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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01

agricultural counties in Kansas, which
means that it is among the best coun-
ties in the United States. The corn
belt region is the most prosperous ag-
ricultural region in the world and yet
So, census enumerators found in 1920
thousand fewer farms
there than in 1910.
All this does not mean that farms
are being abandoned or that good ag-
ricultural land is going implanted. 1t
merely means That's tN farm laborer
and farm tenant were attracted to the
city by war wages and that in a pc
Rod of great prosperity we defed the
injunction of the prophets of old and
not only laid field to field, but joined
farm to farm. The farmer who yield
ed to the temptation Of high prices
and sold to his neighbor moved to towr.
to educate his children and enjoy his
leisure.
For a time the shortage of farm
help in the country was distressing
but quickly the farms learned to dis
pense with his services by using larg-
er machinery. At the present low
prices of farm products the farmer is
not finding it profitable to employ
much help and is seeding his land to
crops that require the minimum of
hired help.
In the meantime the former farm
hand has in many cases lost his job in
the city. He saved nothing even out
of his high wages, for he had to spend
so much for rents and other high costs
of living, and is now looking toward
the country again for employment.
The farmer, however, no longer needs
the workman, and the city faces the
problem of taking care of him until
employment opens again.
The farmer of the United States has
always produced a substantial sur
plus of food products and he is in
position to continue to do so if prices
justify the outlay of effort. At any
rate the country is the only place
that is not overrun with persons out
of employment and the only place
where productive enegry is in full
J. Waters.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01
LET THE PEOPLE RULE

1t is easy for skillful writer to ad-
duce any sort Of conclusion, when
reasoning from "A false promise. This
is illustrated most forcibly by the
comment of the editor Of the Globe
Demqas;fat ontt1MlSnday Morning, re-
spectipgo the referendum on the Hyde
bills. bnThis editor assumes that. the
bills wefg designed ITO establish the
government 81 the state upon an ef-
ficient business basis. to promote econ
ony and efficiency in the State adj
ministration, to advance education
throughout the state, and in q number
Of ways to promote the public well
fare:' If an of these things were true
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01
CROWDED CITIES a. :. a.
AND VACANT FARMs

The complaint is heard Everywhere
of the crowded conditions of the cities.
Rents rose there until the rate be-
came oppressive even when employ
ment and wages were at their maxi
mum. The inquiry is often made as
to where these extra people came
from and why the, cities! have more
families than they can house, One
important source of the. surplus city
population is indicated by the report
of rural mail carrier in Jewell coun-
ty, Kansas, that there are sixteen va
cant farm houses on his routeyi In
Prairie township in the same1c county
the assessor in making his assessment
found twelve vacant farm houses in
that township. In Ohio according to-
the results of a recent state, tstudy,
more than twenty-nine -thousandj hah-
liable farm houses are vacant. in the
last ten years every corD' belt state
lost in inral population andi gained
heavily in town population.
The drift from the farm to the city
has not been confined to those regions
where agriculture is at low ebb but
applies equally to the best agricultural
regions of the United States. Jewell
county, for example, is one of the best
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01
CALLING BACK THE "SMELLERS'

Attorney General Daugherty broke
into the front pages of the nations
newspapers the other day and with a
great deal of hurrah and dash an
nounced that he is preparing to inves-
tigate all wartime government con-
tracts. The work will get under way,
he announced as soon as his depart
ment gathers, together a corps of
"lawyers and specialists" all of whom,
of course, will be beautifully rewarded
with money gathered from the fire.
quently-touched pockets of the tax,
payer.
1t will be remembered that just pri-
or to the last campaign, Republican
members of the House wasted good
many million dollars in similar inves-
legations, all of which came to naught.
Committees, subcommittee and sub
subcommittee were formed and men,
bers junketed from tie spruce forests
Of the Northwest to the battlefelds of
France in effort to find evidence which
might be used to besmirch America in
its conduct of the wSr. High priced
"smellers" were employed, lawyers
were engaged by the score, literally
hundreds of tons of reports were print
ed but nothing was found which could
discredit prosecution of the war under
q Democratic President and serve as
Republican campaign material. Then,
finally, midst the sclvo of oaths by
Gen. Dawes-himself a prominent Re-
publican, but man who was Ameri-
can enough to glory in our patriotic
conduct of the war-the whole invest
igation farce died down. o..
Now new investigation will be
made. o..
Why?
Some think its purpose is to furnish
jobs for the few remaining Ohio Rer
publicans the White House and the
Attorney Generals office has neglect
ed to provide with meal tickets. rs
Some think its aim is to-, supply
reams of sensationalism to draw the
minds Of Americans from the rather
webbing policies of the Republican
administration. So ii
Some think its motive is to draw
rapidly splitting Republican factions
together by giving them new chance
to unite in attacking the Democrats
and reviling the name of.s Woodrow
Wilson. AT
But whatever may be the purpose,
this prediction is safe: "%
The Daugherty investigation will
fall as fiat as did the Congressional
Investigations. The great bulk of
Americans are honest! loyal and pa
triotic and attempts by little Repub-
lican tpoiitrians to- delude the people
ofithis republic ubygcEarges that the
eoniuttoof ltheiwafffwas honcy-combed
with graft will never get anywhere
Missouri State Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01
OCCUPATION OF 49, an i.
lr IMMIGRANTS LISTED

Jefferson City. Mo-, June 25.'-In-
formation on the. occupation of 43,427
of both sexes who enter
ed the United States with Missouri as
their direct destination during the
nine years which ended with the close
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01

as that fact may be to those who are
anxious to have the federal lid tilted
enough to allow four or five cases of
"445 per cent of suds" per individual
per month in the future for "medici-
nal purposes only"
Eight immigrant cigar makers en-
tered Missouri during the nine years
under consideration and one cigarette
maker. Then there were 81 locomo-
tive marine and stationary engineers;
16 bookbinders, II cabinet makers; 81
furriers and fur workers; 63 garden
ers, % hat and cap makers. SO iron
and steel workers, 10 jewelers., 80 ma
chinists, 81 mariners, n miscellaneous
mechanics, IA brass, copper, bronze
and sheet metal workers; % millers,
&c milliners, pattern makers. IA
photographers, ID plasterers, 81
plumbers, 80 printers, 16 harness maxi
ers, IS stokers, 26 stone cutters, 81
tanners and curriers', IL textile work.
ers, A timers. II upholsterers, SO
watch and clock makers, 90 weavers
and spinnefs, 'tS wReelwrights, 9 wood
workers, and Ia other skilled workers
not already enumerated.
So Six Bankers Are Listed
A financial hue is given this other
wise prosaic narrative Of facts and
figures by the assertion that six bank
.er immigrants selected Missouri as
the commonwealth in which to prac.
tice that calling, entering the state
between the opening of 1912 and the
last day of 1920. Three arrived in
1916, and one each during the years
1914, 1918 and 1912, with none charg-
ed up for neither 1920, 1919, 1913, 1917
nor 1915. Then there were 81. agents
entries but the official information at
hand does not make it clear whether
they were the much-dreaded book-seil-
ing variety who manage somehow to
gain admittance, regardless of barri
cades and barriers, into any and every
sanctum, sanctorum. or the harmless
species who only insist upon selling
clothes wringer, sewing machine or
a rug.
Servants, Both Sexes, Numerous
Alien servants of both sexes enter
ing Missouri direct in nine years are
put down by the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics at 1924, with 1924 arriving in
1914, the year tie world war opened;
LBS in 1918; 9S2 in 1912; 1872 in 1915;
1876 in 1916; Ill in 1917; 25 in 1918;
"a in 1919. and 215 in 1920. lmmi-
grants of other callings destined. for
this state not already delved' intoE the
same period. were: merchants n and
dealers, 5s4; draymen, Eackmen and
Transfers, 40; fishermen. "a; hotel-l
keepers, 26; manufacturers, 49,; and
general miscellaneous, 662.
Of the 4S.427 immigrants supposed
to have been added to Missouri's pop
ulation in nine years, $3.50 entered
during 1912; IL ,504 during 1918; 1871
d$ring 1914; 2,743 during 1915; 1,746
during 1916; 1920 during 1917; 489,
the lowest ebb in nine years, during
1918; 500 during 1919, and last, 2,174
during 1920. So says the 1920 Red
Book of the State Bureau. of Labor
Statistics, the Missouri Centennial
(1821-1921) Anniversary Edition.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01

gave him leave to do anything he
pleased, to propose anything he pleas
ed, and that the people are estopped
from exercising their rights under the
Constitution.
There is such thing as intelligent
craftsmanship and these Republicans
had better learn it's principles. They
won in the, election. They proceeded
to run blindly into extraordinary ex-
cesses, almost beyond belief. They are.
facing a militant force, which can be-
defeated, but not conquered. They
had just as well appreciate this now
as at any time. If they cannot stand
the gait. if they haven't the conscience
or nerve to defend their own acts, they
are incompetent for public duty. ..,..
The truth of it is that Governor s. !.
Hyde and his associates assumedithatr
the Democratic party in Missouri RaiaT
dead. They thought that they were ifis9r
full possession Of authority. for alTi' -,
time to come and that they might per- ~
sistentiy and iudiciously, 7eyep theuGbs
>audaeiousty;. ignore what they 'rUn~e1a
ceiH&d to be p6liticalSminoFity They y
fhaast fsand Sdt that they We're mis- =
taken Very well, let them take their, =.
medicine. Let them face the music,
They are in for fight, contest pre-
dicatet upon position which ques-
tons and denies the integrity of their "
purposes and the verify of their state
rnents, one and all. AL. 49,.
If we use the referendum, we use,it ,!Hs
in accordance with the law. Censtitut
ing minority in office, we utilize the
privilege of minority, and the refer
fndum is one of them. We reiterate ,
that there is nothing nullified, there .
fstno "wreckage", there is no revolu- .
ton; all that Is done is to suspend
measures wrought in pursuit of poll
cies that are indefensible. We have
taken them to the people of Missouri
in order that We might exploit tbs s.;
acts of their legislature, and the con-
duct Of their Governor. There is no
ground for complaint, there is no ius-
LITIGATION for these loud outcries, un- y,
less it be that down in their hearts Be-,
they believe, as believe they must if =
we may judge by their utterances, "
that they can not win before the peo-
pie of the state. -. n
4 We are netering upon period in 50
Missouri, in which the people will rule, d"
and not legislative caucus or bunch o,
Of supercilious editorial writer's, who ~.
have no knowledge Of, their subjects, q
Herewith be nothing odonesby the leg >,
islature, or the executive that win not ''''-
be subjected to careful inqtiiry:., "a
If this be revolution. make the most
If wes betestablishing q precedent a,
which might operate to embarrass a .,-f
Democratic administration, or Dem -
ocratic legislature in the future, what
of it? If Democratic administra-
ton or Democratic legislature stands
for things they can not justify before . =
the. people, then they will deserve the ~
embarrassment involved We, will. y, !.
stand upon this proposition and fight 49,
it, out on, these lines.--7Missopri, State =,
Journal. ~. ii n54ganqs,l III
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-07-01
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The Kusko times., 1921-06-18
Notice of Forfeiture.
To George Twerme George Moe),
 Andy Schwarsdale, and Ralph Zaber:

To George Twerme George Noel,
 Andy Schwarsdale, and Ralph Zaber:
 You, and each of you. your heirs and assigns are hereby notified that during the years of 1916. 1917, 1918, 1919. 1920, I expended the sum of one hundred dollars [Sl0O.0 0Ol annually upon each of the following named placer mining claims: Discovery and Number One Below Discovery on Fox gulch, tribu- tary of Cripple creek, in the InnokO recording precinct, Territory of Alaska, in order to hold said claims under the provision of Section 2324 of the re- vised statutes of the United States and |the amendments thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims, for the period ending January l, 1921, and if within ninety days after the pubica- tion of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your propoftion of said ex- penditures, as eo-Owners, your interests in said claims will become the property of the undersigned. your co-owner, who has made the necessary expenditures under the terms of said section of the revised statutes of the United States.
 JAMES WHITE.
 Date of first publication, April 13, 1921. Date of last publication, July 13., 1911.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18
Blood Will Tell---Tes. Is Now Declared Ger
 tain Beyond Mistake

San Francisco.-''Blood will tell" was the comment today of Attorney Stanley Nolan on the action of Superior Judge Graham yesterday in legally ap- proving the ''oscillophore' as means of establishing child's percentage.
 "No longer will the legal profession have to SCOUT the earth to gather an array of witnesses to prove the parent age of a child denied by the father."
 Nolan won the first case in American courts where the ''oscillophore" has proved to a legal certainty the parent age of child and it's racial origin by Abrams" ," discovered by Dr. Albert Abrams, of San Francisco.
 "Verbal testimony, with many of it's contradictions, will soon be eliminated in cases where doubt has clouded the question of a child's parents" Nolan predicted. ''Dr. Abrams is now work ing on system by which he will be able to make an electronicgrap of every individual, which will be per- manent record of the electronic yibra- tions of his blood. Many men will find this system can be used to safeguard their family interests.
 ''Jn cases where large family estates have been tied up by years of itiga- tion, through introduction of so-called heirs. and the claims of children which are brought forth at the last moment as illegitimate children, this will be protection
 ''In many States laws give illegiti- mate children all the rights of legitl- mate heirs. This 'faIaily electronic- graph will, when compared with so- called heirs. give the lie to spurious claimants.
 "Dr. Abrams 'oscillophore' has brought to the legal profession the ab- solute proof, and the process is mex pensive. The test case of the Vittori baby was so clear that the presiding judge who decided it never hesitated to accept the conclusions of Dr. Abrams," concluded Nolan.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Mexico City, June 14.-Recognition of the administration of Oregon by the United States must precede the making of treaty between the two nations, is the reply of the Mexican Government to notes on the subject from Washington.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

The launch Roosevelt, Captain Jones. left early Thursday morning for Berry Landing. Going up on the Roosevelt were N. F. Murphy, Clyde Wann, Fred ;Beaulieu, Rudolph Rula and James Downey.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18
ExCHANG
 NOTES.
U. $. Government Said to Have Proposed a
 Treaty With Mexico.

Washington, June 1.-The Amer iean Government has proposed a treaty of amity and commerce with Mexico, according to announcement made by the State Department tonight.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

The demure lass used to walk away with the bacon, but the one who brings home the husband these days is the one who jumps at hiag and bites her initials on his cheeks.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Intuition is what a woman is given credit for having when she guesses right with only one chance to guess wrong.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Poise is valuable, but it isn't every thing. A pair of scales and COW both have poise, but they haven't any per- sonality.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

When you find boy who likes to do houseworkf you'll find pretty girl who thinks she would not register we'll on the screen.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Paid Tax With Spurious Checks.
 Seattle, Jane Exchanges of Petit larceny were filed today against nu- merous persons who paid their poll tax with spurious bank checks.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

A man who thinks more of a dollar than he does of self-respect is insult proof.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Kissing is tabooed in Siam, but indg- ing by the number of beauties we have seen it shouldn't be necessary to pass law against it.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Wonder if hotel man expects to at tract married man by advertising that his hotel is homelike.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Of what did people die before they knew there were germs?
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18
Things We Think

And no mere man knows what it is to be woman.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

count when people begin to say of yon, And he used to be such a good dresser"
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Any man in love looks foolish, be- cause he is..
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

There are three thousand languages and dialects. But man can't think of one of them when his wife catches him out with strange chicken.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

You are about ready to take the
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

A woman will buy six articles in one day if they cost Sl.98 each. But she would hate to buy anything that cost S2.OO.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Y A girl knows she is going to be mar ried and live happy ever afterward: a man thinks he may be married aud he hopes for the best.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Virtue is modest. but crime waves.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

You have often seen a girl carrying a watch that kept correct time, haven you? Neither have we.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

No matter how much money man earns. if he can't make both ends meet he is worse off than the man on slen- every time.
 -EX
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

Girls who are just crazy about danc- ing, commonly lead their husbands a merry dance later.
The Kusko times., 1921-06-18

A beautiful thought: If you belle all you hear, nobody will believe an thing he hears from you,
Williams news., 1921-07-08
Arizona, June 17, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that Grace L. McDougall, of Will Hams, Arizona, who, on Octo- Der 1, 1917, made Homestead Entry, No. O36459, for NV A = NEA, W12SW14NEA, --A- SEANWA, NE--NWA and lot 1, Section 31, Township 23-N., Range BE-, G. & s. R. B. and Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described. before Tom l.. Rees, Clerk of the Superior Court, at Flag staff, on the 26th day of July, 1921.
 Claimant names as witnesses: George J. Robinson, Carl H. Hinds, Claud c. Thomasson, Mrs. Emily Mclean, all of Will Hams, Arizona.
 CHAS. E.. M MARSHALL,
 Register June 24 to July 22, 1921.
Williams news., 1921-07-08

Carpenter broke his thumb
 in two places and sprained his
 wrist badly during the second
 round of his fight with Demp- sey, by landing a hard right on Dempsey's head. Anthropolo- gists figure that a skull like Dempsey's is just about as re- sistent to foreign objects as block of solid concrete and Car pentier no doubt agrees with them. What effect the broken thumb had on the ultimate out come of the fight is a matter of conjecture, but there is no de- nying that the ordinary individ- ual would find a fist with broken thumb and a sprained wrist of very little use in fist fight. If Carpenter were to take Dempsey on for another fight, he would undoubtedly pick softer parts than that skull, upon which to center his attentions.
Williams news., 1921-07-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U.
 s. Land Office at Phoenix,
 Arizona, May 2S. 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sylvester Groves, of Ash Fork, Arizona, who, on February IT, 1921, made Homestead Entry No. O49991, for All Section 26, Township 23-N., Range 3-W., G. & s. R. B. & Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Three Year Proof, to establish claim to, the land above des- scribed, before Tom l.. Rees, Clerk Superior Court, at Flag staff, Arizona, on the 7th day of July, 1921.
 Claimant names as witnesses William E. Pitts, William K. Earl Albright, Norman all of Ash Fox, Arizona.
 CHAS. E. MARSHALL,
 Register. June 3, 1921 to July 2, 1921.
Williams news., 1921-07-08

Had Dempsey been born 1000 years ago he should have made a great hit as a knight in armor. The very sight of him would have filled a kings heart with joy. In modern warfare his size would add little to his val ue as a soldier, and many lit tie fellow half his size but with keener mentality would be worth a score like him, in act ual fighting. Brain is worth more than brawn in the present age, but brain supported by a goodly amount of brawn is bet. ter than either extreme.
Williams news., 1921-07-08

Company B made a fine show ing Wednesday evening at the inspection by Governor Camp bell. It is a mark of great credit for a company in small town like Williams to carry off the honors for the state and that is just what the Williams company has done. All the members of the company cer- tainly deserve great credit for the excellent work they are do- ing. Williams is proud of com pany B and will welcome any to give them a boost.
Williams news., 1921-07-08

The day of high prices for stock and farm products is gone and is not apt to return for a number of years at least. The acid test is now on to determine who are the real stockmen and farmers. Those who can get their business in shape so that they can make a profit at pre- sent prices are bound to pros per when the day of better prices arrives. Some really good men will be frozen out during this time of diversity, and these same men may sue ceed if they try again. The greater part of the failures, however, will result from men not really knowing the business they are in. Now is the time to get down to bed rock in ev- cry business and to. thorough
Williams news., 1921-07-08

Is it going to rain? Why cer- tainly it is. The rainy seas on is just a little late this year but it is setting in now It sprinkled yesterday and 1t sprinkled som ewhere today and it will sprinkle or shower to- morrow. The rains will grow heavier as the season advances. But are you ready for the rainy season? Those who have had faith to believe that rains would come and who have pre- pared for the rain by carefully tending to their fields will reap their reward.
Williams news., 1921-07-08

There is more illiteracy in the rural districts of the state than in the cities, the percent age being 2O.O4 for the rural population and 6.5 for the ur- ban. For the native white pop ulation of native parentage the rural percentage of illiteracy Is 1.6 while the urban is O.8.
 By counties the percentage of i1literacy ranges all the way from 56.6 in Apache County to 6.6 in Graham County.