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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
The Fool Rooster.

I've heard good deal in my time about
the foolishness of hens, but when it comes
to right down, plum foolishness give me
rooster every time. He's always strutting
and stretching and Growing and Dragging
about things with which he had nothing to
do. When the sun rises, you'd think that
he was making all the light instead of all
the noise When the farmers wife throws
the scraps in the henyard, he crows as if
he was the provider for the whole farmyard
and was asking blessing on the food When
he meets another rooster, he crows and
when the other rooster ticks him he crows.
And so he keeps it up straight through the
day He even wakes up during the night
and crows little on general principles.
But when you hear from hen she's laid an
egg, and she don't make great deal of noise
about it either-From Letters From Self
Made Merchant to His Son." by George
Horace Lorimer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Post Office Frauds.

One of our exchanges is disposed to con
graduate the public on the fact that the Of
fcia1s in the Post Office Department have
not stolen the stamps off the letters yet. We
cannot help thinking, however, that year
or more ago, when the authorities placed
by the people in charge of the great mail
system of the country were so busy in shut
ting out useful ANIMALS and quarterlies from
the mails which were doing good in
the education of the people, would have
been bettef employed in saving the Govern
ment money that was being stolen than in
saving little expense that was doing good
to all the people. What the sending of this
matter cost was mere trife compared with
what dishonest officials were lining their
pockets with
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Return Stock Passes.

The latest railroad proposition is the abol-
ition Of the return stock passes. A meeting
was held at Chicago September first to take
action.
The trouble with the average railroad
management is that it does not realize the
value of it's live stock traffic. Before long,
if they continue their repress1ve measures,
some of them, at least, will have no live
stock to haul.
They might increase revenues for short
time by making the shipper pay his fare
back home, but in the long run it would be
a suicidal policy.
What some railroads need at their head is
men who pay less attention to Wall street
and more to the requirements and necessi-
ties of the territory their lines are supposed
to serve.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Meant For Us.

You will find inclosed so cents to pay one
years subscription to your valuable paper
I have been taking The Ranch for the
last five years, and so | think | will continue
on to the end.
Please send me one of those Year Books,
and Blessed be the Name of The Ranch,
and your good looks.-John c. Walters,
Monroe, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

Several of the Farmers Institutes of Brit
ish Columbia have recently ordered yearly
subscriptions to The Ranch sent to all their
members. The latest is the Institute at
Govges Harbor. Our subscription list i'll
the Province is quite large and growing
steadily.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

There is no permanent good ever comes
to a community from fraud, which cleo
margarine colored as butter unquestlonably
is. Frauds may help rascals for time,
but they always mean loss to community.
The eternal laws of God are against fraud
of all kinds and in the end visit punishment
on those who commit them.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Oleo and the Price of Beet Cattle.
Henry Wallace

Henry Wallace.
The Chicago Drover's Journal few
weeks ago published an article asserting
that the price of beef cattle had been cut
from three to five dollars per head on &C
count of the legislation against butterine;
that the consumption of oleo had SO de-
creased by reason of the recent legislation
that there was less demand for the product,
consequently, that beef suet was being used
for soap and in point of fact that packers
had discontinued for several weeks the
making of any o1eo oil for butterine pur-
poses on account of the over supply of this
bogus butter.
We regard the above as pure rot and it
is easy to demonstrate the fact. In the
fiscal year of 1901, when there was no re-
striction on oleomargarine except the pay
ment of small fraction of a cent pound
in order to enable the government to look
after the manufacturers, the total manu-
facture was about Io5 100000 pounds. Of
this less than ~ per cent was the product
of beef cattle. In that year $4,000 were
slaughtered, mostly at the four great west
ern packing centers. This means that
little over five and one-half million head
of cattle contributed triAe over 100000
pounds of suet to the manufacture of oleo-
margarine, or little less than five pounds
per head AS a matter of fact the manufac-
ture of o1eo oil has been reduced only about
third, or about two pounds per head
for every animal killed in commercial
slaughter.
Before this law was passed and when the
beef cattle interests in the west were en-
deavoring to defeat the law, we noticed
an apparently quite accurate calculation
showing that the amount of oleo material in
the average beef was worth about As cents
Inasmuch as the suet that is not used for
o1eo can be used for soap, it is not alto
gether lost But suppose that half Of it is
lost the entire loss through the suppression
of o1eo by the present law can not be more
than Is cents per head, if any; so SMALL in
fact, that it is scarcely worth talking about
to the man who ships SIS steer to Chlca-
go The great bulk of this loss does not
fall upon the ranchman at ALL and we have
never been able to understand why he is
so bitterly opposed to the law. He fur
nishes Gamers, feeders, and a certain amount
of fat cattle in the fall of the year. The can
ners have no suet to speak of, the feeders
are not killed at all, and the grass fed cat
tie furnish only moderate amount OF suet.
The suet used for oleo comes from the corn
fed steers on the farm and not from the
ranch to any great extent. If anybody has
any need to complain, it is the farmer, but
he does not complain because he knows that
any small loss he may sustain is made up
a hundred times over by his neighbor, the
daryman, or by the dairy department of his
Oun farm
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

Borden Condensed Milk Company, Auburn,
Wn; International Condensed Milk Com
pany Chehalis, Wn.; condensory at Mis-
sion, B. c.; Pacific Coast Condensed Milk
Company, Forest Grove, Ore; Condensory
Co., Hillsboro, Ore.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

The factory of the Pacific Starch Com
pany at Tacoma has commenced operations.
It has a capacity of from 800 to 1000 barrels
of wheat flour per week. In the manufac-
ture of starch only second grade flour is
used. 1t is said to be the largest wheat
starch factory in the United States
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

Among the large condensed milk concerns
in the United States are Borden Condensed
Milk Co., II Hudson street, New York;
The ST. Charles Condensed Milk Co., St.
Charles ILL., Helvetia Milk Codensing Co.,
Highland, ILL.,, and The Howell Condensed
Milk and Cream Co., Goshen, N. Y. We
might also mention the largest factories on
the Pacific Coast, namely, the Pacific Cream
cry Co., Buena Park, CAL; Cold Brook
Creamery Co., Loleta, CAL, and the Pacific
Coast Condensed Milk Co., Kent, WASH
Dairy and Produce Review.
In addition to the above, there are the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

Dairying brings in a constant income.
The man who sells crops of any kind has to
wait until he can market his product once
year. There is little satisfaction in this.
It is unbusinesslike to go without cash for
fftv-one weeks and then have lot of money
come in at one time The daryman has an
income nearly or quite ffty-two weeks in
the year.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

We want our friends to see their friends
and secure subscriptions for The Ranch
The Ranch is soc. year
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

F. Waldens horticultural Notes are
alone worth many times the yearly Sub
scription price of The Ranch to any fruit
grower. He is practical orchardist OF lite
time experience He has one of the best or
chards in the Northwest at Zillah Yakima
county, and he makes it pay.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

When we announced few weeks ago
that we would get out a little larger and
better-1ooking number for distribution at
the fairs, we invited Our advertising patrons
to use little more space. Note their gen
erous response that almost without
exception this additional advertising comes
from our old friends who have been with
us for years-a fattering testimonial of the
esteem in which The Ranch is held; and
greatly pleasing to u.s.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
A Colorado Goose Story.

The telegraph columns of the Chi.
cago Inter Ocean are responsible for
one Of the most Interesting stories
that have come OFT of the West
John Gridley is rahchman at Grid
ley, Col. His principal product Is
hogs, but he has several hundred
acres in wheat. His wheat has suf-
fered greatly from wild geese, and
neither scarecrow nor shotguns help
Cd him out. So he stuck a lot Of
stakes in his fields and on each stake
he fastened fish line and fish hook,
the latter baited with pancake. The
first morning he had twenty-seven
geese. That afternoon he got four.
teen and the next day he got sixty.
two. He fed the geese to his hogs.
which seemed to like the unusual
food.-New York Commercial AdveIs
user.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
THE ORIGIN. OF "FyDeE."
Expression Now c~rnnon Is Not Easy
TO TSnce

Where did that very common word
fudge" come from, and what does il
really mean? The antiquarian of the
Boston Journal sa|s tae first appear
ance Of the word { literature is tho
description Of the cell Of Lady Barney
and Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia
Skeggs on the Vicar Of Wakefleld's
household: "But previously l should
have mentioned the very impolite be-
havior Of Mr.. Burchell. who, during
this discourse, sat with his face turned
to the fire, and at the conclusion Of
every sentence would cry out Fudge!
an expression which displeased us all.
and In some measure damped the ris-
ing spirit Of the conversation" Does
the word come from the provincial
French "fuche" or the Low German
"futsch"? Or shall we trace 1t to the
story Of 100 quoted by the elder
D'Israeli: "There was, sir, in our
times, one Captain Fudge, who always
brought home his owners good cargo
Of lies, so much that now aboard the
ship the sailors, when they hear q
great lie told, cry out, You fudge IT,"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
The New Chinese Minister.

Rev. William E. Grifls corrects a
published statement that Sir Chen
tung LANG Cheng, the new Chinese
minister, is a graduate Of Yale. He
merely studied there, being one Of
l20 students brought to this country
by Yung Wing. The minister ex-
plains that the first part of his name,
Chentung, corresponds to the Ameri-
can John. The middle part, his fam
lily name, is pronounced Leeang. His
title, about which there has been q
good deal of talk, was bestowed by
the British government after the au-
thorities of his own country had con-
scented that he accent it.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires In Con.
denSed Form,

Overflow From the Wires in Con.
densed Form.
The Japanese minister Of the in
terror has resigned on account Of Ill
health. He has been succeeded by
Baron Kodama, who will retain the
governorship of Formosa.
National Committeeman 10 A. Park
er of Texas and Edward Histen Of
Colorado, have issued a call for con-
ference Of Populists and fusionlsts to
be held at Denver July q, % and 20.
President Roosevelt has issued an
order eliminating old age as dis
qualification for eligibility to appoint
ment as laborers in the government
service The physical qualifications,
however, must be met.
Richard M. Lord of Denver, aged
thirteen, is dead of lockjaw, caused by
a burn received in the explosion of a
percussion cap. This is the third
death in Denver resulting from the
use of toy pistols on the Fourth.
A wireless telegraph station will be
established at Port Townsend, Wash,
at once by the United States govern
ment Stations will also be estab-
lished at Forts Casey and Flagler and
on several of the island. 1t is thought
that the wireless stations will greatly
assist the customs officials In appre.
hending smuggling craft.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
DUTIES OF my" DOCTOR.
Physicians Of MlIIonaires Must Be
Up to Date.

Up to Date.
Such man as Rockefeller or Nor
gan is a life study for a physician,
and the man who can keep in perfect
order a human machine of vast i'm
portance in the community is worthy
OF Schwabian compensation. The
big insurance companies are willing
to employ a physician at 100000 a
year to keep either of the gentlemen
mentioned alive ten years longer.
my" doctor in such a case must
know what medicine to prescribe
whenever Morgan or Rockefeller
sneezes, frowns, swears, limps,
groans, growls, thunders, kicks over
the waste basket, smokes too many
cigars, drinks too much water, eats
too heartily Of corned beef and cab
bage, talks too much to his Bible
rlass, charges too small commits
sion for promoting trust or reor-
ganizing a railroad, telegraphs sena-
tors to hold up antitrust legislation,
or commit. any other little indiscre-
ton that Millionaire flesh is heir to.
He must be familiar with the slight,
est symptom and ready with his dose.
New York Press.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
Concerning Jass

1t is do-n in the ranks of the toll
or for daily bread that the awful
blight of the humdrum is most Seenly
felt, and here the need of an intelli-
gent form Of jag is most evident
Dress is forbidden as luxury be-
yond attainment. Alcoholic excess
is curse whose hideous after results
are only too we'll known. Blessed Is
the man who shall find or devise 8
new and harmless jag that shall come
into the tired lives OF the masses like
a burst of sunshine on leaden day,
dispensing and haunting shadows OF
vice jags, and giving the necessary
relief from grinding monotony with
out any demoralizing after effects
A. K. Bond in the Booklovers' Maya
| zine.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
Tho Modern Race After Wealth.

The mania for money.making has
developed into downright madnesA
And the explanation is easy. People
see that 1. is fast becoming the chief,
if not the only, standard Of respecta.
bility. When Talleyrand was asked il
he was not ashamed to sell his influ.
ence in making treaties under the
first empire he replied: My friend,
do you not see that there are but two
things left III France-money and the
guillotine?" We are rapidly APP
preaching the period in our own his.
tory when there will be but two things
left in Anerics-money and contume-
1y.-Louisviile Courier-Journal
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
Danger In Biq Guns.

Recent accidents disabling some OF
our best battleships offer rather start.
ling evidence of the weaknesses that
are inherent in vessels of this type.
For years inventive genius has been
applied to continuing guns of bigger
size and longer range than those used
before, and each increase has added to
the demands laid upon the strength
of guns and turrets and their mobility
In action. IneNtAbly the line Of safe
ty has been passed and the result is
shown in accidents which baye caused
loss C life, besides eanosing the para
doxical delicacy OF massive machin.
ery.-Philadelphia NorsA american.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
FOG AS A REAUTIFIER.
New York Society Woman Divulass
Mrs. Lanutry's Secret.

New York Society Woman Dixulgss
Mrs. Langtry's Secret.
Mrs. Langtry attended a reception
In New York last week and reused
much envy among fashionables who
were present because of her beautiful
complexion, which is really marvel.
Subsequently a rather faded beauty
exclaimed: How on earth does she do
It? Why, she's so if she's a minute. I"
Another grande dame, who spoke as
though she knew, gave this explains
ton: Its Jersey, her birthplace. You
know Mrs. Langtry spends six or eight
weeks every season Cd her farm there.
She wears a short skirt and thick
boots-sometimes no boots at all
goes about In sunbonnet and lives
like farm girl. The fog Of the island
enas the -a.t''
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
Missed His CALLING.

An Italian has been discovered on
fruit ranch at Riverside. working
for $3.50 per day, who proves to be
an artist in sculpture Of the highest
rank. and he has been set to work
completing the stucco finishing Of the
interior of the Carnegie library build
ing. Il.s name is Luigi Ianni, and
the only words in English he can
use are 'You bet" He is now at
work on some Corinthian columns OF
original design that are marvels as
works Of art.-Los Angeles Herald.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
GAME BACH FOR HIS OWN.
How Wilkinson Was outwittes' by a
Brainy Tramp.


How Wilkinson Was outwittes' by a
Brainy Tramp.
When Wilkinson went to hts Office
one day last week he felt calm and
contented. He hadn't any need to
worry about his wife's loneliness any
more, for he had bought a capital
watchdog for her.
But, alas! when be arrived home
his wife met him with the deplorable
news that the dog had gone.
"Eh!p said Wilkinson, did he break
the chain, them"
NO" she replied; "but a great.
ugly-'ooking tramp came here and
acted so impudently that let the dog
loose. But instead of tearing the tramp
to pieces the nasty dog went of with
him"
Great Scott" said wilkinson, that
must have been the tramp I bought
him FRONT"
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
Raising Macaroni Wheat.

Mitchell, S. D., July 18.--Farmers
in this section are experimenting this
season with macaroni wheat, and from
the outlook of the wheat crop the ex-
pertinent is going to be very profita-
Bile one. S. A. Holbrook, living four
miles northwest of this city, and two
Of his neighbors, planted twenty-five
acres each, using three bushels to the
acre, and to-day they have mag
nificent stand of wheat, even reach
ing beyond their expectations.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
Pierpont Morcan's Success.

Pierpont Morgan, who celebrated
his sixty-sixth birthday recently,
achieved his greatest business sue.
cesses since he reached the three
score mark. He first became promi.
nent in tho financial world about
twenty ears ago, when he went to
Europe and successfully sold $25,Oo0,,
coo WORTH of New York Central stock.
1,his made the old fnanciers gasp.
BY this piece of work Mr.. Morgan
won the esting friendship Of the late
William IA. Vanderbilt and incidentally
cleared 100000 tor himself,
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

laSeSt quotations FROM Grain anc
Live Stock Centers.
st. Paul, July 10. - Wheat - No.
Northern, 87@8Sc No. Northern. 8G
oslo; No. 3, 84@86c; no grade, 500
SEC. Corn - No. 3, -46 1.2c;ZNo. d
44c; no grade, 4O@4c. Ryt-No. 2,
4s@49c Barley Mailing grades, As
@50c: feed grades. 39Q44c.
Minneapolis, July Is. - Wheat-No.
l hard, $50; No. Northern, 86 3-4c;
No. Northern. "a 3-4c.
Duluth, July Is. Wheat-No. /
hard, 81 lac; No. Northern, IS 3-4c;
No. 2 Northern, "a 1-2c; fax, CSC, oats,
36c; rye, 49c;; barley, 35@51c.
Milwaukee, July 10. nm Wheat = No.
1 Northern, 5000 1-'c; No. 2 North
ern 88@88 1-2c. Rye-No. i, 81 1-2c.
Barley ~ No. 2, $4,000. Oats, 40c.
Corn-September, so 7-8c.
Chicago, July IS. - Wheat - No.
2 red, new, 70 1-2@80c; No. red, new.
rs 1-2c; No. 2 hard winter, new, 79c;
No. 8 hard winter, new, 77@7Sc; No.
Northern spring, SIC; No. 2 Northern
spring, SIC; No. 8 spring, rs q 78c.
Corn-No 2, 5O1-2 a so 3-4c; No. 8,
50@50 lie. Oats-No. 2, SIC; No. 3,
32@35 1-2c.
Sioux City, Iowa, July IS. - Cattle
- Beeves, 81 q 400; COWS, bulls and
mixed, S275@440; stockers and feed
ers. S2.75 q 4; calves and yearlings,
$2.50@3.s0. Hogs, $5.25@5.4o; bulk,
$3.50
Chicago, July 18.-Cattle- Good to
prime steers, $4.9O@5.4O; stockers aud
feeders. s275w4.60; COWS, $1,000;
heifers, s2@4.50; Texas-fed steers,
$3.5O@440. Hogs-Mixed and butch
ers, $5.7o@5.9O; bulk Of sales, s265@
5.S5. Sheep-Good to choice wethers,
$3.75@425; fair to choice mixed, $50
3.75; Western sheep, $2.50@4.15; ma.
tive lambs, $4@6.25.
South st. Paul, July IS. Cattle "a
Good to choice steers, s4.25@5; good
to choice COWS and heifers, $3.25@4;
good to choice 0stock steers, $3.25@
$50; good to choice stock COWS and
heifers; good to choice milch cows,
$S5@45. Hogs-Price range, $40 q
5.65; bulk, s5.45@55O. sheep-Good
to choice shorn lambs, $5.75@6.25;
good to choice yearling wethers, $3.50
@5; heavy, s4.25@46O; good to choice
ewes. medium weight, $685. q 4.10;
heavy, S3.50@3.S5; culls and STOCK
ewes, S2.5O@3.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
BootIeggers Punched.

Boote95efs Pfncned.
Mitchell, S D., July 1s. = United
States Marshal John Petrie is making
1t unpleasant for the peddlers over on
the reservation. A few days ago he
arrested j. A. Pickus at Plankinton,
who has been travelling over the coun-
try taking orders for enlarging pic
lures, and at the same time, it was
believed, was selling whisky without
a government license The marshal
has landed quite number Of peddlers
who are INDUCING in some bootlegging
on the reservation among the Indians.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
FOUGHT WITH A cHlsEL.
Man and Wife Slash Each Other and
the after is Killed

Man and Wife Slash Each Other and
the Latter is Killed.
New York. July 18.-In the presence
Of their twelve-year-old daughter,
Enrico Canapa and his wife fought
and slashed each other with a chisel
in their apartments yesterday, the
duel finally ending in the death of the
woman, who was stabbed in the right
temple with the chisel by her hus-
band. The man received several stab
wounds in the chest before he gained
possession of the instrument, and
was found staggering in the street,
his clothes covered with blood. When
the police questioned the man he ad-
mitted having killed his wife, but said
he had to do it to save his own life.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
QUAY STOPPED THE PANIC.

Brave Act Of Pennsylvania Senator
In Civil War.
A great many persons do not know
that Senator Quay won a deserved
reputation for bravery in the civil
war;" said DR.. Edward Bedloe at
the Waldorf Astoria. sit was In the
charge upon Maryes Heights where
Quay was a volunteer aide, de camp.
When an effort was made to rally the
breaking line he noticed backward
movement among the men.
"'D-n It, boys!' he cried, what
are you lodging for? If can sit on
my horse and the bullets go over my
head, they certainly can't hit you
His presence of mind stopped the
panic. New York Times.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-07-18
The Crookston Water Works,

The Crookston Water Works,
Power & Light company gives
it out cold that it will fight the
proposed improvement of the
Clearwater by the divertion of its
headWaters to the Mississippi
and evidently thinks that It's the
whole thing and that the inter
ests of the flood sufferers and
the settlers along the river banks
are not entitled to consideration.
Mcintosh Times.