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The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13
THRIFT WILL SUCCEED.
Carried on SO Successfully a.
In North Dakota.

1 came to the Red River valley in the
spring of 1877, and so have expert
enced all the variations Of tempera-
ture. My farming experience has gen.
orally been pleasant, and l have never
known a thrifty farmer who did not
succeed, or was not on the road to q
farmers competence-good living, good
health-enjoying many Of the luxur1es
of life and good prospects Of a COM
Portable old age.
Farming in our country is a very
busy life. Things must o steadily
and briskly, and they do. There is no
place where farming car be carried on
so comfortably, where every manner
Of labor-saving machinery can be used,
allowing the largest amount Of work
for the least expense for help, and
where one mar alone can accomplish
so much as in North Dakota.
Trees are grown very successfully
on our prairies, making our homes as
pleasant as can be found anywhere.
Our soil is most productive, and
while a few years ago people said you
cannot grow corn; you annot raise
stock; wheat will play out. Up to date,
all these predictions have proved false,
Wheat yields as we'll today as twenty
two years ago.; corn is a staple crop
and will average as good a yield as the
best corn states; it is Of general cult
walton and is beneficial as a crop rota
ton; oats, barley and all small grains
are here in their element.
l have been successful in growing
small fruits, such as strawberries
raspberries, %currants, and all Of tina
sort.
This is a great country for potato
growing, and l have seen fields con
tanning 600 acres.
The mellow. warm, easily-worke'
!, and very productive soil, free iron
) stones or roots, together with a yer,
invigorating and healthful climate, ar
| the best inducements North Dakot
t can offer the thrifty husbandman.
: J. o. SMITH, Farmer.
. Casselton, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

wheat, which caused some of the small
farmers Of u state much hardship
and forced many a "bonanZa farmer
to sell off his lands, was a blessing in
disguise, for it must be admitted that
large tracts of good, fertile lands, held
under II management, is not product
i've of the best results to the people Of
any state.
These large farms are worked under
a foreman or overseer, with help which
usually comes from the lumber re-
gions Of Northern Minnesota, and re-
turn in the fall when the work on the
farm is done. Thus u state has an
increase of a transient population in
the spring, which buys little here and
slips away in the fall, to spend their
money in st. Paul or Minneapolis.
Nor do the owners Of these farms
patronize the home market extensive
ly. They club together, in many in
stances, and buy their supplies in car
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13
past, 1 am certainly not ashamed Of

Ud8kS i IL e IA AGVS 0o4oA4SU W
my record.
There is no question about this land
being good land, and perhaps a richer
tract of land or a finer country can
not be found in the United States for
successful raising Of all kinds OF
grain and vegetables, and Of a quality
unexcelled, and If a man cannot get
on here, with the best soil In the
world to work, he will be a failure
anywhere.
In farming, as much as in any call
ing in life, the sluggard cannot pros
per. Plow in season, and pillow thor
oughly. Seed early, and, above all.
use none but the best seed. On these
two propositions depends the whole
secret of success in the cultivation of
small grain. Early seeding and good
blowing, and late seeding with cul.
and-cover blowing, is the one secret Of
one farmer owning his home and stock
free and clear, and his neighbor going
bankrupt under a load Of mortgages.
Vast years harvest was a good one
for me-, averaging twenty bushels to
the acre. At threshing time, We
threshed 80 10 tanks, holding on an
oNSlsSC VI 4OO UuSllClS cdCu, Ill OuS
day. A comparison for the purpose Of
showing the profit in wheat farming as
compared with past years, proved to
me that the 6O-cent wheat of this past
year is more profitable than the 81
cent wheat of former years, because
Of the cheapness of labor, Irvine and
machinery and much lower freight
charged. My last. crop graded No. /
Northern, as No. 1 hard, seems to be
a thing Of the past, but my grain was
never better. In all these years I have
never lost a crop.
l often wonder why farmers in Old
England and the Eastern States, con.
tinue to farm among stumps and
stones, on rented land, when travel is
50 cheap and farms can be purchased
on such reasonable terms in North
Dakota.
HENRY BURROWS, Farmer.
Gardner, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

OF other stock. A large yard Is gener-
ally inclosed for the stock to run In
during the winter, and at that season
only men enough to are for the stock
are employed. The blowing as a rule
being done in the fall, and on q we'll
conducted farm all seeding tools are
repaired and put in good condition be-
fore they are stored after seeding each
year, two or three days after the seed.
ing crew Is employed, the spring work
will be in full operation. This work
commences just as soon as the frost Is
sufficiently out Of the ground to allow
of the seed being covered. The ground
is first prepared by means of disc or
other harrows, which are followed by
the drills, the shoes Of which are
shaped to suit this soil, somewhat like
the runner Of a sleigh, drawn to a
knife edge. Drills drawn by four hors-
es abreast can sow from twenty to
twenty-five acres a day and on the
large farms an immense tract Is daily
sown and finished.
On a farm Of four sections one is u.s.
ually summer-fallowed or planted with
corn or other hoed crop annually, which
work follows the seeding of the grain.
41dANCol, dS d lulC, COlulllcuCeS early III
August and in the harvest field with
the harvesters and self-binders you will
usually find the superintendent driving
about in his buggy, keeping an eye on
the work generally. Under him will
be m expert machinist, on horseback
or in a cart, to keep the binders in run
ming order. and a shocking boss" who
follows the shocking crew, to keep
them up to their work. There is gen.
orally the farm foreman and a team to
supply the machines with Irvine and
the men with drinking water. On {
farm of this size from twenty-five tc
twenty-eight men are employed through
, the harvest and threshing. As soon as
/ the grain is cut the threshing machine
is started and grain threshed out al
: the rate Of from 1.5OO to 5000 bushels
daily, according to the capacity Of thu
separator and power of the engine
l used. From eight to twelve teams ar,
!, employed to haul the bundles of grail
, to the separator. pd five to seven me,
e pitching in the field. Automaticall,
4 the grain is elevated by the separate
into open tanks and immediatel,
hauled to elevator, cars or farm gran
ary, the straw being piled in great pile
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

for winter feed or "bucked" away from
the machine with a sweep and team Of
horses, to be burnt
As before mentioned, the plowtng,
except summer-fallowing,' Is done In
the fail, Immediately succeeding tho
threshing season. Two furrow gang
plows, each furrow cutting fourteen
inches, drawn by five horses and plow.
ing from five to six ere daily, arc
principally used. A field foreman goes
with the plows and e e that the work
is done in a proper manner and that
the teams do the required days work.
Wages paid to men for the a av-
erage about $50 per month; seeding,
from Is cents to 81 per day; haying,
so to Is cents per day; harvesting,
from 81 to $50 per day; threshing,
from $1.5O to $1.75 cents per day.
Since corn growing is becoming an
important factor in this state, many
farmers are keeping large herds Of
cattle, to which they feed the corn and
fodder. Flax is quite extensively grown
and has proved to be quite a profitable
crop and apparently does not impover-
ish the soil so rapidly as in the East
ern States. 1t is harvested with the
grain harvesters without binding, or
with a self-rake reaper, which is bet
ter, is left on the ground till thorough
~ dry and run through the threshing
machine loose. About half the crew
required for wheat threshing is used
to thresh fax. Though bonanza"
farming does not pay now as we'll as
in the early days Of virgin soil and
high prices for grain, many large
farms in this state are to-day being
carried on with success and profit to
the owners, and for years to come
wheat will be king" in the Red River
valley.
STEVENSON DUNLOP. Farmer,
MapletOn, N. d.
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

ments. First, for its cheap, available
lands; second, for it's a%daptability to
diversified and mixed farming, In
which I believe it to be the equal Of
any section of the country. North Da-
kota holds the unique position among
the states Of the Union, all gained in
twenty years Of trial, Of combining
within its borders the largest body Of
good farming lands, averaging 80 per
cent, adapted to profitable cultivation,
Of any section Of the United States.
Numerous localities, open for settle
ment to-day, which are being held out
to the prospective settler, are sterile
and uninviting; while the eastern part
of this state offers to the settler thou
sands of acres of prairie land in par.
tially-settled localities, where schools,
churches and markets are convenient;
and neighbors surrounding, whom the
fertile soil has made well-to-do. Indus
trious, energetic, sober men seldom
fail to prosper; but this state holds out
no attractions to the indolent, reckless
man, who expects early riches as a
harvest from shiftlessness and extrav.
agance.
The price of land has not deprecated
as noticeably here in value during the
past eight years as it has all through
the East and South, and the reason as.
signed seems to be borne out by the
results, when we claim it is so be.
cause it has never reached its value in
worth, measured by its productive
ness. If we but bring properly to the
notice of the thousands of poor, hard.
scrabbling tenants of our sister states
east and south, who are yearly divid'
ing with the landowners all save
enough for a bare existence, under the
most rigid habits Of economy, could
they help but grasp the opportunity tt
break away and establish themselve!
upon a tract of land, which, for a few
months of toll, would make them thu
owner Of a home Of their own, wortl
at least $1,000?
In the diversity of farming which il
generally conceded as the safer ant
more practical system. l would partic
| ularly call atten, to s~tock-raising
, Our boundless prairles produce a va
: riety Of sweet and nutritious grasses
, which have nc superior as fat-produc
ers on all farm animals, e losinI
} sight Of the fact that the stock we ar
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

Pigs narrowed in February and
March are scarce in the northwest; but
when they come in the cold weather,
care must be taken to give them good
runs where they car get sunshine and
exercise. In cold weather they curl up
In the straw and keep warm, and are
apt to get too fat and chumpy. Give
them a run and make them exercise,
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

raisine, besides giving employment
during slack seasons. IN fed largely
small grain, roots and material that
would otherwise be a dead loss, and in
raising stock We have an ever-present
cash commodity for sale for cash ev.
cry week in the year, to the most Of ID
q welcome recourse to avail ourselves
Of In time Of emergency.
NJ. f. VAN DE BOGART,
Farmer.
rovor Citv N n
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

HENRY BURROWS, Farmer.
Gardner, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13
FAVORABLE INDUCEMENTS.
Who decide to Follow the
AvOcatiOn of Farming.

am convinced that when the avoca,
ton Of farming is decided on as a
means of livelihood, that North Dako.
ia holds out very favorable induce
The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13

Every man is a hero and an oracle
to somebody, and to that person, what
ever he says has enchanted value
Emerson.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29

competitive business, the object or re-
suit Of which Is 10 create n trust or
monopoly.
by recognizing that trusts are
usually composed Of corporations, and
that corporations are but creatures OF
the law, and can only exist In the place
Of their creation, aud cannot migrate
TO another sovereignty without the
consent of that sovereignty, and that
this consent may be withheld when
desired, we recommend rs the sense OF
this conference, that each state pass
laws providing that no corporation
which IA member Of any pool or trust
In that state or elsewhere, can do bust
ness In that state.
Resolved, That II Is the sense Of
this conference that all the capital
stock OF private corporations should be
fully paid, either first, In lawful money
or second, in property OF the actual
cash value OF the amount Of the capital
stock, and in all private corporations
with n capital stock issued In excess
OF the amount actually paid up NJ
above; provided, the shareholders shall
be liable 10 the extent Of twice the face
value Of the sack held by each"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
KISSED OFF THE PLATFORM.
Jerry simpson Lauds AEuiuaido and Wa
Forced 20 Quit.

Iofccd 70 0uits
Wichita, Kans, Sept. A.-Ex.Con'
gresham Jerry simpson was hooted OF
the platform while addressing local
q. A. II. union.
MIR. Simpson said; ~ glory in the
spunk OF Aguinaldos men. They are
simply fighting TO regain their land
the Catholics took from them. A local
paper has asked; who is John Browns
soul marching with, Otis or Aguinaldo?'
] believe John Browns soul is march
ing with Aguinaldo,'
An old soldier in the audience arose
and said that the speech was drifting
too much into politics This was APP
plauded and greeted with cries Of
"Throw Him Out" and "Kick Simpson
from the PLATFORM" Men and women
arose and Missed, and the mon kept
crying "Put him Quit"
Simpson attempted TO go on, but no
one could hear him ten feet away, The
band struck up 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner" and Mr. Simpson left the
platform. His retirement was greeted
with long prolonged cheers.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29

ton, that shall be found guilty there
OF, punishment TO the corporation TO
the extent OF its dissolution.
1.-THE enactment by each u the states
OF the Union OF legislation for the ade-
quntc and proper control and regula-
ton OF corporations, chartered by that
state, and we recommend as efiicacious
n system OF reports to and examina-
ton by state authority Of the corpora
tions organized under its laws, 20 the
end that they may be brought to fair
observance Of the laws under which
they are created.
"rhe enactment by each state OF
laws that will prevent the entrance of
any foreign-created corporation into
its limits for any other purpose than
interstate commerce, except on terms
that will put the foreign-ereated cor
poration on basis OF equality with
the domestic-created corporation OF
the state entered, and subject TO the
same laws, rules and regulations OF the
state that II enters, which are applica.
BILE TO the domestic corporations OF
that state, and to this end we recon-
mend legislation that would make /,
mandatory upon corporations seeking
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29

10 engage in busiucs, outside the state
Of their creation that they procur
licenses from the foreign atatc as
condition precedent tu their entry into
such sta'e such license To- he granted
on such terms and subject to such re.
strieuon' as viii place thc corporation
subject TO thcsamc control. inspection.
supervision aud regulation az the do
nestle corporation of that state. aud
subject 10 be rrvoclhlc 10 the condi.
tious thereof are violated.
The enactment of state Legislation
declaring that corporation created In
one state TO do business exclusively In
other states than where created. shall
be prohibited from admission into any
state. This proposition Is supported
by decisions OF the Supreme courts Of
several states. but we believe II should
become legislative enactment, uniform
throughout the states
"Thut no corporation should be
formed In whole or Ia part, by another
corporation
"That no corporation shall own or
hold any stock in another corporation
engaged In q similar or competitive
business, and that no officer or dircc
tor of a corporation shall be the officer
or director or owner Of stock In another
corporation engaged Ia similar OF
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
TO CURE TRUST EVIL
PLANS PROPOSED TO PREVENT
FORMING OF MONOPOLiES.
Cotcrnora' Convention 1T ~. Louis Adopts
Resolutions Presenting rians Tor sup
preston Of Combines.

St. Louis Sept, eL-The convention
OF governors and Encouragement
which met here at the call Of Cover
nor sayers OF Texas, adjourned after
adopting resolutions for checking
monopolistic tendencies Of trusts aud
combines. The meeting was attended
by the governors or attorncy.goncrnls
Of fifteen stntcs The resolutions,
which were adopted unanimously, are
rs follows.
1--WE believe the best present nyaila-
BILE remedies lie along the following
lines:
The enactment and enforcement by
the several states aud the nation Of
legislation that shall adequately aud
fully define rs crime any attempted
monopolization or restraint Of trade in
any line OF industrial activity, with
provision for adequate punishment,
both Of the individual or the corpora
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
Speed Of the Kear.ArGs.

Washington, Sept, e4.--Naval officers
on board the new bAttleshlp Kearsarge
on her run from Newport News to New
York, say she made thirteen and one
half knots an hour with screw revo-
luton OF from 90 10 40. The fact that
she had foul bottom satisfies the OH
Gals that the battleship will make
about 1925 knots an hour on her trial
next week. IL Is said she Is capable OF
a greater speed than this, but as there
Is no premium for extra speed the
engines will be pushed only enough 70
give a safe margin above the contract
requirements.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29

The transplantIng OF skin has been
frequently reported lately. but the
grating OF nerves seems a step further
In surgical progress. A man who auf-
fered severe injury to the wrist from a
circular saw lost sensibllity In the
hand. Five months after about an
Inch and half OF the sclatic nerve OF
a young bloodhound was attached To
the end Of the median nerve and .
similar operation performed upon the
ulnar nerve. In three months senai-
bility was almost complete throughout
the hand. In the American Journal OF
Medical Science twenty cases OF nerve
transportation are reported.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
ogden Man I.oss. MsnIth.

Denver, Sept. 24.-Joseph streng, a
wealthy hide dealer and wool buyer Of
Ogden, Utah, reported TO the police
yesterday morning that no had lost a
pocketbook while coming to Denver on
the Union Pacific from Kansas CITY,
Mr.. streng informed the officers that
the pocketbools contained thirteen bills
Of $40 each, one draft from lsemnnn
Bros. Of Boston In his favor Of $1,000
one draft from The same firm In favor
OF Mrs. Joe Streng, his wife, for u 'jOo'
and about 10000 miles In railway
transportation.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29

Al Santa Clara. Cal. there IA a Bap-
list church which was built OF lumber
made from n single giant oak trco. I'M
der It's branches the frat Baptist sor-
vice In that region was held, In 1858.
when Il was decided TO build a church
II was thought best to use the site
OF the original meeting place. With
appropriate ceremonies the great tree.
whose shade covered an acre OF ground.
was consecratod for It's new purpose.
workmon then cut on the tree twenty
feet from the ground. This big stump
was partially hollow. and was allowed
10 stand for the church tower A ia
perlng steople was built on top OF H.
The upper part OF the tree trunk and
its hugo branches were sawed up into
lumber for tho main body Of the
church. when the church stood COM
pleted--a substantial building thirty
feet Wide by seventy feet-twelve hun
dred feet OF lumber remained unused.
A moro sturdy building could not bs
imagined II Ia "a strong A tho old
Saxon churches OF England which were
hunt centuries ago Of native oak and
are still In use.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
prrrrR THAN oLDEN DAYS.


Modern Medical Education IL mors
Thorough Than Tifiy Years Ago.
Everyone docs not sigh for the
days OF long ago" The better a mans
education and the wider his expert
encos the more he appreciates modern
systems OF education and realizes that
the world iB progressing In the rlgM
direction. when ! vas young" rO-
marked a phydlcian 81 ominonce the
other day "lt would have been deemed
rank hcrpsy TO omit Greek and Latin
In the education OF boy intending
20 enter my profession Today I'm
not so sure about o. The sum total
OF things TO be learned has Increased
enormously these n'ty years. but re
time for learning them Is Just the
same I'm doubtful whether a present
day young man has any hours to
spare for the cinssica-of course mean
a young man who proposes to fight his
own way In the world / have a son
who is going TO be a doctor. and when
he entered college two years ago con-
scented reluctantly to bis taking a sell
entlnc course. without Greek or Latin.
/ At present he IA splcndldly equipped
/ to begin the study Of medicine In
stead OF spending time on the dead
/ languages he devoted himself to chem
lstry. physics and bactoriology. and I
am bound TO admit that he has laid a
magnificent foundation for HIS future
profession. ! regret the neglect OF
classics 10 his course. because know
they give a certain elegance To ones
habit Of thought that nothing can re-
place but Il is a practical question OF
time and 8 into won't II In beeom-
Ing very APPARENT 10 my mind that mod
ern education must be pruned down TO
the essentials, and the decorative fea-
lures left 10 the inclination and oppor-
tunlty OF the Individual Our common
school curriculum contains good deal
OF dead timber that ought to be Topped
on without delay. The capable young
person OF the next generation will
know everything about a little. The
day when we can know little about
everything has gone by
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
Philippine churehs. No, De.ser.,sa.

Washington, Sept "a Regarding
the charges that American soldiers
were desecrating churches In Manila,
the war department has received the
following telegram from General otis
referring TO your cablogram Of Sep
tember is, sixteen churches, different
localities, occupied by United States
troops. Four only partially occupied
aud religious services not interfered
with. Also three converts occupied.
These three and ten Of the sixteen
churches formerly occupied by the In
surgents. Church property respected
and protected by our tro0ps."
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29

Last March there was a remarkable
exhibition at Grafton. N. H.. OF the
comparatively rare phenomenon OF
snow rollers" Freshly fallen snow
was rolled by tho wind into innumora-
bio cylinders. some OF them az large a.
4 barrel. which dotted the hills and
nelds. Similar rollers have been In
recent years In Connecticut. In Kansas
and In the state OF Washington. Tho
size varies with the strength OF tina
wind.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-29
WANT pREYFUs TO LECTURE.
Canadian Capitalists Make tho Formsr
Captain an offor.

Vancouver, H. o., Sept. aL-A To-
ronto capitalist aud w. r. Jackson, Que
Of the proprietors of the Savoy theater
In this city, are trying TO engage Drey-
tus 10 lecture In Europe and America
for 81 900 day. Jackson has cabled
Dreyfus ms follows:
81 respectfully offer you 1900 per
day and expenses for one year, TO
lecture In Europe and America, Bonds
TO your satisfaction given. Reference,
French consul here"