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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01
PROGRESS or WESTERN AMERICA.
As Foreshadowed by the Irrigation Age.
The Northumberland Colonies.

The Northumberland Colonies
Irrigation certainly made great prog
ress during the past year. Looking for
ward to the events of the new year, it
is confidently predicted that the record
of 1894 will be very far surpassed. The
first important event i'll 1895 will he the
assembling Of the legislatures of Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Cali
fornia, Washington, Oregon and Mon
tana. The friends of irrigation are up
and doing in all these states. The ma
tional committee is i'll close touch with
all the incoming governors. A great eff
fort Will he made to secure the enact
ment of legislation which will enable
the states to realize the benefits of the
Carey law.
1t Is probable that no attempt at pure
ly public enterprise will be made, but
that state boards will be created with
power to select lands for reclamation
and enter into contracts with construc-
ton companies, tho land being sold for
q nominal sum OF given away and the
state fixing the maximum price of the
water rights. Under this plan |, 000,-
600 acres lit each of the states mention
cd could speedily be thrown open us
fields whore industrious mel might find
labor and homes. The outworking Of
this programme may possibly lead to
s%tupondous results during 1895. If it
does not do that, it will at least put
eight states III q position to develop rap
idly hereafter. Kansas and Nebraska
will also make determined efforts to
provide themselves with administrative
systems.
1t may also be predicted that another
early development of the year will be
the founding Of important colonies
which are calculated to exert a far
reaching influence upon the future of
arid America. The only salvation for
companies which have large investments
in irrigation works is to colombo their
lands. Tho operations Of the Carey law
will put q largo amount of cheap land
upon the market. This will not iniure
the irrigation companies, but it will
cause them ia change their methods.
They must give more thought to the
matter Of planning colonies which will
be attractive to tho people. Thcr must
help thoir settlers to find the way to
prosperity Thcro Will DO just as many
kinds Of land in the market as there are
qualiticS ut dress goods i'll tho dry goods
stores.
The lands already acquired under phi
vate enterprise are gcnorally those which
ofr1r fine Irgk 0T--aItn,,ns TT +bcco who
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

Congressman tEarspaa authorizes the
publication Of the cp.Irw,rg

\ competitive examination of all can
didates to the military academy at West
Point and naval academy at Annapolis,
will he held in the city Of Helena. Mont,
on Friday and Saturday, the 18th ard
lNth days Of MAY l-tI. before a board
of examiners, hereafter IT, tie chosen.
Circulars OF irf0rmati,r issued by the
army ana navy departments will ba
mailed to all candidates upon application
Il the undersigned.
Cu4Ei.E- :. HARTMAN.
Nashlrgton. H. Z. .'eh L.. lS4l.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

The Montana to, icty Of Sons of the
American Revolution me. Friday aft
ernoon in Judge e. II, Benton's office.
The constitution ami bylaws were
adopted and the following officers elected.
those who's" address ,s not gwen being
residents Of Great Falls,
President, Judee s.. f., Benton: vice
president. joan =, Mercer, Livingston:
second vice prteideLt, Arden j. Bonnet,
Virginia City secretary, J. r. McClel-
land; leglsltr. 81. u H. Rice, historian.
Capt. c. II. Robins T.; treasurer. ]. NJ.
bur'lnganH. Jr: board Of managers.
Judge Benton irN o~t,iciol. J. I. MrClel
lard JeE.ettcirl Ep}', =. q. Gregg, II. =.
Holie. T. &. HupFif
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

A Vermont correspondent of Rural
New Yorker writes rs follows:
want to tell of the easiest, quickest
and best way | ever whitnwashed IA hem
house. This fall | made my whitewasl,
adding a littlo kerosene, and put it into
my spraying barrel, with spraying pump
attached, such as | used in spraying or
chards and potatoes. then proceeded to
spray the interior of my henhousc. 1t
took my man and myself about 20 min
utes to cover nearly 1900 square feet,
filling all crcviccs much better than a
be done with a brush.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01
VERY SOUND COMMON SENSE.
Germany Had Real Reason to Restrict
American Cattle.

American Cattle.
The fact is that no people on earth
are SO careful as to what they put down
their outlets as the Germans. Their gov.
ernment is p%aternal enough to enforce
the strictest laws against the sale of I'M
wholesome and adulterated food prod
nets Of every kind. We are too demo
cratic Oh this side to pay any attention
10 the adulterators Of food products
who are swindling and poisoning us
fairly at their will. Germany for years
scheduled our pork because it was not
inspected for trichinn, as all German
pork is before allowed Oh tho market.
We clustered about in a manner quite i'll
keeping with our reputation Oh the other
side and charged 'Riscril.ination,"
''protection to German producers" and
all such stuff, but had not the sense to
institute an inspection Of our oTn so
that We could guarantee the wholesome
ness Of our products to a people who eat
pork half. raw. Finally, after The Ga
zetto had preached such inspection for
years, it was instituted, and immGdi-
atoly the German barrier against our
pork fell. The fathcrland has schcet-
ulod our cattle, and again the cry goes
up OF retaliation against us. Tho weak
lings who utter this cry do not seC@i to
know that if Germany had wanted to
retaliatc she would first have attacked
our pork and not our beet. Our exports
OF cattle and beef arc comparatively in
significant. AS q matter Of fact, the
German "vets'' have found some dis
saso in our cattle. They would not dare
declare it if they had not. What this
disease is we do not know. Wo are Ger
tain it is not plouro. 1t is not claimed
to be. Possibly it is Texas fever, as they
say. If sc, they simply have yet to
learn thoroughly the nature OF this pecul-
lar disease, for it will not harm them.
Now comes the warning about tie zinc
in dried fruit. No man wants to take
zinc into his stomach i'll unknown guam
titles, and the German government was
doing its duty by it's people in discov-
ering the presence Of the harmful min
eral in tho dried fruits which we send
, abroad.
Tha remedy is that suggested by our
consul-greater care and honesty III the
preparation of our export food prod
acts. 1t is rank folly to yell "rotalia-
tom and urge President Cleveland to
usu the big club in his hands in return.
If pure and wholesome products arc
sent abroad, we shall hear nothing Of
snch complaints. We have almost ctor.
nally ruined our reputation for export
cheese by sending over tho abominaDl0
axle grease 'hlled'' cheese and the car
wheel ''whitr oaks" That Our seeds are
adulterated does not admit Of dispute.
On the floor Of the senate Mr.. Paddock
made such an exposure Of the adultcra-
lions Of food stuffs and drugs in this
country as should have startled the ma
ton into an DISCRIMINATING whirlwind
of wrath against these thieves, but the
pure food bill still slumbcrs in the COM
mittee room, put to sleep by %judicious
lobbying.-Brooder's Gazette.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

black jack with moaly points. His sire
was a largo Spanish jack. He is not 80
tall as the northern specimen, being
only Is hands high, but he has "j1oblo
action and a long, muscular body.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

Within the past year Il new feeding
stuff called ''cottOnSeod food'' has broll
quite extensively advertised. This feed
purports to be a mixture Of II part cGt-
tonseed meal and five parts OF cotton
hulls by weight and is sold i'll CARROTS at
Sill. so per ton il bulk. 1t is specially
recommended for fattening purposes,
but is also claimed to give good results
in the production Of milk and butter.
In a bulletin the Pennsylvania expert
nlent station gives the details Of some
experiment. carried out to test the val
ne OF this feed. The feed has been cX-
amined as to its chemical composition.
it's digestibility and its actual feeding
value for dairy cows. The results d
these experiments were, in brief, as fol
lows:
The chemical composition was foUnl,
OH the whole, TO correspond very well to
the composition claimed for the feed.
Its dlgestibility was comparatively low,
the total amount Of digestible food pres
emit III the feed being somewhat less
than i'll clover O timothy hay and some-
what greater than that found in good
corn fodder, although the proportion of
protein IS considerably higher than that
in either corn fodder or timothy. At
the price named q pound of digestibIe
food III tho cottonseed feed was found
to cost about "a per cent more than III
timothy O clover hay and 90 per cent
more thar i'll corn.
Two experiments We're made w-th
1ofru ro,rr- ~, t,rt -. x,,I,,, 90, f.,.1 e.
milk and butter. In the first experiment
q ration OF NDttOnseed feed and bran rru-
duced is per cent Less milk and 10 per
cent less butter than II of corn foN,lc!,
mixed hay, eornmeal and ~cottonaucl
meal containing the SAINT amount nf
dry matter, Ihe estimated net profit ru~
COW per day WAS II per cent less on tho
~cottonseed feed ration than Oh the har
and fodder ration. In the second expert
ment a ration Of cottonseed feed, bran
and Buffalo gluten meal produced -
per cent less milk aud 6 per cent less
butter than a ration of clover hay, corn
meal, bran and Buffalo gluten meal,
containing az pounds more grain and
three fourths of a pound moro coarse
q d The net profit per day and head
IN this case was 4 per cent less Oh tho
clover hay ration than on tho cotton.
seed feed ration, but it is probable that
the COWS on the clover hay ration were
somewhat overfed.
n general conclusion drawn from
these Investigations is that cottonseed
feed is too expensive in proportion 70
the amount of food which it contains to
successfully compete OF equal terms
with ordinary dairy feeds at average
prices.
Clydesdalc Association Prizes Awarded.
The American Clydesdale association
mas instituted a fashion that may well
pc initiated. 1t last year offered three
prizes of $50, $50 and $50 for the first,
second and third best essays on the
u
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

Buy your sacks f-r oats aud potatoes
from the GREAT FN1l~ PEonvrE Con-
PAHY.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01
(: s.
NORTH AND SOUTH.

Jack From Each side of Mason and
Dixon's Line.
There has been some dispute as to
the north, it it tried, could
aual the south in jack and mule breed
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01

Making baby beef has not yet become
popular. Most steers sent to market arc
. years old and over. But the making of
baby beef, rightly managed, would un-
doubtedly pay,
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-03-01
Clydesdalc Association Prizes Awarded.

n The American Clydesdale association
nas instituted a fashion that may well
pc initiated. 1t last year offered three
prizes of $50, $50 and $40 for the first,
second and third best essays Oh the
Clydesdalo horse. The essays were of
unusual merit. John A. Craig Of Mad
sison, WIS, won first prize; Mrs. Will
Lockwood of Flint, Mich, second, and
wv. W. Hunter of Buffalo, Pa, third.
The essays will be published in the next
volume of the American Clydosdale
dGtudbOok.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25
UNDER the law creating the com

UNDER the law creating the compila.
ton committee the three members there
of are still drawing $50 a week. Should
they not-each of them-be here to con-
fer with the legislative committee and
explain their work? Undoubtedly Mr..
Bradley, under the circumstances, is the
best qualified man in the state to advise
the committee on the work in hand. 1t is
understood Mr.. Bradley has done a great
deal of the compiling for which others
may or may not get credit for. If it was
necessary to have his services during the
session Of the legislature to explain the
work of the committee, it would seem to
have been the natural thing for the COM
mittee to have continued Mr.. Bradley on
their nay roll instead Of leaving it to the
legislature to provide therefor. The law
provided amply for this matter. The three
members of the compilation committee,
the stenographer and the clerk ought to
have been here-acting entirely under
the authority of the law creating the
commission-advising and assisting the
joint Committee of the legislature until
that committee reported or until it indi-
Gated to the compilers their ability to
proceed with their work without further
assistance from them. The state, paying
$50 every week to each of the compila-
ton committee, and having paid
this sum regularly for two years,
with prospects for still another year,
was entitled to this service. On account
of Mr.. Bradley's fitness for the position
he holds, the TRIBUNE valves all con-
sideration of ~partisanship bias in the
matter, but withal maintains that the
compilation committee has been derelict
in it's duty, and unmindful Of the states
best interest.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25

GENERAL FREIGHT AGENT MOORE of
the Northern Pacific makes a level.
headed talk to the farmers of the north
western states. "About 800 cars of hams
bacon, pork and lard are shipped an
nuallyt to points in Montana, Washington
and Oregon" he says. "This is equal to
20,OOO,OO0 pounds. The cash for this
packing house product goes from those
states to Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and
Iowa. Why should not Northern Mime
sofa and North Dakota supply this pro-
duct, and receive the cash that is now
sent to those states south of us? Con-
slider the enormous quantity of packing
house product consumed in st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth and Superior and
in the lumber and mining camps of Min
nesota and the farming districts of
North Dakota. Some hogs are now
being supplied from Southern Mime
sofa, and some also are being shipped
from the Red river valley to the packing
house at South st. Paul. Fully $50 car
loads of butter, eggs and cheese are
shipped annually from east and south
of St. Paul to points in the northwest.
Kansas and Iowa supply a large share of
this, and naturally the cash goes back to
those states. A pickle or cucumber is a
thing, yet from $50 to 200 car loads
OF pickles IN vinegar and chow-chow are
shipped annually to points in the north
west between Duluth and st. Paul,
Mimi, and Portland, Or. We also care
fully investigated with the commission
merchants of the Twin Cities the aver
age prices paid for vegetables, and find
that onions have averaged about fifty
cents per bushel, potatoes twenty and
twenty-five cents per bushel; peas,
which are now received princi-
pally from Wisconsin, and Michigan,
ninety cents to sl.50; navy beans,
Sl.60 to So per bushel. One hun
dred car loads of the latter are con-
sumed annually in this market, and are
supplied principally by California,
Michigan and Wisconsin. Rutabagas,
30 to so cents per bushel; cabbage, So to
$12 per ton. These figures represent
average prices over a period of several
years. If we want a prosperous farming
and business community we must keep
a large share of the cash now being paid
out to foreign states for supplies in Min.
nesota, Dakota, Montana and Washing
ton"
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25
About Coal Rates,

AenS~S
EDITOR TRIBUNE: The new schedule
of rates on Ignite coal will aid very
much in giving cheap fuel to all parts of
the state. While the rate remains the
same at Mandan and Bismarck as in the
former schedule, and is no higher until
you pass Happen; at jamestown it is 10
cents more than the old rate.
Going east from jamestown there is a
gradual reduction until at Fargo the
freight is Is cents less; to the north from
jamestown the freight decreases until
at Leeds it is 40 cents lower. In the
southern part of the state at Lisbon,
Cakes, LaMoure and Edgeley it is 20
cents less, while at Sheldon, Engelvale
and a few more towns in the same vicin-
ity it is reduced 80 and IS cents. The
new schedule is based on the distance
coal is to be hauled and as a result the
arbitrary differential of rs cents in the
old rate could not be maint aimed at all
points, but the so cents differential as
claimed to exist at many places is true
only Of Happen where SO tons will sup
ply the annual trade. In your issue of
the 10Th you spoke of it making a differ
ence of $500 in an existing contract at
jamestown, 5000 would be about the
truth. The former board of commits
sioners wished to establish a rate that
would be Of some benefit to consumers
OF coal, and at the same time be adopted
by the railroads doing business in the
state. It all miners are not exactly salts
fed the location should be blamed and
not the commissioners. CITIZEN.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25

Prospective de6cisucy on basis of
last appropriations. 2bl.29O 90
This shows the necessity of reducing
the amount of appropriation $2G1,2 9O
less than two years ago, if intended to
keep to the limit of revenue.
The question that confronts us now is,
where can a reduction be made from the
appropriations of last year? Items l, 2
and 8, in Class GA" must no doubt re-
main the same. Items 1, 6 and 7 may be
reduced, and, by giving up the annual
encampment of the state militia for two
years, Item 5 may be reduced $4,000.
In Glass "B,' Item 2 may be reduced
$4,000. Item 8 may be reduced $4,000.
Items j, 4, 10, IL and 10 no doubt might
be reduced, and Item 9 in Glass &C." the
omnibus for all odds and ends, can
doubtless be cut materially.
If this embraces the appropriation of
slO,0O0 for state fair at Grand Forks,
$4,000 for reform school at Maudan
and $4,000 for experimental station at
Edgeley, reported as u2expended, it will
be found that a repeal of these acts will
effect a saving of $4,000, making a total
saving possible of $1,000.
Assuming that the penitentiary and in
sane asylum require as much for the next
two years as they did the last two, an esti-
mate can be made as follows:
Total revenue. S1S. O0O IN
Less preferred claims in deficiency
Oils. -. 125, 600 90
Leaving net revenue. ..............$ 693, 900 90
A IN Glasses ee Fs 3 and ap nB," iasS 1Rs
estimated possible saving of items
amounting to $3.50 makes ........ 1892, 800 90
Item 3. Class "C" "pen'............ Us, 500 90
Item :. Glass "C," asylum. 1S9,U70 90
Making a total of....... ...........$ 539, $50 90
Leaving sl53 040 for distribution among
the various educational institutions, Sol
diers' home and miscellaneous noted in
class &c" instead of s3332,33O, being some
81 per cent. less than the appropriations
of the last legislature.
Ignoring altogether the demands of
the present year by the various institu-
tlone, and oasing their need upon the
appropriations, and assuming that it
will be the desire to treat all alike, the
foregoing estimate shows that all the
institutions except the penitentiary and
asylum can be given barely one-half of
what was appropriated two years ago.
Where can the cut be made?
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
Twenty Years Ago,

TRIBUNE kicks on facilities for getting
news-no telegraph, as wires are down.
No mail for two weeks, and no way to
tell who was elected senator from Min
nesota ..Tri-weekly mail service es-
tablished between Bismarck and Fort
Rice....Col. Wilson receives his friends
at the Capital hotel. ... Charles Hess, an
inmate of the county Jail, escapes but is
r%ecaptured at Fort Lincoln and put in
irons... Bryan Egen, convicted by At
torney Stoyell Of stealing railroad ties
...Legislative contest between Will
Jams and Slaughter decided in favor of
Williams 80. Bill introduced ia the leg
islature to give Bismarck a city govern
ment with, Hackett as mayor. Numer-
Gus citizens sign a protest Bill to re-
lease saloon-keepers of Burlelgh county
from paying county license, introduced
by Williams.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-01-25
TIL INSANE ASYLUM

The report of the Hospital for the
Insane shows there we're the following
number Of patients in that institution
Nov. l, 1892: Males, LAG; females, 1OS;
admitted during biennial period for first
time, males, l54; females, 81; number re-
admitted, males, 9; females, 3. Total
number treated, males, 300; females, 1872;
discharged, males, 10l; females, 45; died,
males, 20; females, ID; remaining Oct. 10,
1894, males, 1877; females, l39. Percent
age of recovery of number admitted dur
ing biennial period, SO; of number
treated, 20; average number present
daily, 294. OF the number admitted
Cass county furnished the greatest num-
Der, l6 males and 9 females. Grand
Forks is a close second with II males
and 7 females. Pembina comes next
with II males and 6 females. Burleigh
county furnished 5 males and no females,
Eddy. Emmons, Mcintosh, Nelson, Pierce,
and Wells furnish one patient each, all
males except one, from Pierce county.
OF the persons admitted there we're
between the ages of Is and 20, 10 males
and 5 females. The greatest number is
between the ages of Is and As, being 1O6
males and 50 females. Between the ages
of rs and 80, there was l female.
OF the patients admitted, LOG males
and 60 females were foreign born, and As
males and % females, native born. Born
In Norway, 36 males and 20 females;
Germany, 16 males and 10 females; Swe-
dep, IL males and 6 females; Canada,
IL males and Is females. France, Hol-
land, Switzerland and Syria furnish l
patient each, a male. OF the native
born patients the greatest number comes
from New York; males sand 4 females.
Wisconsin comes next with 5 males and
4 females. North Dakota furnishes 8
males and l female. It cost to run the