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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14
RATES MUST, BE LOWERED


There is one indispensable condl-
ton precedent to compliance with the
laws of Missouri governing valuation
of property for purposes OF taxation.
The taxpayers must be assured that
the State rate and the local rates Will
be reduced after property is assessed
at full value, as the law requires and
as is necessary to the uniformity OF
valuation which is the very essence OF
equitable State taxation. The various
county, township, school district, city
and village boards must not begin
reckoning on how much additional rev.
enew proper valuation will yield for
their purposes. Should the people de-
eide that the collecting of more money
for all purposes is the object of the
reform to which the State Tax Com
mission and the assessors are com
mitted, there will be such storm of
protest as will endanger the success
CT the movement. Gov. Gardner has
promised that the General Assembly
will be asked to reduce the State rate,
as soon as the matter of valuation is
settled in conformity with the consti-
tuition. The various local tax bodies
should pledge themselves to reduce
the levies when the valuation is rails
edsays the Globe-Democrat.
The question of levies within the
statutory maximum, may be decided
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

uation and that this is the genesis
of the peace talk and the much mild
err terms now limited at than the great
annexations and indemnities spoken
of even as late as a year ago? OF
course, with 100000 men still in the
field, even if rapidly depleted, she
could hold out a long time if deter
mined to endure everything rather
than yield, including starvation and
distress at home, but the people OF
Germany, when they once realize the
actual situation, are not likely to hold
out, if they know that they are doing
so only to keep fastened upon them
the military system and empire am
bition responsible for their sad estate.
But if they do, there should be no
question about the war being con-
tinued until they abandon them.-St.
Louis Star.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

The meeting that had been called to
meet at Kennett, by Senator Ely, for
the, announced purpose of protesting
against the conduct of Senators Stone
and. Reed, has been called off, for the
announced reason that it may be TAX
ing unfair advantage of the Senators
while their engagements at Washing
ton are such as to prevent them from
making any defense of their actions
at the proposed meeting. The Times
agrees that it is best to cancel such
proposed meeting, but would not imply
by such statement that the two Sena-
tors have been right in all their &C
tons in the present Congress. Neither
are we disposed to condemn them.
This paper realizes that the informa-
ton in the hands of Missouri's Sena-
tors, who are admittedly two of the
strongest intellects in the Upper
House, is perhaps far more complete
than we have been able to secure, and
so long as President Wilson does not
see fit to "break" with them, we feel
that it is not up to the people to hold
meetings for-the purpose of denounc-
ing them. 1t is certainly ample time
for the people of Missouri to hold
~protest' meetinHgs after Senators
Stone and Reed have been denounced
by the President, who would naturally
be the firstto feel the gall and weym-
wood of their opposition.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14
THE VIEW OF ONE GERMAN

From the Tecumseh, Neb., Chief
tain the following splendid expression
of one truly loyal German-American
citizen is taken. He tells briefly, yet
forcibly, why no German citizen of the
United States should think of turning
against Uncle Sam for the Kaiser, or
any other "king, prince or potentate."
You should read it, as it is well worth
reading:
Jacob Gratis Of Nemaha counly is
one of many Germans who appreciates
the wonderful opportunities he has
found in this country. He has written
a letter, over his signatures to The
Auburn Republican, in which he says
ne cannot account for the disloyalty
there seems to be on the part of some
of his countrymcn. His letter follows:
in full:
81 have seen several articles about
Germans trying to raise strife in this
country. AM German by birth and
l am an American, heart and hand.
| will tell you why ! left Germany.
There were ten in our family and we
were poor like the most of my country
men who come to the good old United
States of America to get away from
oppression, and it was hard matter
to keep the wolf from the door at
times. When landed in this country
| received work at once and received
more money for one months work
than | received in Germany for one
years work. ! sent for my folks and
am proud they are all true American
citizens and will answer the Presi-
dents call to arms against Germany
or any other country when needed.
~ don't see how my countrynlen can
go back on Uncle Sam. They came
Eere without a cent and made money
here; now they want to fight the coun-
try that feeds them. The kaiser never
did anything for them or for me. If
he had we would be back there yet.
All he did was to start this cruel war
and starve all our people there and
make soldiers out of everybody and
force them to work for his dirty IL
cents day with fourth of apound
of meat and loaf of black bread.
l hope to see the day when he is
kicked out of Germany and ;presi-
dent put in his place. You don't see
any Americans going over there for
jobs or to any other nation. They are
too happy here and don't oweiany al
legiance to any king or kaiser. 4 hope
Uncle Sam will win.
"Stop all foreign papers printed in
the United States. If they can't read
English, let them learn, and keep all
foreign languages out of the schools.
The English language is good enough
for anybody"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14
STARVATION NEAR IN GERMANY


There is no actual starvation near
in Germany at this time, judging
from information from Americans
who have been in that country since
the start of the war until a few weeks
ago. This was a bad crop year in
Germany owing to an exceedingly
long drouth. Everything. commands
an enormous price. Common articles
are only to be had at long intervals
and at price that is prohibitive to
the poor. A loaf of black bread, twice
the weight of an ordinary loaf in this
country, costs SO cents. All milk is
reserved for the hospitals. and in
fants. There is no wrapping paper,
no Irvine, no sugar, coffee or tea to be
had at any price, and. such, a thing as
a square meal is only known to those
of wealth and power. 1t is said that
there is not cat to be found in all
of Berlin and very few hogs. These
animals Rave been killed, and it is
suspected that some of them went for
human food. The Emperor and the
royal family live well and none Of
them have suffered bodily harm. from
the war. - 80
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

the corn to settle as it is stored, with
the result that more corn can be plac-
ed in given space. To overcome this
advantage of rapid filling woven wire
may be extended above the top of the
silo, thus increasing its capacity I'M
til it can settle. Patent roofs are
made which serve the same purpose.
Refilling in two or three days will &C
complish the same end.
Corn cut at tn proper stage should
require no additional water. When
the crop has become too dry, water
will add to the keeping qualities and
palatability of the silage. Water may
be run into the blower or directly in
to the silo. In the latter case it must
be we'll distributed. Silage made
from fodder requires large quantities
of water.
More or less silage will decay at
the top unless the silo is sealed over
or unless feeding is begun soon after
filling. To prevent much of this loss,
some farmers seal the silo with three
or four loads of green corn from which
the ears have been removed, some use
other sorts of heavy green crops, while
still others use sawdust satisfactorily.
In every case it is advisable to soak
this covering thoroughly with water
and tramp it regularly for several
days after it has been placed in the
silo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14
FILLING THE SILO

Distributing and packing silage in
the silo is frequently neglected. I'm
less the blower has distributor at
tachment there is a tendency for the
cut corn to fall in one place in the ST.
10. If the silo is filled in this way, the
finer and lighter portions of the stalks
are frequently blown to the outside
and the heavier parts, ears and butts
of stalks, are deposited in the CEN
ter, thus causing an uneven distribu-
ton of grain and stalk and conse-
quent uneven quality of silage. I'm
even distribution is frequently the
cause of soft places and air pockets,
which later result in spoiled silage.
When the lighter portions are blown
to the outside they do not pack well
and the silage spoils near the wall.
Such spoilage, which really results
from careless filling, is often attribut-
ed to the silo.
Packing the silage is equally i'm
portant as distribution, according to
S. T. Simpson of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture. Thor
ough packing requires plenty of men
and persistent work. Good silage can
be had only by uniform packing and
uniform distribution of the corn. The
entire surface, especially the outer
edge, should be packed firmly. The
best help obtainable should be sta
toned in the silo. That is where the
silage is ultimately made, and sue
cess or failure depends on the ability
of the men to distribute and pack the
corn.
The large cutter with the CORE
spending large capacity frequently
saves money in filling the silo. If the
silo is filled rapidly the corn has lit
tie time to settle. Slow filling allows
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14
GERMANY'S EXHAUSTION

Assuming that the figures of Ger
man losses and present army are cor
rect as given, it is plain that she has
passed the zenith of her power and
has been going down the other side
rapidly all summer. No nation in
modern times has placed such large
proportion of her man power under
arms as Germany has in this war. In
ancient times, when the whole tribe
bore arms and every man was fight
ing. man, whether he had fiat feet or
crooked finger or not, the percen-
tage of men in the ranks was. much
larger than now. More home work is
now necessary to maintain armies in
the field. It is estimated that it takes
at least two ut home to maintain one
man in the ranks. -
3 The usual estimate of a nations ut
most strength in the field is ten per
cent of its population. On that basis
Germany would have had only 7,000,-
900 men. These figures show that she
has put under arms or has available
and about to arm total of 10000
900 men. This includes all the land
sturm, being men up to So years of
age, and all boys as young at II years,
"robbing the cradle and the grave"
as was said of the Confederacy in the
last year Of our Civil War. In other
words, having made her supreme eff
fort and armed 100000 more men
than military authorities in the past
reckoned as her utmost fighting
strength, she is now unable to repair
her losses and has been for some time
Those permanent losses are now a.
100000 men. She is maintaining now
in the field 100000 on all fronts, but
will soon be unable to continue tc
keep such force. Mechanically il
seems clear that Germany has passed
her zenith of military power, while the
Allies have not yet reached it, count
ing in the United States. We coulG
alone, if necessary, match every Ger
man soldier with another without go,
ing to any such extreme as she has
done in arming our whole male popu
lation.
Does it not seem clear that the ex
perienced military men Of German,
recognize the hopelessness Of this sit
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

We would impress on all those
wanting job work, of any description,
that The Times job department is es-
pecially equipped for the turning out,
on short notice, of any kind of job
work, which is always guaranteed to,
be fright" both in regard to quahty
and price. Give US a trial with your
next order. Our work is all done by
competent workmen.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

If the Hohenzollern bunch had fin
ished the war business in the allotted
six weeks the crown prince would not
have had his glory rubbed on BY
Hindenburg.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

While in the war yesterday China
behaved with her accustomed dignity.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-09-14

not TO combine its fleet with that of
Japan in IAN enormous maritime su-
periority," which, as the Kaiser put
it, would soon make short work of
my small fleet" The Kaiser, it is to
be observed, was getting ready.
The immediate result of these nego-
tiations was an agreement between the
Kaiser and the Tar to declare the
Baltic closed sea. But finding that
Denmark, which was vitality interest
ed in this proposal, was as declined
to be party to it, as Belgium proved
disinclined to permit the German ar
mics to cross its territory in 1914, to
attack France, the decision was taken
to treat Denmark as Belgium was SUBJ
sequently treated. AS a preliminary
step, however, "Willy" made a trip to
Copenhagen, where he was entertain
ed by "Nicky's" "dear old GRANDPA
ther." He quickly satisfied himself
that the Danish people were quite as
suspicious of his good offices rs the
;Belgians subsequently had reason to
be. Therefore he telegraphed TO the
Tar that he had come to the conclu-
sion that it was Fwisest mot to touch
on the subject With the Danes" The
Danes, he explained, had already come
to the conclusion that in the event of a
war with England, Russia and Ger,
many would immediately take steps
70 occupy theirN country during the
| period Of the ,stAgeles InasnIuch
however, the Kaiser pointed OPT, as
this would guarantee the territory and
future existence of the dynasty and
country, the people were slowly, re-
signing themselves to the idea; and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
CHRISTMAS SEALS
SOLD BY CHILDREN

School children today will start work
in the Red Gross Christmas seal cam
paiGn TO raise funds for tts prevention
OF tuberculosis
Prizes are being Offered blythe state
society for the prevention of tubercu-
iosis TO children who sell the RreateN
number OF seals, for the school that has
the greatest number OF childrenwork
inv. and for the schools that sell the
largest amounts. To the child that sells
twenty seals pin will be given with
the pioture OF Red Cross seal on It
and 10 the child that sell, lUO seals a
silver helmet pin, with double Red
Cross will he given Each child that
sells 500 seals will get gold helmet
pin. ..
The school who has tho greatest
number OF pupils will receive a book
Three extra booths have been added
20 the twenty already offered, The grlS
work in these booths until the Close
OF the campaign, December "a
On Saturday evening the total re-
CENTS amounted to S625, after three
days work. Mr.. Ferguson said that tins
has broken the record for any city the
size OF Oklahoma City in the whole
of The United States.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
UNIFORMS WILL BE
WORN UNTIL SPRlNl

Mayor OyerholSer has not decided
yet Just on what date the blue coats
OF the police officers of Oklahoma City
will be cast aside. The mayor recent
" announced that he had decided 10
have all patrolmen, with the exception
Of traffic Officers in plain clothes. be-
leving that in plain clothes the Off
GERS would be enabled to arrest moro
law violators than If they were walk
ing up and down their bea. in unitormI
II is probable that the new order will
not be put into effect until next spring
as the patrolmen have already purI
chased their winter uniforms and over|
coats, and the mayor does not want tC
put them to the extra expense OF pur.
chasing additional clothing at this time
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Rainfall Here Far
Below the Average

Clear weather prevailed last month.
according to the report OF the local
weather observatory, issued today
which shows that there were during
November twenty clear days, five partly
cloudy days and five cloudy days. To.
tai precipitation for November was NJ
Of an inchc. the mean maximum TEN
peratute 64.l degrees, the mean mini
mum 407 inches and the mean mean
S24 degrees
The highest temperature OF the month
was 7S degrees, which was reached on
November g The lowest was 81 degrees
reached on November "a
The greatest precipitation IN any
twenty four hours during the month wa
~ OF an inch, on November H-28, anc
the total deficiency for the month, a
compared with the average precipitation
for November in the last twenty clgh
years. was las of an inch. The tota
deficiency since Jan. J. 1917, is ll6
inches.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Ounce lam

Wash, pare and core ounces. Put
parings on to cook. Cut pulp into small
pieces and put to cook in separate kct-
tie. When soft, drain of Juice 70 the
Juice add three iourths as much sugar
by measure
While your ounces were cooking,
pare tart apples and slice thin. Put on
juice and sugar to cook as for Jelly, but
add the sliced apples and cook until it
will set same as Jelly Turn into
glasses and turn melted paraitin OIL
top; when cool it will form a cake and
completely seal the jam,
The pulp of the ounces may be put
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
GILLETTE WILL TAKE
MANNS HOUSE PLACE

WASHINGTON, Dec j.-Represen-
tatiye Gillette OF Massachusetts will
act as republican leader OF the house
while Republican Leader Mann is at
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, be-
ing treated for neurltiS. MIR Mann 4
expected to resume his work in ths
house after the Christmas holidays
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

with sweet apples for sauce or com
bined with cranbcrrlcS or pears or any
iayorite method. Part OF the juice may
be made into plain jell if desired, but
the Jam is the most delicious way to
use ounces, as it has such a delicate
flavor and is not so strong OF ounce as
to be disagrecable to the most particu-
lar All OF the ounce is conserved by
using the pulp in any desired way.
making it not only pleasing to the taste
but economical as well.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Italian General
Reviews French
Who Come to Aid
By the Associated Press.

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
ITALY. Dec. 2.--General Diaz, chief OF
staff-oi the Italian armies, today re
viewed two noted battalions of French
troops which have arrived to take up
the figh, against the invading forces
Of the Central Powers. The review took
place colse behind the front lines, within
hearing of the artillery battle and were
singularly impressive as the troops
marched snappily past the Italian and
French generals to the tunes OF the
royal Italian march and the Marsellaise
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
10000 Thibetans
Offer to Fight
for British Arms

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec "a fight.
ina force of 100000 men, comprising
priests and peasants OF the Thibetan
plateau, have been Offered to the Brit
ish government for service with the
allier. by Dalai, the great llama OF
Lassa, according to Edmund Heller
noted naturalist who. after several
months, exploring the wilds Of Thibet
has returned to civilization. \
Il would be necessary to equip them
with modern guns. Heller said, as
Thibet has no army Each peasant
and priest has his own rifle but i is
generally OF an antique type manuiac'
tured BY themselves. He declared them
20 be the best marksmen in the world.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
TIL. po,,u MAGNIFICENT.

After one Of the battles near Verdun
a poiiu who had distinguished himself
for conspicuous gallantry was called
over BY an officer "Of what religion
are your" he asked. The soldier sa
luted and respectfully replied IL am
of that religion that looks God in the
eyes" He is the 'poilu magnificent
New York Herald
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Corn Bread Mush.

Save all leftoyerS and scraps OF corn
bread. Dry ont in warm oven, roll inc
with rolling pin, add to boiling salted
water instead OF corn meal with few
tablespoons OF white flour. Moh as
usual. Fry in hot lard or oil
The nutly flavor is preferable to the
usual corn meal mush.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
-HINTS For
YOUR H0MB
MENU HINT.
M Z NU HINT.

Breakfast.
Stewcd Figs
Corn Flakes with Top Milk
Stale Bread Pancakes
Home made Orange sMarmalade
Coffee.
Luncheon.
Sliced Salmon Loaf
(Leit over from night belorc)
Mashed Potato CrouuctS leftover -po-
tatocs) fried in Nut Margarine
Cucumber Relish
Home made Bread ButtermlIk
Dinner
Spring Lamb Roast
Drowned Potatoes and Gravy
Currant jelly (home made
Peas in White Sauce
Apple and Celery Salad
MolasSes Waters Hot Tea
Graham Bread and Butter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tastcless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertie, Of QUlN-
me and IRON G0c.-Adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03
For Nursing Mothers and Pale, Siekly
Children,

The Old Standard general strength.
ening tonic, GROVES TASTELESS
chill TONIC, arouses the liver, drives
out Malaria and builds up the system
A sure Appetizer and aid to digestion.
90 cents.-Ady.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-03

Susan b. Anthony amendment for equal
suffrage, which has been iayorably
reported tO the senate calendar
Speaker Clark soon will appoint
chairman for the new special house
committee on woman suffrage
The administration soldiers and
sailors civil rights BILL which passed
the house last session but failed 10 get
through the senate, soon will be taken
up by the senate judiciary committee
II operates in the nature OF moratorium,
suSpendng court processes against
members of the American military
forces. Other unfinished war leg,sls
ton includes Senator Chamherlain'S
resolution to subject aliens to the
draft; Senator Caldcr's bills for day
light saving and expeditions natural
ilation OF aliens and Senator
pomerene's bills, TO enforce govern
ment control Of iron and steel products
and for reclamation OF physically unfit
men Tor military service
Revision OF Postal Rates,
Revision Of second class postage
rates for publications also promises to
be agitatcd during the session,
Creation Of a congressional com
mittee to supervise war expendi-
lures, which President Wilson pre-
vented during the last session, will
bs urged by Senator Weeks Of
Massachusetts and other republi-
cans. The proposal Of Chairman
Fitzgerald Of the house appropria-
tons committee for single com
mittse to control war appropria-
tions also is pending.
Closer scrutiny of appropriations and
/ departmental estimates, during the
present session is generally predicted
with efforts 30 prevent extravaganza
whilr at the same time providing
adequate funds for war needs,
LsFollette Agitation.
Spectacular features during the seS'
sion are regarded as possible develop
ments from the agitation against Sena
tor LaFollctte and others because o
their opposition to some war legisla
ton. He and Senator Hardwick o
Georgia have announced their inten
ton to seek repeal OF the draft law
Will. Senators LaI'ollette and Sher
man of Illinois have peace resolution
pending before the senate foreign rela
tions committee
Within the next few days Presider
Wilson is expected TO send TO N
senate nominations OF many militar
and civil officers appointed during III
recess or who failed OF coniirmatic
7 at the last session