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The Washington times., 1902-12-22
Their Success SAID to Be
Due to the Fact That
Their Agents Are Usually
CanVassing on the Ground
Before the Route is Offci-
ally Laid Out.
Inspector Stationed in New
York, Sent to Corbin Fac
tory TO Perfect Box, Draws
Pay Allowed Officials on
the Road-Suspicion Is
Aroused.

II is not improbable that before ths
adjournment OF Congress next March. a
demand may be made for its investiga-
tion OF certain divisions Of the Post
office Department.
To IS said that a condition OF snairs
exists there which would warrant such
a demand. and that a thorough inquiry
would develop facts which might lead
70 the designations OF two OF more chiefs
and a number Of inspectors. For in
stance, IL has been observed that four
companies are successful IN obtaining
contracts to supply the letter boxes on
a large majority ns the rural routes es-
tablished. Their success is chiefly due
to the fact that their agents are usually
on the ground canvassing in advance Of
the time the route is officially laid out
and long before the agents OF other COM
panies are aware that st is to be estab-
lished.
Former Rule Abolished.
Under the administration of Postmas-
ter General Smith. only such compa-
mics as manufactured a certain kind Of
STANDARD box-Sere allowed TO eomeete.
Postmaster Ge<eraI Pasae has. however.
abolished this rule. and opened tire field
20 an comers who provide a suitable
metallic box in which rural carriers
may deposit mail Notwithstanding the
fact that there is supposed to be a fair
field and no fayOrites. certain it is that
the Corbin Lock Box Company. Of Bridge
port. Conn; the Century Company. OF
Detroit. Mich, the Bond Steel Post Com
pany. Of Adrian. Mich, and a company in
Toledo obtain practically all OF the con-
tracts for placing letter boxes along the
rural routes.
This is due not to the fact that they
make better box than any other COM
pany. or that they sell al cheaper dg-
ure. but because. as stated their agents
are first upon the ground. This has led
10 the alleged discovery that a certain
high official OF the department is large
stockholder in each Of these four COM
panies IL is said that his plan is "a
advise one or two OF these companies aa
soon as a route is surveyed. in order
that their agents may canvass the routs
before the other companies know whers
it is to run. Usually the favors have
been passed around among the four
companies.
The Washington times., 1902-12-22
Suspicion Aroused.

In this connection IL has also been
developed that an inspector stationed in
New York was sent TO the factory Of the
Corbin Comnans sc.=s== Es37Tiitiigeport for
the purpose Of perfecting the Corbin
box. While on this duty he drew "a a
day extra compensation. which is al
lowed 10 inspectors while ont on the
road. and was supposed 20 he superin-
tending the establishment OF rural
route near Bridgeport
shortly after The Corbin box was per-
fected and made TO comply with all the
requirements. il was thought advisable
by certain officials 10 use sum aggre-
eating about So coo. which was available
IN the department for the purchase OF
a large number OF boxes. and to sell
these boxes to people along the routes
az cost. a commission Was appointed
TO determine upon the best box and 10
make the purchase. Eugene Hathaway.
az Inspector stationed i'm New York.
who had himself perfected the Cor5in
LoX. was one Of the commissioners. and
II. Conquest Clark was another
For some reason. however. the pIar
was abandoned and the department dId,
not purchase any boxes
a number of members Of Congress arr
dissatisfied with the treatment accorded
them i'm the matter OF rural free de.
livery. When they refused 10 comply
with Che request of certain powerful Of
hci2ls OF the department they have beeE
,old that they could expect nothing
mora in the way OF establishing routeG
The Washington times., 1902-12-22
POstomce Oligarehy.

a prominent Pennsylvania member of
the House was approached some timt
ago by one OF the Postofice oligarchy
who demanded a favor. Ii was reGuset
him. Some time later the matter o
opening o new rural free delivery route
in the members district. where it Wal
much needed. and there was every rea
The Washington times., 1902-12-22

Fair, colder tonight and
Tuesday; light to fresh
nOrtherly winds.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10

made up of paper or thin wood fold.
ed to the proper shape, the folds be-
ing secured by double rivet,
through which is inserted the wire
bale on which the guard is mounted.
In order that the protecting hood
may be adjusted in several positions
a notched flap is secured to the top
at right angles to the bale, the flap
being folded down fat when it is
desired to tilt the guard on the sup.
port posts of the bale. The protect
ors can be folded into small space
for shipment, and it requires but a
short time to insert the bale in the
eyelets, and force the ends of the
wire into the earth on either side OF
the plant. The hood may then be
lowered, raised or tilted at will, to
shade or protect one side of the
plant, or, as may be frequently de.
sired, TO allow the sun to strike the
plants while protecting them from
the wind. At night the hood can be
lowered to the ground to shut out
the moths which are in the habit OF
deposlting their eggs on the young
plants after charlottesville Cour.
Ter Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
SELL THE POOR COWS.
They Are Positive Detrimen to tn
Dairy and a Steady Source
of Loss.

In the great business world no man
now thinks of succeeding with inferior
machines. The farmer that keeps
cows should take the lesson to heart
and discard all dairy machines-cows
that are not up to modern require
ments. No matter what machine
costs, it is better to throw it out on
the dump than use it at constant loss.
Only good dairy machines can be profit
ably used. The good COWS make but
ter at profit. The ordinary dairy
COWS make butter without profit or
loss, and the poor cows make butter
at loss. Now it is evident that no
matter how much COW costs, it is
best to send her to the butcher if she
either loses money or makes butter
with no profit. There are in the hands
of farmers many cows that have cost a
good deal of money once and were per-
haps good COWS at one time, but have
outlived their usefulness. These
should be fattened up at once and sent
to 1.-The butcher. Some men say thew
will fatten and dispose of their cows a
few months hence, when they have
dried up. But what is the use of keep
ing cows at all if they are losing
money for their owners every day.
The sooner they are sent away the
richer will their owners be. Farmers
and dairymen can afford to keep only
good cows. All others are detrimeu>
to the farmer and the farm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
METHODS OF DIVIDING s1LO.


all times. It would break down the
best made partition if one side was
put in at time. After it is we'll set
tied if one side is taken out the press
ure is not SO great.
When taking out the first slide, have
a large number of braces ready the
proper length and as fast as the silage
is used, put in the braces. Fig. shows
the braces in position from the sides
OF the silo to the partition. These
braces should have some pieces at the
ends running the opposite direction
to the material against which the
brace is to support. That is, if the
silo is stave and the partition horizon
tai to the brace, the end pieces should
be as in Fig. S. If the timber of the
outside of the silo is horizontal, the
brace should be as in Fig. 6. When
one side of the silo is empty, there is
no danger of the wall giving way if
these precautions are taken. Nextyear,
when filing, the braces as we'll as the
end pieces, should be taken out and
laid away for another year. By this
method, the man with a small herd can
build a moderate sized silo and have
silage through the dry time, as well
as winter at very small outlay of
money.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
DIVIDING ROUND SILO.
Solution OF q Ticklish Question That
Has Puzzled Many Feeder.
More or Less.

A reader from Canada asks for the
best method of dividing a round silo
which recently came into his possess
sion. Should the partition be put in
crossways of the openings or extend
from the openings? If the partition
extends from the opening, shall it ex-
tend from the center of the opening or
from one edge? Figs 1, and show
the three plans. By putting the par
tition, as in Figs. and 2, the silage
from one-half must be thrown across
the other, which means much extra
work in emptying a silo. The parti-
ton should be placed as in Fig. 3, and
good doors made to fit the opening in
each side. Use paper, or what is bet
ter, felt to make the joints air-tight.
The reader also asks if it would not
be all right to have the boards cut
and put in the partition as the silo is
filled. It would be impossible to make a
partition air-tight when put in in such
manner. Too much care cannot be
taken in putting in such a partition.
The ends will have to have much work
where Joined to the walls or air will
get through when one side is empty.
The work should be done in good and
substantial manner, as there is great
pressure. Both sides should be filled
simultaneously and we'll compacted at
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
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CARE OF THE TEETH.
70 Preserve and Beautify Them
" Should BE the Aim of Every
Man, Woman and Child.

Everybody admires a good set of
teeth, and the owner of such is always
to be envied. An excellent cam
phorated tooth powder which will not
destroy the enamel of the teeth, and
yet will render them white, is made of
7 drs. of precipitated chalk, one-half
dr.. of powdered camphor and dr.. of
powdered orris root.
1t is not sufficient to use only tooth
powder; a liquid dentifrice is pleas
ant and has a beneficial influence upon
the gums. To make one, take ozs. of
borax, quart of hot water and one
teaspoonful each of tincture myrrh
and spirits of camphor. Dissolve the
borax in hot water, and when the wa
ter is cool add the other ingredients
and bottle them for use. A few drops
used in little water form a delightful
wash.
1t is a mistake to suppose that the
teeth of every person should be of the
same whiteness. The variation of
color is largely a constitutional re-
suit.
Yellow teeth, it is said. are usually
indicative of bodily vigor, and very
pearly white ones of a more fragile
constitution.
There is only one general rule to Of
fer. respecting the care of the teeth,
and that is that they be kept immacu-
lately clean and in perfect health.
Their color then matters nothing, for
their condition will prove that they
are we'll attended to. Should the
gums be tender and spongy, the gen
eral health, upon which the condition
of the teeth so much depends, should
be made the subject of inquiry.
A healing and soothing tooth pow
der is made of precipitated chalk
o., of powdered borax one-half o.,
of powdered myrrh one-fourth o..
and the same quantity of powdered
orris root.-N. Y. Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10

creations in this direction is to be
found in her magnificent country
home on Long Island, comprising a
mansion and 700 acres of land, which
was presented to her by her father
in-law, John W. Mackay. In this
house Mr.. Mackay has had construct
ed the most wonderful bath that has
ever been seen in America. It was
brought over from Italy and is cut
from a solid block of marble, which
cost something like $4,000. The pool
is sunk in the floor and five broad
marble steps lead down to it. The
water spouts from the mouths of ex-
quisitely carved marble dolphins. An
other feature of the bathroom is a
great fireplace built into the side
wall of the room. Each of the other
rs bathrooms in the house has lux
urious Pompeiian bath let down in
the marble floor in the same way.
1t was Mrs. Mackay's own idea that
each of her 80 servants should have
a separate room. The rooms are
small, but are sunshiny and comfort
able.
Although spending fabulous sums
every year upon gowns and the graf
ification of literary whims regarding
fads, Mrs. Mackay is by no means
neglectful of the more serious prob
lens of life, says the Chicago Tr1b-
une. She gives fully as much to
charity as she spends for her own
pleasure, and makes it a rule never
to buy herself a bit of fnery with
out giving the equivalent to some de-
serving person or institution. Mrs.
Mackay is new type of the fashion
able woman, and she has attracted
no end of attention in the east-in
fact, throughout the United States.
People stare at her so much when
she drives out in New York that she
wears veil covered with heavy lace
aounces that completely hides her
features like mask. She is beauty
with dark hair, dark eyes, and an ex-
quisite figure. Her gowns are the
best that can be bought. Jewelry is
her pet fad, and she has one of the
finest collections of jewels in Amer
lea. One ring is Hindu curio, which
cost $4,000. 1t covers three fingers
and is of old yellow Chinese gold set
with rare rubies, diamonds and en-
eralds. Among her furs is single
coat of sealskins and sables which
cost $1,000.
Mrs. Mackay is justly reputed to be
the most original woman in New
York society. She furnishes the sur
prises, fashions and fads for the
young members of Gotham's smart
set, and the distinction of having in
augurated baby parties in this coun-
try belongs to her. She is the mis-
tress of one of the most beautiful
country homes in America, and vet
her friends say she has not been
spoiled by all this lavishness. She
always has time to be pleasant to
everyone, and, although she enter
tains constantly, she never neglects
her little daughter for society.
Stationery is one of Mrs. Mackay's
many fads. It is all in violet, and, be-
cause she thinks q red two-cent
stamp is inharmonious on a violet en-
vel ,pe, she uses the three-cent STAMP
instead.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
a BENEFIT TO FARMERS.
C1onsolidation Of Harvester Planfa
Means the Confirmation Of Low 6
Prices to BuyexY.

The benefits that will undoubtedly
result to farmers from the recent in
corporation of the International Har-
vester Company, which took over tho
business of the five leading harvester
manufacturers have probably not
been considered by large portion of
the farming community.
The economical necessity of q con-
solidation of the interests of manu-
customers must be apparent to any
one who understands the present sit
uation.
The increased and increasing cost
of material, manufacturing and SELL
ing-the latter in consequence of ex-
IRENE and bitter competition between
manufacturers and their several sell
Improbable.
The two alternatives left for tho
manufacturers were either the in
creasing of the prices of machines
or the reduction of the cost of man
ufacture and sales. The latter could
only be accomplished by concentrate
ing the business in one company.
AS can readily be seen, the forming
OF the new company was not stock
Iobbing operation, but centering of
mutual interests. There is no watered
stock; the capitalization is conserva-
tive and represented by actual and
tangible assets. There is no stock
offered to the public, it having all
been subscribed and paid for by the
manufacturers and their associations.
The management of the Interna-
tlonal Harvester Company is in the
hands Of well-known, experienced
men.
The officers are: President, Cyrus
Il. Mccormick; Chairman Executive
Committee, Charles Deering; Chair
man Finance Committee, George w.
Perkins; Vice-Presidents, Harold F..
Mccormick, James Deering, VIM. b..
Jones and John J. Glessner; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, Richard F. Howe.
The members of the Board of Di-
rectors are as follows: Cyrus Bent
ley, William Deering, Charles Deer
ing, James Deering, Eldridge M. Fow-
Ter, E. II. Gary, John ]. Glessner,
Richard F. Howe, Abram M. Hyatt,
William H. Jones, Cyrus II. McCor-
mick, Harold F. Mccormick, George
W. Perkins, Norman B. Ream, Leslie
N. Ward, Paul D. Cravath.
The international Harvester Com.
pany owns five of the largest har-
vester plants in existence, The Cham
pion, Deering, Mccormick, Milwaukee
and Plano-plants that have been pro-
ducing nearly or quite 80 per cent.
of the harvesting machines of the
world.
It also owns timber and coal 1andz
blast furnaces and a steel plant; it
has new factory in process of con-
struction in Canada:
It is believed that the cost of pro-
ducing grain, grass and corn har-
vesting machines will be so reduced
that the present low prices can be-
continued, and that consequently the
results cannot be otherwise than
beneficial to the farmer. To main
tain the present prices Of these ma
chimes means to continue and in
crease the development of the agri-
culture of the world, for no one
cause has contributed or can con-
tribute more to this development
than the cheapness of machines for
harvesting grains.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
MRS. CLARENCE MAcKAY.
New ' York societys Leader Who II
"A. Called led the Most Entravagant
+. W + Woman In America.

p d - ~ +, II. .
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, the dashinx
leader of New York society, with a
fortune of almost $4,000, 900 at her
command, is credited with being the
most extravagant young matron in
America. She spends annually more
than 100000 on her wardrobe, and
this does not include her lavish ex-
Penoltures for jewelry, which is her
pet fad. With an assured Christmas
present every year of. 900 for pin
money and regular allowances on an
equally liberal basis, she is easily in
position to lead the younger set of
women in New York in the matter of
extravaganza. ..n
Mrs. Mackay leans perceptibly to-
ward fads, and! one of her latest
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
SOLID EARTH ROADS.
Should Be Thoroughly Underdrained,
Because Surface Drainage IL
Not Effective.

Notwithstanding all that has been
done or proposed in the way of road
improvement, the real problem for the
next rs years will continue to be how
to make good dirt roads. Model roads,
under the Higbee-Armstrong act, or
any other possible act, will not cover
the state of New York with macadam-
lied roads inside of Is years. The
change will not be perceptible to the
majority of farmers inside of rs years.
OF course, this kind of work should
be pushed forward with earnestness'
and liberality. The trolley meanwhile
will go great waysto supplement the
macadam, but both together cannot
lift US out of the slough. We must
study the dirt road question, and not
consider it as of little Importance.
County engineers, taking charge un-
der the pay system, ought to make a
solution of the question, which the old
pathmaster system did not, and never
could have done. A good dirt road
could never be made by surface drain.
ing. It was no more possible-and
never will be possible-than to make
dry meadows by surface draining.
The farmer knows that he must un-
derdrain his land, and do it thorough
ly. But if you go into a highway and
drive spade down in the middle of
your road you will find that the crust
even in the dryest weather is not more
than six inches in thickness. How
long rain will it take to soften this
or break it up entirely? The result is
mud holes, and in wet spell almost
impossible roads, and this has been
the history of our country roads ever
since we took possession of the land
and laid them out. It would continue
to be the story forever under the path
master system. What is needed is I'M
derdraining as we'll as surface drain
ing. In some cases main ditch along
the center of the road thoroughly laid
in six or eight inch tile, would be suffi-
cient. In other cases it would need the
French system of tile bitches on each
side. European model roads have
these deep bitches four feet deep on
each side of the road, and in some
cases there is an additional ditch down
in the center, all tiled and covered.
The expense of such a direct road
would, of course, be vastly less than
a macadam or telford road, and it
would pay for itself in the saving of a
single year to the farmers adjacent.
There could be no objection to a thor
oughly we'll laid stone. drain, where
tile is costly and stone plenty. In
other words, drain your roads as you
drain your meadows, and they will be
passable driveways and haulways at
all seasons of the year. We note that
where trolleys are built they improve
the drainage, and do it with covered
drains. -E. P. Powell, in n. z. Tribune.
4. # possible, let the cows have water
n the stab at III times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
SEA ISLAND COTTON.
Its Cultivation in Cuba to BE Pushed
Theoretically by American
Capitalists.

capitalists, headed by Mr.. George w.
Ireland, of Philadelphia, and in which
Sir William Van Horne and number
of prominent Canadians are largely
Interested, have just purchased $780,
ooo acres of lands near Bayamo, in
eastern Cuba, and formed company
with a capital of $5,OOO,OOO to- grow
sea island cotton in Cuba, believing
that this crop is destined to succeed
sugar as the islands staple export.
Members of the company announce
their purpose, not only to produce
cotton for export to Great Britain
and the continent of Europe, but to
also establish cloth mills here, so
that Cuba, like Georgia, may manu-
facture it's own cotton goods for home
wear. They also propose to erect
cotton seed oil mills and fertilizer
factories either at Manzanillo or San
tiago de Cuba-whichever of these
two ports may be decided upon as
point of shipment. Improved mod
ern gins will be used, and great
compress will be put up at Bayamo.
OA oSS Will duult Cuelr machinery
free of duties.
The tract of land purchased by the
lreland-Van Horne people lies con-
tiguous to the main line and Man.
zanillo branch of the Cuban Central
railway, the grand trunk" road Of
Cuba, upon which Sir William Van
Horne claims trains from Havana
will be running through to Santiago
de Cuba by Christmas. Previous to
the ten years war in Cuba and dur
ing the American war of secession,
writes George Eugene Bryson, Sea
island cotton was extensively grown
IN eastern Cuba-the historic city of
Bayamo being in the center of the
cotton belt.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
FACE OF GAS METER.

the face OF gas meter. It will be
noticed that the hands of alternate
dials move in the same direction.
The dial at the top registers frac-
tions of cubic foot and is used for
test purposes only. The figures on
the right-hand dial represent hun
dreds of cubic feet and when the
hand has made one complete revolu-
ton thousand cubic feet will have
passed through. Each thousand feet
will be checked on the lower dial I'M
til 10000 in reached, when the hand
of the last dial moves one point. 1t
should be noted that the hands can
not be reset to zero and that, conse-
quently, each reading should be pre-
served until the next one is taken
and the former deducted from it.
The dotted lines represent the posi-
ton of the hands at previous read
ing OF the meter, namely $500 cubic
feet. The hands now Indicate 6.40O
cubic feet. Minus $500 cubic feet
would give 1900 cubic feet as the
amount of gas consumed during the
quarter; at $3.50 per 1000 feet, your
bill should be $3.50.
A water meter is read in precisely
the same way but the registration is
more minute. The first dial is used
only for testing. The next registers
single feet, then tens, hundreds and
SO on. If, after deducting as shown
above, you find you have used 2,526
cubic feet of water during the year,
you must multiply this number by
.74s to find the number of gallons.
namely 1884 gallons. This amount
multiplied by the rate per thousand
gallons (unless you pay for. water
| by the faucet) will show. the amount
of your water bill.-Ernest R. Lowe.
| in Good Housekeeping.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-10
A.. Season of Monorra, -, ,

Everything nowadays must be
monogrammed, and SO must, of
course, table linen. A dainty initial
In the corner is worked with wash
silk or. fine white linen. thread. az
the family has crest or coat Of arms
it may be substituted for the mono
gram, provided the owner Of the relic
Of feudalism is sufficiently snobbish
to care to faunt it. # $z.s}: y .s5 ..sS1