the manure. For
every 400 pounds Of beef shipped
away the loss will be about S1.9O;
600 pounds of pork about $1.87; 100
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21
NEW FOOTWEAR FOR iARMy
Improved Shoe Model Will BE Hob.
nailed for Service In
Mexico.

The war department appointed a
shoe commission in 1912 to design Il
model embodying the best points OF
all the army shoes. surprising them,
II possible. The shoe which was
adopted was of good materials. well
made on u rational last designed by
the department. The interior is per-
fectly smooth, with heel broad and low
and sole moderately thick. The arch
is flexible and without metal shank or
other stiffening. Eyelets are used
rather than hooks. The shoe reaches
but little above the ankle; 1t Is wide
across the ball Of the foot and has q
high toe cap. 1t is comfortable, neat
looking, light In weight and easily re-
moved or put on.
AS soon as the soldiers wear out the
shoes Of the type which they are now
using on the border they will be refit-
ted with the new type which the gov
ernment has ordered, says writer in
the Outlook. The newest shoe Is hob
nailed and weighs three pounds seven
ounces. 1t has been adopted for Mexi-
can service because the present type
has not worn wcp In mountain climb
Ing and has been readily cut up by the
malpais rock In Mexico. The shoe is
similar to that In use In the Italian
army.
Whether this model will be perma-
nently adopted Is open to considerable
doubt. The weight OF the shoes and
the stiffness of the leather used de-
tract from the comfort Of 1t. 1t has
some disadvantages, therefore, but the
severe usage in Mexico made 1t desir-
able to give this type thorough try
out In regular service.
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FEED WHAT YOU RAISE

as his own vegetables. Also his own
protein feed for his stock. and ex-
pend as little money as possible for
bran, cottonseed meal, and other high
priced protein feeds.
Dairy Essentials.
The dairy business, too calls for In
tellectual activity. Such exercise Is
good for the boys and girls. The dairy
business evens up things on the farm.
It gives steady employment. It is q
cash business. A man feels independ-
ent when he knows that his income
Is steady. Dairying builds up the
farm. 1t requires fewer acres and
consequently leads to more neighbors.
There Is always an air of prosperity
about well handled dairy farm. The
dairy business adds permanency to
the community. The success of the
man engaged In 1t depends upon keep
Ing milk records. 1t costs but little
and returns hundredfold. There are
good cows and poor cows. A farmer
should find out which are the poor
cows and which are the good ones.
This can be done by marking down
what they produce each day, ana u.s.
ing the Babcock test. Milk the good
cows and sell the Improbable ones
for beef.
"Feed what you raise. and raise
what you feed" has been the watch
word Of the best farmers in America
for many years. It Is the only safe
system.
Living on the farm means more
than most Of us realize. Not just to
live there. but to make It home.
Not just to grow corn. wheat and al
ialfa. but for the benefits that may
come to our homes and to our chill
dren through the things that we pro-
duce.
1t does not make much difference
how much wheat we raise or how
much corn we grow, but 1t does make
a tremendous difference what we do
with the profit that we get from the
corn and the other things that are
produced from the soil.
Farmer Was Power.
The pioneer American farmer of
the nineteenth century was a power
In his day. He did well his work Of
clearing away the forests. establish
Ing homes. building roads and settling
the wilderness. And II he did not
cultivate and care for the soil as he
should have done. we cannot blame
him, because the need was not press
Ing that day. 1t was not his problem.
The care Of the soil Is the problem
OF the farmer Of today. He Is being
called upon for many things that are
real necessities. He must improve his
soil. He must not forget that Live
Stock and Legumes are the basis of
Permanent Agriculture.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21

The iowa Beef Producers associa-
tion carried on an Investigation in
Iowa covering a period Of FIVE years.
Data was gathered from 20 Iowa
farms In nine different counties
throughout the. state. tSee chart.)
On ten average livestock farms SO
bushels Of corn per acre were pro-
duced as against SO bushels per acre
produced 90 ten average grain farms.
On ten average stock farms 80 BUSH
els Of oats per acre were produced,
as against 80 bushels per acre on ten
average grain farms.
Ten average stock farms produced
% tons Of clover per acre as against
IL tons per acre on ten average grain
farms. These comparisons speak for
themselves.
one-crop System.
A one-crop system will impoverish
any country, and In turn 1t will i'm
poyerish the people that are on its
farms. 1t is only through diversified
tion Of crops and the using Of our en-.
ergies every day Of the year, that we
can make q rich country.
Livestock farming Is diversified
farming and calls for system of crop
rotation with legumes. 1t returns fer
tllity to the soil. 1t adds interest to
the work Of the young people and
finally 1t Is best insurance of an in
come. The kind of live stock depends
upon local conditions. First, the pref
erence Of the farmer, second, the en-
vironment. Cows. hogs. horses, mules,
beef cattle. and sheep. offer a large
range Of choice and fit into many con-
ditions. Horses and hogs are found
on every farm and they become very
profitable to the man who under
stands them. Sheep raising and dairy.
Ing may be combined as one herd or
handled separately.
In either case they will be found
profitable. Varying combinations OF
live stock may be found profitable.
Livestock farming requires d de-
pendable feed supply. Silage and al
falfa are an excellent basis. Corn,
kafr, and other similar crops furnish
sllage.
Each farmer should make busi-
ness Of growing his own beef as well
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21
Demand for Fair Division Of Earnings
Must Be Heeded in the Course Of Time
By SENATOR PAUL O. HUsTINc Of wi.eon.;.

government has purpose promote happiness and pros
per Of its people ought not to keep all its the favored
few thus enabling them make inherit money amounts away
beyond the needs and demands Of aa and largely because
enmena favo extended No begudge the fortunes enjoyed
within the bounds of reason and when made by
efforts or services Of those enjoying of their descendants But
do complain and complain justly when the fortunes have been the
laws passed for the benefit of few for the very purpose enabling
Them reap where they have not ow and doing deprive the
and the tr Of his just share Of the fruits his labor
fair division Of profits and earnings is growing that
become louder and louder and ntent until will be needed
One of the things that this government will have do
hacntury believe will be to it that the who toll may
receive fair proportion the fruits Of their labor and that
their short travel through and along and upon this earthly sphere they
at least be assured that they may have opportunity to have
family and to live with it, that they may not be compelled to toll
that when they rise the morning they must before their children
and their wives home have arisen and that when they
reach home at night their children bed know be the
with the employees Of many factory this country would
me that in land like this flowing with milk and honey that every
who works and willing work should find time to live and that
conditions should not such that mengood men-shoud compelled
they are, to divide their days into three p namely Sleep work
and eat and that they time enjoying consona
guaranteed right viz, the pursuit Of happiness think that every
ought to have opportunity to raise his family to educate hem
and that at least he should have chance and opportunity make
good and women Of them
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supply, and therefore the supply Of
available plant food. had been more
nearly maintained In the rotation Of
the manured plots. A great differ
ence In the color Of the soil Of the
two plots at the Missouri station
where corn had been grown continu-
ously both with and without manure
was noticeable. The unmanured plot
was much lighter In color and Of
much poorer texture, thus showing
very clearly its lack of humus as COM
pared with the one beside 1t. It must
not be understood from this that crop
rotation alone will maintain fertility
but 1t Is the first essential. and the
rotation must include legume crops
Legumes are humus-building crops,
because in order to put humus In the
soil. nitrogen is necessary, and these
plants secure 1t from the air. This
experiment shows clearly the ad-
vantages Of live stock farming In
maintaining soil fertility.
Upon the plot where farm manure
was applied with rotation Of corn.
wheat and clover, there was margin
Of So bushels of corn per acre above
the cost Of growing. Estimating that
1t will cost 25 bushels or about $40
per acre to grow the corn. there Is a
cash profit Of 80 cents per bushel. Of
$3.50 per acre.
In the second plot, where no ma
nure was applied, with a rotation Of
corn, wheat and clover, there was q
margin of 20 bushels above the cost
of growing or a cash profit of $13.
On the plot where corn was grown
continuously for II years, without ro-
tation, there was a loss of $3.50 per
acre. or 13 bushels below the cost Of
producing an acre Of corn.
Feed What You Raise and Raise
What You Feed.
Some Of the crops will be marketed
but In the end you will find that hog
skins and steer hides are the best
grain sacks that you can have on the
farm. Convert your grain and hay
crops into beef and pork and drive
It to market on the hoof. Alfalfa,
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21
LIVE STOCK AND LEGUMEs

A ton Of average Iowa or Illinois soil
contains but q few pounds Of actual
fertility; that Is plant food material
which IL available or ever can become
available for the use Of crops. The
remainder Is simply waste material
and cannot be used by plants as food.
When this fertility has once been ex-
hausted. remember that 1t is gone for
ever and will not return except as II
is purchased.
The actual value of soil Is shown by
Its power to produce crops. This pro-
ducdveness depends not only on the
kind Of soil. but upon the condition
OF It The soil must be well drained,
contain sufficient amount Of vegeta-
hle matter or humus and be well
worked, in order to be In proper physi-
cal condition to produce crops. These
conditions are brought about principal
ly By tillage and crop rotation.
II 1t is possible then for the farmer
TO control the air circulation In the
soil, its water-holding capacity, the
bacterial content. and its available
plant food by proper soil tillage, II
is surely profitable for every farmer
to give his land careful, personal
study SO that the conditions In 1t are
the best for the production Of the
largest crops of the best quality.
Productive Land.
On farms where live stock is kept,
the land Is. much more productive
than on farms where exclusive grain
farming Is followed. Where the crop
Is sold on the market all Of the plant
food contained In the crop removed,
Is lost to the soil. Where oil crops
are sold. practice famillarly known
as mining the soll." the result Is.
without fail. the impoverishment Of
the soil. This practice will result in
a deficiency In organic matter, which
Is one Of the most valued properties
in farm manure. and can be most eco
nomlcally supplied by Its use.
No man should expect to make a
profit from farming by growing one
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21

pounds Of butter about 4 cents. Mar.
ket your crops through live stock, and
you will make more money from your
farming operations. Build up your soil
AID make your farm worth mora
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21

crop and devoting two-thirds Of his
time to doing 1t. Farming is a busi.
ness and requires all of our energies
intelligently directed.
Interesting Experiments.
Among hundreds of experiments
conducted In the past 25 years with
different cropping systems one OF
them carried on for a period Of II
years by the Missouri agricultural col.
lege stands out as striking ex-
ample Of the influence We have upon
the soil, to improve 1t, or exhaust IL
as we choose.
Live Stock and Lepumss.
For II years three systems Of farm
ing we're practiced on three plots OF
ground.
On plot one a system OF livestock
farming was practiced; that Is corn
wheat and clover were grown In rota.
tion with grain crops, the crops fed
10 live stock and the manure returned
70 the land.
On plot two a simple rotation Of
corn, wheat and clover was followed
md the crops harvested and sold ofi
the farm.
On plot three corn was grown ev.
cry year for II years, and every crop
harvested and removed from the land.
On this plot the Yield was reduced In
the last year of the experiment to lis
bushels per acre.
Where the land had simply been 70.
tated TO corn, wheat, and clio er. the
vyicld was 5O.7 bushels per acre, and
where manure was added In a corn.
wheat and clover rotation, the yield
was 77.6 bushels per acre.
No more striking results Of the ef.
feet 1t crop rotation could be found
sand there ID little doubt that the most
important cause Of this Increased
yield b Ia ths fact that the humua
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Opportunity.

The train was passing through
prohibition state, and the hardware
drummer had forgotten to provide
himself with flask. When the train
stopped at little station he got out
and asked native on the depot plat
form If there was any place in town
where he could get a drink.
you're just day too late. stran-
ger" he replied sadly. "The sheriff
rsided every place in town last night
and confscated all the booze They're
tryin' the fellers that sold it up to the
courthouse right now"
LEAD me to that courthouse" com
manded the drummer, pressing coin
into the natives hand. "They might
want an expert up there to sample that
stuff and tell 'em what 1t really Is"
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21
No Horse for Farmer

A farmer has no business with trot.
ting stock. Racing horses are like
prizes In lotteries. The drafter always
sells for more than his cost.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21

no limit the amount work be done the of trade
may had the wealth that created from the
The greater the production Of every country the greater purchases
Will be and the greater the trade of the world will be-
Great Britain and Germany have built up the trade they have
had with South America by advancing capital development
those countries They have literally created Of the
those countries the wealth from which they received their pay
They have invested about South America in the last
twenty-five or thirty years. and sent most out the form
ria and machinery
No wonder they have had the bulk the trade and if we are to
rival them there must do the work. We help the eye
opmen of those countries
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-21

Edwin Woodring, hermit of Allen
town, Pa, predicts speedy downfall of
Turkey.