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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
WHICH OF THESE
FARMERS ARE YOU?

Farmer Jim sells his pigs. He
buys his meat from the local grocer
and pays the profits of the local live
stock dealer, the commission man, the
packer, the wholesaler, the transpor-
tation company, and the local grocer.
He also pays for the shrinkage oc-
casioned by shipping his animals to
market.
Farmer John kills and cures his own
meat and pockets the profits.
DR.. P. F. Trowbrfdge, professor of
Agricultural Chemistry in the Univer-
sity of Missouri College of Agricul-
ture, gives the following formula for
dry-curing 1000 pounds of pork: Fine,
clean salt, 40 pounds; white or brown
sugar, 10 pounds; white or black pep
per, pounds; red pepper, IL pound;
mix thoroughly. Each piece of meat
should be rubbed with fine, clean salt
and allowed to stand in pile from
to "a hours so that the bloody Sc
rum can drain out.
Rub each piece of meat thorough
ly with the dry-curing mixture. Be
especially careful that the cure reach
GS LIE IluSCl6S dIOuIlu tiC Ciiuo VI tiiS
bones of the hams and shoulders.
Pile the meat carefully with the skin
down, in a cool, airy place. Avoid
damp, musty cellars. The pile should
not be more than three feet deep. Re-
peat the application in three days,
The third application may be made in
or days after the second. In gem
eraI allow the meat to cure day and
half for each pound. After this
treatment it should be thoroughly
cured.
Wash the meat with warm water
and remove any extra curing mix
ture. Wipe it dry and hang for
smoking. Smoking may be done with
hickory, oak, apple, or any wood ex-
cept that of the pine family. Twenty
five smudges will give a good mild
smoke. The amount of smoking, how
ever, will depend upon the taste of the
consumer. The meat should be care
fully wrapped or sacked to keep out
shippers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
TRUST.

0, God, hold fast in the darkness,
When the shadows are many and deep,
To be still and to trust to Thy guild
ance,
Assured that Thou ever wilt keep;
To trust in Thy infinite mercy
Whatever the burdens or test;
To feel in each moment of heart
break
That Thou, o my God, knowest best.
So kind hast Thou been to my weak
ness
The trust that near faltered and failed,
So faithful to save from pitfall,
To keep when the tempter assailed-
That my heart, in its gratitude turn
ing,
Would thank Thee, o Father, today;
In greater trust and endurance
! would follow Thee all the way.
The rough waves are dashing around
me,
My bark is sore toss'd and distressed,
But by faith let me see ere it meet me
The sun on the pillows dark crest.
Let me see by,faith the bright lining
That gildeth the clouds other side;
Let me feel in the deepest of dark
ness
That Thou, Lord, hast come to abide.
So my cry in the gloom of the night
fall
Is "Abide for the even drows near;
And with Thee to tarry till morning
No shade of the night l shall fear.
Abide, o abide, with me, Savior,
To keep me from all that would harm;
In danger, in weakness, in heartbreak
Let me feel the support of Thy arm.
But, not alone, 0 my Savior,
Would | selfshly ask for my need,
But more than my own spirits cray
ing
For that of my dear one | plead.
From the scene of this early existence
would ask that in safety he come
To the blessed life, fuller, eternal,
In the beautiful haven of Home.
Miss Asa Lee Kent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
SECOND BONNIE TERRE, MAYBE

A body of disseminated lead and
zinc ore has been struck about five
miles west of Potosi, where Messrs.
E. F. Cordia, j. D. Boyer and ]. T. Ter
rell of this place are carrying on min
ing operations. A specimen of the
rock displayed at Mr.. Boyer's store
is rich in both lead and zinc, the lead
predominatnig. Mr.. Boyer says that
the prospecting has been pursued to
depth of fifty feet, and for thirty
six feet the shaft penetrates ore, which
grows richer with the depth. What
extent the ore body has is not yet
known, and it is possible that drill
ing may be resorted to before long
to make test of the extent. The ore
is of a true disseminate character and
will require milling. Mr.. Boyer says
that he is convinced that this discov-
cry is going to develop into something
big. Lands are being optioned in that
locality now at bonanza figures.-Po-
tosi Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
THIS MAY BE WHAT
YOUR HENS NEED

Hens cannot lay consistently unless
they have the right feeds in the right
proportions. H. L. Kempster, asso-
ciate professor of poultry husbandry
in the Missouri College of Agriculture,
gives the following rations for win
ter feeding:
1. Scratch food: 1 part wheat,
parts corn. Mash (ground food): l
part bran, part middlings (shorts) J,
l part cornmeal, l part commercial
beef scrap.
2. Scratch food: 2 parts corn, l
part wheat. Mash: ground oats, but
termilk or sour milk as a drink.
The parts in the rations are given
by weight and not by volume. Other
factors are met in egg production and
it may be that proper feeding will
not produce desired results. Howev
err, desired results cannot be obtained
without proper feeding. The ration
is one of the important factors in egg
production which can be controlled
Certainly the man who feeds for egg
production will receive more eggs in
a year than a man who follows nc
systematic feeding plan. Mr.. Kemp
ster has written Feeding for Egg
Production, Circular No. rs, which
may be had by application to the Col
lege of Agriculture, Columbia.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
THREE PEMISCOT COUNTY
CHILDREN CREMATED

From Cottonwood Point comes a
narrowing story of the loss of three
small children by fire in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Cook, living on the
farm of D. M. Abbott near that town,
Saturday morning. February 3rd.
1t seems that the parents had left
the House to go to the river near by
to get water for washing or some other
purpose, leaving the three children, a
boy about five years old, girl of two
and an infant aged about four months.
Before their return, Mrs. Cook hap
pened to glance back at the house and
saw that it was on fire. They return
ed as quickly as possible, but the
house was enveloped in flames, it be-
ing lined with building paper and very
infamable.
Mr.. Cook endeavored to gain en-
trance at the door to save his chill
dren, who were making piteous APP
peals for aid, but when he opened it
the flames rushed out and burned him
severely about the face and head, and
although neighbors came to their as
sistance quickly it was impossible to
save the little ones and the parents
were forced to endure the horrible tor
ture of standing by and seeing their
babies perish,-Caruthersville DEM
ocrat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
PRUNING AND SPRAYING
MADE THESE ORCHARDS PAY

Does orchard pruning and spraying
pay? The answer is found in the re-
suit of cooperative experiments con-
Quoted by the College of Agriculture
in forty Missouri orchards. These ex-
periments extended over period of
three years. They show first, that a
neglected orchard is about the most
improbable thing on the farm, sec
ond, that the best managed orchards
in Missouri are producing more pro-
fit per acre than any other farm crop,
The average returns per acre of
these forty orchards during the last
three years has been as follows. Pro-
perly pruned and sprayed areas, to-
tai received, $176 per acre; net profit,
$145 per acre. Untreated areas, total
received, $18 per acre; net profit,
nothing.
In order to obtain records of the re-
suits part of each orchard was allow
ed to remain in it's previous condition
not pruned and not sprayed. The
experiments, in view of the results
obtained, show conclusively the adj
vantages of renovation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
PRUNING METHODS WILL PUT
ORCHARD ON PAYING BASIS

Farmers who wish to put their or
chards in shape for profitable pro-
duction should begin pruning, when
ever the wood is not frozen, in mid
winter. Trees in heavy bearing con-
dition will make stronger growth if
pruning is done during late winter
and early spring. Pruning during
June and July will slightly check the
rank growth on trees that are max
ing too much wood growth and tend
to throw them into bearing for the
following year. DR.. ]. C. Written,
Professor of Horticulture in the Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture, gives
directions for winter pruning.
Remove all dead or badly diseased
limbs with a tree scraper. Cut well
into the rim of healthy wood on all
sides of the wound, to get rid of the
disease. Then paint the wound with
common white lead and oil paint, to
each quart of which has been added
one teaspoonfull of bichloroide of
mercury dissolved in turpentine (about
one ounce). Paint all canker and
pruning wounds as soon as made.
Begin at the top and prune the
tree to secure low, broad spreading
branching system, with open center,
to admit sunlight and air from above.
Do not remove strong lower limbs if
they can be given sufficient light from
above. Aim to secure bearing branch
es throughout the main body of the
tree. If the tree is shaded by too
much growth at the top, the inner and
lower twigs will weaken and die in
stead of bearing fruit.
Cut back the strong, upward grow
ing central limbs to outward growing
side branches. This induces the tree
to spread laterally instead of grow
ing too high. 1t admits light through
the center to fruiting branches below.
If limbs cross each other or crowd
badly, thin them out enough to admit
filtered sunlight to all parts of the
tree.
In pruning cut limbs close, so as to
leave no stub or knot. A protruding
knot will not heal. A wound cut
close will allow the growing layer to
close over the wound.
Paint all wounds over one-half inch
in diameter with the disinfected paint.
Disinfect saw or other pruning blades
with carbolic acid after pruning can
kered or diseased spots.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
SEVEN REASONS GIVEN
FOR NEW CONSTITUTION

Advocating a constitution which
will provide for the State of Missouri
in its present and future status and
suggesting that such a constitution
be drawn by convention as is the
text of the DUNN constitutional bill
now in the hands of the House of
Committee, Dean Walter Williams of
the School of Journalism of the Uni
versity gave the following seven rea-
sons:
The length of the present Constitu-
ton, whihc contains more than 3d.
900 words, while the Constitution of
the United States contains less than
1000.
Age of the present. Constitution,
which was adopted in 1875, when con-
ditions in every form of business life
were different from those of today.
Patchwork of present Constitution,
II amendments have been submitted
since its adoption, of which 20 were
adopted and 81 rejected, and impos-
sibility of patching it successfully any
more,
Administration of justice impossi-
BILE in the best sense, the delays in the
Supreme Court being due to the Con-
stitution, and being denial of JUS
tice to the average man.
The restrictions on revenue and tax
alton in the present Constitution en-
courage perjury and penalize homes
ty, making impossible separation of
State and local taxes, while a new
Constitution would not mean an in
crease in taxes, but an equitable dis
tribution of taxes.
Public education is hampered by the
present Constitution, there being ILL.,
900 illiterates in Missouri, which ranks
thirty third among States in litter
acy.
The Constitution is an obstacle to
progress, particularly as to good roads
system, it being impossible to estab-
fish a good roads system for the bene-
fit Of all portions of Missouri, under
the present Constitution, no matter
how many well thought-out road laws
are enacted.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
RIVER AND FLOOD SERVICE

Flood waters caused the loss of
nearly $21 100000 in the United
States in 1915, according to compil-
ations cited in the report of the Chief
Of the United States Weather Bureau.
Of this amount little more than
one-half fell upon the agricultural
interests of the country. To minimize
the losses from floods, the report
states, 81 of the principal stations of
the bureau are participating in river
and flood service work, and about 600
subordinate river gauging and rain
fall stations are maintained to supply
data for different watersheds. Flood
warnings and all forecasts of river
stages are issued by trained section
officials who are under direct super
vision of the Weather Bureau at
Washington.
The severe floods of January and
February, 1916, in the Mississippi be-
low Cairo, in the rivers of Arkansas
and Oklahoma, and, later in the year,
in the Mississippi between Dubuque,
Iowa, and Louisiana, Mo-, afforded,
according to the report, a critical test
of the efficiency of the organization.
AS the flood crest on each stream ap-
preached, timely and accurate warn
ings thereof were distributed well in
advance. The present system of
flood forecasting is the result of about
10 years of well-sustained effort on
the part of river forecasters to i'm
prove the warnings and to get bet
ter grasp upon the problem.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
500 Reward. 500

The readers Of this paper VIII be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known TO the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
for list OF testimonials.
Address: F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16

Running a newspaper is just like
running a hotel, only different. When
a man goes into a hotel and finds
something on the table which does not
suit him, he does not raise hades with
the landlord and tell him to stop his
old hotel. Well, hardly. He sets that
dish to one side and wades into the
many dishes that do suit him. 1t is
different with some newspaper read
ers. They find an article occasional
ly that does not suit them exactly
and without stopping to think that it
NAV please hundreds of other readers
make grandstand play and tell the
editor how the paper should be run
and what should be put into it. But
such people are becoming fewer ev.
cry year."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
STARTLING RESULTS
IN PENNINGTON

People report Incredible results
from simple lavoptik eye wash. A
girl suffering from weak, strained
eyes was helped by one application
Her mother could hardly read or sew
because of eye pains. After one week
her trouble was gone. A small bot
tie of lavoptik is guaranteed to help
EVERY CASE of weak, strained OF
infiamed eyes. ONE WASH will star.
tie with its incredible results. Pure
aluminium eye cup FREE with each
bottle. W. E. Abduction, druggist
Frankclay, Mo. (adv.)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
HARRINGTON ASTONISHED
BY MERCHANTS STORY

A merchant relates the following:
"For years | could not sleep without
turning every hour. Whatever / ate
caused gas and sourness. Also had
stomach catarrh. ONE SPOONFUL
buckthorn bark, glycerine, ETC., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka relieved me IN
STANTLY." Because Adler-i-ka
fiushes the ENTIRE alimentary tract
it relieves ANY CASE constipation,
sour stomach or gas and prevents APP
pendicitis. 1t has QUICKEST action
of anything we ever sold. E. M.
Laakman, Druggist. lady,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
THE LOSSE MAN

Will be at the Henderson Store Co..
Pennington, Mo-, Wednesday and
Thursday, February 21st and 22nd
Everybody is planning to attend the
exhibition of new Spring and Summer
woolens which Losse is sending.
This is your opportunity to secure
just as fine tailoring as if it were
bought in st. Louis, from your local
merchant at moderate prices.
Your measure will be taken by our
expert Losse cutter who will return
at a later date to fit all garments
when they are basted up.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
THE LATEST LIST OF
BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

Life of Chatterton.
Life of Edward H. Chaplin.
Life Of the Man, Shakespeare.
1000 Words often Mispronounced.
The Sand Pile House.
With Warren at Bunker Hill.
In Hostile Red.
On to Pekin.
Conversations on Electricity.
Cabinet of Gems.
Beauties of Tennyson.
Beauties of Shakespeare.
Poetry of the Fields.
Whittier's Poems.
Milton's English Poems.
Out to Old Aunt Mary's.
Macaulay's History of England
volumes.
The Eastern Question in Prophecy
Every Day Topics.
Elements of Science.
Addresses.
The Simple Truth.
The Perfect Life.
The Altar at Home.
Natural Religion.
Genesis and Modern Science.
Four Cleans and -Four Shadows Of
Immortality.
History of English Literature.
A New Method in English.
Sketches from My Life.
Trigonometry.
A German Grammar.
Vom Gestadte der Cykolopon unt
Sinenen.
Whittaker's Almanacs.
Ottos German Grammar.
Under Greek Skies.
An Encore, ...
Seven Dreams.
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
The Love Letters of a Liar.
Sketches by Boz.
Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons.
White Linen Nurse.
Grey Mist.
Senator Norten.
Death of the Gods.
Sophy of Kravonia.
Trail of the Axe.
Vane of the Timberlands.
Burning Daylight.
Blanche, Lady Falaise.
The Blue Wall.
Sweet Apple Cove.
A Red Gauntlet.
Rose of Old Narpeth.
The Green Cloak.
The Awakening of Helena Richie.
The Rebels Daughter.
Peter Peter.
The Prairie Knight.
The Sick-a-Bed Lady.
Mr. Crewe's Career.
Romance.
The House of Thousand Candles.
Over the Pass.
Jewel.
Emerson's Essays.
Books and Culture.
The Data of Ethics.
Journalism as Profession.
Menticulture.
Essays of Ella.
Whence, What, When?
The Life that Now Is.
Childhood and Youth of Jesus.
Messages of Faith, Hope and Char
ity.
Communism and Socialism.
Life's Comedies.
The Meier Do Well.
Playing with Fire.
Hagar.
The Lady of the Shows.
The Golden Banner.
In the Hollow of Her Hand.
Mr.. Bricking Sees it Through,
The History of Mr.. Polly.
The Wonderful Year.
The Thirteenth Commandment.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
The Best Recommendation.

The strongest recommendation any
article may receive is a favorable
word from the user. 1t is the recon-
mendations of those who have used it
that makes Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy so popular. Mrs. Amanda
Gierhart, Waynesfeld, Ohio, writes,
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been used in my family off and on for
twenty years and it has never failed
to cure a cough or cold" Obtainable
everywhere. (adv)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-16
TOOTHSOME MEATS

Of every description can always be
secured at Autsen's Meat Market.
$500 Coupon Books for $4.85. Good
meat is our speciality. Phone So.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19
Threats Are Made.

PORTLAND, Sept. 19.--Colonel Clarence Dentler, commanding the troops of the Pacific Northwest late yesterday announced he would send a special trainload of troops to As toria last night to prevent the In- dustrial Workers of the World from endeavoring to coerce the employees of the Hammond Lumber Mill there to strike in sympathy with the strikers against ten hour day lum- Der.
 \ The Hammond Mill Is working on aeroplane spruce. The Industrial Workers recruited large number of Hindus and began picketing the Hammond plant, according to A. B. Hammond, president of the com pany.
 As the Hammond mill furnishes light and power for Astoria, the Port of Astoria authorities com municated with Governor Withy- comb. Apparently Withycomb sent the complaints to Dentler who or dered the troops to Astoria.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19
HUGE SHIPMENTS OF SALMON ARE
 ON MOVE SOUTH
Three Hundred Thousand Cases Valued at Over
 a Million Dollars
 Now on Boats.

SEATTLE, Sept. 19.-Huge ship ments of canned salmon have be gun to move from the Alaska can neries. The receipts during the next seven days are expected to aggre' gate over three hundred thousand cases, valued at one million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
 The RedondO is bringing 10000 cases from Southeastern Alaska Following the Redondo will come the Valdez with 20,000 cases; the Latouche with 10000 cases; the Skagway with 15,000 cases and the Santa Ana with 30,O00 cases
 All of the Alaska Steamship com pany boats and every vessel of the fleet returning within the next six ty days will have from ten to thirty thousand cases of salmon.
 The Umatilla will have 25,000 cas- es, the Spokane 10000 and the Ra valli 10000 cases. The Admiral Watson is due in Seattle next Sun day with 55,O00 cases.
 The Northwestern brought -20,000 cases of salmon and the Humboldt which arrived two nights ago, had 5000 cases aboard from the north
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19
ASK GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OVER
 THE MINES
Jeanette Rankin Urges the Adoption of Measure Giving President
 a New Right.
MINERS APPROVE MOVE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Jean- ette Rankin, in urging a favorable report on her resolution authorizing the President to take over and op- crate the metalliferous mines, told the House Mines committee that the Montana miners now favored govern ment operation rather than working for the owners who treat them badly .f
 Theoretically she believed in gov ernment ownership. She acquiesced when Representative London, So cialist member of Congress, added "in preference to the copper com panies owning the government"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19
ENORMOUS SUM IS PASSED FOR
 WAR DEFICIENCY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 The seven billion dollar war deficiency bill which passed the House unani- mously yesterday afternoon, went to the Senate today. This is the big gest money measure in American history.
 The Shipping Board will get one billion and three quarters; fortifi cations, one billion and a half; emer- gency funds two hundred million torpedo boat destroyers two hun dred and thirty-five million and for machine guns three hundred and thirty-eight million dollars.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19

''The arrogance and egotism of the average German, and par ticularly the Prussians, are such that no woman should marry one of them unless she is a properly tanned German" declares Gertrude Atherton. one of Americas leading authors, who has spent. many years in the capitals of Europe. Mrs. Atherton says that she cor dially agrees with Sir A. Conan Doyle, who believes that all English women married to Ger mans should obtain divorces if they so desire. of were mar ried to a German I would leave him." she said. The N. Y. H. speci.,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19
BRITISH LOSSES LIGHT; GERMANS
 LOSE HEAVILY

LONDON. Sept. 19.-The British casualties for the last week were 27 900 and show the activities were The correspondents say all the arms of the British ser vice are constantly employed wear ing down the German resistance.
 The German casualties are not available. but observers at the front say the German losses are extremely heavy in the sort of fighting now progressing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-19
BERLIN SLAPS
 ON LID OVER
 LUXBURC CASE
Press May Not Tell the People of Perfidy of German Minister
 to Mexico.

AMSTERDAM. Sept 19.--The Ger man Government has forbidden pub lication of the text of the mes sages sent by Count Luxburg at Buenos Aires through the Swedish legation to Berlin. according to press comments received here.
 All German newspapers So far quoted on the State Departments revelation of the Argentine situa- tion have merely announced that Luxburg's messages referred to cer- tain diplomatic matters.