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COLUME 34
ST JOHNS, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, NOVEMBER 8, 1917
NO. 11
The quarterly donference of
the St. Johns Stake with the an
nual young people's convention
in' connection was held at the
academy last Saturday and Sun
day. Elder Orson, F. Whitney of
the Quorum of the Twelve, 'Oscar
A. Kirkham, field secretary of
the Young Men's and Miss Mabel
Cooper of the Young Ladies were
the visitors. The usual confer
ence meetings with two joint M.
I. A. workers' meetings Saturday
evening and separate ones Sun
day morning and a public one
Sunday evening were the gather
ings. Elder Orson F. Whitney's ser
mon Saturday and Sunday after
noons were the best public ad
dresses that a St. Johns t rdienee
has heard for years. He is a
theologian of exceptional learn
ing, a speaker of great clearness
and a masterful English rhetor
ician, coupled with a kindly
Christian disposition. These two
sermons' were in reality one mas
ter sermon preached in two in
stallments. The subject was on
seers and pcophets. He first ex
plained what seers and prophets
were and then took the remarks
of Amos "Surely the Lord will
do nothing except he first reveal
eth it to his servants the proph
ets" and showed how in our own
tiraeall of -the world's .greatest I
events had been revealed to Jos
eph Smith, Heber C. Kimball,
Wilford Woodruff and other mod
ern prophets.
Oscar Kirkham's visit was the
third one he had made to St.
Johns during the last three years.
He was a fith and full "of life
as ever. He especially 'dealt with
the new activity system, the need
of up-to-date vocational work
among boys-and the boy scouting.
Miss Cooper's visit here was
her first one to Arizona. She is
a whole-souled and ardent laborer
for the betterment of young lad
ies. She emphasized greater
need of scripture reading, the ex
cellence of the new advanced
senior classes and the patriotic
Red Cross work. She is a singer
of merit and rendered several
vocal -selections while she was
here. - '
An Old Man's Stomach.
x. A 95 WO orvrmr r A oi' onrl loop of
ive, less and less food is required
to meet the demands of our bod
ies. If too much is habitually
taken, the stomach will rebell.
When a man reaches the advanced
;ag'e of 85xor 90, you will find that
he is a light eater. Be as careful
as you will, however, you will oc
casionally eat more than you
should and will- feel the need of
Chamberlain's Tablets to correct
the disorder. These tablet's do
not contain pepsin, but strengl
the stomach and enable it to per
form i t s functions naturally.
They also cause a gentle move
ment of the bowels. Adv.
WANTED One Sub-Agent in
each leading Arizona town to sell
the best all round, low priced
auto on the market. Attractive
Proposition to right party. Ad
dress, Metz Agency, Crown King,
Arizona.
Farm Management
CAPITAL
Capital is one of the most im
portant factors in the success of
farmers. Additional capital may
be secured by renting land or
borrowing money, very seldom
does a farmer with a small capi
tal make more than hired mans
wages, wniie the iarmer with
trom seven to ten thousand in
vested makes fair profit. It is
very hard to make any profit at
all if the capital is too small.
But with a larger one it is much
easier to make the interest on the
capital and pay the farmer for
his time.
It is very necessary to distri
bute the capital efficiently and
properly. The amount or capital
invested on land varies with the
price of land, stock and the type
of farming is also important.
The farmer, t must adjust his
type of farming to the size of his
capital. IT he has a small capi
tal and needs quick returns he
should not invest in orchards or
forests but in grain.
We find the farmers have no
facilities for obtaining credit.
The manufacturers of his machin
ery and fertilizers act as his
banker. This is a great disad
vantage , a n d cash purchases
would be more economical. The
dealt rs have to charge enough to
make a good profit on the article
and for handling a credit busi
ness. Farm mortgages greatly in-s
crease the chances losing many.
But it is not, safe to moitgage
more than half the farm and then
the money must be used very
wisely on the farm. One must
be prepared to pay it in advance
or renew the mortgage.
There is nothing more detri
mental to the farmers credit than
allowing small bills to go unpaid.
It is better to' have one large one
than allow the little ones to ac
cumulate. The farmer must be
careful and not promise to pay
before he can. It is much better
to have it far enough away that
he is certain he can keep his
promise. The progressive farm
es puts his money in the bank,
not in an old boot. He pays with
a check and the cneck acts as a
receipt.
One of the serious questions of
the American farmer is Agricul
ture credit. In Europe man y as
sociations have been organized
for the benefit of the "farmers
which are successful. But the
American farmers needs are dif
ferent from the European farm
ers. Tne farmers must be repre
sented in the management and
control. It must be on a liniited
liability basis and needs be free
from subvention i.nd under su
pervision of the gov. And it is
very necessary that it is located
near the farms so that the farm
er can tend to his business per
sonally. Here to fore the banks
have tried to suit the needs of the
city only and the farmers have
adapted themselves to it. The
farmer must take this in hand
and see that the financial inter
ests of our country are shaped to
suit the needs of the farmers.
One may be hired-man, share
renter, cash renter, or may own
part of the land and rent part, to
adapt farming to capital'
The high prices in machiney
and land are the cause of the in
crease in tenants. There are
many young men that hire out
until they get money enough to
be a tenant or run their own
farm. The higher prices also
make more capital necessary than
formerly. The person that ex
tends to be a successful farmer
must first get an education. Our
Author States that our time
spent in high school is worth
about $7 per day or 6000 invested
in five percent bonds to the farm
er Education does not insure
success. Some Ifail with an edu
cation other succeed without it,
but the chances are better. The
boy that has not obtained an
agricultural college education can
start out as a hired man and by
being worthy and efficient can
gain a good knowledge of farm
ing and save money enough to
rent a farm that will pay.
The farmer wich a small capi
tal should not try to farm a small
farm nor' sh.ould he buy cheap
land. If he starts out as a tenant
on a good farm he will be more
apt to succeed-
In buying a farm the buyer
should see if the land is likely to
rise in value. It would pay . a
man to buy a farm on the install
ment plan.
The landlord has to he paid
for his risk of crop failure, poor
tenant and for his over sight.
This makes share rent higher
than cash rent. , By renting for
cash the risk of a noor tenant and
the money that would other wise
go for this can be added to the
tenants profits.
There are about one half mil
lion men that own part and rent
part of the land operated. The
additional acreage can be farmed
with the same horses, machinery
and men that would be required
on the little part they own.
The capital has much to do with
the type of farming. With -a
small capital and when one is
heavily in debt the cash crops
bring quick returns and then aft
er you 'are able to pay for better
equipment introduce the pure
bred stock which takes more
capital.
Nearly every one should have
a life insurance. There are sev
eral forms of life insurance. But
the best form for the man who
has a good safe place to invest
his money is the ordinary life
policy. One may expect to be able
to continue to pay the premium
after the 20 years. But if any
thing comes up and he cannot
i pay the policy'win go on at halt
its lace value.
The best form for a salaried
man is the payment life. But for
the farmer the above mentioned
is better.-
Myrtle Thompson.
W. E. Wiltbank of Eagar was
in town yesterday.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mineer and
children and Mrs. W. H. Gibbons
left ea'rly yesterday morning for
Hot Springs. N.M. Mrs. Mineer
and Mrs. Gibbons are going for
the purpose taking baths in the
springs for rheumatism.
Mrs. Hunt aged mother of Mrs.
Amelia H. Garcia died here last
Saturday night. She was -eighty
years of age.
Pleasing Event.
Besides being an vppostle o
Utah's dominant church, Elder
Orson F. W hitney is the leading
poet of the Latter Day iaint
church. This spring he finished
writing a poem of book length
which he is still revising. Tues -day
evening at the home of Presi
dent Udall he read the production
to 120 invited guests. It was the
greate st litei ary treat in the his
tory of St. Johns.
The new production is not named
beyond "An Idyll of the West
land and it required two hours
and twenty minutes to read it.
It is a love story in which the
unnamed heroine is a highly edu
cated western girl of atheistic
tendencies, while the hero is a
graduate of Havard University
but a firm Christian. He loves
her and desires her hand in mar
riage, but she refuses all his
advances from having no desire
for marriage and no admiration
for one who believes in the divin
ity or Jesus or the prophets, tho
she believes He is a great teacher.
After pursuing an intellectual
course for a shoit time she sees
the futility- of it. and. yields her
heart to love. An illness comes
on and she is converted to the,,
divinity of Jesus. Her lover is
absent as a soldier in the Philip
pines and returns only to find her
illness fatal,and to makeai-ledge
of eternal union . - -
The poem is filled with the loft
iest sentiments and gems of Eng
lish diction. It has in it a sublime
suetaphor describing our petrified
forest and another of equal beau
ty on the Grand Canyon. There
are dialations on the nobility of a
teacher, the sweetness of love,
the greatness . of Christianity,
the necessity of piophecy. the
shallowness of atheism and others
of minor mention
As a reader Mr. Whitney is far
above any ever heard in St.
Johns, and one of the best in the
Rocky mountains. His reading
will be long remembered in old
St. Johns.
Vocal solos by Mrs, Josephine
Patterson, J. Alfred Anderson
and Miss Thurza Brown, piano
solo by Miss Lettie Anderson and
a number by the orchestra were
the musical numbers accompany
ing the reading.
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THE GERMAN RATION.
Washington, D. C. Nov. 7 The
German' food ration is as follovs,
the amounts being those allowed
per person per week:
Flour, 3.45 pounds; potatoes,
7.05 pounds; cereals (oats, beans
and peas) 7 ounces; meats, 8.8
ounces; sugar, 3 ounces; butter
and margarine, 2.8 ounces; and
other fats, 2.8 ounces,
Stated in terms of American
house-keeping, these items a
mount to sufficient flour to bake
A pounds of bread; one-half peck
of potatoes; a cupfull of beans,
peas and oatmeal; one-half pound
of meat; 12 dominoes of sugar;
6 individual patties of butter; and
an equal amount of other fats.
For a person in an oocupation
requiring only a moderate degree
of activity, these relations pro
vide considerably less than the
amounts requisite to maintain
bodily health and vigor. y
It should be understood, how
ever, that the people of Germany
are not threatened with physical
collapse through undernourish
ment The official ration is not
all that each German eats. Some
how they are getting more and
the fact remains that they still
are in fighting trim. Unques
tionably Germany's food supply
is short and is growing shorter,
though just at present she has
the advantage of the end of W
crop season into which she has
turned the labor of many prison
ers and the productive capacity of
many captured fields. Still there
must be a limit to the enemy's
endurance, counted in men, muni
tions, general supplies in food.
A- British statesman two years
ago, said, "we're going to win
this war because we're going to
outlast Germany." This outlast
ing, however, will mean that
every American must contribute
to the limit his ability to the re
sources of his country and to sup
plies for the war.
SUGAR EXPORTS ARE HEAVY
In 1917 the United States ex
ported over eighteen time as
much sugar as it had averaged
annually in any one of three
years before the war. Sweden,
Norway Denmark and Holland
before the war purchased no sug
ar from the United States. Last
year they bought 141; 000, 000
pounds. The exports to Mexico
rose from 7,175,395 pounds in
1913 to 35,807,609 in 191. South
America which had taken little of
our sugar, in the past fiscal year
took 142,853,000 pounds these
increased largely were due to the
to the comparative failure of the
Argentine beet crop in the last
two years. England has been
reduced from over 93 pounds of
sugar for each individual to 26
pounds a year. She used to re
ceive 2&h per cent of her sugar
supplies from 'Germany and 15-j
Austro-Hungary, with only 1.14
per cent from the Unit ed States.
She now must receive most of
herugar f rpm America,
RESTRICTING RETAIL PRO
FITS. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 7. The
predatory jobber or commission
man who has been making a har
vest time of the war food neces
sities of the people is goin to "get
his". The very least that can
happen to him is the revocation
of his'license to do business and
that is" what may happen to a
number of dealers who have join
ed in unreasonable: unpatriotic
and uneconomic combinations
along the Pacific coast an in Ari
zona. Everyone of them, since
Ncvember 1 who does business
amounting to over $8,000 a month
is under government license and
is subject to the most stringent
regulations and investigation at
any time when desired by the
Food Administrator, who will
sieze hoarded food and who may
start proceedings that "will land
the dealer in jail for two years
and subject him to a fine of $950
! this fine raised to $10,000 on con
viction of conspiracy to defeat
the purpose of the Jood law. All
cases of evasion or violation of
the laws will be dealt with sum
marily. The housewives will have their
parkin this. All excessive prices
for foodstuff should be reported
by them. Before long, the pub
lic will be told what prices the
retailer pays for food products.
The Food Administrator will con
trol the basic products up to the
small retailer's door, then it will
be up to the buying housewives
to see that no retailer sells to
them for more than a fair mar
gin of profit. ..McClintock.
