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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-08
How to Find Out.

Fill a bottle or glass with
your water and let it stand twenty
four hours; a sediment or settling
indicates an unhealthy condition of
the kidneys; if it stains the linen it
is evidence of kidney trouble; too
frequent desire to pass it, or pain
in the back is also convincing proof
that the kidneys and bladder are out
Of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowl-
edge so often expressed that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. the great
kidney remedy, ful6l1s every wish
in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and
every part of the urinary passage.
1t corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or
bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that un-
pleasant necessity of being compelled
to go often during the day, and to
get up many times during the night.
The mild and the extraordinary ef-
LEU VI Is SOOu T0d41Z0O.
It stands the highest for it's won
derful cures of the most distressing
cases. If you need a medicine you
should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar
sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney rem
edy, and a book that tells all about
it, both sent absolutely free by mail.
Address, DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y. When writing be
sure to mention that you read this
generous offer in The Progressive
Farmer. Don't make my mistake
but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, n. Y,
on every bottle.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-08
EImWOOd

Alfalfa bacteria soil, from f1ve-year old
field, at $1.OO per 100 pounds f. o. b. M1dlo-
THAN.
Also Splendid Strawberry Plants of ear
Lest, medium and latest varieties at 80 cents
per 100, $500 per 1000.
Fruit, Shade, Ornamental Trees and
Plants after November LIST. Catalogue on
application. Address
j. b. WATKINS g. BRO, HaIlsborO.V Va.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-08

The following are the States upon
which the Democratic national cam
palgn managers are counting to SUD-
ply the so electoral votes that must
De added to the vote of the solid
South including Maryland, to give
Judge Parker the 239 votes in the
electoral college that constitute a
majority of that body:
Colorado, 5; Connecticut, 7; Indiana
10; Montana, 3; Nevada, 3: New
York, 80; Utah, 3; West Virginia,
Z. Total, 80.
1t is admitted by the Democratic
managers that while there is a fight
ing chance of carrying New Jersey
wisconsin and Delaware, the outlook
IN these States is not favorable to
the democratic ticket.-New York
dispatch to Baltimore Sun.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-11-08
NEWS
The Lesser Events of Last Week.

on strike.
Guatemala is on the verge of an,
other revolution.
Pope Plus is steadily recovering
from his recent attack of govt.
The third general assault by the
japanese on Port Arthur has begun.
The Emperor of Japan celebrated
his .ffty-third birthday anniversary.
The Liberals won a sweeping vic
tory in the Canadian general cleo
tions.
Ten miners were killed by a fall
of 1,4OO feet into a shaft at Nanti-
coke, Pa.
The Russian inquiry into the
North Sea incident is in progress
at Vigo, Spain.
President Roosevelt has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation for
Thursday, November oath.
The Baptist ministers, at a meet
ing in Richmond, Va, adopted reso-
buttons denouncing lynching.
1t is reported that Great Britain
will ask Admiral Dewey to serve on
the Anglo-Russian commission.
Engineers in 24O Illinois colleries
went on strike and a lockout of So
600 miners is expected to follow.
The body of ex-President Paul
Kruger was put on a ship at Rotter-
dam and will be taken to South At
RIGA.
The Datto Ali, the rebeIIious Moro
leader in the Philippines, is making
overtures for his surrender to Gen
eral Wood.
A var panic prevailed in Lon
don for a time, but it was allayed
by an official statement from the
foreign Office.
Russians report their killed,
wounded and missing in the fighting
from October 9th to 18th as 800 Off
GERS and $4,000 men.
Ex-Mayor McCue, of C~harlottes-
vile, Va, was found guilty of the
murder of his wife, and sentenced to
be hanged. He appealed.
Roy Knabenshue, of Toledo, made
his second ascent from the Worlds
Fair aeronautic course in Baldwin's
airship, the California Arrow.
The Anglo-Russian negotiations
are proceeding satisfactorily, but
nothing has been definitely decided
yet as to place of meeting, etc.
Dowie has given orders to his g.
900 Zion City adherents that all must
vote for Deneen, Republican. for
Governor, as well as Roosevelt for
President.
Judge Parker has expressed high
appreciation of the part William
Jennings Bryan has taken in the
present compaign and sent him 2
telegram to this effect.
Posses overlook and had a RIM
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

Mrs. Russell, sustains heavy loss
by the burning Of the store at Donald.
son. She had only $500 insurance it
is said and her loss is more than four
times than amount.
A letter from Cando. n. D., writ.
ten to Frank Fertig by Harry Seibert
says that wheat harvest is just COM
mencing and there will be plenty of
work at good wages for all the men
that want to come. He says the wheat
crop is very heavy and there will be
forty days of threshing.
A Minneapolis minister out.PotterS
Bishop Potter by establishing saloon
in connection with his church. He
wants the christian people to COM
bine the SpirituouS with the spiritual,
and believes he has found the COM
plete solution of the problem why men
don't go to church.
Bert Hines is pretty sore ID account
of Injuries sustained by the parachute
of his balloon falling to work at the
business mems picnic at Bourbon Mon
day. No bones were broken but he
is considerably scratched and bruised.
He thinks he was saved from death by
falling on church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard b. Slddall,
former residents of Plymouth, came
up from Logansport Sunday to attend
a reunion of their family at Culver.
There we're So members present and
Mr.. and Mrs. Siddall are spending
this week visiting their children and
other relatives in this county.
There was very heavy rain three
miles south of Plymouth Saturday
evening. 1t extended south about
three miles further and was accom-
panied by wind that blew down
fences in places and there was also
considerable hail. 1t was a local
shower about three miles wide and
twenty miles long.
Sitting upright with pipe still in
the grasp Of his cold fingers, Frederick
Merklien, stone contractor Of Fort
Wayne, was found dead from asphyxi-
alton In a newly made vault. He was
inspecting the excavation with view
to bidding for the masonry work, and
was overcome by sewer gas. A widow
and six children sur rive.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

j. III. Kline, who has been making
his home for the past two months with
his brother, F. J. Kline. in this city
went to Devils Lake, North Dakota
Tuesday.
The health of small children in Chi
cago is the best ever known at this
season of the year owing the clear
cool weather and an absence of conta-
giouS diseases.
Mrs. Crocker, mother of Lincoln
Croker, and his sister Mrs. Ada
Troutman, nephew Earl Hunt and
niece, Miss Ora Hunt, spent Sunday
in Plymouth.
A. P. Humphrey and family have
returned to their home at Bellefon-
tame, Ohio, after a visit of ten days
with Charles Humphrey and other
relatives here:
proven a failure. The drillerS reach
ed depth of 1,515 feet Wednesday
afternoon, when they struck salt wat
er, which gushed up in the hole and
now stands 1900 feet in the pipes,
making it impossible to shoot the we'll.
The carnival company which came
here demoralized was reorganized last
week and left here with several new
attractions. Carnival companies are
having bad luck this yaarIand like the
roller skating rink and other fads pop
ular for a short time, they seem to
have almost had their day.
Everybody in Plymouth knows Joe
Wolf who was a hustler when he was
only small boy and is now one of
the hustling young business men of
Lawton, Oklahoma. Joe arrived IN
Plymouth Saturday afternoon for a
visit of a few DAYS and is kept busy
shaking hands with old friends.
Most of the newspapers in discus
sing the readjustment and increase of
rates by the supreme tent of Macca-
bees at Detroit. declare that Macca.
beeism has received a very black eye
and are of the opinion that the in
crease was made in order to give the
officers of the supreme tent about
$50, 900 a year more than they have
been getting and that the salaries
and perquisites of these officers were
excessive before the increase in rates,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

George Ewald and Ernest Schilt, Of
Bremen, visited here Sunday and left
Monday morning for vacation of two
months in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Landberg
have returned to Chicago after visit
of few days in this city with Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Alits.
Mrs. Francisco, Of Havana. H., is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. DIR. Lind
quist in this city. She is accompanied
by Miss Lucy McClintock.
County Clerk Jones returned Satur-
day evening from trip of several
weeks in the Texas oil region where
he owns considerable land.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warner and
daughter. of Indianapolis are visiting
at William Pomeroy's. Mrs. Warner
is Mr.. Pomeroy's daughter.
Archie Wilcox is home from Chicago
for a vacation of two weeks. He has
an excellent position as teller of the
Commercial National bank.
Trustee Jackman went to InwOOd
Mondayto look after the wants of Mis-.
Larue who is 80 years old and appar-
emily at the point of death.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Vanvactor
came up from Marion Sunday for a
visit of two or three days with Mr..
aud Mrs. George II. Baylor.
Jacob Francis, of Harrison county,
Mo-, is visiting relatives in this
county. His parents were among the
first settlers. He left here 30 years
ago.
Henry Stuart Bailey of Peru, who
is spending several weeks at Winona,
visited over Sunday in this city with
his uncle. w. E. Bailey and other rel
ativeS.
Captain Ed. Morris of Culver was in
Plymouth Monday and says Culver had
the biggest crowd of the season Sum-
day and crowd that spent lots Of
money.
Rev. w. w. Lineberry is in FL
wood presiding over the Indiana con-
ference of the M. P. church which will
remain in session over Sunday. Mr..
Lineberry has been the executive Of
ficer Of the state Of Indiana for the
past fi7e years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
!: 4LOCAL NEWS 3

0VVVVVVVVVVVVV
John Hay of Chicago, spent Sunday
in Plymouth.
Mrs. d. w. Whitesel is visiting rela-
tives at South Bend.
W. E. Leonard is putting in lights
at Atwood this week.
Mrs. Patsei and children are visit
ng at Bourbon this week.
Mrs. Fl. w. Childs, of Hamlet. WIS.,
tied in Plymouth Monday.
Mrs. Babcock of Bourbon is visiting
her daughter in this city.
Fred Burgener, of South Bend,
spent Sunday in Plymouth.
Mrs. George Gurthet is visiting rel
atives at South Bend this week.
w. E. Bailey is spending a week at
Winona and points northeast of there.
Peter Laguire, of West township.
transacted business at Culver Monday.
Miss Alice Leffert has returned from
a visit at Fort Wayne and Pierceton.
Miss Edith Wyland of Grovertown,
spent Monday with relatives in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Erwin of BOur-
bon, are visiting in Frankfort this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. NJ. Tanner and
daughter, Edna, spent Monday at Wi
mona.
Miss Maude Blue, who has been wis.,
iting relatives here went to Warsaw
Monday.
Joseph Hendricks visited friends at
Cassopolis and Diamond Lake, Mich,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Galloway have
gone to South Bend for visit of a
few days.
Mrs. Davis of Terre Haute, spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. w. S.
McGlothlin.
w. R. Stevens, of Chicago, spent
Sunday at the home of G. w. Shrider
and went east today.
DR.. Aspinall was at FortWayne Mon
day on business connected with his
duties as railway surgeon.
John Snyder went away with the
carnival and Frank Huba has taken
his place on the streets.
Mrs. F. c. Armatrout residing east
of thiscity. has gone to Seymour, Ia.
for visit of two weeks.
Miss Maud Smith has returned to
her home in Tyner after spending two
months in southern Michigan.
Miss Dora Hopkins of Grovertown,
spent Sunday in this city at the home
of her aunt. Mrs. Paul Butcher.
F. E. Jenke has taken the contract
for the Boggs ditch in Walnut town.
ship and commenced work Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Hanna, of Chi
cago have returned home after visit
with Mr. and Mrs Nye in this city.
Mrs. Mary Locke, of Lakeville. Wis.,
tied Charles Fruits in this city last
week and is visiting in Argos this
week.
Charley Murphy who has been en-
ployed at Slayter's restaurant has ac-
copied place in the Forbes Seed
store.
Esther md Leo Bowers have retur-
ned to their home at South Bend after
a visit of a week in Plymouth and
Argos.
Mrs. Jacob Trowbridge has gone to
Terre Haute for a visit of several
weeks at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Davis.
James G.. McNiff and wife, of Kan
sas City, visited over Sunday in this
city with Mr.. McNiff's sister, Miss
Mollie McNiff.
Mrs. Frank Lamson who was badly
hurt by fall at the Palmer house at
Maxinkuckee Lake last week, is i'm
proving nicely.
Rev. l. Rothenberger and wife came
down from South Bend Thursday and
visited over Sunday with relatives
and friends here.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18
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Plymouth. Ind. August Is. 1904.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-08-18

Two miles east or the city. Convey
ances will leave from A. G. Hnme s
residence on the south side and Mrs,
Dial'S store on the north side at 2.3O
O'Clock. Ten cents for the round trip.
ALI are invited to join in tbs outing
The high price Of meat brings all
sorts of diet cranks to the front. The
latest to appear is New Jersey citi-
zen who reports himself happy and
flourishing after daily ration of a
cucumber in the morning, raw tur-
nip or potato in the middle of the day
and light supper of nuts. Too much
meat may be bad, but some other
things are even more alarming:
The township convention will be
held at the court house yard Satur-
day afternoon. Among the candi-
dates mentioned for trustee are Peter
Helm. Fred Corse, A. G. Miller, Alon-
20 stephenson, DAVID d. VanvactOr.
Leroy Staley and perhaps others.
There is also a candidate for assessor
to be nominated and delegates select
ed for the judicial convention which
meets at Rochester, Wednesday, Aug.
ust "a.
The South Bend Tribune advises
the citizens of Lapaz to stop quarrel
ing and get down to business. A
prominent citizen of Lapaz called at
our Office Saturday and said there was
more truth than poetry in the state
emit of lawlessness in that vicinity
and If grand jury is empaneled at
next term of court there will probably
be something doing around Lapaz.
The river press., 1904-09-28

ernInent had invested in these works OF
reclamation would finally come back to
it. 1t is in this remarkable fact-that
every dollar invested /by the government
for the reclamation Of the arid public do
main is to be paid back to it by the set
tiers who get the land-that the great
strength and potency OF the act lies. 1t
was chiefly this feature OF the law that
commended it to the conservative judg-
ment OF the people Of the country gen
orally
Only the government is equal to the
herculean task: Title to the arid lands
rests in the government. 1t is unstable.
The mountains are filled with minerals
Of every description for which man has
ever found Il use. Their precipitous, un-
tillable sides are covered with forest
grOwtAs that will perpetually serve to
house the nation. Their high attitudes
are natures eternal reservoirs Of mois-
ture. 1t is here that she "heaves her
white breasts nearest the sky, and locks
the storm in cold embrace" Irriga
ton is the key that is to unlock this
wealth to teeming millions. Here and
there in favored spots private enterprise
has tapped these living streams and res
ervoirs, and cities Of wonderful beauty
have sprung up out of the desert, as il
ly magic. individual effort has shown
irrigation to be feasible. Lands have
been bought from the government, or en-
tered under the land law. improved, tax
able property created; and national
| wealth has followed. The nation could
I do even better in the improvement Of its
| own property.
Measureless are to be the benefits to
the Nation from this National Irrigation
movement. From its economic, from it's
| social from it's moral side, the problem
| is rnassailable. No one can gainsay the
vital need Of its establishment as soon
as possible. On the tillage Of the soil
| rests the prosperity Of all other indus
| tries. Upon the upbuildiny of homes
rests the Independence of nation. lrri-
! CATION compels small holdings, and in
| creases the number Of those who call no
man master
Irrigation is fruitful theme for study.
1t has a bonn''cSs potehcy for civiiza-
| ton On the desert sands Of Egypt it
| reared the most mighty empire of an
cient days. In India it is to-day revivi-
| flying and ,nolernizin% IL wasted land. In
America it's mission has but begun, vet
gives promise Of untold blessings to man.
The river press., 1904-09-28

On first consideration it would seem
that the irrigation bill possessed only
sectional advantages to the West, but ii
really means much to the eastern mar:
kets of this country. When President
Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency,
the friends Of irrigation found theii
strongest ally, for one Of the Presidents Z
first acts was to place himself in line
with the best irrigation sentiment Of the
country. President Roosevelt, it is said,
regards the irrigation bill as one Of the
best measures which his signature has
made u law.--Brooklyn Times.
The river press., 1904-09-28
NATIONAL IRRIGATION.
1t Involves No Taxation and Its Bene-
fits Will BE MeasureIess.

4
fits Will He Measureless.
The new national irrigation law, in
spireI by President Roosevelt, is des-
tined to reclaim 15O,WonoO acres Of
fertile soil during the next thirty years.
These lands are located west OF the
Missouri river and are now barren des
erts. Cut up into 2O-ucre farms, 1000.
600 families could be accommodated.
With five in family the population
would be- 81 .oOO.O 600 souls. Mining towns.
manufacturing centers and numbering i'll
terests would spring into life as Il conse-
uuence, and sustain an equal population
perhaps much larger. Thus within one
generation we may possibly see. newly
established in the West, population
fully equal to that OF the entire United
States at present.
The fund already provided for this
talismanic regeneration will continue to
revolve in circle until its blessed work
is completed Then it will be turned
back into Uncle Sans treasury in it's
! entirety. The government has never be-
fore enacted law freighted with such
possibilities OF good to the citizen and
home builder. The Republican homes
stead law was the best thing of it's kind
up to now: but the irrigated home, turned
over to the occupant at the actual cost
Of irrigating it, beats the world. No
man can purchase more than 100 acres
OF the government irrigated land. He
must reside upon it five years and pay
for the cost Of irrigating in ten equal
| annual instnllments. without interest.
These moneys come from the sale Of
public lands in the arid States, and no
| citizen OF the United States is taxed for
this purpose. Even five per cent Of these
funds goes to the States and territories
| interested. for educational purposes, less
the cost Of handling the business. 1t
| was estimated that it would require ten
years to accumulate $2.j.OOO,OOO in the
fund. Only two years have elapsed
since the passage of the law, and there
is about $25,OOO.OO already accumulate
Being ultra conservative, and estimat-
ing only $5,OOO.OOO annual income, it
will be seen that during the first ten
years the gross amount will be eked out
to $5O,OOO.OOO. In the second ten-year
period $5O.OOO,OOO more would come III
from the same source. and, in addition,
J the $50. 100000 invested in the first ten
years would come back for re-inveSt-
| nlent. This would make total sum
available for investment in new works
III the second teN-year period OF SlOO..
100000. This whole sum of $lOO. .OOO.OOu
would come back again for re-investment
i'll the third ten-year period. and another
$:W,OOo,OOO would be added to it from
sales OF land during this third ten years
making total sum available in the thir,
ten-year period for investment in new
works. $l5o.oOO.OOO. The sum OF $500
100000 would thus have been used il
the construction OF reclamation works
il no other moneys were made available
within period Of thirty years.
After all the laua which could he re
claimed by the national government hat
been prepared for reclamation and settle
ment. the whole omouut which the. gov
The river press., 1904-09-28

it is a measure or surprising Importance;
one that has been under discussion for
many years. but has heretofore failed.
for the old reason that It was impossible
to arouse sufficient Interest III it outside
Of the States directly affected. 1t is an
Improvement that will pay for itself as it
progresses. for the whole cost is to be
betrayed by the money received for the
sale OF lands AMI the barren lands that
receive the benefits Of irrigation will ut
once possess a value far beyond the cost
Of the improyenent.--Broo Times,
July /.
The river press., 1904-09-28
An Eastern Bugaboo,

The bugaboo Of injurious competition
raised in some parts OF the East and
West in opposition to the irrigation plan
has no basis in common sense. Since the
beginning Of the present century more
than one billion acres Of public lands
have been opened to settlement the great
commonwealth Of the West and South
have come into being, and the prosperity
Of the whole country has been commen-
surate with their growth.--Boston Eea-
con, June 80.
The river press., 1904-09-28
A Prophetic Eatlm ate.

A patriot, man Of genius, man OF
sanely audacious provision, man OF
eastern culture and OF western expert.
ence is President OF the United States.
He could signalize his administration in
no grander and in no more excellent way
than by identifying it with the begin.
nings Of the great work and OF the great
duty of reclaimiux the West on the lines
the Eagle sets forth to-day.-Brooklyn
Eagle, Nov. 26, 1901.
The river press., 1904-09-28
'Wisest Act Of CouxresH.

The irrigation bill! passed by the House
on Friday, and already passed by the
Senate, is an attempt to solve what Sec
retary Wilson has we'll called ''our great
est domestic problem" Irriga-
ton Of these arid lands will not only
provide homes for millions. but will large
ly protect the region eastward against
drought On the whole, the irrigation
law is likely to pass into history as the
wiSest legislation Of the present Congress
New Haven (Conn.> Leader July l.
The river press., 1904-09-28

Greatest Enact mcnt Since the Home.
stead Law.
The National Irrigation Association il
entitled to great credit for this early and
gratifying result---the beginning Of the
great work under national auspices
which is to make the desert blossom as
the rose" and convert arid America into
an arabic empire, affording countless
homes for the hungry homeseekers OF
this vast country is now in sight. 1t is
the greatest and granuest step this gov.
crnment has taken since the homestead
law was first placed upon our national
statute books.-San Francisco Enter
prise, June u.
The river press., 1904-09-28
The Presideut's Hand.

The irrigation measure. which has been
adopted by Congress, is fraught with
vast promise in the future. As the bill
was originally framed these lands would
have been absorbed by capitalists at the
expense OF actual settlers. but as soon as
the matter was brought to the attention
Of the President the bill was amended
under threat Of veto.-Paxton Qll.) Reg
lister. July ., 1902