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Morris tribune., 1903-04-25

Experiments made by the Fargo
Agricultural college show that the
prairie grasses of North Dakota con-
tain ID per cent of the albnmenoids,
while the grasses of Iowa, Illinois
and Wisconsin contain from 81 to "a
per cent of the albumenoids.
In bulletin number Is of the
government agricultural station for
North Dakota, Professor Laid, the
chemist of the school, gives the
percentage of fat in timothy as 2 SO;
in blue grass 3O3; Hungarian grass
and miIlet,, 3.25; orchard grass, 8 So;
North Dakota prairie hay, 4 %.
CONSIDER A LOCATION FOR STOCK
FARM IN THE BIG BEND COUNTRY THE
BEST STOCK RAISING COUNTRY. Where
the most nutritious grasses grow best;
where there is AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD
WATER IN MANY SPRINGS AND CREEKS;
where an AMPLE AND REGULAR RAIN
FALL INsUREs PLENTY OF WINTER
FODDER; AND WHERE GOOD CORN GROWS.
We have lands in large and small
tracts and can give you q good
location.
Let us quote you prices and terms
on some special tracts.
Mr.. NJ. N. Trip:
Dear Sir: In 1889 left Iowa and come
to North Dakota and in Oliver county
took homestead on which settled with
all my property My property was two
horses, four cows, and $12. engaged my
self in stock raising and farming. The
average of wheat 1 have raised is from
twelve to fifteen bushels to an acre; oats
from thirty-five to forty-five; flax from
ten to twelve bushels; rye from twenty to
twenty-five bushels; corn thirty-five to
forty-five bushels an acre on new land
(breaking) land potatoes about 1OObushels
an acre. Mil1et hay yields on an average
two tons per acre; and the average of
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
PRODUCTIVE LANDS ARE THE
FOUNDATION Or ALL WEALTH.

Hanover, N. D., Jan. %, 1903.
MR.. NJ. N. TRIP:
Dear Sir: Icame to Oliver county, N. D.,
from Mitchell county, Iowa, in 1886. At
that time most of the old settlers here
were just making a start. Nearly all of
| them had very little to start with. and
many man who is prosperous today
then had only team and perhaps a COW
or two; and with these he began in a new
| country. This was great hindrance in
the early settlement of this country An
| other great drawback in the earlier days
of settlement here, was the prairie fires
which burned over the whole country
every fall, leaving it black and bare, and
exposed to the severest action of frost and
sun. But firebreaks, made by the county,
and cultivated farms now keep down the
fires, and so their destroying, drying
effects have bee q overcome.
began here with little: and by the year
1891 had got fair start in farming. That
year we harvested a good crop. Since
then farming has been prosperous here,
and my yields have ragged better than
they did in Iowa Ihave been increasing
my acreage of cultivated land. so that last
season / had fifty-one acres of wheat
which yielded 1 $50 bushels. Of oats
had seventeen acres, from which I thresh-
ed 200 bushels. Twenty acres of new
breaking broken in the spring, sowed to
flax, and got from this 275 bushels. 1
have not so far given much attention to
corn growing, but my experience is that
it is successful crop here, and Yields
very we'll
This is good potato country. The po-
tatoes raised here are of fine quality and
solid, and are superior to those grown in
the east. The same is true, in fact, of ali
our vegetables and garden produce.
About ten years ago the first creamery
in this part of the county was built at New
Salem. Since that time dairying has in
creased great DEAL and has proved
very profitable business for the farmers,
and creameries have been built through
out the country. I am at present selling
milk to the Hanover creamery; my aver
age test for the past season was 4.3. My
COWS fed on grass alone, with little hay
late in the fall. Weexpect 10 build new
creamery about two miles from my farm
and have it running in the spring. About
the grasses here, 1 can say that they ma e
the very best feed that can be found any
where; and have travelled over all the
western range country.
Icame here with team and wagon and
few farming implements. 1 have now
480 acres of land, of which 104 acres is
under cultivation; seven-room stone
house 27x36 feet; we11-built barn 46x68
feet square, with never falling 15-feot
we'll of good water inside; also granary
and machine shed. L have over fifty head
of cattle. A permanent creek of good
water runs across my land.
On account of the great many advan-
tages now here, in the line of churches,
schools, postofhces, creameries. and be-
cause the fires have been stopped, con-
slider that the chances for man to make
a start here and secure home are much
better than when I came.
Yours truly,
HENRY CORDES.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
THE CLIMATE.

The winter climate of the Missouri
Slope is notably warmer than that of
the eastern Dakota and Minnesota of
the same latitude. The average
winter temperature for this locality is
shown by the government weather
bureau reports to be several degrees
higher than that of those localities
This different condition is at
tributabIe to the chinook winds which
blow across the Pacific ocean and
carry with them the wormth of the
japan current down the valleys of
the the Yellowstone and Missouri
rivers, thus modifying the tempera-
ture of great area of the northwest.
Moreover, there is dryness and a
clearness to this atmosphere which
cause mildness not to be enjoyed
in climates of the same temperature
farther east. In winter there are
occasional stormy days which are
sometimes severe, but usually the
winters are fair, sunny and dry, and
hence warmer and milder than peo-
ole of the eastern and more southern
states generally suppose them to be.
Here, spring opens earlier, and if
seeding be properly done, the harv st
comes one or two weeks earlier.
Owing to the usually light snowfall
on the Missouri Slope, during all the
years of settlement in this country
there have been only three or four
winters when it has been necessary
to do continuous feeding of stock on
the ranges. Horses are turned out
after the work of summer and fall to
Craze all winter on the grasses, which
cure standing, and they come out in
the spring in excellent condition,
harder and stronger than any stabbed
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25

subsoil is known to be we'll supplied
with the properties available for the
use of crops. An eminent chemist,
ANALYST for the Grain Exchange Of
Edinburg, Scotland, pronounced
North Dakota soil the most interest
ing he had ever investigated, and in
his report states that it's texture is
such as to permit of the rapid raising
of moisture from beneath, thus show
ing it's admirable ability for with
standing the drouth. He further
comments upon the great supplies of
nourlshment contained in the proper
ties of the subsoil, the quantities of
which increase with the depth
This soil, blessed with our long
days of summer, a sunny, healthful
climate, and a rainfall made ample
and regular by the favored location
of the land between the billy, broken
country to the west, and tie great
bends of the Missouri river on the
north and east, has as the state agri-
cultural statistics prove, yielded
larger crops than the average of the
state.
AS shown by letters from the thrift
ty farmers who raised the crops, this
fertile section, farmed more than fif-
teen years, has never had crop fail
ure. and has produced hard spring
wheat yielding above forty bushels
to the acre.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25

If you have son whom you wish to put
in the way of possessing good produc-
tive farm of his own, where lands will in
crease in value, consider farm for him
in the Big Bend country, the best location
for stock. dairying and grain. Talk the
you. We shall be glad to ans wer your
letter, and give you any further particu-
lars or information you may wish.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
THE RAINFALL.

The average rainfall for this area,
during all the years of observation by
the government weather bureau, is
officially reported by the commits
| sioner of agriculture and labor to be
1873 inches for the growing season.
which extends from April to Aug.
1. From the accompanying letters,
written by thrifty farmers of this
locality who have employed prop +
means of cultivation, it is evident
that this amount of rainfall has been
proven by their experience to have
been sufficient to produce successful
crops of all grains, vegetables and
corn every year, and several years,
big crops. United States government
statistics further prove that this tract
of country, the Big Bend country,
experiences less variation in rainfall
than any other section of North
Dakota.
This suffciency and regularity OF
the rainfall for this area are stated
bv authorities to be due to the fact
that many showers fall within these
bends of the Missouri river during
summer, since showers poverbially
follow the rivers, which are not en-
joyed by sections farther back; and
further that they are due to the fact
that the broken, billy country to the
west and northwest has notable
influence upon the rainfall of the
territory adjoining it on the east.
Fifteen years of successful farming
with no failure of crops, show that
here the experimental stage is long
past, and fully demonstrates the
nature of the resources of this coun-
trV
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25

North Dakota corn won second
prize, silver medal, at the Pam Ameri-
can exposition in competition with
the great corn states.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
Sanger, N. D., Feb. 8, 1908.

Mr., NJ N. Trip:
Dear Sir: give you herewith state
ment of my farming in the Big Bend
country. filed on my homestead in
section 10, township 142, range SO, Oliver
county, in 1882. I have had to depend
upon grain raising for my success. have
done well with my farm and can well
say that my experience here has been
very encouraging.
have now over ninety acres under
cultivation, and will break ten or fifteen
more next spring. l have raised all kinds
of small grain and corn, and all yielded
we'll Ny chief crops have been wheat
and oats. Oats have yielded from thirty
five to sixty eight bushels to the acre:
and barley, of which have raised three
or four crops, has yielded from thirty to
forty three bushels per acre.
Ny yield of wheat per acre since 1895 is
as follows.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
as follows:

The year 1900 was dry year here as well
as in many other parts of the United
States.
Sincerely yours,
CHRIST HOY.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25

plainly indicate that it is every year
becoming more popular and being
more extensively grown and improved
by the farmers of the Missouri valley.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25

prairie hay is three loads from two acres.
One good thing is the coal, which mcst
everyone has on his own land.
When came here / had $500 in property;
and now my real estate is worth $1,000, and
my personal property $1,000. We have had
nice living so far and as long as have
been here we have had pleasant winter
weather. Yours respectfully,
youngstown, N. d. FRANK SCHMELING.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
AUGUST MILLER.

1t you are renter you work for an
other mans gain. You can never
hope to be an independent man on
high priced lands where you are.
Strike out for yourself. Possess an
established home and an estate of
good land. The rental you now pay
for the use of another mans farm will
soon pay for good farm here for
yourself. This is a good country.
There are many opportunities for you
here. Decide to come and see.
Bronze grass has been well tested
here by number of years experience,
and its success is such that those
who have grown it are increasing
their acreage of this valuable fodder
plant.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.

To every intending settler the con
dition of school privileges in his new
home is matter of serious inn
portance. North Dakota has very
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
LOCATION.

The Big Bend county may be gen
orally defined as that portion of the
Missouri Slope country comprised
within the great bends of the Mis-
souri, river made at Coal Harbor and
Washburn, and situate in westerly
and northwesterly direction from Bis
marck, on the west and south sides of
the Missouri river.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
WATER.

An abundance of good water forms
one of this country many attractions
to, settlers. A number of good sized
creeks, many smaller, tributary
streams, mostly spring fed, and
numerous springs give plentiful
and general supply of good water.
When necessary to dig wells, water is
found at an average depth for the
deeper wells of ABOUT fifty feet.
Morris tribune., 1903-04-25
RICH NATIVE GRASSES.

HENRY CoRDEs.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
Consul King David.

This amusing anecdote Of Lamartlne
IS related by the Baroness Bonde In
her volume of letters: Shortly after
the revolution Of February he wrote
on the blank leaves Of his pocketbook
the names of his protegees and sent
the list to he provided with places inn
mediately. Previously, however, 1t
seems, he had scrubbed David on
the page and the head Of the cabinet
appointed the said David consul at
Bremen; the pOstulant, however, never
came forward. and, though the poet did
not like being disturbed, NJ. HetZel
was obliged to ask who was the David
on lis list.
lie who danced before the ark
was the answer.
"Oi, dear. | have gazettcd him to
Bremen"
How very singular! l meant him
for a subject for meditation, not for
nomination. But you can cancel it."
Tie monitcur registered the change,
but few knew that the last consul ap-
pointed to Bremen was King Davidl
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
For sale at Opera House Drugstore
In Medieval Cities.

There can be 10 doubt that one rea.
son why cities did not grow so rapidly
in the seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
turtles as in the nineteenth is the eX-
ceSSively high death rate that pre-
vailed during the earlier period. The
flood Of immigration. mighty as it was,
did little more than make good the
places OF those citizens who fell vic
tins to gricvous sanitary conditions.
From the facts that can be obtained
it seems to have been universally true
that almost up to the beginning OF the
nineteenth century the death rate or
large cities exceeded the birth rate.
This was not because the birth rate
was abnOrmally low, but because the
death rate was abnormally high. In
the medieval city both birth rate and
death rate were far higher than at
present. Infant mortality must have
mounted to q grewsOme height. The
unclcanlincss and Overcrowding OF city
jewellers, nov largely relegated to the
slums of our great cities, was the nor
NAL state of nearly all classes OF So
ciety in the London and Paris of Louis
and Observation-Disclosures Edwin D..
Jordan in Popular Science Monthly.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
Encouraging the Horses.

A clergyman who spent many years
in missionary work in the west says
that he had occasion one day to ride i'll
full stagecoach up a steep hill. The
driver where the ascent was sheereS'
got out and walked. and as he walked
he would frequently open the door OF
the coach and then shut it again with
a slam. This the passengers found an
noying.
Look here. driver" one OF them
said. "Why do You kick up such an Ill
fernal noise with that door,!
ITO hearten up my horses" the driv-
er answered. Every time they hear
this door close they think that one OF
you, taking pity on them, has got out
and tina, makes them imagine that
their load is lighter"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
FfshliOOks.

Practically all the best fishhooks IN
the world-and nearly so of all quail
ties-are made at Redditch, England.
The annual output is probably 900
100000 hooks, about 100000 per
week. ranging in size from enormous
and ferocious looking shark hooks 10
the tinicSt hooks for very small trout
flies. with :. -0cnd' diameter OF about
one-Sixtccnth of an inch, n thousand
of which will not more than fill 4
good >izcd ,himble. The price varies
as much ~ the size. ranging from 4
few pence . two or three pounds per
tLOuSanG
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31

cold air gave me bronchitis which became
chronic and deep seated. Doctors failed to
reach nv case and advised me to try higher
air but fortunately for me, a friend also advised
me to try DR.. PerCe's medicines. commenced
taking your Golden Medical Discovery and by
the time had taken the first bottle was bet
ter, and after taking about four bottles my
cough was entirely gone / have found no ne
cessity for seeking another climate"
Sometimes dealer, tempted by the
little more profit paid on the sale of less
meritorious medicines, will offer the
customer a substitute as being "just as
good" as the Discovery"
You get the Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, the best medical work
ever published, free by sending stamps,
to pay expense of mailing only. Send
Fl one-cent stamps for book in paper
covers, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound vol
ume, to DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
No Pity Shown,

"For years fate was after IL;
continuously" writes F.. A. GIi
ledge, Verbena. Ala. ~ had q + :
rible CASE of piles causing "a :
mors. When ali ta;i.d Buckle ;:
Arnica Save cured me. Equaii
good for burns and all aches an,
pains. Only 25c at D. A. Hende1
shots drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31

Family cares ana
business obliga-
tons hold them
|. fast.
uWeak " lungs
are made strong
by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discov-
cry. 1t cures the
obstinate cough,
heals the in
famed tissues,
stops the ilem-
orrhage, and re-
\ stores the lost
3hesh to the ena-
'ciated body.
CT am a railroad
agent" writes i. B.
Staples, Esq, of
Barclay, Usage Co.,
KanS., "and four
years ago my work
keeping me in a
warm room and
stepping out fire.
Quently into the
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31
Local News

Too bad 1t rained today.
A circus usually brings rain.
1t usually rains on circus day.
Attend the Big Wild West show
tonight. It's a great show.
Ed Writz, of Shiloh, was regis
tered today at the Hotel Mercer.
Wauted-5oo tons of scrap iron.
P. Brown, us Burt street. 25.Im
The large crowd In attendance
at the circus today was very order
ly.
Mac Snodgrass, Of New Martins
Vile, was a business caller here to.
day.
The rain prevented large num-
Der from attending the circus
today.
James McGreghen returned to
the city this afternoon from points
south.
The dancing assembly will be
held In the City Hall Saturday eve.
ming. 81 1T
Thomas Smith, of Parkersburg,
Is calling On friends In and near
the city.
Wanted-Girl to do general
house work. Call at 524 Charles
street. at
o. Dougherty, of the Tri State
Gas com pany, was In the city this
afternoon.
Hon. o. W. o. Hartman, oil
Middle bourne went to Parkersburg
this morning.
w. H. Strump, of Grantsville,
". Va, was registered today at the
Hotel Mercer.
John Kautman,a prominent busi'
ness man of New Martinsville, was
In the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Conkling and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hay, of Jackson
burg, are guests of the Hote'
Mercer.
A. 7. and Ernest Temisou, G. c
Carroll and o. M. Stealey. of the
county seat, took In the Wild Wes
shows today.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Sybert re-
turned from Folsom last evening
where they have been sojournine
for a few weeks.
AL Simons, who has been calling
on friends In the city since las
evening, left for his home at Mari
eta this afternoon.
For rent two desirable residence!
on Diamond street with al modern
convenlences. Induire Lynn Kirt
land, 7O) diamond Squi1e. 20 u.
w, f. Culp and little son, o.
New Martinsville, were In the city
today taking In the sights of live
town and incidentally the circus
Mrs. Agnes Wells a-d Mis- Avn:
Miller, of Beech Bottom, W Va
are the guests of the former!
dauIh or G.rS w J. Mccoy o
Main ICSt
Cut this out and Ike !. 10 9. "
-G.ier's dug store and get box @
Cha-oheyiair.'s ,rc0,sch & Lave
Ta6'~"s. The List physic. The.
also correc. disorders Of the stou
ach. Price IS cents. .~
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For Sale

OH Royalty best wells Jackson
Township Ohio-Pays greater than
government bonds nonresident
owner offers big bargain Box 59I
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
wS55t* d. 81 ST.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-31

Are the dread of those whose lungs are
Uweak." Some fortunate people can
follow the summer as it goes southwark,
and escape the cold blasts of winter and
the chill airs of spring. But for the
majority of people this is impossible:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
Way Our Grandmas Studied.

To the children who today go to school
and are taught in well-explained lessons
1t would seem strange If their grandmas
should tell them over again, the funny way
that examples were given them when they
went to school. In those days children had
to think harder and were given much less
help with their studies than they are now.
During your grandmother's school days she
never had racks of beads and nice sticks,
as objects by which addition and subtrac-
ton could be made clear; she never had
trial examples shown by diagrams at the
beginning of each new portion Of arith-
metic, but had to put on her thinking cap
and study them out.
Now here is one example, something like
those grandma had to work, and when you
see it try to get the answer and If you
cannot, take it to her and it Is safe to say
she will tell you how to commence to work
it.
Here is one given in rhyme, as several
were at that time, which added interest to
them as well as educational tests:
AS was beating the forest grounds,
Up starts a hare before two hounds.
The dogs being light on foot, did fairly run,
Unto her fifteen yards, just tWenty-one
The distance that she started up before,
Was four score sixteen rods and no more;
Now this I'd have you unto me declare,
How far they ran before they caught the
hare?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-16
The Grab That Lives ON Land

Crabs live rot only in tie sea They
swarm In every brook End liver and they
even live on dry Land.
There is one crab that would die II Won
threw him into the wates. He would be
drowned. He il callesi the land crab. He
hkes to live in TIE shadow OF some damp.
dark forest. The forest will often be n
grea. waS from the sea. Bet he does not
care about that He hides himself in a
hcie. and lies there as snug as possible
When 1t is getting dusk, he comes out of
MS hole and runs about a little very likely
TO catch something for supper
Nature has provided in n very ingenious
manner for the wants OF these land crabs
must tell you that the gills, or breathing
apparatus. of the crab lie in the center
OF the body, and look like a number of
loose fringes.
1t is necessary to the creatures health
that these gills be kept damp
But as the crab will often go n tourney
Tor crabs are great travellers, how is il to
be done?
A number of little sacs like water bags.
are placed under the gills. Before the crab
sets on. he takes in water by filling his
sacs, Just as an engine might do.
AS he goes along the dusty road drops
or water keep falling out of the sacs. onto
ms gllls. and keep them moist, so that he
does not suffer either from heat or dry
ness. MARY KIRBY.