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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

yious!ly presented to and passed upon by
the city council.
he Sec e. 20. Whenever any such sewer shall
De lad, relaid or extended, it shall ba
Inc Inc duty OF the city council to main
oaIH n and keep the same in repair,
q the expense of the city.
sec. u. All private connections shall
ne MADE with lateral sewers unless some
ti1S uIttIlountable obstacle Of a practical or
nriatc nature shall prevent, and no
p aI,n connection with any sewer what
go Siau IN any event be made without
~ nd "a. permission therefor granted by
nj ely council, and the making of all
h go connections with any sewer shall
~ 9G;oyect 10 supervision and control by
1 l1~Gi.i! council; provided. that such SUI
bb tiSIoI ana control may be delegated
oS tIe city council to the CITY engineer
: UtnGi person to be selected by the CITY
cUuncA IN It's discretion
$50 3ec: -. whenever it shall becorne
mieGiesssdiy Tor the city to exercise the
IiS5l Oh eminent domain for purposes in
tLLuueo within this act all pr6ceedings
thereln shall conform as near as n9Ii 10
70 the provisions of sections 2630 r. }e.3.S
1911 IS2in inclusive, OF the General Statutes OF
Sec, %. This act shall not he cor-
StiIeu as IN any manner superseding re-
PS91IhS, amending or qualifying the nro
VISIONS OF any home rule charter here
coAotT ore or hereafter adopted by anv citv
OF VuIage under existing laws '.
sec "a. This act shall take affect and
De IN force from and after its Dassaera '''''-
Approved April p, 1903.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

CHAPTER 302-H. f. NO. 741.
AN ACT to provide for the vacation and
relocation of public roads and highways
on mineral lands.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. In all cases where a public
road or highway, however established
crosses land containing iron ore and the
owner or lessee of such land desires, and
u about to mine the ore in such land in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

bonds, does not exceed in amount the
Indebtedness now authorized by law; pro-
act shall not apply to any action or pro-
ceedlng now pending in any court of this
state relative to the legality of the bonds
SO issued
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after it's passage.
Approved April p, 1903
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

such manner as to remove the supports
of said public road or highway, such
owner or lessee may at his sole expense
change the location Of such public road
or highway to other land, making the
same, when so relocated, suitable for
public travel; if in such case the owner
or lessee cannot acquire upon just and
reasonable terms land upon which to re-
locate said public road or highway, 1t
shall be the duty Of the county commits
slonerS of the county in which the land
Is located, where such road is a county
road, and of the supervisors of the town
In which the land is located, in case said
road or highway is not a county road
and the village or city council where
SAID road or highway is located within
the limits of any incorporated village or
city, on application of the said owner or
lessee, to make such change of location
of said public road or highway, and for
out and open such highway upon such
changed location, and to that end may
institute all necessary proceedings to &C
quire land for such purposes in like
manner as proceedings may be instituted
for the acquisition of land for the open
ing or laying out Of public roads or
highways; and the performance of the
said duty by the said county commits
sloners in the case of a county road, by
the said town supervisors in the case of
town road, and Of the village or city
council in case Of road or high way
within the limits of an Incorporated viii
iage or city in case of a road or
highway within the limits of an incorpo-
rated village or city, may be enforced by
the district court in and for the county
and district where said land Is situated.
Sec. 2. In all cases of the use by the
public of a road or highway which has
not been duly established as a public
highway, or where the town supervisors
of any town, or the village or city coun-
ell OF any village or city, or the county
commissioners of any county, desire to
provide for the establishment of a load,
street or highway for the public and
the land crossed by such road, street or
highway contains iron ore, the said town
supervisors or the said village or city
council, or the said county commission
ers, may agree with the owner or lessee
of the land wherein it is proposed to 10
cate said road, street or highway, that
in case said owner or lessee shall con-
sent or acquiesce in the use of the same
as a road, street or highway for the
public, the location of such road, street
or highway shall be changed at any
time when the said owner or lessee of
the land shall request such change in
case he desires, and is about to mine or
remove the ore in said land in such
manner as to remove the supports Of
such road, street or highway.
Sec. g. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 90 1903.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03
Gen. COx's Experience With Sheep.

MI. Samuel Archer, ~Statesville, N. G..
Dear Sir:-In reply to your favor
L beg to say, I have been partially
engaged in sheep husbandry for some
ten years. [ have mainly good Shrop-
shires and they pay me 100 per cent
per annum. When / began raising
them the ordinary lambs of this coun-
ty sold from Is cents to 81 each. I
have received in the local markets
offers of $3.50 each for my lambs the
ensuing season. Ny sheep run out
and receive but little care; they are
herded nightly with my cattle. Our
native grasses are lespidya, broom,
wire, nut, spear, crab or crop grass,
etc. For my stock generally [ plant
annual or crimson clover, COW peas
rye, etc., but to no great extent. My
lambs are dropped from December
to May, and [ rely on twins to make
them equal, if not exceed the origi-
nal flock. Indeed, [ had an ordinary
grade eve, which gave birth to three
sets of twins one year, and all were
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03
A Freshman Heard From.

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
I am much interested in The Pro-
gressive Farmer, and was very glad
to find a copy of it here in the libra
ry of the Agricultural College. I
will write a little; probably it will
benefit ONE farmer, if you will be
pleased to take the trouble to publish
it.
[ suppose every farmer knows the
inherited plan of selecting seed corn,
SO [ will state a new one that is rec
commended at the College of Agricul-
ture.
Seed corn should be selected the
fall previous to planting. It should
be selected while on the stalk, and on
the stalk which has the largest num-
Der of nice ears on it. The stalk
should be free from all plant di-
eases. The reason for this careful
selection is based on the fact that
plants resemble the parent plants.
l will also write a line on how to
preserve your cabbage until Christ
mas dinper. The simplest and most
economical way of keeping a few cab
bage heads until Christmas dinner is
as follows:
After all the under leaves are
trimmed off, sink a barrel into the
ground to the brim. Place your cab
bage in this; owe with wheat straw,
chaff, or even pine straw. Place a
single roof over this to exclude rain
and snow, and you will have nice
cabbage for Christmas dinner.
A FRESHMAN.
& N. College, West Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03

very fine. The first pair weighed from
so to IS pounds each by the first of
May. I have focks on separate
farms, and if their products were
shipped to Northern markets, I
would realize double the price l get
for them at our local markets. I
should mention, the sheep have ac-
cess to my corn fields from the latter
part of August and also my cotton
fields, after the. crops are, in the
main, housed. If willing to devote
my time and car to s~heep-rais1ng [
could readily increase their number
to several thousands. The wool pays
for the feed and care. The negroes
in this section have the usual number
of dogs, but it is not "the poor mans
friend' that worries sheep. While
others have sheep in this county, [
have heard of but one rumor of dogs
worrying them in some years.
No! I have no experience with
wool sheep, and am fully content
with the Downs for mutton. Our
winters are SO open, our sheep need
little protection and our summers so
warm I fear the wool sheep would
suffer from excessive heat.
I think the wool sheep might be
proitably raised in the Piedmont
section of our State, but question
whether they would be found profta-
bic in the extreme west, where hous-
ing and feeding would materially les
sen the profits. You will understand,
I am but an amateur sh~eep-raiser, or
[ would use turnips, vetches, red
clover, and some of the finer grasses
for them, all of which might be done
with profit to our husbandry.
The droppings of the sheep, while
valuable, are but little considered by
me, but then the sheep are admirable
weed exterminators.
Very respectfully yours,
VIM. R. cox.
Penelo, N. c., Dec. 81, 1903.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03
Manuring and Fertilizing.
me PROGRESSIVE Farmer


Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
There is no part of proper farm
ing that has given me more study and
experiment than how to use manures
to the greatest profit with the least
cost. We have about five dairies or
herds of COWS and four livery sta
bles in and near our town, and now
they all have learned to handle the
manure with less cost than formerly.
It is daily cleaned up and, when land
is not too wet, loaded on a wagon
and spread on the land from the wa
gOn, winter or summer. Nothing is
fired by the manure. I will admit
that a really intelligent and practical
man can compost so as to improve
the parts, but as a rule the cost of
labor is greater than the profit. Lands
to be cultivated should be well plowed
before throwing on this top dressing.
Old meadows or clover sod can be
prepared by the use of coulter; then
throw from wagon, giving a
good coat. Manure thrown along on
the row of corn makes a fine mulch
ing and adds much to the caring.
To prevent guano from firing corn
or any crop planted in drills, after
the furrow is opened for the seed
strew guano and run a narrow bull
tongue deep through and then plant;
the crop has a continuation of
feed and not take it all at one time.
Manure should be plentiful to mature
the entire crop and in some cases re-
new the amount by adding a top
dressing.
It pays best to feed well; giving a
just to start is poor economy.
True economy is brought out in the
profit. The clearest profit by
actual test has been from land that
cost the most manuring and fertiliz-
You may grow a hog on moder-
ate feed but to fatten him, the feed
must be added. So with plant food.
I know of a truth that the land is
we'll supplied with rich food and to
spare for the growth and maturity
of fifty bushels of good sound corn
per acre. When the farmer can
grow five hundred bushels of corn on
ten acres then he will gather a clear
r. r. MOORE.
Guilford Co., n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03
BARNARD MANURE MIXED WITH
FERTILIZERS.

Inc quickest way TO Drlng up worn
land, as well as the best way to re-
tain and increase the productiveness
of fertile land, is by the combined
use, when they are both available, of
barnyard manure and the CONNER
cial fertilizer materials which best
supplement the products of the sta
bic. The quality of barnyard manure
varies widely, depending on the char
acter of the animals fed, the kind of
feed they consume, and the. care that
Is taken of the produced.
Poor feeds, in fertilizer constituents,
like the straws, grass hays, corn, and
similar materials, will yield poor ma
nure in comparison with that pro-
duced by feeding cottonseed, cotton
seed meal, wheat bran, pea vine, clio
yer, and other leguminous hays in
proper combinations with each other,
OF with the materials of the first
named class.
OO1AA CoL4N" NE Win O1hAll
GALS
Average farmyard manur is US
ually found to contain in 100 pounds
of the manure about O.6 pounds m
monia, 0.3 pounds phosphoric acid,
and Oh pounds potash, having a COM
mercial value on basis of the cost of
ammonia, phosphoric acid and pot
ash In commercial fertilizer mate
rials, of about 1926 per ton. Large
numbers of samples of n from
ratiOns of cottOnseed hulls and meal,
s.. largely used in the South for feed
ing cattle, have been analysed and
found to contain fertilizer consti-
tuents to the value of from 81 to So
per ton. Our Southern farmers do
not fully appreciate the high value
of manure from cottonseed products.
l have in mind a large lot of such
manur which was sold for about
$3.50 per ton, and contained 81 per
cent ammonia, O.6 per cent phospho-
ric acid, and II per cent potash, rep
resenting value of about $3.50 per
ton.
In dealing with farmyard manure
then we have quite a variable, and
(unless it has been we'll cared for to
say the ammonia, which is so large
~ lost by passing off in the air,) an
uncertain quantity. Phosphoric acid
and potash are not thus lost, as they
are not volatile substances. The loss
of ammonia may be largely prevented
by properly protecting the manure
and adding to it materials which fix
the ammonia, put it in combination
with substances which hold it and
thus prevent it's getting off into the
air. Experience has shown that one
of the most useful and convenient
materials for this purpose, as well as
one that is needed in the manure pile,
Is acid phosphate, such as is used in
making mixed and commercial fer
t~ilizers. Kainit is also a good mate
rial to employ. All farmyard ma
nure contains more nitrogen or am
monia than phosphoric acid and pot
ash, and for crops to get the most
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03

phosphate and kainit. They add to
the value of manure by preserving it,
holding the ammonia, and making it
by their presence a better balanced
fertilizer.
A good proportion in which to mix
manure and phosphoric acid and
kainit is as follows: Manure, 1000
pounds; acid phosphate, 200 pounds;
kainit, 40 pounds. With average ma
nure this mixture or compost would
contain: II per cent phosphoric acid,
and 0.6 per cent each of ammonia
and potash. For most farm crops
this is a good proportion in which to
combine the three valuable fertilizer
constituents for good results. The
acid phosphate and kainit may be
made into a compost with the ma
nure all at once after the MANURE is
made, or, by sprinkling the first two
on the anu each day or every few
days. The latter is the better plan
as it saves the extra labor of making
the compost heap, and much ammo
MIA hat would be lost by escaping
for want of something to hold it be-
tween the time the manure is drop
ped and the making of the compost,
would be saved by the aid of the acid
phosphate and kainit.
Many consider the extra cost Of
making the compost greater than the
gain, and prefer to put the manure
out by itself broadcast when in large
amounts, or in the drill when in
small amounts, as is too often the
case in the South, and when it is
wanted to get all possible of the fer
value of the the first
year, and then apply the extra phos-
phoric acid and potash in the drill
just before planting. This latter plan
enables a better distribution of all
fertilizer materials, as it is difficult
to make a uniform compost mixture.
When the acid phosphate and
kainit are sprinkled over the manure
daily, which ~insures better mixing
and better quality of manure because
the protection given the ammonia,
the follt wing Tlan, which we have
used the past year with good results,
is suggested: Mix acid phosphate
and kainit in the proportion of five
pounds of the former to one of the
and distribute as evenly as
possible over the manure, using four
pounds of the mixture per day to
each grown animal. This would re-
luire 144O pounds of the mixture per
animal per year, and would insure,
where a considerable number of stock
are kept, a large amount annually of
most valuable manure.-Dr. B. w.
Kilgore, Director North Carolina
Experiment Station, in American
Agriculturist.
The prices of wood, meat, lard
and other necessaries of life are too
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-03

The prices of wood, meat, lard
and other necessaries of life are too
high, considering the average earn
ings or incomes of our people. But
it is easy to account for much of
the trouble. To begin with and to
end with too few people are engaged
in producing the n~ecessaries of life.
Right there is the seat of the larger
proportion of the trouble. We do
not make enough meat and bread in
Surry and adjoining counties, and
we need not hope to become happy
and prosperous until we get down
to business and go after it.-Mount
Airy News.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
A NEW OKLAHOMA LINE.

A NEW OKLAHOMA LINE.
August "a the N. X. & T. Ry. be.
gan the operation of it's new line
from Oklahoma City to Agra, Okla,
q distance of IS miles, through the
towns of Witcher, Arcadia, Luther
Falls, Carney and Tryon. The line
opens up a magnificent agricultur-
al country of surpassing possibili-
tess country bound to be the home
seekers mecca for several years.
BY October / the line will be COM
pleted through to Bartlesville. Ind.
ian Terrytory, giving the NJ. X. & T.
Ry. directl line between Oklahoma
City and Kansas City, st. Louis and
all important points north and east.
The branch line from Usage to
Wybark, l.. T., was completed on
August 1, and trains are now rum
ming over that division on regular
schedule.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Patrons of the new rural routes,
Nos. 2 and 3, which 60 into service
Oct Is; should get their boxes up at
once The boxes must be placed
where the carrier can easily get at
them without getting out of his
wagon, and the boxes must be of
some pattern approved by the post.
Office department. ]. W. Granthatn
of tiis city 10 the only dealer ID
rural mail boxes in this section.
Better by your box of him.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

WANTED-A girl; need not neces-
sarily be a good locker or a warm
number; good home all winter, or
as long as she wants to stay; must
know how to boil water without
burning II, and look pleasant occa-
siouaily. To the right kind Of a
girl good wages will be paid and
good treatment guaranteed. Call
Mt THE Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Mrs. w. Fl. Hornor has let a con.
tract for the remodeling of her
dwelling house on Sheridan street.
The house, besides being remod-
eled in many ways, will be enlarged
by making the east part two stories
in height, the same as the balance
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

FoUND-At Mount Hope echool
house Friday night, Oct. 2, a purse
containing a small sum of money.
Owner can have same by calling at
this Office, proving property and
paying for this notice.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Last weeks Mail and Breeze print
ed picture of twin ears of corn
raised by N. J. Wallace, near Con.
cordia, Kansas. The corn grew in
one husk. ]. NJ. English of this
city raised the same kind of freak
ear this season.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

While working with his horses
Monday, A. d. C. Harvey met with
a painful accident. One of the
horses threw his head to one side
and struck Mr.. Harvey on the nose.
The aforesaid nose was mashed all
over his face, and Mr.. Harvey is
suffering severely.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

A little boy named Collier,
living northwest of town, fell from
q wagon Sunday and sustained a
fracture of the right arm between
the elbow and wrist. DR.. English
was summoned and reduced the
fracfure
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Lem Chew, brother of ]. s. Chew
of this city, died at his home in Ga
lena on Monday morning of this
week. Funeral services were held
Tuesday and the remains inferred
in the Galena cemetery. Deceased
was about fifty-five years of age,
and had been i'll o long time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Abe Young and Logan Young,
two very black negroes of this
place, are in trouble at Joplin.
They are charged with holding a
white man while a negro womaA
robbed him of $42.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
PROSECUTION.

Persons hunting or trespassing
in Reunion Park, or carrying away
any lumber or other property will
be prosecuted. This means bust.
ness. CHAs. L. SMITH.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

We have received our fall and win
ter stock of goods. Our store is jam
full from floor to ceiling with the
best the market affords in Dry Goods,
Notions. Furnishings. Clothing. Hats
Shoes, etc. Novelties in Wool Dress
Goods and Trimmings. New styles
in Cotton Fleeces and Outings.
Complete line of Underwear and
Blankets. The most up-to-date line
of Ladies', Misses and Children's
Wraps ever brought to this city. In
fact we offer for your inspection the
brightest. newest, up.to-date stock
of merchandise in Baxter Springs.
We solicit your inspection we'll
knowing our offerings and prices
will please you.
Respectfully,
j. G.. Haskell.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

The Frisco needs more yard room
at this place. Monday afternoons
passenger trains could hardly get
out on account of the great strings
of cars all over the main lines and
sidings.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
J. G.. HaSkett.

of the building. When the i'm
provements contemplated are made
Mrs. Hornor will have one of the
hand ndsomest residences in the city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Deputy Sheriff Aitchison of Col
umbus was in Baxter Monday on
official business. He says that
since the grand jury has gone into
session that oven the engines have
quit taking water in Colum bus.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

The October term of the distric
court sitting at Columbus con
vened on Monday of this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10
Baxter Hotel

The Baxter Hotel gives you more tor
your money than any hotel in the city. A
hotel at popular prices conducted on q
plan to merit the patronage Of the bes,
class of people. Ask the commercial
man If il is not the best.
Rate by week room and board
$3.50 to S..
Rate by the week, board, $3.50.
II meal tickets, $3.7S.
]. A. MCCUNE, Manager.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

w. I. Bingham and Lou Cardin OF
Quapaw were in Baxter Monday
night en- route to Kansas City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Mrs. Roy Harvey, Mrs. A. r. Kane
and Miss Lottie Smith went to Kan
sas City Saturday night to visit
friends and take in the carnival do
ings.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

Bingham & Co. of Quapaw have
stored several hundred bushels of
fax seed for next years sowing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

MRS GAINES RESIGNS.
3. C. Gaines has resigned his po-
sitiop> as Cashier at the Baxter Ma
tional Bank. The patrons of the
bank liked Mr.. Gaines and it will
take them come time to become rec
ouciled to his absence.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

DR.. ]. o. Houx, the well known
Columbus dentist, has sold out his
business. The purchaser is DIR. W.
F. Bush of Scranton, Pa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-10-10

F. S. Hall went to Kansas CITY
Saturday night.