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,4 A. N. PAGE THREE vFORT SCOTT SEMI-WEEKLY TUESDAY, -JANUARY 4, 191G. HERE'S A CHANCE. DO GOOD ROADS INSURE CROPS? MEYERHARDT AND HUGHES DE LANO HEADS HIGHWAY ASS'N ARRANGE FOR A FARMERS' WEEK WRIGHTATTRACTS THENAVY fl LOCAL PICKINGS.

"(From Friday's Daily.) That Arthur Snyder and his wife have defaulted six months in the payment of a bond for $1,300, which they made to the Fort Scott Building and Loan Association; on March -3, 1914, and that therefore the mortgage which the plaintiff is alleged to have been given on' "Vblock 17, of Newkirk Jaync- ion to Fort Scott, are the a made In a petition filed JV a court this af ternoon. It ytbat the defend ants agreed" payments at the rate of nof' 74-75 a week, with annual per cent, and a premium yfld of each year of 2 per cent. Martin Miller is also named as a defendant, it being stated that he claims to have a right, title, interest, lien or demand against the real estate involved. if Is in i- FORMER POSTMASTER GOES IN WITH LOUIS MEYERHARDT. TAKES ACTIVE CHARGE TOMORROW Mr.

Meyerhardt's Poor Health and Mr. Hughe's Desire to Give Up Farming Result in Deal. (From Friday's Daily.) G. 11. Hughes, former postmaster will tomorrow take active charge of the business of the Meyerhardt rmnnonv Thfo wan the nnnounc6- 'ment made this afternoon.

Mr. Mey-i erhardt will still retain a half Interest in the store, but will not be so active in its operations. The deal by which I Mr. Hughes bought a half interest in the Meyerhardt store was made last week, but the announcement of the consummation of the deal w.as resumed until today. The deal came about as the result of two factors, The desire of Mr.

Hughes to get into some business in. the city instead of having to attend to his farms all the time, the Jact that Mr. Meyerharadt has had too much work to do in handling the busi- ness of the store alone, his health hav- lng failed considerably during the fcast two years. Mr. Meyerhardt nas naa eii charge of the Meyerhardt store her for the past eleven years, having cbine to this city from Parsons, where he was also in the clothing business.

Mr. Hughes has been a "city er" for several years, but when his term as postmaster expired two years go he did not feel like returning to his farm work, and ever since wii time he has been looking around for a suitable place to go into Dusiness KNOW WHERE YOU STAND. I r- CUi.M Uau 9 Method of Bookkeeping andThey Should Start (From Friiay'8 Daily. Now that the close, of the year ai02.3.-, oroacbes" some men ho Hvm havl already figured up how tluey stand 78C.9. Noah Bowman Doubts It But Accepts it Because J.

Frank Smith Said So Mr. Smith Tells How. (From Friday's Daily.) J. Frank Smith, who is boosting the Jefferson Highway through Kansas recently claimed in a news letter he sent.to Kansas papers tnat good roaas lessen the chances of crop failure. Noah Bowman of Garnett has always believed, everything J.

Frank Smith aid about good roads, but came near hiJking on this proposition. The fol- passed between them oKlke subject Car Dec. 9, 1915. Mrs. J.

isanton, Friend have just receiv- your article wignway Now I am for thV JeKerson tugn- way and I am for it going, tnrougn Linn county. I think that fair settlement, of the location beWen those contending for It In Western Missouri and our proposed route; for with me the route, the particular location is not so much as the fact of having a national highway somewhere within reach. I have carefully read your article and I have frequently said in the past, "I have learned to rely in road matters lragely upon what you say, but when it comes to telling these peo ple that the Jefferson Highway will "lessen the chance of crop failure to an ordinary Kansan that is arguing the matter nearly to the limit. How ever, I will tell the fellows that the Jefferson Highway will lessen the chance of crop failure and give you as authority. Your truly, NOAH L.

BOWMAN. Dec. 30, 1915. Hon. Noah Bowman, Garnett, Dear Senator: Yours of yesterday to hand.

Guess I put it pretty strong and am not surprised to have you question my statement abouc the Jef ferson highway being able to reduce the chances of crop failure along its line, but I want youn to read it more carefully and note the connection that is made to dairy barns and silos and intensive farming in which I be lieve will come with rock roads and main highways from every farming center to Kansas City and the central markets. I have become firmly con vinced that Kansas is really adapted to dairy business much better thar. Wisconsin, and the rock or gravel roads which will permit of auto trucks every day will soon develop the dairy industry till "crop failures will De un known," for there is rarely ever a sea son when there is not plenty of kaffu or cane or corn fodder that will make fine silage and plenty of rich milk. Please read the two enclosures over and let me hear again what you think of my "dream of rock roads and the dairy business." Yours very truly. P.

S. I will always feel very good toward you for the fine compliment you paid to my road stuff at Arkansas City. C. C. CARTER DEAD.

Well Known Farmer Living Near Deer- field Succumbed to Paralysis Fu neral This Afternoon. (From Friday's Daily.) The Nevada Mail tells as follivs of the death of C. C. Carter, a prominent farmer living In the Deerfield neigh borliood: Charles C. Carter, 75 years old, died early Thursday morning at his home east of Deerfield.

The cause of his death was a complication of paralysis and pneumonia. He is well known in Vernon county, bavins lived west of Lamar for twen ty years, after which he moved to his present home, where he has lived for the last fifteen years. 'Mr. Carter Is survived by a wife, three daughters Mrs. Pearl Osbom of Kansas City, Mrs.

Ida Huirhes and Mrs. Leslie Combs cf Deerfield, a sister, Mrs Mary Stanton, and a brother, Ira Car ter, of New Jersey, and Frank Carter of Washington, D. C. The funeral services will be held at the home Friday morning at 9 o'clock The services will be conducted by the Baptist minister. The body will ar rive in Nevada riday and win De shipped to Lamar.

Burial will be made at Lake cemetery at that place rrioay evening at 5 o'clock. The remains will be accompanied by the wife, two daughters of Deerfield, three sons-in law and a brother-in-law, Charles Brackelsey of Edenburg, 111. MAKES IT PROHIBITIVE. Price of Gasoline Has the Effect of Motor Car Users Putting Cars On the Shelf Too High. (From Friday's Daily.) The advancing prices of gasoline are havincr a decided effect upon the users of aMomobiles in this and other cities of the state and the States for that matter.

In New York It Is selling for 22 cents per gallon and it promises to go to 30 cents with the increasing price of crude oil all over the United States. In this city the juice is selling for 16.2 cents a gallon and it promises to go just as high as in other cities. One car owner who usually clipped off 000 miles a year declares that he will be unable to run his car much and almost every owner is guarding his miles zealously these days. Several owners have already said that they have put their cars away for the winter and do not intend to take them out before spring, if then. Others have signified their Intention of disposing of their cars.

The price of gasoline, as high as it will 'go will have a' retarding tendency in sales of cars next year. THINKS BILL WILL PASS. i Treasury Department Makes Inquiry About Postoffice Needs Miller Has Hopes. sett, Kas Viintth, milluV on the the financial way conipareiwiCS year ago. Some have madeonrf omers nave iusi it.

t-. sains or loses are due to good ma aeement or Door goo luck or misfortune, every man shoului in general way be able to tell where he stands and where he has made lost his money. 1 1 Most men who farm, unconscios shy at the word "bookkeeping" an despite the constant agitation in tn. matter, only a few will be abte-ta-turff-to their books on New Year's day anft point to the figures whch show wha'J niy nnv" none in inw -r-wT Vrj i --it every man should have a i thod of keeping his account! to know where he standi. feV- will deny.

j- I It is no longer possible for a malj to "keep in his head" all the thinif which he needs to know aboutj.Jfu complicated farming business, tyelfei system of farm bookkeeping which Pete Baker Would Lower First Floor of Goodlander Hotel under Cer- tain Conditions. (From Friday's Dally.) Pete Baker, in the Conner hotel at Joplin, and running the St. Anthony hotel In San Antqnio, and formerly a resident of this city, still believes in the successful future of the city, notwithstanding that he Is not actively engaged in business here. Mr. Baker owns the Goodlander hotel building and the vacant property lying south of it.

He was in the city yesterday on business and visiting his old friends. Mr. Baker would like mightily to see a big building go up at the corner of Wall and National avenue where the lumber yard has been located for years. This is one of the best corners In Fort Scott and it should be improved," he said to a reporter for the Tribune-Monitor. "Somebody could make some money by improving this property.

When a building goes up there I'm going to convert the Goodlander hotel property into one of the finest hotel buildings in Kansas. I will lower the first floor to the ground and remove other objections, but this can only be done when other properties In that neighborhood are improved. Fort Scott has improved considerably since I left here and I'm proud to note it. The old opera house building has been converted into a modern building and the Kansas State Bank is one of the prettiest to be found anywhere. I stepped in there hd thought I was in a city bank.

The fixtures and general surroundings are fine a'Hd the bank is to be congratulated upon' its aggressiveness." Mile of Rock Road for $379.53. C. G. Michael has clipped from his old home paJbeC, the Valley Register of Middleton, item telling of the building of a rock road in1 that county for $379. Mr.

Michael explains, as the newspaper does riC. that the rock for the road was ptckea51 i from either side of the road. The item, says: One mile or stone road ha? built between Foxville and Deefield, this county, at a cost of $37.59. In days of high cost for road building the county commissioners and Mr. Chas.

A. Wolfe, who was the instigator of the movement td construct the road point with some pride to their work. It is described as the best that could be given. Three grades of stone have been used in the construction, and for a depth of about ten inches there is a solid foundation of stone. A coating of earth was put on the second course for the entire length of the hightway, and then a top dressing placed over this.

The county got good measure for the road, it being just ten steps over one mile long. The total cost of the highway was but of this amount labor amounting to $85.42 was given free, so that the net cost to the county is $379.53. The commissioners have decided to continue the road until the remaining link is completed. All the work on the entire road is to cost the county $800. The remainder is to be paid by persons interested In the highway.

DIED WHILE ON A VISIT. Jos. D. Beth Passed Away Last Night at the Home of His Sister Funeral to Be Held Tomorrow. (From Friday's Daily.) Joseph D.

Beth, a visitor at the home of his sister, Mrs. C. W. Lifer, of two miles east of Hammond, aged 66 years, died last night at 9 o'clock of pneumonia, with whicn he had been ill only about a week. Mr.

Beth's home is in Oklahoma, and he came to the home of Mrs. Lifer only about two weeks ago to make a holiday visit. A week later he contracted the fatal illness. The deceaesed Is survived by two daughters and five sons, as follows: Mrs. Lottie Jetter and Mrs.

Olive Phillips of Oketa, J. B. Beth and Drlce Beth of Hanna, Fred Beth of this city, and William and Chas. Beth of Haskell, Ok. MRS MAE SCOTT DEAD.

Succumbed to Complication of Stomach and Liver Trouble- -Funeral Tomorrow From Home. (From Friday's Daily.) Mrs. Mae Scott, wife of Charles T. Scott, died last night at 11:45 of a complication of stomach and liver disease. She had been sick four weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs.

E. O. Briggs, at 1112 South Main street. The deceased was born August 12, 1864, making her In her 52d'year. Besides her and daughter she is survived by her mother, Mrs.

J. Cummings of 1034 Scott avenue, and two sisters and four brothers, one sister, Mrs. A. E. Gardner, and three brothers.

Carl, Wenn and Paul Cummings, living in this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home, Rev. Smith of the Presbyterian church officiating. Interment will be made in Evergreen cemetery. MRS.

BONNIE PHELPS DEAD. Succumbed at Her home This Morning cf Cereberal Embolism Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon. (From Friday's Daily.) Mrs. Bonnie Phelps, wife of Abe Phelps of 24 North Caldwell street, died this morning at three minutes past midnight of cerebral embolism. She was in her thirty-eighth year, and leaves a son, Raymond, aged 7 years, besides her husband.

The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home. Rev. Tolliver will officiate. Interment will be made in Evergreen cemetery. AUTOS KILLING CHICKENS.

Farmers on Good, Roads Up In Arms and Say They Will Prosecute Such Actions. (From Friday's Daily.) A farmer who lives on the good roads east of the city says that auto-Ists kill fowls wantonly out in his neighborhood and the people are getting up In arms about it. He claims that if a little care were taken there would be no reason for any chickens being killed, and as there is law protecting tho owners of the birds, there will be arrests if the pracr tice is not discontinued. WANT FARM PRODUCTS BROUGHT HERE FOR SPECIAL SALES. a talk on Farming daily industrial Association Secures Speakers for Occasion Domestic Science Sale by the Farmers' Wives.

(From Friday's Daily.) Today 5,000 Invitations to be sent to residents of the county outside of Fort Scott, including farmers and residents of other towns, are being prepared at the Industrial Association, announcing a Dig tarmers sale week in Fort Scott from January 13 to 22. This is to be held for the purpose of furnishing to the farmers during that week a better market than they have ever had be fore in Fort Scott. This city has al ways furnished a good market for the products of the farm, but if the plans of the Industrial Association work out as it is hoped they will, the followers of agriculture in this county will be at the Quantities of farm products they can sell through this new and original method. Concisely, the plan is to invite the farmers to bring farm products to Fort Scott during the days from January 13 to 22, and to cause a stimulation of the buying of these products by Fort bcott people. It is planned to hold a big auction sale on Market Square every day for the purpose of selling the products which the farmers bring in.

these sales are to be. held from 1 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon and wi be under the direction of C. L. Rood- house. Good auctioneers will be se cured to auction off the farm prod ucts and the sales are to be well ad vertised, so there will be no doubt of good crowds every day, and the farm ers will be assured of good prices.

And the best of it is for the farmers that there will be no charge for the sales. The auctioneers will charge them nothing for selling their goods. And the wives of the farmers will not be neglected. Arrangements are being made to provide what is termed a "free exchange" for them. This is to be a room provided with booths from which the wives of farmers can sell preserves, jellies, pies or any other of those products of domestic sci ence in the making which the women of the farm excel.

The room and the booths will be furnished to the ladies free of charge, and they are invited, also, to make it a rest room and to bring their children there to spend the day and eat their lunches there, And these are not all" the plans, for arrangements have been under way for some time to have lectures on every day, dealing with some subject of interest to farmers, such as dairying, good roads, poultry, crop raising, the etc. It is the plan of the Association to secure a number of the best speakers for the occasion. A few of these will be from Fort Scott or this vicinity, but the majority of them will be from places more or less distant. No definite arrangements as to who will comprise the list of speakers has been made up to the present time, but it is expected that the names will be announced shortly. Arrangements are also being made to have free picture shows every day for the entertainment of the farmers.

These arrangements, although a definite decision to have the shows has been made, are not as yet fully settled and hence at this time no statement as to just where they will be given can be made. One of the most prominent speakers that has given his promise to be here if possible Is Mr. Sherrill, superintendent of the government poultry experiment station at Mountain Grove, Mo. Mr. Sherrill has held the position for years and is one of the highest authorities in this part of the country on poultry and poultry Raising.

besides the features above named, a number of others will no doubt be arranged for the big occasion, but 'plans for them have not as yet sufficiently ripened to warrant their announcement. It is to be one of the most Important and most unique commercial weeks in the history of Fort Scott. The idea of a farmers' sale week was first suggested at a meeting of merchants held at the Elks' home last Monday, and this led to a meeting of about twenty of the business men at the Industrial Association rooms Wednesday afternoon to further the plan. The motive which prompted the conception of such a week was that of reciprocating with the farmers, and It was the sentiment among the men at the meetings that the farmers should be shown that it is the honest desire of Fort Scott men to be fair with them and to help them, as well as to receive help from them. The Interdependence of the consumer and producer of farm prodicts cannot but be recognized by every thinking person, just as surely as the farmer must buy such things as clothing from the merchant, so must the merchant buy foodstuffs from the fanner.

The big week will give the farmers of the county exceptional opportunities for the sale of their products and it will serve to show the people of Fort I Scott, as perhaps they have never. I been shown before, the fact that ehe i farmers are the custodians of the nation's larder. The broad motive behind the whole big plan Is to secure co-operation between the farmers of the county and the residents of the smaller towns with the citizens of Fort Scott, and to push this county ahead with that strength of united action which In the past has been the lighting spark of a hundred proverbs. Dr. John Hunter Is carrying his right wrist In a splint as the result of an auto accident of which he was the victim several days ago.

No, it a. collision, nor did his car skldon the ice and turn over. It was simply the crank. When in the act of cinking his machine the crank nrM Its weight swung around such I force that ft severe sprain of tln resulted. The Injury is so feve-e 'that the doctor Is unable to 'drive jfis inr end has bad to secure a chaurriir tem JEFFERSON HIGHWAY RRESIDENT CHOSEN AT.

MEETING TODAY. GOOD ROADS ENTHUSIASM WAXES Now' Is the Time to Start In, Think Boosters Two Members of Association From Each Township. (From Friday's Daily.) Officers. S. D.

DeLano, president. "Charles Blubaugh, secretary. Har)-y GriHlth, vice president. Harry Russell, treasurer. W.

E. Deesler and John Landers. Miirf'ik E. L. Kepley and R.

It. Marlon Qen Thomas and A. A. StTim'ber Hill Wi Gooch and M. T.

Walnut Fred Easth and O. A. Weddell. Marmaton Harry Steele aact ia. Franklin Frank 'J.

M. Davis. Osage C. son. Freedom-Gorman.

Scott W. man. Dry wood Dennison. M. Howard and Ale'X Ma-Frank Niles and Patrick R.

Moore and Bert Peter-E. E. Anderson and E. B. The organization of the Bourbon County Jefferson Highway association was perfected this afternoon a meeting held in the court room at the court house, and above are the list of officers and members that were chosen from the various townships of the county.

Hubert Lardner, who was some time ago chosen county vice president of the. Kansas Jefferson Highway Association, presided at' the meeting until Mr. DeLano took the chair, and R. S. Tiernan, who, at the New Orleans meeting was chosen as one of a committee of Kansas men, to decide upon the route of the road through this state, acted as secretary.

When Mr. DeLano took the chair he made a short talk. He spoke of rnsuccessful efforts that have been made in the past to secure good roads through the county, and spoke' particularly of the efforts made by himself and W. E. Brooks.

At that time, he said, it was found that a majority of the farmers opposed the movement, but he said that now the sentiment among the farmers has changed, and believes that a majority of them that is, a majority of those who are within two miles of a good road are in favor of it, and that, under the Hodges law, rock roads through this county can be secured. It was the sentiment of those present at the meeting that good roads be secured, and that the time is now ripe for definite action. Notwithstanding that the meeting was small on account of the weather, there were a number present, from the different towns in the county, and they all seemed to show inore enthusiasm than ever in favor of the cause of good roads. OSAGE ORANGE DYES. That Kansas Hedges May Be Used for Dyestuffs As Well As Posts.

(From Friday's Daily.) Development of a new industry in the section served by the lines of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail way may be a result of the European war. Incidentally, Osage orange wood or Bois D'Arc, which is grown easily and extensively in so many sections of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, may be found as useful in the manufac ture of dye stuffs as it has been found to be for fence posts. Since the outbreak of the European war there has been renewed interest in the develop ment of an American industry for the manufacture of dye stuffs, our prin ciple supply having heretofore come from Germany. Logwood secured in Jamaica has" been largely used in making certain qualities of dye stuffs and the British government has placed an embargo on the exportation of this wood, and various manufacturers re port the logwood situation as serious. R.

W. Hockaday, of St. Louis, in dustrial commissioner for the Mis souri, Kansas Texas railway, has been interested with the Choctaw Fence Post and Tie company of Caddo, in negotiating with eastern chemists and manufacturers, with a view to developing the use of Osage orange wood in the manufacture of dye stuffs. A representative of an eastern manufacturer will visit the southwest in a few weeks with a view to investigating, the situation with the idea of locating a plant to utilize Osage orange' wood in the manufacture of dye stuffs. Mr.

Hockaday is securing and compiling Information through various Oklahoma and North Texas business men to aid in this in vestigation. Chemical tests have been made by several and it has been determined that a very good dye, adaptable for dying silk and wool, and for making inks and paints and on leather and possibly for use in making confectionery, can be made from Osage orange wood. MRS. LINTHICUM DEAD. Aged Woman Succumbed to Sinile De cay This Morning Funeral to Be Held Sunday Morning.

(From Friday's Dally.) Mrs. Christiana Linthicum died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Maffett, on 218V4 Mar ket street, of senile decay. She was born in Ohio, March 17, 1842, making her past 72 years of age. Beside her daughter she is survived by three sons, J.

B. and A. Linthicum, of Pltts: burg and N. H. of Lafay ette, a granddaughter, Mrs.

Mable Camp, of this city and five brothers and two sisters living away from here. The funeral 'will be held from the home Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev. Allen, of the Presbyterian church, officiating. Ju-terment will be made In Evergreen cemetery i FT.

SCOTT WIRELESS OPERATOR GETS LETTER FROM Dti PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM' Wirelss Station Takes Messages From Points Thousands of Miles Away On Home Made Instrument. (From Friday's Daily.) Kenneth Wright, son of P. L. A'rigbt, of 418 West Eighth street, is in receipt of a letter from the navy department, in which he is asked to fill out the following blank, which is self explanatory: Location of Station. Street.

Town State. How far from the nearest large city with general direction? Whether sending or receiving or both? OPERATORS. Name Address U. S. Citizen.

Licensed Operators 1st. 2nd. 3rd. How uiflny could be employed by the navy for enlistment during war? Names. How many could be employed by the navy lor operating their stations during war? Names.

What power is used? What wave length limits both for sending and receiving sets? What is the farthest station you have been able to send to? To receive from? Is source of power generated or obtained from some distribution linn? Is power available at all times? What make is set Is an operator on watch at all times night and day? General description of both sending and receiving sets, including names of firms making parts. If possible diagrammatic scheme of both sending and receiving sets. Mr. Wright, who is in school at the Kansas university has been here with his parents for about two weeks but will return to Lawrence Satur day morning. He has become an adept in wireless telegraphy and is now fast stepping up in wireless telephony as he sees great possibilities in that line although he says it cam never take the place of the dot and dash on account of publicity.

The young Fort Scotter has owned fifteen or twenty different sets of wire less telegraph apparatus, all of which he has manufactured, himself. He had a thirty-two foot pole on the top of the Wright barn but the cyclone which passed through here took it away and he has been getting along without it since, but when he returns from school this summer he contem plates building a high tower which will give his station great range. Mr. Wright has had his outfit in operation almost every day since he has been home and has been in communication with Forts Leavenworth and Riley and other stations, but has received messages as far away as Colon, Panama. This young Fort Scott operator has been honored with membership In the National Amateur Wireless association of which Mr.

Marconi is presi dent. Mr. Wright says that the greatest wireless station in the world has been built at Arlington, W. which has a maximum capacity of 100 K. W.

and operates both the telegraph and telephone. It sends out the time at 11 a. in. and 9 p. m.

followed by -the weather report, which is received as far as Honolulu, Hawaii, Naum, Germany nd Paris, France. The young Fort Scott operator is the kind of a citizen that is a credit that Fort Scott is proud of. He goes to school for what, there is in it. He has another year yet before his education is complete and yet is in a position, not only to command a good salary, should he need to go to work, but would be a valuable man to his country should it be plunged into war with another country. Mr.

Wright has the wireless bug and expects to continue to delve into the theoretical field above the practical, all for the love of the study and the hope of discovering something that has been overlooked by the other searchers. HOW TO MAKE HENS LAY. Bourbon County People Should Feed Skim-milk and Meat Scraps to Their Fowls to Make Them Lay. (From Friday's Daily.) Manhattan, Dec. 01.

The feed-ng of skim-milk and meat scraps to poultry materially increases egg pro duction G. Phillips, professor of poultry husbandry at Purdue Univer sity told members of the Kansas State Poultry Federation in convention at the Kansas Staae Agricultural College here today. 'Grain Is the chief food given to poultry on ordinary farms," said Professor Phillips. "Outside of this the birds must hunt for their ration. During a large part of the year nature's food is not abundant and hens do not lay.

One particular addition to the grain that is very important is skim-milk or meat scraps. Grains lack a sufficient amount of protein to a proper ration for laying hens. In an exeperiment carried on at Purdue University for the last four years there, meat scraps, skim-milk and fish scraps were used as a source of animal protein, the results being marked. The average egg production of the hens one of these three feeds was eggs a year. In the nie.t scrap pen the production was 135 eggs; fish scrap pen, 128 eggs, and skim-milk pen, 135.4 per bird.

"Everything points toward the fact that? the difference in egg production was due to the addition of one of these three feeds to a ration composed of corn, wheat, oats, bran und shorts. For every 100 pounds of milk fed birds there was a return of 12.04 in eggs. For every 100 pounds of meat scrap fed there was $23.92 returned in eggs." A. Lippincolt, professor of poultry husbandry in the Kansas Slate Agricultural College, spoke on "Buying on a Quality Basis." not simple and easy handled by tlfn man who uses it, should be followc I Furthermore, it is almost imoossil Dr. M.

F. Jarrett was somewhat surprised to learn a day or so ago that for nearly two months he has been an officer 'of the Medical Society of the Southwest, without even knowing it. Dr. Jarrett attended the annual meeting of the society at Oklahoma City the first of last November, and although he returned home before the meeting had ended, he did not suspect that anything was to be done in regard to him. He has just received a letter notifying him that at the meeting he was elected to the office of president of the eye, ear.

nose and throat department of the society. The Medical society of the Southwest takes in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma. Arkansas and Texas. Claude Butler, the Fort Scott young man who was shot several days ago at Pittsburg in the thigh by a man named Ed Parker, is now very ill at his home on the North side, being confined to his bed with a high fever. Owing to the fact that tne wound was not treated for some time after the shooting occurred, and to the fact, perhaps, that the bullet was infected, the wound in the young man's leg became so badly infected several days ago that an operation was necessary.

The condition of the leg has much improved since Dr. Hunter performed the operation, but the young man is still very ill, and will probably be confined to his bed for some time yet. Dr. John C. Lardner reports that Orville, the 21-month old child of Mr and Mrs.

F. Lyman, of 324 West Oak street, who has infantile paralysis, is" improving slowly, but steadily, and that the indications are now that it will live. However, the paralysis which affects one arm and one leg will probably be permanent, as in such cases the victim never recovers entirely from the paralysis. Usually a patient will -improve slowly for six months, and the general health will improve markedly, but the paralysis will remain. Scoutmaster W.

J. Skeed took about 25 boys of the Boy Scouts out to Bandera this morning to watch the new year come in and to remain there until Sunday night. The boys went out today just before dinner and will return Sunday evening. They will camp in the houses at Bandera, being the guests of Mr. Stevens, who has charge of the resort, and will spend most of their time hunting.

It is reported that Thomas Higgins of 619 Broadway, who was the victim of a severe stroke of paralysis about six months ago, is very low at this time. His son, Ed Higgins, who is a conductor on the Missouri Pacific out of here, is laying off on account of his father's illness. MARKET SQUARE. (From Friday's Daily.) A. Decker of Stringtown was in yes terday with a load of alfalfa.

Louis M. Bickley of Mound City was in town part of Wednesday. Walter Jones of Fulton had busi ness here yesterday. Otto Underwood of Prescott was here yesterday on business. Jack Johnson, the horse buyer, started yestereday for Dallas with a carload of horses.

Ray Van Buskirk came down from Mapleton Wednesday, returned home yesterday. Mr. Smith, the sawmill man, who fives seven miles southwest of town, was in with his wife yesterday to do some trading. Harrison Armour, Charles Neimeir, Charles Wiggins, Henry Rose and A. Pellett brought prairie hay to market yesterday.

Tom Duncan, who has been living northwest of was moving to the George Dodge farm south of town, yesterday. He had two teams and was hauling feed. 'Talking about the supply of feed, said an old farmer yestereday after noon, "reminds me that as, I came past Enn Miller's place I counted more than 100 stacks and then I couldn't get all of them." Luke Coyan of near Mapleton, who came down to see about his condition in regard to the surgical operation he underwent several weeks ago, went home today to stay. Today And A Generation Hence The flicrht of time makes us think of the future. The baby of today reflects what greatness may be acquired when be grown Ui.

And any Influence that brings relief to the expectant mother is the first and greatest of obligations. There Is a splendid remedy known as "Mother's Friend" that has been a safeguard, a helpful dally Influence, to a boat of women. Applied externally to the muscles they become pliant; they stretch without undue pain, there Is an nlwence of distress, the nerves are soothed by taking away the burden of leaving all to Just natural conditions. I There is In "Mother's Friend" the direct snd Immediate help that all expectant mothers require. Used by their own hand, guided by their own minds, they learn at once tha blessed relief from morning sickness resulting- from undue stretchiug.

Tbcy experlenco flu My culm and nightly rest. It Is indeed "Mother's Friend." Get a bottle today ot any drUOTlst. Then write Dradtlcld Regulator 410 Lamar Atlanta, (or ono of the most cntertnlnlng and valuable little books ever presented. It is worth writing for. to lay out a definite system of ke ing books which will be adapted every man and every farm.

Jus no two business enterprises kt-A. their books in the same manner, ort two farmers can be expected to do sot It will probably be many years anct farming will undergo many change i before we can expect the average man to k'jep the farm records of each lav'a M-nrk rt man nnrl hnrea XL'hloh. many of farm management enthufH siasts would have him keep. Evcrrffy man, however, at the beginning each year should place an on all the stock anil feed 1 his possession and set this down lis I some permanent place such as a gooiS substantial cloth bound book, ratheijij man on me caienaar nanging ncari the kitchen stove or in one of thej children's tchool tablets. 4 During the year he should keep an account of all the money paid out or -received.

This is most easily done by paying all bills with checks and depositing all money received in the bank, or in other words; letting the bankers keep this part of your books for you. The third and perhaps the hardest requirement is to keep a record of work necessary by men and horses to grow the various crops used This list will probably not be carried by many, yet it is important In the inventory should be incl ncluM-s, thk Inervf ed the farm, the improvements siock, tne norses, tne machinery feed and supplies and all other if From this should be sr traded all bills mortally and other debts and the net worth the man determined on January By doing this each year and com! ing each year's Inventory with I previous one, a man will ki whether or not he is making or lotJ money. Where this is done a man quently finds that even though amount of money which he may paid out during the war may equaled the amount of money wli he has received, he will have to 1 credit a substantial profit for year's work represented by increasi) in number of value of his slock whk is still on hand. The manner in which these fact are kept Is not half so important .7 are the facts themselves. The nu who is able to carry it all in his hr Is a mathematical wonder and ny1 -no bookkeeping, but as few pen' are so gifted as this it will 'bo sary for some to maintain a wr; s.

record. it you nave not Deen Keeping 1 1 1 1 mako every preparation necessary 1 begin the first of the coming Januai No man can afford to be In any bu' ness let alone the big business farming, without some common sen-method of knowing where he stam Farmer and Stockman. 1 Mrs. Mollle Hartman, relict Harry Hartman, a pioneer harnf dealer of Fort Scott, who has hi dead many years, has been quite at her home on the Second street west of town, i (From i-riday's Daily.) Postmaster Miller has received a letter from the treasury department in regard to the improvements on the local federal building, which are proposed in a bill recently introduced into congress by Congressman Tag-gart, and he now believes the bill providing tor an appropriation of for the local building will pass. The.lettfr asks Mr.

Miller for the number of additional feet of floor space needed in the building, and just how badly this Is needed. Particularly Inquiry is also made as to the growth In the business of the local office tluring the past several years. porarily. ho i.