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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

Since acquiring the st. Paul & Subur-
ban road 1t has all the street railways
in and connecting the two cities and
prises about 1000 cars, Of which over
900 are motor cars. s.
When the electric system was first
adopted power was furnished from a
central power-house in each city. This
was found insufficient and new sta
tons were installed. Still more power
was needed, and in 1898 the company
began to use electricity. generated by
water power, having leased the plant
of the Pillsbury- Washburn Flour
Mills company, erected below the main
power at st. Anthony Falls. The pow
err building at this dam-known as the
lower dams about $50 by 100 feet
in size and Is equipped with water
wheels and. generators capable Of pro-
ducing from 5000 to 10000 horse
power.
When built this was regarded as one
Of the finest and most interesting of
electrical power plants in the country.
But the great increase in the business
Of the Twin City Rapid Transit COM
pany made still more power necessary,
and the plant Of five years ago is soon
to- be overshadowed by one which will
have five times it's capacity.
The new power-house, now in course
Of erection, will be one OF the largest
electric power-houses in the United
States. It will stand near the old plant,
at the east end of the Tenth avenue 8
bridge. The total cost when COM
pleted, when the engines and genera
tors have been installed, will be $780,
900. In about i've years more machin-
cry will be added. bringing the total
amount Of money invested in the plant
by the company considerably over a
million dollars.
The power-house occupies ground
area 1856 by 2b5. and is located only
500 feet from the old power-house fur
Their down the river, which Is run en-
tirely by water power. The new plant
will be run entirely by steam, and will
be the largest west of the Allegheny
mountains.
1t will be ono Of the most thoroly
modern steam plants in the country,
The building is in the Renaissance
style Of architecture and is two stories,
or sixtyfeet,in height. vitreous pressed
brick is used thruout, and tho struo-
ture is absolutely hreproof. The
smokestack is tho highest in tho city,
TITS 226 feet in height, or taller than
the Guaranty building. The base .o1
the stack is twenty-six feet wide. This
diameter Of the due Is sixteen feet. OF
wide enough for three men to lie
stretched out in a row on tho ground.
| One Of the most attractive things IN
connection with the power-house. q
far as the general public is concerned
will be q gallery for spectators, run.
ming the entire width Of tho building
Every opportunity will be afforded the
spectators to sec the immense dyna-
mos and giant wheels In motion.
The power-house is built for nve On.
gines and generators, or unit systems
as they are called when speaking col
lectively. Each unit system will be
capable Of developing 5000 horse pow
or, but about 5000 horse power will
be the normal power generated mos
Of the time. Only three systems will
be installed at first. The first one viii
be in operation about the first Of July
next year. The other two will be add
led about six months later.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

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pay--T The New Power aanW1 Mt System.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
BLOCK OF AUTOGRAPH QUILT

hub 2B inches. The illustration here
with shows the pattern of the biocK'
greatly reduced. The wheels were
first basted carefully on the muslin
blocks, then the blocks were distrio-
uted among the ladies of the So
ciety with the request that they
whip the edges of the wheels with req
silk thread-which was given out
with the blocks-and secure names
enough to fill the white spaces IL inc
wheel, the charge for each name 20
be ten cents. When all the blocks
were finished and sewed together, a
good penman was chosen 20 write
the names on each block as handed
in. the name of the ma&er OF the
block being placed in tb, center aho
the other names betwe' the spokes
This was done with mdelibie INK
We realized SIS in this way ana SOLO
the Quilt for ten dollars, thus making
$6s.-Farmers' Review.
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MisBE13I{R;{S|p|aE4|a, / 3 \,
3IFsyslz5RaIlt'z
UNIQUE PANTRY DOOR.
An Idea That Is Worth Initiating
I'm Houses where Things Have
to BE "CrOwded."

Not having any too much room in
my pantry, which was originally hall
cupboard, ! utilized the door in the
manner shown. The smaller articles
have tacks 8s hangers, for the larger
ones small hooks are better. These
can be bought for few cents per
dozen, and do not Damage the wood
as does a nail. The ring by which the
cbopping bowl hangs Ton the lower
part of the door, was formerly on
window shade, but was found to be
just the thing for this purpose. The
lids are held in place by fine wire
stretched across the panel 20 small
tacks driven in the edge OF the
molding.
The little pocket above the stewpar
holds my bread tickets, for living Is
high in this town, and we find that
bread for two is cheaper bought thar
made. Above this is sheet of card
board, (which call my fruit list. Ina,
tell of IL in another article. just below
the gem pan is a little book made o
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
OLD BEAUX ARE DELIGHTED.
one Woman Who Has Not Heies"'e"
Their virtues to the Musfy
Garret.

As a rule when a woman gets mar
ried she tries TO pluck from her re-
membrance all thoughts of those who
once paid court to her. Yet she can
have kindly feeling for them with
out in the slightest degree being un-
true to the man who finally won her,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
II love my old beaux," said the wo-
man who is bound to be cheerful.
"They comfort me and make me Tor
get uppIeasantnesses An old beau Is
very nice if he's at all presentable.
Nv husband says hateful things to the
effect that I'm ruinously extravagant'
always wanting things, and he inti-
| mates that only an angel OF has magni-
tude could manage to get along with
me at all. Not so my old beaux. they
| saw he's the luckiest of men and init
mate that they would have been bet.
ter men had Providence been thus kino
to them. Even the married ones aren't
So bad. When their wives sue Tor oi
yorce or their babies get the measles
| they look volumes which seem to say
| that all would have been oinerent hat
not an undeserving one borne of tn
prize. These unsolicited TESTIMONIAL
are as stimulating to me as old wine
II isn't the slightest use to repea
them to my husband, however. d
simply reminds me that women are s.
easy that they're tiresome and tina
those .nincompoops' don't have to pa,
the bills"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

In the nursery tales the famous old
woman who is credited with the desire
to sweep the cobwebs off the sky was
armed with a broom, and in the house
hold realm the broom has long been
recognized as the most effective
medium for dusting the walls and
sweeping the obnoxious cobweb from
its lofty resting place, says the Brook
lyn Eagle. An experienced housewiie
living in a country town, however
states that in this advanced age walls
and woodwork are best busted with a
long-handled window brush covered
with canton flannel. "The brush no,
being in such frequent demand as the
broom" she says, "can be put away Will
its cover on, and is always ready for an
emergency in the shape of cobweb.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

When the government ship Dolphin was
coming home from Cuba, carrying Secretary
of War Moody, Senator Hale, of the naval
committee, and Speaker-elect Cannon, some
rough weather was encountered just pre-
vious to the coming Of the storm the states
men named had been discussing the pro-
posed building of six battleships. Messrs.
Hale and Cannon succumbed to seasickness.
TO be borne any longer in silence Uncle
Joe" called out to Secretary Moody: Say,
Moody, Z you will get us to shore quickly,
I'll give you siz battleships next winter.
"I will make better bill than that" ex-
claimed Senator Hale. 1'll favor 20 bat
tleships If the secretary will only keep this
chip still for half an hour" kansas City
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE SOUTHERN STAPLE.
some Suggestions for Improved
Methods Of Marketing the Cot
ton Crop Of the south.

It is my desire in this brief article
to present, In outline only, an idea
relative to an Improvement upon the
present method of marketing our
staple crop.
I am only a one-horse cotton-grow-
er myself, so it is my hopes that what
have to say upon this line may
reach some deep thinking and infiu-
ential planter who may think it prac-
ticable. In this efforts, am actuated
only by feeling of deep interest IN
the welfare of our southland, and In
the success of my neighbors and
more especially of my boys, for whom
/ have no higher ambition than that
they become successful tillers OF the
soil.
The crying need of the farmers to-
day is cooperation. 1t is the watch
word to success. This is an age OF
cooperation; every profession, every
line of business has its organization
for mutual protection, with one OK
ception. The farmers alone stand
ununited and therefore weak, for IN
unity there is strength"
It is a natural law for the strong 70
prev upon the weak, and this il NO
more forcibly illustrated than In the
case of the cotton speculator and
spinner versus the farmer. The cot
ton spinners have their organizations
for self protection. That they
make the farmer their victim is but
natural and not to be censured.
Now, 1 contend that the farmer'
should so strengthen themselves thn'
they can price their cotton just as th'
spinners are able to put their prices
upon the finished products. l sug
gest that the larger farmers oni,
(those growing not less than a hun
dred bales under their supervision
form themselves into a corporation
and have one organization in eacl
county in all the principal eottol
states. Let these separate organiza
tions merge into one, with headqual
ters at some central point (for illus
tration, say Memphis); and eac
county organization operate stol
age warehouse in charge OF CON
petent classer. Let each bale
classed when offered for storage, an
a certificate issued giving the weigh
and grade Of cotton, this certifca'
TO be negotiable. To illustrate, SUI
pose John Smith has deposited or
bale of cotton weighting five hundre
pounds, grade middling. When tn
, cotton is sold to spinners, he viii
!, credited with the net proceeds. {
presentation of certificate, if 1t ri
been transferred to another, II
amount inserted in the blank for tn
purpose will be paid the bearer.
there is a balance this goes to Jol
Smith, the original owner of the ba
:. of cotton.
: The home Office Of the corporate
will publish weekly what each gra'
!. of cotton is worth. The spinners W
; know what the raw material W
J. cost, without sending their army
!. BUYERS into the rural districts
h scour the country for same. III
e process, It seems to me, would facl
i tate the purchasing of the raw n
+ terial by spinners and be an impro'
d ment upon the present mode OF mi
Z keting the crop. =
j. / feel that have not been able
IS this limited space TO express
" ideas clearly, but respectfully 81
ID nit them for what they are worth
"a the readers.-S. r. Baldwin, in Sou
Is ern Cultivator.
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UPPER PART OF PANTRY DOOR.

writing paper, in which / write my
tested recipes that have proved worth
a second trial. Just below this thick
pad with pencil attached which re-
ceives jottings of things needed in the
home. The cardboard sheet below the
crater has memorandum OF weights
and measures. which | find handy IN
following some recipes.
When the pantry door is closed all
this is out of the way, and out OF sight.
/ much prefer this plan to that OF hav.
ing everything in the kitchen. VI
course, it would not do for person
who does not keep the black washed
off the utensils. l rarely put any ufen
sill save my teakettle over an oper
stove hole, so have no trouble in keep
ing everything immaculate.-Ameri
can Agriculturist.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
MIXING FERTILIZERS.
gome Suggest ons ~ to the Propor-
lions of Ferti1ising Mixtures
for Corn and Cotton.

We have SO many inquiries about
mixing fertilizers for different crops
and soils that we wish to say few
words of suggestion on that subject.
The color of the soil does not
amount to anything. Corn or cotton
will require the same help on red Or
gray land. Crops do not feed on sand
or clay, so that we see 1t is not the
clay or sandy soil that affects the
fertilizer needed. Fertilizers are. used
simply to increase the available plant
food for the immediate crop on
which they are used.
We do not say that all soils are ex-
actly the same in respect to the plant
food they contain, but they are very
nearly the same Previous culture
and the rotting of vegetable matter
and the state of pulverization each do
influence the solubility of the eie-
ments of plant food in soils. And
these may cause some difference In
the kind and quality OF fertihzera
needed.
Corn requires a good supply OF pct
ash and phosphoric acid and a very
little nitrogen. If the soil is in good
condition, deeply broken and not
leached, it will generally supply thu
nitrogen. If it has been In peas ol
clover it will have plenty.
We need to look out for the phos
phoric acid and the potash.
A good mixture for corn shouit
contain 12-1h-5. To get this W,
mix: 1850 lbs. IA to IS per ct. acid
$50 lbs. nitrate of soda, 200 lbs. mu
rate of potash; or: 100 lbs. acid
100 lbs. nitrate, 200 lbs. muriate, &C
cording to the condition of the so'l
But as very many farmers can no
ret nitrate and muriate, they mus
do the best they can with c. S. m. an
kainit. To such we suggest: 1,2oo ib'
acid. 300 lbs. c. s. n, 500 lbs. kaini
This gives us sh-1H-3h. nearly tn
, same proportion, but lower grad
. goods.
We have often said that in our e1
perience IT has not paid us to buy n
g trogen. Cotton seems to get this
: the other elements are properly SUI
piled. Hence, for this crop use muc
A the same as for corn, 12-1-5. MI,
+ l,7oo lbs. a. p. 100 lbs. nitrate, POO 10
g muriate; or, 1900 lbs. a. p, 200 10
G. .. M, 600 lbs. kainit.
4 These will suit on the majority
fields. Each farmer must use got
Z common sense and judgment as Il
h varying conditions demand. 1t is vel
n difficult to suggest any formula tn
"a VIII suit land that is plowed on
h three or four inches. No fertilizer
Il worth anything to any crop witno
water to dissolve it and feed 1t to Z
. crop.
;s Hence the water supply is We
material point. This very OFT
changes the whole thing. We edv1
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

The south seems to be coming To
ward the front as a poultry section.
In Georgia during the year 1900 tners
were s4.549,144 chicks over tnres
montbs old, 03,416 turkeys, 2os,ss.
geese and 64,se5 ducks. all valued ~
81. .45s,o ,o55; the eggs produced wer'
valued at 81 SIS, ,53s, and numbered io'
so5.33o dozen. Alabama, although
smaller state, produced 1s,77s,sso doz
EN- eggs, which were valued at sl,oSo,
o7s during the same year.-Farmers
Home Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
THE AUTOGRAPH QUILT.
for the Church or other Phil
anthropic Purposes.

One method for raising money
which we have tried in our church is
the making of an autograph quilt.
The blocks were of bleached muslln'
16 inches square. On each block a
wheel-shaped piece of turkey red cal
leo was sewed. The diameter of the
wheel measured from the outside
edge of the rim, was 14h inches, the
diameter measured from the inside
of the rim was 11h inches, the diam
eter of the hub measured from the
outside rim was 5h inches and the
diameter of the inner circle OF the
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the use Of certain amounts and kinds
Of fertilizers. The farmer uses them,
but fails to arrange for the necessary
water. He fails, and charges 1t up to
us as having given him bad advice.
All of our advice along this line is
based upon the supposition that you
break your soil 12 to is inches. And
when you do that, you can make {;
crop without fertilizers and a larger
crop with them. Put in all fertilizers
shallow and as near planting time n
possible. Cultivator.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
HERE AND THERE.

A lazy hen is never laying hen
To have your hens lay well, you must
make them scratch OF work Tor tneii
food. Therefore scatter the gram
well.
When cotton sells for ten cents
mar pound is q good time to cut down
the acreage for the next crop. Wnen
the price is low. increase the acreage
unless there is some other more prof
table crop you know how to handle
Look over the fruit and shade
trees. and especially the cedars. for
cocoons of the bag worm, and gather
and destroy every one. They VIII De
found suspended by one pointed end
from the smaller branches OF the
tree.
-Encilage Of corn, sorghum, pea
1nes or alfalfa is an. excellent feed
for hogs when pasturing is imprac-
ticable. With three OF four pounds
of grain and all the ensilage they will
eat brood sows will keep in excellent
condition.
When we see team Of poor,
bony horses, with great patches OF
hair threshed off with cruel whip,
we would not give much for them,
but we have more respect for them
than for the two-legged brute who
drives them.
There is in the United States
about twenty per cent. of the area
unfit for farming under present CON
ditions. but well suited for goats
This land is cheap and Angora breed
ing stock is abundant. Who will take
the intended hint?
Prof. Hans Molisch, of Prague
claims to have invented a powerful
lamp which is lighted by means o
bacteria. If the professor could onl.
manage to utilize the boil weevil as
, means of illumination he wcul'
meet with cordial welcome in Texas
i A weed is any plant where 1t ]
not wanted. Recently q farmer plant
ed some giant curled mustard TO
salad purposes. A neighbor plante
some of the same plant, forgot wher
/, he sowed it and planted beets an
i spinach on the sown ground. Now th
!. mustard is a weed and he is havin
, a lively time getting rid OF it.
Il The home orchard should diffe
v widely from the commercial one. Fe
5 the latter very few varieties are n
{ ouired, because as much fruit as pc
o sible ripening together is essentia
because large shipments of uniforl
y lots are important For family ,se.
n succession, ripening during as mar
y months ss possible i what y waute
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
What Everybody Says.

CHICAGO, ILL.
When ! received the
sample Of Doan's
Kidney Pills / was
suffering terribly with
my back, was sick and
unfit to do anything.
The several remedies
I had used, though
highly recommended,
did no good, but
rather irritated the
trouble and made me
worse. Before l had
used up the sample |
was feeling so much
better that ! got moro
from the drug store.
/ could not sleep at
night. Had 10 get up
six or eight times. and
the urine was 80 red,
would almost think
1t was part blood -
therewas athick sand,
like brick-dust sedi-
ment. / cannot tell
one-half that ] suf-
fered, nor how good
/ feel now that / arm
cured BY Doan's Kid
ney Pills !; but here !
am, eixty-six year,
old, able to do my
own work, feeling
well ~ l did twenty
years ago, for which ]
thank Doan's Kidney
Pulls ten thousand
times. Mrs. E. 7
: GOULD. 9l4 W. LAX
Street. Doan's Pill
: cure whsp ethsyl
fAA
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

HE frock at white psse baists me and motifs
ro;nts finished eot'on
mmedw
bottom win hte
frils ting the heading to hounce Inc si = -
the with long ends. A
The blouse pla in the middle OF .ne %
On of this at the top Is eio
.uns o nats plated at the top Inc c anu
tucked is Of
matching the gown h,anse made box
n front which groups OF p's or
ps ~ collar perne Oh wni'e no
with souahe embroidery ano n anu
motifs of the red eoroidery
n . The sleeves plated the outside and nnsned WIN Gums
he embroidery dered with q
embroidery beio" nn
s - ,sed All round the bottom
- - Ibe sirdie & Of tas-chie Paz'sien
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
OTHER CROPS TO GROW.
The Southern Farmer should Not
Depend Upon Cotton Alone ~
His Money Crop.

Even in prosperous times we should
not depend alone on our staple crops.
Cotton is profitable crop when it
brings cents or more, but we can't
feel assured of its remaining at that
price when 1t has sold so recently at
S cents and even less. Now while we
can make living and to spare rais-
ing cotton, we should devote some OF
our time experimenting with other
crops, that may be profitably turned
into money in case of reverse OF
cotton market. First, hops seem to be
q profitable crop. In 1899 the hop
crop of United States made an aver
age yield of ss5 pounds per acre, and
had an average value of s.3 cents per
pound, or about $40 per acre. Peanuts
in same year made an average yield OF
20 bushels per acre, but q person
should make crop that would far ex-
ceed the average. At an average val
ue of 81 cents per bushel, of $14.oa per
acre; with lot of vines for fodder
and land richer that IT was before. the
| statistics show well for this crop. Pep
permint in same year made an average
yield of % pounds per acre, and hao
an average value Of II cents pei
pound; making one acre on an aver
age give a cash return of $685.. Only
three states gave any returns at th'
last census on the crop. Chicory wa
reported as being raised in six states
at an average income of $24 per acre
/ have only numeratd here the crop
that look to be possible money crops
for of course every farmer shoui'
raise plenty of the good things o
the farm" to supply his own table 10
the entire year, and until he does q
can not expect to take his rightfu
position in the front ran. The ngure
/ and the data given are taken fror
the last census of the United States
, and are as near correct as q perso
could expect, and give them 10
. what they are worth, believing ths
| they will set some one to thinking
. as a word to the wise is sumcient'-
E E. C. p, in Epitomist.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
The BACON Hog In the Corn Belt.

The BACON Hos In tho Oorn Des'
Many breeders of hogs and profes
sors of animal husbandry believe tna'
the hog men of the corn belt can
profitably breed bacon hogs. that is' .
lengthy. rangy animal with q large
percentage Of side meat, in which tne
fat and lean are well distributed. That
these hogs can be raised in the United
states no one denies. If an animal OF
the proper conformity is chosen ana
this animal is fed peas, beans. barley
oats. shorts, etc, first-class bacon
hoe can be secured. The vital point
however, is whether or not the rais,
inc and feeding Of such animals wiil
be more profitable than the produe,
t;on of the hogs now received at al
the principal market points In tn'
central west.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

LOUISVILLE, Kr.-
Tor q year or more
/ have been suffering
with severe pains In
the small Of my back
and kidneys /; had
tried q number OF
remedies but without
relief. / decided to
try Doan's Kidney
Pills, and purchased
two boxes, and am
glad to state that
after taking the two
boxes Of pills 1 was
relieved OF al pains,
and have not been
troubled since. Prior
TO taking these pilli
It was impossible foi
me to get . full
nights sleep. but ! am
not experiencing any
difficulty in this re.
spect now. Your
truly, JoHN z. KRA'
MER. M23 w. Mair
Sire eet.-ForemAz
American Tobacct
Col
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white Hands.

1t sometimes happens that girl
manages to keep her hands white by
letting her mother do all the mousse
work.-Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, do you oelieve
Mr. Chuewater-Yes; / have been told
that some palmists get a. high as a hun
dred dollars week out ofit.-Chicago Trib'
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11
shnke Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, NJ
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-07-11

enter into the spirit of the times and pro
eress? No better way to gain few live
pointers regarding Indian Territory than
by writing for the May issue Of The Com
ing County" now ready. Address Katy,
603 Wainwright, St. Louis, Mo.