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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
FARM AND GARDEN,
ROAD ENGINEERING,
The Science Should Be Taught In
Every Agricultural School.

The Science Should Be Taught In
Every Agricultural School.
The suggestion that the money de-
posted in postal savings banks, if es-
tablished, should be loaned for the pur-
pose of building good roads has been
favorably received in most quarters;
but F. II. Ray, pioneer good roads man
of Montana, thinks that public debts are
already large enough, and that more
knowledge of the best methods should
be acquired before undertaking such
general and elaborate work. He says,
in the L. A. w. Bulletin:
Ignorance is far more responsible
for bad roads than lack of expenditure.
Without disparagement Of the many
honest, well-meaning road officers, the
fact remains that road funds are large
ly misspent because officials have had
no adequate training for such work.
Many road reformers believe the i'm
perative prelude to general system of
good roads, economically constructed
and we'll maintained, is a sufficient
number of resident, competent road
engineers and country road supervis-
ors, and that no bonding should be con-
sidered before county has road Off
GERS who demonstrate their ability by
building few miles, at least, of per-
manent good roads with the funds an
nually raised by taxation.
How is it possible to use road
funds wisely, over extensive area, until
majority recognize that special skill
is required for that work, and elect
thoroughly qualified officials? Is not
the most urgent need therefore, for
competent road-builders, instead of
greater expenditure? Would not efforts
to provide such trained officials yield
far more satisfactory and less costly
results than creating road debts? II
every state had one or more schools
doing what the agricultural college of
Rhode Island is accomplishing, viz,
giving practical course in road-mak-
ing, and if in addition, after, say 1899,
no one was eligible to a road office who
had not graduated with a good record
from such schools, would not the great
moved?
"Finally, counties that are equipped
with competent road officers should
before borrowing, exact cash instead
of labor road or poll tax, and remove
the discrimination which exenlpts men
aged As and up. II, then, the communi-
ty wish to bond, they should observe
two precautions-frst, place the in
terest burden only on those lands bene-
flied by the improved highway, and
second, make the bonds short time and
payable i'll legal tender"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Found n Fossil Cypress Swamp.

During a recent excursion to Bodkin
Point, at the mouth of the Patapsco,
under the auspices of the Maryland
Geological Survey and the Woman's Col
lege museum, fossil cypress swamp
deposit was found buried IL feet be-
meath the surface, it having been ex-
posed to view by the action of the waves
in wearing away the bay cliffs. Num-
ernus cypress stumps were seen in up
right position, with their roots in place,
and exhibiting the peculiar ''knees'
characteristic of these trees. Some of
the stumps were of gigantic dimen-
sions, the largest measuring about ten
feet in diameter at the top. The stumps,
roots and trees are in surprising state
of preservation as soft brown Ignite
Baltimore Sun. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
BROAD-TIRED WAGONS.
Result of Tests Conducted at the
Missouri EXDeriment Station.

result OF rests conducted at the
Missouri Experiment Station.
The Missouri experiment station has
made large number CT experiments
during the PAST two years with the
draft of broad and narrow-tired wag-
ons. These tests have been made with
the ordinary narrow-tired wheels and
with six-inch tires, on nacadam streets,
on meadows, pasture, stubble and
plowed fields both wet and dry. Bulle-
tin No. SO Of the station, by Director II
J. Waters, gives the results of these
tests. The broad tires pulled materially
lighter on the macadam street and the
gravel roads. Also on dirt roads in all
conditions except when soft or sloppy
on the surface, underlaid by hard road
bed, and when the mud was very deep
and sticky. In both of these conditions
the narrow tires pulled considerably
lighter. It should be borne in mind,
however, that the roads are in these
conditions for a comparatively short
period of time. and this at seasons when
their use has naturally been reduced 10
the minimum. The tests on meadows,
pastures, stubble land, corn land and
plowed ground in every condition, from
dry, hard and firm to very wet and soft,
show, without a single exception, Il
large saving in draft by the use of the
broad tires.
The bulk of the hauling done by the
farmer is on the farm, in hauling feed
from the fields and hauling manure
from the barns, etc. The actual ton.
mage hauled to market is insignificant
in comparison with that hauled about
on the farm, inasmuch as large pro-
portion of the products of the average
farm is sent to market in the form of
live stock or its products. 1t is clearly
shown by these experiments that in
many instances where the narrow tire
is very injurious to the road or field, the
broad tire proves positively beneficial
when the same load is hauled. When it
is considered, therefore, that the av-
erage draft of the broad tire is materi-
ally less than the narrow tire, and that
the injury done to the roads and farms
by the narrow tire can be almost wholly
corrected by the use of the wide tires,
there remains no longer any good
reason for the use of the narrow-tired
wagons. These experiments further in
dictate that six inches is the best width
of tire for the farm and road wagon,
and that both axles should be the same
length, so that the front and rear
wheels shall run in the same track
Prairie Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
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FLOOR PLAN OF ICE HOUSE.

ing up the inside wall of the ice house
as you would an old-fashioned railpcn.
Build about a foot at time, then pack
in the ice, filling in all the chinks be-
tween the cakes with ice and chaff.
Then pack straw between the two
walls tightly. 1t is much handler, in
taking out the ice, if the layers are
kept distinct. When full, cover over
with straw, leaving a.space between the
top and the roof. There is little trouble
in keeping ice if the drainage is good,
which this sort of house insures, pro-
vided there is way for the accumula-
ting water in the bottom to escape. This
is easily accomplished by means of a
few joints of tile or wooden trough
Orange Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
A REMARKABLE TOMB,
Always Faithfully Guarded by a
Strange People.

AA"AES fA1th1ully OuarOe0 ny q
Strange People.
Some 600 miles west of Picking, the
Tartar capital of the Chinese empire,
under the great bend of the Hoang Ho,
or Yellow river, in the country of the
Ordos. strange people hitherto but lit
tie known, stands the tomb of the once
mighty Mongol conqueror, Ghenis
Khan.
The spot was visited some months go
by the famous French explorer, NJ.
I}arin. in the course of his remarka BILE
journey from Tonking across the upper
valleys of the Iangtse Kiang and
Hoang 1lo to Aurga. in southeastern ST.
IBERIA. Besides travelling over more than
1000 miles of entirely new routes
through regions heretofore almost IN
known to the outside world, NJ. Banin
>cas able to achieve the distinction of
being the first European ever received
by the Ordos and allowed TO visit the
sacred spot where rest the remains of
the great Tartar chieftain.
The place is called "Etjin Karo,"
"The Palace of the Lord" and lies bout
so miles south of the city of khoukou
khoto, on the Hoang Ho, down the val
ley of which the explorers route laid.
The Ocdos are strange people. trans
planted by an accident, as it were, from
another land to place not of their own
choosing. They are the descendants
Of the Tlrtar hordes whom Ghengis
Khan was leading from the wilds of
Mongolia to the assault of the Great
Wall of China, when he was ASA ssina ted
at the instigation of his third wife.
"Bagha Etjin,' THE Little Sultana."
Here at 'Etjin Karo," where he died,
far from his seat of power at Samar-
cand. his remains were placed in 1927,
under the care of his immediate fol-
lowers, the soldiers Of his bodyguard.
| To this date the descendants of his
bodyguard keep constant watch over
the tomb, ever expecting his awakening
to new and grander career of conquest,
as predicted by the Mongol legends.
Under huge canopy or ten; of white
felt rests the coffin of silver containing
all that remains of the "Great Khan"
Beside it are his saddle of gold, his
two blacled sword and his bow with his
arrows, planted feather up in the
ground. The Ordos revere him as a god,
and recognize no other. Their chief,
the king of Djoungar, is his thirtysev-
enth and last direct male descendant
He lives with his five wives and his
niece. the nearest to him in the line OF
descent. in a wonderful palace built of
bricks that were transported on the
backs of camels across the wide desert
In this lonely place far out in the
desert from where any people would
choose an abiding place these people
have lived for nearly roo years. genera
ton after generation, with no other OBJ
ject than to guard the slumbers of him
whose career was. as they believe, but
interrupted for time, expecting him
to arise and again lead them on and
finish the great work he began in di'
recting the destiny of the nations of the
F., world-St. Louis Republic.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
A FAIR PROPOSITION.
According to 1t Good Roads Are very
Easy to Secure.

According to 1t Good Roads Are very
Easy to Secure.
\ Pennsylvania paper says that a
competent engineer and contractor Of
fers to give bonds to gridiron Lancaster
county with first-class macadam roads
within five years, so that there won't
be a farmer who will live over mile
and a half from one of these roads on
any side of him, and three-fourths will
live Immediately on them, provided
four mill tax per annum on the county's
valuation (outside Of Lancaster and
Columbia) be paid him for ten years.
This looks like an easy way to get good
roads. The county is about IS by 80
miles, so it would require nearly 500
miles of road to cross it in both ways,
every three miles. But the contractor
allows for building 600 miles, as fol-
lows:
EXPENDITURES.
800 miles, Is feet wide, at So, 900. w $9C0, 900
300 miles, 10 feet wide, at s., 900. .... 900 600
Interest on annual expenditures. 25O0e0
Repairs for years................. 100000
s1,s5o, 900
RECEIPTS
Tax 4 mills, annually for 10 years
on valuation, S66, SIC, A1. 50, 6e4 SO
Interest on annual receipts........ sos, 537
$3,2sa, 2o7
Deduct expenditures.... 1850 OoO
Net profit. 81 ,413 207
And this on tax of only four dollars
on each thousand of va!uaticn.-L. A.
W. Bulletin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Fast Milking the Right Thing.

The rapid mixer not only does more
work in given time than the slower
one, but he gets more butter fat from
the same COW. Experiment, having for
it's sponsor so good an authority as DR..
Babcock, is to the effect that the diff
ference in favor of rapid milking is, at
certain periods during lactation, as high
as II per cent. Everyone should there
fore make an effort to learn to do fast
work and keep the milk pail frothing.
A kindly touch is of course important,
too, and the mixer should not be rough
in handling the teats, but anyone fit
to be around cows at all knows the
value of gentleness, while all are not SO
well informed regarding the impor-
lance of rapid work. Dakota Field and
Farm. 81 5. HE. 4. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Economy in Hauling.

When hauling load it is better to
have the horses draw as much as they
can, making the load the maximum in
weight, as the horses have travelled the
distance whether the load is small or
large, and it is the time lost in travel
ing that makes hauling expensive. If
the roads are good heavy loads can be
carried. If not then two trips must be
made and smaller loads carried. Let
any farmer estimate how much he loses
as the difference in large and small
loads, and loss of time in the mud, and
he will make less objection to road tax
in the future.-Prairie Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Young Pigs in the Orchard.

Orchardists will find a lot Of vigorous
young pigs next spring almost as good
as an extra hired man. They can be
turned. loose in the orchard to root at
will or kept in pairs in small movable
pens about IA feet square, built close
around the tree. By this latter plan
they will do some very thorough work.
There is small profit in the pig unless
he works for q lving.-Dakota Field
and Farm. zz5* Il. s.5 z..:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
HOw's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J: Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price Use. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

" d edlNeu lAdt ue saw III TIE Edmonton QiS-
trict says:
visiting the model seven-acre garden at Ed
monitor owned and operated by Donald
Ross, typical Scotchman, and as whole
,".often meet. He gave the Yankees each
"hearty handshake as we were introduced
lin succession by the Canadian Government
Agent, who was our guide and pilot while
at Edmonton, and to whom we are in
.debteC for many courtesies conferred. Mr.
"Ross Informed US that he cleared from $500
Ito 81, 200 annually from the sale of roots,
vegetables, flowers and plants. We here
state that we never before saw such
growth of vegetables at that season of the
year. He said that he raised $50 bushels of
onions to the acre. Beets were growing as
Large as your arm, turnips the size of ones
head, and cabbages as large as patent
pail. Following are the prices that Mr..
Koss gave US as receiving for his produce:
'Beets 80 cents per bushel, carrots 40 cents,
"onions SIPS; turnips S., cabbage cents
leach, green corn Is cents per dozen,
tomatoes 81 so per bushel, potatoes IS to 80
"cents, caulihower Sl.0O per dozen, cucum-
'bers Is cents per dozen, strawberries Is
"cents per box. squash cents per pound,
"and other produce in proportion He kept
"a dollhouse l2xlS0 feet heated by a furnace
"by means of fues. One man beside himself
"attended this garden, except at time of
gathering the crop"
Agents of the Canadian Government are
now located at different points in the United
States, and using their efforts towards Sc
curing settlers on the fertile lands of West.
ern Canada, adjoining the gold belt.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle l.
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

How many women do $40 worth of work
at missionary dinner for about IS cents
profit Washington Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

The man who makes the best of every
thing is always sure of market for his
roducts.-Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

When a man is trying to experiment he
does not want to be asked about it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Too Much.

Tom Harry had an awful drinking
bout last night, hadn't he? .-z. =.
# Dick-Yes, he had to be bailed out be.
fore he got home.--Pick-Me-Up. 10 &
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Don't bend. Wait little. St.
Jacobs Oil will cure your lame back.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

People who think they are misunder-
stood are really understood too well.-Chi-
cago Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

With cold Neuralgia increases. With St.
Jacobs Oil it decreases and is cured
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

The Grip may intensity aches, but
St. Jacobs Oil will alleviate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
]ieves whooping cough
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Knew His Business,

my dear, why are you applauding that
piece" asked Mrs. Snaggs, in tone of re-
monstrance. Don't you see no one else
is applauding? 1t is beyond the performers
ability ana not not worthy :; my: OF u, a I9
we must applaud pieces like that in order
to get something worth listening to in the
encore. '-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

The SPECTATORS who bull the market
often have to bear the losses.-Chicago
Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Hypnotic Wonders.

No one need to go to Paris now to see all
that is marvellous in hypnatism. In the
hypnotic wards of many hospitals of this
country are hypnotic subjects that mere
glance, it is said, throws them into the
trance state. But in order to overcome
that obstinate kidney trouble, the persist.
ent use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is
necessary. Use it also systematically for
malarial, bilious, dyspeptic, rheumatic and
nervous diseases
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

A man who has scattered good many
compliments says that it pleases man
more to compliment his children than it
does to compliment his wife.-Atchison
GIoha
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

If he was cripple from rheumatism. he
Isn't now. St. Jacobs Oil cured him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Even baby was cured of burn
BY St. Jacobs Oil. Read directions.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
Wanted-AEentS to Sell Murat HUI.
stead's Great Cuba Book;

All about Cuba, Spain and War; great ex.
element; everyone buys it; one agent sold
Eighty seven in one day; another made
$500 in one hour. 600 pages; magnificent
photographs, etc.; low price;
paid 20 days credit; outfit free; send 6 two
cent stamps to pay postage. THE BIBLE
HOUSE, ?24 Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Activity is only beautiful when it is
holy; that is to say, when it is spent in the
service of that which passeth not away
Amiels Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

A man with two faces never needs but O,
pair of feet-Ram's Horn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Rupture. Sure cure. Book free. Write for it
toS.J. Sherman, Specialist, Mt Vernon NY.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
AN OvERWORkED BRAIN.
From the Record. Pierceton. Ind.

From the Record. Pierceton. Ind.
determined to rise in his chosen profes.
p; on as an educator, Ernest kemper, of
aIeIceton, lad, overtaxed himself mentally
ano physically. He was ambitious, his mind
was, was always on his work. From early morn
over his books.
EBurned the candle at both ends.''
-: lew persons, even with the strongest con.
solutions, can keep up under such strain
IN IN addition to. his studies, Mr. kemper
h Mas eeachlng school some three miles from
rs nome Finally, his excessive study and
III LIE exposure of going to and from school in
al Kinds of weather Undermined his health.
~ 1e was taken to his bed with pneumonia
E ano MS overworked brain almost collapsed.
r0r severa! weeks he was seriously i'll.
n1 mind was in deIcate cnrditian 10
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

After six years suffering, was cured by
Piso's Cure.-Mary Thomson, 29a Ohio
Ave, Allegheny, Pa, March l9, 81.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

first box he began to improve. When
ne had taken nine boxes he was completely
medicine had accomplished what all his
former expensive treatment failed to &C.
complish. Mr.. kemper says his catarrh
has entirely lett him; he is strong again and
weighs nine pounds more than he ever did
ne gives the pills the entire credit. He is
able to continue the work To prove that
the above is true in every respect, Mr.. KEN.
per makes an affidavit as follows:
:, SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me this
the 10th day of September 1897
R: P. WATT, Notary Public
We doubt if these pills have an equal in
all the range of medicine, for bull ding up a
run down and deblitated system.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

There is no rhyme for silver, but it jingles
with gold very nicely.-Chicago Daily News
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

There is politeness of the heart, and it
is allied to love. It produces the most agree
able pohteness of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
AS LARGE AS YOUR ARM.

Tbs editor
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Brown
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B a n n e r.
recently paid
a v isl t to
W e S t e r n
G a n a d a,
and sDeaCino
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

Looking Forward.
Sh-And you will always love me?
He-Do you think I'm prophet?-Cp To
Date
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

The mind requires not, like an earthen
vessel, to be kept full; convenient food and
allment only will fame it with desire of
knowledge, and an ardent love of truth
Dilute roE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15

d II q { e q
sp ialist
fromCleve.
land treated him
W i t bout avail,
and then a hospi.
tai inChicago was
tried, but all abso.
lutely without
benefit. Finally
his physician rec.
commended DR..
Williams Pin K
Pills for Pale PEG.
pie, and from the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-15
EXPENDITURES.

800 miles, Is feet wide, at $1,000. ... $500, o.
300 miles, 10 feet wide, at s., 000.... 5000
Interest on annual expenditures 25O,0
Repairs for years 10O,0
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-22
THURSTON,S STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON, January 14.-Lorin
y. Thurston, formerly Hawaiian Min
lister to the United States, and at pres
ent in this city as the Islands repre-
sentative in behalf of annexation, TO-
day made the following statement rel
ative to the mission of President Dole
to the United States:
The Hawaiian Legislature meets IN
regular session in February. If an
neXation is to take place there will
necessarily be some legislation to
adapt the laws. to the changed condi-
tions. II it is not to take place the
refunding of the bonded debt will be
undertaken probably, which would not
be done il annexation is to take place.
The present bonds draw six per cent
interest, and can he taken up at any
time. The entire debt can be refund
ed at from four to four and one-haIf
per cent by the present Government.
There being no cable communication
and the mails so slow and so far apart
advices are at present very unsatis-
factory, so President Dole determined
TO come to Washington and observe
the conditions for himself i'm order TO
guide him in making recommendation
to the legislature