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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
KILLED By GAS EXPLOSION.
Six Miners Perish in CoIiery at Ath-
ems, ILL.,.

Springfield, ILL.,, March PA terri
BILE explosion of gas in the mine of the
Athens Coal company at Athens, Men
ard county. twenty miles north of
Springfield, resulted in the death of
six men and one being seriously in
jured. The dead are John Rogers,
Fred Impke, S. Gorndorf, James Pat
rick, August Noel and David Myers.
An entry to the mine had been for
some time stopped up on account of
gas and during the morning an at
tempt was made to open it by drilling
another entry in order to allow air
to enter and gas to escape. While en-
gagged in this work a miner fired
through to the stopped up chamber,
causing a terrific explosion of gas,
which had accumulated in the cham
Der. Nine men were in the mine at
the time and as result six were killed
outright and one badly injured. Two
men escaped. Some of the men killed
were 100 feet away from where the
explosion occurred.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
FRIDAY, March 20.

Baron Won Sternburg, German minis.
ter to the United States, was severely
criticised in the German reichsrath
Thursday.
The first Cuban consulate general in
France was opened Thursday at Mar
settles. The Cuban flag was saluted
with much ceremony.
The president has announced the
selection of the Hon. D. B. Henderson
of Iowa to serve as member of the
board of visitors to the West Point
military academy.
Hopes ARE entertained for peace
full settlement of the revolution in
Uruguay. The president of Uruguay
has made very conciliatory proposal
to the revolutionists.
The coast defense monitor Florida
has finally succeeded in making an Of
fetal speed trial, and the result is
highly satisfactory to both her build.
ers and the government trial board.
At the home of Ira D. Sankey in
Brooklyn it was said that he had lost
the sight of both eyes. 1t is expected,
however, that with care and attention
the sight of the right eye may be re-
stored.
Saturday, March 81.
Justice G. V Bardeen of the Wis
consin supreme court is dead.
Three fires at Philadelphia did dam.
age to the amount of $175,00O.
Hostilities have reopened between
the tugmen and the Great Lakes Tow
ing company.
The University of Michigan won the
intercollegiate debate from the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin.
At the Ludlow street jail in New
York it is said the condition of j.
Whitaker Wright is considerably i'm
proved.
A cablegram received at Philadel-
phia from Florence, Italy, announces
the death in that city of Charles God
frey Leland the author and journalist
One thousand employees Of Sell,
Schwab & Co. of Chicago, shoe manu-
facturers, were thrown out of employ
ment Friday on account of one fire.
man, who struck for union wages
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 23.-Wheat-May,
72& @72%c; July, 69% @70c; Sept,
69s @69Ac. Corn-March, 42c; May,
43Ac; July, 431sc; Sept, 42N @43c.
Oats N March, 32Ac; May, 1870
33Ac; July, 30A @30as; Sept, 2SHc.
Pork-May. l8.O2h; July, SIPS;
Sept. $1,000. Flax-Cash, Northwest
ern, $1.1S; Southwestern, SILL; May,
$1.13. Butter-Creameries, 17@27kc;
diaries, 14@24c. Eggs-13A @1S1kc.
Poultry-Turkeys, 15@17kc; chick.
ems, l0@12kc. ~. {
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March 23.-Cattle- Good
to prime steers, $5.1O@5.70; stockers
and feeders, $2.75@4.S5; Cows, $500
4.60; heifers, $2.75@475; calves, SO 90
@7.00. Hogs-Mixed and butchers,
S7.35@7.65; good to choice heavy, $40
@7.85; rough heavy, $7.45@770; light,
$7.1O@7.5O. sheep-Good to choice,
$5.4O@6.25; Western, $5.25@6.25;
native lambs, $5.25@5.75; Western,
$5,5O@7.5O.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
SISTERS LEAVE FRANCE.

Closing Ct Their Schools CompeIs
Then? to Ernigrate.
Brest. France, March o3.-One hun.
dred sisters Of the order Of the Daugh-
ters Of Jesus have left here owing to
the closure Of their establishment.
Thirty Of them are going to Belgium
thirty to Canada and forty to the
United States.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
st. Paul Union Stock Yards,

st. Paul, March 23.-Cattle-
to choice, $4.50@5.00; common to fair,
s3.00@4.25; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.25@4.00; veals, $2.50@5.25.
Hbgs-$7 00@7.6O. Sheep-Good to
choice, $525@5.75; lambs, $5.5O@6.25.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, March 23.-Wheat-To ar
riye-No. 1 hard, 74kc; No. North
ern, 73c; No. 2 Northern, 711sc; May,
73c; July, 73Ac. Flax-Cash, $1.12Z.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 23.-Wheat-
May, 72Ac; July, 73c. On track-No.
l hard, 76c; No. l Northern, Use; No.
2 Northern, 73Ac.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23

route number 2, west and north of
town yesterday, and today, Thursday J
he will hold an examination of candi-
dates for carriers, commencing at 10
a. m. sharp. Candidates must provide
themselves with pen, ink and blotter
and must be prepared to name a SUBJ
stitute.
Mr.. Wayne Bailey, president, and
Ell. G. Carpenter, vice-president OF the
Rutland Savings Bank, Rutland, VT,
spent a few days in town last week
visiting the Gold Brothers who do a
large amount of business with them
in this vicinity. They were very
much pleased with the appearance OF
general prosperity in this part OF the
state.
The city fathers have erected some
new street lamps, of the same kind as
the one secured for the Hotel Com
mercial corner some time ago. They
are stationed at NJ. p. Martens cor
ner: just west of the U. E. church; at
the foot of the hill below the Whipple
place; at j. Wasem's corner; and an
other, which was broken in transit
will be located at the Methodist
church as soon as the new post arrives.
They are very brilliant lights and will
assist materially in getting the weary
traveller into the proper domicile.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23

Mrs. w. w. Wilson and il1uS
daughter, of Milbank, were guestsm
Mrs. Wilson's brother, J. L, C'v" 'st
and family, the latter part OF 10"
week.
At a meeting of the stockholae..Ih is
the Observation State Bank 0, 'm n
city on Tuesday evening last A' VI
Paulson was elected cashier. IAN
Paulson has been connected WIN IN
the bank for the past three yea'o and
the capacity Of assistant cashier, the
by his courteous manner towafu aone
customers Of the bank. has ,nne
much toward increasin lts 'o'
Of business.
liver Israelson received last Van
from the Brotherhood of Ane' ~
Yeomen. the sun of $1,000 hall u "as
life policy of $4,000. Mr.. lsraeiso" zoo
a member of the order less thaa az
years when he was severely burneu
will be remembered. by the expi9ored
of a gasoline stove. which has le' na he.
him a cripple for life. and tina is
lOnged to so benevolent an o.onds.
very gratifying to himself ana li'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
REV Liz

Item, October 10, 1908.
The members of the Odd Fellows
order at this place expect to go to Gary
next Monday evening and visit with
the lodge at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Dillman de-
parted Tuesday for their home at
Excelsior. Mimi. after a visit of two
weeks. with friends and relatives at
this place.
We have noticed that nearly all the
bridges between this place and Mil
bank, are in very bad shape, and we
think that the townships should
make ar effort to keep them in repair.
Rev. Jones and family left for their
new home at Oacoma. Lyman county,
where be accepted the pastorate of the
Congregational church at that place.
The many friends of the family here
sincerely regret their departure and
wish them prosperity in their new
home.
The ladies of the Rebekah lodge, at
their meeting Wednesday evening.
presented Mrs. Willard Dillman with
a beautiful cut glass bon bon dish.
The presentation was made by DR..
Sasse. in an appropriate speech, to
which the recipient responded. At
the close of lodge a committee of four
ladies, Mrs. F. c. Jones. r.. u. Heath,
M. Noble and H. Bork, brought forth
bonnteous buffet luncheon. which
Was served to the members seated in
a friendly circle. and to which Mr..
Dillman was thoughtfnlly invited.
The luncheon consisted of numerous
delicacies and was most gracefully
served.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
publican, October 16, 1903.

Republican, October 16, 1903.
Ed. Becker, the dog trainer, had
the misfortune to lose his drivino
horse and three valu able bird DOGS
shortly after his arrival at Sioux
Falls last Sunday. A fire broke ont
in the livery barn at which he had
stabbed his horse, and twenty-one
animals, including Mr.. Becker's.
met a horrible death in the flames
The bird dogs we're also left in the
barn and persisted with the horses.
Strouseton Correspondent.
George Stoddard thrashed fifteen
acres OF fax which averaged twent "
Two bushels to the acre. That is
the best yield reported in this
neighborhood so far.
Val Sarff was called to Brewer.
vile, Mimi, last Sunday by the
a news of his mothers death. II
was very sudden and the u has
not been learned. Mrs. Sarff form.
erly resided in Kilborn township.
Grant County.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23

Mr.. A. G.. Anderson took out a new
horsepower rig last Wednesday and
is doing his w ~threshing.
Ed. McCloskey. p. f. Higgins and
Chas r.. Burnett were in Milbank
Monday proving up on the Ed
McCloskey claim.
Supt. A. S. Raberge made the
schools in Marvin and Mazeppa No.
!, a very pleasant call Monday and
and Tuesday.
Mr.. C. S. Ayers and Miss Myrtle
Hart were united In marriage in North
Dakota on the l4th. MI. Ayers
and BRIDE arrived home Friday. We
extend congratulations to the bride
and groom.
Mr.. Jas. Mcdowell received the
sad news Saturday of the death of
Mrs. Thos. Mcdowell at Winona,
Mimi, on the 10th inst, of spinal
meningitis. Mr.. Mcdowell left on
the midnight train for Winona to at
tend the funeral.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
MELROSE

October q, 1903.
Roy Toms, Of Big Stone, is visiting
the Chapman boys this week.
Jessie Campbell came down from
Osceola to spend Sunday at home.
Several threshing rigs in this
vicinity threshed last Sunday.
Mr.. Savage burned his separator
and several stacks of flax at j. P.
Miller's Tuesday.
Presiding Elder Miller will preach
in Melrose, October 10Th, in the
evening.
Kathryn Austin commenced school
in the Bostwick district. north of
Corona, this week.
Some of the Corona church people
attended in Melrose last Sunday as
their pastor had gone to conference.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
CORONA

E. Nyberg has bought the old
Ginther house and will move it to
Corona.
G. L. Preston has bought lots on
the North side of town and will move
his house from Main street to these
lots.
Corona is having quite a boom this
season. The following new buildings
are being but up: Mr.. Denkman is
building a large new house and barn:
Mr.. Carl a new house and barn: the
new brick bank building is nearly
done; w. D. Chellis is building a
parsonage for the M. E. church;
Denkman and Carl are starting a
large hardware store which will be
finished by January 1st; and several
others are talking of building.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
COUNTY 4 VICINITY
MAZEPPA

October 20, 1908.
A sister of MI. Jewell, from Min.
neapolis, is visiting him.
S. n. Harper drove to Mi lbank
last Wednesday.
MI. and Mrs. G. ". Harrison drove
to Milbank last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tenny were
visiting relatives in CoddingtOn
county last week.
Miss Murphy. of Keokuk, Iowa,
has been engaged to teach No. 2, and
Miss Bamberger the Baskow school.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
N N
Signal, October Is, 1903.

Signal, October IS, 1903.
Jas. Mcdowell is up from Marvin
today. He tells us that the elevator
company he has worked for the past
five years have closed up their house
at Marvin and he is thinking of open
ing it up on his own account.
Mrs. NJ. j. Given received word
this week that her sister, Mrs. Harper,
who has been sick with consumption
for some time past, is very near to
deaths door. Mrs. Given expects to
leave for Bangor, Wis. where Mrs.
Harper is, in a day or two.
w. D. Saloue reports the sale OF
w. P. Hitchings' half section farm in
Ortley Twp. to an Iowa party at an
even S25 per acre. This is the first
land sale of Importance made in this
section for some time. The purchaser
will move onto the place next spring.
Mr.. Hitchings is undecided as to wha,
he will do, but we understand he
thinks of taking a look at the Pacific
coast country before settling down.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
MARVlN
October co., 1903.

OSUOONA ~
We are enjoying pleasant weather
once more.
VIM. Meyer, of Summit. vas down
to his farm last Wednesday.
e. j. Blanchard is working on A.
G. Anderson's% threshing machine.
III. A. Lathrop made a business
trip to Wilmot Saturday.
Jas. Kane has put upa barn on his
lots and made other improvements
the past week.
Miss Alice Carol and Robert Scott
attended the teachers meeting at
Milbank last Saturday.
Threshing machines are in great
demand at the present time. Several
farmers have bought rigs this fall.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
WlLMOT
Republican, October II, 1908.

Republican,, October II, 1903.
j. f. Schwantes and son, Herbert,
were in town Saturday on their way
to Lockwood to spend Sunday with
the folks at home. Herbert, who now
has Il good situation in Minneapolis.
has been at Sisseton to visit with his
father.
1t is stated by threshing machine
owners that barely one third of the
threshing in this vicinity has been
completed ard that the machines will
have all they al possibly do to
finish up the work by December 10th
even with the best of weather con.
ditiOns.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
BIG STONE
|D.N |V
Headlight. October a, 1903.

Headlight. October 2e, 1903.
Rev. o. E. Boyce was returned to
Big Stone by the Methodist confer
ence, very muct to the satisfaction of
the members and attendants of the
Methodist church here.
NJ. p. Martens and family went out
70 his fathers place Tuesday evening
70 attend q wedding reception given
70 Henry Martens and wife who re-
turned from Minneapolis on that day.
Gold & Co. sold 800 acres of Canada
land last week to Summit and Revillo
parties. The Revillo investor was
Frank Fuersteneau and the Summit
buyers were Bert Kinney and Dr..
SornsOn.
The u. s. inspector of rural free de-
livery routes inspected the proposed
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
ALBEE

Revillo Item, October Is, 1909.
August Schultz has sold his farm
two miles west of here to a gentle.
man from Iowa. The price paid was
$45 per acre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
Reporter, October II, 1903.

Reporter, October II, 1903.
Mrs. Edward Cook, whose home is
in San Diego, California. arrived on
Wednesday to visit her only surviv-
ing sister, Mrs. A. J. Green. 1t is
some eight years since they met.
Mayor A. S. Douglas. of Monroe,
Wis accompanied by Mrs. Douglas,
arrived Wednesday to look after some
land matters for a few day. and they
are the guests of Thurm Crelgo and
daughter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
SISS

Banner, October Is, 1aO3.
MRS Howard Babcock very pleasant.
~ entertained the Eastern Star las+
Friday afternoon.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23

vrHE AMERICAN BIBLE soClEI ofsee.
POSITORY at the TELEPHONE ~"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01
SUGAR Beets and Fertility.

A subscriber asks if the sugar beet
is a rank soil robber, and how it COM
pares with other crops, in taking fer
tility out of the soil.
Prof w. A. Henry, of the Wiscon-
sin experiment station, who has
studied this question quite thoroughly,
says that growing sugar beets is in the
end no more injurious to the soil than
the growing of most of our common
crops. Any crop grown takes fertility
from the soil, but if the beet leaves
are fed on the farm, and if the tops
cut off the beets are likewise fed, as
we'll as the culls, and it, finally, the
pulp residue is brought back from the
factory and fed on the farm, then
very little fertility indeed is lost.
Beet growing is not one-fifth as hard
on the land under such conditions as
is the growing and selling of hay or
straw, so often practiced by farmers.
The beet root takes a great deal of
water from the soil and this perhaps
shows on the next crop unfavorably.
Beets should always be grown in ro-
tation. In Europe the farmers of Ger
many, France, Belgium and other
countries have in some regions been
growing beets successfully and profit
ably for the last generation. During
the last ten years the business here
increased enormously. The beet
growing regions of the Old world have
been the most prosperous of any in
Europe, and the farmers have steadily
improved their farms. They keep
more stock where beets are grown in
Europe nowadays than they kept be-
fore they grew beets. This fact is a
very marked and striking one. I have
visited the beet growing regions of
several of the old world countries and
know that the farmers have been
prosperous and rich because of this
crop, and more live stock is kept IMAM
ever before.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01

If alfalfa were recent creation
like the cathode ray or wireless teleg-
raphy we could readily understand the
furore with which it has been ex-
plotted in the East within the last five
years. We do not aim to discredit
the conclusions of certain learned gen.
tlemen who have issued the work on
soil incubation, but that bacteria
craze exists in the East is shown by
many of the writings of the farm press
and it's correspondents. One paper
says that without incubation failure
is as certain as dawn of day. In the
face of millions of acres of successful
alfalfa fields in regions where soil in
oculation was never known the quo
tation needs no refuting. The matter
of infected or sterile soils is too new
to admit of the last word being said
upon it, Our western people have
been growing alfalfa for forty years
without the aid of the professors who
entertain the microbic theories and
we are hopeful that we may continue
doing so.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01
What Is a Good Feeder?

Replying to the above question we
quote from a description of good
feeding steer by Prof. Day of the On
tario Agricultural College at Guelph,
as follows:
"The animal should have a good,
even back, we'll covered with flesh
along the parts that are the most valu-
the beef, should be well covered with
flesh. He must have a well sprung
rib, a large capacity for food and a
strong constitution. To have strong
constitution it must have strong
heart girth. 1t must be a nice, deep
animal, we'll apart in front, with a
good deep barrel, long rib and under
line, as we'll as a straight top line.
For a good feeder l say look to the
head. If the animal should have a
large prominent eye, wide nostril.
a good big mouth and nice muzzle,
you may bank on it as good feeder.
"The handling qualities in both a
butchers bulloC.. and a feeder are very
important. The best way l can de-
scribe that is by saying: Have skin
that is firm but not hard, mellow but
not soft F'labbiness indicates too
much fat and lack of muscle. Get a
feeder with thick furry coat OF hair.
Such hair is a sign of coarse flesh.
The shoulder should be neat and
smooth and should blend neatly on the
back.
1--WE want the shoulders to carry a
good deal of -.on in proportion to the
amount of bone. The neck is cheap
meat; it is therefore desirable that we
should have nice short neck fitted
nicely to the head and the shoulders.
The flesh shoulu be uniform in quality
all over. The bone should be reason.
ably fine and in proportion to the size
of the animal"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01

cellent results from the addition of oil
meal to the young pigs ration. By
this method the young pigs are early
encouraged to eat, SO that when wean-
ing time comes there is no check to
their growth We feed no corn until
the pigs are three months old. By
this treatment, coupled with plenty of
yard exercise, they develop good
healthy frames.
"The circumstance that over six mil
lion dollars was appropriated by our
last Congress largely to be buried in
our muddy roads in the delivery of
our rural mails, while only the small
sum of $4,000 was last year devoted
to meeting the road problem, indicates
the great need of education regarding
the present necessity and demand fol
vigorous and intelligent road work.
GAS much of these large approprla
tons for rural mail delivery could be
saved if we had good roads, it is OBJ
vious that an amount equal to a con-
siderable portion of these sums could
be spent to good advantage in edu-
eating the people in the work OF I'M
proving our country roads. and thus
forever close a large drain on our ma
tional cash box.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01
Piu With Five Hams.

A pig was born on the George H..
Harris place, southwest of town, three
weeks ago which is especially piggish
on the leg question, says the Alden,
Iowa, Times. In addition to the four
legs which all pigs possess, it has one
extra leg, making five. 1t is a Ches-
ter White male, and the only member
of a litter of seven which Las anything
peculiar about it's walking apparatus.
Persons who have seen it say the
fifth leg is used in walking the same
as the others. An effort will be made
to propagate the species 1t is easy
to figure that, if hog with two hams
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
ICCAS COUNTY.

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of f. j.
CHENEY & Co., doing business In the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9th day of December, A.
d. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Iia..'s Catarrh Cure IS taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Send for testi-
monials free.
II. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01
WHAT A STEER YIELDS.

The question of what the packers
actually get from a beef steer has
been much discussed lately, remarks
the Armour Packing Co. at Kansas
City in it's reply to the Kansas Farm
err, on request that it correct an en-
closed newspaper statement of the
products from an average 1,200-pound
steer.
The packing company in answer
says:
your note of June %, the article
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-01
WORTH IT'S WEIGHT IN GOLD TO EN
cry STOCKMAN AND FORMER.

How many of you have lost the prlce Q
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leaving your stock without water. Get ore
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wind or calm. it is all the same to tho
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saw wood, churn butter and is handy To-
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great labor and money saver. REQUIRES pra
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