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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
A NURSERY sw1NpLE.

Where the writer lives for several
years past the farmers have been peri
odically raided by the representatives
Of a so called nursery located in a
western, city. Investigation shows that
there is no nursery at that place. moth
ing but an Office and shipping barn.
The stuff furnished on these orders is
bought at wholesale from nurserymen
anywhere and may be true to name
but, more likely not. We have seen
some of the bills for goods thus sold
and find that from IS to 100 per cent
more is charged than the same things
guaranteed could be bought for from
the home nurseryman. We are almost
tired of telling farmers to let this class
of fakes alone. Money might just as
well be burned up in the kitchen stove
as paid to them.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
TT IS QUALITY THAT PAYS.

Not enough attention is paid by the
average farmer to raising the best
things. 1t costs as much to raise
scrub animal of any kind as it does to
raise the best, and the difference in the
selling price is often as much as 100
per cent. 1t is just the same with
grains, fruits and vegetables. 1t really
pays only to sow the best seeds.
Yet how very little care is taken in the
selection and preparation of the seed!
The margin of difference between the
poor fat steer and the good fat steer
is hardly ever less than So per hum
dredweight and often as much as 81.
The difference between COW which
makes 125 pounds of butter per year
and one which makes 325 pounds is the
ssisn1ssefWS between a COW n hf2h runs
you into debt and one which will bring
you in net profit Of over $50. The
barrel of choice apples will sell for 81
when culls of the same varieties have
to go to the cider mill. There will al
ways be ten men who will persist in
raising the poor stuff where there Is
one who raises the best. Why not be
that one?
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
TOO RADICAL A cross.

In a dairy community we know OF
the attempt to make use of registered
beef sires on herds Of cows of purely
dairy types. The result is that the
men who sold these sires are being
harshly criticised because the product
ia not of a better beef type The sensl'
bic man would not expect such radi-
cal cross to give him good type OF
beef animal. The dairy breeds-Jer-
seys, Holsteins and Guernseys-are
Just as prepotent as any of the beef
breeds and therefore just as likely to
determine the character of the cross
This is especially true so far as the Jer-
seys are concerned, and it may be said
that no beef cross with this breed Will
ever give satisfaction to the feeder.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
NEW CREAMERY METHODS.

A very marked and probably per-
manent change is going On in connec-
ton with the creamery business. In
word, it consists Of central butter
making station, usually located in some
large city, with first class railway facil-
tiles, the use of the farm separator by
the dairyman on the farm and the ship
ment of his cream by railway to the
butter making station. 1t is claimed
that notwithstanding the freight charge
on the cream the net profits to the dali
ryman are greater than under any sys-
TEN yet tried. The logic of success
full dairy business certainly implies the
separation of the milk at the farm ana
the use of the skimmilk in its very bcst
condition for the young things on the
farm, but the claim is made with some
show of reason that butter Of the best
quality cannot so be manufactured. AS
might be expected, this new plan meets
with the hearty opposition of all the or
ganized local creamery companies
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
SAVE THE BIRDS.

We offer just as many inducements
as possible for the birds to make their
home with us during their all too BRIEF
summer visit. Never mind if they do
get a little of the fruit Passing the
sentimental and aesthetic side of bird
life as associated with man and viewed
from purely an economic standpoint,
the birds should be protected and fos-
tered, as they stand directly between,
man and horde of insect pests which
If not kept in subsection would speedily
paralyze all of mans efforts in both
agriculture and horticulture. There are
ten birds in England where there is
one here. and England is one Of the
most productive countries on the face
Of the earth
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
LOSSES OF WET SEASONS.

We will never find fault any more
with so called dry seasons. The pas
lures may be bare and the blowing go
hard and the dust fly, the creeks dry
up, but even under these conditions
the crops a fellow raises he is able to
secure and save. Here in 1902 we have
had an old fashioned wet season. scant
sunshine and warmth and 4 surplus Of
rainfall, with the result that the losses
sustained in harvesting and gathering
the different crops have been simply
enormous. Nearly one-half Of the July
cutting Of the hay crop was rendered
almost worthless. The crops of small
grain were injured over % per cent,
while there were thousands of acres Of
corn on low land throughout the west
which could not be gathered until the
ground froze up, as team could not
haul an empty wagon across the field.
There have been two compensations,
however, for this abnormally wet year
all forest and tree life has been COM
pletely rejuvenated as well as the
meadows and pastures.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
A NATURAL LAW.

In the study of plant and animal life
it will be found that every species al
most without exception has some para
site which preys upon it, always with
the result that it limits the develop
ment of such species. This is in accord
with the great natural law which al
ways provides agencies to preserve the
proper balance OF the species. This ex-
plains why when any one crop is grown
to the exclusion of others on large
scale sooner or later some parasitic en-
envy is sure to develop. Thus the hop
louise riddles the hopyards, the 'yeI-
lows blight the peach orchards, the
cholera cleans out the hogyards, the
rust smites the wheatfeld. Nature
wants everything to have fair show,
and when any form Of life becomes
monopolistic in its growth or develop
ment she makes very short work in
providing a remedy. Possibly there
may be hint here for some of our
statesmen who are today wrestling
with social. political and economic
problems.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

John Chumasero, for years a well
known lawyer of Chicago and formerly
judge of Monroe county, N. Y, is
dead.
Five buildings were badly damaged
by fire at Piqua, O., entailing total
loss of $150,000, with only a partial in
surance in each case.
Mrs. Daniel Rowland was burned to
death and her husband was fatally in
jured by leaping from third-story
window at Berwick, Pa.
The marches of the unemployed,
which have now become daily fea.
ture of London's streets, are causing
uneasiness to shopkeepers.
Andrew Meyers, living near Lyons,
Neb., shot his brother Erick three
times. Erick will die. Andrew claims
the shooting was in self-defense.
The doctors attending Abram S.
Hewitt report that the patient passed
the night in comfort with no obvious
loss of strength, but with no gain.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
THE FARMERS woRKDAY.

There is being a great deal said these
DAYS about eight hours being lons
enough for any days work, and WINE
the claim made may properly apply 10
mining and manufacturing, the system
cannot be made success on either the
railroad or the farm. The growing sea-
son of all the cereal producing sections
of the United States is at best very
short, nature working tWenty-four
hours day, and this compels more
than eight hours work in twenty-four
of any man engaged in agriculture.
The well defined hours Of labor posi-
hle in all manufacturing enterprises
are simply impossible ON the farm Tor
it not infrequently happens that man
must do two days work in one or else
be simply buried up by his work. IN
an ordinary way, when things are not
on the farm, days work OF
ten hours will do, but nothing less
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
A Crisis Met HaI1 Way.

There were strict orders in the Phil
ippines regarding looting, and one day
a lieutenant's suspicious were aroused
by private whom he saw peering ca
gerly under the piazza Of house on
the outskirts Of Manila, writes Dixie
Wolcott in Harper's Magazine.
"What are you doing there?' he de-
manded In his gruffest tones.
"Why, SIR" said the soldier, saluting,
'I'm only trying to catch chicken
which I've just bought"
Lieutenant K. stopped and caught
sight of fine pair of fowls.
"There are two chickens under
there" he exclaimed excitedly. II
bought the other one. Catch 'em both -
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31

the block ana allowed TO float out to
sea, the land end being tied in slip
knot to the bottom of the pole. AS soGn
as fish is hooked its struggles cause
the bell to ring, whereupon the fisher
man runs to the pole, Ioosens, the slip
knot and plays the fish until he has
drowned it, when it is hauled ashore.
In fishing for octopus the native dives
to the bottom and with stick pokes
around in the small holes in which the
octopus lives When he touches one,
it seizes the stick and allows him to
draw it out of the hole. When he
reaches the surface, the native grabs
it with his hands and bites into the
head, thus killing the animal.
r,vo CIe1 er Statesmen.
One crisis in Lord Palmerston's life
illustrates the absolute good humor
which may prevail even when political
enmity is at its worst. Lord Derby had
made an attack upon him in the upper
house with such energy and eloquence
that the odds against him seemed over
whelming. But he defended himself
and his policy from the dusk Of one
day to the dawn of another with such
tact, dexterity and force of appeal to
the national sense of honor that he was
acquitted of all blame by a majority Of
fourscore.
Next day in passing through the cor
ridor leading from an anteroom to the
upper house one swing door opened to
his hand and at the same moment the
other to that of Lord Derby. They
were opponents. but they were also
manly and sweet natured men. They
smiled.
81 was just thinking" said Palmer
ston, "what clever fellow he was who
so nearly put me in q hole!'
"Ah," was the rejoinder. "but moth
ing like the cleyerness Of the fellow
who got you out of itv'
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
HAWAIIAN FISHERMEN.
Hands and Teeth Play a Part In
Capturing the Octopus.

Hands and Teeth Play a Part In
Capturing the Octopus.
The native fisherman of Hawaii,
while an adept with the hook and line,
does not scorn to use his hands to cap
ture his prey when occasion arises.
The bonito is the fish most generally
caught with hook and line, and as the
hook used is of mother of pearl, made
from the shell of Il moIlusk now quite
rare, which glistcns with an rides.
cence similar to the Simmer from the
scales Of the smaller kinds of fish on
which the bon;o lives, 10 bait is need
Ell. The barb Of these hooks is OF
bone, and two tufts of hogs bristlcs
attached at right angles to the barbed
END Keep the inner side up, so that the
NOOK lies Hat ~on the Surface of the
sea. When likely fishing ground
mas been reached the fisherman, stand
ing up in the canoe. cases out his line
violently, so hat the hook falls with
a slap on the water and attracts the
attention of the fish. The line and
the boat, as though it We're II spoon,
and tie boaito, taking the hook TO be
h small fish. rises to it Immediately.
1t is fortunate for the fisherman that
he has TO waste no time in batting his
hook, for this method of casting fright
ems the school, and the fish disappear
within ten or fifteen minutes.
An ingenious plan by which very
large fish are caught is by planting
long pole on the shore in such a posi-
ton as to cause it to lean decidedly to
ward the water. On the top OF this
a bell is arranged so that it can swing
clear of the top of the pole A block
and fall are also attached to the pole
close to the top, and long line, with
baited hook at the end, is run through
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31

No new breed of cattle has ever
sprung more quickly into popular favor
than have the Polled Angus. The
many prizes which this breed carries
off at the stock shows, their uniform
color and absence of horns, combined
with their early maturing qualities,
commend them very highly in public
estimation. They are peculiarly adapt
ed to the conditions which prevail in
the corn belt and are as much a COM
plement of the field Of corn as a flock
of sheep are of a turnip or rape field.
No man can make any mistake who
places a good herd of GOODIES" on his
corn and clover farm.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31

AS the time draws near for making
the second payments on Dakota ana
Canadian land investments a gooo
many men who have mortgaged good
farms in Iowa and Minnesota to buy
these northern lands are going to hnd
themselves quite seriously embarrassed
We do not see why it is that when
man after working hard for years finds
himself at last out of debt and in a
position to enjoy life he must needs In
cumber his property and take up the
fret and worry of the old life again.
Why don't men know when they have
got enough?
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
Ahont Ghosts.

He-D'you know, if were ever to see
a ghost, don't you know, l believe
should be hopeless idiot for the rest
of my life!
She (absently)-Have you ever seen
ghost ?-London King.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
A Forc1DIe indictment.

Little Nell don't like my papa one
bit. He's awful selfish.
Mamma-He is?
Little Nell-Yes'm. He nearly sat
down ON my dolly, an then, stead OF
takin' another chair, he took her chair
right away from her an left her on tn
hard floor
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31

The average person wastes lots Of
time telling other people things they do
not care to hear.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-01-31
TAXES REFUNDED.

Total Refundments, 1902 S 81 62
To balance Jan LIST, 1902. % II
1nent ...... 80 Is
Credit by June settlement "
Credit by Nov settlement 46 az
Dec 81, 1902, by balance. %
To balance....... S PAS
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-24

&NTrEE GEbA@-tNE 80 NJ ElF2r#a
Students of the Mankato CONNER
cial College, Mankato, Mimi. get
good board for 81. S5 a week.
Wanted-A girl for general house,
work. Will pay good wages.
Mrs. F. III. Winsor,
600 west Fourth street.
Dom't miss the Ladies Bazaar at
the corn palace Wednesday and Thurs
day Of next week. 1t will besthe place
to secure bargains.
w. G. Webster has returned home
from his trip to Sioux City. He was
accompanied by his cousin, Miss
Mosf1ier. who will visit here for ii
few weeks.
AtteYd the Ladies Bazaar at The
corn palace Wednesday and Thursday
Of next week. Thee will be things
on sale in just what you need. The
surplus will go into the Carnegie Ii
brary book fund.
Slight injuries often disable a man
and cause several days loss Of time
and when blood poison develops some
times result in the loss of a hand or
limb. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is
an antiseptic Eminent. When applied
to cuts. bruises and burns it causes
them to heal quickly ard without
m%aturation, and prevents any danger
Of blood poison. Sold by all drug
gists.
Wednesday evening Miss Florence
Dickson entertained a goodly number
of her young lady and gentlemen
friends at her home, the occasion be-
ing the celebration Of her "tenth''
birthday. The party was arranged
on the juvenile plan, and the young
ladies and gentlemen turned back
! time in its flight and were youthful
lads and lassies again in dress and
|spirit, if not in age. Short trousers
and jackets for the boys, and short
skirts for the maidens formed a COM
bination that produced an immense
amount Of fun when they had assem-
bled at the Dickson home. The
amusements of today were scorned
and the youthful games were brought
out from memory's archives and
played over and over again. Candy
hearts spoke sweet messages that the
lips refused to tell and the games
well, they were the same old ones
l f1,ot " loco F.. f1,oS ~ d. ~ NH;,r
Dickson was presented with a large
number Of trinkets that she viii
doubtless treasure in the future
The refreshments that were served
during the evening were just the kline
children. admire at the tender age 0
. ten The affair was a very happ.
one and all will admit that it ISM
such a bad thing to be a boy or a cir
, again.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-24

Great Mushroom Garden In France.
The strangest Of the underground
worlds in France which I visited was
one devoted to the raising of mush-
rooms. Its limits seemed unbounded,
as indeed they were, for 1t pierced the
hillsides in every direction. We entered
through an opening under an orchard
of cherry trees. During 'tharvest time
a crop is gathered every t~wenty-fouf
hours. Three men, with their great
baskets, make the rounds of this under
ground farm every morning, and every
day in the year can count on an i'm
mense crop, which they ship to thu
large cities near by and even several
miles away. The discolored and inferi-
or mushrooms are sent to the %canneries,
but for his best growth the producer
receives only 20 cents a pound.-Scrib.
ner's MAGAZINE
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-24
Oats for sale by John Quirk.
LIBRARY LADIES BAZAAR
The Woman's Library Association
Has Arranged for a Bazaar
Two Days, July 20 and 80.

On Wednesday afternoon and even
ing and Thursday afternoon, July %
and 30, the Woman's Librarv Asso-
citation will hold a bazaar IN the corn
palace building for the benefit of the
new Carnegie library. Booths will be
arranged in the building in which ar
tlcles will be sold. The goods have
been donated by the citizens, mer-
| chants and the firms which they rep
resent.
The homes and business houses
have been canvasSed in Mitchell for
articles that can be sold at the bazaar.
| Any person who has been overlooked
can still contribute something that
can be turned into money for the
purchase Of books for the library.
Remember the date and make it a
point to attend the bazaar and buy
something that will be a bargain.
There will be a grocery booth, hard
ware booth, bakery and ice cream
booth, fancy work and others. There
will. also be harness furnishings, 40
lions. silver, china, perfumes, a bicy-
Gle, ETC., for sale, in fact anything
you may want.
1t will be worth a great deal to Wis
it the booths and see the display of
articlems. Show your interest by at
tending, v If you do not buy any
thing. No admission will be charged
except for the evening entertainment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-24
Wanted-School Teachers.

Two first grade teachers can secure
employment in the schools Of Prosper
township. Wages $40 per month.
Apply to the chairman of the board,
w. A. Darling, Mitchell.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
WRECK ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Chair Car and Sleeper Leave Track,
~InjurinE Several of the
Passengers.

FORT DODGE. Ia. March 1s.-(special
Telegram)-There was a wreck at Pomeroy
on the Illinois Central Thursday night. The
chair car and sleeper on the Chicago lin
TIED on the Sioux City line left the track
and the chair car was overturned, causing
a number of slight injuries among the pas
Two cars were thrown fifteen feet from
the track. Only the fact that the ground
where the cars struck was very soft and
muddy prevented more serious Injuries. No
one in the sleeper was hurt. The train was
running at the rate Of sixty miles an hour
when the accident occurred.
Among the injured:
Miss Ella Watson. Fore Dodge, head cut.
Mrs. A. H. Peterson. Fort Dodge, back
sprained and bruised.
Unidentified woman, Rockford, ILL.,. head
cut. ~
w. D. Hunt, st. Louis, hand cut and
bruised.
], t. Perry, New York, back hurt.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

state insurance companies are equally in
terested in II. The companies rely on the
decision of the federal court in having de-
olarcd unconstitutional the Nebraska anti
compact law and for the same reason. Tho
insurance companies of the state were
never better organized than now for work
ing together in perfect harmony, as the
agents and all others have been formed
into clubs and associations all over the
state and they are prepared to make a hard
fight for the defeat of this law.
Labor Day Mt state Fair.
The matter of having one day at the state
fair this year get apart as Labor day will
be laid before the state federation meeting
at Davenport in May. 1t is proposed by the
state fair people that one day shall be
designated as Labor day and that a special
effort be made to secure the attendance Of
the union labor element at the fair. A
special program has been arranged and
there will be features Of interest u organ
lied labor.
Secretary Kennedy Of the State Board OF
Health assisted in the prosecution of one
Or" G. II. Heath at Boone. an itinerant
doctor accused Of the practice of medicine
without securing a license to practice in
the state. The doctor was bound over TO
the. grand Jury. and failing to give 5000
bonds, he was sent TO Jail.
Found HIS Son in Jail.
James w. Mead OF Sioux Falls, a ]prosner-
Gus South Dakota farmer, was in Des
Moines today in search OF his son, William,
who disappeared from his home some
months ago. The boy was found in the
county Jail awaiting trial on a charge of
BURGLARY a crime sure to have landed him
in the penitentiary had II not been for the
timely arrival OF his father. Among the
indictments OF a week ago was one charg-
ing w. F. Mead with burglarizing a cloak
room at Highland Park college and OF steal
ing an overcoat and overshoes, He was ar
rested and placed in jail. This morning az
the earnest solicitation Of his father. Mead
CContInued on Ninth Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14

Tit agitation in favor OF the independ-
ent telephone companies has resulted in
the movement to organize another local
company. Attorney James e. Price Is said
to be the moving spirit in the organization
Of the company and is said to have several
Des Moines men interested with him in the
prof. ct. . 1t is understood that the com
pany when formed will seek a franchise in
Council Blufs. The independent company
organized by II. II. Van Brunt, Attorney
Emmett FINLEY and other business men Of
this city is also planning to go before the
city council again with a proposition for d
franchise.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
Scimitar and Fex

IOWA CITY, Ia. March 1S.-The Uniyer-
sity OF Iowa enjoys the particular distinc-
ton OF having the only chapter of the fra
ternity OF the Scimitar and Fec, an ord n
chartered by Abdul Hamid II. sultan ~
Turkey, in the United States. The mem
bers of the chapter are eight members Of
the senior class Of the College Of Liberal
Arts. They appeared in chapel this morn
ing robed in long cloaks and wearing tur-
bans. Their left cheeks were painted in
green and gold and bore the scimitar, while
on their right cheeks appeared the blood
red fez. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-14
Gravel roofing. A. H. Read, I.s Main s.
nethers Returns 10 Pen.

Nathan Bethers, who was recently pa
rolled from the penitentiary at Fort Mad
ison, will be taken back there this morn
ing TO complete his sentence. The day
Bethers returned home he became involved
In trouble and was arrested for assaulting
a man. Before Justice ouren he pleaded
guilty and paid the fine assessed against
him. His arrest on this charge resulted
IN his parole being revoked and he was
taken into custody by Sheriff Cousins yes
terday. Bethers was sentenced to one year
for the larceny Of property OF the water
works company. When paroled he had less
than two monts of his sentence to serve.