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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
FARMERS WILL STUDY COSTS
Winter Courses in Farming at the College of Agricul
ture, Columbus Opening January End To Deal
Deal With Economical Production
of Food Stuffs

cost of living. Bulletins received by
local farmers show that the Winter
Courses will deal particularly with
problems in poultry raising, dairy
farming, livestock farming, horticul-
ture, vegetable gardening, farm crops,
veterinary medicine, etc.
Since a quart of milk has a food
value equal to three fourths pound of
beef steak or eight eggs, dairy pro-
ducts will figure more prominently as
a food for everyone, it is claimed.
The demand for more economical pro-
duction of dairy products is shown by
the fact that there has been an in
crease of 700 per cent. in cow-testing
associations in Ohio during the past
year. Winter Courses in Dairying at
the College of Agriculture will also
train men to become testers for as
sociations as well as show how dairy
products can be manufactured on the
farm.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

porous and as saving as the New Eng
landers or the Swedes. Their wants
are simple and their pay big.
Tnen the governor cleaned up the
cities. Merida had fairly reeked with
vice and corruption in the old days.
White slavery was carried on to such
an extent as was never dreamed of
anywhere else, managed by a thor
oughly organized syndicate of scoun-
drels from Cuba. am happy to say
that no native Yucatecan was engaged
IN this traffic. People who baChe
every day and always wear clean
clothes are sure to be more or less
morally clean also. There is no red
light district in Merida to-day.
Gambling was forbidden and
stopped absolutely.
Bull fighting and cock fighting were
abolished and there was not the howl
about it that one would have expect
ed, for drunkenness was made i'm
possible at the same time and perfect
ly sober people do not become very en-
thusiastic over bull or cock fights.
When l say drunkenness was i'm
possible l mean it, for it is impossible
to get drunk if there is nothing to get
drunk with. That is the condition in
Yucatan. The governor took possess
sion of all the wines and liquors and
spirits. He did not coniscate them or
empty them in the cutters. He locked
them up in storehouses and told the
owners that they still owned them and
could sell them anywhere outside of
Mexico, but that they could not sell
possession in Yucatan.
Nobody may bring any intoxicating
liquor into Yucatan, or have it in their
possession or drink it. Woe betide
them if they do.
l have seen prohibition tried in
many parts of the United States, but
never with absolute success. Gov
ernor Alvarado made it successful in
one day in Yucatan by going to the
root of the matter.
This does not impose any hardship
on people who have been accustomed
to taking stimulants, for beer may
be sold freely and light wines can be
had in the hotels and higher class res
taurants by those who can afford it,
for the wines are all imported and
consequently expensive. Although
there are several breweries in Yuca-
tan making a fair grade of beer, it is
by no means a cheap beverage, and
the percentage of alcohol is so small
that it is considered non-intoxica-
ting drink. That fact and it's high
price robs it of any effect it might
otherwise have.
Probably there is less drunkenness
in Yucatan than in any other civilized
section of the world of the same size
and population. 1t is a crime there
and people guilty are put in prison
and set to work. They are also put
in prison and set to work for being
idle; that is, being tramps or hoboes
or buns or chronic loafers. Idleness
there is as much of crime as drunk.
enness, for in a country where there
is work for 100000 more laborers
idleness is a menace to the state. A
man who can work and should work
and will not work is made to work.
Work Compulsory in Yucatan
The state is quite honest about get
ting this enforced labor. 1t does moi
steal it from the prisoners. It does
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
THE AWAKENING OF YUCATAN
An Interesting Article From The Pan-American Maga
zine for October 1916 Concerning The Land and
The People Who Furnish Material
For Binder TWine

From that moment Yucatan began
to wake up.
That was a year and half ago.
Since then under the wise guidance of
Governor Alvarado and his counsel
lors Yucatan has been progressing
and expanding. The magic touch of
modern thought and methods held
by the revolutionary leaders started
the bud into full bloom.
To-day Yucatan has shaken off her
stagnation and is simply striding
ahead. The progressive spirit has
taken hold of the people of all classes
and prosperity is assured all over that
great arm of land reaching out at the
south of the gulf.
The first thing that General Alva-
RADIO did when he took command of
the country and established himself
in Merida was to abolish the evils.
He did not wink at them or deplore
them or start legislation about them.
He simply stopped them. He abol-
ished slavery with one wond and
made the poems free and independent.
More than that, he also saw to it that
they got good wages for their labor.
The result is that the working classes
are better paid in Yucatan now than
they are almost anywhere else in the
two Americas.
Formerly they were given just corn
enough to keep them alive and not
too much alive at that Now they are
getting wages that compare favor
ably with those paid in the United
States. At first the slaves could not
understand it. They did not know
what money was or what use to make
of it. Before they had been giver
their corn. Now they have to buy il
and so they complained. Also they
thought that they must spend or in
some way get rid of all the money
paid them as soon as they received it
You see they were perfect children in
this respect. They had never had any
money nor had their ancestors fol-
many generations. So the only way tC
keep them out of debt and idleness
and evil was to pay them off every
night. The governor ordered thi!
done and the custom is still in vogue
at many haciendas, although the more
intelligent Indians have now learned
that dollar is just as good month
: off as it is five minutes after being re
ceived.
The habit of thrift and saving il
gradually taking root. There is ever!
reason to believe that in time these
peaceful farmers will become as pros
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

river, Godson, a fine town in Alabama,
went to Cave Springs, Gainesville,
got dinner in Rome, Georgia, a fine
city. Our seventh camp was on GEN
eral Sherman's march to the sea. The
10Th stayed in Atlanta, Ca, went
through Macon camped six miles
south in fine woods, eighth camp, it
got warmer, went through Hockens-
vile, nearly all negroes, we stayed
at Sentear Hotel, Fitzgerald, Geor-
gia. Ninth camp, Falkstone, Georgia,
then white sand, ferried across St.
Mary's river in Florida and over ST.
Johns river. Tenth camp south of
Jacksonville ten miles. We went to
St. Augustine, the oldest city in the
United States, we visited the old fort
and saw the dungeon and the great
st construction that 1 ever saw
places of punishment and in a dun
geon that I could not live two hours
that was built by the Spaniards. We
stayed all night at Hasting came
through Pearson and Barbersville. We
visited the Deleon Spring, where the
water boils up something over a mil
lion gallons a minute, the water is 72
degrees, winter or summer, there a
large chimney and arches were built
many years ago from brick shipped
from Spain, it has water power
wheel over twenty feet across where
they ground corn before the war. We
have visited orange groves the finest
site and the fullest trees I ever saw
We have oranges to eat all the time.
We visited the East Lake Topleyhock-
ey about half mile from Mr.. Tur-
penings place where we saw straw
berries in blossom, peach trees in
bloom, potatoes ready to dig and
everything and everything looks like
good old Summer, time.
We had a fine trip and good time
$4,000 miles. the roads better than
expected. They are working on them
all through the Southern States. The
finest brick roads and shell roads anc
the sand is hell roads, and Vern Lee
if YOU drive through do not wait. toe
long.
H. A, LEE.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
FARM SALE

1 will sell at public auction on,
Thursday February 1st, 1917. My
farm of As acres, located two miles
East of Ottokee. Good eight room
house, barn and other outbuildings,
land well tiled and fenced, some fruit,
well watered: Will also sell personal
consisting of live stock, hay,
grain, farming implements and etc.
Will be glad to have you come and
look the property over before the sale.
C. w. KENNEDY.
36-e w 1-26-17
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
By George Miner.


II cleanliness is next to godliness,
then the people of Yucatan must all
be saints.
To be sure they do not look exact
ly like saints, but they do look clean
and what is more they are clean.
From the humblest peon to the rich
est planter personal cleanliness is al
most a religion with them. Bathing
is part of their daily life just as much
as eating and sleeping. The person
who does not take, at least one, and
generally two, baths a day is a very
rare exception; more than that, they
put on a clean and fresh suit of
clothes every day. Not the upper
classes alone, but the common people
also, the laborers in the fields and on
the streets.
When a laborer comes home from
his work in the evening the first thing
he does is to take the hot bath his
wife has had prepared and waiting
for him. Then he puts on a clean
of nothing but white cotton trousers,
shirt and jacket, but it is fresh and
as clean as a hounds tooth. Then he
eats his modest little supper of corn
or beans, which is all he wants or
cares for, gets out his guitar and
strums plaintive melodies as he swings
in a hammock under the palm trees
while a round, white moon set in an
indigo-blue sky casts wavering black
shadows all around as the cooling
trade winds waves the branches.
These men are not evil-minded
They are not trouble-makers or ban
dts. On the contrary they are as
peaceful, hard working peasantry as
can be found anywhere in the world.
For centuries they were kept in dense
ignorance and many of them in
slavery. Ever since Montejo ard his
dauntless Spanish followers swept
over the Peninsula bringing death and
desolation the Maya Indian has been
subject to oppression. His lot under
the long reign of Diaz was quite as
bad as It was two hundred years age
under the naughty Spanish gov
ernors.
No effort of any kind wa ever
made to help or free him until the
revolution came and the Constitution
alistA secured control of Mexico
Then General Salvador Alvarado, al
the head of a hardy little army
loomed on the scene, pushed off intC
the sea the corrupt and thieving poll.
ticians and the slave-owning aristo'
Gratis and began to set things right.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

Providing for thirty-one different
subjects directly related to farming,
winter courses in agriculture to be
opened by the College of Agriculture
at the Ohio State University, Colum-
bus, on January 2 for farm men and
boys, will deal with problems con-
fronting Ohio farmers in producing
grain, livestock and dairy products
economically. Because there will be
an unusual demand for livestock and
even food-stuffs when the war closes,
the farmers who give attention to the
economical production of products
now will reap greater profits later,
it is claimed.
Farmers point out that even though
farm products are selling high, great
er attention must be given to more
economical production Of farm pro-
ducts to make as much money as when
prices were normal. The high cost of
production rises even faster than the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
Inactivity Causes Consultation

Lack of exercise in the winter is
frequent cause of constipation. You
feel heavy, dull and istless, your COM
plexion is sallow and pimply, and en-
ergy at low ebb Clean up this con-
dition at once with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, a mild laxative that re-
lieves the congested intestines with
out gripping. A dose before retiring
will assure you full and easy move
ment in the morning. 25c, at your
Druggist.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

ates from vaudeville, who know so
well the art of entertainment; Collins
and Hart, whose burlesques are a
never failing source of delight; Frank
lin Bate, graceful dancer; and
Rosie Quinn, that captivating miss
who never fails to win the hearts of
all who see her
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
ENJOYING THE SOUTHLAND
Lakeland, Florida, Nov. 29th, 1916
Dear Friends:-

Dear F'rlendS:-
This is a beautiful country and a
lovely climate, about like our June
days. l am sitting on the porch writ
ing; there are lots of oranges and
grape fruit here, have them most all
the year round. There are also a
great many beautiful ferns and
flowers everywhere. Quite number
of people come here for the winter,
some have their winter homes here.
think this climate is going to be a
benefit to Mr. Funk as he is feeling
some stronger already. They claim
that this city is the highest in the
state and has great healing properties
there are about eight thousand inhabi-
tants here and many coming every
year. Hope this finds the home folks
well.
MRS FESTUS FUNK.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15

Tribune ads get results.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-15
TUESDAY CLUB

December Nineteenth
Roll Call 500. Scriptural Questions
The Christmas Story. -. President
Vocal Solo o.......... Nellie Gorsuch
Thimble Day
Hostess-Edith Hoy
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-05-12

pan. This was to use the two pass
ports of Bob Garrett and his sister.
u have not told you my real name,'
said my companion.
1--WE scarcely seem to have had time
TO speak Of anything yet. We've been
pretty busy, you see"
1T is Nolna Drakona. My father is
dead; my dear mother is in feeble
health. have a half brother and half
~slst"r and Katinka."
"Ihr passports will give you another
sort of brother till we get to CracOw,
only for a few hours, however, if all
goes we'll. Volna. [ have heard
thai lame before"
ut is my mother's," she said simply.
Then, You like it,"
ut is southern in its sweetness"
My mother is from the south. DO
you think | could write to her and let
her Know that all is we'll with me?
She may hear of my uncle's death, and
the anxiety will almost kill her. We
are deeply attached to n another"
"There is no reason why you should
not. And from CracoW it may be safe
to telegraph"
"lou speak as if We We're quite GER
tain Of getting through"
"Why shouldn't we: | have had an
other thought. My servant is at Bra,
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taking everything on her own Shout
dcrs.
~ lone am res ,OnSiblc,' she cried,
stepping forward. "Give up the coat,
Mr.. Anstrutller. 1t is ] who should be
the prisoner"
She acted p%Inckily. like the little
brick she was. and with the best in
tentions in the world. But it was Il
huge mistake. She had practically
given the whole thing away.
The significant leer of triumph on the
he appreciated this.
! lost no time in u%ndereiving the po-
lice agent.
"iou are plucking un>hot birds" |
said. 'Thcrc is not going to be any ar
rest either of this lady or myself. You
a end the thing anyhow YOU please
shOr Of arrcsting either Of us"
WAS glad that that made him lose
his temper. "Do YOU dare to disobey
me-" he cried furionSly.
became personal and hcaprd fuel
on the fire of his anger. Don't be Il
foolish little person. You don't know
how idiotic You look. You can do moth
ing. You arc six inches shorter than I
am. and | don't care a koIeck for your
authority al a Policeman
lie sworc ~f1uently and stamped his
feet with rage "You will answer for
this he shouted. using a very foul
epithet. II thought this morning you
,nrn 81 Si,X- \nr, I l,,ny, - Nn,v SIn11
not insult me. In the name of the car,
l call on you to submit"
| laughed at him with intentional ag-
gravation. You are q: worse fool than
| thought. I am a British subject; |
have done no wrong. You have just
insulted me grossly, and the best thing
you Fan do is to clear out
you are a revolutionary, in league
with this woman and the carrion
there" and he jcrked his thumb to.
ward the dead body.
took no notice of this coarscncsS,
but untethcrcd the unhurt horse and
led it over to my companion.
I'VE are going" | said to him. 81
! have told you that this is Miss Mary
Smith; / have her passport here in my
coat" l rummagcd in the pockets
found two passports and handed then
to him.
He glanced at them and then peck
cted them with Il grin of self satisfac
ton at his aStuteneSs.
"Whcrc are o gOing:'
'"Thut is our own business. will
not let you follow us. Return me those
passports" l said, th%reateningly. HI
did not see my object. but backed away
toward his horse. Come, quick"
He hcsitatcl a and thel
mounted hurricdly. AS they were il
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your coat they will connect YOU with
these people," he said With Il cunning
leer.
II did not care a rap for this now.
whether he kept or returned them. We
could not possibly use them again. $"
I shrugged my shoulders and turned
away. Go to the devil" | said.
But he had a surprise for me. AS
my back was turned a pistol shot rang
out, and the horse l was holding pluny-
ed and tore loose from me, limpc,l
down the hill and fell to the ground.
Nov We'll see about your tall talk,
Mr.. Engli>hman. You and the woman
there will just march on ahead of me
into RratinSk. and if either of YOU 80
much as look round II fire. Mind
that
His weapon was lcveled at my head.
and my companion again showed the
stuff she was made Of. With Il little
cry she dashed right III front OF me
dead in the line Of tire.
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ALWAYS Careful.

"Why is it that old Closefist never
has anything to say"
Just a development of his general
character and disposition. He is miser-
ly even with the parts of speech
Richmond Times Dispatch.
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tinsk, and l shall use him to Great IN
other scent for the police. l shall send
him off toward Warsaw in my name
while we go to Cracow as the two Car
rettS. | look for no trouble in Bra
tinsk. The police agent is not likely to
think we shall venture to return there.
l expect he will just get the help he
needs and rattle back to make the ar
rest. He will then follow Michel and
his sister. and as this will take up
some hours at least we ought to be
clear away and near Cracow before he
even returns to BratinSk.'
you make it seem very simple and
easy"
$50 it ought to be, but | shall feel
better when we are in the train speed
ing west. There is one thing. by the
by, you had better make some kind of
change in your appearance. l "a do
it easily by shaving my beard and
changing my clothes. Do you think
you could buy something in Bratinsk?
Your description is SURE to be tele-
graphed in all directions.'
We discussed the meal of doing this
and had scarcely settled matters when
we reached Bratinsk. Having arrang-
cd where to meet, l went to the inn
and Volna to procure the change of
costume.
The dusk was beginning to fall, and,
deemins it best to be cautions, l enter
ed the inn by a side door and succeed
ed in slipping up to my rooms UNI
noticed.
My servent Fe]sen, was not there.
but afraid to lose time in waiting and
to work and shaved off my beard and
mustache. AS ] changed my clothes.
| found the police agents revolver
and took it with me.
AS Felsen always looked after my
things, l did not notice anything amiss
except that he seemed to keep them
very carelessly, but as 0 o as | Went
into the sitting room, which opened
from the bedroom, | scented trouble.
Every drawer and cupboard in the
place had been ~ransacked, and papers
and books were all left in the greatest
confusion.
l had barely time to step into a cup
board when the door was opened and
two men entered. ono wus Felsen,
the other Il stranger, His curt, sharp
tone and manner suggested the police.
They passed through into the sitting
room beyond.
Your master has not been back,
then, it seems
II shouldn't think he'll come back,
after what you say
Hell probably hc brought back"
This with a Snepr. I'VE know how to
deal with spies and traitors"
There WAS Il pause. and then Felsen
said. II suppose if he's caught he
won't be let ont for a long While:'
"Our prison doors only open one way
easily" chnlcklcd the other.
'"rhen I may as we'll look after my
self. | suppose"
"Ycs. He's evidently made 4 fool OF
YOU"
well. it's my turn now. Have a
cigar:'
l heard matches struck and smell my
best cigars.
I'VE can wait downstairs rs we'll as
here" said the police agent. I'll lock
the doors this time to make sure He
came into the bedroom. locked the door
on the inside and then went back. The
other door was then locked, and the
two men eel downstairs.
Fortunately be had lett the key in
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Most Girls Want a Cake Winner.

My son. I hope When you marry
that girl you will show her that you
are a breadwinner.'
You do? Well, if she can't make
it I don't propose to gamble for it,
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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Watchful Waitino,

Mother-Gladys, you stood on the
porch quite awhile with that young
man last night. Gladys-Why, moth
er, l only stood there for a second.
Mother-But I'm sure l heard the third
and the fourth.-Pitt Panther.
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Censored Remarks.

Mrs. Bacon--I heard you talking to
yourself while you were taking your
bath, John. That's a bad custom. Mr..
Racon-I wasn't talking to myself; i
was talking to the soap. | slipped on
it and fell.-Yonkers Statesman.
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A Determined Brute.

"Silas," said the good wife, II see
that mems pants arc to he worn
longer"
"Just the same, %Samanthy, I'm 90
ing to nave a new pair."-Richmond
Times-Dispatcll
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Having a Few
Quiet Laughs With
The Funny Man
lFiIiaI Repartee.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who was
always distressed for money, was one
day hacking his face with a dull razor
when he turned to his eldest son and
said:
tom, if you open any more oysters
with my razor I'll cut you off with a
shilling"
every well, father" said Tom, "but
where will you get the shilling"'
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Couldn't Tell.

Has your pocket ever been picked:'
Really, l don't know. 1t nev was
before / got married. If it has been
since I of course would have no way
of finding out about it."-Chicago Her
aid.
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Sufficient.

do you think we shall e estab-
fish communication with Mars?"
"See no reason for trying to do So"
replied Mr.. Growcher. Enough OPP
portunity for diplomatic interchange
down Observation-Disclosures Star.
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TaIk;no and LOOKING Backward.

RESISTANT you do this as I do it?
Slavey-If I could I'd have your job
as president of the company and you'd
be looking for the one l gave up when
l came here.-Richmond Times-Dis.
patch.
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rec

"Do you go in for aviation:' he asked
the beauty of the high class girls
school.
mo: not for aviation. One goes in
for sea bathing, but for aviation one
| goes u~p."-Chicago Herald.
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Sometime New.

Jabbers-I tell you, old man, it's a
terrible thing when your wife quarrels
with her mother and the old lady lives
with you. Which side do you take?
Haver-Neither. I preserve an alarm
ed Observation-Disclosures Tit-Bits.
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Fairly Healthy.

"Now, the boy 1 want in this Office
must be honest, bright, clean and
healthy. Have you perspicacity?'
ooh, no, sir! | never had anything
but whooping cough and the mumps.'
Exchange.