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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17

The Herald notifies the Electric &
Water company to begin it's suit on
the light contract. The council. the
public and the newspapers of this
city know perfectly well that the
suit will be begun as soon as it is
advisable. The company desires the
light and water con tracts to be tried
at the same time, and until the July
meeting it was impossible that they
could be. 1t now developes that it
is the policy OF the council to pay the
bydrant-rental for time, at least.
At the July meeting the council was
petitioned to provide lights for the
street, and taxpayers who claimed
to represent u large number OF
citizens urged the council to soon
come to some agreement with the
company, and requested the company
to postpone any litigation for a
short time. Possibly no temporary
or permanent agreement can he
made, hut it is certain that there is
a public demand for Some adjust
ment that will give the city street
lights.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Board Meets in Regular
Session at the Court
House.

The board Of county commission
ers met at the court house Monday
morning, and all members were pres
ent.
The first business was the applica-
ton for the forma ton OF new
school district in the town of Elm
Dale, but there were protests against
it, and the petition was rejected.
The board then ordered the pub
lication in the official paper of the
"tire warming" prepared by the state
fire warden.
At the afternoon session a delega-
ton of Royalton citizens appeared
and asked that the appropriation
for the Mississippi bridge be increased.
Among those present were Nj. n.
Miles, j. II. Russell, l. W. Bouck.
Rev. Satterlee, B: Feitzam, &. W..
Bouck and JOS Bockhorni. The
board Was informed that it would
require from $4,000 to $4,000 to re-
build the bridge, and it YVES ex-
planned that the tinbers were nearly
all in such condition that they could
not be placed in the new structure.
The county last spring gave 81 200
this bridge, and the committee
thought it impossible to get local
help enough to rebuild it unless the
county gave 81 900 more.
Messrs. Cole and Benson, of Motley,
came down under the impression
that the board was now acting as a
board of equalization, and made
statements about the Motley assess
ment that the board will consider
next week. rhc speakers claimed
that the assessment of Motley was
equalized fairly as between owners,
but that the whole assessment was
somewhat high:
The board this afternoon had not
got down to doing very much bust
ness, us parties from outside towns
occupied much Of the time in making
statements.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17
Better Times for Lumbermen.

Minneapolis Lumbermen: White
pine lumbermen need not fear but
what better times are coming. TO
he sure the end of the season OF
business depression has been prophe-
sled to be at hand time and again
during the last three years. yet false
prophets are nothing new, and 1T
must take time to recover from the
effects of tie panic OF 1898. especially
with interna tioNal disturbances, and
questions of financial and political
moment proving as checks to fur
ther development. The fact that
this year is a presidential year is
ha;ing nearly its usual effect in max
ing people think that business is be-
ing retarded thereby, and when the
masses think SO, it might as well be
so. Until after the fall elections I'M
certainty to a degree will prevail,
vet with bounteOus crops being
harvested all over the northwest,
even at low prices for grain. there
must be some fail trade. The lum-
Der trade is suffering no worse than
business in other lines. and lumber
men should take heart and look for
a marked improvement to set in the
coming fall, which will bring about
something of the old-time prosper
ity in the spring of 1897.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17

The O'Malleys gave on extra
entertainment at the Gross opera
house Sunday evening and left on
the midnight train for Aitkin, where
they will play all this week. They
had fair-sizpd audiences both Satur-
day and Sunday evenings, and
would undoubtedly have had much
larger ones If the weather had not
been so extremely hot. So turday
evening they played the "Wife's
Peril" and Sunday "The Tramp's
Daughter" both OF which highly
pleased and entertained the audience.
There is no doubt if the O'Malleys
played Il return engagement ut this
place when the weather is more COM
Portable hut they would receive 4
liberal patronage. for they are a
good company. and all who saw
them were highly pleased with their
performances.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-17

saltwater has just adopted a
bicycle ordinance that prohibits rid
ing on the sidewalks in any part Of
the city.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29

age and subsoillng, he has soil as fer
tile and retentive of moisture as the
drained clay land, and much more easily
worked. The use of muck, cOmposted
with Stacked lime or plaster, makes it's
nitrogen available for plant food at a
a cost not to exceed 2 cents a pound,
against II cents pound paid the manu-
facturer. Cow peas and beggar weed
will form mass of vegetable matter
that will put sandy soils in condition to
produce cereal or other vegetable crops.
Manure placed upon land underlaid
with water, or so hard the air cannot
penetrate it, might as we'll be cast into
the water; but put upon sandy land, and
with pea vines and all kinds of dead
vegetable matter it will remain until
taken up by plants and not leach away
as in gravelly soils, particularly if sup
plemented with potash and superphos-
phate.
Coarse manures plowed in 6, s or even
10 inches deep will be found by the roots
of plants, and where there is perpetual
moisture by capillary attraction, if
there is proper cultivation in time Of a
drouth. But the cultivation must not
be delayed until the top soil is dry.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
Appreciates Our Efforts.
Reddick, Fla.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Editor Florida Agriculturist:
] gratefully acknowledge the receipt
of your commune alton, and enclose
subscription price for the year '97.
The marked improvement in your
journal during the most depressing in
tluences, your steady and persistent eff
fort in perceiving that good would ulti-
mately result, and that solid and sub
stantial basis would be laid for future
prosperity, all prove your faith in the
boundless resources and matchiess eli
mate OF your state.
Could we all recognize the kindly be-
nefcence and loving hand behind the
evolutionary process of Natural Law we
would redouble our efforts to make the
desert blossom as the rose, while the
pruning would give us an increase of
wisdom and strength.
am with you heart and hand, and
hope to make the "Star of the Union"
my fu ture home.
Respectfully yours,
EDWIN s. BREWER.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29

There are eight such arms at each end
of the shaft, thus making a sixteen-foot
wheel. No hub is required. If made
square and true at the butts, the ends
accurately chamferred to half inter
running to point, and the points cut off
one-half the diameter of the shaft, they
will fit exactly around the shaft and
make all the hub required. In setting
up bolt every alternate arm firmly to the
fange prepared to receive it. If pre-
ferred an eight-arm flange may be made
and each arm bolted. Make an octagon
ring of one-half inch round iron, or any
other iron of equal strength, with di.
ameter of about forty inches, and clamp
to each arm. Beyond that run about
three braces of No. ten wire entirely
round the wheel, firmly fastening to each
arm. Make the wheels at each end of
the shaft exactly alike; fasten thin,
tough boards across the arms from one
to the other for about FIVE feet inward
boxes and your mill is ready to work.
In Mr.. Moore's mill the sails are of light
duck, and seem to answer perfectly, but
he expressed his preference for boards
and similar mill built fl one of his
neighbors had board sails If metal
boxes for the shaft to run in cannot
readily be had the mill will run well
in hardwood boxes,
Such a mill will run at all times and
with wind from any direction except
square across the box. There is no way
of stopping it without danger of injury
and when you need no water you must
disconnect your pump. OF course, the
mill Can be stopped, but stiff wind
would very likely strain the rather slen-
der construction if held rigid, and it
needs to be light in order to start readily
in light breeze.
1t is evident that such a mill as this
can be M de to develop great deal Of
power by increasing the length of the
arms CT the width of the sails, or both.
The arms should not be less than eight
feet, making sixteen-foot wheel, il
any considerable power is expected. The
width of the sails could be widened a
good deal how much could, perhaps,
only be told by experiment. 1t is prob
able that above a certain width the
wiud would come over the top Of the
box and interfere with the return of the
sails.
The power generated by such a wind
mill would always be the difference
between the impact of the wind on the
sails and the resistance Of the still air in
the box against their return. An eight
by twenty foot mill in stiff wind would
be very powerful engine-qulte suffi-
cient to do good deal of irrigating,
bnt with a wind power reservoir would
be Necessary, as water might be needed
when no wind is blowing. For ordinary
domestic supply such mill as we saw
certainly supplies abundant power, for
we saw it doing the work.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
Sandy Soils.

The farmer who has farm on sandy
land, says the Southern Ruralist, finds
it naturally in the condition that the
farmer on clay soils goes to heavy ex'
pense by drainage, subsoiling, etc., to
bring his land into-a porousness that
will receive the air and retein mois-
ture. BY an investment of an amount
in coarse fertilizers, equal to amount
spent by the owner of clay soil in drain
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
Gowing Oabbages.

In reply to a communication from the
editor the following has been secured:
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Yours to hand. In reply, say the no.
tice of my cabbage crop in the papers
has been greatly exaggerated. though we
think 1t is as good as any we ever saw.
We are hardly competent to give you
the information you ask and as your
paper is the very best of it's kind in the
State and so widely read l hesitate
TO write about my planting. Though
will be short and brief. Later on will
tell you about oats, corn, sugar cane,
pindars, beans, tomatoes, cukes, hogs,
cotton, etc., etc.
Our land Is new heavy hammock Sec
ond years planting, inclined to be
heavy. Planted our seed early in Octo-
Der. Varieties, Early Summer and Sue
cession, in moist place and packed
ground hard after sowing seed very shall
low. Cleared land clean of all grass, etc.
Broke it up broadcast then laid off our
rows SIX feet apart. as our aim was to
raise crop of English peas and onions
on the same land, and then follow when
peas come off with tobacco. We put
our plants out about twenty-one inches
apart, about 5000 plants to the acre;
opened the ground deep where we wanted
cabbage to grow and put in the rows
about 700 pounds of our own make of
fertilizer; about 700 pounds cotton seed
meal, 700 pounds low grade potash and
900 pounds acid phosphate to the ton,
which cost us less than 500. per ton,
then we plowed deep first time and shall
low afterwards and later on put on $50
pounds of nitrate of soda to the acre
which we hoed in. Any good heavy land
with plenty of fertilizer and plenty OF
work will make cabbage every time.
The cold in February hurt our peas so
they did not pay we'll, but the onions are
fine and we have lot of fine tobacco
plants TO take the place of the pea vines
which are now being made into hay.
am not going to starve in Florida.
L. S. LIGHT.
Reddick, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
A Homemade Windmill.

We lately saw in operation on the farm
of G. P. Moore, at Geyserville, wind
mill designed and constructed by him
self, whose total cost to him did not
exceed SIS. He had, however, utilized
in it's construction shafting and other
irons taken from an old horsepower
threshing machine. Mr. Moore wished
to pump water, and his early mimi g
experience, before the days of machine
shops or even sawmills in the mining
districts of California, had taught him
that necessity could invent and produce
me st things. AS we saw the mill work
ing there was very stiff wind, and al
most anything that was loose would
have to move, so that days work was
hardly a fair test, but Mr.. Moore in
formed US that it did it's work right along
in almost any kind Of breeze and that
engineers on the railroad running past
had always told him that his mill was
working when others along the road
were at rest. AS we saw it it was fore
ing water through three-quarter inch
pipe for about $50 feet with two square
turns and raising it about twenty five
feet into 500 gallon tank. Mr.. Moore
informed us that with an ordinary bret re
it usually required about two hours to
fill the tank.
The dimensions and construction Of
Mr.. Moore's mill are as follows:
A box of rough boards, without top or
bottom, four feet by seventeen feet and
nine feet high, set level and with plates
of three by four inch scantling.
Across the middle of the box an inch
iron shaft from his old threshing ma
chine, the boxes fastened to the top of
the plates of the box. This shaft had
collors at both ends, with fanges from
which extended four arms to about SIX
or eight inches from the center of the
shaft, to which was bolted every alter
nate arm OF the wheel. The collars
were fitted to the shaft with keys. AS
not every farmer has an old threshing
machine to pick to pieces, in most cases
it would be necessary to devise an equlva-
lent for this construction, which any
blacksmith can do. The collars with
1anges can be made and shrunk on to
any iron or steel shaft. One end of the
shaft projects two inches outside of the
box and is fitted with crank to give the
length of the pump stroke desired. The
pump shaft is fitted to this crank.
The arms were made of one and one
half by two inch fir, eight feet long and
tapered to the outer ends.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29
SLEEPY. ESSENCES,

and kindred ailments, whether resulting
from over anxiety, overwork or study, or
from unnatural habits or excuses, are
treated as speciality, with great success, by
the Staff of Specialists attached to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute at
Buffalo, N. Y. Personal examinations not
always necessary. Many cases are success
fully treated at distance.
ASTHMA Successful nsT aR trea %0nassrq hay
been discovered for Asthma and Hay Fever,
which can be sent by Mail or Express.
It is not simply palliative but radical
cure.
For pamphlets, question blanks, refer
ences and particulars, in relation to any
of the above mentioned diseases, address,
with ten cents in stamps, Worlds DispenS.
airy Medical Association, 66S Main Street.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-29

BENTON. KY Oct. IA, 95,
A enc Cycle Co., Elkhart, IND.
DEAR SIRs: 1 have this day received your
Acme Road Racer and am greatly pleased with
your wheel. Several have seen the wheel and
pronounce it a beauty, and not a word haveI
heard against it. Your friend,
G. LEMON.
P. S. am willing to compare it with any
wheel in the country.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04
POPPYCOCK.

The, Minneapolis Journal, one
of the best advocat es of the gold
standard and Of national bank
and bond issues, informs it's
readers that 1.-The chartered bank
ing stitutions Of New York owe
the people of that state some
5000, 100000 more than the peo-
pie owe Them. And then it goes
on to say that these banks, if free
coinage is adopted, can pay their
depositors in 50:cent dollars:
And yetit claims that these
banks, out Of pure patriotism and
love Of the dear people, refuse to
make $500, 100000 by the change.
y Can it be possible that there
are many people in this country
so green as to believe that all the
bankers Of New York or else
where would refuse to make $500,
100000 if they could? D.
There are honest men in the
banking business, as the world
goes, but if there were, a chance
for the banks to make so cents on
every dollar deposited with
them, dom you believe that at
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04

A couple of weeks ago J. J.
Hillpredicted that the silver craze
would be played out by the mid
die of August: But now comes
the st. Paul Dispatch and makes
a frantic appeal to the sound
money men to close up in battle
array at once or the silver forces
will sweep the country next fall.
A, ha! The sound money men
are now waking up to the fact
that Billy Bryan is in command
and the common people by the
millions from the plains and from
the mountains from the mighty
south and west, are marching in
unison and to victory. But that
is not all, the east is getting
afame with the silver craze.
Sometime agoWe predicted that
Fanueil hall would sing with the
gospel Of 4 humanity and political
liberty. We'd not dream that:
it Would. be this CAM aign, but
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04

Seventh District prohibitionists held
their convention in Fergus Falls yes
terday and nominated J. F. Heiberg
OF Norman county for congress. o.
ter Tail, Grant and Pope were the
only counties represented Red River
Valley News.
Some said that the Prohibition
lists would not be in the field
with a candidate for congress in
this district because b. E. Lom-
men is really prohibitionist so
far as his sentiment goes. We
knew better. Lommen will find
that he will have 40 more bitter
opponents than among some of
the prohibitionists.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04

least portion of them would be
in favor of making that amount?
Woulden't some few of them
forget their love ~ for the dear
people and vote for the "cheap,
50-cent" dollar?
And yet every bond holding
bank in New York favors the
gold standard and refuses (?) to
double it's money.
And still this sort of trash,
poppycock, is dealt out of the re-
publican voters and gold demo-
Gratis as gospel truth.
It is possible that intelligent
people can be deceived by such
transparent poppycock?--Wa-
SEGA Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04

There is no use for people of
different political views to look
sour at each other, Every man,
no matter how humble, has a
right to his opinions, and right
to defend them to the best of his
ability. The great majority of
the people are strictly honest in
their views, and that fact should
never be forgotten. Agitators,
as those who wish something
different from the present are
generally called, are not to be de-
spised or hooted down. Cranks
moves the machinery of human
progress, as well as mechan-
isms. The present agitation on
the money question will result in
great good. Thousands of citi-
zens will have their mental cog
wheels turned for the first time
in their existence. Their intel
lectual life stirred into action that
may lead to future mental devel-
opment. Political as we'll as re-
ligious revivals have given the
world many of it's most renowned
men. Do not worry about the
result, although it may appear to
tend contrary to your own idea.
Even the Savior of mankind,
preaching the most benefcient
doctrines of righteousness and
brotherly love, was regarded by
the wise Of His day as a danger,
Gus agitator, and crucifed be.
tween two thieves by the very
men He came to benefit and save.
But the truth He preached, the
eternal principles He form ulated
remained, and marched on in
spite Of opposition, to bless and
hallow mankind.
Principles honestly advocated
by any mum Der of reasonable men
always contain some truths.
however much they may be mix
ed with error. Time and discus
sion will invariably soon reveal
the errors, and leave the rea'
truths all the brighter. Agita-
ton and discussion is the only
road to reach an enlightened and
true public policy in government
tai affairs. Agitation is intellect
ual life. Discussion is sitting
truth from error. Both are the
only means of getting an intelli
gent voter as our system of gov.
eminent contemplates.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04
DONNELLY AT ST. LOUIS.

lgnati0us Donnelly seconded
Bryan in behalf of Minnesota.
He said:
Gentlemen Of the Convention: On
behalf Of the State of Minnesota, by
unanimous request, [ rise here to Sec
ond the nomination of VIM. J. Bryan.
1t is wellknown, my friends, that I
have been one of those who thought
that we could best serve the interest
and the perpetuity of the peoples par
ty by making our own independent
nomination. But, my friends, there
are tidal waves in the affairs of men
to which we must yield. The voice Of
the people is in the last analysis the
voice of God, and the voice of the
people demands the nomination of w.
j. Bryan by this convention. I yield
to that demand. There is some talk
here that we must force Mr.. Bryan to
distinct declaration Or acceptance
Of our nomination. We can readily
see that it will place him in a very
embarrassing position, to be forced
to choose between Mr.. Sewall and Mr..
Watson. I think if we are going to
nominate Mr.. Bryan and seek to elect
him. that we ought to be generous to
him. We ought not to force him into
such an embarrassing dilemma. Neith-
er do [ think that we ought to call up
on him to indorse our platform. Our
principles do not exist by the suffer-
ances OF William J. Bryan or any
other man on earth
This is not merger Of the Peoples
party of the United States into the de-
mocratic party, and therefore there is
no necessity for absolute indemnity of
opinions. We stand upon the peo-
Pies party platform. We stand upon
our own principles, but we are ready
for the cause of suffering humanity to
transfer our millions of votes to this
Standard-bearer of another party lest
we may divide, and lest the gold
power of the world may tramp our
liberty in the dust My friends, we
stand on our own basis, let us make
our own nominations; let the bugle
sound along the whole line and let
us always remember that while we
have been willing to go thus far we
have not abandoned our party. Here
it stands like an entrenched camp with
all our guns blazing. If democracy
fails in the confidence we have given,
we will here assemble and lift up the
banner of mankind aud fight the bat
tie. 1t looks to me as this is a solu-
ton of this question. We bow to no
man, to no power. We do this great
and agnanimous act to unity the
people of the United States, and we
propose to take this course for the
! good Of the world.''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04
Park Addition to SpiCer

4fyou con emplate buying a lot
to build cottage on the shore Of
Green Lake why not call on D.
Hagenstine and inspect the lots
he offers for sale at ridiculously
low prices. These lots are con-
veniently located on the south
shore Of Green Lake within one
mile of the depotat Spicer. These
are by far the best lots that haye
ever been put on the market on
the shore of this beautiful lake.
For further particulars call on
or address.
D. HAGENsT1NE,
Spicer, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-08-04
ROAD WORK TO LET.

The supervisors of the town
ship of Roseland will letrthe con-
tract for building a dump in Sec
tons q and % of that town,
Bids should be forwarded to A.
0. Erickson, town clerk, Rose
land, by Sept. LIST next Dump
will be 4 #. high, and 16 feet
wide on top. Work must be com
pleted by Nov 1st. Specifca-
tons may be had by calling on
town clerk or any Of the supervl-
sors. Bids will be opened Sept.
1st, and the supervisors reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
BY order of Of board Of super
visors,
PETER L1NDQU1sT,
Chairman.