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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-06

Alden guards the lower entrance Of
the Red sea It is built in the crater
Of an extinct volcano and all the land
is barren. This is the country where
It never rains. There is good reason
for this in the eyes Of Mother Nature,
and reason. good or bad, according to
the pilots who guide the boats among
the islands Of the sea And all the
natives are of the same mind. espe-
cially those who have listened to the
stories Of hardship and trials told
them in their childhood as they swung
In their grass hammocks in the shad-
ows of their huts. Mahomet Bey,in his
flowing robes of blue and his turban Of
green and his yellow shoes, told the
story as he sat before his open door
scanning the sea for a sail or the
smoke Of a steamer looking for a pi-
lot:
"Once the rains fell here as they do
in Port. Said at the other end of the
Red sea, and even as they do in Co.
lombo and Singapore, and all the rest
of the world" Mahomet Bey shook
his head and sighed as he thought OF
times when no one had to carry wa
ter from the springs beneath the tides
Of the sea. But this was in the days
Of long, long ago, and all we know OF
that time or of the things that hap
pened then is what Is told us by our
elders or sung to us as we lay in our
cradles. According to the legends Ras
Sanailah, which same is now Alden.
lay in a beautiful valley with palms
waving on the hills and figs and vines
trailing of as far rs the eye could see.
In this valley was a beautiful city, and
In the center Of this city stood the pal
ace of the queen. Surrounding her
were her attendants and her armies.
But the soldiers had little to do, for
the whole land was at peace.
Zone evening when the sky was
filled with a red haze, the enemy came,
riding upon the sea and swarmtng
across the land, trampling under foot
this beautiful valley and finally sit
ting down before the gates Of the city.
crying for its surrender. Black were
the hearts Of the besiegers and dark
were their deeds as they went back
and forth. The queen was helpless in
her palace, and after a time all the
provisions were eaten. One dark night
when the thunders were crashing and
the foods were descending upon the
earth a captain Of the queens army
opened the gates just a little way that
he might slip out and SO escape lin the
storm to the hills. Another captain
saw him, and he. too, tried to escape.
So 1t was the enemy saw these two
captains Of the queens army running
down the highway and threw its whole
strength against the gate and forced It
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THE UMBRELLA MEMBER WOULD
FARE BADLY IN ALDEN.

THE UMBRELLA MEMBER WOULD
FARE BADLY IN ALDEN.
There was a great cry from all the
houses in the city and the palace.
When daylight came not n was left
alive. Even the two captains were
caught and carried back to their suf-
ferinlg fellows and their bodies were
added to the great procession which
,headedSfor the sea.
Now II 10 happened that thissqueen
was the daughter Of q god. who at
that time was on . hunt In the wilds
and jungles Of the desert, and 90 did
not knlowaof the trials his daughter,
the queen. vas enduring all the days
sof thessiege. Assshe was mortal she
had TO die 90 tho rest had died. but
her father, the god. RI very wroth
when Ne learned Of the fateNof Ras
iSanailah and hurried away across the
,dessrts and jungles Of Africa 70 this
land. The enemy vas living In All
the GOOD houses 81 the city o. we'll @
in$the palace. Ia the market place
before the .palacs . new temple to-
sstrange godSwas beinf built. s
The father 81 the queen rat upon the
walls of the city md thought what
would baths most severe and LASTING
spuinishmsnt stbatt re could infict:. He
knew e rs should pnt themst0 death
otherpsopll6 would come md take
their pisces. Then no bethought him
lto dsssDolaIto the valley and the hills
afiSkf ia1a s1sSS% U{vsSmt fkt1$ Nnf1AEsh
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-06
Dipping sheep Tor seah.

A bulletin sent out by the Missouri
State Board Of Agriculture says:
BY far the most rational and salts.
factory. and the cheapest method Of
curing scab Is by dipping the sheep IN
some liquid which will kill the para
sites. The dipping proce7s - as fol-
lows:
~ Select q dip containing sulphur
II q prepared dip 10 used which does
not contain sulphur. 1t is always safer
to add auout 1871 pounds OF sifted
flowers Of sulphur to every 100 gallons
of water. especially II, after dipping
the sheep have to be returned to the
old pastures.
az Shear all the sheep at the one
time. and Immediately after shearine
conflne them to one-half the farm fol
two to four weeks. Many 1ersons pre-
fer to dip Immediately after shearing
(3) At the end OF this time dip ev.
cry sheep land every goat also. It there
are any on the FARM.
a. Ten days later dip the entire
flock q second time.
5(5) After the second dipping, place
the flock on the portion Of the farm
from which they have been excluded
during the previous four or i've weeks
co. Use the dip at a temperature o.
100 degrees to 10 degrees F.
90 Keep each sheep in the dip fol
two minutes by the watch-do moi
guess at the time-and duck its head
at least once.
L 90 Be careful in dipping. rams. a.
they are more likely to be overcome IL
the dip than are the ewes.
i(9) Injury may, however, result u
pregnant ewes, which must. on this &C
count, be carefully handled. Some
farmers arrange a stage with sides. tc
hold the pregnant ewes, which Is low
cred carefully into the vat, and raised
after the proper time.
Q0) In case a patent, or proprietary
dip. especially an ~arsenical dip, L
used. the directions given on the pack
age should be carried out to the let
ter, = =
Whatever dip is selected. the farme,
should not forget that there are two
ways to use that dip. One way is e
prepare and S 1t in accordance Will
the directions given; the other way Il
to attempt to economic time, labor. O.
money by using the dip In weaker, pro
portion than advised. by hurrying thu
sheep through the swim, Or by latel
placing the dipped sheep under unfav'
orable conditions. If the former meth
cd is adopted with any Of the estab'
lished dips, the treatment ought to b
followed with favorable results: II thu
latter method is adopted, the farmel
himself must assume the responsibility
Of failure, no matter which dip he de
cides to use. Every farmer should
therefore, remember that when he hat
decided upon the dip he is to use. hi!
work has only. begun; to use the dill
properly Is fully as important as Il
use q dip at all.
Sulphur Is one Of the Oldest known
remedies for scab, its use dating. bacl
to Columella in the early part of th'
Christian era. As q scab eradicatbr
It must be placed among the best sub
stances at our disposal. It IL one o
the constituents Of certain proprietar,
dips, but its use to the farmer is bes
known In the tobacco-and-sulphur dill
and in the lime-and-sulphur dip. Thest
homemade mixtures : the two dip
which have played the most importanl
roles In the eradication Of scab from
certain English colonies, and theil
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Chick With pip.

4-tr4fH aH.fEt SCI VuA0A WIN &AS Rft.r
Herewith we illustrate q chicken
with the gapes-popularly called the
pip" Many q farmer sees his chicks
acting as Indicated in the illustration
and imagines that the food is not
right. The food Is changed, but the
trouble is not obviated. The difficulty
is the presence Of the cape worm, q
Uttered worm with a V-shaped term
linus. This v is formed by the juncture
OF the male and female worms. We
give this much for Identification pur.-
poses. The worms inhabit the trachea-
Sometimes they can be removed by q
feather and some claim to remove them
with drops Of turpentine. Others have
failed in all the things they have tried.
Without doubt prevention is the fac
tor that should receive the most at
tention. When the chicks show the
symptoms indicated, have all the young
chicks put at once on board floors
where they cannot get at the dirt. The
angle worm and dirt in which the
angle worm is found are the sources
Of contagion. After the chicks : ma
ture they are not injured by the gapes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-06
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

The Modern pairxm.n.

me Aodsrn Daifymsns. aSs
In an address given before the State
Dairymen's Association at New Haven,
Governor Hoard dealt with the modern
aspects Of dairying as compared with
those which had governed the industry
IN bygone days. In the course. Of his
remarks, he said:
The last third Of a century marks an
epoch In the progress OF the dairy M
dustry to q certain extent In all. parts
Of the world. There is something pc
culiar about this industry In Its enect
opsthe men who follow 1t intelligently.
They stand foremost In the ranks OF.
Agriculture In the point Of intellectual
conquest. Dairying calls for the best
Judgment and work in the tillage OF
the soil and the growing Of grass and
grain. It calls for special. knowledge
In the care and harvesting OF those
crops. in order that they may impart
their highest food value.
It calls for 9 special study IN the
principles and art of animal feeding,
20 that the cow may be given 2. ration
fitted to the functional work y mas
In hand and our highest profit. It calls
for q special Judgment in the matter
Of constructing barns, stables. silos,
yards, and drinking places. for we are
dealing with q high order Of animal
life. Herein Is valuable also q knowl-
edge Of farm sanitation-what its prin-
ciples, limitations, and results are. We
are responsible for the crowding to-
sether Of large numbers Of cows, and
we must hold ourselves responsible to
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-06
barley lralt ana barley.

L.&E. HLTN
Lawes and Gilbert Of Rothamsted
Experiment Station, England, report
the result Of an experiment In feeding
twenty milking cows, twenty tatten.
ing oxen, sixty sheep and forty-eight
pigs on barley malt as compared with
barley. The malt. was compared with
an amount Of barley equal to that from
which It was produced and q sample
which had been taken from the sama
stock. The trial was conducted IN a
very careful manner and coveredatwu
grades Of barley,-viz., good mating
barley and, second grade barley.
LawesI and Gilbert write: 1.-THE gen
erai conclusion from b 4results Of the
direct experiment with cows. oxen,
sheep and pigs, ID, that q given weight
Of barley Is more productive. both Of
the milk Of cows, and of the increase
lii liye-weight Of Sfattening animals,
than the amount Of malt and malt-dust
that would be produced from II. sS :
Irrespective Of economy, malt
is undoubtedly q very good food for
stock: and common experiences seems
rs show that q certain amount8of Il d
beneficial when given In Admixture.
ana Ia change With other food 10 young
or weakly animals . ~ making up
or finishing for exhibition or sale;
that isswhensthe ob3scttstsst IL produce 4!
particular result irrsspectlye OF the
economy required An ordinary feed.
lmo So 9SSf.8fs NSSs&5 A#t 5sSSsgsSsISs 4SSN
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10. cur, Tor rr,.t,.

II railroad rates are 50 manipulated
that they sometimes favor the locali-
ties in which the plants owned By
trusts are situated-and Whist disinter-
ested student can deny this?-why
should we hesitate. In season and out
sof season, to agitate the question Of
the control Of tho national highwaysf
III patent laws are another reliance OF
the trusts. why should We helitats 70
throw open to general use. In return
for = reasonable compensation, every
patent that - employed hereafter for
monopolistic ends? These remedies
would at least moderate the exactions
OF many OF the trusts. and no f,irth~
cxperience OF greater knowledge ought
to be needed to demonstrats the Wis
dom Of employing All such means that
stand near ct hand.-77AtlAntis
ESNfhnthly. SassN
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a 8 apparently the Innings to, their
tracheas are too firm to permit OF the
worms attaching themselves.
Presery.tly.. Not Needed.

tEIatGH @TIFTTIUS 6i7g kTNTENhET4 .HE
At the Vermont State Dairy conven-
ton held recently Mai. Henry =. Al
word, chief OF the Dairy division Of the
department Of agriculture, stated that
the experiment Of shipping butter 70
foreign markets had begot the conf
dence Of foreign merchants, by showing
them that Americans could furnish an
excellent quality Of butter and place
1t on their markets in az good condi-
ton as other countries. Partly assthe
result OF the departments work, there
was more demand for American butter
andacheese abroad than our merchants
could supply. He did not believe Ia
the use OF s~preservatives In butter.
Great Britain was the best market to
cultivate, and no ~preservative was
needed 70 send butter there. Sweden
and Denmark boosted that they could
send butter there without p~reserya-
tiyes. Even butter color was not need
led TOR the best butter market In all
SEnRlaind-Manchester. IN order TO
compete lsBuucs:cessfully with Sweden,
Denmark and Canada, what wa needed
3 4 dairyysesxptorts5 w1as the ofncial, stamp
Sof approval BY this government. guar
santssinig the purity. i, buttsr a Of AZ
cellsnts QUALITY, Z would sell abroad y DAD
many in,ddssofsspackage bntStastesSand
preferences should Joy studied. The
EnaE lish market holds ! Athle old hum
dred-wanssightsofsil1l bs and wants pack.
gsaEes / M Hid and lb.. ia
$3.50, haad Neutrality-suspicious. milk. he
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axperienced poultryman can look back
and eee how freely and recklessly no
sacrificed the lives Of his birds In the
early years Of his experience. The
novice has : blissful confidence that
his chicks viii all come to maturity.
u correspondent Of the Farmers' Re
4yisw tails Of one such experience. -
follows: z had coout 200 chicks
hatch. They appeared certain to all
grow up into hne hens and cockerels.
s I fed them anything that came along.
let them run with the hens and gave
them barrels for shelter at night.
After a;slittle some. Of them began to
disappear, and I set q watch to discover
the agency. The culprit wal not long
II being found out, and proved to oe
2 neighbor'sS cat, which was very ex-
pert in entangling the chicks in the
tall grass and overpowering them. 30
We shut the chicks up in tight coops
night and day. One night there came
q terrific thunder shower, the rain
falling * rapidly that the water soon
stood several inches deep on places
that we hardly before knew e at
all convex. In the morning there
we're q number Of dead chicks. After
that the chicks began to stand around
and peep. We wondered why they
did not care for food. They began to
wilt and die, and In ten days numerous
chicks had ceased to be counted among
the living. The dead were numbered
by the score. We did not at that time
find out the cause; but we now know
It to have been lice. . When the re-
mainder Of the chicks were half grown
some big rats in the shed found out
that chicken meat was good to eat
and kept making raids IN the new
food supply till they themselves were
annihilated by traps and poison. IN
time the 200 chicks dwindled to about
forty, a loss Of 80 per cent. We have
learned to do far better than that
now: and the losses are usually not
over 20 per cent. What I have said
proves to me that ignorance is tho
most expensive thing on the farm
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1,v. Stock diseases In England

live Stock Diseases In England 20.
"A report from Professor McFadyean
presented to the council Of the Royal
Agricultural Society at their last meet
ing stated that during the sixteen
weeks of this year for which the of
fetal returns have been issued. 221
outbreaks OF anthrax, with 327 animals
attacked. have been notified. For the
corresponding period Of last year the
figures were ITO and 2ss respectively.
During the same period there have
been 377 outbreaks Of CHAMBERS, with
El4 animals attacked. as against 1877
outbreaks. and 600 animals attacked
during the first sixteen weeks Of last
year. Since the last meeting OF the
council three fresh centers Of foot and
mouth disease have been detected. The
arst Of these was reported from Suffolk
on April Z, and the Other. two from
Essex on April 8 and u respectively.
The total number Of outbreaks for the;
present year is l2, with 665 animals. at,
tackled. During the first sixteen weeks
OF the year there have been 935 out
breaks Of swine fever, as against 56S
Lu6i YeAA0u ~ Ao0s
year. Serious as these figures are, they
scarcely disclose the full extent to
which the disease has recently In
creased. The outbreaks for the last
four weeks number 406. as against
1888 for the corresponding four weeks
Of last year. Unfortunately q case Of
rabies was reported during the week
ending April 20. It occurred in Car
marthenshire. and. IN addition TO the
diseased animal. two dogs have been;
destroyed asS having been exposed to
Injection. During the month ot April
50 morbid specimens were forwarded
TO the rescarch laboratory at the Roy
al Veterinary College TOR examination.
These included cases q anthrax. black
quarter. t~ubsrculosis, actinomycosis.
Elanders, tumors. parasitic: gastritts.,
etc. During tho came, psrtodaan out
break 81 contagious abortion among.
mares and losses among eWes and
lambs from WormsspaEasites. have been
locally inyestiGated.-Eaarm and Home.
atSF &Hs1 ~ 49,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-08-15
CONTEST acknowledgements of the
Interior. United States Land Ctfice. Fargo. n.
d.. July - lNl.-A sufficient contest affidavit

CONTEST Observation-Disclosures OF the
Interior. United States Land Ctfice. Fargo. N.
d.. July 49, l9Ol.-A sufficient contest affidavit
having been filed in this office by Ole S. Gun
derson. contestant against homestead entry
No 1929 made December 22G. 1888. for south
west quarter of Section -. Township 147.
Range 81. by Victor Ferdinand Person. con-
testcc. in which it is alleged that lie has who'll
ly abandoned said tract: that lie has never
lad IL habitable shlnty on said land. the only
shaHty or building that has been ON said land
since said entry has cracks and knot holes on
all sides; that said Person has not stayed or
worked on said land for more than Il year last
past. and has never established residence
than said silaEty. on said land is Il we'll and
~ acres OF breaking. which Person hired done
and has never used. and the absence OF said
Victor Ferdinand Person is not due to en-
ployment in l.. 5. army or navy. in time of
war. Said parties are hereby notified to :lp-
pear. respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation. at 70 O'Clock q. H.. on Septen-
her Nth. 1911. before Oscar y. PurintOn. clerk
OF district court OF Griggs county. \. d.. at
his Office in CcoperstOwI. i'll said county. (aHd
that final hearing will he held ut 10 O'Clock a.
m.. OH September 81 1891 before the register
and receiver at the United States land Office
in Fargo n. ID.
The said contestant having. in u proper af-
show that after due diligence. personal SER
vice of this notice cannot he made. it is here
by ordered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication i'll Grlggs
Courier at CooperstOwN. n. ID.
CHAS n. VALENTINE. Register.
A. NJ. Baldwin. Attorney for Contestant.
July Is.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-08-15
Summons.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.
County of Griggs
In District Court 5th Judicial District
d. s. H. Johnson. Plaintiff.
A. Norton Fitch ana all
other persons unknown.
claiming any estate or in
terest in. and lien or incunl-
brance upon. the property
described i'll this complaint
and their unknown heirs.
Defendants.
The State of North Dakota to the above NAM
ed defendants.
You are hereby summoned to answer the
complaint in the above entitled action. of
which Il copy is hereunto annexed and here
with served upon you. and to serve Il copy Of
your answer to the said complaint on the sub
scribers at their Office in the City OF Fargo. in
the county of Cass. and state North Dakota.
within thirty day, after the service
of this summons upon you. exclusive OF
the day of such service: and in case
of your failure toappear or answer. Judgment
will be taken against you by default for the
relief demanded III the complaint.
Dated June ~. 1901.
BALL. WATSON & MACLAY.
Attorneys for plaintiff. p. .. address: Stern
Block. Fargo y. ID.
To the defendants hove ninlcd-take notice:
The complaint i'm the above entitled ac-
ton. duly verified as required by law. was
filed in the Office of the clerk of court in and
for the county of Griggs. North Dakota on the
Stll day of July. a. ID. 1901. and is now on file
therein.
BALL. WATSON & MACLAY.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
LIST Pub. July il.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-08-15
Treasure. of t,r Write House.

There are doubt; ss in every large
city in the country larger and more val.
liable collections OF bric-a-brac and art
furniture than that to be found in the
private apartments OF the executive
mansion. but It is a question whether
there is in t;,o length and breadth Of
the land any other half so interesting.
Rarity is, OF course. universal charac-
teristic CT the artistic gems scattered
through the home Of the presidents.
but better than that is the fact that al
most every piece is fraught with men,
cries and associations that make 1t a
priced possession. OF the whole num-
Der probably half are the gifts Of kings
and rulers, tokens Of appreciation from
friendly nations, and the remainder.
having been fashioned especially for
the White House, have no duplicates
anywhere else in the world.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-08-15
THE ACT or a HERO.
Ne s.assSea FATE ost eff Pssa =
Aolten Metal.

Ne SsassAed gafe OFT os = pses -
melton Metal.
Tarce men carsc up carrying = long
iron shaft. which had been cut 10 two.
20 that an iron ring could be inserted
between the two halves. An empty
crucible foot, wide and deep hung IL
the ring. The forward end of the pole
held crossbar. making 1t. as It were,
a huge T. Two men held the T part Of
the pole; the third graspcd the rear
end. The cruci5le hung between. The
remainder of the molten metal from
the caldron was tipped into one cruci-
bic, and the men trotted off with it, the
two in front with strained faces, the
man behind driving them compliment
", the oldest team in the world. He
steered them through doorway, and
they cmptied their crucible into small
mold. AS they went they kept step in
an unusual manner. Instead of step
ping out right foot with right foot the
left mans right leg and the right mans
left leg went forward together, knee
with knee, foot with foot. We asked
why.
"That," said our guide, lis to prevent
them from tripping. If they should
full, you know, that metal would pour
over Them
"Of course such a thing never hap
pened:"
Yes. it did once. One Of the men
went down. The other jumped clear.
but the fellow on the floor swan in it. y
"Horriblc! OF course he died instant
IL. poor man::''
.'No; the Foreman of the carrying
gang. taking in the situation, made
several. terrific leaps for him. jumped
right into the middle Of it. picked him
up and threw him out of it bodily.
Then he jumped clear himself. with
the stuff dropping from his shoes.
They both went to the hospital, but
they are all right now. Eeroic, wasn't
1t? By the way. that's him. the fore
man, Jim H.. over there now. He is
still looking after those fellows"
We looked over to where big mus
cuiar fellow was directing gang of
men manipulating molten metal. Ee
was not disfgurcd. and he did not look
like hero. but thereafter the CRIME
that covered hin. seemed noble indeed,
and he would rot say word Of his
feat when we sought to talk with hin,
about it. But Jim II. will probably
never want for Job as long as Bald
wins is working.-From an Article on
the Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.