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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

It must not be supposed for q moment
that while this part of the country is
outlined as the especially favorable dis
trict for wheat growing, it is not good
for mixed operations as well. 1t is be-
cause it is level, has a sufficient rain
fall every year, plenty of snow in the
winter for moisture in the early spring
and favorable climatic conditions the
year round that it is specially marked for
this branch of husbandry.
AS if to cope with the offerings of ma
ture, the railway companies are ready
with their railways to haul the grain as
soon as it is relieved from the straw in
the fields by the threshers. Throughout
this Ell tire belt there is an enormous
length of railway mileage, branches are
radiating in every direction from the
trunks until they scarcely leave grain
field more than six or seven miles from
a road, and they are all required, for in
the fall and early winter the sight of the
trains passing to and from the elevators
at the railway depots makes the entire
country look like one hive of industry.
Free Homestead Lands.
There is yet a large quantity OF
government land for demonstrating in
this country, and as in everything
else "the early bird catches the
worm" Those who come first are
first served. When it is preferred tc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
IN WESTERN CANADA
THREE DIVISIONS AFFoRDING
CHANCE FOR SETTLEMENT.
They Are Specially Adapted to Ranch
ing, Wheat Growing and Mixed
Farmin g-Many Americans
Settling There.

The old Romans used to say that Gaul
was divided into three parts. So is the
Canadian northwest. Gauls divisions
we're political; those Of western Cana
das prairies are created by the unerring
hand of nature.
The First Division.
Chiefly because of the elevation of the
country, the absence of large lakes and
rivers, and the operations of the
Chinook" or Pacific ocean winds,
which readily cross the Rocky noun
tains in southern Alberta through gaps
and passes, the southwestern portion
of the Canadian provinces is regarded as
somewhat arid, and less fertile than
other portions of the country AL
though this has been prevailing idea
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Retopping of Apple Trees.

In answer to the inquiry: will It
pay to re-top a large sweet apple tree,
a foot or more in diameter?" the Maine
experiment station says that apple trees
up to a foot in diameter may be OPP
worked if unsatisfactory. Care should
be used that too much of the top is not
removed in any one year. Cut off Mbous
one-third of the top the first year and in
sert scions on stubs not more than two
or three inches in diameter. The next
year remove more OF the top and insert
other scions, and the following year
complete the work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

Stats nailed inside the box. The heat
is furnished by box stove with
pipe running on the bottom of
the box under the fruit. Corn
and apples dry in IL hours, but
peaches take three days. In the spring
the fruit is heated in an oven to keep
the worms OUT When cool it is placed
in barrels with wire screen covers to
ventilate and keep out NIECE. H.
Barnhill, in Farm and Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Think It Over.

Brander Matthews was at the phone the
was to sail the next day for Europe.
81 sail tomorrow on the Celtic" came
over the wire, the steamships name being
pronounced "Keltic."
you'd better pronounce that Settle re-
piled the professor of bellies lettres. eff you
don't you'll be having hard seas all the way
over."-N. Y Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Dirt Destroys Butter Flavor.

Dirt in milk makes more undesirable
butter than all the wrong methods of
working. No perfection of working
out buttermilk and working in salt can
secure the proper flavor of butter from
dirty milk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
PASTURE SHADE FOR COWS.

boughs, fodder, straw, etc., will an
swer the purpose. Where lumber is
expensive and green boughs are not
readily at hand a cheap cotton cover
may be used very effectively and eco
nomically, as shown in the cut. The
pasture fence will serve as one side OF
such shed, setting posts at convent
ent distances from same upon which
to lay the cross-pieces as Indicated
Farm and Home
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
TREELESS PASTURE SHADE
Progressive Dairymen Nowadays Pro-
vide Shelter for Cows from the
Rays of the Sun.

1t has been demonstrated to be such
a profitable necessity that progressive
dairymen are now providing some
means for shade in treeless pastures.
Almost any sort of a shed constructed
of old lumber, or poles covered with
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Suspicious -i~ns.

Agent-My dear lady, l have here rem
edy that will absolutely cure your husband
of the alcoholic habit. Drop little in his
coffee
Lady of the House, with indiggnatlon)-
Who told you my husband drinks?
''No one. l saw that in the halo of
scratches around the keyhole in the front
door, Youngstown Telegram.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

purchase railway or other company
lands they can be got at from five
dollars per acre up. This section can
not be better closed than by show
ing practically what is made by wheat
growing in this district The average
from the first Of operations is 20
bushels per acre. Breaking the
prairie, as first piowed is called, is
of course an exceptional expenditure.
as when it is once done it is done
for all time. This costs about $3.50
per acre. After the breaking, plow-
ing and seeding, harvesting, threshing
and marketing, all expenses combined
amount to about $5.25 per acre; that
is, if a man has everything done it
will cost him $5.25 per acre. If he
does the work himself he is earning
wages while producing at that flg-
ure. Now as the average yield is 70
bushels, and the average price 60 cents
-$12 per acre-the difference between
the result and cost, $6.75, is the profit
of grain growing year in and year
out in the great wheat belt OF the
Canadian prairie country. If a man
has a half section of land and puts
half of it, 160 acres, under wheat,
which is a very common occurrence,
he makes $1,000 on wheat alone and
should make if he is capable farm
er enough out of ether crops, sale of
cattle, dairy and other products TO
keep himself and family the year
round besides.
The Third Division.
The third division of this great
country lies to the north of the wheat
belt, between it and what is known
as the forest country. AS wheat
growing implies the raising of all
cereals, that can profitably be raised
in the country, the remaining
branches of mixed farming are dairy
ing and the raising of farm stock.
1t must not be supposed that dividing
the prairies in this way is saying that
any one portion of the country pos
sesses better soil than another, for
such is not the case-all districts are
equally fertile, but the topography
and climatic influences differ, as well
as the conditions for production.
Ranching and grain growing are car
ried on quite successfully in this
northern zone; but it is found more
profitable to combine all the features
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

by d. II. MiSh, OF
w e s t Virginia.
I n e bottom is
lined with slate
roofing and the
trays m a d e of
galvanized wire
S C r e e n, "a inch
mesh, resting on
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Hard to Understand.

81 have always been a reader of your
poetry" began Mrs. Gushe.
:, 81 am glad" replied Algernon Charles
Mystic, ''that some one understands me-.
ooh, but that is what have been hoping
to meet you for. wanted you to explain"
-Pittsburg Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Appreciation.

81 am afraid you are one of these people
who look down on toll"
"Not at ALL" answered the luxurious
youth. my great grandfather worked hard
and invested his money, and we are quite
pleased with him for doing so"-Detroit
Free Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
For Your Perfect Comfort

At the ST. Louis Exposition, which is very
severe upon the feet, remember to take along
abox of Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for Hot,
Tired, Aching, Swollen Feet SOLD by all
druggists, Csc. Don't accept substitute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Extravagant Affair.

molly" he said, eff l should die first
want you to see that I'm cremated
mercy on us, John! Coal may be ten
dollars a ton, then. Atlanta Constitution
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

News is by no means literature. News is
what yesterdays paper aroused curiosity
about, while literature is device for separ-
ating head-pieces from il-pieces-Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos
Robbins. Norwich, n. Y Feb II, 1900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
The Kind Of Cows You Need.

You need ten 6,000-pounds-of-milk-a-
year cows in the place of the 20 $1,000
pound cows you are now milking.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

It's easy for an editor to drop into poetry
all he has to do is sit down In his waste
basket-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
A HOMEMADE EVAPORATOR
The Device Of West Virginian Fruit
Grower, Simple in Construction
and Effective.

Apples, peaches and corn are evap-
Grated in a dry goods box 6x31bx2 feet
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

If wishes were horses hay would go up to
500 a ton.-Chicago Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
] Mrs. Hughson, of Chicago, whose j
letter follows, is another woman IN high
position who owes her health to the use OF
LYDIA E. Pfnlhan's Vegetable Compound,

"DEAR Es PHM-I suffered for several years wl' Ng ne
t and would lie awake for hours and could not SLEEP
the than when A1er
reading one of your advertisements decided the merits of Lydia
H. Pinkams Vegetable and glad did one
did took three bottles faithfully and
besides building general health it drove all disease and poison
Pnhans medicines certainly all they are claimed TO De-
Mrs NJ E. HUeHsoN 347 East Ohio St, Chicago, ILL
Ordinary Tasks Produce DpiacenentS
incidents daily life frequently pouce
lifting
sewing machine attending ne
trouble should the snal
Dont
it
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
which do
write for her advice anu
right thing
happiness
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Arrangements have hecn made WIFI
tho Maine Central Railroad by when
those who wish "a leave. Sunday. lot
Bangor for tn Labor day celebration
can 10 50 by paving half-fare rates
This will make the fare from South
Gardiner sos: Gardiner. S2.i3; HALO
well. $50: Augusta 1925. The fare
for those who 90, Monday. viii. OF
course. he S1.I0. rs has already been
advertised. the tickets being good 10
return on and up II the time of the
de, arturo Of the special train from
that city. The new arrangement is
made for the convenience Of those VINO
wish To have Il longer time in Bangor
which viii be hut a. cents more than
the regular Labor day rates. Those
planning to go over Monday should
not forget the ticket selling arrange
ments. by which tickets will be on sale
for Monday during Sunday afternoon.
as il may save them lots of inconven-
fence and perhaps from losing the
train.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
AUGUSTA VS.. WINTHROP
Two Teams Will Do Battle. TODAY. Al
Winthrop.

The Augusta team will go up against
Winthrop, today, at Winthrop, and it
is probable that big crowd of An
gusta people will go out to see the finn
1t ought to be Il great game and il will
be no easy task to pick the. winner u;1tii
the game is over.
The Augusta team will present a
strong lineup. and the Winthrops will
also be out for blood, and they saw they
are confident of victory but the An
gusta bunch ought to be able to make
them play ball in order to pull out the
game.
A special car VIII leave Augusta ut
80 for Winthrop and special rates
have been secured for the trip. 80 cents
being the price for the round trip and
admission to the grounds.
The lineup of the Augusta team will
be as follows: Hall, p.: jackson, G.;
Carrigan. b.: sullivan, 2b. Joice, 3b. ::
Cilley. So: Phelan IT,: Abbott, cf.: Will
liehan. If Dan Sheehan will umpire for
Augusta.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Edith Packard has returned
from "A visit with friends in Clinton.
Mrs. W. l.. Thompson and daughter,
Miss Mary. left. yesterday, for a visit in
Boston.
Miss Elanchc Webster left, yesterday
morning. for a visit with friends in
Portland.
The Misses Nellie and Ethel Tobcy of
this city arc passing two weeks with
friends in Boston.
Mr.. Wm. T.. Fisher and family viii
return home. today. from their outing
at Squirrel Island.
Mrs. Il. G. M"sclv" of SacO, is in the
city. called by the illness of her mother
Mrs. NJ. +. Noble.
Mrs. Jay II. Scrbner of Bangor. who
was formerly Miss May Doughty of this
city is visiting her old home in this city.
Miss Clapp. librarian at the Lithgow
library. has returned to her duties in
the library after 4 two weeks vacation.
+. @. Mcdonald If New York, ANA
Willard A. Whitcomb Of EOston are
visiting at Mrs. Hopkins, i:i'idgr'
street.
Mrs II. c. Griffith and daughter
Miss Marion Griffith, have returned
home from II visit with relatives at
Watervillc.
COL Charles l.. MORTON, formerly OF
this city but NOW occupying Il govern
mcnt position in Porto Rico, is visiting
his old home in THIS city.
oct. no,,I..s Of fcb
market has arrived home from Il vaca-
ton passed in Damariscotta ana other
places and will resume his duties in the
store, this morning.
Mr. c. ]. Rice started Friday for his
home in California, by the way of
Mexico, after having visited his sister
Mrs. G. ]. Higgins of this city and
relatives and friends in Hallowcll.
William Aiken who has Il position
in the Wavery Insane hospital at
Wlverly. Mass. and who has been
visiting Will Hilton in this city. left
yesterday, for visit at his old home in
jefferson.
Postal cards received in the city
from Fred l.. FOgg. who recently went
to California to attend the knights
Templdr conclaVe. indicate that he was
in Albuquerque. y. NJ. and having Il
grand time on the trip.
Oscar p. Mayo. formerly of the
Journal office. but who now occupies n
position in the government printing
Office at Washington, d. c.. arrived,
yesterday. and will pass a VACATION in
Augusta. Hallowell and Litchficld.
two little girls Gladys and Anabcllt
also Mrs. Thomas =. Campbell. and
Mrs A. II. Baiigar ana daughter
H"atric., of BOston-raturncd home by
Thursdays boat, after spending sew
pral w"oks at Mrs. Pinkham's country
home in West Gardiner.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

II. members of the Aubrey stock
60. arrived in H. city on train 81. yes
t,.rlay. together with their carload q
special scenery. 1t made busy tim
f,r me men who haul the scenery fr"n
III. st;,tion tu III" Opera H"uS" as they
were. busy all day. Thursday. hauling
th,. scenery Of the Eight H"lls' CO.
from tho car tn the theatre, and II took
= good part Of tn" night t" haul IN"
same back again after the snow,
Thursday night. ana tn" Aubrey CO..
Yesterday. made Il pretty good stunt
ta[,n all tnG" her.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

G. 6. Downing & son have recently
taken tho Agency of tn" Massachusetts
Mutual Fire Insurance companies. surh
as the Quincy Traders and Mechanics
ana Hnlvukn. also the Providence
Mutual of Providence. r. |. These
commands have been doing business
for more than 30 years. ana neV"'
failed to pay their dividends. Theh
method Of doing business Is s"m"wh''
different from the stock companies ~
that they pay % per cent DIVIDEND OH
yearly business. 80 pcr cent on thr''-
years, and CO per cent ON hve-y'"IS
business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
AUGUSTA, WINTHROP
4 GARDINER RAIL WAY,
Change Of time on the WI

Change OF time on the Winthrop Division
IN effect May /. 1904
Gardner every half hour on the hour ana
half hour from A. NJ to ~ p NJ. for
lialiowell at IL p M. First car Sunday .
Cars % leave Augusta for Winthrop Sc
10 minutes before every. hour until SIS
F. M. Last car 1870 p. M
Cars run every half hour from Augusta
t. Island Park from II. 80 A. NJ to XhO r.
M. and from Island Park to Augusta
from 12.16 to 9.15 p. M.
The SIS car from Gardiner, 81, from
Hallowell. $50 from Augusta couuecl. AZ
winthrop with train for Lewiston. Fort
land and Pennington. The LEO r N car
] from Augusta connects At Winthrop with
trains east and west.
Cars leave Augusta for Togus 50, ssv,
,, y. lO, ana commencing at IL A. NJ leave
every half hour till +. NJ and and ~.
First car Sunday, 8 A. NJ.
Cars leave Togus for Augusta where
CONNECTIONS are made with the Winthrop
commencing at 1l.30 leave every half
hour to $50 p. NJ. and go and 10 20.
First car Sunday $50 A. NJ.
Cars leave Winthrop for Augusta b.Bs
minutes before the hour III 9 20 r n
First car Sundays 80 A. NJ
The 5. 80 A. III. car connects al Augusta
yin M G. train West. All cars run to
$50 P. M. Coed connections made q
Winthrop with M. c. trains
Cars leave Gardiner for Augusta where
connections are made for Winthrop ana
utes before and fifteen minutes past tho
hour from Gl5 A. NJ to 9.15 T. NJ ThS
9.4S p. NJ. for HalloweIl only, 1O1s p. II.
for Halloweil and Augusta only
sunday time S:Irne as above except thar
cars start two hours later In the morning
nov2xftf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

n. ". Ward. tn barber. has 4 col
lection ~ tntype pictures in neat lit
tie album which is of more than Ordi-
nary in frost. The photographs are
those of the students III the old DIi%t,
business college ut the time Mr.. Ward
WAS ii student in shat school and We're
taken in 1872. There are 100 photo
graphs in tn" collection and contain tn
faces Of many citizens Of Augusta who
have cfnco become closely idrntiiir'.
with the interests Of our city. lnclud-
ed in the number are Frank y. Smith.
William II. Williams. s. g. WcbSt"",
Herbert NJ. Heath. n. T. Folsom an |
many others equally we'll known Au-
"llSta people. An interesting thing
about the pictures is the fact that on"
Who did not know the men in those
DAVIS would scara ely be able to tell Who
they are. though the pictures are sand
to hc very good lihcnesS"S of the neop!'
when they Wcr" taken and goes to
show how much ones countcnAncc
changes from the tim" of early man
hood into middl" ago. OF course. there
wv those in the collection which one
, would recognize. from knowing tho
men as they look today. but these
cases are exceptional indeed. and one
could say who very few of them We're.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

The Journal man heard of rather an
amusing incident that took place in a
drug store in this city. yesterday. II
seems that certain well known citi-
zen who makes a speciality Of such jobs
had been engaged to clean out the
sewer in the basement of the store.
The condition &C the spot whore ne wa
working was not of the neatest. and
it also had the additional Disadvantages
Of being exceedingly dark. While he
was STOPPING Ov1r directing th@ hose
into the dark sewer. it's said that
some creature made 4 d. Sh ont Of I'll"
darkness Of the hole right at the man
with the hose ana filed him with So
much alarm that he made 4 jump and
when he came down to mother earth h.
was on his back in the rncleanlv mix
tUre which covered the place. He went
up stairs Immediately and reported his
experience to the proprie tors. affirming
that he world not venture into TIL,
place again. The propriet ors fol that
tn" creature was nothing more Than 2
good sized rat ut the most. might hav"
h?d some objection to being drowned
~ he hose. hut the worthy SAYS ii VIZ :
u ore than that. and it was only after
some 10 minutes Of coaxing that h"
fnishcd his job. lie may have had
en-; anyway he was thoroughly alarm
I'd and il was only afte~ h" had taken
z dose Of headache powders that ho
returned to his task. At al events. h."
is said to have presented a ludricnus
sn"ctacle when he came un stairs after
his implanted dip in the sewer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Among the young people. or rathe,
Yong old people. who enjoyed thu
matne" given by the Aubrey Co. yes
terday afternoon, We're Mrs. Louisa
jackson, aged 81. of this city. ami h.,
sister, Ms. Arvilla Drum.nOnd OF Oak
land. aged 81. who is visiting Mrs
jackson in this city. 1t is rather an
unusual thing for ladies Of such age
to be able to enjoy play. as did the::",
yesterday. ana their hearing and eye
sight is 50 well preserved that it is
doubtful if there We're many younge'
people present who enjoyed the play
better than they
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

\ light opera. that will hold good for
four straight performances, without
chang, in q city with the population Of
Gardner. 200 tn" first Eight. 400 tn 3,
second. 30 at matinee. third night
Zoo. ANA fnirth night over 1000 prO-
rIe-this should be advertising enough.
Nothing written in Maine. by anna
tours, ever scored the success that Iii |
King Pepper" The old king Will en-
terrain 1T III" Opera house. Oct. 1920.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fuller. 30 North
street. gave n birthday party. Thurs
day afternoon. to the friends Of their
httl" daughter. Helen. in honor If the
Young ladv's birthday anniversary.
There We're 90 of the little ones present
ana it was amusing to the older reo-
PIE to watch their games upon the
lawn. especially when it came to find
ing lost peanuts. Refreshments. con-
sisfirg Of candy. bananas and circus
lemonade. We're served. and when the
n"'r for departure came. there was a
regret or the Part Of each guest that the
Gay had not been longer. Helen was
the recipient of many pretty presents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

\ lArty Of Augusta gentlemen en-
ioy''I a rid" from Portland to Augusta,
Thursday, us the guests of Hon.
Charles \. Milliken. tie trip being made
il, Mr.. Millken's Peerless touring car.
III the part. We're Ira II. Randall and
son. y. J.. McFatlden. Col. W. H. Will
liams ana Henry Sturgis. and the trip
was a most enjoyable one. The route
from Portland To Augusta was by the
way of Poland Springs and the run was
made in four hours and Il half.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

II is good idea to keep the front
door locked at all times, and especially
at the present time. in view of the
cages of petty thi"vinS that has h"''h
reported tn the police, lately. The
latest instance wh"r" an masked f"i
loan has been negotiated was at an
east sid, resid"nc". where the gent :
man of the house had his best nat
stolen from the tree. in the front hall.