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The Western news., 1904-05-04
WORST AND BEST TREES.

A reader in Ohio writes asking how
1t would do to plant Lombardy poplars
along the fence line to serve as posts.
We would not do it. This tree Is al
most worthless for fuel through most
or the central west, will die when 1t
Is about twenty years old. is one of
the very worst trees we know of to
sucker and is gross feeder and rob-
ber Of crops grown in the field adjoin-
Ing. We place the Lombardy poplar.
the balm of Gilead and silver poplar
as among the very poorest of all our
native trees. Our friend should plant
white or green ash, catalpa, white elm
or, better yet, black walnut IL the soil
Is suitable, and then he will have trees
worth something.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
An Open Letter.

From the Chaplin, S. G., News
Early in the spring my wife and
we're taken with diarrhoea and so
severe were the pans that we called
a physician who prescribed for us,
but his medicines failed to give any
relief. A friend who had a bottle of
Chamberlaln's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy on hand gave
each of us dose and we at once felt
the effects. procured bottle and
before using the entire contents we
were entirely cured. 1t is wonder
full remedy and should be found in
every household H. G. Bailey,
Editor, This remedy is for sale by
Corner Drug Store
The Western news., 1904-05-04
VALUABLE INDIAN LANDS

we note that unimproved lands of
the Greek Nation in the Indian Terri
tory have lately been sold in competi-
tive bidding as high as $62 per acre,
and the choice lands of that nation are
worth every cent Of 1t, for they are in
the garden spot Of America. An alb
origine may be trusted to select the
best land TO be had and to find the
easiest and shortest route over the
hills If he can't be trusted for anything
else. There are thousands Of acres of
Jand in that nation worth 500 per
acre just to grow cotton for five wears.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
3 Cents

Eight cents a pound is
what young woman paid for
twelve pounds of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid one dollar for a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by tax
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weight before
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound is
c.lcap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you buy
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a little
free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
400 Pearl Street, New York.
soc. and $1.oo; all druggists.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

~
tains PERSONS nutrition by enabling one
to eat retain, digest and assinlilate the
proper nutritious food. 1t overcomes the
gastric irritability and symptoms of indi-
gestion, and thus the person is saved from
those symptoms of fever, night-sweats,
headache, ETC., which are so common. A
tonic made up largely of alcohol will
shrink the corpuscles of the blood and
make them weaker for resistance.
rThis is to certify that have used Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, think it's
the grandest medicine in thesword, !" writes Mrs.
v. NJ, Young, of Weir, W. Va. NJ had dyspepsia
in its worst form. decided to try your med
icine. I used five bottles, and now am doing
my own housework. A number of my friends
also are using DR.. Pierce's medicine and they
recommend it highly. May God bless you in
your grand work."
DR. Pierce believes that tonic made with
alcohol will shrink the red blood corpuscles
and make the system weak for resistance;
that is why he avoided the use of any alco-
hol or narcotics in his Medical Discovery"
which contains the pure extract from roots
and herbs without a particle of alcohol.
Accept no substitute for Golden Medical
Discovery" There is nothing "just as
good for dyspepsia or debility.
Biliousness is cured by the use Of DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

One of the greatest blessings a
modest man can wish for is Il good,
reliable set of bowels. If you are not
the happy possessor of such an outfit
you can greatly improve the efficiency
OF those you have by the judicions use
OF CnamberIain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are pleasant to take
and agreeable in effect. For sale by
Corner Drug Store, y
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Made Young Again.

"One of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
IN my 'teens' again" writes y. H.
Turner of Dempseytown, Pa. They're
the best in the world fo, Liver, Stom-
ach and Bowels Purely veget .ble.
Never grippe. Only 25c at Hamilton
Drug Store.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

fleICe, the special
ist in woman's dis.
eases, of Buffalo,
N. w and a
healthy mind and
everyone can culti-
vate and enjoy hap
piness.
w e m ust eat
pr operly and di.
gest we'll to be
beautiful. It is q
fact that any form
of dyspepsia may
in a few days trans
form a clear, white
skin into a mass of
piinples and black
spots. A beautiful
woman has the
beauty of her stom-
ach.
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
The Western news., 1904-05-04

List your property with us aud get
on the Spring list. Money to loan.
hre insurance written and legal papers
made cheap. Call and See us if YOU
want to buy or sell. Ravalli Abstract
Co.. Second Street, Hamilton. Is If
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Re-organized Church If Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints sunday school every
sunday at : y m. at The Fairvicw School
mouse. Social services every first and third
sunday in each mont TIA at ; d. m Everybody
cordially invited. John Johnson Clerk
Nc Whitney. President Of Branch
The Western news., 1904-05-04

1t is an interesting fact in nature
that the pollen and the silk of the corn
plant are so arranged in the order of
their development that they are never
In conjunction-tha is, it is made al
most impossible for the plant to fer
tilize itself, the pollen from one plant
being used to fertilize the silk of some
adjacent plant.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

The opportunity now offers for men
who have met grief in their spec,lla-
tons in northern lands, oil stocks. min
ing schemes and cattle ranges to try
their luck with some stock in coffee
planta tons in Mexico and Central
America. Millions in it, according to
promoters.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
Iriennial Conclave Knights TempIar San Fran.
cisco, Cal, Sept. $40 'O4 Sovereign
Grand Lodge lrdep't Order Odd

Grand Lodge lndep't Order Odd
Fellows Sept. 1925, 'O4.
for the above occasions the Northern
Pacific will sell to San Francisco Cal.
ESQ, to Los Angeles 90. date sale Aug.
80 to Sept. O4 inclusive and Sept. 13
to 10, 1904 inclusive. Limits going
transit Oct. 10, 1904 Going passage
commence date sale. Final return limit
Oct. %, 1904. Return passage COM
mence date execution. Fifty cents
validation fee required.
n tt. S. Il. WILSON, Agent.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Cuba raised magnificent crop of
high grade tobacco the past year, 50
much that the shed room for the cur
Ing was totally inadequate, and in
some cases the people moved from
their houses and lived in tents in order
that they might use their homes for
curing the crop.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

1t has been poor year for the feed
ers and finishers of beef cattle unless
they have been feeding the very best
The feeders of low grade stock have
not realized over 90 cents bushel fol
the corn fed
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Owing to the war Japan has become
very liberal buyer in this country of
flour, salmon, barley. bronchos and
canned fruits. commerce which is
bringing much prosperity to our Pacific
coast communities.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

While the sheep may be rightly said
to wear the golden hoof when kept on
the farm, no animal is more destruc-
tive when given the range of land de-
sired for the growth of timber. The
sheep should be absolutely excluded
from all the forest reserves set apart
by the government
The Western news., 1904-05-04

We know of farmers, unskilled horse
men. whose three-yearold colts, rough,
shaggy and unbroken, just in from the
fields, bring them from 500 to $3.50,
this because the horses kept to work
the farm are grade Shire or Percheron
mares, bred to first class heavy draft
Sires.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

When the dead leaves are burned u1
either in the fall or spripg, the very
best mulching material to be had is de
BtrOyed.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

There is no use in talking about n
balanced ration to millions of the
earths inhabitants, foY they have tC
eat just what they can get.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Put 100000 people in the state of
Kansas, heather and idol worshipers.
ignorant and superstitious, governed by
a despotism, unskilled in agriculture.
and in climate, size of territory, popu-
lation, development and government
you will have the kingdom of Korea.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Christian Church South Second street
Preaching every Sunday morning and even
Ing by the pastor. The G. f services com
mence at 200 y. m. and the evening service
at 500. Each service lasts one hour. Al
are cordially invited to attend.
II. M. DUNCAN. Pastor
The Western news., 1904-05-04
BtrOyed

The man with the fourteen foot seed
er, the four horse disk and the twenty
Two foot harrow makes very short
work of putting the crop in on 2O(
acre farm.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

NJ. f. Church North Sixth Street Preach
ing at 1oa. IN. and p. IN Sunday school 10
u, m. Epworth Leagne 700 D. IN. PRAYER
meeting every Thursday evening. stranger>
alway~ nladc welcome. j. A. SMITH, Pastor.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

The chinch bug, the Colorado beetle
and the hog cholera, three of the most
destructive pests which ever visited
the western farmer, seem to have had
their day and for time at least have
disappeared. What pest is to take their
place is not yet clear
The Western news., 1904-05-04

We noticed statement recently
made by one of the big packers to the
effect that there was an actual money
loss to him of 81 in buying a steer and
selling the meat and that he had to de-
pend upon the offal and byproducts
to make this loss good and give him
his profit. One can do as he pleases
about believing this offal story.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Baptist Clu.ch-South Fourth Street
Preaching first sunday in each month u,
II a. m. and 500 p m. and at D. IN thir,
sunday. sunday school 10 a. M. preachItlA
a. Corvallis at II Il. IN. and : y. m. on second
Sunday OF each month.
W r. HICKMAN. Pastor
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Presbyterian Church-South Fifth Stree,
Preaching every Sunday at II u. IN. and so,
p m. Sunday school at 10 a.. Christinl
EndeavOr Sundays at 700 y. m.
J. E. RURKHARr. Pastor.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

1t is about an even thing which OF
the three will most sorely tax mans
patience a gasoline engine with |;
spell on, a balky horse or windmill
which is idle for want of wind.
The Western news., 1904-05-04
CHURCHES.

Catholic Church South Fifth Street. Ser
vices iirstand third Sundays Of each month
First Mas at & O'Clock "a. m. High Mass fol
lowed by bhnediction, at 10: 30 a. m Sunday
school at 2:30 p. m.
CHARLES MAoKIN. Pastor
The Western news., 1904-05-04

York state farmers either can't or
won't raise sugar beets. and a large
factory in that state, costing $25O,OOO.
Is to be removed to Wyoming. The
American hates to grow crop which
makes him bend his back
The Western news., 1904-05-04

The enormous amount of $5O,OOO,OOO
1s paid out each year in this country
for commercial fertilizers, wholly used
I'm the eastern and southern states.
The territory where the use of such
fertilizers is either compulsory or
FOUND to be profitable is constantly
pushing west and now includes good
portion of the state Of Ohio.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

The Woman's Home Compa panion and
The Western News one year, $2.65.
Call on or address The Western News
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Corvallis Nj. +. Ehnrch = Services every
first and third sundays in each month at
l:5o IL m, lnd 40 D. M. Strangers are al
ways welcome. H. c. williams pasior
The Western news., 1904-05-04

You may secure The Farm aud Fire
side and the Western News one year
for only S2.25. Call on or address
The Western News. Stf.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

If the boy would only stick to the
farm as the mortgage does = but he
doesn't.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

IT you don't get the paper prom pity
please notify The Western News
Office.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

There are cd~ keepers, and then
there are dairymen-more of the for
mer than of the latter
The Western news., 1904-05-04

The trouble which many farmers
meet with in having fences on bottom
lands and across runs and streams
swept away by freshets may be to
some extent prevented by planting Il
row of willows on the line up to the
bank Of the stream and using the trees
as posts. This only applies to such
streams as do not carry large masses
of floating ice in the spring.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

A few years ago a measure was seri
ously considered by congress to appro-
pirate the sum of $1,OOO,OOO for the
purpose of exterminating the Russian
thistle, pest which it was feared
would overrun all the farms Of the
west. The appropriation was not
made. and while the weed drifted
down into the corn belt, along the
rights of way Of the railroads, it never
obtained any foothold, and even where
it worked its way into the fields in
Dakota it is now no longer feared. Pi-
geon grass. wild barley, purslane and
ragweed are what take the heavy toll
from the corn belt farmers.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

No plant we cultivate peters out and
doses its vitality and productiveness so
quickly as the Irish potato. The best
of the new varieties only lasts about
fifteen years and many not that long
This deterioration Of the potato is much
more rapid all through the corn belt
than it is in the territory north of it.
All through the corn belt the use of
northern grown seed is almost impera-
tive If one would expect to get a crop
of the tubers.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

One year with another it will be
found safer to delay the sowing of rape
on the field of small grain where this
plan is followed for at least ten days
after the small grain is sown. If sown
at the same time it is apt under favor
able weather conditions to make too
rapid a growth and swamp the grain.
We saw twenty acre field of oats last
year entirely spoiled in this manner.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

MONEY TO LOAN-on good real
estate security. Sauue( Dinsmore
Missoula, Montana. 1ltf
The Western news., 1904-05-04
NEW THOUGHTS.

Are you growing more attractive as you
advance in life?
rGiven a healthy body says DR.. r. v
The Western news., 1904-05-04

A new line Of railway 252 miles in
length was formally opened in China
in February. The building Of this road
was very much like the running of a
stick through an ant hill. The Celes-
tial takes kindly to the cars when he
once gets used to them, though he
fights them most vigorously at first
for the reason that the building of the
road disturbs the bones of his ances-
tors.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

A farmer aged sixty-three writes us
that year ago he sold a nice little
farm and bought residence in town.
as so many do He says he finds the
life of the town utterly unbearable,
though his good wife likes it pretty
we'll, and wants to get back out in the
country again. There are many men
in this fix. What man should do is
to get small place close to town Of a
few acres, where his wife can go to
pink teas and club meetings and he can
still keep a horse, cow, pig and putter
around on a piece Of land.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

While only just beginning-a sort
of kindergarten school, as it were-the
work done at the many farmers insti-
tutes through the corn belt, in the line
Of educating corn growers as to what
good corn really is, is already produc-
Ing very marked results. The possibil-
ities connected with the culture Of corn
are just being revealed. and the final
result is sure to be an immense in
crease in yield and great improvement
In quality. No one thing discussed at
the institutes the past winter attracted
ssuch widespread interest.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

Where has the black oat gone?
Years ago it was standard cereal.
1t had stiff stalk and never crinkled.
1t never rusted and yielded large
crops. The meat was just as good
and nutritious as that of the white
oat, but its color banished it. The
degenerate condition of the oat crop
over much Of the country would sug-
gest the wisdom of trying the black
0at again.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

1t is an easy matter to improve a
poor herd of stock. The sum of 5000
properly invested will do it-$1OO now
for a registered sire and two years
later another. While doing this the
very poorest of the herd should be
culled out. Four years on this line
of work will make over the herd and
add 100 per cent to it's value. And
this applies to both beef and dairy
herds and for that matter to all our
dOmesticated animals.
The Western news., 1904-05-04

A curious fact In connection with
the northward migration of wild fowls
this spring has been the very large
number of wild swans, rare bird, in
deed, which passed across the states
Of Iowa and Minnesota. These birds,
tarrying to rest and feed. were dur
ing the month of March killed in many
places. They are the finest game birds
In America and are so rarely obtained
that they are nearly always turned
over to the taxidermist instead of the
cook.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-03
SALISBURY.

Salisbury has made more substantial
progress during the past twelve months
than any time during its history for a
similar period.
The number of new residences built in
Salisbury and suburbs during the year is
estimated at 300. at a cost of $500, 900;
total expended upon business houses com.
pleted and in course Of construction.
$4,000; contract let for street car line at
a cost of 100000, the length of the line
to be seven miles, Fulton Heights park
purchased and now being beautified for
the public use; the Spencer shops to be
practically doubled at cost of 100000
and the employment of about 800 addi-
tional mechanics: the Southern's number
of employees, including road men in Sails
bury and Spencer has been increased to
nearly 1000, this being the terminal of
five divisions.
The tone of public morals was never
better: morality has been on the in
crease, the churches have received many
additions and the attendance at the pub
lie and private schools is two per cent
larger than in 1902. All in all. 1903 has
been the best year in Salsburys history
Very respectfully,
j. X. ROUECHE.
Editor Salisbury Sun.
Salisbury, N. c.. Dec. 81, 1903.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-03
MARION.

To the Editor: Dear sr-Complying
with your request of 26th, I would say
that the people of Marion have reason to
be well satisfied with the past years
progress-that is, in all material points
of view.
While there has been no increase in
the number of furniture factories, the
four We have have had q prosperous year,
with an increased output. Several fine
business structures have been erected
notably, the First National Bank build
ing-all COMFORTING with modern style.
Several new residences have been added.
The town authorities have purchased ma
chinery and commenced to macadamlZe
the streets which, when completed, will
enable us to compare our town favorably
with any of like size in the State. The
water works question Is now under con-
sideration and a franchise has been grant
ed for electric lights.
The population of the town has IN
creased and all old industries more than
hold their own.
Since the Watts law went into opera
ton the liquor trade of Marion has great
w increased, and, in consequence, two
new distilleries are in course OF construc-
ton which will greatly augment the pro-
duct.
E. H. HOUSE,
Editor Mcdowell Democrat.
Marion, N. c.. Dec. %, 1903.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-03
RUTHERFORDTON.

Beautiful for Situation,p sheltered on
three sides by mountains, Opeopled by q
citizenship unsurpassed by virtue and
intelligence, Rutherfordton is, indeed, an
ideal town.
Other places with less of our natural
advantages have, perhaps, had a more
rapid, but less permanent growth. Our
population has increased by fifty per cent
in the last six or seven years, and the
prospects for the coming years We're never
more hopeful and inviting.
A year ago, January 1908, we had one
cotton mill, one book, one SHOE two gro
Gerry, three drug and ten other stores ear
rying a general line of merchandise;
there were two markets, two wood work
ing manufactures, two photographers two
jewelers., and three wagon and black
smith shops; there were two newspapers.
four churches and as many resident min
listers; there were eight resident lawyers.
one judge, one telephone company one
express, and one telegraph office, there
were two banks, two hotels, a dozen or
more boarding houses and two liverles,
five resident physicians and two dentists.
The business of all these is in growing
and prosperous condition. There have
been only two business failures here with
in the past fifty years.
To these were added in 1903 one gen
tlemans furnishing goods and three gro
Gerry stores and two resident attorneys.
three manufacturing plants and graded
school. Many old and new companies have
been incorporated with largely increased
capital.
The town has a system of water works,
medicinal waters within the corporate
| limits, the county court house, offices,
and jail with population approximating
| fifteen hundred, its post-onice having
been recently advanced to the presidential
class.
We need more manufacturing enter
prises-especially for our hard woods.
Wheat, corn, oats, rye, cotton, pora-
! toes, cabbages, melons and other field
garden and orchard products groh
abundance. Our timbers and inexhausta
| bic water powers constitute an illimltable
source of supplies for those interested
in manufacturing enterprises. These are
all in close proximity to the town which
is connected with the outer world by c. G
railway on the east and by the Southern
railway north and SOUTH
| Whiskey cannot legally be manufac
tured or sold in the town or county.
Home seekers would do well to investi
gate before casting their lots elsewhere
| Capitalists and manufacturers, if cor
rectly informed, would make and save
money by investing it here, and invahds
especially those having pulmonary trou
bles, would find in our equable climate
the means of prolonging their lives and
making their existence tolerable.
| This is, indeed, We repeat, an idea
town, situated in a grand county, and
among a virtuous, noble aI& hospitable
people.
A. L. RUCKER.
Editor Rutherfordton Tribune