Evening times-Republican., 1920-11-09
J. L. WYLlE, FARMER AND
BANKER, SAYS PROBLEM
WILL BE SOLVED.
TENANT MUST BE GIVEN
PERSONAL INTEREST
Maintenance Of Fertility Of Soil and
Of Farm Buildings Necessary For
Profitable Farming on High Priced
Land and New System Of Co-o
Grafton is Needed.
IRy c. e. Milson.l

er and banker, believes that the time
has come for legislative action cal
culated to relieve some OF the unfav-
orable feature of tenant farming.
Chief among these Is the mainte-
nance Of soil fertility. Increased pro-
duction, proclaimed everywhere as
the only salvation for the man who
tries to make his living by farming
high priced land, Is n thing impos
sible under the present system of
tenant farming. Agreements are en-
tered into whereby the tenant is to
seed down" certain tract OF n
farm. He fulfills his contract so far as
the planting Is concerned, but diver
sity Of interest in the outcome at
once springs up. The landowner is
interested principally in the grass
crop: the other man In the nurse
crop upon which he must rely. un-
der present conditions. for his re-
turns. Some plan ought to be devised,
Mr.. Wylie thinks, to include the ten
ant as a party directly interested In
keeping up soil fertility. Then there
Is the matter of farm improvements.
A farmer who perhaps has spent the
best quarter century or more OF his
life paying for and building up a
fine farm home, finds himself in, a
position something as follows:
He realizes that u younger man
ambitious to succeed.vigorous Of body
and ready to employ the latest meth
DDS Is the proper one to operate HIS
farm to the end that the highest pos
sible production be secured. He
might sell his farm for an apparent
high price. but by the time he has
settled the well known "incidentals"
with his Uncle Sam" the situation is
not so favorable. He considers rent
ing his farm and then begins visions
Of degeneration OF improvements,
buildings, fences and all. The only
remaining alternative hiring the
work done. Is nat to sbe thought of in
these times. II plan could be
worked out whereby the, tenant
might attain audirect interest in the
maintenance OF improvements as
well as of soil fertility, and then put
oil farm leases on, a share basis,
this student OF farm problems be-
lieves that nnuch Of the future: pee
plexity regarding tenant farming
predicted SO freely in theses tim.s
would be avoided. ..s5s.a @
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The few surviving members Of tho
Grand Army post mt AIonteZnma are
Justly proud of their hall and its
equipment. Probably few il any in
the state equal it. especially those in
towns Of this class. The charter
member roll contains the twenty
names Of those who organized the
post in the year 1888. One of these,
Quartermaster George w. Wiltse, has
continually held office in the lodge
to the present time. Al one time the
post had membership Of 1875, but of
this number only twentyrf five old
men now remain. Jester Hedges. the
Oldest of these. Is past 80 years of
age, and the youngest, Henry Jones,
is "a. The average age of the entire
surviving membership Is just 80
years.
This fine lodge home occupies the
upper story Of a substantial brick
block that was erected by popular,
subscription at b cost Of $4,000 and
at time when one dollar would
build what three would be required
to do at this time. Among the many
portraits and Inscriptions on the
walls are a list Of the subscribers to
the building fund, a portrait case
photographs Of the post
pictures Of civil war heroes
and of celebrities of other days. The
contains a set OF 130 volumes
In which are to be found a record of
every military order issued in both
federal and confederate armies thru
out the whole civil war. There Is
Of war relics brought from
the battle front Of Vicksburg and of
guns used during that great struggle.
OF the original twenty charter mem
bers eight men are now living, seven
Of these in Montezuma the other in
California.
A foreclosure sale which was to
have been held Oct. 10 for some rea-
son was postponed to Nov. 8. On the
rof the 5th, however, the
sheriff in that county, accompanied
by the attorney called UP the banker
who held chattels, some horses and
an automobile telling him to have the
stuff on the premises that day, a
farm home about three miles from
the town where the banker lives, so
that it could be sold. The request was
complied with, the banker telling q
few men about the business in hand,
some Of these accompanying him to
the proposed scene Of action. Arriv-.
ing there 1t was found that the farm
er was away, nobody semed to know
just whore. No persons except those
were in attendance. Final,
ly somebody in the crowd discovered
that the date set for the sale had not
yet arrived and would not until the
next day. Now it is said that the
sheriff, county attorney and banker
are all staunch democrats and they
are saying in the bankers home town
that the whole thing Is just one more
example Of Democratic inefficiency
In the conduct of public affairs.
Eldora News Notes.