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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-04-01
DAIRYMEN SHOULD BE BUSINESS
VEN.


least possible cost. A manufacturer
produces his goods as cheaply as he
can, and knows exactly what his goods
cost him. He must know that or he
will not succeed. He cannot have
much control over the selling price,
for he has to sell at the price others
sell the same kind and quality of
goods at, but he has some control over
the cost of production. He is constant
ly exerting himself to the utmost to
reduce the cost of production, by buy
ing the most suitable material that
can be bought and for the least money,
and by lessening the amount of man
ual labor that enters into the prOduc-
ton by the use of the best machinery
and of the newest and best styles,
by which labor can be saved. He fig
ures exactly the cost of each article
manufactured, and if he cannot sell
it high enough to cover the cost of
production and something besides for
profit, he would be a foolish man in
deed if he did not drop the prOduc-
ton of those articles that were made
at a loss and turn his attention to
producing such articles as could be
made at profit.
But there are very few dairymen
who can tell anywhere near what a
pound of butter or hundred pounds
of milk cost them. l have asked hun
dreds of them the cost of these things,
and most of them cannot even guess
anywhere near | found just one man
who could tell to the fraction of a
cent what a pound of butter had cost
him the year before He knew eX-
actly what his COWS had eaten and
the market price of the foods. He knew
how much labor had been expended
and the cost of that. He had figured
in also the interest of the money in
vested in the business He knew
what each COW produced, for he had
weighed and tested the milk of each
and had rejected the poorest, so he
had very fine herd 1t is needless
to add that he is one of the most sue
cessful dairymen I am acquainted
with.
But most men say they cannot tell
the cost of dairy products, or, for that
matter, any farm product, for there are
so many things in the way Of food and
labor that enter into the cost. | know
better. | know that it is not so diff
ficult to tell the cost of pound of but
ter on farm in any particular year as
it is for the manufacturer of buggies to
tell what a buggy costs. There are
more different kinds of material which
go into the buggy and more different
men who work at it and more different
machines are used in producing it, and
yet the manufacturer of buggies knows
to a very few cents what buggy
costs him.
| have always been in the habit of
figuring the cost of things | produce
and would not feel safe in doing bust
ness if | did not. | will give some of
my figures in relation to the cost of
butter. | will take year some time
ago, before | had a silO. | had twenty.
five COWS that year. | charged them
with the food they ate, what | bought
at the price paid for it, and what was
raised on the farm at what | could
have sold If for The DaSture was
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found the milking averaged, taking
the whole year through, five hours
work day for one man, though, of
course, one man did not do it all.
Feeding the cows, cleaning stables
and, at times, during the summer and
fall, cutting and feeding green forage,
averaged three hours day. This
makes ten hours a day. This makes
the labor equal to one mans work for
the entire year. At that time this
was worth $240 and his board which
[ count SO a week, because | could
have got that by taking boarders.
This makes the years work of one
man amount to $500, or SIC COW.
Now, there is the interest on the
money invested. The twenty-five COWS
were worth $50 apiece, or $1,25O. The
barn necessary for the cows, the dairy
room and utensils for making butter
$3.50 more. In all, $4,000, which at 6
per cent interest is $780, or about S.
COW. Then there was $50, or 81 81
COW, for other expenses.
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Rubber stamps

Stencils, Enamel and Aluminium Letters,
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Stamp Works, 900 First Ave, Seattle.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
THE zIOEISTS' PATH
ShOOTHEO BY BRITAIN
Every Facility for Careful Scrutiny
TO Be Given.

LONDON. Aug. 2S.-It is the intention
of the foreign Office to instruct the Brit
ish commissioner in the East African
protectorate to facilitate in every way
the work of the committee appointed by
the Zionist congress at Basel. Switzer-
land. Wednesday, to investigate the offer
of the British government of site for
a Hebrew colony.
1t is not believed that the committee
will find difficulty In selecting site, and
if the colony is established 1t will be
under the general control of the commits
sioner as the representative of King
Edwards government, but this control
viii be nominal, the idea being to give
the Hebrews practically free local gov
eminent under their own officials and TO
enable them to observe their national
customs with freedom in municipal leg
islation
The foreign office officials say they re-
gard the experiment as important both
for the government and for the He
brews, as it will determine the ability
of the latter TO maintain an autonomous
government. If it is a success the col
Ony viii undoubtedly grow, and should
a failure result the government reserve:
the right TO reoccupy the land.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
MEXICAN ARMY OFFICER
ON CANADIAN MILITIA
Lieutenant Colonel Altamira Re-
turns to Embassy.

Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers Alta
mira, military attache Of the Mexican
embassy, returned last night from his
tour Of inspection of the Canadian mil
tia. This was one of the duties es-
pecially intrusted TO the new attache by
his government in accrediting him to
Washington several months ago Of
fetal observations of a similar sort have
been made Of the militia of this country
at some OF the National Guard encamp-
ments
II is President Diaz's wish It is under
stood, to put the Mexican national
forces on the most up-to-date military
footing possible, in accord with the view
taken officially also in this country that
completeness of equipment and effec-
tiveness OF action are the best prevan-
tives of internal and international dis
turbances. The recent legislation by
Congress here looking to a close alliance
between the regular establishment and
the State militia has proved an interest
ing part Of the investigations by Mex
ico's representative.
Lieutenant Colonel Altamira purposes
making an elaborate report to his gov
eminent on his observations in Canada.
Because of the extent OF the work and
other official plans at the present time,
this report Will not be submitted prob
ably until the early fall.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
NEWS FRO1ALL THE WORLD TOLD BRIEFLY FOR BUSY READERS
SOUND BOAT SENDS
SIX MEN TO DEATH

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug 2s.-The
three-masted schooner John Booth, of
New London. sank in the Sound off this
port at II o'clock Wednesday night with
i've of her crew and passenger, as the
result of a collision with the steamer
II. N. Whitney. The blow came without
warning, according to the story of a
survivor who was brought into Stoning-
ton by the steamer Maine. The drowned
men are: Mate of the Booth, name IN
known; Joseph l. Gorham, paper hanger.
Gloucester, Mass, a passenger on the
schooner; Frank Saunders. cook; Peter
Bliden. seaman; William Fees, seaman,
and William AleXaI der, seaman.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
SCORE PRESIDENTS
COINCIDENCE MESSAGE
LutheranS Think Action on Pope:
Death lll-AdviSed

UTICA, Aug. 2S.-The New York and
New England ministerial conference of
the Evangelical Lutheran synod of
Missouri. Ohio. and other States. now
meeting here. has adopted these reso-
buttons:
Whereas the spirit OF our American
Institutions and the very letter of the
Constitution OF the United States in Nts
amendment demand a clear. and clean
separation OF church and state;
Whereas the principles always up
held by the Roman Papacy are diamct-
rically opposed to these our govern
mental principles and We're maintained
by Leo Mi as consistently as by any
of his predecessors. as appears from
his encyclicals.
RESOLVED, That We, satisfied that in
this we are voicing the sentiment of
all loyal Americans, do most earnestly
and emphatically protest against any
action taken by the President and other
public officials with reference TO the
demise of the late Pope, whereby they
accorded official recognition to the
Papacy."
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
CHINA WOULD SAVE
LIVES OF JOURNALISTS
Proposes Imprisonment Instead, TO
Foreign Consuls.

LONDON, Aug. 28.-Prince Chang
Chi-Tung has telegraphed the taotai at
Shanghai that if the foreign consuls will
hand over the journalist prisoners. the
Chinese government will undertake to
make their sentence Imprisonment, says
the Shanghai correspondent of the
Times II is hoped this will not be
done, as Imprisonment would mean a
lingering death
The "Weikuangtao" suggests to the
taotai that the consuls hold a joint
trial and agree beforehand on life SEN
tence
Four students released on security of
American missionaries were ordered re-
arrested. officials everywhere are re-
pressing the expression of liberal ideas.
The Empress DOwager's portrait is
being painted by an American woman,
who is taking pains to convey the i'm
preston that this amable woman is not
! connected with the reactionary policy
and not responsible for the barbarous
fortunes recently inflicted upon a native
| journalist.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
AUSTRIA'S SUBJECTS
CHEER lTALY'S KING

ROME. Aug. 2S.-The King and Queen
yesterday arrived at Udine, the chief
town on the eastern frontier, sixty miles
northeast of Venice. for the grand army
maneuvers. They met with an enthusi-
astic reception, the significance of which
was heightened by a demonstration by
many inhabitants of the Italian provinces
still subject TO Austria. These. with
flags. flowers and leaflets, demonstrated
in favor of union OF the Trieste
province with Italy. Cries we're raised
of Long live Italian Trieste" while a
number of women from the Austrian
town came specially to Udine and, sur
rounding the carriage of the King, cried
Long live Victor, the lord of Trieste, .
and Long live our Liberator King"
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
MISSOURI AND KAW
AGAIN ON RAMPAGE

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Aug. 2s.-Heavy
rains north and west of Kansas City
have caused the Kansas and Missouri
Rivers TO rise suddenly TO unusual
heights, and the results may prove
grave. A bulletin issued yesterday by
the local weather bureau announced that
the Kansas Tor Kaw) River would rise
from five to seven feet at Kansas City
in the next forty-eight hours, and a rise
of equal magnitude, il is said, is coming
this way down the Missouri. The Kan
sas River here yesterday rose three feet
in ten hours and is still rising rapidly.
AT Lawrence this stream rose four feet
in the night, and at Topeka it is also
UP four feet.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
THIEF RESTORES LOOT
TO BANK BY PHONE

titled and cancelled checks to an aggre-
gate of $4,000. a thief has taken the
trouble TO restore them to the bank from
whose messenger he had taken them.
The checks were in a valise which dsap-
peared while George Nelson. messenger
for the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank,
was riding on crowded cable car. APP
parently the thief thought the vaIise con-
tanned currency, as when he discovered
10 the contrary he left 1t with the
cashier of a restaurant and sent a tele-
phone message which put the bank oil
the track of the missing papers. The
police have a good description of the
thief.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
ISTHhIAN CANAL NEWS
TAKES ANOTHER TURN
Appreciation of Sentiment in Thi,
Country May Help the Treaty.

Consideration of isthmian canal n-4-
tiers at the Colombian legation in thi
city has taken new turn. The alb
sence of any great amount OF definite
Information from the South American
republic and the abundance OF American
press comment on what Colombia ought
or ought not 10 do, has turned the tide
OF information southwark. The balance
OF trade is now all that way-this
country seems TO have all the news and
that republic wants il.
To meet this demand the press clip
ing bureaus are called upon for service
and keep their sharp lookout for articles
which may prove OF interest 10 the high
officials in Colombia. AS this work has
TO be handled through the legation here,
it imposes added responsibilities upon
DR.. Herran, the charge. In addition
TO his own reports. officially, the
clippings from the important newspapers
are forwarded to show the trend of pub
lie sentiment here and what sugges-
tons are thrown out as 10 the best way
TO overcome the difficulties in the way
o. building an isthmian canal somewhere
or other.
This IS one OF the features which
makes the clippings OF particular i'm
portance and value TO the officials IN
south America. Many American papers
have published strong articles on the
Presidents duty. under the SpOoner
amendment 10 the canal bill, 10 take
up the Nicaragua route again. This
reflected sentiment may. 1t is believed.
do much. apart from official statements.
70 convince members OF the Colombian
congress that public opinion in the
United states is strongly favorable 20
the general proposition OF an isthmisn
canal and that the matter of location
Is entirely q secondary consideration.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
TOOK PRETTY WIFE
ON H0LD-UP TRIPS

SEATTLE. Wash, Aug. 2s-H. W
Haynie and Grace Haynie. his wife, have
been arrested by city detectives. Haynie
has confessed to three highway robber-
les, none of which was profitable, but
the police believe that he and his wife
have been working together, the latter
in mans attire. In such guise she might
answer the description of a proverbial
been operating here lately. Haynie adj
mits taking his wife with him on sew
eral excursions. but denies that she took
part in the hold-ups. Mrs. Haynie is a
pretty woman and well known in Ore
gon
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
MINNESOTA INDIANS
READY FOR WARPATH

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug 2S.-ReliabIe
advices from the Leech Lake reserve say
that an outbreak of the Pillagers and
Bear Island tribes is imminent, and that
agency officials have begun to remove
their household effects and families to
Wilker, the nearest railroad town War
dances are in progress. The tribal King
of the Pillagers, who has just been re-
leased from jail, is melting the young
bucks against the whites, and is actively
supported by the younger element among
the chiefs. who are anxious for a fight.
The Piilagers have been sullen and ugly
for two months, and the situation has
just been brought to a head by the
tribal troubles
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
EX-JUDGE MORRIS FALLS
DEAD AT LONG BRANCH

LONG BRANCH, Aug. 2s.-Ex-Judge
Charles E. Morris. who was lay Judge
for the Monmouth county courts for
many years. fell dead on the street near
his home here Wednesday night. Apo
plexy was the cause. Ex-Judge Morris
was appointed lay judge in 1888. and
served as such until he was legislated
cat of Office a few years ago. At the
time of his death he was sergeant-a
arms of Monmouth county court His
funeral Will be held tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
CARDINALS HAT PLACED
ON SICK PRELATE'S HEAD

ROME. Aug. 2s.-CardinaI Herrero y
EspinOsa. Archbishop of Valencia, who
was at the point OF death in the con-
clave which elected Pope Piux Y, but
who has recovered, though still in deli
cate health. drove yesterday from the
Spanish College, where he has been
staying. TO the Vatican, TO have the red
hat privately conferred on him. Except
in unusual cases the cardinals hat is
presented at consistories. The Pope as
sisted by Cardinal Deacons Oreglia,
Maechi, and Moran, performed the func-
ton
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
VETERANS RECEIVE
PRESIDENTS PICTURE

An autograph picture OF President
Roosevelt was given 10 the New Hamp-
shire Veterans Association at the after
noon camp fire held yesterday at The
Weirs. y. II. An appropriate speech
was made by Henry l. Johnson. OF
Washington, president of the Sixteenth
Regiment Association. The frame for
the picture was an original design and
represented the United States shield.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
CHINA'S EMPRESS
WAR ON REFORMERS

SHANGHAI. Aug. 2S.-Chinese reports
from Pekin assert that the banished
Prince Tuan is there incognito. and that
he has had several secret interviews
with the Dowager Empress while the
Emperor was asleep. 1t is further re-
ported that the literary chancellors, who
are being sent to all the provinces are
all reacJionaries, with orders to report
what prospect there is of melting the
people against foreigners and foreign
reform
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
rs WISE AS HE IS OLD.

BERLIN, Aug. 2s.-Prof. Theodor
Mommsen, the historian (who was born
in 1870, read paper yesterday before
the Royal Academy of Science on the
inscriptions found among the ruins OF
Baalbek, Syria. This was regarded as
remarkable and as showing the pro-
fessors mental powers and unimpaired
analytical faculties.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
TO THE NORTH POLE
BY AIRSHlP ROUTE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Aug 2S.-'Tf
Sergeant Julius r. Frederick RECEIVERS
from his present illness we will sail to
the North Pole next year" said p. T. Nc
DOnnell, of Chicago. who is at the Fred
erick home in this city. Sergeant Fred
erick, who is a survivor of the Greedy
North Pole expedition is in a critical
condition. Mr.. Mcdonnell has been work
ing with Frederick The latter plans to
make dash for the North Pole by using
an airship.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
TOO MANY CUES
FOR ACTORS NERVES

NEW YORK. Aug. 2s.-Ernest Hast
ings, an actor. is under treatment at the
Lambs Club here for nervous break
down. He recently completed an en-
gagement of two years and half with
the Alcazar stock company, in San
Francisco. in which he time he learned
eighty-iive different parts.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
PLOT TO KILL PRINCE
UNEARTHEO IN SOFIA

VIENNA. Aug. est is reported from
Sofia that the police have discovered
tunnel leading under the konak (palace)
of Prince Ferdinand. II was thirty
yards long. and it is believed that it was
constructed with the intention of blow
ing up the palace.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.

PITTSBURG. Aug. 2S.-The third Sec
ton of the Barnum & Bailey circus train.
composed of sleeping cars. was wrecked
yesterday at Wildwood, on the Pittsburg
and Western Railroad. A freight train
crashed into the rear sleeper. in which
were forty persons. No one was hurt
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
LOCAL MENTION.
Select Skaters Flowers for the Sick.
At two stores, 18th and !. l7Il Pa ave-
Found Unconscious in Street

About O'Clock last night a man was found
unconscious az the corner OF Third Street and
McLane Avenue, Anacostia- He was taken 10
the Emergency Hospital where he soon re-
covered. II was found that he was Harry
Neal, Of "a Douglass Avenue Anacostia
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

Democratic primaries will be held in
the senatorial districts composed of
Clarke, Warren, and Page counties on
Saturday. TO nominate a candidate 10
succeed the Hon. Thomas ID. Gold, who
Will not stand for reelection
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
VIRGINIA.

The troubles of northampton Roads
Railway Company continue to multiply.
Creditors filed several more suits
against the company yesterday. Thirty
warrants against the company, sworn
cut by the city for failure 10 have the
paving on West Avenue completed ac-
cording TO agreement, were tried in po-
lice court. The company was fined 5000
in each case.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

mortgage deed from the Virginia
Consolidated Mil Company TO the In
ternational Trust Company, of Boston,
Mass, trustee, was filed yesterday in the
office Of the clerk of the court of Pc
tersburg. The deeds convey the Mato-
AGA. Ettrick, Pocahontas, Blue Ridge
cotton mills, and the Cockade City -four
mills and all other property OF the Vir-
ginia Consolidated Milling Company TO
secure an issue of $1,000. 900 of gold
bonds bearing per cent interest, pay
able in 1853.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM NEARBY STATES
MARYLAND.

Word has been received at Cumber-
land of the drowning of Thomas Warner,
Claude Loughry, and Noel Moore. boys,
aged ten TO twelve years, twelve miles
below Parsons, w. Va. in Cheat River.
Their bodies were recovered Wednesday.
One of them was in eighteen feet of
water and was not found until dynamite
was used.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
DANGEROUS ULCERS
ROOTED sH TEE REOO1

After the of ovheu
noticed that
scratch bruise
time of life - 1865 - ms
gowths pi61pie
been the then
began heal and
eating ulcers. cSp any Years ago there
Whenever continues good
with
sores are rooted III the blood and while Washes
the surface clean, moth A blood
kC<K fc& medicine to purify and the
- ~ blood and tonic to build eneralsy
g ~ ~ is what IS needed, and S. S. is
deadly
OF
an ola ulcer write No
"euicai aoVce THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA Ga
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
Boy Struck With Bat.

Joseph Hetflin, ten years old Of 1914 South
Capitol Street, was 4 patient az Providence
Hospital last night with cut over the left eve.
The boy was playing bah on a vacant lot at
South Capitol and Streets when ne was ac-
cidentally struck with a bat by Fred Jackson.
a negro.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

Edward Henning. eighteen years old. Of I34
Benning Road, employed at the bottling works
Of the Schlitz Brewing Company, was a patient
with-a badly lacerated hand. Henning was I'LL
ing bottle when il burst in his hand. His in
juries are not serious.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

Charles F. Dudley, twenty-four years old of
4os1e Walnut Street northwest. was playing ball
on the Monument Grounds last night when he
caught hot ball in the cheek. lie was placed
IN a carriage and taken 70 the Emergency Hos
pital, where his injury. which was slight, was
treated.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
A Beverage of Genuine Merit.

Nothing but benefit can result from drinking
Nat Cap. Brewing Co. 5 ''Mlenchener Also
iutely pure; doz-, SIPS, delivered Phone 222
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
DR.. CZARRA
INC Well-knoNn German speeialist.

The Well-knoWn German Specialist
81 SIXTH STREET y W
10 years permanently located in Washington
City. His success in treating old and so-called
incurable cases is acknowledged BY the public
and profession. See testimonials at his Office
RUPTURE permanently cured. without pain
loss of time. X-RAY for examination and
treatment. CURES cancer, structure varicocele.
skin, blood poison. and private diseases quickly
for lifetime.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Office hours-From 10 90 l2 a. N. and 10 8 = "a
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
Bottle Burst in His Hand.

Our Nelsbach Department is Complete.
GIG lZth-C. 4 Muddiman & Co.-l204 G 81.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

Fire was discovered early yesterday
morning in the Craigen tunnel. in Wise
county, on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad. over which the heavy Clinch
Valley coal traffic is brought through to
the seaboard. The fire is more than a
hundred yards from the entrance, and
the 1re-fghters are powerless TO reach
IT,
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

of court Southampton county ever had
ended last night, with a narrow victory
for B. F. McLemore, incumbent, against
whose administration numerous charges
We're made and whose books were inves-
tigated by a court committee.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

Sewing Machine Renting & Repairing
Auerbach. Z & II. Domestic Office. Phone E. TO-
The Washington times., 1903-08-28

Organizer Robert Salmond. United
Nine Workers, who has returned 10
Homecoming, says the strike is general
among the coal miners from Barnum 10
Elk Garden. The superintendent Of the
region met Organizers Salmond, McCul-
Ion. and Morgan at Blaine. but nothing
came of the conference.
The Washington times., 1903-08-28
Marshall Hall.

Str Charles Manchester leaves At 10 am,
2:30 and $3.50 pm Indian Head trips every
Thursday. Friday, and Saturday az $3.50 p m
Sundays IL am. 2:3G and $50 pm
FARE, ROUND TRIP. Cents