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How Far Will
Japan Proceed 7

Sof1A AAS But now rar Will
Japan proceed on these lines? "Ameri-
can business men here believe that II
the policy which Japan is now trying
to impose on China succeeds the course
of events respecting other foreign
trade with China will be the same as
has occurred during Japanese occupa-
ton of Korea and Manchuria." So
saws the American Association of
China in a pamphlet recently pub
lished. Therein consists the really
vital Significance of Korea: not in the
American interests driven from a field
they explored and developed. but in the
face of the immensely greater Ameri-
can interests, actual and potential. in
China herself. Already in the Shan
tunx district. just seized from Ger
many, Japan Is using her former meth
DDS. There seems no doubt as to what
she will do II unchecked. Remains
only the question of who will check
her.
The missionary situation in Korea is
fundamentally different from that of
trade and industry. The missionary is
Influenced by no considerations of ex-
pediency. He has to stick to his post
whether the political administration be
favorable or NO. American mission
aries In Korea are standing by their
work. but the future that was once
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Troop 80.

"a special meeting Of Troop 80 is to
be called through it's mobilization plan
for the purpose of helping the Piney
Branch Park Citizens Association distrib-
ute programs concerning the big Fourth
Of July celebration to be held In the
neighborhood on that date. The troop
will help the various committees dur
Ing the day and has been assigned a
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HOW ABOUT JAPAN?
WI.-The Swallowing of
Korea.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

I The fate Of Korea has a double inter-
est for America. In the first place. the
tragic irony of the whole Korean IN
cident gives a hint Of what may be ex-
pected from Japan In other quarters.
In the second place, Korea was the
scene Of Americas greatest Asiatic
achievement, both IN commercial devel-
opment and in the work Of missionaries
In all the orient Korea was the one field
where American trade exceeded that OF
any other nation. Americans were opening
the mines. handling municipal Improves
ment projects-such as electric lighting.
the lions share Of trade. They did these
things In open competition with any
body who cared to compete, winning their
advantage solely by superior enterprise
and management. Many Of their projects
were undertaken with the outcome seri-
ously in doubt; they put their money and
their energy into a new and untrted field.
They built. for instance, the first railroad
In Korea. They were the pioneers OF
industry In the Hermit kingdom. They
took long chances, and they were be-
ginning to reap the reward when shift
In the far eastern balance OF power
threw Korea into the hands Of Japan.
No less conspicuous than the success Of
American industry in Korea was the sue
cess Of American missionary work. The
Christian religion took a firmer hold in
the kingdom than in any country where
1T has been spread among people Of a diff
ferent creed In recent times. Almost half
a million Koreans were converted. Close
to two thousand schools and churches
were established. The whole nation
seemed In fair way to be Christianized.
While there are missionaries of all ma
tons In Korea. the bulk OF the work was
done by Americans.
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~. Fratern1t1es II
DAUGHTERS of America.

Mrs Clara M. Goldsmith, financial
secretary of Mixpah Council, No. 8. was
present after several weeks absence
and made an address thanking the
members for their kindness during her
illness.
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Troop scribes are urged to get their
material in the hands of the scout
editor at least by Thursday of each
week. Only one side of a sheet Of
paper should be used, and plenty of
space should be allowed between the
lines of writing. Care should be taken
in regard to neatness and legibility.
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Korea herself has become a Japanese
province. She Is hardly 80 much
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After solemnly guaranteeing the in
dependence and autonomy of Korea in
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10
Alfalfa Grows Well on Most
Missouri Soils.

Tests mads by The Missouri
Agricultural Experiment Station
and published In part In bulletins
recently issued show that manure
and inoculation are the two neo-
ssssry soil treatments for the
successful production Of alfalfa
In Missouri and that frequently
the use OF phosphatss is advis-
able. Inoculstion is generally
necessary on all soils that are moi
overiiowed. Some Missouri soils
do not need fsrtilizing, but mos
of them win respond to manure.
Alfalfa 10 adapted 70 practically
al; OF Missouri soils except ths
level prairies OF the northeast
and southwest ssctions.--C. B
Huschison, Missouri College d
Agriculture.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

Elkhart Union Forbids Them %
90 on Bicycle Tor short
rasi<a. JAla

Elkhart, Ind.--"We walk!" has beenl
the slogan Of Elkhart journeyman
plumbers since the passage Of q rule
by the union forbidding the use OF
bicycle or motorcycle in going to and
from short jobs"
The penalty is o IS fine. Mem are
permitted under the rule TO ride ,toI
work for allday tasks. and to use
wheels at the noon lunch hour, butt
they must not make Intervening trips|
ON wheels. They may be passengers
Ut any time in vehicles provided by|
their regular employers.
The rule was the result Of . boast
at q union meeting Of one Of the men
that he had completed an unusually
large number Of short Jobs" during
that particular day. chiefly because he
used Q bicycle.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10
TREE AGAIN DEFENDS HOUSE
elk Times II Has Kept Wild Autes
From Entsring HorDs h
Cleveland.

Cleveland. For the sixth time in
Ave years large tree In Deputy Po-s
lilce Clerk A. J. KoselkA's yard, No.
450S Clark avenue, Southwest, has
saved tho Koxelka home from being
damaged.
West Fortysixth street dead-@nds
at Clark avenue The other night Al
Hoffmeyer. riding with Mxs Hon
meyer In Oh automobile. could not get
the machines steering gear to work,
and crashed through the Kozelka's
fence into the tree.
The Hoffmeyers were uninjured
save for bruises, but the tree was 10
damaged It probably viii have to be-
cut down.
III the tree comes down." Mr.. Ko-
selka said. +" I'm going to have . con-
crete pier built to take its place. This
IL the second time this year and tho
sixth time In Eve years It has saved
our home"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10
Good Seed Corn.

Much depends on the quality
OF our seed corn. One cannot
always tell by the appearance Of
an ear whether II will grow or
not. Many poor stands Of corn
get credited to the weather and
the crows that could have been
prevented by testing the seed.
II ten ears plant an acre, II is
easy to see the loss one dead ear
will cause. It 10 90 easy to take
three or four grains from each
seed ear and plant them where
they will grow. In Q few days
we will know without any guess
work whether our seed is good or
bad. A box divided into small
squares with old paper trays, or
with strings tied across the top
at right angles, makes Q good
tester. Fill with any material
that can be kept moist enough to
sprout corn. A few grains from
each ear are placed in each
square and the work is done. In
a few days we will know whether
our corn 10 alive or dead.
In our work In the Normal
School we use cloth seed corn
testers. Strips Of bleachsd mus
lin 5 II. 6 in. long and31 1t. wide
are marked with lead pencil OF
ink. First q line is drawn length
wise through the center OF the
tester to Is inches Of either end
Every three inches GROSS lines
are drawn. This gives us twenty
spaces which are numbered
Placing the grains in position
and rolling the tester up 1t ID
ready to be moistened. This can
be done by pouring water over
the tesser or placing II 30 that
one end dips in water allowing
the moisture to be taken up by
capillarity. The kind of tester is
immatsrial. Testing is the i'm
portant thing.
SETH BABcoCK,
Department Of Agriculture,
State Normal School, Caps
Girarjeau, Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

The were 90. TAO births in Mic
ssuri during the year 1915 and
50. 400 deaths, according 10 the
report Of The state board OF
health. The highest number Of
births was the month of Septem-
Der. 6.1ob, the monthly average
being 5.812. December showed
the highest death roll with 4,322
and September The lowest record
with o total OF asia. 10 1911
there were 73,025 births or 4.17e
more than In 1915.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

The public schools at jackson
were closed last week on account
OF an epidemic Of diphtheria.
Eleven cases were reported.
D. J. Doughty yesterday re-
ceived orders on the Government
Arsenal OF Rock Island, ILL.,, for
four bronze mountain howitzers
to be erected on the courthouse
lawn, one on each corner. Ac-
companying the guns will also be
70 Of the 2-pound balls which
were used In them. These will
be erected in four pyramids, one
besides each cannon. These
guns were secured through the
efforts Of Mr.. Doughty and Con.
gressman Hensley, the latter
having secured the passage Of .
bill through congress awarding
the cannon to the city of Farm.
ington. .-Farmington News.
On last Friday evening Geo.
Hovis was trying to drive one Of
NJ. L. Clubb's steers out OF . field,
the steer was contrary and refus-
cd to 60 10 the direction wanted,
and while trying to head it off
the steer ran against the garden
palings with its side. A strip
nailed to the pailings caught the
steer just behind the left shoulder
and went through between his
ribs ranging toward his hip and
broke off. When the strip was
removed It was found to bs 10
inches long, 8 inches at the larg-
est end and about ! 1-2 at the
small end and about an inch
thick, with . nail in 1t. The steer
eats hearty and appears alright
except little stiff in bis should
:
or. - Fredericktown Democrats
News.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

Curiosity killed Q cat and pub.
licity killed the Charlie Chaplin
club at Windsor. Canes and
mustaches which the charter
members pledged themselves to
wear until April |. have been
discarded and Fighting from
ambush" has | ceased. Some
fsigned regrets but the Review
says the only real tears shet
over the incident were those o.
gladnsss.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10
GERMAN WOMEN SELL HAIR
Mother and Daughter Send Tressss 10
the United States 10 Aid
eoldlsrs.

Denver, Colo.-'To obtain funds for
wounded German soldiers they are
nursing In military hospital conduct.
Cd by their husband and father. Mrs.
Louis 3. Ries Of Karlsruhe, Germany.
and her daughter, twenty years old:
have sent their hair to Mrs. Francis
Bode. Mrs. Ries' sister here. for sale.
II has become the practice for women
In Germany to sell their hair, and Mrs.
Bode has already sold the hair Of one
Of her little nieces for sa5 for the
same purpose.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10
The Advantages Of Selling
Cream.


Some farmers are churning
butter and selling it for less than
they would receive from the sale
Of the cream which Is used in
making the butter. Professor
|C. H. Eckles Of the Missouri
College Of Agriculture points out
three very good reasons why 1t 10
to the advantage OF the Missouri
farmers to sell cream rather
than to make butter to be sold at
the local store. (1) Selling cream
means less work for the women
than making butter. (2) The
cream will nearly always bring
az much ss the butter and often
considerably more. (S) The
cream buyer offers q market for
any quantity Of cream at any
time.
Any system that will tighten
the duties OF the women on the
farm with out decreasing the in
come should certainly be adopt
ed. When cream is sold all that
is necessary is to see that the
cream is cooled after being sepa-
rated and to take 1t along to town
twice a week In winter and three
times in summer.
1t may be that a!few farmers
wives will find special customers
that will take the butter at q
price equal to that secured for
cream but that does not apply to
many. Even thsn surplus butter
will be left on hand at times.
Aga there may not be enough
to supply the customers and dis
satisfaction will result. When
selling cream these troubles do
not come to annoy. Any guam
tity. much or little, can be sold
to the cream buyer at anytime
and cash received on the spot.
As q rule, unless the home-
made butter can he sold at an
advantage price OF 25 cents or
more, the year around the income
will be more II the cream is sold.
At an average Of 25 cents the in.
come will be about the same but
a large amount Of work will be
saved by selling the cream. II
the farmer does not have q cream
separator he should get one il
four cows or more are milked. A
machine will more than pay for
itself within year when 10 cows
are kept by the additional butter
saved. Four COWS with q separa-
tor will make as much butter as
five Of the same grade without a
separator. The fifth one repre-
ssnts the loss in butterfat in the
skimmilk.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

Every traveller through the
Ozarks, says the Branson Leader,
has noticed that some roads are
go marked by three notches on
trees. These are county high
ways and are go MARKED to dis
tinguish them from roads lead
ing to 9 house, 9 saw mill or q
tie camp. The ''S-notoh road"
always leads to some town.
The states youngest girl farm
or doubtless Is Miss Mable Dale,
who, with profits derived from
oil leases in Oklahoma, acquired
last week Q 400-sere tract In
Jasper county. The deal was
made by Mise Dals's father. The
farm is the fourth to be bought
Ia Jasper county BY the Dale
family with the last four years.
Greer W. Davis Of Cape Giraf-
dsau county holds the oldest at.
tornsy's license in the state, u
EA 4
having been granted in 1918.
Gen. N. w. Watkins of Scott
county is next, his license hav.
ing been issued in 1922. A Mr..
Darby is said to be third, his pa
per beng dated in 1924. Mr.,
Watkins is 81 years old and Mr.
Davis II.
Buck agus over . pocksr game
is the silment . Cape Girardsau
liurist oonfessss having had whsr
lin the role Of onlooker. he saw
participant in the great Ameri'
loan indoor sport discard thre,
|tsns and, holding deuoe and
tray, call for three cards on th'
draw. Then, without making ,
|pair. the player under observa'
tion raked In the pot to whiol
othsrs had contributed literally
The judge was hardly himsel
until il wac explained that 18th
boys" were engaged in . session
Ilof ssDixie poker" where tn
lowest hand wins.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

Planting And Pruning
Fruit Trees.
J. G. whitten, Missouri College Of Ag-
y riculture.
Fruit trees should be ordered
at eAce II they are 70 be set out
this spring. Careful tests at the
Missouri Agricultural Experi-
unent Station have shown that
fall Planting 10 better, but IL the
work was not done last fall 1t will
be better to do the work this
spring than TO wait until next
fall and lose another year Of
growth.
One-year.old trees that have
been properly grown are usually
preferable, but two-year-old ap.
pie, pear, cherry, or American
plum trees may be used. Set
apple trees 25 or 35 feet apart
each way; pear, peach or cherry
trees 20 feet; and plum trees
IS Ia feet.
The bark will show just how
deep the young trees were before
transplanting and they should be
reset to about the same depth in
holesju deep and broad enough
to admit the roots in their natur.
al position without any bending.
Cut any broken or diseased parts
from the roots and be sure that
the ends are smoothly cut in
stead Of left ragged. Trees that
cannot be planted as soon as they
come must be heeled in to pre-
vent the roots from drying out
or molding.
Shake fine moist (not wet) soil
In between the roots and tramp II
firmly with the feet while the hole
IL being filed, but be sure that
the rocss are covered In Q natural
position and not trampled into
bad positions. After the soil has
been tramped In level with the
surrounding ground. an inch or
two of loose earth spread over
the surface will help to prevent
baking.
Az most trees cannot be reset
without the loss Of many roots,
the top must be trimmed accord.
ingly or there will be more Of II
than the remaining roots can
support readily and even young
trees which are not transplanted
should be pruned severely and
the proper shape given them.
The-ons-ysar old tree which has
no side limbs should usually be
trimmed to maks,it head out from
two to two and Q half feet from
the ground. All side limbs oi
peach trees should be cut of
close to the trunk and the main
trunk sh ould be shortened,
Cherry trees should be go pruned
that only three. four or five
branches are left. but none Of It'd
branches should be out back.
| Wsll-branched apple, pear
land American plum trees should
have the main leaders out out tt
form open spreading heads ths
will let in the sunshine to aid Ii
ripsning the fruit. Their sid'
limbs should be 60 shortened tina
they are only hall or third
as long as at first. The numbel
of main limbs should be finall,
reduced to three, four or iiv'
which are to form the framework
OF the tree, but II is often bette
ito leave more limbs than this .
the end of the first season ant
make final choice OF the limb
that are TO be saved at the end o
another year.
Ii
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Mad by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

ssssssss$sssssssssssss*ss,
The attendance at the State
University is now above 1900
&he largest in the history OF the
institution.
Missouri hes six corneob pipe
factories which produce practic.
ally all the corncob pipes In the
United States.
$50 long as II 10 feminine gen.
der, who minds hsgging q de-
dusion?" asks Dan Carr in the
Macon Times- Democrat.
Fulton now boasts--or is 1t ad-
mits?--a negro policeman. The
officer is to have authority only
in "the black belt" Of that city.
An audit OF tho accounts OF
the circuit clerk and recorder In
Wayne county disclosed discrep.
ancies totalling s598.S9 for the
6our-yesr period eadiag January
81, 1915.
Pike county's fret store, whish
q correspon dent Of the Louisiana
Press- journal insists should not
be classed as a mere ''trading
post," was established near
Clsrkville in 1917.
There 10 . chance at Paris for
some sprightly young lawyer to
step into = position paying near
lyS1 o week. The office Of city
attorney, with its salary Of $50 q
year is goiag begging.
The State Industrial school for
negro girls at Upton, has been
completed and will be opened
about the middle OF April. II is
said the school 10 the only one OF
its kind Ia the United States.
The chap who cas tell q dia-
mond from an imitation is all
right in his line, but the Pierce
City Leader thinks him lesser
light than tho expert who at q
glance can recognize genuine
pork sausage.
Bates county's Indebtedness
will be lowering aronnd the
100000 mark II the Marias de
Cygnes drainage ditch claim is
allowed. The officers Of. the
drainage organization recently
filed suit for $4,000.
Talk is not aiways cheap. A
telephone company hes put Q toll
OF fifteen cents a message for
connecting patrons OF the Cali
exchange with Trenton subscrib.
ers. The Trenton Times promises
q Eight to the finish"
The organizing Of . "dry," /"
bank is being discussed ct Mo-
berly, where the recent local
option election made snenies oa
friends. No matter how dry the
bank gets, let US hope that the
stock will act be wstsred.
A Howell county man adver.
tised for household help and
within two weeks his wife an.
swered by presenting him will
twins, both girls. Talk abou
preparedness. Nothing bring
1t to pass like advertising.
"Smoking will bs tolerated, ;
confssses q wellsville widow
who admits che is looking for
husband who must have botl
sense and cents. IA fine hom'
for the right person. ID enc o
the features Of the frank propos
al.
Cosneiius Roach. Missouri SEQ
ressxg Of state. sent ex-1overno
Doeksry. who 10 chairman OF th
Democratic state committee. $40
as . fling fee for the gubsrns
sorial eampelen. Mr.. Roach wa
the first candidate for govesao
to iile his iss with Ar. Doeksry.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1t is reported that damages
to the railroad between Poplar
Bluff and Leepsr was approxi-
n,ately 100000 by the January
flood. W..
The Scott County Bachelors
Club was organized at Fornfelt
last week. The members take
an obligation not to marry, and
agree to forfeit $40 to the club II
they forfeit that obligation.
Missouri 10 q very large state.
st. Joseph alone 10 about % large
in population as the entire state
OF Nevada. Kansas City 10
larger than the state OF Arizona
while st. Louis is larger than the
populations Of Utah and New
Mexico combined.
The heat from q ton and a hal [
OF coal is as nothing compared
to the place he 10 surely driving
to, comments the Marceline
Journal. Mirror on the probable
future Of the person who robbed
a local minister's coal house
during church services.
Neither presence Of mind nor a
weeks salary whieh she carried
in one of her stockings was lost
by q Springfield young woman
who recently when attacked by q
highwaymsn, swatted him with
anumbrslla until he was glad OF
the chance to run away.
One OF the prisoners Of the
penitentiary at Jefferson City
killed a fellow prisoner with o
hammer one day last week. The
man who was killed was serving
q term Of 90 years for murder
while the one who did the killing
had q term Of only four years for
burglary.
A Confederate flag which she
and q girl friend made in 1852
while Union soldiers were in
possession Of Boonville fs still
the treasured possession OF Miss
Amanda Kelly Of that city, says
the Republican. The flag is oi
silk and on the blue square are
seven guilt stars.
"Concordia's . good town."
was one Of the first things ths
country editor OF the Higgins.
vile Jsffersonian said when hs
paid the Concordian Q call the
other day. "It's . good thing
he did, too" comments the Con.
cordian, "or he'd have found ths
fighting editor ini'
Jim West, Of Warsaw, tried ar
| odd method OF suicide. Taking
the burner of . lamp he pouret
the kerosene on his head and go
fire to Il. He walked down stairs
. living torch, but his siste
grabbed . piece Of carpet. ant
smothsred the flames. He wa,
frightfully burned bat may live.
4 On the 11th Missouri congress
men and their wives gave . sur
prise dinner TO Third Assistan
Postmaster General Dooksry a
the Hotel Raleigh In Washington
on the occasion OF his list birth
! day. He was presented on be
hslf Of the Missouri delegation 4
congress with . silver lovinI
! cup..
Only three Sundays missed Ii
forsy one ysars 10 the presohinI
. record Of . 6belbina pastor
7 whoss third absencs In ths
} period, was notsd last 6unda
D night. Each Sunday during tn
. forty one years the Rev. H. {
. Bolsn has preached from one
{ three sermons at church service
OF religious meetings..
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-03-10

Il The public schools At jackson .
were closed last week on account
OF an epidemic Of diphtheria.
Eleven cases were reported.