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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
Celebrated
Goat Line

R. ]. McClean's Celebrated Scotch
Irish Goat Wool Line is the strongest
line made by any ScOtchman or Irish
man of his size. Is on so foot cards
and can be made longer by buying
more, according to the wish of the
purchaser who has the price. The
size of the line is that of number 12
Cutty-hunk. The line does not kink
or kick up behind, and is made strict
ly on the level. By keeping the line
dry it will not get wet. The double
head on the new pattern goat gives
the line double strength. The tested
strength of the line is 25 pounds to
each head. The line is made in two
colors, The goatish color is the color
of the goat. The green color is just
green, about the color of spinach and
will remain that color so long as the
atmospheric condition in proximity to
the Green River of Virginia where the
goats are raised that grow the wool
to make the lines to catch the fish
that don't get away from the liar who
lives in the house of every fisherman
remains undisturbed in It's tranquility,
s.sscc:;. ss.ssssc:. ,...hieh we will assume no further
responsibility. The line is deodpriZed,
but it is safer to stand to windward
when fishing, which will necessitate
fishing from the other end Of the rod.
From Catalogue.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
Annual Meeting of Hereford Breeders
Association.

The st. Francois County Hereford
Breeders Association held its annual
meeting Monday, in the Farm Bureau
office. Although the beef cattle in
dustry has suffered a severe blow in
the past two years, yet the breeders
have an optimistic feeling that condi-
tions will improve soon. This opti-
mism is due to the fact that there is a
scarcity of beef cattle in the west and
that the surplus of meat in the cool
ers is low. AS a result of the scare
ity Of beef, the breeder of purebred
beef cattle seems justified in believ-
ing that the future for breeding pure
bred cattle is brighter.
The holding of show was discussed
at the meeting. Plans will perhaps
be made soon for this show. Officers
for the ensuing year were elected.
They are: President, E. f. Swink;
Vice President, C. G. Westover; Sec
retary- Treasurer, C. B. Denman.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03

to pay an income tax, yet poor yield
may cause one TO make q profit IN the
years operation. sl8
Oats require a cool, moist growing
season for the best returns. They
make an enormous growth which re-
quires great deal of moisture to
secure. According to experiments
throughout the state among the best
farmers, oats sown the latter part of
February or the fore part of March
make better yields than those soWn in
April.
Tanning seed oats is good prac-
tice as this removes all trash and the
light oats. The oat kernal is the last
part to be laid down in the formation
Of the oats; hence late sown oat or
a late maturing oat has not the, needed
opportunity to be we'll filled before it
ripens. The tanning process will re-
move these light, poorly-filled grains.
Thus tanning will insure better
stand of good, thrifty oats.
An early maturing variety is advis-
able, especially if the oats are not
sown early. The Kherson and the
Iowa 103 are good varieties TO use in
case the oats are not sown until April.
Even for earlier sowing, these varie-
ties give the Texas Red Rust Proof a
good run for the money in the point of
yield.
Commercial fertilizer for oats, al
though not as common as for wheat, is
used proftably on poor or medium
fertile soil. A heavy application of
manure where oats are sown, is apt
to- cause lodging. If lodging is likely
to occur, a fertilizer containing phos-
phorus and quite a percentage of pot
ash is to be recommended Potash
will stiffen the straw and aid in pre-
venting the falling down of the oats.
Unless clover is to be sown with the
oats, bone meal is not to be recon-
mended as it is not as quickly avail
able as. acid phosphate or a 2-12-2 fer
tilizer.
The treatment of oats for smut is
important. More loss occurs from
smut than is commonly supposed, un-
less one pays particular attention to
this point. The formaldehyde treat
ment is simple, inexpensive and effec-
tive. Directions for its application
can be obtained at the Farm Bureau
office.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
THE PSALM OF HARDING

Harding is my shepherd; and | am
in want.
He maketh me to lie down on the
park benches; he leadeth me beside
the free soup houses.
He restoreth my doubt in the Re-
publican party; he leadeth me in the
paths of destruction for his party's
sake.
Yea, though l walk through the val
ley Of the shadow of starvation, do
fear no evil, for thou art against me;
thy policies and the profiteers they
frighten me.
Thou preparest a reduction in wag-
as beofre me in the presence of mine
enemies; thou annointed my income
With taxes; my expense runneth over
my income. e. = --ss.is.. =. T.. -
Surely poverty and unemployment
will follow me all the days of this nor
nalcy administration, and 4 will dwell
n a rented house ifdfever.--Lynn
county en- Herald. f1aa& l'a
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
Soil Erosion Controlled by Soil
Terracing.

From requests coming to the st.
Francois County Farm Bureau, for as
sistance in putting on soil terracing
demonstrations, the indications are
that the farmers are realizig the
enormous loss that occurs from soil
erosion. 1t is apparent also from
these requests that soil terracing is
an important factor in preventing the
wasteI
Soil terracing and other means of
preventing soil erosion have been Sc
lected as important projects to be
worked on in at least four commune
ties this year. These communities
are: /. c. u, Bar-Oak-Grove, Hazel
Run and Doe Run. Some soil ter
racing has been done in all of these
but the Doe Run community.
Soil erosion is an eye sore, causes
an enmroous waste of the best soil on
the farm, prevents fall plowing, cuts
up fields into small sections, and, in
brief, costs the farmers of st. Fran.
co.'s county thousands of dollars each
year in labor and in the loss of sol
fertility.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
'Earlv Sown Oata Rest.

While not the most important crop
in the county, yet oats do play con.
siderable part in the agriculture OF
the county. An extra good crop Of
oats will necessarily cause the farmer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
Congressman Rhodes Answers Tele-
gram,

The St. Francois County Farm Bu-
reau is in receipt of letter written
by M. E. Rhodes, Congressman from
this district. This letter resulted
from telegram sent Mr.. Rhodes, in
forming him that the Farm Bureau
was opposed to tn passage of the
sales tax to pay soldiers bonus or for
any other purpose. The Farm Bureau
stated that it was not against SOL
diers' bonus, but was against the sales
tax method of raising funds.
Congressman Rhodes reply to this
telegram shows that the Farm Bu-
reaus are receiving recognition. The
letter reads as follows:
"Your telegram, opposing a sales
tax for raising money to pay soldiers
bonus, received. l favor adjusted
compensation, but am opposed to q
sales tax in any form to raise money
20 pay the same"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03
Dairy Specialist Here Next Week.

e. H. Harmon, dairy specialist from
:he University, will be in the county
fext week assisting in the Better Bull
Campaign being pushed by the st.
francois County Farm Bureau. Other
matters Of interest to the people who
ire selling dairy products will be dis
.russed at the community meetings.
W meeting will be, held at the Copen1
Aagen, Community House Tuesday
,ght and one at Hazel Run Wednes-
lay night Sal.sa,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03

No. activity has yet developed for
lty Aldermen, several of whom are
be elected next month. Now is the
line to announce.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03

. MIS-. r.. E, Wood, who underwent a
ery Serious operation at the National
Hospital several weeks ago, will re-
turn to her Home in st. Louis Sunday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-03-03

The regular term Of County Court
will convene next Monday.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
Invited to Swindle.

The answer was that he should
be punished to deter others from
similar crime. naturally said:
You have been Furnishing people
cruelty for more than a century
for this kind Of fraud. and the re-
suit Is that I am re ed Of 1900
Evidently your deterrance does
not deter. What II does is 10 tor
ment the swindler for years. and
then throw him back. a worse man
in every respect. upon society with
no other employment open TO him
except that Of fresh swindling.
However. your elaborate ar
rangements to deter me from prose
cutting are convincing and effec-
tive. l could earn $500 by useIul
work in the time 1t would take me
to prosecute this man vindictiVely
and worse than uselessly. 81 /
wish him Joy to his booty and in
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

The unhappy woman who might
be happy-the bound women who
might be free-the penniless wom-
en- who might be richl
And all this waste. I truly be-
lieve. largely because we do not sit
ourselves down before our calen-
dars, and say "1922-1927! Between
now and then-what"
You girls, office workers, teach
ers, young wives and mothers be-
tween twenty and thirty-five-I
wonder II you realize what a price
less opportunity you have to make
yourselves full and happy and COM
pleted lives, lives materially pros
porous (though that's the least Of
it, after alD, lives full of love and
service and study. Of interests and
delights, OF expanding horizons on
all sides7
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
(OU WANT TO BE FIVE YEARS HENCE?

themselves with a smoother and
smoother readiness.
1t may mean the unfashionable
neighborhood-it may mean the
sacrifices and humiliations that
will make all your friends decide
that Mary is losing her mind-but
that's in this year of our Lord,
1922.
In 1927 you will hear a differ.
ent story. you've always been
lucky" these old friends will say
then. Listen, Mary, you've got to
squeeze me in a day somewhere.
l want to give you a luncheon at
the club-everyone wants to meet
you"
II your life completely satisfies
you now. then. of course, let well
enough alone.
But II you are sick Of bills, econ
omies. drudgeries. the stupid Of
flee routine. or the flat from which
you and John and the babies see
no prospect Of moving, then look
about you. Choose your work
writing stories, studying. taking
lessons II and dedicate the next
whole two years to it, with no
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

date, and will duly find ourselves
heading our Christmas thank.you
letters 1926-no. it's 1927. isn't it?
Can you believe it,
Time and place are two OF the
arbitrary conditions OF life on this
particular planet; we cannot abol
ish them, no human ever has. and
the day when we may actually be
in a place by simply wishing T.,
or hold time still, is still far ahead.
This years baby will have lost her
front teeth in 1927. and this years
hoydenish little school girl will be
groomed and frilled and murmur-
ing with young men callers on the
side porch all evening.
What are you going to be. or
have, or do in 1927 that you are
not. or have not, or cannot do
now7 Here are five priceless years.
as valuable as any five that have
ever passed over the old world
you are going to have them any
how, whether you want them or
not, and how are you going to
spend them?
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
Terrorism Doesn Deter.

This is the fundamental explana-
ton OF the extreme and appar-
emily fiendish reluctance of prison
authorities to release a prisoner
even when the evidence on which
he Is convicted is discredited
to a point at which no jury
would maintain its verdict of
guilty. The reluctance is not to
confess that an innocent man is
being punished, but to proclaim
that a guilty man has escaped.
For If escape is possible, deterrence
shrinks almost to nothing. There
ts no better established rule Of
criminology than that it is not
the severity Of punishment that de-
ters, but its certainty.
And the flaw in the case for
terrorism is that it is impossible
to obtain enough certainty to deter
The police are compelled to confess
every year, when they publish
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
Porto Rico Newest Field
For industrial Development

living is proportionately low.
Another industry being devel-
oped in Porto Rico is that Of dia-
mond cutting. Five years ago a
small colony Of Belgian diamond
cutters was sent to Porto Rico by
an American firm. Now there
are more than a hundred Porto
Rican youths who have mastered
this art and are earning $18 to
$40 per week. Their long, slender
fingers make them adept in the
art.
The establishment OF new
fruit steamer line the past year
has stimulated the fruit industry
on the island, said Colonel Shan
ton. This years grape fruit crop
will have a value Of s3,5O0,0 900 to
$4,O00,000, he estimates. The
pineapple production is in proper
ton. The Department OF Agri-
culture is giving attention to the
development OF vegetable and
other farm products, heretofore
foreign to the island.
Despite the big drop in the
price Of sugar from the post
war peak, the Porto Rican pro-
ducers, he said, are able to grow
sugar at a profit, due to the
abundant cheap labor. whereas
the Cuban producers are facing
a serious financial situation with
the present low price level be-
csuse they lack the labor.
II the movies ever tire OF
Hollywood, Porto Rico will well
come them, says the Colonel.
The island, he says, possesses all
the advantages of Southern Cali.
fornia in the way of perpetual
Summer and sunshine, and It's
not nearly so far from Broadway.
One movie producer now is con.
sidering a studio on the island,
he said
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
THINK OUT
THE FIRST
STEP NOW
Choose Your Work.
and Dedicate tine
Next Whole Two
Years to 1t With
Whole Heart.

thought Of immediate results. with
the thought of what you may
some day be able to give predom.
mating over that of what you
may possibly get.
This can no more fail to form
a river than any actual little
streams that trickle down a noun
tain side. Nature does that part.
But Nature has small pity upon
the stream that runs uphill; the
ship that is floundering about with
no rudder; the elk horns driven
into a tree. The way to begin
living the ideal life is-to begin.
(Copyright. 1922 by The Republic
Syndicate).
This Is one Of a series OF Woman
to Woman Talks on present day
family and social problems that
Mrs. Norris. Americas best loved
and most popular woman writer,
is writing especially for this news
paper. Another talk will be printed
next Sunday.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
ARD SHAW--Why the Terrors of Prison Fail to Halt Crm

loss of time and consequently of
money, and the unpleasantness Of
attendance in court at the trial.
All this put any recourse to the
police out Of the question; and
the delinquent obtained another
post after a very brief interval
during which he supported him
self as a church VOrganist.
This, by the way, was a quite
desirable conclusion as he was
for most practical purposes an
honest man. 1t would have been
pure mischief to make him a
criminal; but that is not the pres
ent point He serves here as an
Illustration OF the fact that our
criminal law, far from inviting
prosecution, attaches serious
losses and inconveniences to il.
1t may be said that whatever
the losses and Inconvenience
may be. 1t is a public duty to
prosecute. But is Il? Is 1t not a
Christian duty not to prose-
cute? A man stole 1900 from me
by a trick. He speculated in my
character with subtlety and sue
cess, and yet he ran risks Of
detection which no quite sensible
man would have ventured on. 1t
was assumed that I would resort
10 the police. asked why.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

ed-nved In one OF those cottages
down by the mills?
She got to making over houses,
or something, anyway-she went
to France after the war; and they
say her children are perfectly
beautiful, speak half a dozen Ian.
guages, and she's got a wonder
full position in Philadelphia, and
goes abroad every year"
And the watching women study
Margaret King wistfully and a lit.
tie enviously. So pretty. so sue
cessful, so sure OF herself! Travel
ing about, consulted, admired, free
they wonder, going home to the
cold roast and the potato cakes,
just how she managed It?
But they don't very often look
back at the Margaret Of 1915. There
was only vague pity, only indif-
ference and mild contempt for Mar
garet then, six years ago.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
Compromise Ends Battle
Over Length of Skirts

TF you take a walk on the
boulevards Of Paris today you
will find that nearly every
woman is wearing a medium
length walking skirt. 1t shows
the ankle plainly, gives but
mere suggestion Of the outline Of
the calf, and very judiciousiy
leaves the matter there.
Thus the dispute between the
long and the short skirt has
ended, as do SO many disputes
in compromise.
The question arose about two
months ago, when the French
fashion houses were showing
their models to the buyers from
the United States and South
America.
Some objections were raised at
once against the long models that
were shown. but the Paris de-
signers persisted that the day Of
the absolutely short skirt was
gone.
It was pointed out that the
short skirt was ugly at the knees,
that few women. no matter OF
what class, could sit down in
comfort while wearing them. and
that instinctively they had pulled
the short skirt down over their
knees. This was in itself a con.
demnation. Therefore a compro-
mise was suggested and, as a
matter of fact, has been adopted.
But II you visit the tea.rooms
where dancing Is the vogue you
will find the dress longer. The
ankle is still showing. but that
is all.
II may be said. therefore. that
II Parisiennes have adopted
compromise II means that they
have two lengths for their dresses;
one for outdoor walking and
sports and a longer one for the
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
What Good Does Id do TO the SWindler TO Tor
ment Him for Years and Then Throw Hfm
Back, a Worse MAN i'm Every Respect, Upon
Society, to Start More SWindling AfreSh.

their statistics, that against the list
of crimes reported to them they
can set only a percentage of de-
tections and convictions. And the
list Of reported crimes can form
only a percentage. how large or
small 1t is impossible to say, but
probably small, of the crimes ac-
tually committed for 1t is the
greatest mistake to suppose that
everyone who is robbed runs to the
police; on the contrary, only fool
ish and ignorant or very angry
people do so without very serious
consideration and great reluctance.
In most cases it costs nothing to
let the thief off, and a good deal
to prosecute him. The burglar in
Heartbreak House, who makes his
living by robbing people and then
blackmailing them by threatening
to give himself up to the police and
put them to the expense and dis
comfort Of attending his trial and
giving evidence after enduring all
the worry OF the police inquiries.
Is not a joke; he is a comic drama
tization Of a process that is going
on every day.
AS to the black sheep of
respectable families who black
mail them by offering them the
alternative Of making good their
thefts and frauds or having the
family name disgraced, ask any
experienced family solicitor.
1 doubt whether the chances Of
acquittal count for very much
except with very attractive
women; but it Is worth mention
ing that juries will snatch at
the flimsiest pretexts for refus-
ing to send people who engage
their sympathy to the gallows or
to penal servitude, even on evil
dence Of murder or theft which
would make short work Of a
repulsive person.
The Washington times., 1922-05-28
WHAT TWO WOMEN
HAVE DONE.

You cannot take up study as
remote as Bookkeeping. as tar.roof-
ing, as social movements in the
Middle Ages, without making your
self a better woman and a better
citizen. And. II on the other hand.
you simply and seriously begin to
look into the modern civic problems
housing, wages, domestic serv.
ants, taxation, schools-you will
very swiftly find yourself lifted out
OF the groove you are in now and
actually forced into a wider field,
where your knowledge will be Of
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

some use to the commonwealth.
II you don't believe this, look
about you at the women who have
studied some subject and mastered
it. I have two in my mind as 1
write.
One was a married woman, with
a sick husband and two children.
She borrowed money. kept a hired
woman in her house for two years
to watch her babies and invalid,
and went daily to a humble posi-
ton in an insurance office, going
as regularly to night school five
evenings a week for languages.
Now-seven years later-she is
employing and managing a shift
ing force of 900 girls for a firm
that uses foreign labor. Her salary
is $4,000 a year.
II could never have done It,"
she told me, without that little
knowledge OF Spanish. French,
German and italian. But that only
took me two years to learn"
The other woman is enormously
rich and has four children. She
was deeply interested in the work
ing-gtrl housing problem ant once,
when visiting in New York, she
chanced to get up a meeting Of
some federated women's clubs and
rather modestly and simply gave
them her views.
Two weeks later the Govern
mont offered her q position at
six thousand dollars a year
which meant to her about what
The Washington times., 1922-05-28

aters. afternoon gatherings, din
ners and balls.
1T Is all nonsense" one Of the
best. known Paris dressmakers told
me recently, for people in New
York or London to talk OF re-
sisting the new fashion for longer
skirts. There is only one place
where fashions are made. and
that is Paris.
"Of course, II Is quite under
stood that women all over the
world who do not care for
fashions may wear what they
like, dresses which trail in the
dust or which barely cover the
knee. But they are so few. All
their sisters watch Paris fashions
with the greatest anxiety, and
sooner or later. II greatly de.
pends upon the length Of their
purses, they follow what has been
formulated in Paris"
This opinion reflects very close
ly that Of all the great dressmakers
whom I have visited during the
past few days. Paquin, Worth and
Poiret are all in favor of a longer
skirt, and they all insist that the
new fashion has come to stay.
Tailor-made and afternoon gowns
will not be so short as they were
last year. They will no longer
show the pretty curves of the be-
coming calf. but they will be above
the ankle. The evening gowns will
possibly be of two sorts. For dane
ing and for young girls they will
be of medium length, just a trifle
longer than afternoon gowns. For
other women they will be just two
inches or 80 above the ground, and
will often have long trains sweep
ing the ground.
Paul Poiret, the famous fashion
designer, Is almost brutally frank
in his opinion. my customers"
he said. always like what like.
I like long skirts and am going
to like them for q long time"