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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07
Two land transa ctions occurred

Two land transactions occurred
this week in which Stoddard
county land brought q pretty
good price. Joseph F. and Ella
G. Howell sold to John I. Clark
Of Boone county, 240 acres Of
land near Dudley for $751;
and Louisa Niederhaus sold to
r. W. Hinkhouss, Of West Lib.
erty, Iowa, 200 acres southeast Of
Dexter for s1S, 900. Bloomfield
Vindicator.
During a severe electrical storm
ct an early hour Monday morn
ming lightning struck q small
tree near the o. V. Elmore home,
and every resident Of Morely
would have sworn the bolt struck
about their places. The pressure
OF the bolt was plainly felt oil
over town which led most of us
to believe that II struck near us.
Mr.. Elmcre was out in the yard
when the bolt struck picking up
an arm load Of stove wood and
besides knocking him senseIess
for several minutes it shattered
the post against which the wood
was ranked, and q wash boiler
on the back porch was thrown
to the top Of an ornamental tree in
the yard and some stove pipe not
in use was driven through the
roof Of the house. Mr.. EImore's
escape from sudden death is
most remarkable, and the only
way II can be accounted for is
that the air pressure must have
thrown him out Of harms way
as he was picked up about
twenty feet from where he was
standing when the bolt struck.
He suffered no III effects from
his experience. Morley Banner.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07
Early Hatehing Best.
H. L. Kempster. Missouri College Q
Agriculture.

There is practically everything
to be gained and nothing to bt
lost by setting hens as soon ai
possible now. The chicks viii
thrive much better during thu
cooler weather and the hi d
should be spared from setting
during the warmer weather. The
first young chicks marketed eli
ways bring the best prices and
the early hatched pullets will ma
ture early enough to lay next fell
which is not true of the later ones.
Winter eggs depend partly on
early Matching.
Select a healthy hen and try
her FOR a day or two on the nest
before risking valuable eggs un-
der her. An odd number Of
eggs-usually eleven, thirteen,
or fifteen-should be used, par
ti:ularly in cool weather as they
lie in a more nearly perfect cir
Gle.
As soon as the hen becomes
broody make q nest for her in a
separate Matching room or a
place where the other hens will
not have a chance to disturb her.
The nest should be sixteen or
eighteen inches square and at
least eight inches deep depends
ing somewhat upon the size Of
the hen. but it must be roomy.
In nature it would be placed on
the ground and IL this is not pos.
sible in the poultry house a large
sod should be placed in the hot
tom Of the nest and then covered
with straw to help keep the eggs
from drying out to rapidly.
Either allow the hen to leave
the nest for food and water when
ever che wishes or remove her
once day for that purpose.
Lice should be controlled by
busting the hen with insect pow
der at the beginning and again
ten days later. 1t is a good plan
to rub a bit Of blue ointment
about the size OF pea into the
skin beneath the vent and to rub
a little more into the feathers on
the under side of the wing at
Matching time. This is partly
rubbed off on the chicks and
helps keep the lice away.
Remove the chicks as rapidly
as hatched and later return them
all together to the hen for brood
ing, but be careful that they are
not chilled while away from the
mother.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07
Live Stock and Soil Fertil-
ity.
+. B. Mumford, Dean, Missouri College
OF Agriculture.


The problem Of the American
farmer today is how to conserve
the fertility OF the soil and yet in
sure q reasonable income. In
considering changing from grain
farming to the raising Of live
stock, the Missouri farmer asks
himself il this change has been
successful in maintaining soil
fertility. From the New England
states westward to the Dakotas,
he secs 9 trail Of once depleted
soils reclaimed by substituting
dairying and stock farming for
exclusive grain farming. The
resultof profitable systems Of live
stock farming on even the poor.
est Of soils is to be seen in Hol.
land. Denmark is another ex.
ample OF q country whose soils
were becoming depleted by wheat
producing but where q system OF
live stock production conserved
the soil fertility.
Permanent success from exclu.
sive grain farming has not yet
been demonstrated, 80 modern
farm practice 10 showing the i'm.
portance of the development of
animal husbandry. The close
relation between the fertility of
the soil and keeping live stock is
demonstrated at experiment sta.
tions and by the successful far
mer. Productiveness Of the acre
OF land is the main factor for
which the farmer is everywhere
striving. Because the produce
tiveness Of the land Is maintain.
ed andoften increased is sufficient
reason for the keeping Of animals
on the farm, not even taking into
consideration the increased pro-
fit from the live stock farm.
Farm manure is now, and al
ways has been the greatest avail
able resource for maintaining
soil fertility on the typi,sl mid
dle-west farms. Generally sneak
ing the most prosperous farms OF
this section today are those on
which live stock is large, il not
a chief factor Of production.
While the practice OF plowing
under clover and that OF adding
straw and stover directly to the
soil will unquestionsbly keep up
the humus or vegetable matter
supply, suoh materials are too
valuable for the nutrition OF AMI
mails to be thus employed. At
the Missouri Agricultural Exper-
iment Station for two years, the
average income Of clover pastur-
ed off with hogs amounted to $40 /
per acre.
Ali such materials as stover,
hay, straw, and grass can be pro-
fitably marketed through ami
mails, and at least 30 per cent Of
their soil building value saved
and at the same time q consider.
able profit secured from feeding
the animals.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07
Are Your Little Chicks Dy.
ings

fN5Ng NiT Q
There is q peculiar disease oil
young chicks known as the "ba j.
cillary form Of white diarrhea"
which causes great loss Of young
chicks. Countless thousands oil
little chicks are lost annually by
the ravages ofthis disease.
The chicks may contract the
disease from at least two sources
/. From the parent stock (in-
herited through the egg).
~. From each other (infected
droppings).
A word of explanation. II has
been discovered that certain hens
lay infected eggs (germ laden
eggs) that contain the disease
germs. A chick hatched from
one Of these infected eggs holds
the germs within it's body in the
unabsorbed yolk. Generally the
chick dies, but while living is a
source of great danger for the
other chicks. It's droppings con-
tain the deadly germs and when
these are picked by the healthy
chicks, they In turn become in
fected. This is very noticeable
up to four days Of age.
The infected or sick chicks
have a "stilted" appearance,
may or may not be "pasted-up
behind", and are generally weak.
So far as is known there is no
cure for this disease. Numerous
so-called "cures" are advertised
but their values have not been
determined by actual experiment
tai proof.
To put down the loss, feed pure
clean sour milk, keeping it con.
stantly before the chicks.
The source OF the trouble is the
breeding stock. 1t is advisable
to have the stock tested out by
the blood test method, a small a.
mount OF blood is taken from each
individual fowl and then forwar-
ded to the State Poultry Experi-
ment Station, Mountain Grove,
Mo-, where it is examined. Full
directions may be had upon ap-
plication.
II you are losing many little
chicks and care to have your
trouble anslyzed and protect
yourself from future losses, ship
by express two or three dead
chicks, chicks that have not been
dead over a few hours. Place
the chicks in water tight tin
can (coffee can will do). Pack
the can in saw dust and ice and
send express prepaid.
The Missouri State Poultry
Experiment Station is only too
glad to cooperate with you in
the handling and treatment OF
diseased fowls.
For further information, ad-
dress Department OF Bacterial.
ogy, Missouri State Poultry Ex-
pertinent Station, Mountain
Grove, Missouri.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07
Daily Thoupht.

As ships meet at sea, q moment To-
gether, when words Of greeting must
be spoken. and then away into the
deep, 80 men meet in this world; and
! think we should cross no mans
path without hailing him, and. If he
needs. giving him supplies.-Henry
Ward Beecher.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07

were shipped out OF hehhet'
Tuesday Of last week.
An association Of deaf persons
OF Southeast Missouri with hold
q meeting at Maiden in July.
Four hold.up men were cap
cured and arrested one day las,
week at Charlottesville. Sounds
rather metropolitan.
The Iron Mountain Railway is
installing a block signal system
between Piedmont and Poplar
Bluff and will expend S64, 900 on
this work.
Tom Brown, Of Charleston has
withdrawn from the race for the
Republican nomination to Con-
gress from the Fourteenth Con-
gressional District.
A new grain elevator will be
erected in Sikeston soon. 1t will
consist of sixteen tanks eighty
five feet high and have q capacity
of 200, 900 bushels.
Tom Baird, Of Dunklin county
recently sold fifty two head of
cattle for approximately $4,000.
He bought them in the fell and
fed them, clearing about $1,000
in the transaction.
It is reported that the Deering
plant down in Pemiscot county
which has been closed down for
several months will resume oper-
atoms about May 1st and give
employment to many men.
Some of the new hats turned
out by the milliners this spring
are shaped like the ste 81 helmets
worn by the soldiers Of Europe.
Now the question is, will the
former ward off Cupid's darts as
we'll as the latter do the sharp
mel?
A popular subscription is being
made at Chaffee to secure q site
for a new $4,000 hotel building
for that enterprising city. While
the campaign for that subscrip.
tion is on a daily paper is being
published by the commercial
club.
A Versatile, Me-, dispatch Of
the 18th says: At the local option
election in Morgan county yes
terday the "drys" carried the
county by 18O votes. Only about
voterswent to the polls out OF a
voting population of 5000. The
county has been wet for the last
four years.
At q special election held in
the City Of Hornersville, on FRI
day, March 17th, 1916, for the
purpose Of raising the incorpora-
tion to q city Of the fourth class
to which it belongs, the vote re-
suited as follows: Eighty for the
raise and one against the raise.
-Dunklin Democrat.
Some weeks ago, a small child
OF Ed Henderson of Bismark was
soaldsd 30 badly it died later.
The news story was sent out gen.
orally, and was seen in Vienna,
ILL.,. where Henderson was want
ed on a murder charge. The re-
suit was that he was arrested on
this charge and is now in the
Illinois Jail.
The directors Of the Cotton Ex-
change bank have employed
Clymer q Drischlsr, architects of
6t. Louis, to prepare plans, for
their new bank building, on the
southeast corner Of the square.
1t is TO be . modern building In
every respect and will add much
to the appearance Of that section
OF the city.-Dunklin Democrat.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading

An exchange says: When OLE
; Noah begin building his boat tn,
land lubbers, the frog pcnt
croakers, called him crazy. They
proclaimed the ship carpenter
was off his base. These harperi
said old Noah was a bug.
Sometime after that, and while
Capt. Noah sat on the bow Of his
boat, his self respect seemed te
increase, and he wondered JUS
what had become Of his critics
on preparedness.
The Springfield Court of Ap.
peals last week affirmed the de-
eision Of the Stoddard county
Circuit court awarding Mrs. Ruby
Sprinkles $500 damages for the
death Of her husband, Arthur
Sprinkles. He was killed on
Thanksgiving day, 1918, while in
the discharge ofhis duty as mar
shal Of the city Of Dexter. His
death was caused by trying to
remove an electric light wire he
found lying on the side walk
Campbell Citizen.
The new Buick auto truck,
purchased last Thursday night
by the city council for the fire
department, arrived last Satur-
day and on Tuesday was given q
successful tryout on the city
streets. Mayor Smith offioiated
at the wheel and had no trouble
in pulling through the worst
streets with $50 feet of fire hose,
ladders and other fire fighting
equipment on board. The new
truck is a37- -horse power machine
and will carry 1000 pounds or
more with ease.-Sikeston Her.
aid.
A fight occurred in Campbell
last Saturday afternoon between
the township constable and u de-
putty sheriff, but nothing serious
resulted. Quite a number of
,, drunks resulting in disorderly y
conduct took place Saturday. 1t
seems that when our wild, whisky
soaked men OF Borneo get ready
to whoop up things, our efficient
marshal and gum shoe detectives
have no objections. Horse races
over the principal boulevards of
the town and believing two leg
ged bulls on the. side seems to be
sweet music to our peace officers.
Suppose we send these brave,
peace-loving souls over 10 Mexi-
co, and put Q stop to Villas
bloody pranks?-Campbell Citi-
zen.
Although it is n well.known
fact that growing wheat can im-
prove wonderfully in a short time,
and also detsriorate to the same
degree within q similar space Of
time, yet the Indications at the
present time point to one Of the
poorest wheat crops ever harvsst-
ed in this county. 1t may be diff
ferent in June, but 1t will have to
improve wonderfully to give a
good yield. The fact is, there
are very few good, green fields to
be seen; on the other hand, many
fields from q distance look as if
it was bare, plowed ground. In
many instances it is attributed to
the ravages of the Hessian fly;
but the heavy freezing Of last
winter unacconpanisd oy snow.
was hard on the wheat. The
diecouraging reports ccme not
alone from this county, but from
all over Missouri. Illinois and In
diana. The agricultural board
OF Illinois has issued q report,
placing the crop In that state at
not more than fifty per cent Of q
NORMAL stand. jackson Items.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-04-07

For further information, ad-
dress Department OF Bscteriol.
ogy, Missouri State Poultry Ex-
pertinent Station, Mountain
Grove, Missouri.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
TO DARREN HAIR
Apply SAGE TEA
Look Young. Bring Back its Nat
utal Color, Gloss and At
traitiyeucss.

Common garden sage brewed into
q heavy tea with sulphur added, will
turn gray streaked and faded hair
beautifully 5ork and iuxurlant Just
few applications viii prove reve-
latlon If yoar hair is fading, streak
ed or gray Mixing the Sage Tea
and SULPHUR recipe at home, though,
Is troublesome. An easier way is
to get 5o-cent bottle of Wyeth' 5
Sage and sulphur Compound at any
drug store I'll ready for use. This
is the cid recipe improved by the adj
dition OF other ingredients
While wispy. gray faded hair is
not sinful we all desire to retain oui
youthful appearance and attractive
ness. By darkening your hair with
Wyeth's SAGE and Sulphur Com
pound, no one can tell, because 1t
does it so naturally. so evenly You
just dampen a sponge or soft brush
with Il and draw II through your
hair. taking one sail strand at a
time By morning all gray hairs have
disappeared, and, after another APP
phcation or two. your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy, soft and
luxuriant
This preparation is a delightful
toilet requisite and is not intended
Tor tho cure. mltigatioh. or proven
licn OF disease tAdy)
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
TROOPS ARE
ON MEXICAN TERRITORY
GENERAL FUNSTON ADMITS
Tu,T TROOPS NAY BIZ IN
Gagged WITH VII.LislAs.
Confirms Report FLYING '"iui'"
~ Cavalry Has Crossed 'he
border Nine Miles
from Columbus.

SAN ANTONIO. Texas haich -
-ssked this afternoon to coh'irhh
reports that American cavalry was
already on Mexican soil. Genefai
Funston adml,ted that 'iShis
column Of cavalry under command oi
Col Dodd had probably crossed the
bcr.ler ninety miles from Columbus
on a straight line from there ana
even ma, have already engaged ''ie
yilIistas.
podd is at present out OF coni'i'un-
ication with Gen. Pershing at Column
bus. He is expected TO set in WIRE
,ess touch with him this evening.
"Fighting 50 soon after crossing the
border was unexpected said Gen.
Funston. obut IL may be true. Inc
word OF operations probably seapeo
back through telegraph operators
not under the censorship. Columbus
il The only town under the censor
ship at present"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
RIGID CENSOR
IS CLAMPED ON
ONLY FOUR CORRESPONDENTS
PERMITTED To ACCOM-
PANy THE ARMY.
MOVIE MEN BARRED
Correspondents VIII BE Allowed TO
Take Along Small Hand Cam
efas---Nust Not Use Names
.Rcgimems In Dispatches.

WASHINGTON. March Is.
Somewhere in Mexico viii be the
most overworsed date line in the
American newspapers from today
until after paacho villa is taken.
The war departments censorship
program is completely in effect. The
I'D is on tight. Secretary of War
Baker, Gen. Hugh scott, chief Of
staff, and Capt. Croots arc sitting
on the lid ~ this end
At the front Gen. Funston, Briga-
der General Pershing and the of
fetal army censor are deciding what
the war spondent can and can
not send.
The present censorship is the most
rigid in the History of the country
In fact it is the first real censor
ship established. There was little
or none during the civil war
General Pershing is now in con-
troll OF all channels OF communities
ton at Columbus. He has taken
charge Of the telegraph and telez
phone lines apd the roads are guard
ed to see that no messages are car
ried out by messengers without first
being viewed ~ the army censor.
Under the present arrangements
only four correspondents represent
ing the press associations will be
permitted TO accompany the army
into Mexico. These viii be subject
TO army regulations and must be
provided with fun field equipment
including regular army uniforms.
The correspondents will be desig-
mated by white arm bands bearing
the letters &C. c." in red.
All dispatches will be submitted
to the army censor The army will
probably string telegraph lines as it
advances in Mexico, but all press
messages sent over them viii be
censored. Even private letters will
be submitted to the censor before
they are sent. Photographs viii also
be under the censor's control.
"Movie" cameras have been barred.
Correspondents may take along small
hand film cameras. The correspon-
dents viii be specifically instructed
that they will not be allowed to use
re names of any regiments or COM
panies, the disposition of troops, re-
ports as TO number of sick or wound
ed. the extent of losses or any other
news which the censor may refuse
q permit in their dispatches.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
VALLEY GROVE.
Health is good in this community.
We are enjoying windy weather at

Health is good in this community.
We are enjoying windy weather at
present.
Miss Frances Lowell spent from
Friday to Sunday in Waxahachie,
the guest Of Miss Maggie Greed.
Mesdames Wann and Daniel call
Cd on Mrs. Lowell one afternoon last
week.
Misses Cora Washington and Min
ME Kirk spent the noon hour with
Miss Nellie Taylor sunday
Miss Eugenia Daniel spent Satur-
day night with Miss Bessie Lowell.
Miss Maude Gibson was the guest
Of her cousin. Miss Bessie Lowell,
Thursday night
Mrs. viii Smith called on Mrs.
Dooley of Waxahachie Friday after
neon.
Misses Margaret Creed of Waxa-
hachie and Frances Lowell are visit
ing Mrs. Rosa Gibson at present.
Miss Bessie Lowell spent Sunday
With Miss Eugenia Daniel.
Several of the young people of our
community went to church at Sardis
Sunday night
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
BARN AND FIVE MULES
BURNED At DIXON CHAPEL
NAM BEIuNGED To tiAfioN
tlDFRDICE WHO DiD Not
CARRY INSURANCE..
Total Los l. Estimated Of sl.pOO.
origin ~ tire > tning"n aud
Heh wind Made fmpossi-
be to Save stock.

disastrous fIfe occurred on me
clsytan stierUce farm near Dixon
chapel on De Rocket road Tuesday
sight whom bis Barn five mules.
wagon. harness. lT5 bushels Of cori'
lhree toms OF hay and 30 bushels %
cotton seed burned with no insurance
10 cover tie total loss OF about
$3.50
Just how the fire started could not
be told and the barn WAS well enYel-
oned in flames when discovered.
Mr AIderdiee did NOS h@ She barn
aud contents coeofea - insurance.
So il 0as "a total loss Of about ST.
900.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
COLORADO EXPECTS BOOM
PRECIOUS METAL PRICE

DENVER, Colo, March 15.--With
the opening of the spring season,
Colorado expects to experience a big
boom IN mining. High pfices in all
metals and ores and the falling OF
in imports of metals due 10 tire Euro
pean war is already showing It's ef-
fleets in record activity among Colo
radios mining camps The 'uua,
stem fields Of Boulder county remind
cid timers oi the eaTlF days in
Cripple Greek and Leadyine For
tunes have been made in the fung-
stem fields and the increased demand
Of this ore Tor hardening tools
promises continued prosperity Zinc.
which doubled its output in the state
last year. is keeping mp It's record
production Good prices tor silver
has resulted ia renewed interest
IN that metal Experts predict big
rise in the price Of silver ct the close
Of the war. based en- the belligerents'
great need os silver fer q medium OF
exchange since America is in pos
session Of large part OF tie worlds
sold supply Gold production con
anaes TO show remarkable STAYING
powers in Colorado Rich strikes on
cid properties are frequently re
reported Experts predict tina, the
value OF Colorado's minerals mine1
iH 1916 viii exceed that Of any yea-
IL the states history.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
SANITARIUM IS WELL
FILLED WITH PATIENTS
ELEVEN ELLIS COUNTY PEOPLE
ARR BLING CARED ron
THERE TODAY.
Service Given az the Home Institu-
ton Equals That Given ANY
Where According To Patients
of the Institution.

There are eleven patients At the
local sanitarium today and all of
them are being we'll cared for even
though the house Is greatly crowd
ed TO accommodate that number.
Miss galloway has moved the dining
room, and is making every sacrifice
possible TO give the kind of service
received IA the best sanitariums in
tho country
SEINE OF the patients beine cared
for today are Mrs. Robert sullivan
and baby. Mrs Cieary, Mrs. Harris.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15

ROME, March IS Austria has
declared war on Portugal. according
- dispatches received here today.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15

learn something about livestock
Messgs Floyd and \. Wicker viii
have fharge Of the party and see
thel they ser dil that is coming 20
HON
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15

The condition of Mrs. d. +. Ken
dali is about The same as yesterday,
with very little hove of her recovery.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
EARLY MORNING SHOOTING
CAUSES SOME EXCITEMENT.

Ell PAsO, Texas. March 10
Juarez was in state of subdued eX-
citement over some early shooting
today which Carranza officials at
tributed to intoxicated persons.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
Rines anl ,mmanltion selzed.

Ell PAso, Texas, March 10
Five thousand rounds of rifle ammu-
nition and few Old rifles were
seized by the police today in a
house in the Mexican quarter. The
ammunition vas discovered during
search for spies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-03-15
rn RE, slocum a sword.

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 10.
Fort Worth admirers have start
ed a fund to purchase Colonel Slo-
cum. commander at Columbus dur
ing the Villa raid. a sword. Much
money has been raised.