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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12

for years and knowing the good taste Of
fresh Eggs, we ordered them for break
fast. The egg served the first morning
we could not eat: they were not spoiled,
but they We're badly tainted, as most
packed eggs are. Those served the second
morning were no better, and the writer
complained to the manager, who promptly
admitted that the eggs were not up to the
mark, but claimed he could not obtain
fresh eggs at any price. With ar eye to
business We asked what he would pay for
strictly fresh eggs, and a sum was named
about 10 cents a dozen more than we were
getting at our commission man. A bar
gain was promptly struck, and for three
years now we a w supplied this hotel
with all the ggs We could spare and at
decidedly profitable prices. On the other
side of the account the manager OF the
hotel has repeatedly claimed that he has
obtained and held customers solely by rea-
son of these absolutely fresh eggs. This
is a long story but a true one, and is re-
lated to show h may be done IL one
goes at it right, and to also show that the
public. as a rule, wants the best and are
willing to pay we'll for ii.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
By-Products for Stock.

1t is assumed that the reader is not the
Kind of a farmer who sells all of the
produce of the farm and uses the unsal-
able portion on his own table. People who
do this are not getting from farm life
what they should There is no good rea-
son why the farmers table should not
contain the best his farm produces. He
Is entitled to 1t and SO are his family. On
every farm there Is Il quantity of green
vegetables which are too often thrown on
tho refuse heap when they should be fed
to the stock. Fowls or swine that are
confined will welcome the green tops of
vegetables. and some kinds of vegetables
may be fed tops and all. Then in the fall
the potato grower has more or less unsal-
able tubers which might be fed to COWS
TO advantage if fed in connection with
OIL meal or other heterogeneous food. The
wheat grower has an opportunity to OBJ
tain an abundance of wheat screenings,
which could be fed to young pigs If first
ground. to their great advantage. Learn
to use the waste products of the farm
intelligently and you will be surprised
to see what you can accomplish with
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
GETTING the Best of Weeds.

Undoubtedly the best way to overcome
weeds is to change the crops grown occa-
sionally so that some crop will be used
which is not conducive to weed growth.
For example: In some sections. corn
growing sections, the wild morning glory
is a nuisance and makes a strong growth
because 1t has the corn stalks to climb on.
If these fields We're put into some crop
like alfalfa. for example, where frequent
moving was done and where the growth
of the crop was close this particular pest
could be readily crowded out. So with
many other weeds. The plan is not a new
one. but seems to have been forgotten by
many farmers. Judging from the letters
for advice sent to this department. 1t
goes without saying that the summer plan
of discriminating should be carried out
when possible. never letting the weeds go
to seed and thus. in a large measure. keep
Ing down the growth or at least the IS
crease.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
STAY in This Country.

e lStltIS nave DGGn received from
readers of this department asking about
possibilities in Cuba. Mexico and other
countries, mainly those In the tropics. 1t
happens that the writer knows consider
able Of Mexico. Cuba and Porto Rico,
hence can advise on these countries. and
what is said here holds good with any
ether country, at least SO far as farmers
are concerned as a body. While there are
~undoubted opportunities in the countries
named. there are just as good opportuni-
ties In our own country, and the Ameri-
can farmer should consider the matter
we'll before he leaves his own country
or even his own section of the country.
If the northern farmer wishes to get into
a more congenial cline he will find as
many and better opportunities in the
southern United States as in any tropical
country. So with the southern farmer
and the eastern farmer who wishes q
change. Going to the tropics one has to
unlearn many things in agriculture which
were learned at home. 1t is more profit
able to make better use of the farm one
has than to go to an unkwnown section
'nnS among people who would have but
little In common With you.
Apple Consumers LEAGUE.
The editor Of an eastern agricultural
paper claims to be the originator of the
APPLE Consumers league, a volunteer or
gal,zattcn, composed OF any one who will
make his or her business to promote the
eating of apples. The origin Of the idea
was In the editor asking for baked apples
repeatedly at a restaurant until the man
ager interviewed him and put baked ap-
pies and cream on the bill of fare. The
public took to the addition, and in the
city where the idea originated the item
is generally found on menu cards. 1t is
surprising how quickly repeated Inquiries
will bring any article to the front, and.
following along the line OF the Apple Con-
sumers' league. fruit growers may do a
great deal to help their own business. Nor
is this confined to the fruit grower; here
is a story of how the writer gained a cula
toner for eggs: Being in a large city
near our home for three days, The writer
and his wife stopped at a hotel OF consid-
cradle prominence. and being egg eaters
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12

The population of Russia, 12o, 600. 600.
8 increasing 1900. 900 annually.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
Wheat Following Potatoes

There has been all sorts Of results with
wheat following potatoes. and such re-
suits have largely followed closely in ac-
cordance with the fertilizers used. Nat
urallY, as wheat does best on soil which
has been we'll worked and prepared, fol-
lowing the potato crop with wheat offers
every chance for a good crop of the &C.
real, but always provided the proper ia
%cilities are applied and In considerable
quantity, for 1t must be remembered that
the potato crop has not left much of the
applied fertilizer for any second crop, and
second. that the action of the fertilizer
Will necessarily be slower during the sea-
son In which the wheat gets It's start. In
following potatoes with wheat try this
plan: Rake off the potato tops and with
the harrow level the soil and loosen 1t
to the depth Of two or three inches: then
roll tho ground and drill in the seed with
200 pounds TO the acre of some commercial
fertilizer rich In phosphoric acid. The
potato crops may be spread over the seed
bed as a mulch, and will materially help
the wheat. Rather a radical way of do
ing this work, perhaps, but 1t has paid
well with many farmers, hence is worth
"a tr{ol
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
Keep Chicks Growina.

Whether the chickens are being raiseo
for the market or for winter layers it is
essential thai they make the best possible
growth from birth to going Into winter
quarters or te the market. The range, to
a large extent. solves the question of food
and Of healthy growth, but it is necessary
that the chicks have some food other th1n
that picked up on the range or they Will
wear themselves out trying to get enough,
to eat. Then, if they roost under cover
at night, and they should by all means do
this, there is the question of lice which
must be given proper consideration for a
few lice will cause the chick to lose more
weight in a month than can be made
good by two months of feeding. Every
thing possible must be lone to keep the
chicken growing during the summer, keep
them making a strong, steady gain and
then they will be profitable and not other
wise.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
Apple Boxes in Evidence.

While it is agreed that the present high
price of barrels has something to do with
the case. there is little doubt but that the
popular demand for mall packages has
much to dc with the present use of crates
and boxes. In all sections of the country
where harvest apples are being marketed
the crate is IN evidence, and the prices
obtained for fruit put up in this way indi-
'cates tho popular demand. If the fruit
grower is wise he will meet this demand
for small packages, not only with apples.
but with other large orchard fruits. If
one has q crop of dessert apples, certainly
the box or crate is the thing to use, for
such apples find their best sale among the
city people, who demand quality rather
than quantity. Watch the market closely
and be prepared TO give 1t what it wants
If Won eap
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
Utilizing a Few Acres.

There are many people in farming dis
tricts possessed of a few acres of land in
fairly good filth who do not know how to
utilize them to advantage. Surrounded
as they are by large farms they have an
idea that there is not land enough to make
anything out of 1t. While 1t is true tha
local conditions have much to do with
what this small area can best be used for.
in a general way it is safe to say that If
the owner will do some intelligent study.
Ing he can find a way of making even a..
few acres profitable. OF course much de-
ponds upon the man and his resources. II
one is naturally inclined to fruit growing,
knows something about the business and
is near a fairly good market he ought to
make the few acres bring him golden re-
turns. The same with poultry raising.
In other sections it might be the best
plan to turn the mall area into meadow
particularly If 1t was suited to grass and
labor was high and hay brought a good
price. All things must be considered in
attempting to make a s>nall area profit
able with crops, but 1t can be done II one
will work out the problem with intelli-
pr,1p
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12

h twenty-five largest London thea
tiers seat 2S.600 people and earn $50. 900
a night
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12
Shade for Poultry.

While 1t is only possible at this late sea-
son to supply shade for the poultry yard
by the use Of boards set aslant against
the building or by some similar make
Shift, poultrymen should be able to see
now. If they did not before, why shade
should be supplied. Bear this necessity in
mind this fall and in October set a few
trees In the poultry yard or IL they are
not wanted in the yard set them close to-
gether in rows Just outside the fence. A
few native trees from the woods Will an
swer the purpose. although fruit will do
we'll In the poultry yards. II one does not
care to set trees try a few currant bushes:
they make good shade. grow we'll and will
be all the better for the scratching at the
roots the fowls will do.
The Buff Plymouth Rock.
While the Buff Plymouth Rock is no
better than the well known barred. 1t has
proved itself better thar the white sort
and, as a breed for %fanciers, has become
very popular. AS a practical fowl we
1t not as good as the barred, for
with US 1t has shown some weaknesses
that the older strain does not have, 1t
must not be inferred, however, that this
Is likely to be the case with all ~ them
for many breeders consider ,hum even
better than the barred. They are quite
similar in size and form. lay well. are
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-12

Arthur Hayes had heard of the bar
onets illness from u friend residing in
The district, and he had also heard of
Ida from this same friend, but. not be
ING a ladies man." he had taken lit
tie notice of the enthusiastic descrip-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-29
EMPERoR Is INDIGNANT.

II is said that the Emperor is highly
indignant over the Kinshiu Maru af-
fair. and that he viii relieve Yeszen
and order him 70 be rt-martialed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-29
CONVICTS
ATTEMPT
TO ESCAPE
Desperate Battle Is Fought
Between a Crowd of FelOns
and Officers in the Ari-
IONA Penitentiary in Yuma
Special Dispatch to IN. Call.


YUMA, Ariz., April 2S.-An attempted
prison break Of about fifteen desperate
convicts in the Territorial Penitentiary
occurred at o'clock this morning and
came near resulting in the death OF
William 5. Griffith, the superintendent.
and u. G.. Wilder. assistant superin-
tendent.
The officials were in the yard max
ing their usual morning rounds, when
they were attacked. Wilder was
knocked senseless- Griffith was over
powered and would doubtless have been
led to the gate and an attempt made
to force him to open it had not fire
been opened by Guard Stevens, whose
position upon the wall enabled him to
witness the assault. Six convicts were
wounded by him.
William Buck, lifetime convict from
Glove. who Is acting as cook, grabbed
a butchers knife and attacked his fell
low convicts. saving the life Of the su-
perintendent. Wilder was badly beaten.
shot in the thigh and, it Is thought,
fatally stabbed.
The leader of the revolt was William
M. Lauztannau, known as Three
Fingered Jack" He is one OF the sew
eral men sent here for inciting the
riots at Morenci last July, when the
miners of that camp were on strike
Those riots occasioned the calling out
of the National Guard and force OF
Federal troops.
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ACCUSED
SECRETARY
ARRESTED
Business Man OF Los
Angeles Goes
to Jail.
Former Associates Have
Warrant Issued for
Embezzlemelt.
Ten Thousand Dollars Said to Be the
Sum Taken From Southern
California Company.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, April 2s.-J. Fl.
a prominent Democratic politician and
regarded as a man Of means, was ar
rested to-day on a charge of felony
embezzlement, consisting of the alleged
appropriation of $500 which had been
entrusted to him.
Additional embeZzlement charges
and others of passing fictitious checks
and forgery probably will be preferred
against him by reason of his alleged
acts while acting as secretary of the
Fidelity Abstract Company. After his
arrest it developed that his peculati0ns
will amount to more than $4,000 ana
that his transactions cover a period
of more than a year.
Associated with him in the abstract
company were such prominent men as
w. T. Craig, attorney for the Board
of Trade; William Mead, president OF
the Central Bank; George H. Peck.
San Pedro banker, and Others. but they
permitted MelviH to run the business
without their supervision.
Several weeks ago a shortage Of
$500 was found in his accounts. This
the associates made good and gave
him an opportunity to repay them
other shortages being discovered, he
was ousted from the position of sec
retary and started an opposition con-
Germ. Further investigation of his ac-
counts revealed other shortages, and
his former associates coused his arrest
Melvill declares that he cannot be con-
victed and defies his accusers. He re-
fuses to make any statement about
financial affairs.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-29

Cheering Multitude Witnesses Big Vessels Initial Dip and Baeshp Obi
Welcomes Her Graceful Sister With Booming Gun.
SPLENDID NEW

AS willingly as a newly born babe
nestles on the bosom of its mother the
United States cruiser California glided
yesterday into the waters of the bay.
Fully $4,000 people watched her wed
the rhine of countless ages, her bow
foaming with California champagne.
A pretty girl, gowned in white and
evidently embarrassed by the promi-
nence that the occasion had forced
upon her, told the ship in a clear
voice, L christen thee, California"
Close to her breast she held a magnifi-
cent bunch. Of American Beauty roses.
She was Miss Florence Mary Pardee,
daughter of the Governor of California.
and the fittest and sweetest little girl
that ever sent a warship on its mission
to destroy or be destroyed.
Never into the salt sea has gone a
vessel freighted with the responsible
ties Of the maintenance of a great re-
public and the hope of humanity so
gladly as did the California. Only a
whimper could be heard from the stout
timbers that have held her so long
from contact with the element she was
born to: no steel plate on her vast
sides failed to welcome their mission:
not a rivet squirmed under the test.
Compactly, unswervingly and without
complaint she answered the prayers of
her makers and went into the sea,
voiced by every articulate note of en-
couragement that a representative
American citizenship could devise.
NO SPEECHES ARE MADE.
When she went down to the sea there
were no useless words of speech in set
language that is said to be the means
Of Disgusting ones thoughts. Prominent
launching platform, but they had no
other expression than a throaty cheer
and a proud swelling at their hearts
that another stout ship had tasted the
water and some day might be the
means Of proving that the United
States is impregnably superior to any
power, on land or in the vast reaches
of the ocean.
For most people Of the city the oc-
casion was a holiday. In addition to
the vast throng that wandered at will
in the caDacious yards of the Union
Iron Works, every wharf on the south
side of the water front, every eminence
in the Potrero district and every build
ing in the entire city that commanded
a view of the ways were crowded by
spectators. Although the United Rail-
roads diverted many cars from their
accustomed routes. the service was en-
tirely unable TO handle the traffic il
was compelled to bear in the direction
of the Union Iron Works.
Men. women and even children were
compelled to hang to hand rails with
insecure footing on the sideboards, In
order to reach their destination. Mirac-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-29

reached the immense cable was re-
leased automatically and the newest
wedlock of the seas had been consum-
mated.
When the ship struck the water there
was gigantic splash fore and aft All
the gathered craft in the bay in front
rocked roughly and the thousands of
spectators clung to handrails momen-
tarily. On the pier upon which the
ways were set an immense throng had
gathered. Upon these for distance
Of two hundred feet from the beach
a shower of water fell, running many a
spring hat and dainty gown. Despite
this discomfort, not a single person
sought shelter until the vessel had
glided out into its resting place in
mud bank more than 100 yards from
shore. With it went all the debris of
its supports. Huge timbers, shattered
to bits in the pressure put upon them,
Uttered the space of water between the
wharf and the new cruiser.
ONE TOUCH OF PATHOS.
Welcoming the new arrival of the
seas was the battleship Ohio, built by
the Union Iron Works and launched
three years ago in the presence of the
well-beloved and lamented William Nc
Kinley, then President of the United
States and subsequently the victim of
a crazed assassins bullet A gun from
the Ohio doomed out as the California
struck the water, and all in the grand
stand turned their eyes thitherward.
Memories of the launching of the near
ly equipped battleship and the tragedy
of a Presidents taking off occurred to
many, and some women cried at the
memory of the kindly man who was
killed at Buffalo as he tried to grasp
in friendship the hand of the man who
shot him. This was the one touch of
pathos that shadewed the launching of
the California.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the tug Slo-
cum arrived at the outer pier of the
Union Iron Works, bearing most of
those who were to take prominent
parts in the christening of the new
cruiser. They were met by Captain of
Police Spillane and Lieutenant M. j.
Conboy with a squad of policemen,
who made smooth their way through
the steel-sheeted stacks of material in
the yard of the works and kept out
siders from interfering with the prog
ress of the party.
CHRISTENER ARRIVES.
In the lead walked Miss Pardee, evil
IDENTIFY burdened by being placed as
cynosure of so many eyes, but becom-
unusual position. In her hands she car
ried a splendid bunch of pink roses,
that gave a touch of color to her white
Scott, head of the Union Iron Works.
Just behind was Governor Pardee,
chatting laughingly with George Scott.
-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-29

another representative of the works
where the new cruiser was constructed.
Mayor SchmitZ and his wife were in
the procession, and many prominent
county and city officials. Far in the
rear came Major General Macarthur
and Major West of the United States
army. Between the extremes were
many officers of the army, navy and
transport service. Among these the
well-known faces of Commander C. B.
I. Moore from Mare Island and Major
Devol, head of the transport service,
were generally recognized.
The procession was piloted to the
platform, where standing space had
been reserved for them. Mrs. Martin
had arrived previously with her hus-
band and all the arrangements for the
launching were ready and awaiting
only a high tide signal. Below could
be heard the sledges Of the workmen
knocking out the main supports that
held the cruiser on the ways. Guarded
as carefully as the jeweled collar of
the Nabob of Irawadi was a white
button set In a rough timber on the
platform. The inopportune pressing of
this would have cost the lives of twenty
men who were laboriously knocking out
the supports that held the hull in place.
WORKMEN WATCH SLIDE.
Perhaps of all the spectators of the
famous voyage down the ways there
was not a more tense-eyed throng
than the men who have built the
cruiser. They had welded her sides
together, and every white-hot rivet
they hammered to connect the steel
plate voiced a wish that the product
of their hands and brains would prove
an impregnable barrier to aggression
from any alien people. Some of the
engineers who helped build the mass
i've structure that will undoubtedly
prove powerful engine of war gained
admission to the christening stand.
Others sought the water front and
with the actual constructors watched
the result of their labors. The public
was barred from the edge of the
launching wharf. but a crowd of
splendid looking men, in overalls and
jumpers, stood close to where the
muddy waters of the bay Tapped the
piling of the pier and every heart beat
high in hopes that no untoward oc-
currence might happen that would de-
stroy or delay the product of their
labors.
Henry T. Scott was visibly nervous
as the fateful moment approached.
Perspiration wetted his cheeks and
forehead from under the somewhat
antiquated high hat he wore. The
strain of the great endeavor was plain
ly telling upon him. Almost without
any warning to the spectators on the
platform he gave the word to Mrs.
Martin, his daughter. to press the but
ton. The slow starting of the ship
was the signal to Miss Pardee to