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JACKSBORO GAZETTE.
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VOLUME XXIX.
JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY. MAY 6, 1909.
NUMBER 49
B W Nicholson, Vice Pres.
3 G. Mullens, Vice Pres.
W. A. Shown, Pres. Ellis Mitchell, Cash.
J. P. Newejl, Asst. Cash.
No. 7814
The Jacksboro National Bank
J&cksboro, Texas
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DIRECTORS:
.W. A. Shown, E. W. Nicholson,
Ellis Mitchell, . J. H. Walters,
A. G. McClure, J. w. Spencer,
J. H. Timberlake,
With a directorate formed from the business, cattle and farming in-
terests. this bank offers its services and solicits your patronage, basing
Its claims upon honesty, integrity,, courtesy, and the high personel of its
ihirtyrtwo stockholders living in Jack County.
3. G. Mullens,
E. A. Gwaltney,
J. J. Perkins,
S. Castleberry.
GEO. SPILLER,
Surveyor, Notary Pub ic.
General Land and Col-
lecting Age«i.
Has only Abstract of Jack Count!
Land Titles.
Policies. In any of twenty of the best
Companies
Jacksboro, Jack Co., Texas
iW. M BROWN,
BARBER SHOP.
Next Door to Hotel Jacksboro
Shaving and Hair-Cutting.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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U GREAT CITIES OF AMERIG?
BEST REACHED VIA THE
SUMMER NORMAL
To Be Held at Jacksboro, June
1* to July 8.
We beg to call atttention of teach-
ers and all others interested in the
public schools of Jack and surround-
ing counties to our formal announce-
ments recently published and circulat-
ed. If you have a pupil or friend who
contemplates attending a summer
scuool for improving scholarship or
bettter preparation for the work of a
teacher, send name and address that
we may correspond with them and
seiui tnem literature. Every teacner
JACK COUNTY
FARMERS MEET
IN INSTITUTE FOR DISCUSSION
OF SUBJECTS FOR THEIR
BETTERMENT.
MANY SHOW INTEREST
In Progressive Methods, While
Others Seem to Prefer Plod-
ding Along in the Old Ways.
Among those present at the Farm-
ers’ Institute Monday, were J. A. Per-
kins, Alfred Smith, C .V. Bailey of
Pleasant Hill, Rev. C. W. Horsckler
of Sebree, Nath Brumbelow, Wm. Bris-
co of North Creek, I. Stoddard of
Pleasant Grove, Thos. E. Owens, W.
V. Allen of Keechi, J .P.v Klum, Joe
Simpson of Elm Grove, C. C. Weir,
G. W. Fenter of Union Point, J. J.
Weaver of Dameron, J. F Reeves and
W. B. Graves of Burton Springs, and
D .H .Rogers of Gibtown.
J. W .Pinson, Industrial Agent of
the G. T. & W. Rly., who was on for
an address on “Methods of Disposing
in the counties co-operating should | of Produce,” it is to be regretted, wal
afraid of death because of life.
It is nay purpose here today for
about 30 minutes, to give you some
practical ideas about better farming.
This is one of the best years I be-
lieve I ever saw to do this experiment-
al work. You have not been able to
plant a full crop of corn, and if you
have thfe winds are whipping it to
death, wheat seems to be doing no
good, oats are all dead, and the farm-
er’s attention is turned towards cot-
ton. Now, plant less cotton, and try
some experimental work. Plant peas,
soy beans, alfalfa, burr clover, or pea-
nuts or some other leguminous plant.
You often hear people say that this
used to be a wheat country but it is
not any more. The same thing will
be said of it about cotton if we con-
tinue to plant nothing but the fleecy
staple. Of course it will take longer
for cotton to he a total failure thajj
almost any other product. Corn takes
away from the soil 30 times as much
nutriment as does cotton; wheat takes
away 19 times as much as does cotton
or in other words cotton takes away
from the soil very little of its rich-
ness.
The one great thing that retards the
growing of the same crop year after
year is, that roots of the old crop in
rotting, have a tendency to poison the
soil for that same kind of plants the
next year. If this is repeated for sev-
eral succeeding years, the land will
be so poisoned, that it will not pro-
rows at once, don’t you think it is as
great as the first?
A very few people in this country
arfe turning their attention towards
raising more and better fowls, espec-
ially chickens. You need not be afraid
of every one turning their attention
to the same thing and thereby glut-
ting the market. If you want to go
into the poultry business, or dairy
business there are plenty markets near
by if you will try to find them.
Be more economical during days of
famine, so that when days of plenty do
come, we can better provide ourselves
more easily with the things needed for
those things necessary to improve
jour farm to that extent that net omy
$500 more can be made per year, but
that you can double your present out-
put.
Spraying is of much Importance, but
very few farmers know it.
The following names were added to
the roll of those who formerly joined:
J. J. Weaver, J. F. Reeves, C. E
COMMODITIES
CLAUSE IS CON-
STITUTIONAL
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DECISION VINDICATES SENA-
TOR BAILEY AS GREAT CON-
STITUTIONAL LAWYER.
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WAS WRITTEN BY TEXAN
As Originally Drawn, Amendmen
to Hepburn Rate Law Would
Have Crippled Oil Trust.
Washington, May 3.—Senator Jo-
McCombs, W. V. Allen, \V. P. stew- Seph W‘ Bailey of Texas was vindicat-
urt, J. S .Teague, R .C. Walker and
J. P. Dennis.
Let every farmer and as many, busi-
ness men as possible be be present at
the next institute, And now a sugges-
tion may be in order,—why net try to
secure Commissioner Kone, or some .
other prominent man in agricultural railroads from transporting commod
ed as a great lawyer by a practically
unanimous decision of the supreme
court today in upholding the constitu-
tionality of the “commodities” clause
of the Hepburn rate law.
The commodities clause which was
inserted by Senator Ba?ley, forbids
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ieei personany responsible tor the sue- absent, and there was no one to fill his duee that kind of crop.
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work to help in the institute work,
either the next meeting or as soon as
hfe could be secured? Such a man
would be able to present practical ideas
ities manufactured or mined by them-
selves. The purpose of Senator Bailey
was to put an end to the monopii.za-
tion of coal mines and other natural
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Chicago,
Kansas City,
St. Louis,
Memphis,
Omaha,
Lincoln,
Wichita,
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Little Rock,
cess of the Normal. Vvhile our Nor-
mals of the past have accomplished
much we suoum stave to make them
better from year to year. /
Every person who intends to teach
should attend a Summer School in or-
der that he may keep in touch with
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J. A. Perkins, on “Co-operation of
Farmers and Merchants,” made a well
received address. N
There were quite a number of short
talks, after, which “How to make $500
More a Year on Each Farm,” was diis-
the best thougnt of the proiession. j cussed by J. B. Allen, who gave some
this is a duty that should not ue aeg- ! valuable information along the line of
way only can the better farming. It will be profitable to
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it any trip, see or write,
Phil A. Auer, G P. A.
Fort Worth, Tex.
Perry, Local Agent
lected, for in this
teacher hope to keep abreast of the
times. Nothing eise will so inspire
and elevate one as well as the associ-
those who heard him to put some of
the things he said into practice, as Mr.
Allen has been reared on the farm, is
ation with earnest, eapabe teachers, a practical fanner, having made a
Now, if it is necessary to held a'Sum-,fc success especially in teor# im-
A thing that I want to impress up-
on your minds is, the use of manure.
It has been accurately calculated that
a horse weighing 1000 pounds will pro-
duce in the course of a year 12 tons
of manure. Also if properly handled is
worth 7.6 cents per day, or $27 per
year. A cow is worth 6.5 cents per
<*ay, or $23,20 per year. The best
time to put this on the soil is in the
winter. It is all right to spread it on
every day if you are so situated. If
you ca0ft d° this, keep it in a shed
whqpe ft '■ rain and sunsMre can not
effect f£* if
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er Normal in this section of the State Provement in the last tew years, he bles, spread a little straw
it is very important tuai un
really speaks from experience.
support it. No expense or effort is be- lowing is a synopsis of what he said:
or leaves
Fol- over it occasionally to hold the ammo-
on the various lines of agriculture, on resource® by the great railway sys-
which the farmers of Jack county are tems- The amendment was bit.e iy
beginning in earnest to make a tihor- 00111621:611 in the senate as unconstitu-
ough and practical study. They begin tlonal* but Mr- Bailey’s prestige as a
to realize that too much cotton is not1 constituttonal lawyer drove it through
good, but just how to proceed to study summer the United States cir-
cuit court of the Eastern district of
Pennsylvania, held the clause to
thoroughly their soil and the condi-
tions that prevail is a big problem.
They need men of experience to help
lead them on to their goal of success
in their new undertaking, and, presum-
aly, Commissioner Kone could do
more for Jack county1 farmers than any
other one man. What say alL the mem-
bers about inviting him to come as
early as he finds it convenient?
ing spared to bring a first class school j The subject assigned me for today,
NOTED ASTRONOMER
Accepts Offer of Texans and Will
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Start Preliminary Study
of Mars.
BobU>,
wide Int
an,' Mass., May 2.—The world-
interest and attention stirred up
plan of Prof. Henry Pickering
of Harvard for signaling the planet
Mara by means of a giant $10,000,000
reflector will be added to by the dis-
tinguished astronomer’s announcement
that in response to an offer made by
a wealthy body of Texans he is now
Toady to set about putting his ideas
into practical execution.
While Prof. Pickering declares that
he Is more favorably inclined than are
the majority of astronomers toward
Prof. Percival Lowell’s belief that the
markings on Mars are artificial, he is
of the opinion that there uoght to be
a strong consensus of opinion among
scientists on this mooted question be-
fore the work of attempting to com-
municate wwith the Martians is be-
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For this reason his sginified willing-
ness t® go ahead with the experiments
in Texas s mlade under the condition
that before $10,000,000 is expended on
building the reflector, a smaller sum
^hall be devoted to preliminary ob-
servations taken part part in by
credteid astronomers from all parts of
the country. >.
“If, after these scientists have made
their observations, it is found that
they agree or the majority concur in
the view that the existing lines or ca-
nals jon Mars are artificial, then the
signaling shall be done at once.”
The cost of these preliminary de-
tails Prof, ickering estimates at about
$100,000, which includes the erection
of an observatory, the construction
of a twenty-four-inch telescope, the
conduct of the dbsermtion and the
construction and setting up, on an
equatorial axis of an experimental
compound mirror.
Three years’ time would probably
sufficient for this work,” says
good as theirs are represented to be.
We make no such claims. There is
more work than all of us can do.
There will be a number of excellent
Summen Normals in Texas this sum-
mer and we are glad to know this to
be a fact. We shall stand on our mer-
its alone, and we invite investigation.
If, after you have thoroughly investi-
gated us, you decide that we are wor-
thy your patronage we shall be glad to
wecome you at our opening June the
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
,E!ccLo.i Ma »» ntcre^t .ig by Talk
ing Bonds for W ater
Works.
The school trustee election Saturday
was a little interesting. The voters
were lingering far from the polls,
nia, nitrogen and other important
cr°P producers that it contains. You
,iur teachers within the reach of our , is of vast importance. “How to make should sprinkle a little phosphoric
j people. We would not think for a mo-; 1500 more jber year on your farm.” rock over it occasionally, also. It has
| meat of offering a course that is not There are fai meis here today, who a tendency to sweeten and keep in a
j worthy the support and patronage of have been farming for the last 40 jjr better stage for the soil than other-
j every one, and we believe that the 50 years, who think they havet idade or wise. Be sure to not let it stay wet.
teachers of this section are patriotic Produced about all that could have j The amount to put on the soil at a
and loyal enough to give to this in- , been produced under similar condi-' time is an important feature. It is as
stituuon the support it merits. j tions. I want to tell you that you have 1 bad to put too much as not enough.
You will, no doubt, receive many n°t produced anything like as milch j When the summer months come, your
bill-board announcements from sum- as You should have, and your land is crop will turn white and “fire up” and
mer schools setting forth the alleged in a worse stage of cultivation than it You fall out with the manure, it is
fact that there are no other schools as j was 15 years ago, where it ought to on th* account of you net knowing ' brought out 73 vpters
be and wbuld be, in a better state of how much to put on your land at once.'the polling place in
cultivation if it had been properly ( Use all your manure. Let it not go to
handled. The great trouble with us is waste.
we need to learn more about plant j If there is one thing that I want to
life and the nature of the soil. We encourage above another, it is the
should think before we act. You take growing of alfalfa. The majority of
men of almost any other profession, ai d Jsople in this country think that alfal-
you will find them tonight seated by ta will not grow hete. It is because
a table with paper and pencil, figuring you have hot tried it. Perhaps you
out their business before they act. The have sown a small patch, put did net
same thing, to a great extent, can be give it any showing, because you did
true with the farmer. jnot think it
be
unconstitutional, whereupon his an-
tagonists here were greatly rejoiced
and his enemies in Texas began agait
to say as they said when the senator
was first winning* his fame that “Bai-
ley is a good orator, but a poor law-
yer.”
His-vindication today is complete/
and his cnuts are discredited.
And that isn't ail that Bailey wtuld
have done tor the people if he had
been permitted. He had oil pipe lines
designated as “common carriers” and
he wrote Us commodities clause to
include all common carriers. As he
cirew it aim fought for it, the Stand-
ard Oil cwpany would have been
compelled u part with its pipe lines
and thereby lose the principal instru-
mentof ih. monopoly, for the* pipe line
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C. P. Pittman, Conductor.
tees is 35 to 50
Some came to
a rush to get a
ticket to vote for water works bonds,
whie others were as eager to vote
against the bonds.
Three trustees were to be elected.
The six highest stood as follows:
J. C. Brown, 46
F. N. Foxfaall, 41
D. R. Sewell, 37
J. G. Mffllens, 31
E. M. Davidson, 25
D. Owens, 24
There were other scattering votes
“The Mighty Texan.”
anT 1,1 D,CnarC“M
Senator Bailey found attached to him
after his effort on the railroad rate
bill was more descriptive of hie rea-
soning and oratorical powers than ev-
er when he had concluded the first in-
stallment of his speech in the senate.
The Texas senator Mft little to be
said for his side of the question. His
convincing logic in favor of compelling
the rich to share their just part of the j ,1 demt*^y* tor ignorance outlaws
expenditures of the government and {fr"Jng’ decnes culture, makes sport
his appeal against the imposition of °f "*> eDVleS Wealtto and hindera P™'
the exorbitant rates of duty falling up
on the consumer in the Payne-Aldrich
bill held every senator in his seat, and
through a three hours’ discussion of
the intricacies of tariff schedules hard-
an occupant of the galleries retired.
It Is proverbial that the greatest
speeches do not change votes in the
senate. The advocates of an income
tax, however, have the satisfaction of
knowing that the argument of Senator
Bailey will not be answered In the
senate and that the dissemination of
the speech throughout the country will
show conclusively whether or not the
Income tax may be defeated, that the
weight of argument is upon their side.
A country is known by its educa-1 with. Alfalfa is A ver> delicate plant
tion, religion and use of its resources. ! tor the first year. It Is not so thrifty j It was a free for all race, except that
acn9ols teach the democracy of wealth j but what you must give your ground ! several were begging their friends not
and character. Monarchies may live extra preparation before planting. It! to vote for them as they did not want
without an educated citizenship, but J will soon repay you. When you get the office.
jrour alfalfa, then have your own cows', j The springing of the water works
hogs and horses to feeu it to. If you question brought out expressions of
have some low bottom land, let me beg many as to their position showing that
of you to sow a few acres, and be sure there was considerable sentiment in
to take care in preparing your ground.
The time to cultivate is before you
plant. It is easier, and you can do
so much more in the same length of
time without disturbing your crop.
Get a loose mulch about three inches
deep, then plant your crop, that is if
it is warm enough. Some people make the $100.’
a mistake by planting too early and This question is one for Jacksboro
their plants are never thrifty and people to be considering in earnest
healthy. Just about the time your There are two important points
corn or cotton is colling up, run your strongly In favor of a good system of
harrow over
men of authority
must be trained to give leadership and
compulsion to .the ignorant following,
but in the democracies each citizen
is a unit and may pull the trigger or
cast a ballot with as much legal pow-
er as any member of any so-called no-
bler house. This country may well
shudder if we shall develop an igno
A man who is ungrateful'is often
less to blame than his benefactor.—
Rochefoucauld.
perity.
Neither commerce nor education ex-
ists for its own sake. Commerce is
chaff in the hands of selfishness. On
the other hand, education that exists
only for him who is educated and who
glories in the ignorant world of what
he knows, is depreciated by all good
men. Education must be consecrated to
God and man, as well as commerce.
Savages live for themselves. They nei-
ther develop nor construct We
civilized by as much as we caii
away from savagery.
It is often said that education fits
for life. In this I concur. It is not
that we Should appreciate the stars
and seek to know them less, but that
we should appreciate man and seek to
-help him more. It is not that we
should know less about death, but
more about life so that we will not be
are
get
it. All the weed seed
that are in the loose mulch receives
the warmth of the sun first, and of
course sprouts first. Just at that time,
whether it has raided or not, be sure
to run your harrow over it, and keel
it up every week until your plants are
plenty large to plow. Most farmers
make a mistake by using their culti-
vators too soon.
Another thing we must do here, is
to use better farming implements# But
do not try to use the two row culti-
vator without first using the two-row
planter.. We talk about the great im-
provement over the “Georgia stock”
when the single row cultivator was
invented; but when you can add anoth-
er horse and plant and cultivate two
when a bond issue question, for water company could not have t/ansported
was sprung. The^usual vote for trus- jits own preuuct. But the Republicans
* "" ' votes, but this ruse and toienus of Standard Oil succeeded
over the vigorous protest of Bailey in
changing t^e language of the com-
modities clause Lom “common car-
rier” to “raiiroad.” Hence the Stand-
ard Oil escaped the snare Bailey laid
ferdt. Tiie supreme court today sus-
tained the amendment which if it had
stood as B„uey drew it would have
made eveiy standard Ol pi e l!r- Q
the United Sttates a wholly Independ-
ent prope.-ij.
let they iay Bailey is no lawyer and
that he is under obligations to Stand-
ard Oil.
Some of his narrow critics in Tex-
as went so far as to say that he sougmt
to make the rate bill unconstitutional
by this a me dment and the injunc.i n
limitation upon which he made the
great spetc. that re.eised the o^.u-
ions of the majority of the American
bar on the right of congress to limit
the injunction process.
Coming as it does, upon the heeis
of his income tax speech, this decision
today emphasizes the Texan’s strength
as a great constitutional lawyer and
far-seeing st .tesman who Is responsi-
ble tor intm posing a sound law be-
tween the coal and other industries
aqd their a sorption by the rail ay ;
interests. Every thoughtful citizen
will now regret that Senator t>*i-
iey did not succeed in making the iaw
apply to all “common carriers” *
that would have means the serious
crippling if not the destruction of the
Standard Oil monopoly.
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favor of waterworks, you could hear,
“What would become of Jacksboro if
a fire should break out?” The answer
would come, “It would be wiped out.”
Again, would efficient water works re-
duce duce insurance? and the answer
came, “Yes, from 25 to 50 cents on
waterworks, good water for the peo-
ple at such times as the present
when many families are having to use
any kind of water they can get, which
does not add to the health of the place
and the extreme danger of fire when
everything is so dry. With the usual
high winds that always prevail in dry
seaspns it would be almost impossi-
ble to save the town In case a fire
should break out. As the water works
question is started let it be thorough-
ly agitated.
By not having waterworks on ac-
count of cost we may be grasping af-
ter cents and lose dollars.
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