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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
GRASS AREA OF n. D.
State Has Forty Millions of Acres
for the Rancher and Diversified
Farmer.
Natural Feed Which Is Rich in Al
buminoids, the Flesh. Forming
Elements.

Professor Waldron, Of the North Da-
kota Agricultural College and United
States Experiment Station, writes:
North Dakota has a grass area Of 100000
600 of acres. capable Of producing each
year as much beef as Is represented by
half a million 3-year-old steers, allowing
twenty-five acres to each animal. These
yoked together would make an OK team
500 miles long, thus giving an idea of the
immense productiveness of our pastures.
Over this whole region (western North
Dakota), the average rainfall Is seventeen
inches, and in no place deos it fall below
thirteen inches. in this respect being su
perior to most of the other grazing lands
Of the United States.
''1t Is probably well known to most
Of you that a plant does none Of it's work
in the dark; that all it's active processes
in taking the simple elements in nature
and reducing them to the form Of plant
tissues and food is carried on only in the
direct influence of sunlight or it's equiva-
lent But there is sunshine that In pass
ing through a murky atmosphere or an
atmosphere hung with clouds a11d charged
with moisture gives up most Of it's vital
or actinic rays, and allows only the pass
age OF those rays Of light which have but
little influence upon the plants activity.
1t Is only in regions having a bright, clear
atmosphere that the maximum number Of
active vital. actinic rays come in contact
with the plant. thus promoting those vital
processes, while the food is stored up in
the plant ready to be utilized by animal
life 1t Is only when a plant is literally
bathed in this bright, clear sunlight that
those special processes are carried on in
the highest degree. In addition to this
necessary condition, we must also have
the necessary amount Of rainfall, and a
rich soil. An excess of rainfall induces
a rapid growth, but such plants do little
In the way Of storing up albuminoids
The class of substances known as albu-
minoids constitute the flesh forming ele-
ments and those are what make our
grains so valuable. especially if fed to
working stock, as they supply the waste
and tearing down of the muscles arising
from the exertions OF the animal
1--WE would expect the condition Of
climate and soil which we have men
toned to give us grasses which are rich
In albumhaoids, and the chemists cor
roborate our expectations Upon exam
lining the tables of chemical analysis of
grasses, I find that four Of our leading
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

There is no natural money Garner to COM
pare with a North Dakota steer. s
The past year has witnessed q great
rush of new settlers into Stutsman
county, rapidly filing it. The older farm
ers will rarely sell, so that it is hitherto
unoccupied land upon which the new
comers locate. The free government land
is practically all taken. In the extreme
west OF the county where the last of the
free land is just going, houses may be
seen on almost every quarter. and in
stead Of the old fashioned claim shanty
of the early day boomer, many Of them
are substantial farmhouses, showing that
their owners have come to stay"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
A DAILY THOUGHT.
Joubert.

L.
To govern ones house is to be truly a
citizen: it is to staKe a real part in the
general government of the state to ex-
ercise her finest rights. and to make her
progress easier. Every head of family
should be both pontiff and king in his
own house.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
FAILURE UNKNOWN
Paulson's Record of 20 Bushels an
Acre for Fifteen eYars.

The Cando, N. D., Record saws: A
Paulson gives us the following informa-
tlon IN answer to our inquiries concern
ing the report of his disposal of his big
farm anda removal from the state: ii
am offering the farm for SALE but it isn't
on the bargain counter by any means. If:
any OF those prospective buyers ever come
up TO my figures they can have it; if not, j.
IL keep 1t. L have been farming here for
hfteen years. and cain afford to take a rest.
Have never had a failure Of crops. In !
1888, when everything froze, my crop was
untouched and yielded 20 bushels. Have
not kept track of the yields, but am sure
tl1at the average for the past fifteen years
has been 20 bushels per acre or better.
North Dakota is all right, and though I
seek a. home in other climes, L can have
nothing but praise for the state that has
yielded me such bountiful harvests."
1t might be observed that, with a rec
ord of 20 bushels per acre for fifteen
years from one of the biggest farms in
the county, 1t is no wonder that Mr.. Paul
son Is tired Of making money and wants
to take vacation. -.
AS MANY OTHERS DO.
New York Sun.
Mohammed had just gotten off his little aphor-
VERY good exclaimed the grand vizer with
Soisn green look K Then DO we understand that
This being to much for the great prophet he
went forth and REINFORCED himself with a pony.
,i5|s15gs,{S T5M1,s eHkNsEs f7se:
All! When we were newly married, life was
all that could be wislled,'' said the woman with
the martyred air. aIv> .F..t
And now?' asked the other
"Now 1t is more -.ir:
" TRUE ENOUGH. =
-. Baltimore American.
He--I say doctors are the n1eanestamen going
and can prove it. - - %,tt
She-f1ow. so 2
He-Eyen when they treat man he has to pay
for the drinks they give him. - -.: So.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02
Opportunity

1t Is said that opportunity knocks once;
at each mans door, and It welcomed will
call again; but if sIishted, goes away to
return no more. How often do we hear
people say,sm could have bought this or
that at such and such a price, naming
FEW dollars for land or other properties
now Immensely valuable. Some man did
do i, and to-day Is counting his wealth
by thousands and perhaps tens. Of thous.
ands.@ The opportunities Of the past have.
gone by, never to return, but others Just
as great stand by our door to-day. Have
wc courage and foresight to welcome
them? &:
IT. costs you nothing to Investigate the
possibilities of STUTsMAN COUNTY, the
privileges that 1t offers to the man Of lin !
tied means, and the many opportunities
for good investnentswhich Will from time
to time be explained In the Advocate, and
which Is worthy Of your careful consider
alton. Read It through carefully; II may.
pay you to investigate some OF Its iegItl.ss
riates business propositions.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-02

-NWlA Sec. 2e, fss, es-Alt wild, level,
Gooo meadow ..................
SWI4 Sec. 22, 13e, 63-sehool house on
corner; 4 miles from jamestown 49,.
West " SEQ. 7, 13s, 654 miles from
EldrIdge, level, all pIow land. ........
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
MlsLEIpINe coMPARlsoNs.

The railroad corporations have had in
Auditor Weston a very staunch and I'M
finching champion. In the state board
Of assessment for last year and this
year Mr.. Weston has been the chief fac
tor in repelling every appeal for a ma
terial increase in the assessment Of rail
roads and at every step has been a
buffer" against the popular demand for
equitable taxation.
In the recent hearing before the board
Auditor Weston endeavored to counter
act the indisputable fact that the rail-
way corporations have been favored
with extraordinary reductions while the
assessments of other property have been
steadily advancing and increasing both
in volume and in value, by instituting a
comparison between the assessment of
lands and chattels in 1886 and in 1902.
With this end in view he presented the
following table:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17


Now IS the accepted time TO hle applica-
lions for membership in a Don't Worry
Club."
All nature takes kindly TO the water cure,
particularly when sandwiched with copious
layers OF sunshine.
II the worst comes in the laundry sduab-
Bile pebble can bark back to their bicycle
sweaters. Any old thing will serve In a
storm.
What Shall We DO with the Menu is a
question agitating the federation in Texas.
That's dead easy. Marry and do them
as usual.
Joaquin Miller. the poet of the Sierras''
has the rare pleasure of remarking with
Mark Twain, Reports of my death are
grossly exaggerated"
A man and woman were married in an
undertaking establishment in Oakland,
Cal. No better place could be chosen TO
give proper solemnity to the CEREMONY.
The Wholesale Milliners' association has
agreed TO flock with the Ornithologists
union. Henceforth birds of a feather VII!
wear only chickens wings on the cady.
Chicago comes out strongly with In
creased birth rate statistics. President
Roosevelt's remarks seem TO have given
the stork a touch of the strenuous life.
The Monitor Arkansas which sped sc
gaily to the st. Louis dedication Is stuck 1r
the mud above Cairo and lacks about ninc
feet of water to swim. The governors OF
Colorado and Indiana who also partici
pated in the ceremonies, are in a mood tc
sympathize with the unfortunate crew
They, too. got stuck.
One of the many Solomons warming
seats on the New York bench makes a gen
erous contribution to the gaiety of the
metropolis. He holds that a mans car
riage is his castle and that he ma sticl
his feet out of the windows and whooT
as loud as he pleasss without interference,
by the police. That eminent jurist has CT
fectually cornered the tenderloin vote.
Inventor Edison made one speech in al
his life and it wasn't a brilliant one. II,
had agreed to lecture on electricity beforI
a girls seminary and had engaged a frient
named Adams to work the apparatus Will
he talked But when the wizard arose 4
address his audience he felt so dazed tina
he simply said, Ladies, Mr.. Adams will
now address you on electricity and 1 will
demonstrate what he says with the appar
atus."
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
THE LAST LITTLE QUESTION.
"What Shall We DO with tho Menf'
Considered by Women.


The Texas Federation OF Women's Clubs
has settled or wiped away all questions but
one. At its next meeting those federated
sovereigns promise to decide this sole re-
naming matter. OF solemn importance to
the dethroned sex: What Shall We Do
with the Menu Art. science, literature,
music, politics. political and domestic
economy have been discussed authorita-
lively and exhaustively. Man. petty man.
was left till the last. He closes the pro-
gram or procession.
II Is too late to ask for elemency. The
case must be decided on its dement's. The
men have had their day and now they are
10 nave their day of judgment. Still, we
wish we could read the thermometer OF
feminine feeling I'm the southwest. Do the
daughters OF the Lon Star state approve
the horrible severity proposed by a Kansas
man hater a year or two ago? This relent-
less she would not hear OF repression OF re-
striction. Men must be abolished" was
her ruthless cry.
Has this radical notion spread? Can't the
men be revised and amended? At least We
hope that there will be some kindly voices
in favor OF gradual abolition.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
SECULAR SHOTS AT TUE PULPIT.

Chicago Post: An indianapolis pastor ad-
vocates the Saturday half-holiday IN order
to insure a proper keeping OF the Sabbath.
He probably argues that when Sunday
comes the person who had his fun the day
before will be too tired TO do anything but
so to church.
Baltimore American: Iowa ministers are
agitating for a state marriage board to reg
ulate the heart affairs Of the youths AMI
maidens Of the state. When they have sue
ceeded IN subjecting Cupid to the demands
Of reason and science. they ought next TO
turn their attention to the regulation Of
winds, the suppression Of tornadoes, the
regularity OF the rainfall and other little
details within the management of human
ingenuity.
Philadelphia Record: The proposition to
change the name of the Protestant Eplsco-
pal church was voted down by LARGE ma
~jorities of both clergy and laity in this do.
cese. In New Jersey there was a large ma
jority against It in the laity and a small
majority against 1t In the clergy. In Wash
ington the convention voted nearly four to
one against a change. In Florida there
was a small majority for adopting tho
name American Catholic" Louisiana
voted against any action now. In Missls-
sippi the laity were almost unanimously
against the change, but a majority Of the
clergy favored It.
Cleveland Leader: The movement for an
agreement among the clergy of the various
denominations not to remarry divorced per-
sons gives promise Of doing much to ele-
vate the moral tone of the people Of the
United States in one very important respect.
While divorce is sometimes justihable, and
while there are many divorces in which no
! ..{u,,, a., ,aet .,1an tbo ,barootor - Al l.
nocent party to the proceedings. it is a fact,
nevertheless, that divorce is a great and
growing evil, which is doing more than any
thing else to deprive the home Of its sacred
character. If divorce were only granted
upon the Scriptural ground, and the limo,
cent party were then permitted TO remarry,
the problem might not be so difficult Of
solution. but the causes for which divorce
may be granted are so numerous and SO
varied under the avs Of the different states
that nothing short OF an agreement among
the churches not to remarry divorced per
sons can be depended upon to check the
growth of the evil
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

total railroad mileage in Nebraska was
2,9O3.4 miles, assessed for $19,45S,133.
or $6,520 per mile, while in 1902 with a
total mileage Of 5,7O4 miles the assess
ment aggregated only a fraction over
6,5OO.OOO, or $4,467 per mile.
Nobody dares contend that the true
value of railroads in Nebraska has not
more than doubled within the last six
teen years, and If assessed on the basis
of their earnings at one-sixth of their
actual value they would have been as
sessed for more than $5O,O0O,OOO, and no
amount of sophistry and no specious
pleadings will justify the state board in
making the assessment less.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
THE MERRY SUMNER MONTHS.
William Motherwell.

AeNa ASNAAN "NAAH
They come! tho merry summer months of
beauty. song and flowers;
They, come! the gladstone months that
bring thick leatiness to bowers.
Up, up my heart! and walk abroad; fling
cark and care aside;
Seek silent hills, or rest thyself where
peaceful waters glide;
Or underneath the shadow vast Of patri-
Scan through it's leaves the cloudless sky
In rapt tranquility.
The grass is soft. it's velvet touch is CRATE
And, like the kiss of maiden love, tho
breeze is sweet and bland;
The daisy and the buttercup are nodding
It stirs their blood with kindest love to
bless and welcome thee;
And mark how with thine own thin locks
That blissful breeze is wantoning ana
whispering, BE gay"
There is no cloud that sails along the
But hath its own winged marines to give
Thou seest their glittering fans outspread.
all cleaning like red gold;
And harki with shrill fife musical, their
merry course they hold.
God bless them all, those little ones, who,
far above this earth.
Can make a soon of its mean joys and vent
a nobler mirth!
But soft! mine ear upcaught a s~ound-from
The spirit of the dim. green glade did
breathe his own glad name;
Yes. II is he, the hermit bird that, apart
from all his kind,
Slow spells his beads monotonous TO the
soft western wind:
Cuckoo! cuckoo! he sings again-his notes
are void of art;
But simplest strains do soonest sound tho
deep founts OF the heart.
Good Lord! il is a gracious boon for though
crazed wight Ike me
To smell again these summer flowers be-
meath this summer tree!
To suck once more in every breath their
little souls away,
And feed my fancy with fond dreams OF
youths bright summer day,
When, rushing forth like untamed colt, the
reckless truant boy
Wandered through green woods all day
long, a mighty heart Of Joy!
I'm sadder now-I have had cause; but
Oh! I'm proud to think
That each pure J~oy-fount, loved OF yore, l
yet delight TO drink.
Leaf, blossom, blade, hill, valley, stream,
the calm, unclouded sky,
Still mingle music with my dreams as in
the days gone by,
When summers loneliness and light fall
round me dark and cold,
TIL bear, indeed, ife's heaviest curse-a
heart that hath waxed old!
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

One hundred and forty-five insurance
companies reporting to the New York
state insurance department issued fire
policies for the year 1902 in the sum Of
so, 592, 612,556. On this business the
premiums collected amounted to $97,-
$50, 100, while the losses paid were only
$66, 2S6,513. The Underwriters will keep
busy some time If they undertake to
make these figures fit in with their
stories about the fire insurance com
panies being compelled to conduct their
business at q loss.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
DANGER IN STRENUOUS LIFE.

That the strenuous life which most
people lead in this country, particularly
those in business and in the professions,
has its perils and it's penalties, has fire.
quently been pointed out. The latest con-
tribution to the subject was made in a pa
per read before the American Therapeu-
tic society which was In session at Wash
ington the past week. The author, DIR.
Osborne of New Haven, said that sew
eral causes OF late years have been at
work to produce all sorts and kinds of
heart debility and to hasten that degen-
Grafton of the circulatory system that
comes normally late in life. The prin.
cipal cause Of this, he pointed out, are
the high tension of our daily life and the
nervous strain of some of our pastimes.
1--WE hardly realize this daily tension and
its effect on u hearts unless we an.
aiyze it. We rise on time in the morn.
ing, whether by al alarm clock, by the
call of a servant, or by habit, eat break.
fast and read the papers on time, a CLOCK
in every room and a watch in our hand
We then, on time, meet Office and out
side engagements, always and carefully
predeciding the amount of time that will
be required and timing the next engage
ment by this decision. During the DIS,
we rush up long flights of stairs or tax,
elevators that go up with a rush ant
stop with a plunge. If we are ailinj
we slight natures signal to relax an,
still keep up the pace"
This briefly sets forth the habit of III
of a very great number of American
business and professional men and it /
not questionable that the price paid in
great many instances for this activity 1
an impairment OF vitality. Yet sue
warnings as that of Or. Osborne are nc
likely to be needed. At least ninety me
in every hundred understand that tn
excessive activity of which he speak
makes a drain upon their vitality whic
may ultimately prove disastrous to thel
q physically, but in their ambition to su,
, coed and in the necessity they find Il
! keeping up with the feverish race, the
. take all the risks and go on in the stree
uous way regardless of possible cons
a quences. This sort OF life with Amer
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

At the recent meeting of the American
Medical association it was stated that
there is demand in this country for an
annual increment of about $500 medical
graduates, whereas the medical schools
are turning out from 10000 to $4,000
each year. But in medical practice as
in every other occupation and profess
sion it is the fttest who survive. There
are always many starters in every race
who fall out before the halfway post is
reached. The only lesson conveyed by
the figures thus cited is that the med
ical schools should take greater precau-
ton to get students who give promise
Of panning out and prepare them better
to keep up with the procession after they
assume responsibility for themselves.
This applies not only to medical schools,
but to all professional and technical in
stitutions engaged in training young
people for the actual work of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
Unnatural
New York Tribune.


A woman 70 years old, who had lived
with a daughter. was turned away from her
home a few days & because she had be-
come a burden on the family. Before COM
hitting her TO the almshouse the poor
woman was taken to the home of a married
son in the hope that he might find a place
in his family circle for the unfortunate
creature. He refused to receive her, how
ever, on the plea that he could not afford
to keep his mother. and was unmoved by
her mute e~ntreaty for shelter. Resigned to
her fate, the old woman asked to be taken
to the a~lmshouse, and told her escort to tell
the children that grandma did not cry
when they took her away" A last effort
was made IN her behalf at the home OF
another married son. and he, on the prom
Use that the other members of the family
would contribute toward the support of his
mother. consented to take her into his
home and to spare her the grief and the
shame Of becoming an inmate of an aims
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

Omaha music lovers are %rightfully
gratifed over the success of the musical
festival under the auspices of the Ak
Sar-Ben organization just closed because
It shows that u people are enlisted in
the cause of music as much at least for
the sake of art as for the SAKE of recrea-
ton. Without disparaging the band
concerts that have gone under the name
OF musical festivals. it is always con
coded that the orchestral and choral rem
dition Of masterpieces carries instruc-
ton and education along with entertain
ment. That Omaha is not only able but
ready to support a serious musical pro
ject on a ~pretenuous scale is creditable
alike to those who have participated &C
lively in it and those who have helped
it along with their patronage.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17
BILL FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL.
Pay n Pretty Price for See
ing the Sights Abroad.
CbI,o0o Daoon5- IJar,Id

Ing the Sights Abroad.
Chicago Record-Herald.
America, being a big country and a rich
one, is able to spend on its pleasures sums
which reach enormous totals each year.
There are plenty OF amusements which
have a place on the country's balance
sheet in the hundred-million class, but most
of them are of a kind in which all or nearly
all of the people participate to a great ex-
tent.
One form of pleasure, however. which
comparatively few people can enjoy, and
which yet ranks high in the total amount
spent on IT. is foreign travel. An expert in
the navigation business has been recently
making an estimate Of what our tourists
will spend abroad this year. and he places
the amount at 800, 100000.
From the port of New York there will
he sixty-seven sailings OF first class steam
ships for Europe each month from May
10 August inclusive, They will carry ap-
proximately 2i,5OO cabin passengers a
month. or 5000 in the four months OF
the season. Enough tourists will sail
earlier or later, It is estimated, to bring
the total 10 lo5, 900. For their passage
this army OF travel will pay $1 O0O,0OO, and
for their living and other expenses a good
s7o oOo 600 more, or a total of at least $780,
900, 900.
As the steamship lines are owned almost
entirely by foreigners, 1t is near the truth
10 say that this sum goes into foreign
rockets. where II becomes an important
factor in the settlement of the balances
80 foreign trade. Latterly the United
stotes has been sending abroad each year
Goods TO the value Of $4OO,OOO,OO0 or $780,
ooo. 900 more than the value of the goods
a. buvs abroad. Foreign nations have.
therefore. lust this large a balance to set
tIs for IN some other way than by send
ting rs manufactures in exchange. The
400 OOo.oOO worth Of services they give to
our tourists helps them out materially in
| the settlement.