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The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
Snowdrift, Desert or Tornado
No Barrier to Modern Gulliver

Walking across Texas, being thrown
off fast train by a demented conduc-
tor, twice bitten by a rattlesnake, in
six tornadoes, two train wrecks, lost in
desert without food or water, robbed
and knocked in the head are a few Of
the experiences OF Jack Lamonte. tailor
formerly in the employ Of Daily Brothers,
who is now camping on the Missouri
river near McBaine.
Lamonte, who is 81 years old, was born
in France and later moved to Germany,
where he learned the tailoring trade. He
came to. the United States when l9 years
old and since that time has travelled in
every state in the Union. Canada, Mex
leo and the West Indies.
Walking is the only real way to see
the country" said Lamonte, in telling Of
his walk across Texas from Texarkana
to El Paso, a distance Of 900 miles. Al
though many of his travels have been on
foot, he claims TO have ridden in every
place on a freight train except in the
SulDhc SidCh VI OiC ChtliiC.
While walking across desert in Utah
he lost his way and was forced to use
all of the food and water that he carried.
The next morning, after walking several
miles, he came 10 a railroad where he
found gallon bottle of. ice water sitting
near a mile post. Lamonie claims that
his life was saved by that water, but
how it came to be left there is still a
mystery TO him.
while on this trip held a man up
for the only time in my life,' he said.
This happened when he came to a sec.
ton house on the railroad in the desert
where food was refused him. He grab
bed a rifle from the wall of the house
and forced a man to give him food at
the point Of the rifle. He said that after
he had eaten he offered to pay for his
food but the owner refused to take the
money.
Besides the heat Of the desert, La
monte has experienced cold weather. In
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

J. T. Mitchell went to ST. Louis on
business this morning.
Nrs. Elizabeth Heckard went TO Mex
co TODAY.
Russell Holloway went to Mexico this
morning on business.
H. E. Roberts and family went to Mo
5erly this morning to visit relatives.
F. @. Collins Of Fulton is here spend
ing a few days with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. c B. Miller left yes
te7day for a visit TO ST. Louis.
B. l. Stewart left yesterday for his
home in Hallsville.
Prof. J. d. Elf left this morning for
Grant City to attend a school board con-
vention.
Mrs. S. C. Johnson went to Thompson
this morning. She was called there on
account Of the illness Of her mother.
Mrs. ]. B. McAlillen went To Sturgeon
this morning to visit her sister, Mrs. J.
P. Cose.
Miss Jessie Burial, Bible instructor at
stephens College, went to Kansas City
this morning.
]. L. Weleh.. who has been in Colum.
bia on business, returned to Indianapolis
today.
A. C. Male returned to St. Louis, this
morning. after spending a few days in
Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Hill, Of Woodland.
sille, left Columbia this morning for
Hallsville.
Richard Dinwiddie returned to his
home in Hallsyille yesterday after q
short visit in Columbia.
Mrs. J. II. Moran returned yesterday
10 her home in Mexico. after visiting
with her brothers in Columbia.
Mrs. Dane Kurc Of St. Louis arrived
yesterday to be the guest Of Miss 5.
Bubenhofer.
Mrs. ]. c. Roberts, Of HalisyiIle, re-
turned home yesterday after shopping in
Columbia.
DR.. and Mrs. DeJarneti returned to
their home in Ceniralia yesterday after
visiting in Columbia.
W. H. Coldsberrry returned 10 Colum-
bia this morning after attending the Unit
ed States petit jury session which met
in jefferson City.
Mrs. Bob Heggie and Mrs. c. R. Love,
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31

who have been visiting their daughters
at Stephens College. returned TO theil
homes in Charleston yesterday.
Edward Mcdonnell went to Hallsslii'
Yesterday morning to attend farm SAFE
J. A. Smith Of Howard County Is ~
Columbia Yesterday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert scuriock ana
family left this morning for Kansas ciiy-
Mr.. Scurlock will make his home IN
Kansas City, where he will be Connected
with the Columbia Hotel Company.
Mrs. A. c. Mossman. who has been
visiting her daughter, Miss Thriza Moss
man, teacher Of mathematics at Stephens
College, returned to Madison, Neh-. to-
day.
Mrs. Richard Harrington, Of Norfolk,
Neb., who has been visiting during The
last two weeks at the home Of Mrs. John
Flynn. left for her home yesterday morn
ing.
Miss Ereda Oakes Of Independence,
left yesterday morning for Lawrence.
Kans. 10 visit her brother who is at
tending the University Of Ksnsss. Dur
ing her stay here she has been visiting
with Mrs. John Sheay at the Early
Apartments.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
LOCAL AID Is
ASKEDN GIFT
CORNPROJECT
d B. Welsh Visits Columbia as
Representative Of Ameri-
can Farm Bureau
Federation.
TO BE USED FOR RELIEF
State Quota VIII Be Two Mil
lion Bushels-Every Farm
er Viii Be Asked to
Make Donation.

H. b. Welsh. special representative,
from the American Farm Bureau Fedora
tion. was in Columbia yesterday confer
ring with the Missouri Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton and the College Of Agriculture
preparatory TO starting an intensive cam
paien for the purpose Of raising Mis-
souri's quota Of two million bushel oI
gift corn for European Relief.
Aichison County leads off on the gift
corn project, having loaded two ears,
while many other counties have started
collecting. and Mr.. Welsh said he was
confident that Missouri's quota will lie
easily raised when proper organization
IS effected, and the intensive campaign
run which win actually reach every com
producer id the stale. II is the intention
TO make gala days Of each. loading. There
will be speeehes, songs and dinners ard
a request will be made that the schools
dismiss FOR time at least in order that
the children may participate in the pro-
gram. Mr.. Welsh feels tEare is lii:le
likelihood that any community where the
corn crop was good last year will fail to
fill car in day; that each farmer will
bring in load Of ear corn, assist in its
sheIling and loading, and help make the
day one to be long remembered in the
community.
Mr.. Weleh. who represents Carl 5.
Vrooman. Director Of the Farmers Gift
Oorn Relief. is a retired farmer and cattle
feeder and has for the past Two seasons
been associated with the Illinois Agri-
cultural Association. He left yesterday
afternoon for SikestOn where the firsl
meeting will be held and will include
Representatives from nine counties.
The details Of the response to the
farmers proffered gift Of corn to the
starving are full Of the thrill of romance.
The first response came from the Rail
way Broiherhoods, who promptly offered
10 furnish gratis the labor needed to
transport the farmers free corn from
the interior to the seaboard. Nexi came
word that the corn shellersthrOnghoui the
country we're volunteering to shell the
farmers siii-grain trvr of charge. The
local elevators then volunteered to store
and load the corn gratis. The Railways, |
one after another, volunteered to pick
up the corn at the local stations, carry il
- the big terminals, assemble it into
irain-loads and transport il to mills and
thence to the coast without any charges.
Dean Mumford said yesterday after
neon that the College Of Agriculture had
endorsed the campaign and had instruct
ed their county agents to fully cooper
ate and give Mr.. Welsh all the assistance
possible.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
BOOK HAS WOODEN COVERS
Bible Bound With Half-Ineh Panels
Hisnlaxed in Columbia.

Examples Of book binders craft owned
by the University Library are on display
In a. case at the library. One OF the
many books is Mohammedan Koran at
one time the properly Of Salif Aeil, used
by the MOros, Island Of Bassilan, Phillip
pine Islands. and was presented to the
library by ]. A. Stader. second lieuten-
ant, formerly a student in the University.
A bible which is a good example OF
early printing and an excellent ilinstra.
ton Of early binding is attracting at
,ention. lis covers are half-inch boards
covered with leather with bosses on the
corners. coat Of arms in the center and
clasps on the edge Of the cover.
A French book shows the work Of a
bookworm on the margins. The worm
has cut a small hole through the entire
volume. Vellum bindings Of 1894 and
1909 are illustrated. A coat OF arms is
stamped in gold on one volume.
Sheepskin binding with metal clasps
10 hold the front Of the covers together IS
illustrative Of an old type of book. Ihiek
board is used for the covers, and panels
which are omamenied decorate the vol
ume,.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31

Utah, he walked from Helper to Grand
Junction when it was forty degrees be-
low zero and the ground was covered
with twelve feet Of snow. He followed
the railroad track where the snow had
been scraped off, but was able to make
only about eight miles a day. When
might came he would clear a small space
for camp. He says that coyotes and
mountain lions were plentiful although
they caused him no trouble.
Being thrown from a fast train in
January into a ditch filled with water
is another one Of Lamonte's experiences.
He has been robbed several times. He
has also been in two train wrecks but
has never been injured.
Next fall Lamonie is planning to 60
10 Mexico and then to South America.
After that he says that he is coming
back to the United States to stay. For
the last twenty years he has spent part
Of the winter in the South and the re.
mainder in Columbia where he works at
his trade.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
WHEATCROP Is
NGOOD SHAPE
Agricultural Report Shows En-
couraging Situation in
Farm Products.


The summary Of crop prospects in the
United States covering the period up to
March Is, issued by Z. A. Logan, agri-
cultural statisiician for Missouri, shows
the wheat crop TO be generally in good
condition. Growth has been stimulated
by the early spring. and very little dam
age by winter killing has been reported.
Rye conditions continue 10 be favorable
and fields are commencing TO show good
growth and healthy color. Some winter
damage is feared in Minnesota, however.
Seeding Of oats is in progress in the
central states under generally favorable
conditions, while the condition Of the
crop in the southern states is fair to
excellent.
The mild winter and abundant feed
have been favorable to all classes Of
live stock. Only a few scattered cases
of hog cholera have been reported. The
lambing season is well along in Califor-
MIA, and a large increase in the num-
Der Of lambs and calves is expected in
Wyoming this spring.
Spring seeding of clover and grass is
progressing in Ohio. and young clover
is making good progress in Indiana. Al.
falfa fields are in good condition in Ari-
zona. The supply of hay on hand in
the country is generally plentiful. Pas
lures and ranges are also in good con.
dition.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
All KINDS oF REpAIRING

Furniture, trunks, umbrellas. doors, win
dows, locks, tires for baby carriages,
saw fling and auto service.
ALEwORTH & NORTHUP
100 Dorsey St. Phone 1o9-ree
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31

period Of general liquidation had set in
~Recent price figures collected by the
Bureau Of Crop Estimates, when analyz-
ed and compared with pre-war average
prices, shows that, in general, food crops
such as wheat, rye, buckwheai, potatoes
and apples, are holding up relatively
better than feed crops like corn, oats,
barley and hay, and that the industrial
crops, cotton. fax and broom corn, have
suffered relatively the greatest declines.
Hay has declined les than feed grains.
This is because, presume. hay is con-
sunled more by cows.
dairy products. il may be observed,
have held up in price better than any
other class Of agricultural product Bran
is also relatively high, probably for the
same reason. Livestock prices are rela-
lively higher than feeds, and it may be
observed also that calves and lambs are
relatively higher than mature animals.
The country is long on feed and short
on animals.
HIRED HELP CAUSES Loss
"During the four years Of advancement
in prices from 100000 farmers who
hired labor pro6ted from such hire. This
is true Notwithstanding the many com
plants Of high wages. But the tables
were turned in 1920 The heaviest losers
last year were those who had the op-
portunity for most gains in the previous
four years, that is, the employers Of lab
or, and cash tenants.
"The effect Of the recent advance in
freight rates upon farm products may be
seen siatisiically by iabulsiions Of rela-
tive prices in surplus producing states
and deficient producing states; the gap
widened materially in the past year for
most products. This is serious situa,'
ton for growers Of produce requiring
a long freight haul. such as the fruit
and vegetable growers Of California and
Florida. Many Of such growers will be
put out of business by the increased
freight rates"
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
UNIVERSITY NEWS

C. D. Carter of the soils department
is in Cape Girardeau.
Miss Mary Robinson. clothing special
ist. is in Saline County.
T. s. Townsley. poultry specialist, /:
in Lafayette County.
". II. Baker, assistant in county agent
work, is taking his vacation on his farm
near New Franklin.
Chester II. Gray. president of the Mis-
souri Farm Bureau Federation, was in
Columbia yesterday.
Miss Grace DuLaney, Of the Extension
Department, Of the University. left YES
terday for Vandalia, No., on business.
E. W Lehman. agricultural engineer
ing specialist. has gone to Lewis County.
W. H. Rusk, animal husbandry special
ist. is in S,9ddard County.
Dean ]. p. McBaine Of the School of
Law has been i'll with a severe cold at
bis home since Monday. He will proba-
bly, not be able to return to his ofhce un-
Ill next week.
E. A. Trowbridge is in Kansas City
attending a conference Of Missouri
Shorthorn breeders and a sale Of Short.
horn cattle. He will return Saturday
morning.
X. II. Emberson conducted a corn
Judging contest for the members Of the
Hallsville grain judging team Tuesday.
He also assisted in the organization Of ]
dairy calf club in Huntsville.
DR.. NJ. c. Mehl of the Geology depart.
ment of the University left yesterday aft
ernoon for Emporia, Kan, where he will
spend the weekend on business.
Mrs. H. r. Douglas. left yesterday for
her hsme at Eugene. Gre, after visiting
her sister. Miss Ruth Mitchell. student
at the University. Mrs. Douglas is an
slumna Of the Uniyerity.
C. B. Denman. director Of organiza,
ton Of the Missouri Farm Bureau Fed.
Grafton, who was here yesterday, left To-
day for Adair County to assist in the or.
ganization of the Adair County Farm
Bureau.
II. A. Csrdinell Of the horticulture de-
partment is in Andrew County this week.
r. r. Thomasson, county agent lead
er, left today for Mount Vernon. Law
renee County. to assist in establishing a
county agent there.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
LOSE ONE.TENTH on CROPS
Farmers Should Aid Insect Eating
Animals During Summer.


One-tenth of the crops planted each
year in the United States are destroyed
or rendered worthless by insect pests.
Il is sound business, therefore 10 take
advantage Of every means, both natural
md artificial, that will aid in reducing
this enormous loss, Much valuable work
Of this kind has been done by the agri-
cultural experiment station. The station
saved something like S5,OO0,000 worth ST
wheat in the Hessian fly campaign in tic
fall Of 1916. A number of publications
dealing with insects have been issued by
the station. Bulletin l7O. ''Insecr Pests
Of Field Crops and Bulletin l76, ''N"r.
sery and Orchard Insect Pests" are
among these and may be obtained free
from the College Of Agriculture.
In Bulletin 10 the author, DR.. Leon
ard Haseman, says: While man is doirs
all he can to check insect damage, he
should not lose sigh, of the good work
Of his numerous friends. consisting &c
large and small ground beetles and their
slender black grubs, parasitic wasps and
flies, blood-sucking bugs, birds, toads and
other insect-eating animals. These, un-
der normal conditions, keep down mos.
of the pests Of the crops without mans
help, and when man is obliged to lend
q hand to save his crop, he should d,
20 promptly and ungrudgingly.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
WHEN RHEUMATISM
HITS YOU HARD!
Sioan's Lfniment should be kept
handy for aches and pains

VTyHY wait for severe pain, an
Wv ache, a rheumatic twinge fol-
w lowing exposure, sore muscle,
sciatica, or lumbago to make you quit
work, when you should have Sloan's
Liniment handy to help curb it and
keep you active, and fit. and on the iohl
Without rubbing, for it prnetrGtes,
apply a bit today TO the afflicted part.
Notethe gratifying, clean, prompt relief
that follows. Sloan's Liniment couldn't
keep its many thousands of friends the
world over II it didn't make good.
That's worth remembering. All drug
gists- three sizes-the largest Is che
most economical. 3sc, 70c, $40.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31
A. R. TroxelI Visiting Here.

A, R. Troxell, who was graduated from
the College Of Agriculture in 1914, and
from the School Of Education in 1915. is
visiting his father c. F. Troxell. A. r.
froxell is handling the advertising for
the General Equipment 6 Supply Co., Of
Chicago.
The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-03-31

State Presbytery to Hold Meeting.
The Missouri Presbytery will hold its
spring meeting at Auxyasse April u
and ID. The Rev. E. F. Abbott of Fulton
and the Rev. S c. Wood of Auxyasse
are arranging program for the meeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-20
TRADING ON CURB
WITHOUT FEATURE
Price Movements Unusually
Narrow-CoaI Issues Firm.
Oils Irregular

New York, Dec. 20.-Tradins on the
Curb today was fairly active, but with.
out special feature, price movements
being unusually narrow with no large
transactions. Tobacco stocks continued
in demand without change. British
American Tobacco sold at 12h and
Philip Morris was traded in at or to
8h.
Motor issues were in better demand
than for some days. Durant Motors
made n gain of u, to 2e, and the
Durant Motor Of Indiana sold at 12n
to 1871. Goodyear Tire was unchanged
Mt 10. There were some large trans
actions in Ajax Rubber rights which
ranged from IL to 1&, losing about
l point from the high price OF yester.
day morning Some Of the ow.pticed
motors were traded in at further con-
cessions.
The coal issues we're tone. Burns
Brothers moved UP from 1914 to IM I,
a gain of over / point. Farrell Goal
sold at 20 to 20E, and Glen Alden
Coal rose above A. Southern Coal and
Iron sold Mt ia to 2.
Petroleum stocks we're irregular.
Cities Service common continued In
supply. Imperial OIL of Canada moved
up 1 point, but lost half Of this gain
later. Standard OIL Of Indiana was
lower at sos. In the independent oil
stocks, Merritt Oh was slightly lower
ut 0A Maracaibo sold up to 25b, and
Sims Petroleum ranged from 11A to l..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-20
LESS COTTON GINNED
Seasons Total 7,7s9,4ss 1aies,
Against 1o,e76,263 Last Year

Washington. Dec. 20.-Cotton ginned
to December 13 amounted TO 7,790, ,45S
running bales. counting 122,S49 round
bales as half bales and including %, ,64s
bales of American. Egyptian and 30O4
bales of Sea Island, tho Census Bureau
announced today.
ro the same date last year l0,876, +.
2G3 running bales were ginned, count.
ing 107 .68b round bales as half bales,
and including "a. .587 bales Of American :
Egyptian and 1910 bales Of Sea Island.
Ginninss by States this year were :
Alabama, 5S1 ,0sO; Arizona, 90, ,25S ;
Arkansas, 774.5G7; California. 19,024 ,
Florida, 12,037: Georgia, 1882 |;
Louisiana, 279,601 Mississippi. So8, I.
651 Missouri, 07,415; North Carolina .
I07,072; .1b 0S'sahhSSmss ahS 474,a7s; South
Texas, 2,087 $50; Virginia, 15, ,082; ali
other States. 1909. ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-23
ON BEING HICHBROW

Taking enc Of the playful uttcrances of the
Telegram as a text the Miami Herald pays fine
compliment to the intelligence of the people Of its
city. After enumerang their varied interests it
says They have travelled and not in vain. They
know who Voltaire was and they discuss H. G.
Wells; they can speak Knowingly of Napoleon
and discuss Henry Adams they are not unintc-
hgent en- the difference between Keats and Walt
Whitman and. in their presence, it is not safe to
confuse Beethoven with Harry Lauder"
That describes a TYPICAL metropolitan Flor
ida community. than which there is none more in
telligentIy progressive in the United States. This
description applies to Lakeland as well as to
Miami The people know and appreciate the
higher things. 1t is this quality CT discrimination
throughout the state that accounts for the unend-
ing variety of the Florida press.
1t is hardly necessary, we assume, to assure the
Herald that what the Telegram said of its high
brew" qualifications was prompted solely by adj
miraton for its editorials and other features. And
without aspiring to a reserve seat among the JoWan
proved, the Telegram goes further and declares
its conviction that the newspaper which strives to
measure up to the requirements of its must cul-
ured and critical readers-giving them each day
the very best it has rather than trying to conform
10 an assumed low standard of public taste-is on
the right track
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-23

northern mills to Tampa and "A cents "a hundred
that the prevailing freight rate is the greatest OBJ
stacle in the way of making the city of ampa the
great commercial center that nature intended it
to be-
1t propounds exactly the right question, How
long will we put up with it?" 1t is up to the
people To say that hundred and ten million
people are under the necessity of sitting back and
seeing their industries destroyed the growth of their
cities retarded, their business string halted and the
whole population robbed by freight rates is to pro-
nounce them incapable of self-govemment.
1t is not worth while to wait until the rail ex-
pers can figure out profit for the roads at lower
rates. They can prove anything with figures. 1t
is not so much question of whether the road own
ers need the money as whether the country needs
the service at a rate it can stand. AS good econ
omists and stalistcans as any in the employ of the
railroads have figured that it is possible to operate
the roads, even on the present wage basis, with
vast reduction CT beth freight and passenger rates.
That is what the people will have to demand
sooner or later. And if the present road managers
can not meet it, they will have to get cut.
One lesson of the late war. burned into the
consciousness of every citizen is that when the
interests Of the country conflict with the interests
of any subordinate organization, the latter must
yield The railroads can claim no immunity under
that rule 1t is only question of how long will
we put up with ilp"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-23
DELAND H-Y CLUB CONDUCTS
UNION SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE

DeLand, June 2f-MemDers of the
DeLand Hi-Y Club of the DeLand high
school conducted a union Sunday
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-23
LOOKING INTOIT

President Hardng's letter to the National As
ISOLATION for The Advancement CT the Colored
People sounds refreshngly different from the utter
ances we have been accustomed to expect from
Republican politicians He promises TO look into
the race question. That is quite the proper thing
tc dc. 1t will stand lot of looking into And
he hopes to formulate some suggestions for amel-
iorang the treatment accorded the negroes. Moth
ing startling about that. In fact. if he looks into
it closely enough he will find that ninety per cent
Ct The desired amelioration can be secured just by
getting The negro agitators to keep their mouths
closed and lei The race attend to its own business.
Wherever there arc real abuses, they should be
lcmedied, not ty federal but by state authority.
But MD. Harding evidently has no intention of
making the race question his hobby. He is not
willing tic permit 'Rastus to ride him to destruction.