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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
THE PRESS ENDORSES
HUMANE EDUCATION

In the list of those now interested
in teaching kindness and mercy to
every living creature we find many of
the worlds most distinguished names.
There are a number of the best edit
ed publications devoted to the pro-
lection of the animals.
We may not notice it, but it is no
less true, that there is today by nc
means as much cruelty to animals as
in years past. Humane education has
compelled the enactment of laws for
the protection of dumb creatures and
the deep interest of so many cultured
and self sacrificing people in the
work has been the cause of enforcing
these laws. The results show in re-
duced suffering among our dumb an
imals, which is followed by increased
efficiency and tremendous saving.
A review of the humane magazines
brings to mind another and most i'm
portant feature of humane education
In teaching children to be kind to an
imals they are taught to be kind and
gentle to other children. The HUI.
manitarian (London), in recent
splendid editorial on this phase of the
subject, among other things says:
"The child that is suffered, un.
checked, to torture an animal, viii
soon pass from an unconscious to q
conscious cruelty; from careless in.
Fiction of pain to enjoying the sight
of suffering; from the torture of an
imals to the hurting of smaller bro
theirs and sisters" ~
Kindness must be taught. Like the
beautiful flowers in the garden, il
must be sown and cared for. Weeds
only are self-sown.n Teach the chill
dren kindness to animals and they
will learn to shun cruelty in every
form. The humane education socie'
ties of the world are performing {
great service.--Charleston, S. c.
American.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
Notice to
Contractors

Pennington, Mo-, Aug. 25, 1920.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the County Clerk of st.
Francois county, until Sept. 13, 1920,
at / O'Clock p. M, for quarrying and
crushing approximately 5000 cubic
yards of rock at the F. H. Best quar-
iy in the S. w. quarter of Section A,
Township 35 N. R. 6 E., also for de-
livering same on roads.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids. Each bid must be ac-
eompanied by certified check for
One Hundred Dollars as guarantee
that the bidder will furnish bond and
enter into contract, as provided in the
specifications, if awarded the con-
tract.
Plans, specifications and bidding
blank can be obtained at the County
Clerks office.
THOS. H. HOLMAN,
35-3t County Highway Engineer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
Thursdays Only
Visiting Days

Owing to the crowded condition of
State Hospital No. A, it has been de-
cided that hereafter there will be but
one Visiting day" at that institution
each week, and Thursday has been
chosen as that day. This step has be-
come necessary owing to the increased
amount of work that is necessary in
order to keep in force the splendid
conditions for which that institution
has become noted.
The sixty nurses employed there
had also requested that visiting be
confined to one day, which ruling will
work no injury to anyone, and will on
ly call for more united effort on the
part Of visitors. Last Thursday,
August 10th, was a record-breaking
day for visitors at State Hospital No.
q, when les were there to see rela-
tives or friends.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
A SCRAP OF PAPER

1t is impossible to follow Mr.. Hard
ing in the following line of argument
because it isn't so:
Suppose that under Article X a
program of armed force is agreed up
on, and the Congress of the United
States declines to respond. The ex-
ecutive would be called upon to car
ry on war without constitutional au-
thority, or we should prove our COM
pact no more than scrap of paper.
The executive would no more be
called upon to wage war without con-
stitutional authority" than he would
be called upon to pay the interest on
the national debt out of his own pock-
ct in case congress had refused to au-
thorize the payment of it.
Nor would we prove the league COW
enant to be no more than "scrap of
paper" if congress should decline to
authorize the use of the armed forces
of the United States. Nothing in
the covenant or the Versailles treaty
impairs the war powers of congress.
No treaty could impair the war pow
ers of congress. Authority to disre-
gard the grants or the prohibitions of
the constitution is excluded from the
treaty making power. No foreign
government making treaty with the
United States is ever presumed to be
ignorant Of this fact.
The implication in the notorious
phrase, "a scrap of paper, is that of
bad faith. No one could charge the
United States with bad faith, as
known in diplomacy, in case congress
should decline to authorize the use of
armed forces abroad. - Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
THE SUBLIME EGO
TISM OF YOUTH

Call it "egotism of youth" if you
wish to, but one has only to look
about and it is easy to see great
change in the habits and general de-
meanor of the youth of the present
day. In fact, there are many young
persons whose actions border on pro-
fligacy, they spend money lavishly
without thinking of saving, and there
is more or less "devil- spirit
eXtant
Recently a draft dodger named AL
lison was released from Leavenworth
prison. The officers said he had not
earned reduction of sentence by good
behavior, but had been rebellious and
hard to manage. His father is re-
ported to have commented upon this
by saying that his conduct was the
result of the Sublime egotism OF
YOUTH" Those are high sounding
words to use to cover up the failure
of a parent to train his son in right
thinking and right acting. The elder
Allison had been engaged in social
settlement work in Chicago and by the
very nature of his work should have
been aware of the supreme impor-
tance of character building. 1t may
be that, as is too often the case, he
was SO absorbed in his work for
others that he had no time to give his
own son the needed home atmosphere
and home training. If the twlg is
properly bent in early youth and the
inclination is preserved during the
growing period, not even the Sub
lime egotism of youth" will bend it
out of the inclination given it. Where
there is no home or family discipline
egotism develops unchecked. to the
warping of lives that otherwise might
be made valuable.
There is no full substitute for home
training. Nothing can completely
take the place of the home circle and
the parental guiding and training
hand. There are substitute make
shifts, woefully deficient at the best,
which try to supply the place of the
home influence when that is absent or
when the home influence is bad instead
of good. Especially the institutions
can never take the place of the home.
1t may teach habits of thrift and
neatness, it may make children as
like as two peas in pod, but it can
never do the work of the true home.
I If the United States could be imag.
ined to be people with institutionally
trained instead of home trained citi-
zens, there would be a speedy end to
what we call the American spirit
American civilization rests upon the
American home. No parent can justi-
fly himself in not maintaining such a
home for the rearing of his children
no matter what may be the character
of the work which prevents. Nor car
he shrug off responsibility by talking
of the Sublime egotism of youth.
Far better should he reflect on the
unsublime neglect of parents.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
INCREASING DISTANCES
SHOULD BE SHORTENED

"Chicago is more than twice as far
from New York as it was six years
ago. More than that-every place IN
the United States is now about twice
as far from every other place as 1t
was in 1914"
These rather startling assertions
are made by Secretary Thompson OF
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress in statement released to-
day. The statement goes on to say:
aOf course, the number Of miles be-
tween New York and Chicago, or any
ether two places that might be nam
ed. is lust the same now as it always
was--but miles are not the only
things to measure by. We might use
time, for instance, and it has been wen
said by an English writer that 1T Is
not mileage, but cost of transporta-
ton, which constitutes the true COM
mercial measure of distance.
geographically, Chicago is still
1000 miles from New York, but, be-
cause of the increases made in freight
rates during the past six years, the
clay on Lake Michigan is now, COM
mercially, 2,100 miles from tidewater,
and every community in the country
has been pushed back until it is twice
as far away from the markets in
which it either buys its supplies or
sells its products as it was in 1914.
"The whole increase was not made
at once-the country never would
have stood for it if it had been. First
it was five per cent in 1914; then fif-
teen per cent in 1917; then twenty
five per cent by Mr.. McAdoo's order,
in 1918; and now an advance varying
from twenty-five per cent for the
Southern and MountainPacitic groups
to 40 per cent for the Eastern group,
and averaging, according to an esti-
mate made by the Bureau of Railway
Economies, 1858 per cent for the
whole country.
"Stated in another way, this means
that for every dollar paid to the rail-
roads for freight in 1914 we must now
paw two dollars more. Now, it is just
as certain as fate itself that every in
crease in cost of transportation In
creases both the cost of living and OF
doing business and decreases the ter
ritory in which our products, whether
of farm or factory, can be sold. But
the most vital question today is not
whether we shall pay one price or an
other for the transportation of our
goods, but whether we can get them
carried at all.
In Europe, they use waterways as
we'll as railways. France, Belgium
Holland and Germany (as it was be-
fore the war;, whose combined area
is only one-seventh that of the United
States, have 23,200 miles of water
ways, Of which they make a consinu.
ally increasing use. The tonnage OF
goods transported on the waterways
of Germany in 1905 was five times as
much as was carried in 1875, and it is
more than a coincidence that, in every
one of the twenty years ending in
1918, the foreign commerce of Ger
many, which is $1,000 square miles
smaller than the state of Texas, ex-
ceeded that of the United States by
hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Why should not the $4,000 miles
| of inland waterways in the United
States be made available for use?"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
DE SOTO'S 18th ANNUAL
FAIR TO BE BIG EVENT

The 18th annual fair given by the
DeSoto Fair Association will open on
September 7th and continue for four
days. Several new features have been
added this year and the fair will be
bigger and better than ever before.
An airplane will carry passengers
during the fair, and the U. S. Gov
ernment will make big war display.
Besides this, horse racing will be a
big feature. The grounds have been
enlarged and roadway built to the
top of the slope on the north where
ali automobiles and vehicles will be
parked, thus leaving the area within
the circle of the track open.
A day or two spent at the DeSoto
Fair will be worth your while.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
VISITORS SEE 300-ACRE CORN
FIELD ON FLAG LAND

A 300-aere corn field Ii. the north
ern part of Pemiscot county is at
tracing considerable attention. This
corn was planted in the swamp in
what was known as flag or open-pond
land. w. S. Edwards, the owner, used
two tractors and did not plow this
land but simply double disked it before
planting. Part Of the corn was plow-
ed three times and promises alyield of
65 bushels an acre. The part plowed
twice will yield 50a bushels; the part
plowed once will yield 35 bushels, and
some not plowed at all will yield 25
bushels. The field is'la revelation to
the rest of the district and nearly
every Sunday visitors travel for miles
through the woods to see this corn,
Reid,s yellow dent variety was plant
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Aug. 19--Henry J. Hightower and
Edna P. Chamberlain, both of Knob
Lick.
Aug. 20-Aaron Thomasson and
Ruthie May Benton, both of Lead
wood.
Aug. 21--Arba Galvan and Ella
Halle, both of Esther.
Aug. 21--Charley Fox and Dollie
Sage, both of Elvins. or NJ.
Aug. y23--Thomas W. Wells, OF
Route 6, Pennington, and Bertha vi
ola Thomure, of Route 8, Pennington,
Aug. 24--G. w. Hand, Of Doe Run,
and Matilda Mitchell, of Pennington
Aug. 24-John Doncho, of Centralia
ILL.,, and Dena Mcdaniel, of Farming
ton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
FLOWING COSTS $1.2o
y AN ACRE BY TRACTOR

In recent tractor demonstration in
Mississippi county, 7 tractors were en-
tered. The demonstration was not
entirely a success, owing to the fact
that many blind stumps were struck
by the plows, causing much delay.
Figuring labor $1.5O an hour 1or
blowing, the results Of the demon
stration on the cost of plowing an
acre were: Wallis-cub, SLID; Twin
City, s1.21; Sampson, $1.21; Inter
national, S1,33; Titan. $1.39; Cleye-
land, $l.4s; Fordson, $1.57.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
STATE FAIR CROWD
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
FARM BUREAU PROGRAM

"Six and one-half million members
representing eighty-two billion dol
lars" were the glowing terms with
which Paul B. Naylor, Assistant Coun.
ty Agent Leader, Missouri College OF
Agriculture, painted the future OF the
American Farm Bureau Federation at
the Farm Bureau meeting at Sedalia,
August 18th.
August 18th was Farm Bureau
Dav at the State Fair. Several thou
sand Farm Bureau members from all
over the state were there. Two thou
sand found seats in the big tent
where the Farm Bureau program
was held and many stood during
parts of the program. After an ad.
dress of welcome from Roy Rucker, OF
the Pettis County Farm Bureau,
Chester H. Gray, President of the
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation,
described the work and accomplish
ments of the Federation in the past
and from these predicted the results
in the future. "The real rural trag,,
edy." he said, "is not poor rural
schools or poor rural roads, but that
the farmer is not able to retain a just
norton of the wealth that he pro-
duces." Mr.. Gray described the mar,
keting plans of the Federation and
predicted that through the develop,
ment of these plans the farmer would
soon be able to "make price instead
of take a price," =,
The idea behind and the need. for
such an organization as the Farm
Bureau Federation were Adequately
presented by Paul B. Naylor Of Col
umbia. "Production will never solve
the farmers problem he said, the
farmer must own and control his bus
iness."
Study California Cooperative
Marketing.
committee comprising repreSen-
tatives of several Midwest states
are now in California studying the
co-operative methods of farmers Or
ganizations in that state. 1t is gem
erally conceded that California has
the most thoro-going system of CO.
operative marketing known IN TINS
country. The growers of prunes'
raisins and other products have their
organizations so we'll in hand that
thew not only sell in standardized
wav. but name the prices which they
are to receive for their products: Inc
purpose Of the committee is to bring
back to the midwest states plan
which it is hoped, may be adapted to
the Mississippi Valley conditions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27

Mrs. II. #. Schmidt and son, Her
man, of Champaign, ILL.,, Mrs. Ruth
Weiger, of Kansas City, Mrs. Ida Ket-
finger and son, Charles, of Bismarck,
j. H. Burnette, of Little Rock, Ark,
Paul Burnette, of Perryville, were
called here Sunday on account of the
critical illness Of their mother, Mrs.
Dora Burnette. The Times is glad
to report that her condition is much
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27

A French painter has destroyed all
his pictures because people did not
seem to show much enthusiasm over
them. This is the self-sacrificing
spirit we would like to see inculcated
in the spring poet.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27
GREAT REDUCTION
IN TIRE PRICES

We have just received three large
shipments of tires that we bought at
greatly reduced prices. We are going
to give from 20 to 33 1-3 per cent off
of. regular prices on all these ship
ments.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-08-27

35-3t
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
DOLLAR 4 YEAR
MEN HOLD THEIR
ANNUAL REUNION
Permanent Society Is to Be
Organized to Perpetuate
War Time Friendships, Ac-
cording to Leaders.
lRr rh. Assnclnted. Pressl

Washington, Dec. ll.--More than
a hundred of the men who served
the government at a dollar a year
during the war returned today for
their second annual reunion, con-
fident readjustment was going for
ward satisfactorily
Former members of the war IN
dustries board met to organize
permanent socisty, purely, leaders
said, TO perpetuate wartime friend
ships. At rhe same time, however
the opinion was expressed that in
formal discussion would lead to n
broader understanding Of business
problems,
Daniel VII ard, president OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, de-
elared the reasons We're obvious
why this country should soon be on
a normal forward moving basis
Everything the nation has TO have
is found within its borders, he said
and its railroads had felt no reces-
sion in business and foresaw none
"Similar expressions came from
Alexander Legge, general manager
of the International Harvester
company. He said he was CON
cerned about the decline in farm
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
ARMY TO SUPERVISE
WILMA PLEBlSClIe

Warsaw, Dec. IL (by the Assocl-
ated Press 1.-THE league OF ma
tions international army to super,
wise the plebiscite at wilma WI
probably establish its base at Me
mel, which is under the league ;
control. Troops and supplies couiu
be landed there without touchihs
Prussian territory. An army Oh
1000 from Sweden, Spain. Deh-
mark, Belgium, France ard Eng
land probably will march into WI
ma in January ready for the plepls-
cite, which will be held in Fepru-
airy. Holland will probably nave
contingent but the participation .,
Norway and Italy are considereu
uncertain. -.
Colonel Chardigny, commanding
the leagues army. will estaolisiI
headquarters at wilma. The army
flag will be a blue square win
white field in the left hand corner
bearing red swastika in the cen
ter. The forces under General zen
gSuski will begin withdrawing Wnen
the international army arrive
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
GOOD TIMERS LOSE
FAST GAME TO HIGH
SCHOOL FIVE AT "Y"

The high school basketball team
defeated the Good Timer five in a
speedy, clearly played game at the
Y. NJ. c. A. last night by a score
of 24-23.
At the end of the first half the
score stood 1913 In favor OF the
high school, then the Good Timers
put In all new men with the eXcep-
ton OF Meyer at center. Davidson
and T. Severns each got a free
throw and two field goals. running
the score ahead of the high school
team but Marion threw three field
goals In the last few minutes OF
play and turned the tide in favor
of the school players,
Salazar starred fer the high
school, earning five counters In the
first half. The feature play of the
game came when Meyer, standing
on the side line In the middle OF
the field batted the bail into the
hoop for n score. The Iineups
were: Good Timers-Ricketts, NC
Creery. forwards; Meyer, center
F. Severns, Ireland, guards; Seth'
Davidson, 4. Severn. o:;aton'
subs, High school - salazar'
Hammond, fowrds; W o n
center; M. Giassman. rarreli'
guards; Marion, Mize, Gerpheide
| subs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12

The ruby, weight for weight, Is
more valuable than the diamond.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
IS
FORMED To AID
FOREIGN TRADE
More Than 200 Bankers
Are Sponsors for the Or
qanization; Work Expect
ed to Begin About ian. |.

Chicago, Dec. line foTelSn
Trade Financing corporation with
plans for a capital OF $l00, 100000
and a potential capacity OF carry
ing $1,000, 100000 of business on
its books, was launched today for
the announced purpose of stabiilz-
ing American foreign trade.
More than 200 bankers were
snonsors for the organization,
which it was announced probably
would be ready to begin WORK
shortly after January l.
'While the corporation was
launched today, its organization VIII
not be completed for another zen
DAYS when a special committee OF
nine appointed today by the organ
;zinp committee of thirty, Will meet
IN Eau York to elect oftlcefs,
choose n board of directors ana
outline the first active steps to be
takan In the meantime the com
,nittee will begin taking subscrlp-
,ions 50 that the legal proceedings
;ncident to organization may be
,.nshed through and active work
bagun The committee of nine Will
be headed by John McHugh OF New
York, chairman OF the marine any
commerce committee OIL the Amer
can Bankers association.
Mr.. McHugh, it was announced
nrobably will be chosen cnair NC" ma,
OF the board of directors. he wa
offered the presidency OF tne COT
poration by the committee OF thlrl9
today. according to several mem
bers, but declined. ,u
Hone that the corporation WI
not he limited to representatives
conital was expressed by Rlchar'
ua,yes of st. Louis. retiring presl
dent of the American Bankers as
sociation, in an address 80,
"Many labor unions have larg
surnlns funds which could be mad
70 bring good financial return
through this corporation he saio
land we strongly urge them TO Joi'
us" ~ mad
The first subscription was i.'au
nv the Illinois Manufacturers az
ISOLATION. which pledged $5oo,oo,
with the announcement tnat
,yon,d double that amount IL nee
assarv Those present personall
Smhscribed 100000 to be used /
defraying organization ehpeils u.s. ;,
The corporation will be organ
ized under the Edge act, VIM .,l,,
permits establishing corporation ao,,n
Which may receive foreign secur
ties and issue debentures aSalll'
them to an amount not TO eAcee
fen times their capital, thus slVlu
M 500. 900, 900 corporation pow'
10 finance 100000 in toreis
trade.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12
HEAL THM0BILE MISSED;
FOUND SAFE IN GARAGE

The New Mexico Public Health
association lost its healthmobi!e
yesterday afternoon--nearl A
member OF the office found the car
missing and telephoned the police
at once, They, however, did not
become excited, as the ear Is Ia
beled in letters foot high and is
well known in this and other coun-
ties of the state where it was used
by DR.. c. Penaflor in valuable elm
ic work In the schools, 1t eventu-
ally developed that other members
of the office force had driven the
ear to the garage,
police say that office men in Al
buoueruue often forget where they
parked their car last, and in great
| excitement notify the station OF
their loss. Then they deliberate
and remember where it was they
parked their car go there ana iind
it safe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-12

commodities but believed that
relief would come soon, although
it would he gradual
ut will come" he continued,
Through a broadening Of the pro-
duce markets"
r. NJ. Baruch, former chairman
Of the war industries board, as
serted there was nothing to pre-
vent the country from experience
ing prosperity" He warned against
too much pessimism," saying that
the worst of the troubles were over
and that the pessimistic tone should
not be overdone.
j. h. Replogle, who was director
of steel supplies for the war indus
tries board, predicted brighter ana
better business conditions in April
and May