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The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
Bids for Wood Wanted.

Sealed proposals will be received
by c.. R. Griffith, school district No.
5, for four hundred cords of seasoned
tamarack or fir, four foot wood. Two
hundred and fifty cords to be deliv-
cred at the East side school house,
balance at West side school house,
city of Kalispell. Wood to be deliv-
cred on or before the list of Septem-
Der, 1902. Bids will be opened June
2, at o'clock p. m.
The board reserves the right to re-
jecJ any and all bids.
G. R. GRIFFITH,
Clerk School District No. 5.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
EGGS IN MANY BASKETS.
Intensive Farming and a Greater
Diversity of Products.

Intensive Farming and Greater
Diversity of Products.
The farmers of this country must
change their tactics and develop new
industry or confine themselves to bet
ter methods than they are now pursu-
ing in order to win, says writer who
expresses his views as follows in Den
yer Field and Farm: Twenty years
ago, when they could no longer raise
wheat at profit, they changed off and
began putting up alfalfa hay and feed
ing it to stock. For a time they prac-
tically had a monopoly of the lamb
feeding business and thrived at it
Our alfalfa fed lambs always topped
the market, and they brought prosper
ity to town and country alike.
We had the alfalfa; the other fellow
did not. He had cheap grain, and we
did not. Up to last season almost ev.
cry farmer who fed lambs made mon
ey. Then conditions changed, anG
nearly every feeder lost money. The
price of corn is nearly double the sun
we used to pay, and this season the
Colorado feeder has had to pay more
than three times as much as three
years ago. The price is now practical
ly prohibitive, so far as our feeders
are concerned, and we need never ex
pect to get corn again as cheaply al
we did prior to 1900. Then. again
the farmers of the middle west ar,
learning how to grow alfalfa and ar,
making a success of it, so that we O
Colorado no longer have a monopol.
in growing this great forage crop.
When they can raise their own al
FALKLAND they are doing it now-th,
/ farmers of Nebraska, Kansas, low;
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
Frequent Planting of Vegetables

There is an active demand for good
vegetables of all kinds, and that de
mand is constantly increasing. To meet
it and make the growing profitable
vegetable growers must wake up from
their slumbers and produce vegetables
Of better quality and get them tc
market in more attractive shape. DUAL
ity can only be secured by intensive
cultivation. Any vegetable grown quick
ly is tender and delicious, while one
that it takes all summer to develop is
tough and tasteless. To secure suct
frequent paintings are necessary. Rad
ishes are only at their best for a day
or two, particularly in midsummer
heets but week or two, and the same
is true of sweet corn, peas and beans.
What l have said regarding the
trucker is equally true with many 9th
ers. The same opportunity is open tc
all who wish to improve it. | believe
there is no safer surer road to success
than that which leads to the farm
orchard and garden, says a writer il
American Agriculturist.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
GOULD.

In 1901 the pigs were overfed before
the experiment began. Extreme care
must be exercised in feeding skimmillk
to young pigs that the amount fed is
not too great They should only be
fed what they will consume quickly.
Most economic results were secured
in 1901 where one pound of cornmea
was fed with six pounds of skimmilk
and in addition a small quantity OF
bonemeal. 1t required % pounds OF
cornmeal and 1873 pounds of skimmilk
to produce a pound of gain live
weight.
AS a result of five years work it is
found that most economic returns are
secured with skimmilk when cornmeal
is the grain used. The proportion OF
cornmeal to skimmilk may be varied
without apparently affecting results
In no case should the amount of skim
milk fed be greater than the pigs can
quickly and easily consume.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
The Quickest Acting Plant Food.

The Quickest Acting Plant Food.
If home mixing of fertilizers is to be
done, definite knowledge should be
had of the materials which supply
plant food. Nitrate of soda is imme-
diately available for the plants use as
soon as it goes into solution. Its best
results are obtained when applied
where growing plants can make use Of
it quickly. Where plants grow in hills
or drills the nitrate of soda should be
applied near the growing plants. but
should be thoroughly mixed with the
SOIL If applied broadcast upon sowed
crops, it should be evenly distributed.
Nitrate of soda eXerts its most bene-
fetal action where immediate results
are desired. 1t is the quickest acting
plant food. Dried blood, while not so
immediate in it's action as nitrate of
soda, is very quickly available and as
general supply for nitrogen it is safe
and valuable. Ammonium sulphate is
the richest in nitrogen of any CONNER
cial material, usually containing about
20 per cent actual nitrogen. At the
present time the cost of nitrogen from
this source is greater than from either
nitrate of soda or dried blood.-L. A.
Clinton.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
One Thing and Another.

The bean crop of California in 1901
is stated by the president of the San
Francisco chamber of commerce to
have been 54,OOO,O0O pounds, or 100000
bushels.
A considerable foreign demand has
sprung up recently for corn oil and
corn oil cake.
According to official statistics. the
honey and wax industry shows little
if any increase since 1889.
Wheat screenings with a small ad-
dition of corn make good sheep feed.
Plant melons and cucumbers in the
open ground toward the last of May.
Protect early tomato plants when
necessary with paper, cloth or hay,
but they will stand greater chill than
is ordinarily believed.
Bolts & Hand have just received
new line of summer styles. Prices
reasonable.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

grees, the greatest daily range being
SO degrees at Billings on the 18th,
Kipp on the 18th, and Toston on the
18th.
The average precipitation for the
state was 80 of an inch, which
showed a deficiency of .045 OF an
inch. The deficiency was .3S of an
inch in the east, sc of an incn in the
central, and an excess of 20 of an
inch in the west portion.
The greatest monthly precipitation
recorded was 495 inches at Dillon,
and the least was none at Chester.
The greatest amount in any con-
secutive "a hours was LIS, which in
cluded 9 inches of snow, at Dillon,
on the 21st.
The average number of rainy days
days on which .01 of an inch or
more of precipitation felD for the en-
tire state, was 5.
The greatest total snowfall for the
month was 81 inches, at Doll.
The average snowfall was greatest
over the southwest portion of the
state and the east portion. The
greatest depth of snowfall occurred
with the storm of the End and 3rd,
when six inches fell at Dell on the
End and at Butte on the Bird; also
on the 21st, when IL inches fell at
Dell and inches fell at Dillon.
The weather has been too cool for
good growing weather thereby caus.
ing spring to be from two to four
weeks later than the average. Cold
periods generally occurred on the LIST
9th, 18th and 14th, and the maximum
temperature for the month occurred
on the 18th or 10Th.
The precipitation was very un
equally distributed during the month
In the northern portion of the state
from Kipp east to Culbertson, includ
ing the counties of Teton, Choteau
Cascade, Lewis and Clarke, Broad
water, Meagher, Valley, Dawson ant
north portion of Custer county, the
precipitation was very light. 1t wa'
excessive over Broadwater, Madison
Ravalli, Missoula and Flathead coun
ties, and also at Livingston ant
Crow agency.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

What number of stock per acre can
be safely grazed depends on the re-
gion. In the short grass" country if
teen to twenty acres per head must be
allowed. In central or eastern Kansas
two and half acres per head is per-
haps limit.
Every farmer can tell by observation
when weeds are coming in. If so, it
is a sign to reduce the number Of stock
per acre. No man can afford to raise
stock in such numbers that they use
up the capital itself (the land, by kill
ing out the pasture grasses which
make it valuable instead of consuming
the interest only.-H. F. Roberts.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
cLIMAToLoGY FOR APRIL.
Observations and Deductions of the
Helena Weather Sharp.


The monthly mean temperature for
April, 1902, was 4O.S degrees, or 1.9
degrees below the normal; the nor
NAL for the state, as shown from 29
stations throughout the state, hav-
ing five years or more of record, was
42.7 degrees.
In the east portion the departure
from the normal shows an average
deficiency of 7.3 degrees at Billings,
and the least was a deficiency of
OIL degree at Ekalaka. The central
portion has a deficiency of Ia de-
grees; the greatest departure being
deficiency of "a degrees at Two
Dot, and the least was normal at
Havre. In the western portion the
deficiency averaged IL degrees, the
greatest deficiency being 2 degrees
at Troy, and an excess of OF degrees
at Missoula.
The monthly mean was highest
over the western portion of the state
including Flathead, Missoula and Ra-
valli counties; also over the south.
east portion, including Dawson, Gus
ter and Rosebud counties, and low
est along the Rocky mountains. II
ranges from 44.9 at Missoula to 1854
degrees at Ovando.
The highest recorded temperature
for the month was 81 degrees at Bill
ings on the 2Sth, and the lowest
degrees at Chester, on the 9Th.
The range for the state was IS de
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

The ash trees are of the first magni
tude, of quick growth, ironclad as t.
cold, free from insects and diseases
their wood most valuable and easily
transplanted and cared for. The ashes
have much to commend them for some
regions in the west. The roots of trees
of this class are found near the surface
and this probably accounts for the fac
that no commonly planted trees grow
as well in an alkali or mineral soil as
the ash, the mineral substance general
ly being considerably below the sur
face
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
Splendid Pasturage For Hogs.

A combination feed on which to pas.
ture hogs this coming season may be
prepared by drilling with corn planter
one drill of soy beans, one of cowpeas
and one of sorghum or sweet corn
making the drills as close together as
can be safely done and allow a cult
vator to go between. At the last cul
tivation sow about three pounds OF
rape-Dwarf EsseX-to the acre You
will be surprised at the large amount
Of rich, succulent food that can be
raised by this combination. says al
Orange Judd Farmer correspondent
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
WEEDS IN PASTURE.
Don't Overgraze, and There May BE
Fewer of Them.

Fewer of Them.
So long as the conditions in nature
surrounding the wild prairie grass re-
main the same they will continue to
grow in about the same proportions
and to about the same extent. Man,
however, changes natural conditions
violently. By breaking sod and put
ting in crops he opens places which af-
ford room for strange plants, weeds,
the seeds of which are carried thence
to neighboring grazing land. Even
then they will not drive out the wild
grasses if the latter are left to them
selves. On the contrary, if a farm is
abandoned weeds may riot for q few
years on the broken land, but the sod
retakes the soil eventually in the prai-
RE regions, and the weeds are crowded
out.
The most common cause of weed in
vasion of native pastures is overpastur-
ing, whereby the. wild grasses are kept
down so that they cannot compete with
the weeds. The latter, being unpalata-
BILE, usually are left undisturbed by the
stock. Sometimes there are introduced
weeds never found on the prairie, as
| ironweed, snow on the mountain OF
milkweed, horseweed and thistle. 9th
ers are tough prairie perennials grow
ing among the grasses, but not spread
ing greatly unless the latter are kept
| down.
Prevention of weed invasion of pas.
i fIIrpS ic l1ry yNaecihIa nv
grazing fewer head per acre. Compare
the number of weeds in a prairie pas
ture with those in an adjoining piece
of similar land not grazed, but kept tC
be moved for hay.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

CONSTRUCTION OF ROOF FOR HAY TRACK.
upper portion of the NOW untitled. The
sleeper the roof the less thrust there
will be on the plates and the easier
will the load be carried. Rafters by
6 inches will be strong enough to car,
ry an ordinary barn roof and the load
of hay since the track is attached to
every pair of rafters and the rafters
are but sixteen inches apart. This dis
tributes the load. If the barn is small
and the roof steep, 2 by 4 inch rafters
will be strong enough. The sleeper the
pitch the smaller the rafters may be-
other things being equal.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

and Illinois, with the advantage they
have in the cost of corn, may kill Col
orado lamb feeding deader than a
doornail. The Colorado feeders SIM
ply cannot compete with them. They
will feed their own corn and alfalfa
and will also have the advantage of
being so much nearer market. The
salvation OF the Colorado farmer lies
in more intensive farming and a great.
er diversity of products. He should
raise more coarse grains-oats, barley.
speltZ, sorghum and corn - rotating
with alfalfa, wheat and sugar beets
if he is in the vicinity of a sugar fac.
tory.
BY this means he will keep his farm
in good condition and not carry all OF
his eggs in one basket He should keeI
a few head of good cattle, sheep anC
hogs and be able every year to turn of
beef steers, fat lambs and fat hogs
finished on alfalfa, roots, coarse grair
of his own raising and sugar beet top:
and pulp from the factory. So far a.
possible the lambs should be dropped
in midwinter on his own farm, as the
winter season in Colorado is q far bet
ter lamhing time than the cold, we
spring months. Every farmer on 16(
acres can keep $50 ewes and with goo(
management he should be able to turf
off $4,000 worth Of fat mutton ever.
year, besides having 1920 or 1.50'
pounds of wool to sell.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership composed of Gilbert Poi
rier and John B. Poirier, dong bust
ness at Somers under the firm name
of Gilbert Poirier & Co., has been
dissolved, Gilbert Poirier retiring.
The business will be conducted at
the old stand by said John B. Poirier,
who will pay all firm debts and col
lect all outstanding accounts. The
patronage of the public is invited.
Dated this 22nd day of May, 1902.
JOHN B. PORTER.
GILBERT POIRIER.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

Speltz is growing in popularity in
Dakota and Minnesota. Professor
Worst reports that for fattening cattle
it is very valuable.
Hot water is simple, inexpensive and
thoroughly effective in destroying root
lice of the apple tree.
Examine every ear of seed corn and
test few grains from each.
Those who object to the glaring ap,
pearance of whitewash on trees can
darken the wash by adding sifted hard,
wood ashes to it.
Soaking seed wheat in a solution of
formalin practically prevents the de-
velopment of smut.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
Peas, Radishes. Onions and Squash

Peas, Radishes. Onions and Squash.
OF the varieties of peas grown to-
day the Clipper is the earliest. next
MOTIFS Excelsior. then comes Gradus,
the newest of all
Of late years the globe shaped rad
ishes are in greater demand than the
long. They are grown very easily, and
large quantities can be produced from
a small tract of land.
There has been very little change in
varieties of onion the past forty years,
and the Yellow Danvers is still the
leading variety.
Two of the most prominent of the lat
err varieties of squash are the Essex
Hybrid and Bay State, introduced in
1870 and 1886 respectively. : w. w
RaWSOn
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
A business" Hen.

The White Leghorn pullet shown in
the cut has scored 80 and 90 at various
poultry shows and is owned by Penn
sylvania man. Rural New Yorker
prints the picture as good likeness of
a business Leghorn and quotes the
owner as follows:
"White Leghorns are among the best
of poultry for broilers, as they grow
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
BARN ROOF FOR HAY FORK.

Almost Any Roof VIII Carry One.
Curb Construction the Best.
Almost any kind of roof structure
may be made to carry track for
hay fork. Hay forks and hay carriers
are operated most satisfactorily where
the roofs are steep, third pitch or more,
and the mOws deep. The curb con
struction of roof. shown in the illustra-
ton, carries the track high up, says
The Country Gentleman, and in this
day of economies it is best to make
the roof high and leave the extreme
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

The precipitation was the least on
record for April at Dell, agricultural
college, Augusta Canyon Ferry, Great
Falls. Kipp and Marysville.
The record for temperature was
broken at Billings, Dell, Two Dot and
WibauX.
The average number of clear days
was II, partly cloudy days IL, and
cloudy days s.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was from the southwest
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
Not Good For Hens.

An exchange cautions the farmers
that when they clean out their cellars
in the spring and remove partially de-
cayed vegetables they should not feed
them to the hens. 1t is true that near
" all the vegetables kept in the cellar
during the winter are good for hens
when in good condition, but when much
decayed or badly wilted they are not
more fit for the hens than for the fam
ilY table.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24
A LIVELY WHITE LEGHoRN.

fast and mature early and have white,
tender meat. AS for eggs, they are
acknowledged by all to be the heaviest
layers of any breed of chickens known.
They lay large, white eggs and lots of
them, and with a little care in cold
weather can be made to produce a
large quantity of high priced eggs"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

Warm weather is soon here, and
you will want lawn dressing sacque
or kimOna. Wilson has them.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-24

For Rent-Furnished front room,
bath in connection, 229 Second
avenue east.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-10

MR.. PETER HOFFMAN, Kylertown,
" Pa, writes:
81 was deaf for five years and could
find no help. was completely deaf;
was afflicted with shortness Of breath,
bronchitis, trouble in the throat, 30 that
was In misery. Through one Of DR..
Hartman's almanacs decided to try
Peruna, and bought bottle.
81 took three bottles and now feel real
well; my hearing is good again; I can
breathe without difficulty; my throat is
no longer inflamed. followed all the
directions, and can uow say that DR..
Hartman's Peruna has cured me. f''
~ recommend 1t to all suffering with
catarrh. an, seventy.one years old,
have an appetite again and caz work.
I feel Zen years younger
When old age comes on, catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is al
most universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become
80 indispensable to old people. Peruna
is their safeguard. Peruna is the only
remedy yet devised that meets these
cases exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally
nothing but an effective systemic rem.
edy could cure them. This is exactly
what Peruna Is.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-10
With Curative Act Was
Defeated Tuesday
Morning.
(News-Democrat Leased Wire service)
Columbus, o., Oct. Z. - The code
was put on passage at 1880 this
morning with the curative act and
was defeated by a vote Of So TO &c.
ECLIPSE or MOON
ON THE SIXTEENTH
First In Three Years--WiIl be
Hidden Hour and A
q Halt.

The mbst important event OF the
month, for the American amateur as.
tronomer is the total eclipse Of the
moon, which takes place on the night
of October 16 and II. Though lunar
eclipses are not of rare occurrence, it
is almost three years since we have
seen one of any size, and four years
since we have been able to observe
one that was total. Since thid Isl so,
we may well spend some time In dis
cussing the causes and phenomena
of such an, event, even though they
may be familiar to many Of our read
erS.
Everyone knows that eclipses Of the
moon are caused by her passage
through the earth's shadow. This
shadow extends from the earth in ex-
actly the opposite direction to the Gun,
and, since the sun is larger than the
earth, 1t tapers off to point which is
about four times as far away; as the
moons orbit For an observer situat-
ed anywherel within 1t, the earth hides
the sun completely.
II the moons orbit, were in the
plane' of the ecliptic we Would have
an eclipse at every full moon. But as
1t is actually considerably inclined
the moon usually passes north or south
OF the shadow, and SO escapes eclipse.
At the present full moon the moons
path leads almost centrally through
the shadow, and she is completely pm-
mersed in 1t for an hour and ahalf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-10
WOMAN ACCUSED
OF C0NSP|R|NC
AGAINST WIDOW
Sensational Allegations 8
Made Against Mary
Harrig.
GERMAN wife files Her claims.

Still further complications have
arisen from the fact that George Har-
rig, who recently died near Camp
Creek, west of Massillon, had two
wives living, one in Germany and the
other in this country.
After Harrig's death the fact was
disclosed by brother of the deceased,
and word was sent to Germany, where
not only a wife, but several children
reside. Harrig had married in Ameri-
ca and lived with his wife about fif-
teen years. After his death, Mary
Harrig, his wife here, went into pro-
bate court and as his widow had an
allowance made for her support. Aus
tin Nichols was appointed administra-
tor, and was proceeding to settle the
estate without reference to the heirs
in Germany.
Now the German wife and children
through the law firm of McCoughey &
Eggert, of Massillon, have filed a Pc
tition IN probate court, alleging that
Maly Harrig is attempting to get pos
session of the estate fraudently and
that she and the administrator had
full knowledge of the existence of the
other heirs.
The petition asks that all the pro-
ceedings in the probate court be de-
clared void and set aside and the es-
tate administered to the interests Of
the rea! heirs. 'H-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-10
TUMBlED INTO RIVER
Companion Atte pts Suicid e
After Murdsring Rival.
Mystery Cleared.

News-Democrat Leased Wire Service
Wheeling w. Va. Oct. 7. THE
mystery of the death of Gay Smith is
solved. Rodeia bain, who tried to
commit suicide by taking chloroform
confessed she pashed Gay Smith into
xhe river Monday might a week ago.
" The girls qBarreled over the hove Of
Henry Nolan The Balm girl will live.
A warrant was issued for Rodela
Balm charging her With the murder of
Miss Cay Smith of Bridgeport, o. Miss
Balm is still in the hospital suffering
from the effects of chloroform which
she swallowed.