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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
Spruce News.

The presiding elder X. O.. Rickma,
preached at the Methodist church
Sunday evening.
Mart Buffers little boy. Vincent J.
died Monday morning after a shor
sickness Of double pneumonia ans
diphthcria.
Hughston Keen has diphtheria. bu,
is getting along nicely at this writ.
inng.
Rev. Mitchell filled his regular ap.
pointment at Walnut Grove Sunday
morning and evening.
The Compton school was closed
Monday on account of diphtheria..
The County Agent Miss Roderick
held a meeting at Mrs. VIM. Odneal's
Friday afternoon on home nursing.
Mrs. Roy Young returned home
Sunday evening after few days visit
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Rains.
Mrs. Smith, baby and mother.
Mrs. Schell. left Saturday for Kan
sas City. Mrs. Schell will make her
home there this winter.
John McCook's moved in ON the
Vansant property in Spruce Saturday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
Farmers Need 400 Million,

indianapolis, Nov. 2o.-Extensior
of at least 200 million dollars of ag-
ricultural credits by the government g
war finance corporation in the ten
corn growing states of the middle
| West is necessary for the orderly
marketing of this years big corn
crop, Warrent T. McCray of Indiana
estimated today after meeting of
the corporation advisory commit
tee. of which he is chairman.
NO aprortionmcnt of loans regard
cd as necessary for farmers in ILL
nois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas,
Nebraska; Oklahoma, Missouri South
Dakota and Minnesota was discussed
at the committees meeting, Cover
nor McCray announced, but he said
that i'll some states special organi-
cations, other than banks, may be
formed for making loans for govern
ment money with corn as a security.
However, with view OF getting
the. banks in all these states to handle |
the loans, the advisory committee de-
cidcd to hold meeting with COVER
nors OF the twelve states next Friday
at Chicago.
Eugene Meyer, jr, managing direc.
or OF the government corporation,
addressed Indiana bankers and farm
RS this afternoon to familiarize them
With the corporations program, amid
o hear from them how the farmers
leslrc to obtain their credit on their
urplus stocks of corn.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
Demand Shantung in Full.

| Washington, Dec. 1.-The Chinese
delegation is demanding Shantuns
back without condition"
This stand was made known by
competent authority connected with
the delegation today prior to the af-
ternoon session in which Secretary
Hughes and Arthur J.. Balfour, using
their good Offices expected to ar
rive at conclusions with the Chinese
and Japanese delegations Outside Of
court regarding the thorny Shan
tung problem.
In making this unconditional de-
mand, China offers to promise Japan
that she will not cede the former
German leasehold to any other power.
This pledge is designed to meet the
Japanese claim--the Chinese call It
pretext-under which the japanese
have chung to Shantung.
TIL; ~osition represents the maxi
mum but does not mean China will
not compromise. She will if that is
necessary
On the other hand, Japan is ready
10 quit Shantung physically. but
wants a joint control of the So
called "Piao-Tsi" railroad. China i
to meet this suggestion and
asks that the rail way be given to the
Chinese board of communications -
control
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
Germany Fails to, Pay oIaoaooo
Marks Now Due Allied Nations.

Berlin, Dec. Germany has de
faulted on the oI,ooo.ooc gold mark
clearing house payment due Thurs
day. This has given added Interest
to the great question which is con;
fronting Germany's financial world
what will Germany be able to Dc
to meet the 1000, 900 gold marks il
reparation. due January ISL"
In banking and industrial circles
the statement is fatty made that
Germay cannot meet that payment
unless the present negotiations ip
London lead to large credits and
loans.
Germany, it is declared, has not YET
formally applied to the reparations
commission for a moratorium. that
action depending wholly upon the
London conferences. If no credits
or loans are arranged, it is declared,
Germany will formally petition for a
moratorium.
Confidential reports from London
arc said to be Disappointing. A SEN
sational rise in the mark is attribut-
ed to cxtravagant hopes regarding
the London negotiations. While the
lambs we're shorn as never before on
the Berlin bourse Friday the reaction
set in and the mark dropped again to
2o7 to the dollar.
1t IS understood that former Sec
rotary of State Dergmann, returning
from New York, has brought pessi.
nistic report of the chances of get
ing large or long time credits or
oans from America.
The general financial situation here
S characterized as extremely con-
used"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08

II 5 u :. b. q =
$3.50. and its been . thoroughly satia
factory investment. They feed on
|better, and we can sell breedinI
Istock besides. which adds quite a lit
lie to the pork income"
We found F. B. Brayton rudy
genial man. digging coal in a ricl
| bluegrass pasture peppered owe
with Polands. He raises them TO
both breeding stock and market porl
selling practically all the former 10
ically
mo trouble to dispose of EN-" h,
said, land prices are satisfactory.
had little sale last February-thir.
ty-eight head-and they averaged
sixty-seven dollars. It was all real
money. / only spent seventy-one
dollars on that sale. advertising it in
county papers"
Mr. Brayton keeps between fiftee,,
and twenty sows on his trim eighty
acre farm and raises two litters a
year. / asked him how much better
off he was than he would have been
with common hogs
"At least 80 per cent" he an
swcrcd. "a good Poland sow that'll
raise eight pigs will pay TOO per cent
on the investment. No ordinary
grade hog will come near that. Some
pay no profit at all. I started with
one bred sow bought at sale, got
cleaned out with cholera twice and
pretty near cleaned out a third time.
But the pure-breds always did so
much better than grades that kept
ON with 'em. 1t doesn't cost mich to
get into pure-brcd herd, hogs in
crease SO fast And if man has
good legume grazing, pork will have
to get considerably cheaper than it
is now before Polands will lose
money. had some June pigs that
went 317 pounds at year old, main
y on clover and wheat pasture with
slop. They were grain fed only sixty
lays. There's money in that sort of
hing"
Thus the verdict of Bates County
uns. And it has proof of its convic-
ions in the shape of prosperity that
caches from the farmhouse parlor to
he merchants cash register and back
gain.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
Will Recommend Direct Ship Subsidy
For U. S. Marine.

Washington. Dec. 2.--President
Harding will recommend a direst
ship subsidy for the upbuilding Of
the American merchant marine.
So important does the president re-
gard the subject that he will deal
with it in specia! message to con-
gress to be delivered subsequent y
his usual message dealing with rem.
cral conditions.
Not only our economic independ-
cnce, but our national safety, rest up.
on great merchant marine, built.
owned. manned and operated By
Americans. the president will state.
Following lengthy conferences
Thursday with Chairman Albert u.
Laskcr of the shipping board, the
president, it was learned. definitely
decided upon his drastic policy Of I
ship subsidy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08

CentaEe nave pufc-Dred SOWS. In
sows not pure-bred are usually sue
l.ioh grades that they come close t
it. This, at least, is the situation TO
miles around Butler
. w. II. Charters, located at Butte
, and owner of the second oldest BIZ
! Type Poland herd in the Southwes,
is a prime cause of this gladsom
state of affairs. Practically all hi
!: neighbors said so. including w. F
Duvall, president of the Farmers
Bank and Duvall Trust Company
and P. w. Calvert, manager of the
| Livestock Shipping Association botl
at Butler.
Mr.. Duvall is also considerable OF a
farmer, having turned 1000 acres OF
uvertfowed swamp into as pleasing a
farm layout as you will see in long
jog. An important item, of the equip
'nent is lightweight purc-bred Po-
land sows. kept solely to produce
market pork.
They're the best-paying PROPOSE
ton I've got he said They get
tat on clover and alfalfa pasture with
very little grain. | wouldn't think of
having anything but pure-brcds. Our
pigs will reach ESQ pounds two
months ahead OF an ordinary grade.
Knowing what pure-breds will dc,
we tell our farmers here that they
can always count on our backing
them to buy head or two of good
stuff. We can do no better thing for
the community, and eventually for
ourselves, than to help put better pro-
ducng stock on the farms.
wv. Fl. Charters can best tell YOU
about pure-brcd Polands in this Sec
tion-hes started enough men to
raising them. He began sixteen
years ago, with a couple of sows kept
Tor another man for half the Digs.
Twelve years ago we loaned HIM
money to buy his first land. per-
sonally told him that we would back
him if he invested in pure-hrcd stuff.
Ills own energy and integrity are Of
course mainly responsible for his
success. On January I, 1921, his in
ventory showed that he had accunu-
lated $4,000 in property and
r. w. Calvert is an old hand at
feeding hogs. He declared that he
had never lost dollar on this class
Of stock, though he had fed as mauv
as 500 at time.
My experience with grades led
ne straight to pure-bred Polands."
ie explained. The market now
seems to favor 2oo-pounI hos-the
'acon hog-and that weight can be
made, with the big-type stuff at six
months, with no special care. |;
"A big reason why our farmers
ave bought pure-bred Po,ands is I,
easonable prices for good stuff. JtI
as been a paying investment. I've
'ot pediareed start on my farm {
ow that didn't cost whole lot, but !
IS got the quality. Pm aiming to !
FORK into the breeding business-or a
ather, to give the boy a start in it. +
lone demand for breeding stock is $
God. Nobody wants scrubs. Then n
ock hogs are getting too high-sell- h
q now for. a dollar or more above
t hogs. That's encouraging a con- c
dcrable number to raise their own j,
'gs instead of buying them. Q
But the man you want to talk to. Il
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
GETTING ON WITH POLAND
CHINAS
The Pure Bred Trail Ends at the
Right Window at the Bank
william johnson in the Country Gentleman.

william johnson in the Country Gentlema
Bates county. Missouri, on tn
wcst-ccntral edge oithat state, is
thrifty example of region profitabl
dcl otcd 10 mixed farming. Butler i
the county seat. The banks, til
stores, the hotels in Butler, its hand
some residence section, all testify t.
a farm buying power OF high and con
t;nuo' re. You should be ther
some Saturday afternoon, or an
pleasant evening, and see the lines
and ilocks Of cars that skim in or
Vvtry road. No region cutlffd drive
50 many good cars unless its coat.
pocket furniture included a healthy
lot Of ,hcck books.
AS a tonic to promote that health,
Bates County has found hogs mighty
dependable. About o5 per cent of its
500 farms normally produce some
quantity Of market pork. 1T is only a
,idc line, no more than five or six
sows being kept by the majority Of
farmers, but observe the useful guam
tity OF revenue thereby detected in
to local Golfers.
More than $4,000 worth of hogs
were sold by the livestock shipping
association at Butler between Febru-
AIRY fourteenth and June twenty
seventh OF 1921. They came, S. L..
Dillon, the secretary, told me from
within five miles of town. He said
the rest Of the year should make as
good showing, and that the asso-
citation handles about half the hog,
shipped out. 1t therefore is easy to
figure that the pork income for this
region amounts to tidy sum. Then
there is an income from the outside
sale of some breeding stock, though
what this may total | could not
learn.
Other localities in Bates County
are doing as we'll with market pork
one or two even better. Considering
County Agent r. A. Langenbacher's
statement. that farm sows measur-
ably diminished in number during the
era of high-priced grain, it is evident
hat those left were not standing |
around with their hands in their
pockets during the recent trying fl
lancial period.
Bates County farmers learned
ears back that pure-breds--at least
Ugh grades-are the profitable hogs
o raise. What is equally important
5 the firm conviction among local
recders that the market for the big
nd of their surplus is among their
armer neighbors. Bates County
armers have thus been able to buy
ure-brcds, even during the height
+ the late initiation. at prices justi-
ed by feedlot performance. L
As the title of this article indicates,
ne predominating breed is Poland
nina. Averaging a number of esti-
rates made by men who should
now. 1t appears that three-quarters
all who raise any hogs at all raise
Glands. You can drive for miles S
ong some of the roads and see only Il
:casional farms that have any other f
reed. Drive into number of gates s
random nd look the hogs over, h
I'd YOU will find practically none but
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-08
Corn Not a Cheap Fuel.

Jefferson City. Nov 3o-There j.
no county in Missouri where til,
price OF corn is low enough to jus.
tify the Missouri farmer burning
corn for fuel. according to informa.
tioin compiled and announced today
by z. A. Logan and Jewell Mayes Of
the state and federal department Of
agriculture. The average price Of
coal in the state in the last month,
sccordiag to the report. Was $7.oo !
ton. while the average price Of corn
was 4fccnts a b,,shei. At the aver-
axe ptice Of coal. the report states, Il
would be necessary for corn to ke
selling At II cennts : buahel IN order
70 feaiize the same heat production
as fuel. .ss,alss -. 8
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18
GEN. LEONARD WOOD
MAKES APPEAL FOR
NEAR EAST RELIEF
Says Two and a Half Million
Starving Armenians Need
Help at Once.

Fit Sheridan, 1ll.--Major General
Leonard Wood, commanding the Sixth
Corps Area, has issued Lenten sacri-
fee appeal for funds to save the Ar
menians from humiliation by starva-
tion and disease. II feel that. how
ever many and however worthy the
other appeals which are being made to
the great heart of America these days
may be-" he says, 'this cry from the
little children cannot remain unan-
swered."
The Near East Relief, Madison
avenue, New York City, which has
been charged by Congress with the
American relief work In the whole
Near East, has formed special Len
ten Sacrifice Appeal Committee" Of
which Major General Wood is chair
man, Charles v. Vickery secretary and
Cleveland H. Dodge treasurer, to put
before the. American people the des-
perate need of the Christian popnla-
tions Of the Near East, who have suf-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18

fered and are still SUFFERING the hor-
rors Of war.
Among the prominent members Of
General Woods Committee are Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Andrew w. Mel
lon, Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson,
sister of the late President Roosevelt:
ex-President w. H. Taft, Mary Garden,
President John Grier Hibben Of
Princeton University, Bishop-Elect Will
liam T.. Manning of New. York, DR..
Henry van Dyke, David Belasco, Sam
uG Gompers, Frank A. Munsey, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau, John G. Milburn of the Amer
lean Bar Association, Miss Elizabeth
Marbury and Mrs. Medill Mccormick Of
Chicago.
General Woods Appeal
AZ Chairman Of a Special Committee
Of representative men and women Of
the country, charged with placing be-
fore the American people the desperate
need Of two and half million Arme-
MANS, the remnant Of the oldest Chris
tlan nation, whose sufferings through
sixteen centuries seem to have brought
them no nearer peace, liberty or &C.
curIty, beg your personal co-opera-
ton and influence to forward an APP
peal for Lenten Sacrifice Offering to
enable the Near East Relief TO 90 on
with its work Of mercy.
Over one hundred thousand little
children who have been kept alive BY
American generosity for the past three
years are absolutely dependent upon
the support which America gives them
through the Near East Relief.
feel that however many and how
ever worthy the other appeals which
are being made to the great heart Of
America these days may be, this cry
from the little children Of the land
where Christ gave his life for man
kind cannot remain unanswered.
VIII you help to save this martyrsd
peopie7
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18
aLeoion Of the Lost ones.s

Every day at the Grand Central sta
ti0n there are scenes which stir the
passerby but to which the station at
tendants are hardened. 1t is all part
OF the days routine. A shutting line
of handcuffed men in charge of rather
pOmpous cigar-smoking fellows are
marched through the great station ro-
tunda. They are on their way ''up
the river"-to Sing Sing prison. And
many will never see the mighty roar
Ing metropolis again. Now and then
there are old-timers, but each day
there is a frightened youth who is
paying his first debt to a pitiless state
Relatives are not permitted to tell
them goodbye, but frequently a law
yer Is on hand to give the perfunctory
word of hope. saw one boy, under
fed and sallow. He came into the sta
ton blinking like frightened rabbit.
As he waited to go through the gate
he looked backed over his shoulder
and some one waved to him. from a
balcony. He gave a spasmodic gulp
and then seemed to shrink like one
struck.-New York Correspondent of
the Indianapolis Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18
Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
THE HEALTH CENTER.
Conducted By
Viola Hahn, Public Health Nurse.
Milk Is An Indispensable Food Fol
Children.
THE GROWING CHILD.

A series of articles presented to
the readers of this paper by the
United States Public Health Service.
The Maryland State Board of Health
and the County Health officer.
1. Helping the School Teacher
Nothing is so discouraging 10 3
school teacher as the indifference
and apathy with which many patents
regard school work. Many of tie
strong, enthusiastic young teachers
strive term after term to overcome
this inertia by regularly holding
parents meetings, and this mc.hod
is sometimes successful But nav =
you ever attended these meeting 2
II so you will have noticed tnat
usually only few parents attend at
all regularly; many. do not como at
all. Under these circumstances are
you still one of those who comp.s;r
about what is done and wha is not
done in your school?
Get out of the rut and show that
you are really interested in your
school. Visit the teacher in her
CLASS room at intervals. Find out
what her difficulties are, ana then
see if you cannot help her. In most
instances you will be agreeably sur
prised to find that the teacher il fa5
better posted on matters of health
and sanitation relating to school
children than you supposed. But
she needs help and community sup
port in order to put these modern
ideas into practice.
Have you ever heard of the tooin
brush drill? In many of the schools
throughout the country teachers
now instruct their classes just now
the teeth should be brushed. But
what good is such instruction if
parents do not make sure that 1t is
regularly carried out III the home
Has your youngster a tooth brush
and supply of tooth powder OF
tooth paste? Do you make sure
that he cleans his teeth thoroughly
DeIore gong 70 bed and starting fof
school?
And what has your youngster
learned about dirty hands? Docs
he try to sneak to the dinner table
without washing his hands and ia e
spic and span? Does he under stand
how readily dirty hands carry dis
ease germs into his mouth.
You can tell that the health teaci.-
ing is effective by observing to what
extent it changes the boys habits
for the better. However, the. health
teaching in school may be very .goo.,,
but like many other careless young
sters your child may promptly for
get to apply the teachings outside
the school. If that is the case, it
probably indicates that you la 70
failed to familiarize yourself with
the work of the school. By all
means do so at once and make your
child observe health requirements
at home also.
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are volunteers serving with "a high
purpose, and they do not recognize
hardship when they meet it.
I They have had their opportunity to;
withdraw with honor from the field Of
famine and desolation. They have re-
fused to leave, because they know that.
their departure would mean death for
tens of thousands Of women and chill
idren. whom their efforts have kept
alive and whom they are determined
to save for better future.
A dozen cables are on my desk from
various centers in Armenia, Anatolia,
.Cilicia and Syria pleading piteously
for the lives of hundreds of thousands
who are homeless: "Sixty-five thou.
sand refugees Constantinpple alone :"
"lsefugees focking into Aleppo;"
Twenty thousand refugees at Ismid !"
li"One hundred thousand people at
Aiexandropol will starve unless relief
is provided; )" Refugees arriving from
Caucasus, escaping persecution, naked,
destitutel Urgent need to save most
,of them from death :" 1.-TWO hundred
tAOoSeAAAe otdAEAA6 OCtWCCAA AAoA . <lAtN
AlexandropolI Severe winter adding
to Distress"
Above all towers the mute appeal Of
the more than 100000 little children,
orphaned, homeless. whom these Amer
lean relief workers have saved and
whom We here at home must sustain,
not only through the winter and
spring, but through the summer and
autumn as well. If we do not provide,
they perish! And with them dies the
hope of New Near East.
The Easter season is here-the sea
son that commentaries the Great Sac
rlfice for mankind. America Is known
as Christian nation. She is also the
wealthiest nation that history has ever
known
Can we really enjoy our wealth and
claim the name Of Christian If we turn
deaf ear to the appeal which General
Leonard Wood. in behalf of the Near
East Relief. has sent forth broadcast
for Lenten Sacrifice Offering to save
these little children In Bible Lands7
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18

The laborer is worthy of his hire,
and is constantly getting higher.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18

There Is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years 1t was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
il incurable. Catarrh is q local disease,
greatly Influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by F. J. Cheney q
Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is constitutional
remedy. Is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System One Hundred Dollars re-
ward Is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Snld by Druggists, 75c.
f, Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18
Why Colds Are Dangerous.

1t is the serious diseases that
colds lead to that makes them dan
esrous. They prepare the system
for the reception and development
CT the germs of influenza, pnel-
ronia, tuberculosis, diph h ria.
S 'arlet fever, whooping cough and
measles. You are much more llisely
to contract these diseases when YOU
have cold. For that reason you
should get rid of every cold as
quickly as possible. Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy will help you. 1t is
widely known as a cure for bad
colds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18

Whom You Feel Rhcumatic.

For the aches and pains of rheL
matism Chamberlain's Liniment il
excellent. Massage the parts tror-
oughly twice a day with this lint
ment and you will be surprised at
the relief which it affords.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18

Children are seen and not heard
lin the movies.