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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
Organization Work About Completed

The war emergency farmers organ
ization campaign was practically
completed last week.
As a result of this campaign, ac-
tive farmers clubs have been definite
ly organized at the following places:
Doe Run, Bonnie Terre, Barton, Bis
marck, Roughly, Germania, Cartee,
Knob Lick, Pennington, Fraakclay
and DeLassus. The clubs that were
already organized were visited and
they adopted the new constitution and
bylaws and arranged for special war
time programs. These clubs are To-
Gated at the following places: Liber-
tyville, Lambreth, French Village, Co.
penhagen and Unity. Clubs are yet
to be organized at King, Mosteller,
Loughboro and Coonville.
Several garden and canning clubs
were organized in addition to the
farmers clubs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01
Barn warming announced.

Mr.. 7. B. Chandler, one of the pio-
neer members of the Farm Bureau
and leading booster of all agricul-
tural enterprises of Unity, announces
the second annual "Barn Warming"
at his place on Saturday night, June
10th. have heard a great deal of
the first barn warming of Mr.. Chand-
ler's and it goes without saying that
this second one will afford everyone
who attends "rollicking" good time.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01

Next Tuesday win be a busy day
throughout the United States IN evr
cry voting precinct, the task set for
that day being the registering of all
male inhabitants between the ages Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. M. P. Cayce and Mrs.
GensYieve F. Logan motored to st.
Louis Monday, returning home Tues
dayx Mr.. Cayce went up to attepdga
meeting of bankers at the Planters
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-06-01

Do your bit and then bite off ano-
Their bit.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Our Friends the Birds.

Birds are the friends of mankind.
Were Il not for their kindly offices, so
Ill requited, men could not live upon
the earth more than year or two.
Insect life would sweep over the earth
in a devastating food. Every green
thing would disappear as insects great
and small, flying, creeping swimming
boring and omnivorous, swept over the
land. The oirds, and the birds alone,
are our guardians and keepers, and
yet we make senseless war upon them.
Because a few birds that guard our
peas and chez .ies take tribute of the
fruit they preserve we make senseless
war upon them until by sad experience
we are taught that 1t is choice be-
tween plenty of birds and fewer cher
ries, and without the birds no cherries
at all. The hawks and owls rid us OF
pestiferous vermin and now and then
take n chicken for tribute. Therefore
we make war upon hawks and owls,
and by and by we have no clover, be-
cause the mice have eaten the eggs Of
the bumbebee, and so the clover Is
not fertilized.-C Christian Register
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Ruvinn Furniture.

If you are going to put a lot of mon
ey into piece of furniture-and please
remember that the important pieces
can never, if really good, be cheap
make sure 1t is right before 1t is too
late. Be sure'that it is the kind Of
piece that you will not only want to
live with the rest Of your life, but that
you will love the more as time goes on,
for that is what invariably happens If
a chair or table is built in the right
way, on the right lines, of the right
things. And such are the investments
which we never regret.
Especially must one be ever watch
full in the buying of upholstered furni-
ture lest a piece which looks good be
suspiciously cheap, too cheap to war
rant its being as good in its unseen
parts as it appears on the surface
Philadelphia Ledger.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Corsica and Enaland.

1t is an almost forgotten fact that
for a period of a little more than two
years during the Napoleonic wars Cor
sica was a British possession. After
the evacuation of Toulon the British
government felt It necessary to take
the island and Lord Howe, with Mel
son ms brigadler, was sent to drive out
the French. With the capture of Calvi,
July u, 1904, where Nelson lost his
eye, the island fell into British hands,
and George III. formally accepted the
crown of Corsica, appointing Sir George
Elliott as British viceroy and allowing
the Corsicans to retain their legislative
assembly. In 1896 the activity Of the
French navy In other parts of the
Mediterranean resulted In sudden
decision of the British government to
withdraw from the island. The evacu-
alton was completed on Oct. 20 Of that
year, and Corsica reverted to France.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Auto Runs Amuck
On Main Street

For the second time in year a
man who hailed from the neighbor-
ing city of Medford smashed in a
plate glass front for M. G. Reed, the
last time being last Thursday after
noon. A new Ford car, driven by
A. L. Hobbs, a travelling salesman for
a Medford house, ran amuck on Main
street, made dive across the side
walk and straight into the plate glass
front in the building owned by Mr..
Reed that was vacated not long ago
by the Warner Hardware Company.
One Of the big plates was demolished,
but the damage to the car was slight.
Mr.. Reed happened to be across the
street not far away when the accident
happened. The driver evidently was
a novice with car and "got ratified"
However, he was a gentleman for all
that and willingly offered to repair
the damage done to the building.
Last summer another Medford man
smashed in a plate glass front in an
other store owned by Mr.. Reed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
THE FAMILY LIFE.
lts Normal Restraints Make Man the
Master Of Himself

Master Of Himself.
Modern assailants of the family sup.
pose that by destroying 1t they can
emancipate the individuals who COM
pose 1t. In their delirium they con-
Ceive that the goal of life is the throw
ing off of all restraints, says William
Roscoe Thayer in Harper's Magazine
Nothing could be more mistaken
Normal restraints, those which build
up man and make him master of him
self, are really the means by which he
gets his true freedom. A little water
in a boiler will generate enough steam
to run a locomotive; the same volume
on the ground is puddle and no more.
Discipline is the barrel of the gun,
the rudder Of the ship. The same law
applies to human beings, and such an
Institution as the family has proved
itself Indispensable to the highest de-
velopment Of Its members.
The man who thinks that by casting
off its ties he gets larger freedom
deceves himself. At most he ex-
changes a higher plane for a lower and
secures whatever privileges that de-
scent implies. He retreats toward the
plane Of the beast, out Of which it has
been mans mission TO rise and climb
He accepts the bondage Of a more in
slstent selfshness.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Peter the Great and LAWYERS.

In Russia during the reign Of Peter
the Great private litigants might have
their suits prosecuted free of cost by
lawyers paid by the state. The emperor,
discovering that his subjects were be-
ing imposed upon by their legal agents,
who contrived to delay trials until they
had sucked their clients dry, enacted
that sufficient solicitors and attorneys
should be employed at handsome year
ly salaries to ofiiciate for the public
in every matter Of law. He ordered
further that these men should insert
in a register written up daily the dates
of applications to them and should pro-
ceed with the suits in the order In
which they were received without re-
spect Of persons. If they failed to do
so, if they accepted any bribe or fee
or If they were dilatory these lawyers
were to be knouted and sent to Siberia.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
The Phantom Pool.

The OzalH mountains, which divide
Arkansas from Missouri, are wonder
fully picturesque. and one of their fea-
lures, which has come to be known as
"The Phantom Pool is quite curl
osity. Adventurous visitors have been
bringing back from time to time the
story Of the mysterious deception 1t
practices upon the human vision, but
there are always skeptics Recently a
party of Nebraskans set out for the
place with the purpose Of removing all
doubt.
The rains had been very heavy and
streams and ponds In the mountains
were everywhere overfowing their
banks All conditions were favorable
to upsetting the claim that the pool
was always empty. The members OF
the group were overjoyed upon looking
down from an eminence to find that
the pool appeared to be full to the brim.
Coming to its edge, however, they
found 1t empty. And now they are
encountering skepticism Themselves
Christian Science Monitor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Another "suff" Argument.

Tuttle, N. D., Star: At the burn
ing of barn in Steele recently, our
superintendent displayed some nerve
and pluck. Miss Sherman did not
wait for the men to get there, but
fastened to the barn without stop
ping to dress, and in bare feet united
the horses before they had become
unmanageable, thus saving them with
little trouble. There is not man,
we venture to say, in all Steele but
would have stopped to put on his
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06

(By Raymond Olney.)
We had in the neighborhood of 900
acres of small grain, and as we were
using tractor successfully for other
farm work, such as plowing, disking,
narrowing and seeding, we saw no
reason why it could not be used equal
ly as well to haul our two eight-foot
binders.
Replacing the regular binder
tongues with offset steering devices,
we hauled the two binders tandem be-
hind the tractor, and harvested our
entire grain crop as easily in half the
time 1t would have taken with horses.
1t was indeed a pleasure to see this
work being rushed along in the hot
test kind of weather with no horses
sweating, fighting flies and becoming
tagged in few hours time. We did
not need to rest our iron horse every
round or SO; no day was too long for
1t to work, and 1t never tired.
The period during which the wheat
is in the best condition to be har-
vested is comparatively short. and the
farmer has to put forth every effort
to get It cut during that time.
With the tractor we found that we
did not have to begin harvesting quite
as early as We did with horses. We
waited until it had reached the right
degree of maturity, then we started
our outfit, and kept it moving four
teen to sixteen hours a day, or from
dew to dew. In spite Of hot weather
the tractor chug- chugged along all
day long, the only stops necessary be-
ing for meals and to oil the machin-
cry occasionally, and make minor ad-
justments when needed.
BY being careful to have the ma
chinery in first-class working order
before beginning the harvest, very
few stops are necessary. Our tractor
travelled at speed of from 21s to
2% miles an hour, which was consid-
erably faster than horses, and that,
together with only few stops, en-
abled us to make rapid progress.
The hitch we used was patented
device designed for hauling binders
tandem and in multiple. The princi-
pal feature of this hitch is an offset
steering pole, so arranged that the
offset in the pole is controlled by
means of a tiller wheel located with
in easy reach of the man tending the
binder. The more offset there is in
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
AUSTRALIAN STORE TALK.
Their Term soft Goods" Means What
We Call Dry Goods.

We Call Dry Goods.
The United States is not the only
country that takes liberties with the
mother tongue. Australia speaks a
language Of trade that would not be
understood elsewhere. For instance,
'dry goods" is seldom heard, the Aus
tralian term being soft goods" This
generally applies only to piece goods,
with some inclusion of ready to wear
articles. The house or shop that car
ries articles for mems wear Is known
as a "mercery' and never as haber-
dasher's. "IIaberdashery" means what
in America is covered by motions"
The shop that handles women's wear
Is known as n diapers" and the or
ganization composed Of members Of the
trade is called the Master Drapers' as
sociation. The mantle department Is
the one that handles women's coats
and suits. The manager of the store
or shop is known as director, and an
assistant" Is a salesman.
"Warehouseman does not mean a
man who stores goods for Others but a
wholesale dealer in soft goods and
the like. The business Of what Is
known In America as that of ware
housemen is conducted in Australia by
"bulk stores" New York World.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Dust Poison Controls Spotted Bean
Beetle.

o. A. G. Experiment Station, Cor
Wallis, August 4.-Those greenish yell
low beetles with black spots, which
are just now feasting on the blossoms
and leaves OF beans and cucumbers in
western Oregon and will soon be de-
vouring the silks Of the young corn,
are controlled at the o. A. G. expert
ment station by poisoned dust. AS
prepared by A. l.. Lovett, the ento-
mologist, the dust is IS parts either
finely sifted wood ashes, air slaked
lime or sulphur, with 15 parts pow
dered lead arsenate. 1t is lightly but
thoroughly applied to the plants with
a dust gun or coarse salt sack or
cheesecloth bag, early in the day
while the plants are wet. A few
plants are left undusted for the bee
ties to gather upon later, when they
are killed by picking them off the
vines and dropping them into small
pail of water having thin film of
kerosene on top.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
History and Leqend.

Not far from the town of Charlotte
Amalle, In what was once the Danish
West Indies, are two old towers COM
monty known as Bluebeard's castle
and Blackbeard's castle. Legend has
1t that here these daring old bucca-
neers had their headquarters and play
ed their romantic roles as "the hornets
of the Spanish main," but history dis
putes legend, for 1t says that they were
really built by the Danish government
as G measure of defense In 1859.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
FRUIT and FARM

the pole, the wider swath the binder
will cut.
The man on the binder can turn
the offset out Of the pole so that the
binder will travel directly behind the
one in front CT it, or behind the en-
gine. This is done in going to and
from the field or through a gateway.
When this device is used, each
binder works Independently of the
others, and any number of machines
can be hauled. There is also another
patented binder hitch that works on
the principle Of a cross-reach. This
hitch does away with the necessity of
a tiller wheel to be operated by the
binder tender, but it is designed for
pulling only one harvester behind the
tractor.
One Of the first things that we
learned in the operation Of our trac-
tor harvesting outfit was the need of
some means whereby the men on the
binders could signal the engineer
when anything went wrong with eth
er Of the machines. 1t was very es-
sential that the engineer give his un-
divided attention to steering, for the
better he guided the engine the less
need there was for the binder oper-
ators to pay attention to steering their
machines.
1t was suggested that bell be
placed in the engine cab with cord
extending back to the last binder.
But not having bell suitable for this
purpose, we hit upon an idea that
proved much better. One end of the
cord was tied to the clutch lever on
the tractor. Then whenever there
was trouble with the binders. 1t was
simply matter of pulling the cord
which threw out the clutch immedi-
ately. This arrangement made 1t pos
sible to stop the engine much more
quickly than with any other signaling
device, and relieved the tractor oper-
ator Of great deal of responsibility.
Most power farmers will have only
one binder to use with their tractor,
and since they have been in the habit
of having only one man drive team
and binder, the majority are apt to
think they are extravagant of labor
If more than one is needed with
tractor outfit.
If it can not be conveniently ar
ranged so that only one man Is re-
quired. 1t will be best to have two.
Considering the fact that a tractor
works so much faster than horses,
and that it is capable of putting in
fully twice as many hours in day,
no farmer should begrudge having
two men to operate an outfit In the
matter of oiling and making adjust
ments two men are better than one,
and aside from break-downs they
should keep things moving better
than one.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Markets Of Paris.

The first markets of Paris were es-
tabllshed more than thousand years
ago In the Isle de Ia Cite. The booths
were hereditary property, and their de-
scent was generally from mother to
daughter, who held them directly from
the monarch. During the stormy
times of the revolution these market
women were conspicuous by their
qualities of arm and tongue, both
grown strong by centuries of sturdy
exercise. These characteristics, how
ever do not appear in their successors,
who trust to their cleverness and co
quettish charm to fight their battles.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
He Was Game.

They had been married three months
and were having their first quarrel,
which shows that they were remark
able couple.
Evidently" she said icily, "you re-
gret that you have married me- The
step is not irrevocable, however. II
you care to be released from your
bonds
'Naw," he interrupted impatiently.
am no ninety day recruit. enlisted
for the term of the war"
She couldn't think Of any retort, so
she maintained scornful silence
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Screw PropeIlers.

Experiments made with two screw
propelers for ships, one behind the
other, show that but little increased
speed Is obtained by the arrangement,
and rotating the two screws in oppo-
site directions, either at the same or
different speeds, has little effect on
the results. 1t Is, however, claimed
that the double screw gives better con-
troll Of the vessel.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Lonq Winded Disc ssion.

"Pa, what is meant by fllibustering?"
"Talklng against time, my son."
"Do you ever filbuster, pa?'
"No, my boy. With the exception Of
that imposed by physical exhaustion,
there is no limit to the debates in this
particular house" Birmingham Age
Herald
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
oh. to Be Free!

'Just think, Bobby" said his mother,
"those poor little children are orphans
and have no papa or mamma to care
for theml You wouldn't like to be a
lone orphan, would your"
II feel like 1t sometimes, ma" was
Bobbys reply.-Pearson's Weekly.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Not GIFT.

"Did her father give the bride
awayf"
"No. He said that would be silly
custom when he knew very well that
In few weeks they'd both be back
living at his expense."-Detroit Free
Press.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
East.

Dad can easily believe that daughter
and her beau are fast friends-in fact
the way they stick to 1t he says he be-
lieves they are fast to the sofa.-Flor-
ida Times-Unlon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06

@ "This is the time for America
@ to correct her objectionable z
O fault of wastefulness and ex-
o travagance. Let every man and
o every woman assume the duty 9
o Of careful, provident use and 9
o expenditure, as dictate of pa 9
O triotism which no one can now 9
@ expect to be excused or for 9
o given for ignoring. This is our 9
O opportunity to demonstrate the Q
o efficiency Of great democracy Q
o and we shall not fall short of Q
o it."-President Wilson. Q
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Road to Happiness.

The road to happiness is the contin-
uous effort to make others happy. The
chief aim of life ought to be useful
ness, not happiness. But happiness al
ways follows usefulness .-Talmage.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06

It is an easy matter to be popular
with the most Of people. All that is
necessary is to agree with them in
everything.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06

II thou hast a lettering servant send
him Of thy errand just before his din
ner.-Fuller.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Breaking Il Gently.

Pupil-Now that you have heard my
voice. would you recommend cultlva-
tion? Teacber-No; conservation.-The
Lamb
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06

pants before venturing out into the
crisp air, but she did not, her whole
thought being Of the dumb animals
imperiled, and 1t was indeed nervy
and cool-headed performance.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Life Insurance For
Livestock

The Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
now insures registered stations,
mares, colts, fillies and cattle against
death from any cause, anywhere In
the United States, Mexico or Canada,
transportation and exhibition insur-
ance included.
Also insures your work horses and
dairy cattle.
Why worry. over the possibility Of
a loss by the death of your livestockf
Let the Hartford carry the risk.
Special rates for trip Insurance.
BILLINGS AGENCY
Real Estate and Real Insurance.
Established 1883
Phone 211 Al East Main
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06

Experience is the extract OF suffering.
Arthur Helps
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
HOW YOU CAN HELP.

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Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-08-06
Harvesting With a Tractor.

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The Washington times., 1917-04-01

A. Jones, wife of the Senator from
New Mexico; Mrs. Champ Clark, wife
of the Speaker, and Mrs. John E.
Raker, wife of the Congressman from
California:
Meet Miss Rankin. ladles!"
Then will follow the conventional
so charmed to meet you" This is an
honor" etc, after which everybody
will be asked to sit down In the break
fast room. decorated with Jonquils.
forsythia and suffrage banners.
Breakfast will be hurried through
nobody will be really very hungry
and then Miss Rankin, accompanied
by Mrs. Gait, will go out and enter
an automobile, all decked out in suf-
frage colors and American flags.
To House Oniee Building.
The next stop will be the House
office building. There Miss Rankin
will meet other suffragists and a host
of friends who will be on hand to
wish her success as a legislator.
II DIR. Anna Howard Shaw reaches
Washington in time, she will be asked
to act as escort for Miss Rankin
when she leaves her office to go over
to the Capitol. Mrs. Gait will act as
the Other escort, for two escorts are all
Miss Rankin will be allowed, accord
ing to police regulations, which read
that more than three persons cannot
assemble in public tomorrow.
Mrs. Gait and nr. Shaw-if she
reaches town in time-will be the
special guests of Speaker Champ
Clark at the session of Congress to-
morrow.