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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
The Price of an Acre

For fifty years this country
thought it knew what an acre of
farm land was worth.
And the value of the average
farm acre is the most important
t hing in agriculture. For, if the
value be held too high, and the
farmer cannot make a profit and
pay taxes and interest, agriculture
is in bad way. For years $50 an
acre was believed to be about right.
Now we have suddenly boosted acre
prices to $500, and the $500 an
acre farm is no rarity.
The danger appears to be that the
$500 lands will bankrupt their own
ers when produce prices drop. For
couple of years unusual profits
have been made from fruit, wheat,
corn, and the small grains generally
Even hay lands are paying good
return on a high valuation. But if
t hese high prices recede. and the
value of the farm lands is left on
tax rolls at the present assessment.
one can see without much prophet
ic vision where the farmer is going
to light.
Add to this his interest charge
for the capital invested in this high
priced land and you have an impos-
sible condition. Since the price of
farmland actually determines the
cost of food for American homes is
it not about time to stop this fren.
zied and senseless gambling in
farmlands, and maintain their
values somewhere on parity with
what they are worth as farmlands.
not as frontage tracts for the city
speculator?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
Hungry America First

1t seems to be about time for
Europe to begin to feed itself and
for America to give undivided at
tention to the sustenance of its own
population. The thought is suggest
ed not merely by acute cost of liv-
ing crisis in this country but by two
rather contradictory statements re.
Gently made by MIR. Hoover. The
celebrated food administrator has
done such good work both during
and since the war that anything
Ii Ike real criticism would be out of
place. Yet we wonder when he
says on the one hand, that prices
will fall because Europeans are too
poor to buy the food with which
American spectators have clogged
the warehouses of that continent;
and then, on the other hand, urges
thnI JUL 6ONCihiuCut BtduI uuBC
credits so that hungry Europe can
buy this same food-with the inev-
it able result of preventing the ex-
p ected fall the spectators prices.
AS if conscious of this difficulty
himself, Mr.. Hoover recommends
that our government fix maximum
and minimum prices. But to such
remedy immediate objection pre-
sents itself. Our governments
p revious experiment of fixing the
price of wheat at the high mark of
So 26 is believed to have had much
to do with the maintenance of high
prices in general, and least there
can be little doubt If there had
been no such fixed figures the price
of wheat would have declined after
the war. While acting as the friend
of hungry Europe Mr.. Hoover is
hardly in a position to advise for
America. In any case it is time for
hungry America to take the center
of the stage.-M Mexico Intelligencer.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
New Publications

The following publications were
issued by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture during the
week ended October 10. 1919:
Good Seed Potatoes and How to
Produce Them. Farmers Bulle-
tin 533.
Mites and Lice on Poultry. Farm
ers' Bulletin Sol. (Revised)
Fruit Growing on the Northern
Great Plains. Department Circu-
lar So.
Copies of these publications may
be obtained on application to the
Division of Publications, United
States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
Something for Nothing

Unless you are very, very old
you doubtless will remember day
when your daddy took you upon his
kD ee and IN a voice that sounded
mighty solemn to small young
ster like you were then explained
the laws which govern the social
eq nations of our old world in a one
syllable language that you under
stood. He probably spoke in this
wise: You are getting to be big
boy, son, and your dad and mother
are mighty proud of you. We want
you to grow up to be strong, wise
man. And if you do that there
are some things you must know.
One is this: Nobody gets anywhere
in this world, son, without hard
W Ork. There isn't any such thing
as getting something for nothing II
you want to be big and healthy and
wise and strong, you must work for
it. A person can't get good things
by just sitting still and waiting for
tn EN- to come to him; he must
chase them down. And so you
must work hard in school, so that
when you have chance you will
remember this: You can't get
something for nothing"
The forces which make for indus
trial unrest need some of dads
philosophy, toe. For after all indus
trial unrests are only the result of
failure to recognize scientific law
that is as old as the earth-that a
person must give to receive. must
work to gain, must make proper
allowance for the other fellows
prosperity if he is to prosper him.
self. The laborer who believes he
can get more money than he earns
and the employer who believes he
can make his employees earn more
money than he gives them should
60 to school to dad.
And all up and down the land
the preachers aud the teachers
must remind a sick world that hu-
man life is governed by a great
equation, and there can be no profit
without loss.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
The Life Simple

The simple life would do much
to cure the troubles that have come
upon us. We don't know how much
personal extravaganza affects pub.
lie sentiment. When a man of
much money makes display of it
IN banquets, vacations, sports pleas
nres, motors and shows of any kind,
it always creates more or less envy,
and this is largely at the base of
social unrest. AS long as there are
grades in social standing, as shown
by the differences in wealth and ex-
penditures for pleasure, there is 60
ing to be this envy breaking forth
in divers ways. 1t may be an ugly
situation, but it is one of the condi-
tons that is at the bottom of our
social tumult. The only panacea
that suggests itself is the simple
life. which happens to be also the
truer life. 1t is the upright life, the
moral life. the healthy life. And
then, it is closely allied to public
duty. for all the corruption and po.
litical scheming start with individ.
ual extravaganza and selfishness.
All our bloated habits poison at
every point the public service. We
can never live nobly as a communi.
ty or an individual if we give reins
to our appetites and let them carry
as whittier they will.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
Pay Your Debts.

Every progressive bank in the
nation is constantly urging the pub
lie to get the habit of saving and
paying off its debts. Contrary to
the opinion of many, banker is
not interested in having a customer
loaded down with debts.
Owing debts and being a borrow
er at the bank is two different
things. A banker extends credit
to enable business to be carried on.
10 one way this is a debt, but it is
a vastly different debt, from the
kind owed by a men who simply
fails to meet his obligations for lack
of systematic saving.
A bank must loan money to live
but it wants to loan to people who
save. The day CT the Shylock is
passed as the modern bank must
live from prosperous and not bank
rupt communities.
Geo. E. Roberts, Vice President of
National City Bank says: The
banker can render no better service
to the farmer than by advising him
to use the proceeds of present high
prices to pay off his debts. 1t is a
singular fact that people commonly
90 into debt in good times and pay
their debts under pressure in bad
time.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
The man who owns an automobiI

The man who owns an automobile
should mark it so that he can
identify it no matter what attempts
are made to change its appearance.
Since automobile thieves repsint
stolen cars, alter numbers, change
parts from one car to another identi.
fication marks should be placed Oh
all important parts of the mechan-
ism. The owners initials marked
with prick.punch on the inside of
the axles on the fly wheel and on
the upper side of the gearset hous-
ing are useful, but, since they must
escape the thief'S notice and yet be
perfectly plain when the owner calls
attention to them. they should be
placed as incOnspicuously as pos
sible and should be covered with
grease.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31
Cost of Hunting

In our fathers time, fish and
ga me. obtained at little cost from
stream and field, help nightly in
keeping down the meat bills Ten
cents worth of powder, five cents
worth of shot, the family muzzle
loader and leisurely day out doors
meant meat plenty of it. In al
m st every state, a generation ago,
game was far more plentiful than it
is today.
With the increase in population
and the invention of modern sport
ing arms, wild birds and beasts have
become almost exterminated in
many localities
Now it costs money to 60 hunt
ing and the sportsman would hard
ly dare calculate the price of the
duck or quail he brings home,
Guns and ammunition have gone
W ay up; usually there is railroad
fare to be added in; good bird dog
is worth as much as a good horse.
The boys with the musket and
powder horn is a dim and faded
vision of the past.
Americans are masters of spend
ing They have spent the cream
of natural resources such as timber
and oil; they have spent. in the
same lavish fashion, the teemine
life of the woods and waters.
And now they spend fortunes
pursuing the few surviving speci-
mems in feathers and fur.
When Martin L. Clardy was a
member of Congress he spent many
hours reading over the COMPRESSION.
al debates of earlier years. One
day Mr.. Clardy, to his amazement,
heard delivered upon the floor of the
House speech which he had short
ly before perused in a dust covered
volume fifteen years old. The
speech writer who had sold the
product had simply copied it from
the Record, going back for enough,
as he supposed. TO escape detection.
But there was another surprise in
store for Mr.. Clardy. Before the
recollection of the first incident had
faded he found, away back earlier
than the war. this same speech.
Whether that was the original
speech he never discovered, but he
did learn that there had been at
least two thefts of it, and that it
had done duty for three statesmen,
two of whom had probably paid
well for the mechanical act of
copying,
Miss Edna Nolen was Hannibal
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mrs r. E. Leake, of Hunnewell
visited over Sunday at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. S.
Sharp.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mrs. Tom Thurman and children
and Miss Sallie Thurman spent the
day in Hannibal. Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mr.. and Mrs, D. E. Vowel and
son, Russell and daughter, Mabel
spart part of the week in Perry
the guests of their daughter. Mrs.
Tom Dive,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mrs. c. R. Key, of Centralia re-
turned to her home Tuesday after a
few days visit with her son. S. A.
Key and family of this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Statistics nave proved that by
economy and industry exercised
continually, not sporadically-any
wage Garner or salaried man can
make himself financially independ-
ent before he is old. But how many
of us do? The reason why we
don't is that "a man only lives
once" We have only one chance
to be young, and if we don't get all
the fun out of life in our youth.
our appetites may be dulled by the,
lapse of time before we are able to
indulge them at leisure. So we
don't control our appetites. We re-
fuse to blend our INDUSTRY with con-
sistent economy. We 90 the pace
in our youth, and feel the lack of
affiuence in the decline of life. If
we could make the two virtues
industry and economy-inherent,
permanent and universal in this
town, we as a community would
then indeed set a pace-a different
pace-a pace of prosperity and hap
piness which would shed the radi-
ance of joy and peace from the be-
ginning TO the end of life. And
such a thing is possible right in
this community in this town
among ourselves.
Mr. and Mrs. Row MeriWether
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mrs. j. G. Hickman was in Quincy
from Friday until Tuesday the
guest of her sister, Mrs. H. E.
Movers. -
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mrs. Emma Hills from northwest
of town and Mrs. M. B. Hills were
in Palmyra, Tuesday on business.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

A. L. Nash. Grafton Young and
Allen Young and their families
camped for several days the last of
last week and the first of this, in
the Mississippi bottoms near Quincy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mrs. Robert Maher spent Satur-
day in Quincy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Meriwether
visited in Macon Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Miss Edna Nolen was Hannibal
visitor Tuesday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Robert Utterback and sisters.
Misses Maude and Lizzie, of near
Perry we're in this city Sunday en-
route to Columbia where Robert
and Miss Maude will enter the
University.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-10-31

Ingram Lynn passed away at the
home of his son, G. E. Lynn in Han
nibal, Friday. Oct. "a, 1919, being
70 years old. He was a former
resident of this city, moving from
here with his son to Hannibal about
two years ago The remains were
taken to Brookfield for burial.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
FINE FLORAL DISPLAY
AT BEKo FUNERAL

The funeral of the late Sam Beko
yesterday afternoon was largely at
tended by friends and acquantances
in addition to full turnout OF the
members of the Serbian Young Mems
society. who appeared headed by the
s'onouah Military band for the marcn
10 the local cemetery and the return
home. The exercises at the under
taking narlOrs were conducted by
the officers of the society. The cas-
ket was covered with costly floral
designs, including offerings from IL.
Chlatovieh, Carl Drossel Mrs "eorse
prcoyich. Dan Kovaceich, NJ, Hilieh
and family. Among the floral EN-,
blems was massive cross from
the surviving brothres. The pail
bearers were chosen from those VINO
we're associated with the deceased
during his long residence in Tonopah
as follows: Tom Ceprnich' Ill l'n'
c,ch T. Nastich steve Mani)lo'ieh
and William Davidovich,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
CONSOLIDATION
OF NINA MINES

Another big deal in Simon district
properties has just been completed
in consolidation of the Simon Pagan
Mines company and the Norman Sill
yer Mining company, under the title
of the Fagan Consolidated Silver
Mines company with combined cap
ital stock of 100000 shares.
The officers of the new company
are: President, p. A. Simon; vice
president, f, S. Chafey; secretary
and treasurer S. W Zachau; board
of directors p. A. Simon, f. S Chat
ey, b. w. Zachau, E s. Mulford and
Frank NJ Manson
These two properties are located
In the Simon district a short dis.
tance southeast of the Simon Silver
Lead mine, and consist of approx
mately six claims each, having a
common endline, making the long
axis OF the combined properties g
| little over mile long in nearly
rorth and south direction. Exten
sive development work has been done
on both the Pagan and the Norman
thu Pagan having been a shipper q
ore this season. and with the com
bined resources of the two compan
les, it is confidently predicted tha
great mine will be developed here
I J. o Greenan, who has been as
sociated with both companies, a
well as with the Simon Silver Lea
company. has been placed in charg'
of the Fagan Consolidated as supe,
intendent. and Is preparing an az
gressive campaign OF development
In this connection, a new strike 0
very high grade ore is reported Il
the west drift on the Pagan worl
hGA samples oe which are frsel
lspotted with native silver.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
SHORTS CAUGHT
ON THE BEN HUR

with record of $4,000 shares
sold in San Francisco, the day was
an exciting one for civic holiday
showing that the investing public
has its eyes on Divide stocks. The
fayorites were Ben Hur with sales
of 94.50O shares, Chariot with sales
of 10000 shares and Ben llur Ex-
tension. which nosed into the run
ming. The latter stock has been
listed for some months but the trad
ing was so light that the quotations
we're no carried by the Western
Union. Ben Hur Extension is on
the direct strike of the Ben Hur
ledge which has been established
beyond peradyenture of a doubt to
,e one of the largest orebodies seen
y the district Ben FIur sold up to
I. Chariot went from to 9 and
he Ben Hur Extension was quoted
,trong at 6 cents.
Ben Hur received a strong boost
in the trading from the fact that
The stock is said to be largely over
,old through a short interest repre-
ented by one house which shorted
he security to the exent of 100000
hares on the report that the strike
was no sustained. The Ben Hur
management has extended an invita-
ton to representative engineers and
newspaper men to visit the property
tomorrow to see for themselves what
the company owns and inspect the
, assay sheets. Zeb Kendall, presi
lent of the Chariot Divide, has been
leeping the wires busy from San
\ francisco inquiriug as to the strike
holding out and it is the impression
hat work will he resumed on that
property. Ben Luce, manager of the
Ben Hur Extension. is gathering a
force to prosecute immediate devel-
opment with the object Of picking up
! the new ledge The Extension group
comprises Ben Hur Extension claims
No. /, . and 3, Kelly Fraction. Ben
Kelly No and the Marion and
vedor fractions
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
'TONOPAH OPENS PHONE
LINE TO new YORK CITY

Tonopah is hooked up with New
York and San Francisco by long dis.
tanee telephones operating over the
circuit of the Nevada Bell Telephone
company through the agency of the
Nevada Telephone and Telegraph
company at all stations in southern
Nevada. The line has been finished
for several days but experts have
been engaged testing out and toning
up the connections and the delicate
instruments which are employed to
keep vocal sounds rolling on to des.
tination. The service is still in its
initial stages but the test this morn,
ing was phenomenally clear the
dulcet notes of the long distance
operator coming through in a low
even tone that did not show the
slightest shock on being informed
that the conversation was from the
heart of the wild and wOOlly desert
country and a desire was expressed
for reaching the ear of Melville
Stone. general manager of the As,
sociated Press New York was
pretty busy burg this morning on ac-
count of the election, but Mr. Stone
kindly consented to tear himself
away for a few minutes 10 be re,
paled with a voice from the sage
brush sending the following greet
ing from w. W, Booth, Manager Of
The Daily Bonanza
"On the opening OF the long dis
tance Bell telephone line from Tono-
pah TO New York, three thousand
miles away Tonopah the gem of
the desert. sends greetings The
greatest silver gold camp on earth ex-
tends hearty welcome to the bank
ers of your great city to extend
their investments In adding to the
store of precious metals Out here
they say New York looks like a
permanent camp"
Mr. Stone expressed himself as
being highly pleased with hearing
Continued on Page Fourj
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
VICTIM OF AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT PASSES AWAY

John Hagel after lying uncon-
scious for several days from concus-
sion of the brain caused by being
knocked down by an automobile,
died in St Mary's hospital at Gold
field at o'clock Sunday night A
post mortem examination was made
by DR. Mccarthy at 4 o'clock Mon
day afternoon, and an inquest was
held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Although Hagel had many friends,
none of them know anything OF his
past life The election records show
that he was 50 years of age, and was
born in Germany and came TO Gold
field from San Francisco. He had
resided here since the early days Of
h. town.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
HAYS IS COMING
TO SEE NEVADA

Outstanding developments at the
conference held here Saturday be-
tween Raymond Benjamin, represent
hg the republican national commit
lee, and prominent republicans we're
mat VIII H, Hays, national chair
man, will address gathering Of re-
puOlicans from all over the state
IN Reno early in January, and that
conference OF members Of the state
central committee, chalrmen of coun-
Y central committees and other
Fonlnent republicans will be held
% Reno on November Is.
Hays and some other republicans
q nation renown will speak in the
hallo theatre at a conference which
Vas agreed upon at Saturdays meet
hs Republicans from all over the
'Ale are expected TO be here on the
aae which will be fixed for the ma
lonal chalfman's visit.
The hope was expressed at Sat.
uFday's meeting that republicans gen
snly will attend the conference
salch will be held here on Novem-
M lS. At that time organization
HAns Will be taken up In detail and
prograr agreed upon. At Satur.
aays meeting Benjamin impressed on
A listeners the necessity of form
ls a statewide organization that is
'oacrete and thorough and that will
sOk In harmony with all members
Tue party. He said It is the desire
ne national committee that an or
Nalaatiou that viii extend even "a
i' most remote precincts of the
As'e be formed in all the western
states
ne Is regional director and person
representative Of the national com
A''ee IN eight western states.
A Saturdays meeting he spoke
s'elly on conditions that prevail il
Ie Pacific coast states and ex
We'sed confidence that the republi
WnS would sweep the west in mex
''NFs campaign. Organization" wa
Wv keynote Of his remarks and h,
%'u the national committee is anx
@pS TO have Nevada thoroughly OF
sepl1ed for next years campaign.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
PROBE TURNED ON
PRICE OF BREAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 4 The
United States government today he.
gan an investigation in San Fran
cisco to determine whether the re-
cent advance in the price of bread
was warranted. The evidence will
he turned over to the federal grand
Jury.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
HIGHEST PRICES PAID
FOR CROP OF HOPS

SACRAMENTO, Nov 4.-Contracts
for the 1920 hop crop Of the Sacra-
mento valley are already being en-
tered into by number of dealers
and growers. The highest price vet
offered for 1920 hops is 42A cents
a pound. Three-year contracts are
being offered on a basis Of "a cents
a pound, which Is considered q very
high tigura.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
DRY INFLUENCE
ON Wine TRADE

thE Associated freSEi
WASHINGTON. Nov / Radical
changes in the foreign trade of the
United States in spirits. wines and
liquors due to national prohibition
legislation is reported by the de-
partment OF commerce For eight
months, ending August, 1919. the
value of liquors exported was nine
teen times as great as imports. while
in the year 1914 the value of inn
ports was five times the value OF
exports
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1919-11-04
JAMES J. DEGAN
TAKES A Wife

kilograms received here today an
nounce the marriage of James }.
Degan and Miss Katherine / How
ard, NJ. D., in San Francisco yester.
day The affair is an old boyhood
lovematch which was revived when
the gallant swain returned from
France, where he had served with
the welfare activities OF the Knights
of Columbus. The couple are spend
ing their honeymoon in San Fran
cisco.