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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
CREDIT SYSTEM Is BAD BUs1N, ss
The Question of Ready Sales for Cash
in the Matter of Crops.

The Question of Ready Sales for Cash
In the Matter of Crops
There is no doubt that cash capital
is of great value to farmer as well
as to a business man, says a writer in
the Wisconsin Agriculturist. In ordin
airy business circles cash means 30 DAVIS
credit, and If bills can be paid in that
time the merchant receives the advan
tage of cash discount The farmer
working upon the same basis is pretty
sure to save many dollars in the course
of year. In the past, and largely at
present, the farmers conduct their bus
mess largely upon the credit system.
and they very frequently get f1eeced on
all sides as the result. The old credit
sytem at the stores enabled the local
merchants to change on their books
almost whatever price they chose for
the articles paid for on long time credit
when the crops were sold-or by the
exchange of goods. Butter, eggs, cheese.
poultry and farm produce were sold to
the storekeepers not for cash. but in
return for groceries, dry goods and so
on. AS the merchant is in his business
to make good bargains he nearly AL
ways calculated upon two profts-a
profit on the goods sold. and one on
those bought in exchange from the far
mer.
Just as soon as possible every far
mer should disentangle himself from
all such alluring systems of conduct
ing business, and to do this it Is quite
necessary to have cash on hand, In
many respects it is more profitable in
the end for poor farmer to raise such
crops that can be sold Immediately for
cash, so that he will have ready money
to pay for the necessities of life. In
studying the crops to be raised for an
other season, the question of ready
sales for cash should be considered
in its true light. If the crups must be
carried over for long time to sell for
their true value, it may be that some
other way will suggest itself as a sub
stitute. The cry is raised every fall
that the farmers, in their short-sighted
way, rush their crops to market at
once in order to secure some ready
money, and thereby receive less for
them than they could obtain later. In
some cases this may be a short sighted
policy, but 1 believe in the majority OF
cases it is not. Realizing the value of
the cash to pay accumulated bills,
drawing very often heavy interest, the
farmer does not make such a sacrifice
in selling his goods as many outsiders
imagine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31

and can be locked with less difficulty
than those now building.
HEAVIEST POSSIBLE BATTERIES.
In deciding upon the batteries OF the
vessels there was much discussion
whether the main turrets should be
mounted with Is or IL inch guns, the or
dnance office holding out for the adop-
ton of the larger caliber, while the con-
structors favored lighter guns, in ac-
cordance with the policy of foreign
governments. which have prohibited
guns of greater than 12-inch caliber on
new vessels. The secretary, however,
in view of recent armor tests, which
conclusively proved that 12-inch shot
was not capable of piercing some of the
heaviest plates under normal condi-
tons. selected the heavier guns, and
four of these will be on the Kentucky,
mounted in two turrets, fore and aft,
over which will be second turrets, each
carrying two Fights.
The waist fire will consist of IA 5-inch
rapid-fire rifles, while the secondary
batteries will comprise 20 six FOUNDER
rapid-fire, six one-pounder and four ma
chine guns. There will be also five tor
pedo tubes, two on each broadside and
one in the stem. Two military tops,
mounting machine guns, will complete
the ships armament, which Is greater
for vessel of her displacement than
that of any other vessel in the world
1t is doubtful If any warship can de-
liver more metal at broad side than
the Kentucky will be capable of, and
none will have the same ability for con-
centration of fire.
THE ARMOR PROTECTION.
In adopting the new arrangement of
main batteries the department has been
careful to give a complete armor pro-
lection from distance of four feet be-
low the water line to the top of the
eight-inch turrets. This armor, as well
as all others used on the ships, will be
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31

the seasoniof its birth. In
larva Is 1870 times heavier
from which 1t originated.
hences a weaving process,
cocoon partiallytof silk
Of saliva.
ety of bees has it's own time
bment. The worker needs 81
Levelop wings, drones "a days
- the queen 91A to 16. The drones
are the dudes of the hive. They fly out
Tor about two hours on bright sunny
days and make more noise than all the
rest OF the hive. After a short time
the drones are put out. The workers
are the hewers of wood and drawers of
water;they carry pollen and nectar from
the flowers. The nectar is digested and
put into the cell, where 1t ripens into
honey. The workers also carry water.
They are often seen about wells and
standing water, slipping water for the
supply of the hive. Comb building is
a wonderful sight. The young bees in
the working season secrete wax. The
wax is caught with flexible Joint and
passed to the anterior legs and worked
into the comb. If one man in a hive
of men, clinging together in the way
that bees do, were to stop to spit on
his hands, the whole crowd would
go pellmell to the ground. Bees gem
crate heat and keep each other warm.
The hive can be forced to create queen
bees by taking away their queen as fast
as developed. In this way queens are
produced for the market
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
DECK PLAN OF THE KENTUCKY.

weights have been calculated carefully,
and If the vessel draws more than 2S
feet when loaded with full equipment,
1900 tons of coal and ammunition, some
body will be held responsible for the
error.
In general appearance both ships
will seem rather short for their great
beam, their length being 1858 feet; ex-
IRENE beam " feet 2 inches. freeboard
forward IA feet 8 inches, freeboard aft
IL feet inches, mean draught, with 410
tons of coal on board, % feet inches,
which means a displacement of 1880
tons.
Their speed under full power will be
about 16 knots, or the same as that of
the Indiana class. These ships will be
the first of the large vessels of the new
navy for which the department holds
out no speed premiums, but penalties
will be enforced for failure to make the
speed called for in the contract. The
machinery is expected to develop 10000
horse power, and it will drive twin
screws.
LIGHT DRAUGHT ADVANTAGES.
One of the requirements laid down
by the secretary was that these vessels
should draw less water, when fully
loaded, than any other f1rst-class bat
tleship either in this country or else
where. The largest foreign ship draws
about % feet, while the ships of the
Indiana class will draw but one foot
less. The new ships, however. have been
designed to draw but rs feet, with 1900
tons of coal aboard. They thus will be
enabled to reach all of the principal
navy yards and ports Of the country
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
THE KENTUCKY.

of solid nickle steel, Harveyized. The
lower part of the protection, the bar
bette, so called, will have armor Is in
ches thick, while the armor of the 49,
inch turrets also will be Is inches, ex-
cept Immediately in front, where it will
be II inches. The armor protecting the
S-inch guns will be nine inches, but that
also will be two inches thicker on the
face of the turret. In addition to this
enormous main battery there will be IA
five-inch guns mounted on the mair
deck between the turrets and protected
by continuous armor six inches thick.
The protection of the hull against in
jury to the water line region will be eff
fected by means of a side armor belt of
a maximum thickness of 161a inches,
with a mean depth of tx feet, so dis
posed in reference to the load line that
the vessels with 40 tons of coal aboard
will have 81 feet of this belt armor
above water, and with 1900 tons of COAL
2 feet above the water line. The belt
will extend from the stem to the after
barbette, and will maintain the maxi
mum thickness from the after end of
the belt to the forward boiler room
bulkhead, whence it will taper gradual
ly to thickness of four inches at the
bow.
Protection will be afforded above the
main side armor by a steel belt five
inches thick, extending up to the level
of the main deck, and running in a fore
and aft direction from the center of the
forward to the center of the after bar
bette. On top of the main side armor
belt there will be fiat steel deck 2%
inches in thickness, on the slopes in
creased to three and five inches.
Additional pecautions have been taken
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
HE GAVE A TALK ON THE BEE
Professor Bal er Notes Some Interest
ing Facts.

During the fruit growers convention
at Walla Walla, Professor J. A. Balmer,
of the agricultural college, gave an in
teresting talk on bees. From notes on
his address in the Walla Walla States
man the following is CLEANED:
The beehive teaches a valuable les
son in political economy. There we see
the cooperative plan carried out to
perfection. Each bee has it's own work
to perform.
In every hive at certain seasons of
the year are found drones, a queen and
workers. The ancients called the queen
the king bee. The queen does nothing
but lay eggs. She is not sovereign.
She is fed by the workers. The queen
is the most important member of the
hive. She must lay eggs or die. She
can give points to brown hen in this
line of business. She lays 1000 eggs
day, twice her own weight. The egg is
about one-sixteenth of an inch long and
has shell, aibuminous part and yolk.
The egg soon develops into a crawling
maggot, larva or worm. The larva lies
in a milk fluid or chyle. This is a
semi-digested food. The larva absorbs
this chyle. It Is fed literally. or not
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
SEA OTTER IN TACOMA HfRBoR

Seas Arc Unusually Numerous in the
Bay at This Iim..
Carl Evans, a local fisherman, saw
a sea otter in the bay the other day.
says the Tacoma Ledger. He was fish
ing near the. Northern Pacific wharf
when he noticed an animal swimming
toward his boat Believing it to be a
dog which had fallen overheard at the
wharf, he rowed to it's rescue, when the
animal dived. 1t rose presently within
30 feet of the boat, and he could plain
ly see what it was. The pelt of a sea
otter sells for $500 to $780,
Tyee salmon are running in great
numbers and considerable fishing is
being done by amateur trollers. Seals
are unusually numerous in the bay and
six or eight of them have been caught
on lines. They broke the lines and es-
capped in almost every instance. A
Swedish fisherman hooked a seal near
the Tacoma mill several days ago. 1t
was an unusually large one and towed
his boat nearly to Brownies point be-
fore the line broke. A fisherman who
saw the seal says that it would weigh
between 400 and 500 pounds.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
Is GENERALLY BAD MANAGEMENT !
With Ordinary Care There Is Seldom q
Case of Choking in Cows.

With Ordinary Care There Is Seldom q
Case of Choking In Cows.
Occasionally case of choking occurs,
perhaps from cattle accidentally OBJ
tanning access to whole roots or tubers,
or in case where, from disease of the
oesophagus other food material may
cause choking, but for the most part
among breeders who do not use a pulp
er, ond who either give their roots
whole or roughly cut up with Ratchet,
says the Prairie Farmer. The last men
toned plan is perhaps the worst of all
systems of feeding roots, as they are
cut into irregularly-shaped chunks,
provided with plenty of angles, that
tend to their impaction in the gullet.
b. Cattle biting mouthful out of a big
root have to chew it, and it is gener-
ally small roots and tubers, and irreg-
ularly-cut pieces, that cause choking,
If you have had much trouble with cows
choking it argues a bad system of
management, for where ordinary care
is taken choking is practically I'M
known; unless, as we have said, from
accident or disease of the oesophagus.
causing dilation or structure of the
gullet. 1t is not customary to feed DO
tatoes whole, nor is it desirable for of
all food material, the class of potatoes
fed to stock are the most liable to
cause obstruction. Potatoes given to
cattle should be fairly clean as a guam
tity of soil or stones is calculated to
cause digestive arrangement. If they
are clean enough to feed they are clean
enough to pulp. In the absence of
pulper, and where they are being fed
raw on small scale to any class of
farm stock, they may be rendered safe
by smashing them. How best to pro-
coed when choked depends not little
on the position of the impacting body
and it's nature. An instrument is by
no means always essential In a case of
choking, but it is as we'll to have one
an to know how to use it in case of
emergency, or when the symptoms are
urgent.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
half Of the ahIp's broadside q heaxr

half of the ships broadside Of heavy
guns would be lost.
The objections advanced, however
We're met by the Ordnance bureau ana
Secretary Herbert finally decided ~
place the new turrets on the two sbins
and have them mounted with the heav-
lest guns made for the navy-heavier
even than the rifles adopted for the
Dattieshipss now building by other gov
ernments.
The coming tower. from which point
the ships will be fought when in action.
will be protected by 10 inches of armor
and inside will be a tube with seven
inches of armor, leading down to the
armor deck, for the protection of voice
pipes, telegraphs, steering rods. etc.
throughout the vessels the use of wood
Will be reduced to minimum. the state
room bulkheads being constructed of
steel covered with cork, sheated. All
wood material before being placed in
the ship will be tested by the electric
fireproof1ng process.
WIDE CRUISING RADIUS.
The Kentucky and Kearsarge will
carry their full coal supply of 1900
tons with the greatest ease, their bunk
er room being so ample that the coal
can simply be dumped into it without
the labor of trimming. This quantity
will be ample for all ordinary contin-
gencies of cruising and for service in
time of war along the coast, as at
cruising speed of 10 knots 1t will enable
them to steam 5000 miles, and at 10
knots nearly 1000, or at full speed to
cross from New York to Ireland Should
the service of these battleships be re-
quired at distance, however, tenn
porary provisions could be made by
which 400 or 500 tons of extra coal could
be stored away with corresponding in
crease in the radius of action.
Externally the Kentucky will not be
unlike the battleship Indiana. as far
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31

as appearances go, with the exception
that the single large mast of the In
diana will be replaced by two huge
masts on the Kentucky, and the latter's
smoke stacks will be several feet taller
to give increased development of fur
mace power.
One of the strongest features of the
Kentucky, and one which is distinctly
an advance in battleship construction,
is the over-powering battery of IA 5-inch
guns, thoroughly protected by six in
ches of the best armor. These guns are
of the heaviest caliber which can be
fired with great rapidity, and the pro-
lection given them such that it could be
penetrated by but few of the guns car
ried by any opposing battleships, ex-
cept the twelves.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31

potent factor in commanding the re-
spect of those foreign nations which
nave recently been sneering at the nav
al strength of Uncle Sam. What is
more, the Kentucky will have a sister
battleship in the new Kersarge, and the
twins will make an invincible pair of
fighters.
The contract for building these ships
was recently given to the Newport
News Ship Building Company and work
will be begun on them Immediately. BY
the detailed drawings and specifications
of the navy department it is easy to
show exactly how the Kentucky will
look when equipped for either cruising
or war. Although the contractors have
three years in which to complete her
it is not probable that it will require
that length of time to builu the battle
ship. Work will be carried on simultan-
eously on both the Kentucky and the
Kersarge, and 1t is probable that they
will be ready for launching at nearly
the same time.
SECRETARY HERBERTS PRIDE.
Each of the ships will carry compile
ment of 600 men and officers. They are
the first battleships designed under the
administration of Secretary Herbert,
who has been anxious that they should
be without question the best of their
class; hence, all questions arising in
their design have been investiga ted
carefully and fully, and advantage has
been taken Of the experience gained
in the construction of other battleships
in the United States and elsewhere.
There is little probability, therefore,
that either ship, when completed and in
commission, will be found structurally
weak or faulty in any respect. All the
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
THE FIGHTING MACHINE.
The Kentucky to Be the Finest
Battleship.
THE.KEARSAGE WILL BE ALVIN
New Arrangement for the Main Batteries
10 Garry 1900 Tons of Coal
Double Turrets.

Kentucky justly prides itself upon its
lovely women, its wonderful horses, it's
extraordinary whisky, it's dashing COL
onels and score of other rich possess
sions, and soon it will be in a position
to add to all these treasures the finest
battleship in Uncle Sans navy, and, for
that matter, in any of the navies of the
world.
No one should criticise the Blue Grass
state If it pats itself upon the back over
this new acquisition. The battleship
Kentucky will be a credit to the nation
If the plans of Secretary Herbert are
faithfully carried out, for not even in
the highly esteemed navy of Great
Britain is there any warship which
could hold it's own with her in a marine
duel.
More modern features will be intro
duced in the construction of the arma-
ment of the Kentucky than in any war
ship of recent build. 1t will be the most
destructive fighting machine ever turn
ed out by any country and will be
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31

to protect the vessels against raking
fires by athwartship bulkheads of ar
NOR 10 and IL inches thick, worked at
the point where the deck Is worked
with incline sides. In addition to all
this armor, coffer-dams filled with COM
pressed, fire-proofed American corn
pith cellulose, recently tested with good
results, will be placed long the entire
length of the vessel in the region of the
water line.
DOUBLE TURRETS.
The feature of the vessel which makes
them notably different from the other
batleships in the new form of turrets,
about which there is some difference of
opinion. Their advantages are said to
be large saving in weight, which per-
mits of more guns and more powerful
machinery for the propulsion, a better
concentration of fire, and the ability of
the vessel to deliver all four guns in
either forward or after turret almost
simultaneously, with the result of hit
ting terrific blow to the target.
No battleship, the ordnance officers
contend, could Withstand the blow If
every shot took effect. The introduction
of the double turret system was opposed
by the constructors on the ground that
it was too great departure in the
methods Of mounting guns, and that
there was danger of both turrets be-
ing placed out of action by a single shot
hitting either. They also pointed out
that there was no advantage in dis
charging the guns of both at once, for
the reason that IL one shot missed a
ship through poor aim II undoubtedly
would follow that all would, and thus
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
DEATH OF MRS. JULIA 3. kEENs

ncgan Mining District.
Mrs. Julia B. Keene, wife of Hiram NJ.
Keene, died at o'clock yesterday even
ing in the Ross block, on Second avenue,
of pneumonia. Mrs. Keene was So years
old. She was born in Kentucky and
had lived for "a years on the western
frontier. She was one of the pioneer
women of the Okanogan district, was
we'll known and had large number of
friends. She leaves husband, a grown
son and daughter IL years old. The
funeral arrangements have not yet been
COMPLETED,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
STRANGE NOISES BRIGHTEN TRuANTs
An Allie ged Ghost Walking Through the
Apartments.


A four-story house at Rockaway
Beach Is alleged to be haunted. The
tenants complain of having heard
strange noises and some refuse to live
in the house.
]. Weller and his family moved from
Brooklyn and took possession of the
house, but removed again in a day or
two.
Weller told reporter that not he
alone, but his family saw a ghost walk
through their apartments. He said the
apparition had the appearance of an
old man. He said he heard means and
heard footsteps in rooms where he
knew there was no one. 1t Is said that
an old man named Quinlan fell down
stairs in the house and received in
juries from which he died. After he
was buried the noises began.
Although the proprietor has offered
to rent the house for almost nothing,
no one will occupy it.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
SHE RODE WITH THE MINISTER
The Young Man Couldn't Stand 1t and
Killed Himself.

The Young Man Couldn't Stand 1t and
Killed Himself.
Gus Jones, young merchant of Oak
land, Ala, escorted Miss Anderson,
young lady with whom he was desper-
ately in love, to church. After services
the girl left him and rode home with
the young minister. On the way the
couple passed Jones, who was walking.
and the girl laughed at him. The fact
that she had shaken him had cha
grined Jones greatly, but for her to
laugh at him was more than he could
bear, so Fastening home he proceeded
to dose himself with rough on rats.
He was too far gone to be saved when
his condition was discovered. Before he
died he ascribed his rash act to the
girls treatment of him. She is heart
broken over the affair.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
Another ComnIicntinn.

"why do you look so gloomy. Tomp-
kins?"
"You know my best girl is one of those
new women? Well, I'm puzzled to decide
whether ought to ask her to marry me
or. wait for her to propose,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31

Portland Telegram: Reduction of the
salaries paid to city and county officials
will be the first step in any comprehensive
scheme of retrenchment that may be
adopted.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-31
Free Coinage Men.

It seems to be reasonably clear that
the free coinage men have got into pow
er In the senate.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-11
a Frenchmnn,s Views ON Cuba.

PARIS, April "a French resident of
CubH,writing to The Soir, draws a lament
able picture of the ferocious character the
war has assumed under Weyler He be-
lieves, however, that the rebels will event
ually shake off the Spanish rule. He states
that Weyler allows the troops to shoot and
bayonet villagers suspected of harboring
insurgents. "A few days ago." he contin-
ues, "a band OF volunteers, Infatuated by
tho resolutions of the American senate,
shot six sons Of an American farmer mt
Casiguas. The United States consul gen
eral is inquiring into the matter"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-11
Horse Racing In nraryland.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-There is now no
reasonable doubt that it is tho purpose of
those members of tho racing fraternity
who arc not in accord with the turf con
gress to make Maryland the scene of their
future operations. Following close upon
the recent announcement that they had
secured tracks ut Elkton and Arlington,
and that they would build another mt
Barksdale, near Elkton, comes the further
news that they have also leased Herring
Run and Back River tracks, and that they
mean in the very near future to erect
Others at Laurel, Md, and in Anne Arun-
del county, near Brooklyn. Under exist
ing law racing can be carried on for seven
months in the year without hindrancc.