Amarillo Daily News (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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PACK SIX
AMAIUI.LO MILT SKWH IHI RMUV. IFX EM!U:it 2R. 1011.
POULTRY FIGURES
IN CENSUS REPORT
Sjwcial lo Daily Knt
Wasnlnpton. I) c.. iw. 27. Sta-
tistics relative to poultry reported oi
farms In continental Inited States at
the Thirteenth Iiecennlal tvnsm.
April lf.th. lit 10. are contained in
an offWIal tsntomcnt Issued today ly
Dlreetor Purand
The total n'imher of farms report-
Ins poultry for 1VI0 m r.rs-.. :!;
or 8 7.8 p'r cent of all farms In the
country. Only 6ro of tho farms
repoilnR poultry f..led 1o leport
chickens. Turkeys were reported
from K7 1123 farm or 13." per rent;
!iifka from r.0l.7l or 7.0'j pr rent;
weese from 2.32 1 or 1. pr
nt; guinea fowls from 30.'J:.S or
6.3 per cent and pUoons from 1U?.
407 or 1.7 per rent.
The n tun her of fowls rcport"d In
1S10 was 2'.ir..SM'.n( i) and their to-
lal valuo was r.4.fit'3oi)o or an
averace value of fifty-two rent.
Nearly 0r pr cert of all the foU
were chhkcns. Tliey numbered
2SO.Hr..(ion and their value nan
H0. 206.0(Ht. the averaro value le-
In? flftv rents. Tnrkovs numhercd
361.000 and were valued at $C-
606.OO0. thi overate valuo helm;
$1.7fl. Tho ducks rported numbered
2.9S7.O00 nnl were valued at $1.-
riG7000 with an average vulde of
fifty-four cents. Th- total ni:iutr of
Sees'? wag 4J2ono Bnd the value
193000 or an avera'-'e value of sev-rnty-two
rents. Oi tri' hca to th'5
number of were reported with
a value of Sl.fl'tfi.ooo or over $30
each. The ostriches were reported
from five states. Arizona. Arkansas
California 1'lorlda and Texas.
Iowa ranks first In the total value
of poultry amounting to $ 1 2.27ooou.
Texas is tenth with a value of It-S07.0O0.
HALF CENT COINS NEEDED
Hal tim ore New.
"l'FIiM nut the day tf small
thin?" lg luul.ty sood philoiophy
even thouch It d es leap at u. front
rhihilmod to the rave from iopy-
books and other an'holosrlcs of moral
nnvin'H. Ami s it om about that
Representative ItulVley tf the Cleve-
lai. distriit of Oh is. N winning fame
ratlu-r than notoriety Ly lntn!j In-;
a hill to a-jthoriv the coinage of a
:!-cnt piece.
Too surest ion may have heel
horn of the Cleveland flirht foi 3-
cent fares lut out of it hai grown
a piu tical hHst fur greater tno-
nomy In pul !ic ard private expen-
diture. As a ii.it Ion e setm to
have been gifted with an lmai;:natin
so crude that we coub'n't conceive of
a measure of value smaller than a
cent We alopt a lofty air oi Mean
Prunm-el. who answered j Khar's
re(iust for r pennv with "Fello.
I don't know the coin."
Now that tho subject ha l-e.n
hroiu-ht u? the indicaltons are that
a hill authorlin? the coinage of a
half-cent and a two-and-a-half cent
pi. re wl'l he substituted for t?'e ni"i -sure
authorlrltii; the o-unt kce. It
will enable people to make fr.M lion
a! ilrtriL'e In in.itiv trar.sai tion.i hl. U
would not he aflected ly the J-ni'i
wood ( in? n:i
oi i:mv iii:.mums
Hooked Up.
The younn polltldau was as obllsj
Ing as poulble. but there was a limit
to hla possibilities '.Vhcn the re-
porter aHked him what bis wife would
wear at the mayor's rereptlon. he as
siimed a confidential sir
"I'll tell you Just ns much ss I
know myself." he sahl "last n!?h?
he told me she would wear white;
this mornliiK at breakfast she said
he'd decided on her ose colored
gown and when I snld pood by to her
he hnd spresd a grey one beside the
rpsecolored on one chair and htr
black lace besldo Ihn white on ni.
Other and was taking rometiiiiiK eNe
out of the wardrobe If her alr
hadn't caught on a hook as she turn
d round 1 might have been nhln to
tell you more."
A'uKhiniMon I). C Iec i. Ma
jor Cetieral Leonard Wood in his1
unniial report to the Secretary of
War n cards ns a natloral calamity
the shipment tf th'Houchbred burses
nhrond; for be seen t ho time wlu-n
the army will he unable to securj
picper renioi:uta.
The Sout'ern Commercial Con-
nreKS announced today that It hai
been for some weeks preparing tJ
consider the whole suh'ect of hors.i
and ;nr.e breedlns; in a section of
tht fourth annual convention ol tho
coiiprcsa at Nashvl'le next April. The
section w!U he under tho caiirhian-
ship ol Ceore V. Ilonr.el. Cii'ef of
niinal lliis'-nudrv l lvlslon. Vnlt-'d
Sutra Hepartrr.ent of A'rlii.lture
The following rent'enien will speaK
lo t''o hiihjects indicated.
I! 1!. W hile L eshurt-'. V "Ti:!t
lr.ift Horse In ti e S-M'th; Opt. C
II. Conrad Jr.. in charre of Front
Itnviil Remount hepot Front Koal.
Va. "1 lie South a a Source of Army
demounts": 'Jen. 'ohn It. Castleman.
I.ouisvPIo Kv. "The American Sad-
dle Morse"; I. I. Jones Columbia
Tennessee 'The Mule l'reedlne.a
Ft-'d-n? M iii'it'ettient and Market Ko-
pii-e which after all woild no:
hae arv surpassing advantage over
three capper coins oetslde of Cleve-
land and tither f.rti:nate towns where
the .".-"ent f.ire prevails. When erg
are 37' cents a dorer for example
It will 1 e pessl'ile to negotiate a trad"
without the alternative ot 'calling i;
even" or breaking an eir.
Nohci! needs to le told that the
Niple In the old eouutry where the
unit of values is usually 20 to 24
c. nts are mm h thriftier than we aro
in this rnuntrv where the unit If
lour or fie times as great. If the
priie of theater tickets In thlg coun-
try were "seen francs" and vhoed
Id for tenty urks" we would
fre lii Ht ln lively that we were kpend-
li? an as ful lot of monew. And
then the centimes and the pfennig
and centavora and centlslnil httlo
iiienfures of value with a colnaye ail
their own they exercise a sort of
psychological influence as it were.
Most Important of all the nullity
to make exact change takes cures of
the hnif pennies and so the real
units t ike rare of themselves.
KiM'rescrita'lve ! i u I kc Ivy ha rend-
ered a real service by brinL'Ing tnis
matter up. It would he fortunate if
the half-ient were coined and used
until the American people "kl'.e-v the
nun."
I'.lrements."
The pi:rpo-e of the Congress lit
having this thorouuli disiusslon of
lioise and ti: n lo breedli.g Is to In
crese -he zenith of the South by
shovtnv the fanueis of the South
how both climate and soils lend
th''iiis"dws to tie riKcessful raising
of .tok
1
HAMItI L XttTKS.
New Use for X Rays.
It Is claimed that the X rays bare
teen successfully applied In France to
the detection of adulterations ol food
where the adulterants consist of some
kind of mineral matter. The tood to be
examined Is reduced to powder and
spread thinly upon glass An X rajr
photograph ot the glass reveals the
presence ol the mineral particles by
the failure ot the rays to penetrate
them ns they penetrate the other con-
stituents of the powdered tood
A Pennsylvania County's Oil Wells.
In MrKcan county whenever tliey
want tends to run the county iifl.ilrs
they Just put down iin oil well on the
county farm mul np tho money gushes
The South I'enn drilled n well last
week that Is doing live Parrels a day
fter belns givin a shot of so ou;irts ol
nitroglycerin A farm like that Is a
mighty convenient thing tor a county
to have.- Philadelphia livcord
The New York Giants wju the
Cuban series played in Havana cop-
pine 'J out of the 12 came played.
Jiiumv Ilarrett .the old Cincinnati
md I'etroit star has signed to man-
arc the les Moines team next season.
The new nwtters of the Toledo
team have made arrangements for
the ' liens' to train In Lexington
Kv. next sprin.
Harry I'attee the former DrooV-
n-Ko hester plaver baa been en-
gaged to roarh the 1'rown University
baseball (quad.
Marty Horan. for several yeaM
manager of Trl-State league teams
hHs quit the came and will Into
business in Younsstown O.
James K. C.affncy the new owner
of the I ost on Nationals says the
South F.nd p:irk is too small nnd that
he Intends building a new plant.
Manaser Fred Tenney of the Itos-
ton Nationals. Is writing a book on
baseball sperlally Intended for boys
between the ages of ten and Mxtot'tl.
I'itcher Hogan who has been algn-
ed by the.Jtoston Americans is quite
a perfornftr on the Ice and a mem-
ber of a hockey team In Northern
Mi.hU-an
It Is said that Hugh Duffy has a
two-year contract as manager of th?
Milwaukee team whhh calls frr 11."-
ooo. That 's Class A A ealary all
right.
Followers of the Cubs ar? pleas-d
to learn that Manacer Frank Chance
will be in the came next season hrbl-
ing down Ins old position at first
base.
An effort Is being made to com-
bine the Ohio nnd Pennsylvania and
Central leagues. Hoth leagued met
with considerable financial difficulty
last season.
After many delays work on the
new American leaciie park In New
York has been started. The contract
calls fcr the completion of the plant
by April. 1912.
Newark has aimed First baseman
I tarry Swaclna. T'o years ago
Sivailna was tried out by 1'ittshiirgh
and last season he managed the Mo-
hilo So.-thern league team.
Monte Cro-s. the old Philadelphia
player and last season mnnapcr of
the S.Tanton team will perhips be
appointed niatiaver of Iho Li.i; New
Kiii-'laii'l leiu'iio team.
1
One Dollar Will Start You On The
Way To Financial Independence...
A single dollar placed in our Savings Department
may prove to be the foundation of your ultimate for-
tune. Make the start no.
We accept sums of one dollar or more
in our Savings Department and pay four
per cent interest compounded semi-
annually. : : : :
AMAR1LL0 NATIONAL BANK
U. S. DEPOSITORY.
B. T. WARE Prldnt. CHAS. T. WARE Chir.
Jut say .o your dealer
Chocolate please. Their package
imply delirious Al-
Tbeir factory runs
i nod night to supply Y1' ultli
il.'SH randies. And tliey are all
M AI'F. IN AM M'.II.I.O.
133 Start Right to Spend
yjj A Merry Christmas
The Santa Fe Is The Way For Holi-
day Rates Ask
Phone 856 C O. JOHNSON Agent.
Table delicacies.
can depend upon.
the iiia!itv yoi:
r.rlffln Cnviery
3C-tfc
Uray .V Son. cleaneis nress'-rg hat
ters. Phone rJ2; .H14 Fast Fourth1
street. 297-tfc!
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mre of your repair work the same as if yo-i should send It to Dal
Ins. Kansas City or Clip iifo. Oct of town orders solicit. Full
fitck.
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We write Fire Insurance Tornado Insurance AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE Plate Glass; in fact we handle all lines.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING IN OUR LINE CALL US UP.
W. A.
AS
KEW
Phone 573.
Amarillo Texas.
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