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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
Important to Ii. and L. Societies.

Des Moines. Ia, June 5.-Judge Holmes
in the district court has rendered a de-
cision which If sustained by the supreme
court may result seriously to every
building and loan association in Iowa.
1t Is to the effect that interest charged
by building and loan associations in
excess Of per cent. is usurious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
Was Bad on the wisconsin Crops.

Milwaukee, June 5.-The Milwaukee
weather bureau has received reports
from various parts of the state which
show that the frost Of last Monday night
was one Of the most detrimental to Wis
consin vegetation that has been wit
messed here in years. In Washington
county everything has been killed that
frost could destroy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
scow Bows Up.

Chicago, June 5.-One Of three
mud scows in tow OF the tug Andrew
II. Green, was wrecked this morning
by an explosion OF gases just after
passing the Rush street bridge. The
explosion shook the buildings in the
vicinity, causing considerable dam
sge. August smericus, who was on
the scow, WAS blown into the river
and drowned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05

He'll Chatelain, the traveller in Afri-
ca, says that among the 200, 900, 600 Of
people in the dark continent 80, 900, 600
are slaves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05

Only nervous" is . sure indica-
ton that the blood Is not pure.
Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies the bic. d
and cures nervousness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
Csmpos axs,ns, wsyIer.

Madrid, June 5.-The Correspon-
dencia says Campos has advised the
queen regent against retaining Wey-
Ter rs captain general Of Cuba.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
Pseitionsd d Congress

San Francisco. June 5.-The board
Of supervisors has pe,itioned con.
gress not to abrogate the Hawaiian
reciprocity treaty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
Stone Firm in Trouble.

Chicago. June 5.-After passing
through much litigation the stone firm
of Dolese & Shepard went into the hands
Of a receiver yesterday. Thomas p
Phillips, president Of the Chicago an
Naperville Stone company, was appoint
ed totake charge of the assets Of the firm
The assets are placed at 81, ,250, 900; liabil.
tiles, $730,00O. The plant is, however
heavily mortgaged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05
State Fair This Year for Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, June 5.-The trouble
between the state administration and
the old state fair board over the fore
closure proceedings has been settled and
a state fair will be held this year at
Milwaukee,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05

Athens. June 5.-A sea armistiee
was signed today by the Turkish
Greek delegates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05

Chicago. June 5-The tugboat Andrew
Green exploded her boilers at o'clock
this morning. The boat Immediately
sank, and as no trace of the crew can be
found it IS supposed that all are killed
the tugboat carried five men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05

It takes two to make bargain. but
It's only one that gets it.-London FL
caro-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-05

A june SNOW Fall.
Marquette, Mich, June 5.-Snow
fell half an hour last night.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Toponis, Sept. 3, '97.

Toponis, Sept. 5, '97.
Miss Edna Mccoy opens hel
school on the 8th,
George Coates of Seaforth, On.
tario, is visiting his brother J. j
Coates, at Toponis.
Our section foreman looks lone
some, riding the hurricane deck OF
hand car 1.-The Japs are taking a
day off.
Cooler weather than for the past
month and the nights cool enough
for the enjoyment of natures
sweet restorer." sleep.
Butler, the threshing machine
man. is the "boss" at threshing
watermelons but says that he draws
the line at sunfowers.
Miss Lila Gooding has in con-
temptation a three years course of
study at one of the best educational
institutions in the state of Michi-
gan.
Prosperity has very evidently
not struck the "little brown man"
or he would not have gone out on
strike. His exit from the stage
of action will not be a source of
lamentation in this section at least.
There are any number of worthy
who should never have
been displaced by the Mongolian.
Spectator.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
Kanaka, Sept. 4th, 81.

1N14]h"I OOP0' tVI5 tO''
We expect to hear the wedding
bells ringing on the Flat, soon.
The third crop of alfalfa is look
ing fine and the crop will be heavy
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall have some
of their Camas Prairie friends visit
ing them.
The Hopkins and Haines or
chards are turning out large quanti-
ties of fruit.
Mrs. L. G. Lewis and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Johnson, were visiting on
the fiat this week.
We understand that Geo. Eve
leth has forbidden all shooting and
fishing on his property.
Mr.. Madolena has been at work
rounding up his cattle is Cassia
county, the past week.
Mrs. John Sawyer has been very
i'll for the past month but there is
strong hopes of her recovery.
Mrs. G. H. Deck, from Shoshone,
has been visiting some of her Ka-
naka friends for the last fortnight.
S. D. Briggs is building a house
az the Briggs ferry, where he with
q partner, intends making his home.
We have heard that o. P. John
son has gone out of the cattle busi-
ness; this is mistake, as he still
las eleven head.
George Eveleth and Mr.. Turnbull |
nave gone to Salmon river with a
couple of big loads Of fruit from
he Briggs orchard.
The Christwell boys have been
a large mining machine on
heir claims and expect to be TAX
ng out the yellow dust IN short
'rder.
We have heard that l. G. Able |
as bought a mine and ranch at J
but we are not prepar- /
d to vouch for the authenticity of Il
bus report. 1t
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10

The following, from the Lemhi
Republic, shows that the wave OF
prosperity has struck that locality
in great shape, 1t has done the
same all over the state and the
only ones who can't see or feel it is
the festive calamity howler.
"Never before has Lemhi county
witnessed as great activity in min
ing as it has this summer. There
has been a demand for some time
past for good miners, and all who
have wanted employment baye
been able to find it without difficult.
ty:"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10

0, why will you have your poor
children around with stone bruises on
their heels, when you can buy shoes so.
cheap at Keefer's. And why will you
appear in public with windows in your
clothes, when Keefer is almost giving
Suits away. And why will the ladies
go around with their tootsie- wootsies.
out OF their shoes, when they can buy
shoes so cheap at G. B. Keefer's
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
FINAL PROOF
AND
ORIGINAL ENTRIES.

The Land Office Department having
ordered that the Clerk of the District
Court NAV take final proofs for settlers
on Government lands. and make orig
inal entries for them also,
A. S. Senter, clerk of the court in and
for Lincoln county, is now fully
equipped with all legal forms and land
Office blanks, and can save money to
settlers by attending to their Land
Office business in Shoshone.
A. S. SENTER.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
LOCAL ITEMS FROM THE
KLONDYKE TIMES,

John Baugh has finished his new
well in the rear of his kitchen. 1t
now has II feet of ice water in it
and he has washed out over $780,
900 in dust from the dirt taken out.
There was a bull movement in
dog meat yesterday, the price
closing at 6S cents above the open
ing figure. 1t is supposed to be
due entirely to the professional
speculation of George Haley.
The high wind Yesterday raised
considerable dust. Joe Darrah,
who was out with his team, said he
was nearly blinded by it. When
he reached home he coughed up
$74,89 in nuggets. One of our
greatest needs is street sprinkling.
George SAVERS made a pretty
good strike on the Little Juniper
this week. He struck plenty of gold
at depth of three feet, but as the
nuggets were too big to carry he
closed up the hole and has staked
another claim farther up the creek.
Large numbers of dead catfish |
are seen floating in the rivers every
day. When examined it Is found |
that everyone Of them has from six
to eight ounces of gold dust in its
stomach. This carlessness in allow
ing loose gold to escape into the
river will ruin the fishing unless it
is stopped.
Charlie Wernicke put a new fire.
place in his cabin this week, but he
will now have to build another one.
After he had completed it he built
l roaring fire, but there was so
much metal in the rock that it
melted and ran all over the floor.
He now has gold plated floor but
40 fireplace.
Art Murray, proprietor of the
Big Strike saloon, was fishing in
he river yesterday when his boat
truck a snag; it proved to be 600
,ound nugget. He will have it
AIKEN out and will use it as horse
'lock in front of his place. Art is t
'ound to have the best that there &
) going, and ''that's all what there /
re of it."
Our esteemed townsman, Gus :
-eefer, placed upon our desk yes S
srday a handsomely shaped mug
ct. 1t weighed 27 pounds. We $
.edited him with three months sub -
, the Lyer. We are pleased to T.
,e that Mr.. Keefer, who is one of p
IT best citizens, is doing well. He
one of syndicate who expect to Il
ly quart of whiskey on Satur
~ night.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10

Briggs prune orchard is sight, he
has over six hundred trees loaded
down with the purple fruit. He
has large force at work picking,
boxing and drying. Blue Bell.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10

Celebrated tor its great leavenihg
strength and healthfulness. AS.
snres the food against alum and all
forms of adulteration common to,
the cheap brands.
Royal Baking Powder Co., New
York
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
TOOTIN, on our own morn. nj

TOOTIN' on our own horn. That's
exactly what we are doing and why
shouldn't we? Some people loot when
they have nothing to Toot about. We
have got the Largest, Fullest and Best
Selection of Suits and extra Trousers in
the city. A. S. Senter.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
FOR HIS SEASON.

We are showing line of Neckwear
which includes, Every Style, every ia
brio known to the neckwear trade, and
our stock is now full and complete, at
popular prices, at Senter's
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10
JOT DOWN THIS FACT

That when you want clothes that will
give the best satisfaction IN wear, fit
and finish. Clothes that will suit not
only yourself, but your wife, and your
friends. Clothes that will give you the
distinction of being perfectly dressed
man, come to the store which makes
specially of such clothes. As. Senter,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10

The Salt Lake Tribune has published
an attractive book from it's popular eff
ty Years Ago Today" series, giving an
accurate history of the trip OF the first
pioneers to Utah. The book has all the
original matter as it appeared from day
to day, and in addition a complete brief
history of the other immigrations of the
same year carefully complied
Additional portraits and historical
subjects are included, the book contain
ing 125 illustrations, which alone are
very valuable, 30 per cent of the por- .
traits never before having appeared in
print.
The price of the work ls 20 cents by ,
mail.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-10

1t hurts YOUR feelings to get i'll fitting
shoes. Try some of our new lines and
make your feet glad. A. S. Senter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23

Reports come from Indiana and Hi
nois that winter wheat has been dam
aged considerably by the November
freeze. Bears in the Chicago wheat
pit can fnG little comfort out of the re
port,
A lady in Iowa gives the following as
remedy for cough in pigs, and she
Tays it is a sure cure: It consists OF q
half pint of kerosene In the swill, and
continue until it has been given for
thres days.
On the farm, as elsewhere, and in
every line of business in these days OF
competition it will be found that the
successful man, be he farmer, mer
chant, or mechanic, will be the one
who gives the closest attention to the
nlnutest details Of his business.
There is something wrong in farm
management when the farmer is com
pelied to do without butter in the win
Ter time, and has surplus of oily stuff
mat brings a very low price in sum
ner. GO0d butter of home manufacture
snould be on the farmers table every
aay In the year.
reed the orchard before fertility be-
gins to be exhausted. Phosphoric acid,
potash and nitrogent must be applied
" Keep up fertility. Many of our
ofchards are starved to death. Potash
u the principal ingredien in apples
0nu peaches, while nitrogen predomi
IaVes IN pears. The orchardist must
o'ar such facts as these in mind when
'eftn. zIng his orchards.
Inc farmtr on few acres cannot
SOnpete IN growing the staple grain
crops which, harvested as they are
~" 0y,machinery, can only be grown
ss'ou1aojy on large fields. The small
1artner must devote his time, skill and
anu 70 special crops that require the
eleaIest amount of labor to make sue
reSstuL If he does this thoroughly his
-4''atlon es regards land will prove
o-,- advantage, not an injury. It is
on Oy thoroughly mastering soma
tbo. OuSlnes5 and then sticking to it
~ - Nlen make money. This is as true
A., ", 'ue tarm'r as of men engaged in
''1T TOcations.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
NEEDS CAREFUL INVRSTIGA.
TON.

Dealing In futures" is a system that
should be carefully investigated by
Congress. Some maintain that it is an
advantage 70 farmers, while others
assert that it decreases prices while
products are held by the paoducers,
the rise in prices going to class which
simply deposit certain sums as wagers
on the results. There is no doubt, how
ever, as long as the system exists there
will continue to be an uncertainty in
prices, and that the farmer will be
compelled TO suffer all the losses, but
will not share in the profits. Much of
the business done by the manipulators
OF wheat and others grains is not based
on the articles at all. as it frequently
happens that more grain is sold than
exists in the whole country.-Colman's 3
Rural World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
HOW TO CURB HAMS.

A woman correspondent of the
Charleston Courier thus describes her
method of preserving hams:
The borated, smoking and various
other remedies all proved unsatisfac-
tory, 50, by way of experiment., I con
ceived the idea of packing meat away
in dry ashes Apply pinch of salt,
petre at the joints, and after sufficient
time has been allowed for curing in salt,
say three to four weeks, take out, wash
and dry thoroughly, then wrap each
piece separately in thin cloth. Then
pack away with alternate layers of dry
oak leaves.
The FIST trial proved a grand sue
cess. Since then I've not had the least
trouble in keeping my meat.
You will find that this simple and
inexpensive process not only prevents
all attscks from insects, but keeps the
meas in & perfect state of preservation,
therefore it retains the natural sweet,
juicy flavor, which, in my judgment,
is the first and greatest thought under
consideration. Hams treated in this
way will keep all summer perfectly
sound and fresh"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.

More hay and less grain makes the
farm easier to handle.
With good roads the farmer will
have better choice Of markets.
The cost of keeping a good animal is
little more than a poor one.
Save all the wood ashes. They make
good fertilizeA. for small fruits or po,
tatoes.
Keep the manure hauled out during
the winter, applying on the field where
it is most needed.
The more a mich COW will assimil ate
in excess of what is required for main
tenance the better.
Cleanliness is as essential as shelter
and food. Stock will not eat wet fod
der to an advantage.
The principal advantage in using salt
as fertiljEer is that it helps to make
plant food in the air available.
No matter how good a pedigree an
animal may have, individual merit
and good conditions are essential.
With quite a number of farm prod,
ucts, low prizes are caused not SD much
by overproduction as by poor quality.
With fattening hogs, allowing food
to remain within RET ch after the appe
tite is satisfied injuries the digestion
and decreases thrift.-Farmers' Union.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
RALEIGH, N. c., FEBRUARY %, 1897.

ulation, these industries have been
closed for want of orders, and their
laborers thrown out of employment,
and with no work they have no money
to buy the farmers product. This is
the true cause of the present depres
sion.
The effort to restore the equilibrium
OF our finances and industry, by a
higher rate of tariff duties on manu-
tactures must fail, for the reason that
the tariff is a tax on everything the
farmer has to buy, and gives him moth
ing in return. Prosperity can never
come to the farmer from any such
source, or through any such policy,
and unless the farmer is prosperous all
other industries will languish. Give
the farmers the bimetallic currency
with which they can make this country
what it was, and upon which allvalues
were based up to 1878; and they in turn
will start the machinery in the factor
les by once more becoming the greatest
purchasers Of the product of the manu-
factories. Then labor will again be
employed and the idle, waiting starv
ing workingmen will purchase with
their earnings the product of the farmer,
and keep the endless chain of prosper
ity on It's ceaseless round beneflting
and blessing mankind. There will
then be no such thing as overproduc
tion, caused by underconsumption, and
no underconsumption caused by under
employment of labor, and no under
employment of labor caused by the
impoverishment Of the "a 600 600 of
people who live on farms in the United
States; impoverished by the demone
tiRation of silver and the esta ablishment
OF the gold standard, which has robbed
the honest, industrious farmers Of one
half OF all their earthly possessions, to
grstify the unhallowed avarice of the
English and American money changers,
and sasiats their sordtd greed for gold.
Let the government return to the tried
and true policy of our fathers and the
very face of nature will again be
wreathed in smiles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH
CORN.

Experiments at the Missouri Station,
tests were made of fifty six varieties OF
corn. The highest average yield of
any one variety on three years was
81. 4 bushels per acre.
Applications of fertilizers were made
at the uniform rate of ten tons Of barn
yard manure per acre, fermented and
unfermented, solid horse and cattle
manure alone, and solid and liquid
manure combined. These were applied
both on the surface and plowed under
Where fresh barnyard manure wac ap-
piled twice in three years an average
increase in yield was obtained OF SOC
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
WHAT IS SPILTz7

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Since sending our seed catalogue to
the editors of agricultural newspapers
few weeks ago, we have had the
above question asked US quite mum,
Der of times, and it has been asked by
some leading agricultural editors.
Thinking that you also might feel In
terested in this wonderful new grain,
we take pleasure in enclosing small
sample of it, and will give you 81 ch in.
formation as we have been able TO
CLEAN from the two men who have been
growing for several years past.
Botanically, it is known as Triticun1
SpeltG, and is a corn grass intermediate
between wheat and barley. One agri
cultural encycloI e1ia states this is
supposed to be the rye grown in Egypt
in the time of Moses" Another au-
shortly states that it is probably the
Far" Of the ancient Romans and the
Yea" Of the ancient Greeks. For cen
turies past it has been grown, to a linn
tied extent, in Eastern Russia near the
Caspian Sea, its value not being gener-
ally known to the agriculturists of the
civilized world.
Six years ago, an emigrant from
there, brought a small quantity Of the
grain to this country, and has been
growing it mere every year since. 1t
has proved an exceptionally profitable
crop, and he seems to have had no
other thought than to use it for feed
ing purposes. Two years ago pros
porous American farmer, who was a
neighbor of his, secured sufficient seed
to SOW five acres, and was surprised at
the large crop produced. Last year,
ne again sowed large field, and it pro-
duced a larger crop than either barley
or oats grown in the same section, and
ne considers it of much higher feeding
value.
He writes us that under the same
circumstances it will produce double
as much as barley, and in feeding value
it is superior to barley, oats or rye. Is
grows somewhat higher than barley,
stands up exceptionally well, making
it easy to cut with a binder. One
bushel of seed is sufficient to SOW an
acre, as it stools out heavily. The
chaff adheres to the grain when thrash
ed and it eeems to do better on poor land
than any other grain. We believe it
will prove of much value for milling as
well as for feeding. We have only q
small quantity of the seed to cffer this
year, as most of the crop had been fed
before we heard of it.
Yours truly,
Iowa SEED COMPANY,
Des Moines, Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-23
HORTICULTURE
MORE MANURE FOR ORCHARDS

While the experience Of many apple
growers this year is most discouraging
on account of low prices, it remains
true that, taking a series Of years for
our reckoning, the apple orchard has
paid better than any other equal acre
age of the farm. 1t is quite likely to
do so next year, for the small proper
ton of apple trees that will bear in
1897 will bring fruit that will sell for
much higher prices than for many pre-.
vious years. Hence, instead of destroy
ing or neglecting the apple orchard, it
should have during 1892 greater care
than ever before. While we would not ad
wise heavy manuring of orchards now,
they should all have liberal supply
Of potash and phosphate fertilizers, not
merely to fit them for fruit bearing in
1897, but for the years that follow after
It ls the amount of mineral fertilizers
that mainly determines the quantity
and quality Of the fruit the trees pro
duce. But to secure the best results
this mineral fertilizer should be ap
piled at least year before fruit is ex
pected. Nature does not form fruit
buds unless the mineral fertility needed
to perfect the fruit has been first sup,
piled. Cultivator.