The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-10-03
John Webb, of the Montanian

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der of Legacy. No particulars of
the trial could be obtained.
The Russian thistle has beer
found this summer in Choteau
county: 1t will be recognized by
the following description: 1t
grows in a bush like form, having
numerous branches dansely packed
together, the whole plant being al
most the shape of q all of 'angl>
ed stems. The 70 iage consists of
81 all buds studded thi, kly along
the branches, the prickly points
not being observable while in. the
green stage of growth, but making
themselves apparent as the vogeta-
ton ripens The mlin stem is
short and the branches sprout rom
close to the ground, making a com
pact shrubby growth, peculiar to
this species of the thistle pest.
When the plant ripens it rots at
the base and easily falls over, and
its globular form causes it to roll
over the prairie with th' slightest
gust of wind, scattering its seed as
it travels i, is an annual. grow
ing every year from the seed sown
the previous season.
Try u glass washboard, for sale
M X hts.
ier~ are morr important men
IL Dupuycr hi, week tta.- ever
before So important are they
that each doffs his hat to himself,
and they pass each other on the
street looking the other way. The
town has a cosmopolitan air about
it, and country people who come in
are looked upon with disdain. 1t
happens this way: ]. W. Nc
Knight has gone and left F. FEEDER
hen is charge of thu store Mrs.
Dean is away and the host in the
Dupuyer hotel is Robt Mcintosh.
San. Potter is absent and the
ola. ksmithshop is run by G. A.
Spraagg. VIM. Hagen is off and
Richard Irvine presides in the
Dupuyer Exchange. G. E. Tres.
colt pulled out and the devil lord
it over the Acantha. If the towr
has not grown this week the heads
Of the inhabitants have.
The editor of the Walla Wall;
, Union thus soli'oquizes: VIVA
kind Of a civilization IS it where
every jockey has q valet and one
half the editors in the country have
to black their own boots. 1t is thu
same kind of a civilization tina
gives Us IA page in u newspape
auuul Corb"tt's new bow aud
quarter column in tn same pape
about the national convention 0
y christian endeavorers. And it i
the same civilization that puts
: Durrant tragedy on the stage ant
!. leaves an able lecturer with a doz
!, en- hearers. the same civilization
that makes it necessary for
preacher to talk about bloomers t
induce people to listen to him
Yes, it's about the anne c~iviliza
ton. Let us pray,
A dispute about the measure
h ment of hay to the O has been re
" ferred to the Acuntha. Ii is a diff
d icult matter to decide, as variou
conditions have to be taken int
con liberation, such as the quaiit
of the hay and the length of tim
it has been packed. Thick stem
he med hay will not pack as closely ;
small stems and hay with on abut
Il ance of foliage will measure mo,
|. to the ton than that devoid of fol
age. This and other causes make
Us a difference of as much as 200 cul
re ic feet to the ton Timothy we
settled will sometimes 81
AZ cubic feet to the ton, while ciov,
la will mea>ur' as high as 700 cub
feet to the ton To find the cub
i. feet in a circular tack multiply I'll
;, square of the circu ference by 4
" of the height. Here is a rule
common .use for computing I'll
number of tons in q ow: Multi
ply the length, height and wild
in yards and divide by Is or 1874
: cording 10 the density of the ha
In a stack the number of tons
found by multiplying the lengt
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