Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 276, 27 September 1913 — Page 29

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27. 1913

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TOWN RECOVERS FROM FIRE LOSS Greensfork Commercial Club Active in Having the Structures Rebuilt.

(Palladium Special) GREENSFORK, Ind., Sept. 27. During the summer months the carpenters and brick masons were busy here replacing buildings which were destroyed by fire early in the spring. With only a population of 450, the $100,000 fire were a severe blow to the town. Always a live organization, the Commercial Club went to work immediately after the disastrous blaze interesting capital in rebuilding the business houses. Members were successful in raising funds with which to erect new buildings. The Odd Fellows Hall, on Pearl street is a two story structure with etore rooms on the first floor and lodge rooms above. The K. of P. Hall on the same street is built on the eame plan, the upper floor being used for lodge rooms. Fireproof construction is specified for these buildings to guard against the repetition of another fire. . Bruce Dunbar and Albert Kienzle are erecting a one-story fireproof building on Main street on the site formerly occupied by the millinery and grocery stores. The town board, at a meeting last May, provided for the construction of a modern engine house, to be used as fire station and jail. At the same time a steel cell was ordered which will be Installed as soon as the building is completed. Visitors at Greensfork are impressed by the cleanliness and beauty of the town. The long, shady streets are well oiled and dustless, with wide green grass plats on each side. Every etreet in town has cement sidewalks. The stores, in contrast to the stores of many small towns, are clean and well stocked, carrying a complete line of the necessities. The progressive spirit of the town is manifested by the erection, three years ago, of a $12,000 school, built along the lines approved by eminent educators. One of the largest lumber businesses of the state is located at Greensfork. The Wayne Lumber company which carries a stock valued at $50,000 and does business over a radius of fifteen miles, provides employment for a number of workmen. The D. W. Harris company, dealing in grain, feed and poultry, ship an average of nine thousands of dozens of eggs to the eastern markets each week. The town was laid out in 1820 by Jenas Hatfield, and was incorporated later in the same year. After a few years the charter was given up. The town was not reincorporated un?il 1913. The business men who are optimistic over the prospects of the town say, "Give us a little time and we will have a bigger, better Greensfork.

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UBS. HELEN BINO BOBIJTSOJT. Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson is the first woman to be state senator and is the representative of the county and city of Denver in the Colorado state senate. Mrs. Robinson does not, however, like to be termed "senator," nor does she wish any one to suppose for one minute that she has turned the Colorado state senate upside down. "Why shouldn't a woman be in the legislature?" is her answer to all questions pertaining to the oddity of her office. She discounts her accomplishments and refuses to acknowledge that mainly through her efforts the minimum trage law and the educational reform bill were passed. 'I introduced the minimum wage bill before the senate," she said, "but I cannot and will not say that it passed through my efforts. Why, 1 was even too ignorant to draft the measure. I confess that if it hadn't been for my masculine colleagues the bill could not hare passed.

"One thing I did work for with spe-

rial real, however namely, the appointment of a woman to the commission f three which investigated wages and the cost of living and I was successful. The minimum wage law in Its present form does not arbitrarily ;flx wages. Conditions govern the regulation of wages." The revision of the educational system which Mrs. Robinson fought for jprovides a six months term as the mindmum length of a school term and a minimum salary of ?50 for all teachers. The woman senator is a Democrat In politics and was elected upou that ticket. Her hardest fight, she says, was in th primaries. For years Mrs. Robinson was a reporter on the Rocky Mountain News of Denver.

Farms Are Backbone Of County s Wealth

taken into custody at the British museum station, while the other two Grizard and McCarthy were captured near Hatton Garden, in the center of the wholesale jewelry district.

On the witness stand a Parisian diamond broker named Quadratstein. who assisted in laying the trap which resulted in bagging the quintet of suspects, testified that Guttworth told him

it had cost $li.000 to acquire the neck-jett. one of the pritocers, as the taaa lace, and among the recipients of the! who. on July i?C?, snatched a bag money were two postmen, who receiv-jof jewelry vtlued at $300,000 from a ed $1,000 each. j Pari Jeweler named Geldsn.iih in a Guttworth also told him that Lock- Regent street restaurant.

In everv community of Wayne conn- i

ty and In remoter localities are farm- i .

ers who have ben encouraged to demonstrate the truths that science ha3 ' proven to be possible of accomplish- j ment. ! Men ignorant to the extent of never !

It does no harm to repeat an axiom which has come to be recognized by the best brains of our nation, "that successful agriculture is the rock-bottom basis and foundation upon which is reared the superstructure of all other business enterprises. Wander as

far afield as you like, you must ulti-! having learned to read or write have , mately return to the land as the foun-! beer shown how to increase their j dation from which enshes the stream I crops' yield many fold, which has en-'

of business nrosneritv " j abled them to enjoy the comforts that

Farming (or agriculture, if to call it

such is more acceptable to the modern man) should not be looked upon primarily as a money-making occupation, but rather as a means of a fairly certain livelihood and an opportunity for home-making.

As a general thing investment op

en increased earning power affords. They have been taught the superior vrlue of good blood in hogs and cattle, how to feed and care for their live fctock when sick, induced to grow what was required to feet their families and domestic animals, and to improve Ihe home life.

More intelligent farmers have been

portunities in farming are to be found induced to improve their live stock, to

in the increase in land value and are

therefore of a speculative nature. Affords Luxuries. Under favorable conditions farming may be expected to afford all the necessities and some of the luxuries of life, and it favors the development of healthy, sane and self-reliant citizens. In many counties of the state of Indiana there is an agent of the Department of Agriculture devoting more or less time in spreading the propaganda of better farming. In considering the business of farming the fact must not be lost sight of that as much attention should be devoted to t) home life and the betterment of rural conditions generally as to the production of crops and their profitable distribution. Agricultural experts are in search of the unsuccessful man on the farm that we may help him to a more prosperous and contented life; the crea-

purchase good brood mares and breed

.if i.4i,i to a permanent and prosperous agrlthat his wife and children may find I ,. 1 . ... !,:,,, ov.T,iri , .. , , t. . , i culture, and this diversification should the farm attractive and loath to leave ' ,,,,,,,., Trm oc aa

the country for the apparently greater attractions of city life. A farmer is not successful who does not look to the production of all his home supplies. It is not enough that he has an abundance of food for his family and stock for a part of the year, but he must provide for the conservation of the waste products by canning and preserving and otherwise storing away for his needs during the winter season. Farms Essential. A prosperous, intelligent and contented rural population is essential to our national prosperity. The world's experience has shown that the best way to secure this is to encourage the division of all the lands into small farms, each owned and operated by one family. Community interests can only be created by the proximity of many small farms and their owners living in harmony with the spirit of co-operation dominant among them. The demonstration work has for its basis and its life, "co-operation " end it is upon this that any succos.; development of this or any other h . on of the country must be predicted. The department encourages co-operative effort in all lines of farming and farm business, and hopes to effect that brotherly feeling omong ail farmers that will enable them ultimately to aid in the solution of the problem of the more prifitable distribution of the products of the farm. A few years ago no one considered farming was too big a subject for one man to handle alone, but rather that it was too small and insignificant a matter for any other than the most ordinary man to bother with. Training Necessary. Today It is necessary that the farmer be trained as well in the business of farming as in the growing of his crop.

in the community as a whqle. The greatest economies in argieultural production are secured not where specialization is practiced, but where diversification of crops permits the most, uniform and continuous employment of labor, and where the larger proportion of the neded food supply is produced at home. Tto educate the farming classes in scientific agriculture is the aim of the demonstration work, that the profits may be doubled and far more than doubled by better methods of farming. Fine Breeds of Cattle. With the orchardist and general crop farmer has come the live stock raiser from the prairies of the West, introducing Hereford, Pole and otfier pure breeds of cattle. With these have also come the purest breeds of hogs and sheep, the percheron, coach arvd like breeds of horses, to form the foundation of an enduring live stock industry. The pure-bred Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein and other high class milch cows are in increasing demand, because of their known superior qualities. As an accompaniment to the introduction of these blue bloods of the animal kingdom, and as a proven economy has also come the silo, in which to store the succulent corn crop for which all farm animals will leave the sweetest hay. All parts of the country today are visited by agents of the Department of Agriculture who are bringing about a revolution in farming practices and demonstrating that the lands of Indiana are capable of greater production than any other section of the country. It is now conceded officially that it is the Middle West that our nation must look to In the future for its food supply.

ithem to good sires;. taught the value of I

crop rotation and diversification, and the value and breeding of pure seed.

snito nf thf flv and nrpvent rienth from i F A

cholera in hogs by innoculation with serum. Requires Work. On who has no love for teh country and feels no pleasure in the occupation of farming has no place on the farm today, and mistaking the call "back to the farm" as an allurement to a life of ease and comfort wj;:t labor, many people unsuited for 'tte rigors of pioneering have made the mistake of buying land for farming in this section. The profits in farming are substantial, but seldom large, and are assured only as a result of close personal attention, careful economy and persistent effort.

Diversification of crops is essential

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TRIES TO ROPE A MOVING TRAIN

FORN'FELT. Mo., Sept. 27. When Willie McGaugh, 10. tried to stop a moving train with a lasso the other day, the train won, but Willie will recover. Willie, in a new cowboy outfit and a lasso strayed down to the railroad tracks. A fast freight train hove in sight. Here was something worth while. He swung his lassa over his head in frantic zeal. Just as the train whizzed by Willie let go. The swirling rope hovered In the air for a second and then settled over a coupling rod. In an instant the rope straightened out and with it Willie, to whose waist one end of the lasso was fastened. Willie shot through the air like a rocket. Sam Vanice. a merchant, who was standing on the platform, grabbed a flag and stopped the approaching train. "Some buffalo, that," Willie grinned through his pain as they carried him home.

THIS INDIAN BRIDE OF FIGHTING STOCK

HANDLES DRAPERIES AND FLOOR COVERING

George H. Nolte has one of the largest and most complete carpet, drapery and curtain stores in the city. It is the only store that handles floor coverings and curtains exclusively. It carries a complete line of linoleums, carpets, rugs, curtains and mattings. Mr. Nolte has had much experience in this line, and this knowledge and a strict sense of appreciation of his obligations to his trade, is attributed his marked success.

SPOKANE, Sept. 27. An Indian bride proved a failure as a wife, Harry Campbell, former government agent at the Brule Indian reservation, says in his divorce bill against Mrs. Blanche Campbell. Mrs. Campbell is a Siwash Indian, and their marriage was performed at Eneaclaw, Wash., December 11, 1911. Her temper was fierce, Campbell complains, and he says that "Implements of Indian warfare" brought from the west by his wife as souvenirs of her old home, frequently were used upon him. On January 25 she threw an Indian hammer at him, and last March she chased him about the house with a tomahawk, he sayg. He now lives at Kolze. 111. They separated last June, after she had choked him, he savs.

KANSAS LAD KILLS COYOTES WITH BONE

COMPANY'S CAPITAL PLACED AT $20,000

The Model Clothing company is in corporated at a capitalization of $20,000, with W. E. Jameson, president and treasurer, and employes eight salesmen. The Model has a stock including all kinds of wearing apparel. The popularity of the different lines carried is attested by the fact that the store has lost few, if any, customers.

SANTA FE, Sept. 27 Ray Ward has killed another coyote. Ward, who is 15, is Haskell county's prize coyote slayer. He sprang into the limelight a few weeks ago when he killed his first coyote by chasing it down with a cow pony, and in a desperate strus-

gle killing it with a thigh bone of a j cow, taken from a pile of bones. Since then he has killed eight of the beasts,

chasing each until it was exhausted. The second victim was kicked to death. In the last chase Ray was armed with a rifle. When the coyote fell exhausted on the prairie, the boy dismounted to shoot it. He was so nervous from the exciting chase that he was afraid to trust his unsteady aim. so he clubbed the animal to death

Iwith the gun stock. Since killing his

first coyote, the lad has had letters from all over the United States.

PROSPECTS BRIGHT

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The Holthouse Furniture ffore,

Main street, was opened in 109. It covers three floors with a total floor space of more than 10,000 square feet, for stocking and display of one finest and most reasonable house furnishing lines. This firm does both a cash and credit business and its success has been so marked that its future prospects are brighter for the coming year than ever before.

Paper made from seaweeds, said to j be waterproof, fireproof and odorless. ;

has been invented by an English chemist.

POSTAL MEN AID BIG GEM THIEF

LONDON. Sept. 27. That postal eb- i ployes connived at the theft of the $625,000 pear necklace which rnysteri-1 cusly disappeared on July 16 between ; Paris and London, was established by evidence presented at a hearing to-1 day. Whether theguilty employes be- i long to the French or English postoffice the authorities decline to divulge I at present. j Five men were arrested on supicion 1 on September 2. Three of them. Lock- j ott. Silbermaa aai Gutt -crti were

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