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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
How Advance Was Fed.
(From Farmers Review Stenographic
Report.l


At the Wisconsin Roundup Insti-
tute, Stanley X. Pierce of Illinois told
how he grew the steer Advance, which
sold last fall for s2,145. or $1.5O per
pound. He said that this animal had
not been differently fed than most ami
mails intended for the show ring.
Q,-How did you feed Advance for
the last 80 days?
Ale was fed for the last 80 days
about the same as he had been fed
from the time he was five months old.
He had, in addition to his rough feed,
corn meal, oats and bran. fed him
these at the rate Of quarts twice a
day. He had some chopped beets,
mangels or turnips.
Q.-When you fed him beets chop
ped, how many did you give him per
day.
About 10 pounds.
GLOW long did you give him
milk?
Ale had his mothers milk till
he was five months old, and after that
he nursed Shorthorn COW for two
months more, after which I put him
onto a grade Angus COW.
Q.-When you fed oats, were the
oats ground or whole?
A.-They were whole.
Q.-What kind of mixer was the
mother of Advance?
A.-She was a good mixer for few
months, but at the expiration of five
months dropped very rapidly in her
milk yield. If she had been better
mixer she would not have dropped so
fine beef calf. You can't get a high
state Of development in both directions
in the direction of beef and Of milk.
Q.-What is your favorite breed o.
cattle?
Al like the Angus best.
A Farmer.-Of course he does; for
that is the breed he is handling.
Q.-Do you not find that you have
to look after matters yourself?
Al find it hard to secure men that
will do what I tell them to do. A
good many men will do we'll for
awhile and then want to take matters
into their own hands. l have to let
such men go.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
citizen. Assist Home Company.

A Seattle firm made a bid for the
obstruction of one Of the vessels for the
navy, but its figures were 100000 too
high. Without delay the citizens sub
scribed an amount sufficient to make
up the estimated loss to the shipblild-
ing firm and enable it to secure the
contract.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Irregular Breeding.

Mr.. F. w. Hodson, former superin-
tendenr of Farmers Institutes for On
tario, in the course of an address be-
fore the Live Stock Associations of
Ontario, said: A serious fact which
you should consider is that the av-
erage quality of Ontario horses, cattle
and sheep are not as good as they
We're twenty years ago. Why is this?
One reason, and an important one, is
tat Canadian farmers are not tena-
cious enough nor persistent enough.
Let me illustrate. A farmer will buy
Cotswold ram and perhaps eve
or two, and will call himself Cots
void breeder for period. Some other
breed will become popular, we will
say Shropshises. He will float out
with the tide and buy a Shropshire
ram and produce SOME very good cross
breeds, and he will be loud in the
praise of Shropshires. Soon, however.
the early lambs produced by the Dorset
Horn breeder will attract his atten.
ton; he will as likely as not forsake
the Shropshires and breed Dorset
Horns for a time, yet never owning
any one sort long enough to make any
profit for himself or to do the country
any good. 1t is not difficult, even
among the Canadian lovers Of i'm
proved live stock to find men who
have at one time or another bred
Leicesters. Cotswolds. Lincolns, Shrop-
shifes, Hampshires and Southdowns.
The production of horses, cattle and
swine in Canada, in fact, all over
America has suffered from the same
cause.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Regarding Woody Aph,..

N. H. Albaugh. in a discussion of the
wooliy aphis. said:
would like to add little testimony
that have in regard to this same
woolly aphis, or these cankered trees.
- they are sometimes called. About
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

at the present time. The success of
Harry Harris, philadelphia Jack"
o'Brien and of nearly all the other
Americans who have been fortunate
enough to get matches across the
water is proving bait for many of
the pugilists who have remained in
this country and have not had much
to do in their especial line of late.
Joe Walcott may go over as there are
said to be several ambitious fighters
Of his weight on tke other side who
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

Beyond all wealth, honor, or even
health, is the attachment we form to
noble souls; because to become one
with the good, generous and true, Is
to become, in measure, good gener-
GUS and trde ourselves. Thomas Ar
mold.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Farm separators In Gathered Cream
Sections.

Farm separators In Gathered Cream
Sections.
The advantages of the farm separ-
ator in gathered cream section are
obvious, for the separator, under prop
er manipulation, will increase the
amount of cream from Is to 40 per
cent. 1t seems hardly possible that
there should be any disadvantages at
tached to the use of the farm separ-
ators which are not inherent in the
gathered cream system, and it certain
ly has the positive advantage of much
cleaner skimming. and the amount of
work could scarcely be said to be in
creased. There are in this state IS
gathered cream creameries and the
table shows that 20 of them have more
than one-ffth the total number of
farm separators reported by all the
creameries, and an average of about
ten more to the creamery than are re-
ported for the whole milk creameries.
The utility and success Of the farm
separator in the gathered cream sec
ton can scarcely be doubted, especial
ly as the whole milk system has made
little Roadway In that section. The
patron Of gathered cream creamery
who has no possible opportunity of
sending the whole milk to creamery,
has only to consider the expense of a
separator and the increased amount Of
cream 1t will get out of the milk. One
report indicates that the users of the
separator are now sending about twice
as much cream as they did from the
hand skimming. Under such condi-
lions, it is evident that the farm sep
arator will undoubtedly be profitable
to the dairymen in the gathered cream
sections.-B. P. Norton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

advancement to stellar rank met with
the hearty approval of all playgoers
and dramatic critics who had wit
messed her work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

One of the most humorous reArks#
of the decade is the one to the @ect
that Philander Knox sacrifices a VII
vate income of $4,000 a year as atT-
ney for the Carnegie interests to Y
cept an $4,000 position in the pre-
dents cabinet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

to Cuba.
Attorney General Knox received his
appointment because ne was just the
man to see that the trusts received ex-
act justice-according to the trust idea
of justice.
Those New York insurgents"
should not prematurely rejoice over
the Odelling of Uncle Tom Platt.
Thomas is quite hand at enjoying
the last laugh in matters of this kind.
DIR. Johnson defined patriotism as
THE last refuge of a sconnd.el." The
only mistake in the definition lies in
the use of the word last It-should
he first"
Secretary Root says the Manila
frauds will be probed to the bottom.
This is all right, but Secretary Root
should also probe those Manila frauds
to the top.
A rich OIL strike has been made in
Wyoming and President Harper will
have to live economically until Mr..
Rockefeller saves up enough money to
control the new district.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

The st. Louis Chronicle charging
that Mayor Wells was electeaby fraud.
This is adding insult to injury. To
run seventeen thousand voteA behind
the national ticket and then 1--WE his
election to republican votes Is bad
enough, without having a supicion
cast upon his title.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Team CompetltIons.

Besides Vat portion of the program
given up to athletics, there will be
team competitions, and lacrosse will
be an important feature. There will
be an American series open to Ameri-
can clubs, and Canadian series, for
both of which prizes will be given.
Then there will be final and worlds
series, and the winner of the Ameri
can series will meet the winner of the
Canadian series.
One special day has been set aside
.-soI4us cndlnProfr,z.il>de 80 sl:e
football and hurting match, and the
indications points to very large en-
try; in fact, the famous William Barry
association of Jersey City, and the
Shamrocks of st. Louis have promised
to enter teams, and no doubt other
New York organizations, as well as
those in Chicago, will be represented
by the strongest Gaelic contingent pos
sible.
Association football is to be played
in three series-one devoted exclusive
ly to American teams, one to Canadian
teams, and in the other series the win
ners will play for the worlds cham
pionships. Basket ball will likewise
to encouraged. An A. A. U. champion
ship will be open to registered teams,
and there will be competition open
to schools of the United States
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

The Burlington is to build a new
freight house on the ground it has re-
Gently purchased near the Omahk
yards.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

As a general thing other peoples
success is entirely beyond their merits.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

A YOUTHFUL HORSE OWNER.
The youngest owner of fast harness
horses in the United States is Edwin
B. Rice of Boston. He is a million
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Caesar had mis- Brutus, Charles II
Cromwell, and Mckinley has just give
a Rodcnberg to the civil service.

The discovery of a new island in the
Philippine group would tend to make
Mr.. John A. T. Hull favor a specialN
session Of congress for concession in B
surfing purposes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
horticultural Notes.

The life-retaining property Of seeds
is influenced to u very great extent
by the degrees of temperature and
moisture to which they are exposed,
Stored seeds should be guarded against
both heat and moisture previous to the
time of planting them; and the spring
time is the season when they are most
likely to experience conditions that
excite termination. The seed that has
started to terminate and has been
checked is probably of less value than
the seed whose termination has been
held back till it is put into the warm,
moist ground.
Strong seeds only should be planted
if large crops are to be expected, and
the vitality of the seeds may be as
certained by testing them by any of
the ordinary methods. There are vari-
GUS methods for doing this. Soma use
an incubator, as in that way the tenn
peraLure can be kept under perfect
control. The mere sprouting Of seeds
does not indicate their ability to grow,
as some seeds that sprout are so weak
that they are about worthless Then,
too, some seeds that will sprout in a
warm room will not do we'll out of
doors. For this reason it is desirable
to sprout seeds under varying condi-
tions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
Driving Stock on tho Range.

Driving Stock on tho Range.
A Colorado statute provides that
when the stock of any person in that
state shall be driven of its range
without the owners consent, by the
drover of any herd or drove, every
person engaged as drover of such
stock. or otherwise engaged In the
care and management thereof, shall be
liable to indictmentsand punishment as
for larceny, and shall be liable for
damages to the amount of 5000 for each
head SO driven off. together with all
costs accruing in the trial of said
cause, and said herd Of stock, or
sufficient number to cover all damages
and costs. shall be liable for the same.
But an occupant and proprietor of land
in the vicinity of another's range, and
a neighbor of the latter, the Court of
Appeals of Colorado holds, in the case
of Matheson against Kuhn, SO Pacific
Reporter 125. Is not droyer within
the meaning of the statutes, and in
ours no liability under the statute In
wrengfully driving the others cattle
ron his range. although he may be
liable as trespasser therefor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

Perhaps the Sultan of Turkey will
agree to pay that 100000 on the day
the administration keeps it's promise
to Cuba.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

If la Discussion" the Havana
newspaper which was suppressed,
would change its name to Division
and Silence" it might secure new
lease of life. Discussion is not popular
in an empire. ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25
EVENTS AT BUFFALO.

ASsA1H>Ao AZ bUE'EAlO.
The athletic interests of America
and perhaps of the world will be CEN.
tered this year at Buffalo, during the
Pan-American exposition, where a
program OF sports covering the time
from May IL to October % has been
arranged. All known sports have been
provided, and the contests will bring
out the best athletes of both America
and Europe. The immense Stadium,
wherein these athletic contests are to
take place, is rapidly approaching
completion, and the vast arena will be
the finest of the kind ever shown in
America. 1t is modelled after the one
IN Greece. 1t Is the idea of the Pan
American authorities to have all ma
tional meetings held at Buffalo this
year. as we'll as a worlds Olympian
international meeting for some time
in September. The first important
athletic meeting will be the Pan-Amer-
lean intercollegiate, which will be held
May l and June /. AS this meeting
has received official endorsement of
the Intercollegiate association and will
be held under its rules, it is the inten-
ton to have at Buffalo on the dates
specified above the winning teams of
all the Eastern colleges and pit them
against teams Of six or eight men each
from the leading Western colleges, as
well as the other colleges which are
identified with the minor intercol-
tegiate associations throughout Ameri-
Big Athletic Contests.
"a. The next big athletic feature will
be the Amateur Athletic Union meet
ing, which has been allotted three
days, June 10, IA and Is. The A. A.
u. meeting will open with monster
handicap meeting on the 18th, followed
by the junior championships on the
14th and the national senior champion
ships on the 18th. The month of July
will be given over to interscholastic
sports. The A. A. u. swimming cham
pionships have been set for the 18th,
9Th, 9th and 10th of July. If arrange
ments can be made whereby the water
polo championships can be held they
will take place in one of the lakes.
Besides the standard A. A. q. events
there will be handicap races for those
swimmers who are desirious of COM
peting, and in connection Herewith it
is confidently expected four of Aus
tralia's leading swimmers will arrive
in time to meet the pick of the Ameri-
can experts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

The result OF the munic seton
in Ohio doubtless impressed Han
ma with the belief that there is
widespread desire to fasten few more
barnacles upon the hull Of the ship
ping subsidy scheme. Z
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-25

Speaking Of the effort to lns1nA
Philippine frauds, it will
bered that the same kind of 81
was put forth in the Cub ostat
cases, and likewise in the a case
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25

bility. The deceased had been a resi-
dent OF this locality for a long time,
and was much respected by all who
knew her. The funeral arrangements
VIII be made later.
Friday evening the Ladies' auxiliary
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of
this place will conduct an entertain
ment at st. Joscph's hall, which prom
ises to be very pleasant affair. Hon.
j. =. Quinnan, Of Scranton. will deliver
an address. and the following pro-
gramme Will be rendered. Piano solo,
Miss Laura Egan solo, =. j. Quinn;
recitation. Nina Olmstcad. solo. Ed
ward Murphy: duet. Misses Katie and
Ann Hart; solo, Olwen Howells; piano
solo. Miss Anna Burns address. Hon.
j. =. Quinnan; sand Jig, John McDon-
ough; Mozart quartettc. Arthur Nor
gan. Richard Watkins, Sidney owens.
Harry Evans; recitation, Miss Name
Boland solo, Miss Mary Mack; solo.
William Jones'; recitation. Miss Sarah
Price: duet, Misses Maggie Cahill ana
Agnes Coyne; piano solo. Miss May A..
Walsh; solo. John Laffy; solo. Miss
Jennie Jones: recitation, Miss EtIic
Browning; solo. William Price: solo.
James Mangan. The entertainment will
be followed by a social. Music for
dancing will be furnished by Miss
Laura Egan.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
GREEN RIDGE.

The Women's Christian Temperance
union held AN interesting meeting in
the Capouse Avenue Evangelical chapel
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Ripley had
charge of the meeting, which was well
attended, The principal event of the
afternoons work was the reading by
Mrs. Depue of her report of the Anti
Saloon league convention, held in Mar
ket Square Presbyterian church at
Harrisburg, March II. This league is
Il union composed of all temperance
societies of all denominations. Dr.
Tucker Is employed by the league and
devotes all his time to the work. Mrs.
Depue gave a clear report OF the work
done at the convention, of which Dr.
ii. A. Swingle, state superintendent or
the New York league, was chairman
with notes from addresses made by
Rev. Hugh o. Gibbs, ID, D., who has
been engaged in the work for thirty
years, DR.. Reilly, General Siglan, DR..
Smith and others. At the close of the
meeting the ladies rendered Mrs. Depue
a vote of thanks for her excellent re-
port.
The members of the Green Ridge
Wheelmen are rejoicing over the ar
rival of two of the iipest Brunswick
Bake Calendar company's billiard
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
MI. Evans Presented.

Thomas j. Evans, a. member of the
Keystone Literary and Dramatic club.
was presented with handsome gold
watch charm. Tuesday evening. by the
Keystone club, at a meeting held in
their neatly furnished rooms In the
Auditorium. The meeting was called
to order by President Michael Gerrity,
who in a few words told the members
what the meeting was called for.
He then introduced Treasurer John
r. Mcnamara, who made the presen-
tation speech.
Following the presentation and Mr..
Evans speech of thanks. very de-
lightful entertainment was given by
the following persons: Vocal solo. John
Rowley; recitation. Thomas j. Clark:
piano solo, Libbie Neary; fife duet.
Thomas Golden and Thomas Gilboy;
vocal solo. John Hughes: piano solo,
John Sherman and Lena Thomas; reel
tation, George Wetters: solo, John
Moran vocal solo. Lena Thomas; vio-
lin solo, Patrick Sullivan; vocal solo,
John Malloy. After this smoker was
held.
The club elected the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: President.
Michael Gerrity; vice-president, II. ].
Clark; financial secretary, Peter +.
Regan; recording secretary. +. ].
Moran; treasurer, John T.. Mcnamara;
sergeant t-at-arms. John r. Sherman;
ianitor. Joseph c. Sherman; manager,
Thomas Evans.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
BOROUGH BREVITIES.

Taylor Loveland, emplowed by Lum-
herman Il. w. OSterhout. met with a
serious accident yesterday. He was
engaged in running lumber through Il
machine saw, when the machine
struck knot, which flew wildly and
badly lacerated his eye. The doctor
consulted could not say, owing to the
inf1amed condition of the member.
whether the sight was destroyed or
not.
Tho Woman'S Christian Temperance
union will meet in the Sunday school
room of the Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
Every member of the society is re-
quested to be present to help, as i'm
portant business will be transacted.
At the congregational meeting held
in the Presbyterian church last night.
Frank Marshall was elected trustee
for the ensuing three years.
Joseph Vickeis. who removed to
Johnstown some time ago, has re-
turned and will again make his home
here.
Mrs. Robert Hughes is dangerously
i'll at her home, on Collins street, with
pneumonia.
Miss Matte Chamberlin has returned
from a visit of several weeks with
Einghamton friends.
Mrs. Frank Thomas is convalescent
after her recent severe illness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
SOUTH SCRANTON NOTES.

The funeral of George Stoeber was
held from his late residence. on Birch
street, yesterday afternoon at : o'clock.
The services were held at the Church
of Peace by Rev. T.. Schmidt, pastor
of the church, and We're attended by Il
large number of friends and relatives.
Intcrment was made in the PittstOn
avenue cemetery.
The Scranton Athletic club will meet
this evening at their rooms on Alder
street.
The members of the st. Aloysus
Temperance society will meet in month
ly session this evening in Pharmacy
hall.
Local union, No. 1881, of Bellevue,
United Mine Workers of America, will
meet at Novick's hall this evening.
There will he two games of basket
bail played at st. Johns hall this even
ing. The first game will be between
the Defenders and the Comets, and the
second between the Twentieth Cen
turys and st. JosephS, of Minooka.
The game will commence at $50 o'clock.
An ice cream sale will be held at
the rooms of the Young Women's
Christian association, 1921 Cedar ave-
nue., Thursday evening, April %, for
the benefit of the talent fund. The
sale will be in charge of Alice Bar
nickel and Minnie Hartman.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-25
STRIKES FOR THE BOWLERS.

The bowling match scheduled for to-
morrow night between the Black Dia-
monds and the Elks will be rolled to-
night instead on the Bicycle club al
leys. The cause OF this juggling with
the league dates is the fact that to-
morrow night will witness the meet
ing of the Bicycle club team and the
strong bowlers representing the Cen
tury Wheelmen of Philadelphia. This
affair will be one of the bowling events
of the year in local ten-pin circles.
The Centurys will arrive early tomor-
row afternoon and will be the local
wheelmen's guests Friday and Satur-
day. Following the match, which will
be rolled tomorrow night banquet
will be served, at which "A number of
this city's bowling enthusiasts viii he
present. and post-prandial speeches
will be one of the nights features.
Saturday night another bowling con-
test of no mean importance will take
place, when the mighty Roseville team
will battle with five picked men on
the fast alleys of the Green Ridge
Wheelmen. Great are the Rosevilles in
fame and great also they showed them
selves to be in the match they played
with the All-league team ON the Elk
alleys. Bowling on the sprightliest al
leys in Northeastern Pennsylvania,
for such is the reputation of the Green
Ridge bowling arena. great things will
be expected of the Jerseymen.
DR.. Wardell, the hardworking cap
tain. of the Bicycle club team, is "a
much chagrined man these days. For
two years there has been little gold