The Jewell County Monitor from Mankato, Kansas • 1

THE JEWELL COUNTY MONITOR ESTABLISHED 1874. MANKATO, KANSAS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 22, 1914. vOL. XXXX.

NO. 12. Che of to Fill Cime By Oilbur D- Nesbit The flowers of the fall time are the best; Above the fading grasses now they blaze, Rare jewels left in nature's bounty chest, Poured scattering along the autumn ways. The hollyhocks are braver, redder, nowTheir banners flashing bold before they fall, They are resolved to die before they bow In homage to the distant winter's call. The morning And riot They drink And flaunt The cosmos All fairylike As echos of As stars The dahlias swagger, nonchalant and And crowd the meeker blossoms from The astors make a picture many hued, Framed in the drifting haze of autumn White clematis all snowlike idly clings Where leaves already turn to brown And looses perfume that each zephyr Above the page whers summer's tale Across the Are scarlet And goldenrod To show And so with The patient With flower The flowers A YOUNG OLD MAN.

C. G. Wheeler finished the big job of plastering the up stairs post office building Friday and Ife for h'is home on route five Saturday feel ing like a frisky colt. Charley is only sisty-six years young. So a little job like all the walls and partitions of the big second story didn't bother him a minute.

He: was almost a month at the work. PRAISES MISS COLSON. Ada Colson, of the Monitor, had a cute little apology last week, saying: "On account of going to press so early this week we are unable to get much news," notwithstanding she had an entire column. and onie item over. These are the kind of correspondents that are worth some thing to the "Crosby" in Downs News.

A REGULAR SPECIALIST. Dr. E. E. Sparr, the Kansas City specialist, made his regular monthly trip Monday to Mankato.

He does not belong to the ordinary class of travelling specialists, who make one trip cnly, never returning. For a- bout a year now he has made regular monthly trips to Mankato and has built up a fine class of satisfied patients. He is a cultured gentleman to meet and his growing practice attests his worth as a member of his profession. A WELL KNOWN PIONEER. J.

M. Bowles, of Formoso and well known over the county as one of its leading pioneers was in Mankato Monday and Tuesday on business and the Monitor had a fine visit with him. Hie is a good conversationalist, a keen observer end the time spent with him is profit-. able and pleasant. F.

M. QUARTERLY MEETING. Quarterly meeting will be held at the Free Methodist church of kato. Commencing Friday night, 23rd and continue over the Sabbath. Services begin 7:30 p.

m. Sabbath services 10 a. m. and 7 p. m.

Our District Elder, F. P. Woodward will be with us and preach for as. All are cordially invited to attend these services. B.

Kier, Pastor. a society NEW Y. M. C. A.

OFFICERS. Tuesday night the annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A.

was held at the Director's room. The fifteen directors of the Association are given the power to select all the offivers. Robt. Gordon was elected President and there is no better man in the county nor one more worthy; Judge Teeple was chosen Secretary and this pleases everybody but the Judge who did not seek the place and tried to get out of it; Ira L. White was given the office of Treasurer and he is one of the staunchest friends of the Association and a capable man; John W.

Beeman is the Vice President and his selection is in line with the others--all men. capable of managing the affairs of this growing instituton satisfactorily and free from favoritism. Committees from the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church are calling upon hte homes of Mankato to secure entertainment for the 225 or 250 guests who will (be in attendance upon hite Annual Conference here March 25-30. It will be mo small task for a town the size of Mank to to entertain SO yet we trust it will not be many, altogether an unpleasant task. We feel sure that our confidence in the hospitality and open-heartedness of thier people of Mankato is mot misplaced, theit the homes will be open ed to these visitors in right hearty manner, and the ladies will meet with such faver and success as the occasion warrants.

H. M. Templin, Pastor and Committee. OBITUARY. WILL YOU HELP? Otis Enoch Harwood was born in Sept.

6, 1898, died Jan. 14, '14, age 15 years 4 months and 8 days old. He is the sixth child of Mr. and Mrs. William Harwood.

He leaves weight brothers, two sisters and a mother and father to mourn his loss, one brohter having preceded him in infancy. Funeral wais held at the U. B. church, where a gathering of sympathizing friends assembled to pay hteir respects to the bereaved family. CARD OF THANKS.

We are truly grectful to all our kind friends for their help and sympathy in our bereay-ment in the sudden death of our son Otice. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harwood and Family.

BROTHER OF H. A. PEASE DEAD. Henry Pease, off Portland, Oregon, a brother of H. A.

Pease of Mankato, died on Jin. 7 at his home in a suburb of Portland. He was engaged in the undertaking business and his death was sudden, caused by apoplexy. Mr. Pease was born in Blessfield Michigan in 1844.

He had one son, I. L. Pease, of Portland who survives him. Before moving to Portland in 1911, he was engaged in the s'me business in Dunlar, Iowa, where he lived over forty years. He was a convert in one of the Belly Sunday's meetings and a member cf the M.

E. church. HARRY HAYMAN RESIGNS. The Monitor is glad to hear Its friend H. T.

Hayman, of Formoso is not going to leave the county and that this resignation as cashier of the Formoso National Bank does not mean his separation from the business interests of the county. We have known him since boyhood and we are proud of his proved ability in the business world. He is an Ionia boy and his successes in business attest the confidence in which he is held. He remains on the board of Direcotrs of he First National Bank and will devote his entire time to writing insurance and attending to his personal affairs. COMPLIMENTS OUR JOB WORK.

In a letter to the Monitor Harry Sohns, manager of the Hillman Stock Co. he says. season closes next month. We thank you for your promptness, and up-todate service and excellent, treatment in handling our printing the past two years." The Monitor job department took this big line of work from the city concerns and has handled several hundred dollars worth and done it at er good profit. -The Ladies Auxiliary of the Y.

A. will hold a Box Social at the Y. M. C. Saturday evening, Feb.

14. All are invited. 12t3 FARMERS BEARS THE BLUNT. This week, the Argentine Republic removed the duty from American wheat, Argentine is a great wheat exporting country yet she has maintained an import duty on that product. Our recent tariff bill placed wheat on the free list except from countries that have a duyt on our wheat.

In such cases, we impose a duty equal to the duty which that country imposes on our product. Argentine therefore has uable to her so she puts our wheat thought the American market valon the free list in order that her wheat and wheat products may get into our markes free cf duty. It wais believed theit Canada was the only serious competitor that free wheat would give the American farmer but it now appears that Argentine is also to seek our r- kets. The two great competitors of the American wheat farmers are Canada and Argentine. Heretofore, we have had to meet them in the European trade but now we h'ave to defend our own markets.

The purpose of the protective riff has been to develop the market at home for our surplus agricultural products. With this objoct in view, the American farmer has been one of its staunch supporters. In time, his expectations were realized, for during recent years we have developed our industries to such an extent that our exports of cattle have practically ceased and our wheat exportations are very much smaller than fo merly. However, when this home market was developed an agitation was started for free trade in farm products. That is, when the tariff became a direct benefit to the American farmer it was proposed to take it away from him.

This waas first undertaken by Mr. Taft in his Canadian reciprocity treaty which was put through congress by the almost unanimous vote the democratic membership. lit was then followed up by Mr. Wilson in hite knactment of the Underwood bill. This bill, which maintains a fairly good protective duty on most, manufactured products, has largely given free trade to farm products It places wheat and flour on the free list and still gives a protective duty 011 crackers and biscuits made from wheat.

If the farmer, who raises the wheat, is not entitled to any proteciotn Against foreign competition, why should the cracker trust need proteciton? Potatoes were placed on the free list, but potato starch and dextrise, made from potatoes, were given a duty of one dollar and one dollar and a quarter per hundred. Wool is placed on the free list yet protective duty is imposed on every article made from wool. This unwarranted discrimination is the greatest evil cf the tariff bill It places the greatest burdem of reduced duties C'm the farmer, who has no combine, and by the nature of his business cannot have one, while the great manufacturing trusts are given protective duties. Yet we are told that his tariff revision hos been a blow to the trusts. Joseph L.

Bristow. VISITING BANKERS. Geo. W. McKinney, and I.

E. Good, of Webber were down last beginning suit in the district court against A. C. Felt, the missing cashier of Superior. They represented the State Bank of Webber in asking for a judgment against fifteen shares of stock in their bank, owned by Felt and that the stock be sold and tr msferred to purchaser at court sale.

The said stock amply protects the Webber bank on one note held by bank endorsed by Felt for $1533.21. AN EXPERIENCED OFFICIAL. Postmaster J. A. Carroll was in Mankato, Friday on his way to his farm near Almena and again Monday on his return.

He reports wheat in fine form out that way and doesn't seem worried in the Jeast about his term of office. Unless the Democratic administraiton takes fourth classes offices out of the civil service list, there is no way to prevent Mr. Carroll from continuing his good service at Randall. BASKET BALL. The Randall high school boys end girls came up Friday to play basket ball with the M.

H. S. boys and girls. They were defeated in both games. The score for the boys being 23 to 21 and the girls27 to THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE.

The Farmers' Instiutte will hold its annual meating at Webber, Wednesday Feb. 4, Harrison Thurs day Feb. 5, Burr Oak Friday Feb. 6, Ionia Saturday Feb. 7, 1914.

Mir. Geo. O. Green and M. Gieo.

Bray from the Agricultural College are expected to be present. There was such a revival in many institutes in Kansas last. year that an unusually interesting and profitable season is expected. In many institutes local speakens of much power are being developed. These know the problems of their community and gre a splendid help to the practical and forceful men and women sent out by the Kansas State College.

Every one interested in better farming, closer co-operation, and better homes, both in the country and in town is cordially invited to be present and to take pant. All are asked to bring exhibits of orchard, gar, den, and farm products and are urged to come for the first session and stay until the last. Boys' and Girls' Contests. Special Plans for 1914. Everybody is interested in better crops and in brighter boys and girls.

This is a day of improvement in most things and it would be strange if ten thousand boys could not be found in Kansas who could grow better corn and potiatoes them their "dads" and strange too if it would not be possible find several thousand girls who could beat their mothers in baking binsad. And best of all, the fathers and mothers would be happier than the youngsters. The Agricultural College is urging institutes, granges, commercial clubs, women's clubs, bankers, school people preachers, and about everybody, to get behind the contest. movement in Kansas this spring 0,9 never before and to get started early on one or more of the following lines. Corn, fir and milo.

For best acre yield end for best ten ears of corn and best ten heads of kafir and milo. Our acreage yield for ten years is too low and no man can afford to grow such low yields on high priced land or when his labor is worth so much. Potatoes. Kansas dogs not enough potatoes to feed her grow people. An acre in Maine has produced six hundred bushels and farm ers in Denmark and England have produced one thousand bushels per acre.

And yet probably one-fourth of the farmers of Kansas buy potatoes every year and n'ine-tenths of town people buy all their potatoes. The Collage wants to start revical of potato growing. Tomatoes. Nine-tenths of the people of Kansas buy nine-tenths of the tomato: they eat and if several thousand boys and girls will enter into some lively tomato contests the State can cut down that. item of H.

C. L. One contesttwo years ago. "All ant reported we needed for table and then thirty quarts were canned and all seven from twenty-one plants." Poultry and Pigs. About the livliest thing for a village is a "poultry contest" with each youngstar given setting of good eggs in certain week in March, or a trio a of pure bradohickens.

In or a pen this fine hog state at least fifty counties should follow the example cf Allen county that has a "Pig Club' with about one hundred mem bens. Alfalfa and Sweet Clover. Why give the boys a chance at an not alfalfa patch or a. sweet clover ard see what they can, do patch with it. Conditions are good now for a successful spring sending of and clover and it would (be alfalfa, a fine thing for any county toget one hundred boys lined up for a two acre patch.

Bread and Sewing. The great majority of the girls will enter in one of these contests and here is a good job ffor hte women of every village and city in the State and for the farmers wives to foster. All crop contests will be considered in two sections (1) east of the west line of Jewell county and (2) west of that line. The College will suggest literature on each of the above subjects for committees and even for the contestants, but local committees must take hold first. Seeing how many fool mothers there are, we wonder that there are any girls who have sense.

NEW CASHIER AT FORMOSO, I. L. Burchinal is now cashier of the First National Bank of Formoso, being promoted from the position of assistant upon the resignaton of Harry Hayman. Mr. Burchinal is one of the coming men of the county.

For the past. five years he has been Assistant Cashier of the First National and his work has been highly satisfactory to the directors as is shown by his promotion. For two years previous to that he bought grain there for the Home Grain Co. and four years before moving to Formoso he worked tor the Kerby Lumber Co. in Texas.

He was reared on the farm where most successful men come from, his home being in Sumner Co. So it will be seen that Mr. Burchinal has had an usually ripe and successful experience which admirably fits him for his new position. His many friends in Mankato and over the county will be glad to hear of this recognition of "Burch" as he is known to his friends. SCHOOL REPORT.

Monthly report of District No. glories have a deeper hue into blossoms as they twine; a gay farewell in morning dew the frost defiance from each vines flowers sparkle in the dawnthe fragile shapes appear. the flowers that are gone, that stud the twilight of the year. rude, the way; gray; and gold, flings is told. fields and by the country roads blooms that mock the setting sun, lifts up its treasure loads what El Dorado it has won.

bloom ablaze, with changing leaf, year leans slowly to its rest laughter that makes light of griefof the fall time are the best. SCARCITY OF HOGS. A pressing question. among the farmers just at this time vis where are the brood sows to come from. If Kansas is to raise her share of the pork, this want must be supplied.

The farm papers are encouraging the farmer to save all that are fit for breeding purposes Even sale bills show the scarcity of the hog. It is a case of the forced selling of breeding stock by reason of scarcity of feed. Now is a good time to watch the sale bills for good stuff. OBTIUARY. John W.

Howard was born in Wayne Co. Kentucky Dec. 22, 1832, died at Mankato, Kansas Jan. 17, 1914, age 81 years 25 days. He was united in marriage to Eliza Haskins July 4, 1875.

To this un-1 ion eleven children were born, nine of whom are living. John, Elmer, Ira and Arthur, of Mankato, Ks. Louisa and Ella, of Osborne, Thomas and Laura, of Alton, Kansas and George, of Scion City, Iowa. He was converted at the Age of 20 years and for 61 years had been a constant earnest worker and follower of Christs teachings, His wife had preceded him to the better world having died April 1st, 1898. He was a faithful husband end a kind and loving father and a true Christian, and in his last illness often expressed his willingness to go at his masters call.

CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank the people of Mankato for the kindly assistance and words of sympathy during the sickness and death of our beloved father, J. W. Howard. His Children List of letters remaining unclaimed in the post office at Mankato, Kansas for the week ending Jan; 24, 1914.

M. R. M. att. Chas.

Coleman. Mr. Irl J. Hicks, Miss F. Scott, 2.

Care of Mrs. Geo. Moore. Rose Hill Farm. When calling for the above please say, "Advertised." E.

D. George, 105. Enrollment 12. Attendance in days 238. Average daily attendance 11 9-10.

Asbance in days 2. Cases of tardiness 0. No. neither absent nor tardy 1. Names of those neither absent nor tardy: John Bashford, Roy Foote, Martin Work, Lucile Black, Gladys Work, Rhoda McIntyre, Ruth Hamil ton, Ralph Wilde, Marie Cederberg, Frances Cederberg and Clair Cederberg.

Arthur Russell, Teacher. A WORTHY BOY. Oren Bell of the non-resident students of the high school, and one in whome the Monitor editor has taken, more than passing interest. becaus of his manifest qualities of industry, steadiness, and Intelligence came in Monday to have the big Jewell county paper sent to his father down in Kentucky and to show her has the Kansas Spirit, he also orders Capper's Weekly, STOCK SHIPMENTS. The stock shipment from Mankato this week are as follows: George Mower one car of cattle and hogs mixed; H.

B. White one car of hogs and one car of cattle and hogs mixad: Gordon and Gillen one car of fat hogs. A RECEPTION. In the basement of. the M.

E. church, on Jan. 15, the Jim Lane Post gave a reception to the Ladies of the W. R. C.

A luncheon was served, consisting of cake, coffee, pickles and oysters, prepared by S. A. Dillman and M. M. Nelson, two of the famous cooks among the old veterans.

Speeches were made by Rev. H. M. Templin, Comrade H. Case and others.

The reception insted an hour and a half and it is said all had a delightful time. STRAYED. One of Ira L. White's red hogs strayed from his farm about two months ago and he has never been able to locate it so far. If nay one knows of it or has a stray hog of this description.

Mr. White would like to know about it as he feels he could identify it even now. ROUTE FIVE. Mrs. Ira, L.

White has been on the sick list for several days but is ported better recently. George Tyler and Oscar Green were hauling corn from G. R. Tyler's, Tuesday. Gladys Fulton was visiting at H.

M. Pangborn's, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hall spert, Sunday in Mankato, as guests ofMr.

and Mrs. Arthur Guy. Mr. and Mrs. G.

R. Tyler drove to Mankato Sunday morning, in their Ford, bringing out their son Eugene, and family, to spend the day. Fred Huntington went to Burr Oak Saturday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. John Uhlm. Audrey, the little daughter, of Mr.

and Mrs. Joe Hall has been very sick this week, but we are glad to report her better at this writing. Mildred and Vaughan White attended Sunday School at the Mehtodist church, Sunday. Mrs. D.

A. Porter continues to have very poor health. Navel orange's at Keyes, Saturday 15c per dozen..