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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-03-29

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-03-29
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

County of st. Francois,
State of Missouri, SIS. e.
In the Circuit Court, November Term,
1916.
Maggie A. Cox, Plaintiff,
VS..
Ernest Cox, Defendant.
Now on this 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1916. in vacation ofc curt, comes
Maggie A. Cox and files her petition,
duly verified, the object and general
nature of which is to obtain decree
of divorce from defendant, Ernest
Cox. Said petition alleges, among
other things, the marriage Of plain
tiff and defendant in the County of
Madison, State of Missouri, June 9Th,
1907; that defendant on the day
Of April, 1909, abandoned plaintiff,
and has absented himself from plain
tiff without reasonable cause for the
space of one whole year next before
the filing of her petition; that plain
tiff is a resident of the County of st.
Francois, State aforesaid, and has re-
sided in said State one whole year
next before the filing of her said Pc
tition; that defendant has absented
himself from his usual place of abode
in this State, and has concealed him
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15
CAMPAIGN OPENED

The campaigns of the two political
parties opened in the State this week
the Democratic at Joplin on Tuesday
and the Republican at Springfield on
Monday.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, Repub-
lican candidate for Vice President
Judge Lamm, candidate for Governor,
and Walter Dickey for United States
Senator were the principal speakers
at the Springfield gathering. OF
course all the Republican State can
didates were there and made their
little contributory speeches but the
big fellows wore cut the enthusiasm
of the crowds. Some reports say
that there was little or no enthusi-
asm, and that the people began to
leave even before the principal speak
ers had finished.
At the Democratic gathering at
Joplin 5000 people crowded the big
tent that had been erected for the oc-
casicn, and the enthusiasm and con-
fidence are reported to have been in
marked contrast to that at SPRING
field. Vice President Thomas R,
Marshall, Senator James A. Reed and
Speaker Champ Clark were the prin-
cipal speakers. At night hundreds
were unable to gain entrance to hear
Mr.. Reed and Mr., Clark, and "never
in the history of Missouri" says the
staff correspondent Of the Republic,
"did the party have a more suspicious
campaign opening"
Now for about six weeks Of ag-
gressive campaign work and then the
people will speak with their ballots.
The Democrats are in fine fettle and
in good fighting trim. Their issues
are strong and clear-cut-a cOnstruc-
tive and progressive record that no
political party has ever equalled--
and they can appeal to the intelli-
gence of the people with confidence,
On the other hand, the Republicans
are making a negative fight. Without
any definite issue they resort to
fault-finding and casting longing eyes
back to the old Aesh-pots of special
privileges on which they so long sub
sisted. The Democrats have shown
them what constructiveness and pro-
gress in national reform mean; they
cannot combat the record with fair
and convincing argument and are
obliged to fall back on a hectoring
campaign. But they must feel in
their bones that it cannot win.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

The people of this State are to vote
again on prohibition, prohibition
amendment to the Constitution, to be
known as No. 3, having been filed
with the Secretary Of State under the
initiative and referendum law, to be
voted on at the November election
There is some difference of opinion
among the 'drys" as to the advisa-
bility of submitting the question OF
Statewide prohibition again this
year, as the probability of carrying
it is slim. Those favoring submits
sion believe, though the amendment
may not get through, that the cam
paign will have beneicent cduea-
tional influence, while others hold to
the theory that it would be better to
push the fight against the liquor traf-
fic in the counties under the local OPP
ton law, which is having such good
effect in Kidding the State Of saloons,
and until the sentiment is strong
enough among the people to insure
the adoption of prohibition amend
ment
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Judge Lamm, Republican candidate
for Governor, and other Republican
leaders who are fighting the Gardner
Land Bank Act, perhaps forget that
when it passed the General Assembly
of this State forty-fve Republican
members of that body voted for. it.
1t looked good to these forty-five Re-
publieans who represented a con
stituency aggregating 10000, and it
still looks good to the farmers of this
State who would make use of the
rural credit system. There was some
constitutional hitch that prevented it
being put into force, and an amend
ment is to be voted on at the No
vember election to overcome this. If
the author of the measure were not
a Democrat and the nominee of the
Democratic party for Governor, al
though the Gardner Land Bank Act
is anything but a partisan measure,
they would be singing its praises,
which only shows their insincerity
and hypocritical methods. What they
hope to gain by it is hard to see. for
it is a popular measure, but if they
want to make it party issue the
Democrats are perfectly willing and
ready to accept the gauge Of battle.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

The Republican campaighers say
they are glad that the strike was
averted, but they can't resist criti-
cising the way Congress met the sit
uation. 1t was against all reaction
airy precedent. SO, for that matter
was the Federal Reserve Act. They
didn't want recurring panics, perhaps,
yet they chung to the old national
banking system which was a veritable
breeder of panics, or if not that a
temptation to Wall Street to preci-
plate them. Yes, there are a lot of
things that the Democrats have done
that our Republican friends don't
like, or are continually finding fault
with, but they all have had the de-
sired good effect.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

The old Republican appeal to "Let
well enough alone" is supplanted by
Democratic achievements for better
things for the country's good which
are an earnest of more of the same
sort yet on the Democratic program
"Let well enough alone" may sound
all right to people who want TO sit
still and watch the wheel go round
and round, but Onward Christian
Soldier" is the spirit that animatea
this age Of active progress, and the
Democratic party has caught that for
ward spirit. We don't believe the
American people want or will per-
NIT any reactionary movement.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

self so that the ordinary process of
law cannot be served upon him.
Wherefore, it is ordered bv the
Clerk of this Court, in vacation. t6at
SAID defendant, Ernest Cox, be noti-
fled by publication that plaintiff has
commenced suit in this Court
against him for the purpose of OBJ
tanning a decree of divorce from him
for the causes hereinbefore mentioned
And it is further ordered that unless
the defendant, Ernest Cox, be and
appear at this Court at the next term
thereof to be begun and holden at the
Court House in the City of Farming
ton, County of st. Francois, State of
missouri, on the 18th day of Novem-
Der, 1916, and answer or plead to the
petition in said cause on said date.
the same will be taken as confessed,
and judgment rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that a
copy hereof be published in The
Pennington Times, newspaper
designated by plaintiff) published in
the County of st. Francois, State of
Missouri, for A weeks, successfully.
at least once a week, the last inser-
ton to be at least Is days before the
first day of said next November term
of Court.
A true copy from the Record.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Circuit Court of st. Francois
(SEAL) County, this 18th day Of
September, 1916.
JOHN A. KNOWLES,
Circuit Clerk.
By B. BRADY, D. C.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

In the August primary election the
Democrats cast 43,1G0 more votes
for Governor than did the Republi-
cans, the total aggregate of the vote
cast by each party for Governor be
ing, Democrats, 234,812; Republi-
cans, 191 ,652. That is a straw that
ought to prove encouraging to Dem
ocrats.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Our Republican friends are terri
bly, worried in mind over the fact that
Congress succeeded in side-tracliing
the big railroad strike. That strike
would have thrown the country into
such disastrous confusion that even
the splendid achievements of the Will
son administration and a Democratic
Congress would have been lost sight
of, greatly to the satisfaction of Re-
publican campaigners who can't find
an issue with which to go before the
country in this campaign. Anything,
just anything, to eclipse the Wilson
administration record in the public
eye.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Our worthy and capable Secretary
of State, Cornelius Roach, has placed
us under obligations for a copy of the
official returns of the State primary
election in neat pamphlet form, as
compiled and arranged by him. It is
comprehensive and complete in de-
tail as is every public document en-
anating from his Office.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Today's Receipts

Cattle, 1890; hoge, 5000; Sheep,
$500.
Best beef steers and butcher cattle
are selling fully steady with last
weeks close, but common to medium
kinds of beef steers and butcher cat
tie are selling 25c to 40c lower, and
slow sale at the decline.
Hog market steady, top Sl1.3o;
hogs 1870 pounds upwards $11.05 to
S1i.25; $50 to 1870 pounds $1,000 to
S11; 100 to 140 pounds $3.50 to $40;
light pigs $9.75 to $40; good rough
hogs 1915 to $40; habitat roughs
1925 to 50.
Lamb trade Soc to Toe higher for
the week-butcher top $11.35, pack
err top 81. Best Gull lambs selling at
$3.50; skippy culls $3.50 to 81. Fat
sheep strong at 81 to $3.50; chopper
sheep and bucks $3.50, Gamer sheep
$3.50 to 81. Fat goats $500 to $3.50;
habitat goats 81 to So; Gamer goats
SO to $3.50.
National Live Stock Com. Co.
September End.
Millinery Opening at Mrs. S. G..
Watts Saturday, September 23rd.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

John L. Sullivan, the Democratic
candidate for Secretary Of State, went
out among the people before the pri-
mary and saw them personally as far
as it was possible for one to do so in
statewide campaign, and they liked
him. His democratic ways and genial
personality won their confidence and
the nomination. He will be elected
and will make a good Secretary of
State.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Irving Fisher, Professor of Politi-
cal Economy Of Yale University, and
member of former President Roose-
velt's National Conservation Commits
sion, in giving his reasons for sup
porting Mr.. Wilson, says with much
point: "a change may plunge us in
to war, and it would certainly, in the
four months between election and in
auguration, paralyze our foreign pol
icy completely. From November to
March may be the most critical
months of the waS. If Mr.. Hughes
is elected neither we nor foreign ma
tions will know, during that interim,
exactly where we stand"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

State Auditor John P. Gordon re-
ceived more votes in the primary
than his two competitors combined
This is the answer the Democratic
voters of the State gave to Gordon's
maligners, because they recognized
and appreciated his capability and the
efficiency and economy with which
he has administered the State Audi
tors Office.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

1t took Candidate Hughes and Colo.
mel Roosevelt, with all the power of
their responsiveness and abuse Of the
administration, to hold rock-ribbed
Republican Maine in line, and then
only succeeded with reduced ma
jority compared with its normal Re
publican vote. A similar reduction in
the doubtful States would put Wilson
far in the lead.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Maine, away off there in the eX-
treme northeast part of the United
States, has little in common or sym
pathy with the balance Of the coun-
try, and it is not strange that her
people have not felt to any apprecia-
BILE extent the sentiment of reform
and progress that has taken hold Of
other sections. They are naturally
slow and reactionary. ~.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Who is the farmers candidate ?
Lamm was nominated by the city vote,
and carried only about fourth of the
counties. Gardner carried 60 of the
ia counties. Leaving out all the
Democratic votes cast in St. Louis,
Kansas City and st. Joseph, he was
nominated. The farmers are his
friends. And SO are the city business
men.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Wanted-Campaign "ginger" and
pep" dope with which to hypo-
dermize the elephants epidermis. APP
ply at Republican headquarters or
send direct to 400 per cent candidate"
Hughes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Mr.. Hughes is said to be pleased
with his Western trip, but the feeling
doesn't appear to be catching among
his Republican hackers who looked to
him to dig up some sort of an issue
to put little pep" into the cam
paign. They are sorely disappointed
if not displeascd
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Mr.. Edison, who has always been a
Republican, is going to SUPPORT Mr..
Wilson. If Mr.. Edison can't invent
an excuse for supporting Hughes, we
don't see how anyone else can hope
to do so.-"Just Minute" in Post
Dispatch.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

1t is hard for thee to kick against
the pricks.-Acts. 9:5. That is what
Mr.. Hughes has discovered in his
400 per cent candidate" swing around
the country, but he keeps on kicking.
He isn't as wise as was Saul.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

Millinery Opening at Mrs. S. {
Watts Saturday, September 23rd.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-15

This machine is really wonderful
set of steel brains which we are put
ting to work in our accounting de-
partment.
With it we can handle our figure
work faster than ever before and at
the same time DO sure that every
item in our books is RIGHT.
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17

No. 8. We don't go to a laboratory to
prove which is right and give the farmer
exact justice. Certainly not. apply
for re-inspection and call in another
state guesser. He has had no more
experience in grain than have or the
first inspector has. He is no better
qualified than we are to guess the grade
Of that frosted wheat. But the law
gives him a guess. He must be told
what the first inspector graded the grain
at. He will not, under the rules, rein
spect and grade it unless he knows what
the first inspector has said about it.
He therefore knows the first inspector
has given it No. 4 and that / am asking
for a No. 3 grade. He can not, therefore,
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17

"The difference in our guesses may
mean several cents bushel to the
grower. AS matter Of fact neither he
or know just how much that wheat
has been damaged by frost for milling
purposes, and under present conditions
it is considered of no importance to find
out before the farmer is given his grade.
How can my eye or his eye tell just how
deep that frost has penetrated the grain
and just how much value it has taken
off for milling purposes ? It may have
damaged the wheat to no appreciable
extent, although it looks bad.
Fright here, at least, the laboratory
should be called on. The state inspector
insists it is No. wheat. / insist it is
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17

give free, impartial opinion and grade,
for he is influenced by the judgment Of
the man who called it No. 4.
"Say he confirms the first inspector, as
is usually the case. Then, if I am still
dissatisfied, I can appeal to the grain
board of appeals. There are three men
on the board and they have had no more
experience and know no more about
grain and grading than myself or the
inspector or re-inspector. It is just
giving some more men guess. No
attempt is made, even at this point, to
get an accurate laboratory report on
that grain The board Of appeals, under
the rules, must know what the grain
was graded at on first inspection and on
re-inspection. In the case we are con-
sidering, therefore, it knows, before it
makes its decision, that two inspectors
have called the grain No. and that it is
two to one against me-two of the
inspectors calling it No. 4 and me calling
it No. 8. The majority is against me,
isn't it? Sure. The grain board Of
appeals simply confirms the No. grade
and the farmer gets the No. 4 price. The
guessing is over and nothing has been
determined as to the actual value of that
grain for milling. But it must be sold
as No. 4, and probably is mighty good
buy at that for some mill.
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17
ONLY FAIR GRADES
BY MILLING TESTS

s elbow would you grade it, if you had
your way?" Mr.. McGoYern was asked.
"Fair grades will never exist till they
are established by milling tests. How
can Il or anybody else tell the value Of
grain by sight and touch? It may look
poor and yet be as valuable for milling
as grain that looks pretty to the eye.
Farmers will never get justice in grad
ing; producers will never be sure they
are getting full value for their product
till grain is graded by laboratory test,
scientifically according to its real value
for milling. !"
Mr.. McGovern went to stack Of pans
containing grain samples and selected
two.
aHere,n he said, ais grain graded No.
A under the present system. The
farmer gets a. substantially reduced
price for it. It is grain that has been
frosted ! look at it and feel Of it, or
some state inspector does. He guesses
] it is damaged for milling to such an
extent that it should sell as No. 4. I
think it ought to be No. s. 8.
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17
(By Leader Staff Correspondent

(By Leader Staff Correspondent
CT. PAUL, Mimi, August 12-
- "What do you think of the Mime
sofa grain grades, under which,
under present conditions, all the
grain of North and South Dakota and
Minnesota is marketed?"
This question was put to ]. A.
McGovern, veteran grain grader, now
with the Equity Cooperative exchange,
who has handled grain for 36 years. Mr..
McGovern had his sleeves rolled up and
his hands were in pan of grain, which
he was feeling" He smiled.
"Why, they're joke-that is it :
would be funny if it wasn't SO
serious" he said. -,
"Grain is sold here under grades
: the Minnesota grades which are
system of guess work, more or less
good guesses, but they have moth
ing whatever to do with the real
value of the grain.
ssSome inspector guesses what
grade a sample of grain is, and
that's the grade it must be sold or
purchased under. If you don't like
his guess you can call in another
E guesser, re-mspector, he is called.
3e guesses on it and, chances are,
confirms the first guesser, whose
guess he is apprised of beforehand.
Then you can call in three more
guessers, if you are still dissatisfied.
They call these three the board of z
appeals. You must tell them what (.
the other two have guessed and then
they confirm the unanimous opinion
of the other two guessers, and there
you are.
"In all this guessing there is<no inten'
tion of arriving at the real value Of the
grain for milling purposes, except by
chance not any way. of scientifically
determining just how good the grain j:
fSss5 y,,i11;por - - .i:t = E@+s.
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17
FARMERS SUFFER FROM
GRADERS PREJUDICES

"rake this sample here. This. is
smutty wheat. Not very much smut in
it, to be sure, but enough to lower the
grade considerably. Now, those smut
balls have not injured the rest of the
grain. When cleaned by the mill before
grinding this wheat will be No. 1. No
doubt Of it. But the state inspector has
guessed that that smut those few.
grains you see here and there through
the sample, has lowered the grade. He
doesn't know and don't know exactly by
looking at it how much the milling value
has been lessened by that smut. We
both guess on it and may and may not
agree. If we call for reinspection it will
simply, be another guess. -:
Chances are that the amount Of smut
in this sample has not affected the value
of the. grain for milling at all, because
it has to be cleaned anyway before mill
ing. But the grade is lowered and the
farmer suffers.
"What earthly reason is there for not
determining. these things scientifically,
in fairness to farmer and miller alike,
instead Of the present guessing system? I?
The only reason know is because the
grain combine is opposed to change,
and to date that has seemed to be enough
reason.
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17
INSPECTORS 'TIGHTEN UP"
WHEN CROP is MOVING

Il "I've been in the business SO years
since was boy. I figure my guessing
is pretty good, as good as any, when it
comes to grading, and guess the same,
day in and day out. So my Judgment
today as to grade ought to be as good
as on any other day Of the year. But
The nonpartisan leader., 1916-08-17
PAGE FIVE

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Deming graphic., 1916-10-06

rs modszn eoss-so1a Plant tsing
esoeted BY L. Gardner froatlng ~
union station psrk, Is bsing rushsd
10 eeuplstion BY The contraetoss,
GamusIs 4 Son, and H. +. Foster
who are doing the brick and cement
work and wood work respectively.
Nordhaus has the plumhing contract.
Tho pretty brick building Is 26x6o,
with . second story as q laboratory.
Il il constructed 80 that the sizs can
be doubled when the occasion re-
quirss.
Mr.. Gardner has purchased the
very latest automatic machinery for
the many beverages that have made
his name famous in the Southwest
and for the bottling Of coca -cola.
The building win be completed by
about November l, and another
splendid permanent industry win he
added to Deming.
Deming graphic., 1916-10-06
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