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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
BARN MANURE.



How II In valued and Handled I'm
Various Parts of the Country.
There are still extensive regions in
the United States where barn manure
is considered a farm nuisance. In a
county in Oregon the neighbor Is well
come to haul away this manure. and
that neighbor is likely to be a thrifty
German with large garden. In other
Oregon counties the manure is burned
In q California county the manure Is
dumped into the ravines. 1t goes to
the creek in Oklahoma. 1t is hauled to
a hole in the ground or put on one
side of the field in Kansas. South Da-
kota farmers burn it TO be rid Of 1t and
sometimes burn Ii for fuel. In North
Dakota farmers haul barn manure to
piles and leave 1t there until it disap-
pears. Farmers in Missouri deposit it
by the roadside, and in Idaho scrapers
are used, and 1t is "often seen piled up
as high as barn."
In many counties between the Missis-
sippi river and the Pacific ocean farm
ers not only find barn manure a nui-
sance, but they have q grievance
against it, claiming in South Dakota
that it produces dog fennel, elsewhere
that 1t produces other weeds and in
various counties that it has such an
effect of poisoning" the soil that farm
ers are afraid OF 1t. The owner of a
large California wheat ranch required
a tenant last year to spread the barn
manure of the ranch upon the wheat
land, but the tenant, after doing so,
set fire to the stubble and burned the
manure.
In semiarid regions barn manure
needs to be used cautiously on unirri-
gated land. In the wheat lands Of Cali
fornia 1t is more or less visible for four
or five years after its application to
the land. The practice of 200 years
ago survives in some parts OF the
south; cattle are penned upon the land
to increase its fertility, and the pen is
shifted as the owner desires.
In a large portion of the north CEN
trail states barn manure is removed to
prevent accumulation and deposited up
on the fields throughout the winter to
be plowed under in the spring. In the
east 1t is allowed to accumulate until
spring, when 1t is deposited upon the
land just before plowing. The use OF
this fertilizer for top dressing grass
land is very common throughout the
principal portion of the United States
wherever it is used in considerable
quantities.
Barn manure is more generally ap-
piled to corn than to any other crop,
although liberal application Of it In
made to tobacco, potatoes and vegeta-
bles. Commercial fertilizer Is literally
used in cotton production, in the more
intensive agriculture Of fruit and vege-
table raising and in growing small
grains, to which 1t is applied with
seeder at time of seeding.
The use of barn manure Is greatest In
the east, while commercial fertilizers
have the greatest use in the cotton belt
The use of any kind of barn or COM
mercial fertilizer is more and more
sporadic westward from Indiana, and
commercial fertilizer is hardly any
where seen west Of the Mississippi riv-
er except on vegetable and fruit farms.
G. K. Holmes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31

HIS CHALK.
cover them until rumor said that his
son was going to marry Betty and
that the widow Jenkins had brought
things about to spite him.
Young man. is it so or is it not?" he
demanded of Harry after inviting him
out to the barn for a talk.
81 love Betty and am going to marry
her. was the reply.
You'll never do it with my consent"
"But l am of age, father"
''Then I'll cast you off. If you marry
that girl you cease to be son of mine
and shall never get cent of this prop
erty."
Harry didn't indulge In any heroics.
On the contrary, he took the matter so
quietly that his father chuckled to
himself and believed that he had
gained a victory in the first round. He
let it be known that he expected Har-
ry to cease his visits to the farmhouse,
but at the same time he was prepared
to close his eyes for a time and give
the boy chance to retire with dignity.
Things went on for three months with
out anything further being said-that
Is, while it was said on all sides that
Harry and Betty would be married on
Thanksgiving day the talk did not
reach the squire's ears until one even
ing in October. He was man who
acted on impulse. He determined to go
straight over to the Widows and settle
things his way within fifteen minutes
of arriving.
The widows bear had no particular
grudge against the squire, but he was
watchdog as well as q bear. He had
been turned out that evening to roam
around and see that all was well, and
when he suddenly discovered Squire
Davis coming cross lots through the
barnyard it was only natural that he
should fasten his teeth In the farmers
trousers leg and conduct him to the
door of the house. The squire didn't
scare at bulls or tramps or mad dogs,
but he drew the line at bears. He was
in a cold fright when he reached the
house, and the widow added to it by
allowing the bosr to follow him in and
sit up before him and growl and show
his teeth. Harry had come courting as
usual, and of course the position was
embarrc sslng for couple of minutes.
1t rli2 have lasted longer but for the
preseuce of mind OF the widow. She
realized taat the bear had dealt her a
wihn:nS hand, and she proceeded to
play it for all it was worth.
III am very glad to see you" she said
as she placed chair for the caller. II
am Widow Jenkins. as perhaps you
know. This young lady is ny friend,
Miss Lee, and the young gentleman
there is your son Harry. Tie boar has
introduced himself, but l wish TO say
on his behalf that he is aching TO make
mince meat of you"
Harry, what are you doing here"
hoarsely demanded the father.
'Courtlng Betty. sir was the reply.
I'VE are soon 10 be married. and | was
going to tell you Of 1t III day or two"
Married to that girl-neyer, You
will remember that l told you
The bear reared ny ana growied om-
inously, and the squire turned pale and
shook In his chair.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31

How styles In Shoes Are introduced.
The manufacturers Of shoes get ont
new styles every season and try to
work up big sales, but 1t is the public
which decides whether the styles will
be popular or not. The men who set
the styles In hats and cloaks for wo-
men can be as arbitrary as they
please. The women will follow them
to any extreme, but show a man a
shoe which looks to him ridiculous,
and he will not have anything to do
with it. He would rather be out Of
style than uncomfortable or ridiculous.
And SO the manufacturers are careful
not to make much Of an outlay until
they find out how the new styles will
60 with the people. They prepare, say,
sixty lasts and make up samples at an
expense of only a few dollars. The
statesmen take these out through the
country, and II orders begin to come In
the manufacturers prepare to make
them in large Observation-Disclosures
Wisconsin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
Poulfry Pofufa.


An excellent wash for swelled head
Is Quinine dissolved In water.
Irregular feeding Is apt to cause de-
rangement of the digestive organs.
The poultryman who is continually
changing breeds never succeeds in the
business.
Winter is the season to feed green
cut bone to poultry. 1t is good egg
making material.
Do not adopt every bill Of fare you
hear Of. II yours is producing good
results stick to It.
If you feed green cut bone, see that
it is fresh and that it is not from AMI
mails that have died Of disease.
Begin in a small way, grow gradu-
ally, stick to it-that is the foundation
upon which successful poultry plants
have been built.
1t costs no more to feed and care for
a pure bred flock than it does for
mongrel lot, and the profits are greater
with the former.
The Brown Leghorns lay the smallest
egg and the Light Brahma the largest
Of the popular breeds Of today.-Farm
Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31

Drying preparations simply dcy.!-
op dry ca.srrh; they dry up the secret'o--s,
which adhere to the membrane and dsc"1i-
pose, causing far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form Of catGrrh. Avoid all dry-
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snGas
and use that which cleanses, soothes AID
heals. Elys Cream Balm is such remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
soc. size. Ely Brothers Sc Warren ST., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
A oueer Funeral.

One day man passing along street
in a central district Of London dropped
into gulf that suddenly yawned for
him. He had got into coal mine shaft
that had been bricked over $50 years
before and forgotten. The depth Of the
shaft and the accumulation of foul gas
In 1t precluded the recovery OF his body.
so the borough authorities had religious
services bcld over the hole. The mayor
dropped a handsome wreath into 1t, and
it was once more covered up and arch
ed with brick
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31

The little level shown in the accom-
panying illustration I use in surveying
irrigation bitches on my ranch, says an
Orange Judd Farmer correspondent. ft
is very simple and accurate, and first
class work can be done with it. 1t Is
made Of a long piece Of 1 by inch
board, 10 feet long, with a straight
edge. On one end nail leg 1 by by
"a inches long flush with the top. On
the other end nail similar piece three
eighths of an inch longer than the 9TH
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31

THE LEVEL.

er. This makes a good grade. In the
middle Of the long piece nail on either
side short pieces SO as to hold COM
mon carpenters level. Place the short
leg ON the starting point Of the ditch
and move the other end until the bub-
BILE is level. In this way you will have
a ditch with a three-eighths inch grade
to the rod. Continue this throughout
the entire length of the ditch.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
rnt.n.e Cultivation Doe. 1t

Most of us are land poor. There are
thousands of money making farms In
this country of less than ten acres
each. AS a rule the small farms make
the most money. Look at the prosper
GUS truck gardeners. Intense cultiva-
ton does it.-George M. Clark.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
Expensive.

Fathsr-Yes, 1 admit my daughter
viii have q good dowry, but she has
very expensive tastes. Lover-You
amaze me. What does she ever want
that liz SO very expensive2 Father
Well, you for one thing.-Illustrated
Rffa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
Unnecessary.

Cholly-A fellow told me today that
I didn't know enough to go in when It
rained. Miss Sharp-And what did you
say? Cholly-I ASSUMED him 1t was quito
unnecessary, doncher know. because
nevah go out when it rains.-Philadsk
phia Ledger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
Controlling Herself.

She-I want you to select the ring.
dear. He-But l thought you wanted
to. She-I did. But I'm afraid We
can't afford it.-Life
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31

There are but three classes of men--
the retrogade. the stationary and the
rogressiye.-Layatar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
COucIuafye.

she-What makes you think hiS adt
vice is good? He-Because be never
gives it unless it's asked for.-Detroit
Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-31
Better Late Than Not at All,

The pastor of the little country
church had been much annoyed by
having the members of his congrega-
ton straggle in long after the service
had begun. One Sunday morning, when
he felt that further forbearance with
this fault was impossible, he decided
to rebuke some conspicuous offender.
About twenty minutes later than the
proper hour there entered a mid man.
nered little woman, one of the regular
attendants Of the church, but quite in
corrigible in her tardiness. The min
lister looked up, fixed her with his spec
tacles and remarked:
'Sister, you are very much behind
time. l hope you will not be so late in
getting into heavenw
The little woman looked up, smiled
sweetly and without a trace of confu-
sion replied placidly:
long as l get there"
And now the pastor feels that tho
smile that went round the church some
how spoiled the effectiveness of his rep
rimand.-New York Tribune.
Wonders of Engraving.
1t is now known that precious and
semiprecious stones were engraved
with all the delicacy of modern fla
gree work as long ago as the time Of
Horace, centuries before emery pow
der, wheel and lathe were known. In
more modern times and with the tools
and appliances which civilization natu-
rally places In the artisans hands, en-
gravers have performed wonders, even
going to the extent Of carving relief
pictures on the hardest Of all mineral
substances, the diamond. The first art
list to engrave diamond was Jacomo
da Trezzo in 1867. The earliest in
stance Of any kind Of an engraved
gem ts the emerald signet ring Of Poly
crates, 740 B. G. In the time of Fran
els l., Matteo del Nassaro, an Austrian
citizen of italian parentage, cut his
famous "Crucifxion" upon a blood
stone, the lines conforming with the
red spots and specks in such a manner
as to make 1t appear that they were
drops of blood issuing from the mortal
wounds of the Saviour.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
LARGE MAN GOT HIS ROLL.

George Watson Touched for $500
While on Train Nearing Grand
Forks.
A dispatch from Grand Forks says:
George Watson, who lives at Bismarck,
stepped aside and allowed large man
to leave the train ahead of him upon
it's arrival here last night, and it cost
him $1,000.
Watson was on his way home from
Winnipeg, and as he started to leave
the train a large man jostled him
roughly and asked permission to get
by. 1t was granted and Watson left
the train more leisurely. When he
reached a hotel he discovered that he
had been touched for his pocketbook,
containing $1,000.
He is positive that the man who JOS
tied him as he left the train is the man
who got his money. He returned to
the railroad station as soon as he dis
covered the loss, but the train had
just pulled out, and he admitted that
he would be unable to recognize the
man if he met him, as he paid no at
tention to him and remembered only
that he was a large man.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
STATE NEWS.

Drayton is to have an acetylene
plant for lighting the streets.
Andy Blewett has been nominated
for county auditor by the democrats
of Stutsman county.
James Sorenson and Chris A. Ander.
son have been nominated for the house
in the Lisbon district
The Walhalla Mountaineer says
that it is conceded in that district
that all the present legislative dele
CATION will be returned.
The Devils Lake city council has
resolved that gambling and other vices
will not be permitted during the open
ing of the reservation mo matter what
sex operate the same"
Fargo Call: Creamery men are dis
cussing a colonization scheme to get
some Swiss to come over here and To-
cate in the sections of the state best
adapted to creameries and cheese fac
tories. w. -. u
C. H. Weed OF Minot has gone into
the poultry business on q newly pur'
chased farm near that paace. He
starts out with 1000 hens, and will in.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01

crease the number to 5000 in the near
future.
In the Stutsman county district the
democrats have nominated NJ D. Will
liams for state senator and o. D. Yves
ton, Eldridge, P. D. Walsh, Kensal and
Jacob Kielbaugh, Medina, for the
house. The fight prior to the conven-
ton was whether or not to put up a
straight democratic ticket or to affili-
ate with republicans and put up the
strongest ticket possible, the legisla-
tive ticket being given to the republi-
cans while the democrats took the re-
mainder. The jamestown delegates
caucused Friday night on this ques-
ton and decided by vote of IA to 8
for a straight ticket. A few hours
prior to the convention those country
delegates then in caucused on the
same question the result being 16 to 9
for a straight ticket, all democratic.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
IRRIGATION ON THE MISSOURI
Tests to Be Made By the Engineer of the
Government Reclamation Service.

Washington, August l. H. A.
Stoors, electrical engineer OF the re-
clamation service, is about to begin
Investigations to determine the FEAST
bility of steam power and pumping
system on the Missouri river near Bis
marck, N. D. An abundant supply Of
Ignite exists in that vicinity. and it
is proposed, if feasible, to locate cen
trail steam plant on the east bank of
the Missouri, adjacent to bed of lig-
mite, this plant to generate electric
power to be transmitted up and down
the river to pumping plants placed at
favorable points for raising water to
the top of the bluffs. Preliminary
surveys will be run back from the
bluffs to determine the most advan-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
DECISIVE BATTLE IS NOW ON

have never been scientifically explain
ed to this day. The "watermen" of
the party, however, were ready with
an explanation which, however laugh
able it may now appear, did not seem
so ridiculous one hundred years ago,
and which was gravely stated by
Lewis and Clark without any criticism.
The philosophy of these "watermen"
pronounced the sounds to be occasion
ed by the bursting of silver mines in
the mountains. There was not so
much known about silver and mining
a century ago as there is now, and this
explanation needs therefore scarcely
surprise us. While nothing definite
seems known regarding them, the
sounds were and are occasioned. prob
ably, by what are now known as ''slick-
enslides." The summit of the Rockies,
from which these sounds were said to
come is from sixty to eighty miles dis
tant from the locality of the Great
Falls.
For the detailed description of these
falls, and of the entire Lewis and
Clark exploration, see "The Trail of
Lewis and Clark" by the writer, just
off the press Of G. P. Putnam's ons,
New York, in two volumes, illustrated
from special photographs, maps and
paintings.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01

E. Y. Sarles had an equal interest with
his brother. The capital of this com
pany is 100000, and they are doing
business at Hillsboro and other points
in the Red River Valley.
These banking and lumber invest
ments naturally led to other invest
ments in banking and real estate loans
and in the purchase and sale of ex
tensive tracts of real estate in the Red
River valley. Among the other bank
ing interests was the First National
Bank at Northwood, which they still
retain, and banks at Caledonia
Grandin and Shelly, MINI. They have
placed over 100000 in farm loans
for eastern clients and still have out.
standing over $750,0Oo, and of these
farm loans not one has ever been col
lected or closed out by foreclosure.
During the past year they have sold
over 100000 worth of farm lands in
eastern Trail county, at an average OF
$35 per acre. Most of these lands
we're bought outright by them and re
sold mostly for cash.
These are mentioned to show his
confidence in North Dakota.
Politically Hon. E. Y. Sarles has al
ways been republican. He has
avoided public Office except that he
has been mayor of HiLsboro two years
five years a member Of the normal
school board, Of which he is still a
member and twenty years treasurer Oh
the school board.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
Or. TAYLOR Carries Primaries.

Grand Forks Herald: Senator J. D.
Taylor will be renominated at the
Seventh district legislative convention
to be held at Thompson Wednesday.
The caucuses were held last night and
there was q large vote in the First
and Second wards of the city, the only
ones in the Seventh district. w. J..
Anderson became a candidate but a
few days ago and the contest was
lively for the time that it lasted. j ~
Senator Taylor carried the First
ward and the first precinct Of the Sec
5ond ward, giving him eleven votes in
the city to three for Mr.. Anderson.
The two delegates from Grand
Forks township are for Senator Tay-
lor, as are the delegates from Chester
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
The Law Is Not Enforced.

Wahpeton Gazette: The following
appeared in last weeks Lidgerwood
Broadaxe:
= Notice to "6Iind Pig" Keepers in
Lidgerwood. =
You are hereby warned not to
give or sell to my husband, Jackob =
Weber, any intoxicating liquor =
from and after the date of this no.
*tice. If this warning is not needed
II will take legal action to protect
myself and our children. =.
Dated at Lidgerwood, N. D., this
21st day of July, 1904.
Mrs. Louise Weber
= y = 4
Strange isn't it that 1t should become
necessary for wife to publish no.
tice like the above in a state where
the sale OF liquor is prohibited by law?
Why is it necessary? Can't the ofici-
ais close the pigs? Or don't they try?
Perhaps they don't know that there
are any pigs. e ,-.=.s. . .E@e.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01

the captains, is full of interest. There
was enough fun and pleasure to serve
as spice to their life of toll and hard
ship. There was much hunting of the
bison, elk, and bears on the part of
the hunters, and there were many mar
row escapes from the grizzlies, for
these savage beasts were even more
keen to rush to the attack than were
their opponents.
For various reasons it became neces.
sary, at this place, to construct add
tional canoes. A camp was therefore
established a few miles above the
White Bear Islands, to which Clark
and the carpenters removed. where
the cottonwood timber was fairly suit
able for the purpose. The timber is
still a feature of this locality and the
Great Northern Railway trains now
pass the spot. Gradually, the entire
camp at the islands was transferred to
the new one, where the canoes were
under construction, and on July 18th
1905, everything was ready for the
abandonment of the spot, which many
of the party never saw again, and the
outfit once more began voyaging ul
the Missouri.
While encamped at this locality the
party heard certain mysterious weirt
sounds afar off in the mountains thai
greatly mystified them. These sound:
which, it may be remarked, are still
to be heard, resembled distant, ye
distinct, explosions of artillery were t
be heard at irregular but frequent in
tervals. What they were no on
knew, and, as a matter of fact, the.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-01
CAREER OF RE-
PUBLICAN NOMINEE

The following is a short sketch of
Hon. E. Y. Sarles, the republican can
didate for governor:
Hon. Gilmore Yocum Sarles was
born at Wonowoc, Wis, Jan. Is, 1859,
and was educated in the public schools
of Wisconsin and Galesville university
Methodist institution. His father
was one one of the early Methodist
preachers of Wisconsin, having settled
in Racine county in 1912, coming from
Duchess county, New York, where he
was born and where his family located
in colonial times. His father is still
active in the work and is now located
at Superior, Wis.
At the age of % Hon. E. Y. Sarles
engaged in banking on his own account
at Hillsboro, N D., where he has since
resided, in connection with his brother
o. C. Sarles and other related par
ties, under the firm name of o. c.
Sarles & Co. They organized the
Tradn County Bank, o. c. Sarles and
E. Y. Sarles owning the controlling in
terest. The bank was later national
lied, with a capital of $4,000, the two
brothers still holding the controlling
interest. This was in 1885, the Trail
County Bank having been established
in 1881.
In 1882 J. H. and o. c. Sarles es
tablished what was then the o. c.
Sarles & Co., lumber business, and
now the Valley Lumber Co., in which