The Clinton Register from Clinton, Illinois • 4

1 1 REGISTER HUGHES BROS. Editors PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered at the Postoffice at Clinton, Illinois, as Second Class mail matter. Telephone Number Seven FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1912 THE KILLED AND WOUNDED The following list shows how football is crippling and killing the young men, yet the game seems to continue to grow as one of the chief studies at the colleges and universities. Not wonder many parents hesitate about sending their sons to school: FOR PRESENT YEAR Killed in- 1912 10 Injured ...183 Fractured legs and ankles 12 Sprained ankles 32 Kicked in head 4 Fractured shoulders Major dislocations 12 Fractured ribs 9 Broken noses 10 Broken hands and wrists 6 Facial injuries and cuts on head 5 Spinal injuries 2 Fractured collar bones 8 Broken arms 3 Broken jaw Internal injuries Fractured skull I Fractured hip L. Minor sprains, wrenches and muscle bruises 62 TWELVE YEAR RECORD Killed.

Injured 1901 7 74 1902 1. 106 1903 44 63 1904 14 276 1905. 24 200 1906 14 160 1907 15 166 1908. 11 304 1909 30 216 1910 22 1911 11 178 1912 10 183 00- THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE The vote canvass for president is not fully complete hut the vote is as follows: The popular vote for pros deut in the election of 1912 shows that Wilson -polled a total of 6,166,748 votes, velt 3,928,140 and Taft 3,376,422. The Socialist vote for Debs was 873- 783, with the Socialist count still anfinished in seven states.

In 1908 Bryan's popular vote WAS 6,393,182 and that of Taft: 7.634,676. Taft and Roosevelt together had 147,814 votes more than Wilson. The figures also show that of the vote cast for the three leading candidates; Wilson received .457 per cent, Roosevelt .291 per cent and Taft .255 per cent. Taft run ahead of Roosevelt in twenty-one states and Roosevelt ran ahead of Taft in twenty-seven, -Polling less votes- than Bryan, Wilson's plurality is 2,228,608. Roosevelt leads Taft by slightly more than 500,000.

-00-- MOOSE RETURNING While McCormick says the Roosevelt party has come to stay and that Teddy will again be its candidate in 1916, the big moose are returning to the Republican party. In Pennsylva-' nia Boss Flynn has gone back, and his, followers in Pennsylvania are doing as he did. In Illinois Senator Hurburgh, who was a candidate. for governor, and Senator Magill, who was a candioate for United States senator, are reported to be among the returned. If this returning continues the Republicans -will doubtless hold a revival to reclaim backsliders, and the principal songs that they will sing will be: "Weary Wanderer, now return and Seek Your Former Place," and While the Lamp of Life Holds Out To Burn the Vilest Sinner May -00 The man who handles the local department of a newspaperlearns after due experience not to expect even briefly expressed thanks from clumns of pleasant things, but he knoweth as surely as cometh the winter -that at single line in which there is an unintentional misrepresentation will cause some one to be heard from as if from the house tops.

And we may add that he. has made pleasant mention 999 times of some person, place or thing but on his thousandth time fails to do so, he must not expect to be forgotten. The ommission may have been from accident, inadvertency or even an entire Jack of knowledge. -It. matters not.

The simple fact remains and he will be Judged by that. -Ex. -00 Andrew Carnegie is, seventy seven years old and happy. He said anyone who thought the country was going to ruin -was badly mistaken. He also said The people of the United States pick their kings and always picked good ones." Governor Elect Edward F.

Duane of Illinois: was successful in the elec tion by a plurality of 124,662, according to the official figures just come pleted. Governor Deneen was 15,066 ahead of Frank H. Funk, the Progressire candidate. The total figures are: Dunne, Deneen, 318,468 Funk, 303,402. 00 The amount spent for the Roosevelt campaign is given at $641,780.

Of this Perkins gave and Muhsey: $101,250. Several others gave from $5,000 to $50,000, The money got into circulation. 00 It is claimed Ohio has produced more kraut this year than in any year tor sometime. Since that state is through producing presidents for while, it has to do something to keep before the people. 00- It is said hobble skirts are more than five thousand years old.

Some of them are so tight that it would seem they have been shrinking longer than that. In Kansas City a man sued a newspaper for saying he had a "married face." when it meant "marred face." This is perhaps his way of advertising for a wife. 4 -00 Since Boss Flinn went back to the G. O. P.

others have the matter "under consideration. -00 A doctor in the bean city says men do anything. He has perhaps noticed that Teddy was not elected for A third term. Jane Addams says New York City is wickeder than her city, Chicago. New pork must be awful, if Jane is right.

-00 Taft says he will not be a date for president in 1916. Why not? He has two states sure DON. 00- BIRDS CAUSE DEATHS Because sparrows built their nests in the chimney, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott, married last August, are dead at their home in Mt.

Zion. They were killed by gas escaping from the baseburner stove in their house. Mr. Scott was dead when neighbors entered the house Tuesday morning. Mrs.

Scott died at 11 o'clock. physicians being unable to bring her back to consciousness. When neighbors looked at the flue what- was the -matter, they found it choked with birds' nests. When they pulled these nests out they had enough to fill a bucket. The fact that birds built nests in the chimney of her house will shortly make available to these institntions the following sums: James Millikin Anna B.

Millikin 4,000 St. Mary's hospital 4.000 The gifts to the home and the hospital may exceed $4,000 each. The estate consists of 200 acres of land near Mt. Zion, worth $160 or $175, or even more, an acre. THE NEW COUNTY OFFICERS The four county officers who will begin their four- year terms next Monday are not new men in the acquaintance of the people, who said by their votes that they believed they would be good officials.

L. 0. Williams, state's attorney, was born at Kenney where he lived until he moved to Clinton about five years ago to practice law. He has grown in strength until he is one of the leading young attorneys of the county, and none doubt his ability to be one of the strongest men who have held that office in many The people believe he will be an able, fair and faithful state's attorney, and there is no doubt of their belief being rightly placed. Elmer Metz will not be new in the office of circuit clerk.

-As deputy he has been efficient and courteous, and that he will be the same as chief there is no reason to fear. He came to Clinton from Missouri sveral years ago, and his success is sufficient evidence that he has shown rather than have to be shown. John S. Brown, as surveyor, was to be He has filled that office nearly all the time for many years, no matter who was elected. There have been times when politics prevailed and he was defeated by one, who as was admitted didn't know a straight line from one that was not straight, but Mr.

Brown continued in charge of the office, because he was the only one in the county that had time to or could do the work. "He has done so much surveying in the county that he almost knows the el lines by heart. While he will be new as coroner H. A. Moore is not new in the county, as he was born here and it has always been his home.

His father was, William M. Moore, who was one of the prominent and reliable Democrats of the county for a number of years. That he will fIll the office acceptably there is no room for doubt and his friends expect him to be a "live" man in his work. MONDAY MOVING DAY AT COURT HOUSE ONLY ONE OFFICE NO CHANGE Old County Officers Will Move Out And the Newly-Elected Ones Will Move in- -What The Former Will Do. The first Monday in December is the day fixed by law for newly elected county officers to take charge of the offices they have been chosen to fill for four years.

The officers elected Nov 5, are states attorney, circuit clerk, surveyor and coroner, and they are all new men except John Brown, for surveyor. H. A. Moore will suc. ceed Thos.

Milligan as coroner. V. F. Browne, who has been state's attorney four years will be succeedted by Louis O. Williams.

Mr. Browne has had his office in the court house but Mr. Williams will not use tire same office at least for awhile, but will occupy the office he now has at the northwest corner of the square. He says the ofice in the court house is not large enough to have room for his law library. However, he will retain the office room Mr.

Browne has used for court time or at other times when it is convenient to use it. F. E. Harrold, who has been circuit clerk for twelve years, will be suo? ceeded by Elmer Metz, who has been Mr. Harold's deputy tour years, and, is the only Republican elected to county office Nov.

5. He is the only one of the four who will have to appoint. While he has not announced his appointments, it is understood his chief deputy will be Riley Jackson, son of A. R. Jackson, who was tendered the position without 80- licitation.

The other deputies will probably he Miss Anna Potter and Miss Lottie Hatcher, now employed in the office. WHAT THEY WILL DO The retiring officials have plans for the future, unless it is Mr. Milligan, who was aretired farmer when elected coroner and will probably not engage in business. Mr. Browne, we learn, will move to Bloomington where he was offered a very satisfactory partnership in case of his defeat, and decided that oppor tunity.

was too. favorabie. to. reject, though he desired to remain in Clinton, as De Witt county has always been his home. Mr.

Harrold has a half interest in the Harrold-Taylor Abstract and will give his time to that business which has been increasing until the services of another is necessary. NEW TOWN ON I. C. Illinois Central officials have announced the birth of a new town. The town is to cover ninety acres and is to be located about a mile east of Champaign.

The city will be composed mostly of railroad men and will probably have a population of several hundred. The plan of the Illinois Central fieials is to plat out the ninety acres of ground that lies east of the new roundhouse. This land will be sold ins lots at exactly the cost of the ground and the platting. Superintendent Battisfore, in an interview with a Champaign reporter, said that not fewer than 1,000 applications had been received from people who' wished to start a store in this locality and it was necessary, he says, to start a city. A business section will be laid out and as many business houses as want to can start operations in the city.

The lots will probably be seld for about $100 each. The only condition that will be made when a lot is purchased it that the person purchasing the lot is to start building at once. THE BEATER LOST Stahl, who said he was from New York City, and was on his way to St. Louis, was arrested at the I. depot by Special Officer Richardson while trying to steal a ride to the latter city.

His fine and costs a- mounted to $5.20 and he had 38 cents left after paying up. As he had beaten his way from Chicago, he was not much loser, but the I. C. didn't get anything only the honor. With only a small amount left he had an opportunity to make another effort to get to St.

Louis without paying fare and the, no doubt succeeded. The season. for. killing young men on foot ball fields: closed yesterday. It will be almost a year before the season will open again.

-00 Two Missouri men traded wives, and a few week later each one sued the other for damages. -00 The official count of Nebraska gives, Wilson a plurality of 36,395. 00- Michigan rejected woman suffrage. by over seven hundred votes. I KEARNS WANTS DIVORCE Former Clinton Couple to Have Their Troubles Aired in Chicago In A Suit for Separation.

A Chicago paper gives an account of a suit for divorce that will soon ba heard in that city of which the following is a part: Divorce is asked from Anna Kearns, formerly Anna Ducy, daughter of Con Ducy of Clinton, IlL, by Charles W. Kearns, in a bill filed in the circuit Court of Chicago a few days ago. The grounds alleged are desertion, curring in January, 1909, Mr. Kearns attorneys have prepared an amended bill to be filed in which it is charged the marriage is void and should be cancelled because of the erratic temperament of Mrs. Kearns A great deal of personal co- resr pondence of the plaintiffs will be placed evidence together with some from her relatives, and other residents of this city to support the amended bill.

It is said that over a dozen subpoenaes have been issued by the court calling for as many witnesses from Decatur, Bloomington, and Clinton to testify concerning the affairs of the Ducy family. Among chose to be served it has leaked out is a former girl acquaintance of Mrs. Kearns who resided in Chicago until a lew years ago. They expect to prove through witnesses what she had to do with, the separation. Chop Suey-Heidelburg, and White City excursions get some special attention according to this amended Both sides are well represented by strong legal talent.

A great deal of secrecy has been maintained in reference to this case. Roth Mr. Kearns and his attorneys' have refused to make any statements concerning same when approached. Mr. and Mrs.

C. W. Kearns were married on December 28th, 1907 at Clinton, Illinois, being considered quite a social event at that time. She returned home about two weeks af-, ter the marriage and again went to Chicago to return about the middle of March. There was some talk of legal proceedings at this time, but the affair was hushed up and she returned to Chicago in August of that, year.

She returned home again the first of January 1909 and placed her case in the hands of a Chicago lawyer, who caused considerable commotion by claiming that he had a warrant for Mr. Kearns arrest for wife abandonmeat, This hewewver was never brought to trial. Since that time there has, been nothing come of the case until a bill was filed hy Mr. Kearns on September in the circuit court of Cook county, Many Clinton people know something of the troubles of this couple and while opinion is divided, as is usual in such. cases, the latter has been considered the least to blame.

The former came to Clinton as a ball player a year or so before the married age, and was given a position in a drug store that he might be a member of the Clinton team, which was not salaried. He was away awhile after, the domestic troubles came and then returned and the couple lived together awhile again. It is said he is in a drug store in Chicago. Both have friends here that will 'be interested in the outcome of the case. MARRIED IN CHICAGO Ira N.

Bennett and Miss Dorrennie Armstrong were married Wednesday afternoon in Chicago where they went that morning leting their friends know of their intention to be married. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. V.

Bennett of this city and has bee nemployed at the Public office most of the time for two years, where he will likely continue. The bride is the daughter of Geo. Armstrong, who. lives just south 1 of town, moving here from Creek township two years ago. BRIDGE FIGHT SETTLED The C.

B. Q. railroad will put in a draw span in its bridge over the Illinois river at baSalle during the present winter, work to begin on Novemher 27. This sector will open a section al the river which has been elosed for over twenty five years, and over which many bitter legal battles have been fought. It will allow steam boat traffic from the south to reach the new state park at Starved Rock and gives the.

St. Louis and New Orleans packets an opportunity to penetrate as far north as Ottawa, Ill. EDITOR GETS OFF WITH FINE A. H. Ogle, editor of the Daily Illini, the student publication of the University of Illinois was fined $10 and costs by Judge Philbrick for contempt of court, the offense being an attack on the grand jury recently in session.

Exchange. Judge Philbrick must have not been feeling as usual when he let the young man off with so light a fine. -The celebrated Staley brand wool undershirts and drawers sold only at I Freudenstein's, Clinton. SERVICE DEPARTMENT All on farm subjects will be given careful and prompt altention Edited by J.SE. WAGGONER Address I SERVICE BUREAU HARVESTER BUILDING CHICAGO FARM CROPS I table Manure Supplies Many Plant Food Elements and Adds Humus to the Soil -Calcium Should be Applied Howard Eldridge, Porterville, Tiew.

York, writes as fellows: "I am a farmer living in Erie county, New York. The soil raises very good, crops in everything excepting wheat and oats. The average yield of this grain for the past few scars has been fifteen or twenty lushels to the acre, as compared to bushels to an acre a few years ago, Low caa this land be im' I roved?" The principal plant food elements are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and calcium. These are necessary for the production of crops. If any one of these elements is deficient, it will mean that the crop production will be lessened.

Continuous cropping without rotation. combined with poor cultivation, 18. hound to result in decreased yields. The nitrogen can be replenished by growing leguminous such clovers, cowpeas, soy beans, vetches, etc, Also, by applying stable manure, or plowing under a legume as a green manuring crop. By doing this you not only supply nitrogen your soil, but you improve its physical condition by adding vegetable matter.

Very few soils require potassium. This is especially so of sandy soils, although if the, soil is not in "good physical condition, the potassium may not be available, but it you supply the vegetable matter either in the form of green manure or stable manure, it will tend to make the potassium available. It may be necessary to supply phosphorus in the form of a commercial fertilizer, which may be done by using finely ground phosphate rock, providing the soil is in the proper physical condition. The phosphate rock will cost you only about half as much and contains practically twice as much phosphorus as acid phosphate. The best way ef handling rock phosphate is to spread it in the stables with the bedding or to scatter it on the manure pile.

The decaying of the stable manure will tend to render the phorus available. The other principle element, which -is especially important if you expect te. grew leguminous crops such as clover and alfalfa, is calcium. This may be supplied by the use of finely ground limestone rock. The need of calcium is shown by the presence of horse sorrel, and the failure of legumes to There is another way of determining the acidity of the sell or the lack of calcium by the use of litmus paper, which may be purchased at any drug store.

Place the most soil around the litmus paper for ten or fifteen minates. It the blue paper is turned to a pinkish or reddish color, it will indicate- thaf your soil requires lime. Finely ground limestone may be applied at the rate of from one to eight tons to the acre. depending upon how badly your soil needs calcium, but the usual applica tion varies from one to four tons. The other factors which enter into crop production are the selecting of good seed and the preparing of the soil.

It is possible that the seed that you are using has become somewhat run.out and needs to be replaced by pure seed. Combine with this the preparation of a good seed bed--which is very imps tant in order to obtain a satisfactory yield of small grain. Yours very truly, I SERVICE BUREAU. HARVESTING ALFALFA Reply to dohn McGeary, Canehill, Arkansas "Can you tell me when to cut alfalfa so as not to injure the succeeding crop? When -is the best time to har vest red clover for hay?" The usual practice is to cut alfalfa when about one-tenth of the plants are in bloom, and it cut at this stage there will not be so much danger of tujuring the next crop as if permitted to stand longer. From the standpoint of feeding value it will depreciate to any extent until the field is practically in full bloom.

Red clover should be harvested when the plants are in bloom. It cut before this time it. will be dificult To cure because of the amount of moisture clover contains when green, while on the other hand, if permitted to stand too long, the leaves will break off when curing, also the stems will become more fibrous and coarse, thus decreasing the quality of the hay. If any machine gave trouble, or is not up to date, you can hardly afford to store It and try to "get along" with it another year. Investigate, the new machines advertised, and you will be surprised at the improvements.

See that sheds are in good shape to protect the stock that are in the pasture. The first storms do stock more damage than later ones because they are not accustomed to- them. LABOR SAVING Farm Implements are Needed in the South G. H. Alford, I Service The demand of the times is for improvement along every line: for building better roads, better homes, church les and schocl Louses.

We desire better cquipment on our farms and in our tones. The teachers and ministers must have expensive educations and hence demand better, salaries. Tel thence, rural deliveries of inail, lie trurics, are beecming necessities. It is the desire of every parent to educate the children at colleges or eecd schools. Apparently the key to agricoltural in the south is more power, and labor saving farm in tements on the farm.

The average farm worker toils, with a small mule or horse and his total aunual income isabout $148.00. In lowa the average farm worker uses nearly four large horses and produces $011.11 annually: exclusive of stock. Investigators show. a much smaller use of power on the southern farms than in other sections of the country; and, consequently, less use of labor saving farm implements and a correspondingly lower earning capacity of the farmers. The power must come first and then the labor saving implements.

Every farmer in the south can easily raise the necessary horses. He can better afford to buy extra horses than to attempt to farm with one or two small mules. By the 023 of strong teama and labor-saving impiements, the wages of one, and sometimes two men, can be saved, and this will 80011 pay for an extra animal. However. every farmer should raise his own horses.

A good team of mares will do more work than several small mules, such as are largely nsed, and the colts raised will be a handsome profit. or. furnish the additional power need: 4 to handle larger farm machines, Money-making farmers have fully proved that summer and winter Dastures -and well enred hays s'onid be the main reliance for feed. 'The feeding of horses and mules on pulled coin fodder and corn is so expensive and out of date that the practice should be. abandoned.

seventeen fine mules that were raised on good pasture and pea vine hay. The mule colts obtained their living entirely in pastures -from March 1 until December The pastures were not brush patches or fields of weeds and briars, but tracts of fertile soil. well set in Bermuda grass, lespedeza, white and burr clover. Plenty of pea vine hay was kept. in large racks for them, from.

Decent ber 1 until March 1. High priced labor makes imperative that more and better farm implements be used. On every farm there sould at least a reveraible diek plow or a large turning plow or disk harrow, two sections of harrow. combination. planter, single row cultivator, grain drill mower and rake, or a binder and a hay press.

The above are essential, and if the means of the farmer will allow, many other convient labor implements, such as a two-row planter, thresher, gasoline engine, feed grinder, feed cutter, manure spreader, cream separator and an auto wagon could be added. Yours very, truly, I SERVICE BUREAU. GRASSES FOR WET LANDS D. McWhinnie, of Hearnleigh, Alberta, writes as follows: "I have. a flat of about 100 acres or so.

About half of that is covered with water in the spring, which dries out about the middle of May so that one can work the land. I had thought that I could grow hay on it if I could get the grass started. Can you tell me the best kind of hay, and the best way to get this land started in grass?" If this land can be drained, the best thing to do is to drain it either by using open ditches or tile, otherwise it is a rather difficult proposition to handle. The water standing Oil the soll will kill out most of the tame grasses. Canadian biue grass and Kentucky blue grass ate grown to some extent rim parts of Canada for pasture Very few of the tame grasses will do so well on soils that are wet.

The wild grasses, as a rule, grow very well on wet land. The grasses that do best on wet land are red top, fowl. meadow grass, combined with alike clover. Timothy will do fairly well, and may be started by simply sowing the seed without any cultivation. We have had no experience, however, with these grasses in your section, and this is only a suggestion on our part.

The amount of seed to be sown depends on the kind of seed used It the red top, re-cleaned seed in used. two or three pounds per acre will be sufficient, while if the ordinary seed is grOWN, twelve to fifteen pounds of aleike. clover seed per acre should he mixed with this..