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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

q Galaxy of Jests CulIed For Appre-
ciative Readers.
Now let US see if Admiral Dewey
can take orders as well as he could
give them.
He-Whats become of your pretty
chatting dish?
she-Oh it wouldn't burn, so l
fred it!
Indignant Customer-You don't call
that chilli sauce, do you?
all day, sir.
Bill-Everybody is talking about the
big corn crop in the west.
Jill-That ought to make lot OF red
ears.
Patience-Our teeth are our best
friends, you know.
Patrice-No wonder we cry when we
cut them, then.
Bill-Do bees ever live in cold eli
mates?
Jill-No; they make it pretty warm
wherever they are.
There's one thing certain" remark
ed the observer of events and things,
''that when it comes to blanketing
horse show beats a yacht race all hol-
low"
She-The flies are holding on pretty
late. Don't you think so?
He-Well, don't know whether they
are holding on late or coming around
early.
Yeast-Won't you and your wife join
our whist club?
Crimsonbeak-No; the doctor says l
must keep my wife as quiet as posi-
BILE.
Yeast-I understand your wife has
quite reputation as a cook.
CrimsOnbeak-Yes, she has, but it is
not what you would call an enviable
one.
The Cook--I do be thinkin we women
should vote.
The Chambermaid-Shur We forgit
ye'd have to live in one place for thur
ty days.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
4 Way of His.

''The photographers wife is awfully
jealous CO him"
''Well, suppose she knows that he
makes a practice of fattering other
women "-Philadelp Bulletin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

A PHILADELPHIA bookseller has
been sent to Jail for selling "Sapho"
and similar books. It is a very good
idea to get Philadelphia free of such
books and booksellers before the con-
vention meets there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
She Had Observed.

Mrs. Housewife-And so you have
fully decided to be married, Bridget?
Have you considered that marriage is
a very serious thing?
Bridget-Yes, mum. I've been watch
ing you and Mr.. Housewife.-Somer-
Vile Journal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

GEN. BUTLER has gotten PETER
Hill, an important strategic point, butt
in the meanwhile it is to be hoped he
has not forgotten Spion Kop, also an
important strategic point.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
Lying Somewhere.

Figures" said the bOokkeeper, "nev-
er lie."
"No," replied the expert accountant,
''but sometimes the people who use
them do"
Then he returned to his task of I'M
covering shortages.-Chicago Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
What Suaie Said.

''Susie says she wouldn't marry a
bald widower if he was worth o mil
lion"
"Why not?"
"She says if she has to have bald
husband she wants to make him bald
herself. indianapolis Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
Coz Ingeniouanees.

Mabel-Wouid you marry man who
had been refused?
DoIIy-If he were rich and the refus-
ing had been by the insurance compa-
nies.-Life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

The Keeper of the Great Seal.
81 see that the keeper Of the great
seal at Washington is dead"
"Yes%
''He must have been man of an i'm
questionable nature. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

THE Arabs are up in arms looking
for war with England. But one nice
thing about the Arabs is that tkey will
engage in nothing but "holy' wars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

"YoU made gallant defense, sir. "
said Roberts to Cronje when they met.
But it is not recorded what Cronje said
to Roberts.
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Some Statistics.

The statistical record of the work at
the Public Library for the month of
February is as follows:
Books circulated -. ................ 1881
Circulation for February, 1899. 1913
Increase for February, 1900. ...............10 1908
Largest circulation for one day ............ pa
Average circulation per day ..-.......... 1855
Additional borrowers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

If it is Kop or Kopje the Beers
still have it. If it is nothing but
a hill, the English have it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

If reports are to be credited the
Pope has been working overtime of
late EIonging for peace"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

HE'LL has no fury like Kentucky
Democrat to whom it has been sug-
gested to repeal the Goebe1 law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08

THE French government insinuates
that Queen Victoria is a meddling old
woman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-08
me I1omentic Man.

The man who used to shake the mat
Outside his back yard gate
Now DOTS his overcoat and hat
And shakes the furnace CRATE.
Chicago News
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WHlM-WHAMs.

q Galaxy of Jests CulIed For Appre-
ciative Readers.
Now let US see if Admiral Dewey
can take orders as well as he could
give them.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-23

house being the earliest harves, ever
known tn Eastern Washington. The
grain has all been sacked in excellent
condition. and a larger per cent. Is graded
No. than was ever known In the Pa
louise country In fact there Is practi-
cally no No. wheat In the country, and
dealers say II Is difficult TO supply the
demand for low-grade wheat for feed.
The Yield per acre in lower than for sew
erai wears owing 10 lack of rain In June.
Had there been one good rain at the
proper time the yield would have been a
record breaker, and the acreage being
large the crop would have been one OF
the largest In the history Of the county.
Despite the shortage % yield the total
crop Will not be nearly so much below
the average as was at FIRST predicted.
while the quality OF the grain Is better
than ever before.
s. g Armstrong. travelling agent for
tho Pacific Coast Elevator Company. and
one % the best posted grain men in the
state. says he thinks the crop of 1900 will
nearly. II not quite. equal that OF last
year. SIR Armstrong says the crop tn
the Scetern part OF the county ~ cpnsid-
erahly larger than in 1859. while that IN
the eastern part Is a little below the aver
age. making about an average crop for
county At Washtucna Pafnpa La
Crosse Endicoii Diamond Mockanemo.
willard "a John ana Th0rtOn there r.
more wheat than was delivered AZ those
stations last year. In the eastern part
- the county the harvest IL not vet hn-
lshed. and not enough grain has hem
marketed 90 give a definite idea az the
crop there. bat the general opinion Is
that Il viii fai slightly below that of last
year Mr. Armstrong has been making
a careful estimate OF the crop 0f 100
in whitman couHty, and places tha total
ylsla ~ from iso.oog 20 sapaooo bushels
which he says Is almost an average crap
for the county. Mr.. Armstrong says fhe
REPORTS ~ eight and tea million auxA1is
being grozn IN this county annually are
exaFgrr4fed. ard says that sopco.g bash.
els - an unusually large yield FOR the
county. Other grain feaieTs make SINH
lar reports. and u "a 3ae consensus ~
opinion that this years crop Wll be al
most X NOT quite az average despite
the aiaceuraginE reports that have been
circulated because the Yield IL not ap 70
the predictions made early in The season
Hhen everything Indicated that the crop
wouid Dc a record breaker. Al q cents
per bushsi. Tho price now EegalllnE In
This county. this years wheat crop viii
Ariug % the farmers about s. 5Jae1.
snug sum 10 be paid 20 the garmcrs OF
a single county Tor single product OF
ths farm.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-23

fields OF the Palouse country With
these machines everything is hurry and
hustle, and the throshing OF grain has
been reduced to a science. So large a
force OF men Is employed that every min
ute wasted is serious loss. and conse-
quently the machine works early and
late. Good wages are paid, the men re-
eeiying from s. TO 81 per day and board.
A cook wagon accompanies the outfit. in
which there il a regular Kitchen with
fun assortment Of cooking utensils and
tin dishes a man or woman cock Is
employed at good wages, for the work Is
hard and the hours long. Tho cook and
the fireman for the steam engine must
be up and at work by \ o'clock ia the
morning. and they work until 3 or 10
o'clock al night. The machine begins
work at about $50 q. m and seldom
stops work at night before o'clock. and
after the men have eaten the nreman
must look after the engine and she cook
must wash tho tin dishes and prepare
the food for breakfast When the ma
chine begins 90 work all IS hurry Every
thing Is handled BY team ana machinery
where possible. Two huge derylck forks.
each drawn BY two horses. pulls the grain
from the stack 70 the thresher Two
men throw q into n self-feeder. which
conveys I, into machine The straw
Il hauled away ~ horses or blown away
aratsr. The grain runs into sacks. and
two men sew these Up and they are
placed IN huge piles ard covered with
straw to protect the grain from rain uatn
81 can pe haple6 70 the warehouse AZ tho
railroad station
These warehouses are large wooden
buildings huiN FOR the handing 81 grain
In sacks. and great piles Of sacked grain
is held in storage until the farmer wIsne.
20 asii The price Tor handling grain Il
- cents per ton. Niih no storage Il the
grain = removed before January T. After
that there r. regular storage charles 81
a certain amount Ser ton per month
These warehouses are erected Tn every
town and * various points along the rail-
roads a few miles apart. II frequently
happens that the warehouses are not
large enough % hold the grain offered
and large sheds Are oailt outside In whlcA
tac grain Is stored until il can be shipped
Sometimes anly plank floors are laid ard
the grain plied on these and covered
vita canvas. There have heeu seasons
when hundreds Of thousands OF bushels
have been piled outside ia tails manner
This seasons harvest Is nearly over
and the grain - rapidly being hauled
10 the warehouses. September IS found
nearly all the grain In Whitman county
threshed aad a large portion in the ware
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-23

the most popular method This requires
six teams with especially prepared wagon
racks to haul the grain from the shock
20 the thrcEher. where the Irvine bands
with which the bundles are tied are cut
By men with sharp knives or by machln.
cry. and the bundles fed into the thresh-
err Binders have become so generally
used that many threshlng machine own
ers thrcsh nothing but hound grain. This
requires special machinery and a full out
NJ OF men and teams TO haul the grain
20 the machine. The cost OF threshlng
hound grain Is about cents per hushei
greater than for grain cut with a header
There being more straw. less grain can
be thrcshcd IN day, and II requires more
men ana teams than where the grain Is
headed and stacked The charge for
thveHhing wheat IN former years VAS s
cents for headed wheat and cents for
wheat cut With a binder This season.
owing to the light yield, heavy straw and
high wages paid 20 harvest hands. the
price has advanced about 2 cents per
bushol
Tho combined header and thresher is
new machine not yet IN general use
Ia this country. and as The country Is
being divided w into smaller farms 4,
is not likely that this monster machine
Will come into common use. II is strict.
" intended for the hig farmer. who cultI-
Yates several thousand acres Of Hand.
This machine cuts ard threshes from
thirty 10 forty acres per day and Is op..r-
ated BY four men and thirty sir horses
The grain Is cgt. threshcd. sacked and
dumped on IN piles IN tho aeid 20 be
gasecrea uP by men Wha follow with
teams and wagons and haul the grain in
90 the granaTy or market ThiS Is the
most rapid method ef harvesting ves
invented and IS not expensive. for less
men AKA required 10 harvest grain In this
manner than with any other mach.ne.
eui The machine -oats such IA large sam
that the ordinary farmer cannot aYcrd
90 buy enc. There are but fcw ~ these
machines Ia operation ia Whitman coun-
ty. Il Il vel worth a trip Into The har-
vtss helds 20 see 0ae q these hlg ma.
chimes work. With thirty-tN0 or thirts.
SIX horses hitched together and driven
hy enc man, the bis machine is drawn
over the steep hills. cUttinr and thresn-
inz the grain as b moves along. the strRN
being scattered over the field where n
grew and the grain going INTO sacks.
watch are sewed w and dropped ~ Ia
piles. 20 Be gathered up by rnen who FOL-
low wlth teams ana haul the sacked grain
aN&v.
The aig steam tArcsheTs which fhresh
3,sa bushels Qr more is one day are the
NEST interesting sight in the harveS;
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-23

barley. A tcnderfoot could not drive over
these hills without being badly fright
epcd. yet the big combined headers and
threshers. headers. binders and other ma
chimes go over them with rarely an acct
dent Harvesting In this country r. a
sight well worth seeing. and ona can
spend several days with proat In just
watching the many methods OF saving
graln
In the earlier days OF wheat.growing In
this county there was but one method
OF cutting srain. Headers were used
almost exclusively. the grain being cut
with a header. which throws Il into large
boxes on wagons. especially prepared and
known as header beds" which convey
Il % the stack yard. where Il Is stacked
and allowed 70 remain uatn e Is ready
TO threzh. The headers arc Of different
plses tho favorits sizes cutting from
twelve 10 fourteen feet at "a swath. The
header is propelled hy from six 70 eight
horses. Which walk behind the header
and aFe altched 10 heavy beam. 10 the
rear end % which In attached A ruaaar
wheel which acts much on the same prin-
elp%i as the helm @. a ship, and BY which
the driver stecrs the machine Faar
header boxes, each dFawn BY four horses.
take the Srala from the machine to tha
stack From thlrty "a forty acres per
day are eat and stacked WNh a single
header some ~ tha larger farmers
operate two headers AuA steam fhroshsr
togetaer. the threshcr being AAls 20
tarrsh the grain as fast as the two head
rFs can cat u. rhis does Away Nth the
necessity of stacking the gyAgn. whieA
Is unlaaaea from the heaaertsaxes insa
the threshev VITA tRix method nom
asty 90 seventy acres are frequently cat
and ihgcshel sn a single day.
Raiders are becoming more generally
used Seh year. uniA fally one-Aalt 81
the psesen, crop l. being cut wish bad
eEs. Ia tails wAy ,hero e less casa Gag
las Ger help, for twe men eaH operate
a binder, waicA Is pulled Win four horsss
one mar drives the team and manages
the machine. While the other shocks the
gram. Prom ten 90 asieen acres Is al
Average days work Tor q binder.
header requires seven men ana sixteen
horses. So The saving 'n wen ana teams
is considerable After ihe g.atu is hound
and shocked 81 IS either stacked or
taFeahed from the shock The latter Is
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-23

During the past few years the western
part OF the county, which was formerly
considered unit for wheat growing, has
been Brought into cultivation and now
a large amount OF wheat Is grown regu-
larry In the country south and west OF
Coifax. This will continue for several
years yet, and each year viii see the
acreage increased in that section OF the
county. The sandy hills OF the western
part Of the county are found TO be ad.
mirabiy' adapted ID growing wheat and
fair Weld IL obtained each year. In
the eastern and northern part OF the
county. which has been settled longer
than the western part. the tendency Ia
10 gradually reduce the acreage OF grain
each year and devote more land to other
crops. Here, owing W continued usage
the land has become foul and II needs
to be summer falioHed frequently In or
der "a XIII on the foul growth and allow
the land 20 rest This method 81 farm
inx naturally reduces the acreage in crop
each year. but the land that has been
summer fsIiowed produces much larger
crop than land that - cultivated and
planted 10 grain every year 70 the total
yield 10 not isssened much By this method
Rosalia. on the line Of the Northern
Pacific. IN the extreme northern part Of
the county, il the greatest Whsat.shlp-
ping point IN the county, and the amount
% Grain shipped from FtessliA has aver
aged over fhrse-auartsra Of million
bushels annually for number 81 years
In 1871 over i.a0s bushels ~ wheat
were shipped from RasaIA Oakssaale
IS a close second and Tor many year. was
she greatest grstn-shirplHs p6int In the
county. hut the village % Thornton. eight
ssaiifs wfsi II Dakeadale. has est IN
large ppfiion % the grain that formerly
went 90 ne latter town. and Thornton
Is now gns ~ the principal shipping
points IN TN county. having shipped over
bali a million bushels IN each az several
seasons Along the lines u railroad Ia
this county the grain stations wlli aver
axe less han Eve miles apart. except
on fns o. n. y. IN the extreme west
ern part - the county. where little wheat
r. raisrA- ilsiuesn cnifax ana Moscow.
on the o r.. 4 X distance az txeuty-
eight miles. there ARE eight stations from
whlch grain Is shipped. without count
Tag TIE tNp towns named. which sfana
At esther end ~ the line. aud are both
Important shipping points on the
Northern Faciac from Ro<sila. where the
r3ad enters the county q Moscow. where
II leaves. distance 81 nry-seven mics
there are nD less Than fourteen stations
most OK them devoted 90 the shipping o.
grain. u u the same tn ali paris Of the
county wEsEe sheai-gro King u tie prin-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-23

. OiiFAN. Sept is.-whest "a
N q king IN Whitman county.
There are ether crops Of con
W. siderable Importance, but
- wheat easily takes the lead
over all others. and more
money Il paid annually for wheat than
for all other products combined, Fer
moro than decade this country has
never produced less than b.ooo ea bushels
az Wheat IN a single year. and the crop
has probably averaged from 7@o.oo0 90
Ndaapo bushels per year. the yield ono
year being estimated AZ from 100000 10
ia.en..a bushels The acreage ~ srpund
under cultivation Il gradually Increasing,
bat u u sAouKht that tne acme of grain-
growing 10 THIS county has been reached.
for mere land Is summer fallewed each
Year and diversity o. crops Is tending to
reduce the acreage az wheat IheSe fg-
urss may seem laFBc 20 one uhacauainssd
with lhe siKs ana fertility 90 this county.
but when one learns that Whitman com
u Is more than twice as large As Rheaa
Island and considerably larger thAn thc
state u Delaware. the axgges are not 81
startling Whitmar eannsy lies along the
eastern border pf Washington. between
Snake river and Spokane county. is
northern Mne "a fcrty-feur miles Tong
and les eastern border extends from Spo-
Kane cogasy south along the state Hne
as Snake river. distance 90 afty-seNcn
nilss Ths south borsieT IS formed BY the
saake riyeg sud ia irregular. as IS enc
wess iiue, Nhich u H8esly formed IS
TIE Falonse river
Within these sauF esrders Il probably
tao greatest wheat growing area In ghe
Unltcd States EheFe Is no tlnacr land
IN Mailman couaty. Tho surface Il roll
tak prairie many ot the hits being very
russed ana ag rrst glance q wauld seem
iapossltls 10 cutsvasa them The early
settlers theHght taese hllis unat fer cssi,i-
Walton. and gur many years only tAS mar.
roW creek hattoms Were termed Now
fartY bushels 10 wheat ger aera Is FREE
quentr harvested from these sicap bills.
aaa tAc A.1 land is considered letter FOR
eEasa than the bottom laAdh liills 80
sterp taas q Is frequently found noes
sAry So gle the header and the header
WaEah cascthsr 10 prevent the latter
fF3m tuGnaE ever whcn tho Erala Is be-
iug rut are now fagwed regularly and
produce AlS crops 81 wheat, oats and
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cipsl industry, and that includes ell the
agricultural part Of the county.
Fortunes that would delight the hsArt
% "kiondiker" are sometimes rnAde
from single crop Of wheat Instances
are known where the rent from trsss
OF land fcne-third OF tho cropl has saa
for moro than the value OF the laad %
which II was srown. In 1871 there wefs
hundreds OF eases where the crop VAS
worth more than the owner asked f@i
the land on which the crop gree. ara
the wheat raised In whitman e0nniy ibss
year was worth several miliione 81 aei'
lars one instance Is known % the Cor
respondent WHERE a farmer rented . piece
~ land from a mortgage compsny' ks-
ina one-thitd Of The crop So rental 1Hs
farmer. John Repp. nf Endlcots, refuses
70 buy the land ut g. per scre. prsferfiA
to pay rent when the CROP was a*fs
vested In the fan OF 1871 the mefix<8F
company got nearly 81 per acre ~ ~
one-third % the crop Many fsf~1
Was raised to an Indepe ndsnt posauen =
that crop. which was a rseofd.hfsss'As
Yield and for which a good rfses@us1
~ 10 81 cents pet bushsl@sss receives
II Is common sayins amohg nsn ~
are acquainted VITA the productive ehsf.
aeser Of tho soil IA the PnieasS eanns<
and ia Adarishltiy TO grain xfs~ias
that ~ the price viii average y e*aas
psr hashsi his 10 The best shsai eaapiV
ia the werid@
Yields Of forty bushels per acre % 49,
msr-faliowed land awsNsB ne eaFnnasss
whateyer. and yields ~ mturh more ihse
that arr frequently reported. WIZ -.
Yields and an average prtre q y 1870
per busbsi wheat growing - p1sH.
AHA Industry and ore taaf Srinxs vsa
ssrns of money into the Country rsN
year, the vast amos4nts Of money III
pended for help IN the haryssf seRsss
hauling and storing the grain ans {"
transportation 20 the seab8aff. fHfhim
lucrative employment "a an army af ~.
who are paid good wages and ~n1, =
turn, expsna ,his money hefe- fnes'ss
money fSsniifel az almost al sssApAe =
the year Few agricultural tpnntnt*
the world cor show such lafKe rAss ~
p0sits a. the Pal0GEe co8ntrF. ana
dogbtful n any cas sh0w - 49,
wealthy farmerp. Thsre are nam
OF farmers IN whitman cptatg VINO -
rated AZ more than f-1Gs ard sSssfA - -
are rated az more than tiQ9,5s ana ns&iy
every one ~ these came 90 ire eesAN
poor man. with lower freight Taiss -
reduced charges Tor charters 90 eese.
vessels n the market % Europe apS :"
Orient. the profte on y heat gfoNlns -
Increase. and these aEs sgfe y eoisS
the near future
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-11-28
l.. d. ODonnell. president of the Farm.

l.. d. oDonnell. president of the Farm
ers' Canal Society of Billings.
Although Fergus county is more
highly favored as regards running
water than many other portions OF
Montana, there are still thousands OF
acres Of rich lands that might he re.
claimed by the reservoir or storage
system applied to our largest streams.
Besides those within the limits of the
county we have the Missouri and Mus
sclshcll rivers bordering on the north,
east and south from which TO reclaim
the adjacent lands.
The problem looks like a dificult one
and one 10 lie put into practical opera
tion by future generations. hut there is
nothing too difficult for human skill
and American enterprise. and as moth
ing should 60 Ia waste that can bc put
10 good use there is ample room for
hope that the 'bad lands of Montana
viii yet blossom like The rose and be-
come the homes of "A happy, contcntcd
and prosperous people.