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Evening journal., 1917-11-14
nrCOyERs AFTER OPERATION.

John Sweeney, young brother oil "a
trolman James sweeney, VINO Was ~
Gently operated upon for appeholcl'i.s'
is recovering and expects to bf aDle 10
return home within "a short time.
Evening journal., 1917-11-14

ssXrY DAY SENTENCES FO1 sOME suFFRAGlsrs
By The United Press.
WASHINGTON. iiThriy-One womans party sunras''
. today sentenced to terms OF from months IN
i,n for pickens the White House on Tuesday.
Mrs Mary the 7syearod sunasisl from Jackson
y F six days and Miss Lucy Burns party
leader to six John Winters Brannan Of Ne" York.
got sixty days double that when she is tried Friday
o former picketns Others first offenders got thirty days
zach
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
IP- McNICHnL DEAD.

BY The United Press.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. ii.-State sen
ator James p. McNlchol a local political
leader, died here today. Death was due
TO heart disease from which he had
been a sufferer for some months.
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
ATTACK INrER-ALLIED WAN COUNCIL

By The United Press
LONDON Nov 1.-THE nsht ssainsl Premier LLOYD 80
support Of an intersled council came to ne'' s.
u Commons this afternoon when The Premier 10 en-
noor to explain the agreement creans the power"
phssir,d that the insr-ansd war council "'-
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
BY The United Press.

LONDON, Nov. ii.-"The war cabi-
net Is considering an possibility Of an
INVASION" declared Chancellor OF the
Exchequer Bonar Law. in the House Of
Commons today. His statement was
in answer TO a specific query apparent
Continued on Page Nine.l
Evening journal., 1917-11-14

The situation remained In this con-
fusion until receipt OF the Finnish
agency dispatches. which were appar-
entity ofncial and accurate. and which in
dlcated rapid dissolution Of the Boil
sheviki regime.
BY The United Press.
STOCKHOLM. Nov. ii.-Petrograd
was quiet on Tuesday evening, tho
shops being reopened and conditions
rapidly assuming the aspect OF nor
, NAL times. according 10 information
made public al the Russian legation TO-
day. The Mayor Of Petrograd. Il wal
, asserted, has organized guards for the
legations and for foreigners.
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
,,ru,,vI.N LEADER "u''OA''D,

..,s5 os.ssa. .' y: . : CO.. CO.. s s . ... q, s. .
early today win 'an ~.r n. shot heard BY other persons in
him ''" ".. ,'a',". wa. seen rrnnns from the place
Evening journal., 1917-11-14

Al special meeting OF the Farmers
and Dairymen's Cooperative Corpora
tion held saturday afternoon. motion
was passed fxing the wholesale price OF
milk at s cents per quart after Novem-
Der i5.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1917-11-14

PARIS, Nov. ii.-unusual activity OF
artillery on both sides along the right
hank OF the Meuso was reported In to-
day's official statement French troops
carried out successful raids southeast
OF st. Quentin scat, Saplgneul and lie
Chaumo Wood.
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
PNRLOR sOCIABLE.

A parlor sociable will be given tonight
AZ No. "a West Thirteenth street lor tle
LAYTON Home and Haven Church haily'
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
FINLAND DECLARES
state OF War exists
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. i3.-Finland has
declared a state Of war existing within
her borders. elected a Diet and chosen
a group Of directors to govern tho
province according TO word received
here today.
Finland has long aspired TO separate
entity from Russia and recent dis
matches Indicated Petrograd prior to the
Bolsheviki revolt had agreed TO auton-
omy for the province.
Evening journal., 1917-11-14
WEATHER

Fair tonight and Thursday,
little change in temperature;
moderate north winds on
coast.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
FOOLISH

The Charleston Enterprise-Couri
very truly says:
The millionaire is not the only
greedy animal on two legs; there are
millions of others just as greedy, and
in more unchristian way. We re-
fer to that sort Of person, usually of
small means who rushes into the gro
Gerry store and planks down all the
money he has for flour, sugar, meat,
or other articles of food, thinking that
by SO doing he is making himself Sc
cure against further advance in price;
and possibly hunger.
We do not know of more repre-
hensiblc form of greed than this.
They do not seem to realize that by
creating an unusual demand, they are
creating also an unusual price; and
that this sort of rush buying of food
is sure to force all, including the ov-
er greedy, to pay prices that, in many
instances, means actual distress; in
Guiding those who are so foolish as to
practice this form of cannibalism.. It
is but step from eating your neigh
boris food; or rather, from, by UNI
fairness, taking his food away from
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
CONSERVE AND INCREASE
THE MEAT SUPPLY

The present scarcity of meat-pro.
ducing animals, together with the
gravity of the war situation and the
consequent problem of the nations
food supply, make livestock production
an enterprise Of great financial oppor-
tunity as well as a patriotic service
and duty.
A state of war exists between this
country and Germany at this time
and it is we'll for the nation to real
ize that the results of the war may
be dependent upon the supply of food
which is available for our armies and
our population. The meat supply is
matter which must be given careful
consideration.
Greatest results may be realized on
ly by careful attention and hard work
Capital will play some part in this
matter, but every mans results will
depend to a great extent upon the
care and judgment with which his
operations are conducted, rather than
upon his banker.
E. A. Trowbridge, professor of an
imal husbandry in the Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture, outlines briefly
the steps which the farmer himself
can take in replenishing and increas-
ing the meat supply:
~ Saving the young animals at
birth. (2) Mating all the females
that give reasonable evidence of being
able to produce young successfully.
(3) Mating females with only the
best males. (4) Increasing the amount
of feed, especially roughness, by i'm
proving pastures, and by saving other
roughness which is frequently vast
ed. (5) Utilizing roughness and saw
ing grain to the greatest possible ex-
tent in meat production. (6) The
elimination and curing of disease
wherever possible.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
THE FOOD EMERGENCY

1t is difficult thing for country
that has never known anything Dor
dering upon a famine in foodstuffs tC
realize that conditions can arise which
may empty its bins, barns and ware
houses of its reserve store of grain
longe beofre a new crop can be gath
cred to replenish them. More difficult
still is it for such a country to realize,
in the midst of seeming plenty, that
such conditions have already arisen.
The United States has had its panics
and its periods of "hard times, but,
except in the early days, when trans
portation was lacking, and the means
of distribution were even more made
quate, in some isolated sections, than
they are today over wide areas, panics
and "hard times" have never been
due to a general food shortage. Ov-
err rather than under production has
caused business depression. indus
trial stagnation, unemployment, and
want in the past. 1t is an entirely
new thing for the United States to be
confronted with serious domestic
problem when demand for the pro-
ducts of the soil and Of the factories
is at floodtide, when prices are at
their height, when money is plentiful,
when work awaits all who seek it, and
when the wage scale is above the most
sanguine hopes of the labor unions.
The anomaly is at hand, however,
and its presence is due to a combina-
ton of circumstances not difficult to
be understood by those who take the
trouble to inquire. Plainly and brief
ly, at time when the wheat supply
in reserve and in prospect should be
immensely larger than usual, to
meet the domestic and oversee de-
mands, it is, and it promises to be,
unless extraordinary means shall be
employed to prevent it, far smaller
than usual
The country has heard how mat
tiers stand from the great exchanges
and the great purveyors of foodstuffs.
The Secretary of Agriculture, bas-
ing his statements upon the reports
of trained observers and statisticians,
has sounded warning. The Pres
ident, fully informed regarding the
gravity Of the situation, has issued an
urgent appeal for action. Thousands
of well-informed persons have dwelt
upon the subject of foodstuff short
age during the last few weeks. The
newspapers have devoted columns to
information and comment upon it. !
Yet the nation has been only partly |
aroused to proper sense of the sit
nation. '''
Perhaps people have been waiting
to hear from the moneyed, the most
sentitive of all interests. If so they
cannot fail to find food for serious
reflection in an epitome of food sup
ply conditions issued by the leading
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
SHERIFF's SALE

By virtue of general execution is
sued from the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of st. Francois county,
Missouri, dated the Bird day of March,
1917, made returnable to the May
term of the Circuit Court of st. Fran
co.'s county, Missouri, for 1917, to the
Sheriff of st. Francois county directed
and to me delivered, in favor of F.
L. Stevens and against Louis j.
Casey, have seized and levied upon
all the right, title, claim, interest and
estate of the said Louis j. Casey of,
in and to the following described real
estate, situate, lying and being in the
county of st. Francois and State of
Missouri, to-wit: Leased lot 8, block
10, in the town plat of Desloge, to-
gether with all improvements there
on; and | will on
Monday, May 81, 1917,
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the south
front door of the Court House, in the
city t Pennington, in said st. Fran
co.'s county, Mo-, and during the ses-
sion of the Circuit Court of said coun-
ty, sell at public auction to the high
est bidder, for cash, all the right, IT,
tie, claim, interest and estate Of the
said Louis ]. Casey of, in and to the
foregoing described real estate and
improvements thereon, to satisfy said
execution and costs.
CHAS H. ADAMS,
Sheriff st. Francois County.
April q, May 4, IL, IS.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
SHERIFF'S SALE

By virtue of a transcript execution,
issued from the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of St. Francois
county, Missouri, dated the 10Th day of
April, 1917, made returnable to the
May term of the Circuit Court of St.
Francois county, Missouri, for 1917,
to the Sheriff of said st. Francois
county directed and to me delivered, in
favor of the Goddard Grocer Co. "a
corporation) and against F. B. Hall
and Mrs. F. B. Hall, partners doing
business under the firm name of Min
ers Friend Company, l have seized
and levied upon all the right, title,
claim, interest and estate of the said
F. B. Hall and Mrs. F. B. Hall of,
in and to the following described real
estate, situate, lying and being in the
county of St. Francois and State of
Missouri, to-wit: The leasehold right,
together with all buildings and i'm
provements thereon in and to that
piece of ground known as lot IL, block
20, Flat River, Mo-, being Doe Run
Lead Company lease No. 3083; and
| will on
Monday, May 81, 1917,
between the hours of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the south
front door of the Court House, in
the city of Pennington, in said st.
Francois county, Mo-, and during the
session of the Circuit Court of said
county, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash, all the right,
title, claim, interest and estate of the
said F. B. Hall and Mrs. F. B. Hall of,
in and to the foregoing described real
estate and improvements thereon, to
satisfy said execution and costs.
CHAS. ADAMS,
Sheriff st. Francois County.
April 27, May A, II, 18.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04

Brazil offers Germany another hard
nut to crack.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04

financial institution of the country
and reprinted in the news columns of
this newspaper on last Wednesday
There is no theorizing in that state
ment. 1t is as free of sentiment as a
commercial agency report. 1t has no.
thing to do with the fanciful. Its con-
clusion, from the figures presented in
its summary of crop conditions at
home and broad, is that, if the people
of the United States grow no more
food this year than they did last,
there is danger of food situation
such as the world in modern times
has not dreamed of"
While the reader of the circular is
asked to picture to his own mind what
the conditions will be in the cities of
the United States next winter, and
what the effect will be on industry, if
food supplies are scarcer and dearer
then than they are now, he is remind
ed that his responsibility does not
rest wholly with consideration for
his own neighborhood, city, State or
country, but extends to the millions
in warworn Europe who are going to
be more largely than ever dependent
upon American crops for their daily
bread
The United States has the territory,
the soil, the fertility that will enable
it to meet, for itself and for its neigh
bore, the emergency that is present
and pressing. Surely it has the dis
position. The labor only is lacking.
What the Nation needs is the spur,
and this cannot be applied too sharp
ly or too soon. There is need, and i'm
mediate need, of an army of workers
for the fields and gardens. Not
day can safely be wasted. Spring
will not wait upon the convenience of
anybody. If the Nation is to be saw
ed, and if the world is to be rescued
from the disasters, economic, social
and political, that are now threatening
it, it must be through the service of
an army in the farms and gardens
quite as much as through armies at
the front.
The call to the pillow, the spade, and
the hoe is even more urgent than the |
call to arms. There is no reason, |
however, why both calls should not
be responded to with equal enthusi-
asm, or why the honor attending the
to one be less than that at
tending response to the other. The
hero of this emergency is he who does
his bit, whatever it may be, does it
promptly, and does it well.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
No Danger in Over-P Production
this Year,

While the farmer is being urged to
greater and greater production, he
naturally considers the possibility of
production. Many farmers of the
State have advanced this question.
According to Dean f. B. Mumford of
the Missouri College of Agriculture,
over-production is exceedingly i'm
probable this year. 1t has been agreed
that this country's part in the war
will be largely to supply food. sour
food resources have been depleted by
shipments to Europe and by several
poor crop years." said Dean Mumford
recently, "and now with unrestricted
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
FINDING A SUBSTITUTE
FOR HIGH PRICED FATS

Columbia, Mo-, April 30.-"Fat is
one of the most important constitu-
ents of our diet. The general sources
of fats are meats, milk and its pro-
ducts, and vegetable oils. The most
valuable single fat, as regards nu-
triton, seems to be butter fat At
the present time when the cost of liv-
ing is constantly mounting, substi-
tutes for this expensive fat should be
considered" DR.. M. P. Ravenel of the
department of preventive medicine of
the University of Missouri declares.
"For many years oleomargerine has
been on the market. There appears
to have been a consistent campaign
upon the part of some persons to dis
credit this product and to limit it's
use. Oleomargerine is an animal pro-
duct made out of the cleanest and
best fats. 1t can only be produced
under Government inspection and on
ly sold when marked inspected and
passed by the Bureau of Animal In
dustry To some extent peanut and
cotton seed oils are being put into
oleomargerine.
"Oleomargerine is digestible, pal
atable and nutritious. Owing to the
prohibitive tax on colored oleomar-
gerine, it is sold uncolored. Persons
can, however, buy the color and mix
it in their homes. This desire for
colored material is an artificial one,
many people thinking it means
richness. There is scarcely a pound
of butter sold on the general market
which is not colored. This is done to
satisfy the demand for yellow but
ter and to make cheap buffers sell
at a higher price. There is no ex-
cuse, of course, for selling oleomar-
gerine as butter, but the tax on it
when colored is most unjust in view
of the fact that butter is universally
colored and a higher price obtained
for it than could be had if 1T were
sold uncolored.
"Olive oil has for many years been
considered the preferable one. 1t is
at present being produced in Califor-
MIA in large quantities and the quail
ity is fully as good as that of the Eu-
ropean product. However, the price
is high. America produces a large
quantity of peanuts and peanut oil.
year of peanut oil are imported.
America leads the world in the pro-
duction of cotton seed oil. Both of
these oils when purified form valu-
able foodstuffs. Cotton seed oil has
about the same food value as olive
oil, and when refined cannot be de-
tected in salad dressings, for exam
pie, by the average person.
peanut oil is a bland sweet pro-
duct fully as nourishing as olive oil
and has everything to commend it.
The use of both of these oils in cook
ing, for salad dressings, and other
similar manner, is to be recommended |
in everysway. There are on the mar
ket at the present time number of
in which the cotton seed
oil has been solicited.
"These substitutes for lard are nu-
tritious and wholesome, and are to
be recommended. The prejudices
which have been persistently raised !
against these fatty foods, especially
oleomargerine, have no foundation I
from the standpoint of public health"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04

The object of live stock club worl;
among the boys is not profit making
alone. The fact that cost records are
required, thus teaching boys the rela-
ton between systematic and business
like efforts to results, will have an
untold beneficial effect in shaping
their viewpoint toward the live stock
business. The educational phase of
the work is not to be overlooked Boys
in live stock clubs do better work in
school, particularly in spelling and
composition.
The love of ownership can best be
developed by actual ownership and
many of the most successful stock
men of today attribute their attain
ments in the live stock world to the
fact that they became interested when
they were boys. The organization of
a pig or calf club gives the boy les
son in organization that is valuable TO
him-organization for the accomplish
ment of purpose.
The Extension Service of the Mis-
souri, College of Agriculture in it's
live stock club work takes the view
that the boys are prospective stock
men and future business farmers of
the State. No attempt is made to or
ganize club unless there is reason
to believe that it can be carried to a
successful conclusion and the object
of the project fulfilled. Boys who
will be fnishers as well as starters
are wanted for members.
In view of the actual and impending
food scarcity the work of stimulating
the interest of boys in raising meat
animals is of more importance than
ever before.
One of the most striking illustra-
tons of what is being done in Mis-
souri, is the Wood and Huston Bank
Pig and Calf Club in Saline county.
This club has a membership of SO
boys and girls. Recently at ban
quet rendered the club by the bank SO
of the members were present. The
boys and girls receive instructions
from the College of Agriculture.
Such efforts help develop an eff
cient type of citizenship and Incl
dentally increase the production of
live stock.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04

him, by the creation of abnormal
price, to eating your neighbor.
Of course, it is the element Of saw
age that remains, plus ignorance of
the laws of supply and demand, which
induces these persons to behave
like swine. And, no doubt, sober sec
ond thought, aided by their better ma
lures, will stop it. At any rate, let's
hope SO.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE
ECONOMICS, STATE MISSOURI
College of Agriculture University Department Ag
culture ST. Francois County Court ST. County
Bureau, cooperating.
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY FARM BUREAU
CA l. FOard, County Agent)

export to the Allies, the small re.
serve which we have will be further
! decreased. Any surplus which the
! American farmers can produce will
be quickly absorbed at war time pric.
es. Millions of people in England
France and other countries at wal
with German powers are in need of
food. They must have food not only
for their civil population but for their
armies. They are too busy fighting to
provide that food themselves. 1t then
bchooves the United States to supply
food.
"But it is not alone for the Allies
that we must produce maximum crops.
If we should have a poor crop year
throughout the country, our own peo-
pie may actually suffer-"
IF Germany is able to continue
the ruthless submarine warfare I'M
hindered, some food will be lost on its
way to Europe. Consequently the
losses will tend toward a further
shortage and to absorb any surplus
even if there were danger of over-pro-
duction."
What would happen if peace should
come within the next few weeks?
Would not the markets be glutted?
In answer to these questions, Dean
Mumford said: at is doubtful if there
will be great decrease in the demand
for food Immediately following the
war. With commerce restored, ev-
cry nation which is now at war will
become market place for American
farm produce. Those countries have
no food reserves left and they will
turn to the United States to furnish
food during reconstruction and until
they can feed themselves"
AS an example of the actual scar
city of food in America, Dean Num-
ford cited the condition of wheat "In
1915 the United States produced 10I
bushels of wheat per capita; in 1916
we produced 6 bushels per capita, but
used 6 1-3 bushels for seed and or
binary consumption and exported 2 1-2
bushels per capita. The present con-
dition of wheat in the United States |
is 63 per cent of a normal crop. This |
is % per cent below the average for
tie last ten years. The condition in !
Missouri is even worse-59 as COM
pared with the 15-year average of So
per cent. The latest reports are that
the world crop of wheat is far below
average" Other foods are CORE
jpondingly scarce.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-05-04
Use More Horses and Save Men.

Labor is the limiting factor in crop
production this year. Horses are rel
atively plentiful in comparison. o.
R. Johnson of the department of farm
management of the Missouri College
of Agriculture suggests that farmers
lay aside one-man and two-horse tools
and use those that require more hors-
es so that more work per man can be
done. One man with three horses to
a sixteen inch breaking pillow will turn
over three acres or less in a day. The
same man with a gang pillow consist
ing of two 12-inch bottoms will av-
erage 4 3-4 acres day and will use
one more horse. This means that by
increasing the horse stock one-third,
one man can increase his efficiency in
breaking ground nearly rs per cent.
Investigations have actually shown
that a man on a riding implement will
do more work in a day than the same
man and the same team with imple-
ments that require i'm to walk. The
use of bigger tools and thorough pre-
paration of seed beds will also cut
down the time required for cultivating
the corn crop. Cultivation is the oper-
alton which limits the amount of corn
one man can grow. If good seed
bed is prepared, some time can be
saved in cultivating the crop, and con-
sequcntly more acres can be grown.