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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
A NOOKSACK VALLEY PEA FIELD.

One of the principal crops of this secti
on is that of field peas. which crop is very
n hogs and produces the finest kind of pork,
being sweeter and firmer than any other fe
ed. To an eastern man the large fields of
peas seem strange crop. The accompany
ng picture gives somewhat of an idea
of what a field of peas looks like in the N
ooksack Valley.
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01

management and control Of commu-
nifty personal property, with a like
power of disposition as he has of his
separate personal property, except he
shall not devise by will more than
one-half thereof.
(4) Money saved by a wife from
funds given her by her husband for
household expenses does not thereby
lose it's community character and be-
come her separate property.
co A debt contracted in the ordin-
airy course of the husbands business
for the benefit of the community is a
community debt.
CD Any liability incurred by the
husband in the prosecution of any
business is prima facie a charge
against the community; and the pre-
sumption to that effect will continue
in force until it is overthrow by
proof that such liability was not in
Cured in any business of which the
community have any benefit, If profit
had been realized therefrom.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
Gapes.

Gapes is cause by worm known
as Syngamus Treachealis. 1t does not
make it's appearance until the wealth
err has become warm and settled 1t
seems strange that some sections are
not troubled with this germ at all,
while others are never free from it's
ravages. This worm is about one-half
inch long, and upon close inspection
we find a male and female permanent
ly united for breeding purposes. The
color is mostly deep red caused by
feeding upon the blood of fowls.
Upon it's first outbreak remove the
chicks to a new location which has
been plowed up and thin coating OF
Stacked lime spread upon the surface
Prompt measures must be taken to
combat the germ, as in less than a
week it will fill the windpipe. The
best and easiest remedy is to place
the chicks in box and tack cloth
or sack over it, Then sift air-slacked
lime through the cloth so as to Gre
ate dust in the box. This dust forces
the chicks to cough, thereby dislodg-
ing the germ which is then easily
expelled.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01

The survival of the fittest," as only
those of iron constitution can stand
snch life. A young flock should have
rogular attention for months, in fact
Of no time should they be compelled
n gather all their own food. Such
a season as last year puts us to the
test. The long-continued dampness,
I might say rain, made the turkey
business dark and uncertain, and re-
suited in total failure in a number
Of instances. The long confinement
in close quarters was found as de-
structive to life as running at large,
getting wet ana drabbled This fact
should make the future outlook bet
fer. for we should not embark upon
the coming season without proper
preparation for all kinds of weather.
if we have realized our mistakes. A
larger house with plank floor Will be
a necessity. Upon this latter straw,
etc, may be scattered, and also grit,
and green sods for the mothers who
ahor close quarters.
Young turkeys have ravenouS appe-
tites, and while four feeds may be
given with impunity, the first week OF
their lives daily, too much at time
would be detrimental. Hard boiled
eggs, corn bread, stale lightbread, are
ali good feeds, but vary them, so as
to keep them hearty. If they seem
sleepy, or little slow, examine them
carefully for little vermin. These
often exist when not visible. Dust
the mothers with insect powder and
grease the heads of the young ones
with lard and kerosene oil every few
weeks. When they get as large as
frying size chickens, use insect pow
der occasionally. Feed wheat, cracked
corn and bread. Keep lime always at
hand; there is nothing they relish
more Mix it up like dough with a
little water and scatter it around the
place. All the chickens will help to
eat it, and pay you in eggs for your
trouble Keep the turkeys tame.
Teach them to look for food at the
same hour and place each day, and
they will soon meet you there. There
is no grander fowl raised, and moth
ing that gives a better return for care
and attention than the turkey.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
Property Rights

Cd Property and pecuniary rights
owned by the husband before marrl-
age, and that acquired by him after
wards by gift, bequest, devise or de-
scent, with the rents, issues, and
profits thereof, shall not be subject
to the debts or contracts OF his wife,
and he may manage, lease, sell, con-
yey cucumber or devise by will such
property without the wife joining in
such management, alienation, or IN
cumbrance, as fully and to the same
effect as though he were unmarried.
CD The property and pecuniary
rights of every married woman at
the time of her marriage, or after
ward acquired by gift, devise, or in
heritance, with the rents, issues and
profits thereof, shall not be subject to
the debts or contracts of her husband,
and she may manage, lease, sell, con-
vey cucumber or devise by will SUCH
property to the same extent and in
the same manner that her husband
can property belonging to him.
81 A chattel mortgage of commu-
nifty personally may be executed by
husband to a wife to secure her for
loans made from her separate estate
(4) The separate property OF the
wife is not liable for community
debts contracted by the husband in
a business carried on by him for the
benefit of the community.
(3) Property, not acquired or owned
as in above sections 1 and 2, but &C
quired after marriage by either hus-
band or wife, or both, is community
property.
(4) The husband shall have the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
NOTES
r.. j. BORYER

This department is open to all the patrons
of The Ranch. Inquiries on legal matters
will be answered free in these columns. II
a reply by letter is desired enclose a fee of
One Dollar to R. J. Boryer. care The Ranch.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01

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Very truly yours,
JAS Egbert D. Young.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01
PROMINENT VETERINARY US

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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09

slams by the corporal's command. The
enemy replied with fatal effect, but the
end Of all was nov near. Fifty min
utes after the first torpedo was dis
charged a second torpedo struck the
Kinshiumaru and nearly cut the vessel
into two parts. 1t sank in thirteen min
utes. but during this time a hot fire
was kept up by the Japanese. who
went down with the ship, cheering and
singing the march song Of their regi-
ment.
The final stage of this chapter Of the
war is well known-how about sixty Of
the men succeeded in getting clear Of
the ship. either before or after she
sank, and reaching the coast, but there
were noncombatants whose fate is
quite uncertain. b~luejackets and COO
lies, whom it is thought possible the
Russians may have picked up after
ward. The end Of many on board the
Kinshiumaru is one more striking ex-
ample Of the heroism with which men
can be inspired when the alternative to
death is surrender and the sense Of
military disgrace.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
QUESTIONS WRIGHT's FIGURES.
Congressman cowherd Says They Are
Not Strictly Reliable.

Washington, Aug. 8.-Chairman
Cowherd of the Democratic congress
sional campaign committee has issued
statement in refutation Of recently
published tables from the bureau of
labor relative to the increase in wages
and the cost OF living. Mr.. Cowherd
claims that had Colonel Wright fol-
lowed the customary course OF using
Wholesale prices he would have been
confronted with the excellent tables
issued by Dun and Bradstreet, both
recognized commercial authorities.
Dun's table of prices shows that from
July, 1893, the low point to March,
1904, the highest point, cost of living
Increased 43 per cent. The most
skillful juggler could not show such
a rise in wages. Party necessities
therefore would not permit Mr.. Wright
to use this table and he dare not re-
flute it. So he adopts the shining, IN
certain and unknown standard of re-
tail prices. Wholesale prices are fix
ed and stable, the same in every COM
munity with cost of freight added.
There is neither stability MOI uni
formity in retail prices.
Mr.. Cowherd also alleges that the
methods employed ny Colonel Wright
to raise wages r Questionable.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
JUDGE PARKER KEPT BUSY.
Prepares for the Arrival Of the Mott.
fication Committee.

Esopus, N. Y, Aug. appropriations
for the coming to Rosemount of the
notification committee occupied the at
tention of Judge Parker Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. William Rode of New York
were his guests for the afternoon. Mr..
Rode is a member of the New York
Democratic state executive committee
and expects to take an active part in
the campaign in New York state. He
will be in charge of the Sycamore,
which will bring the committee from
New York on Wednesday. The boat
will land its passengers at the Esopus
dock and then anchor in midstream UNI
til the ceremonies have been con-
cluded.
William F. Sheehan, chairman of
the national executive committee, call
ed on Judge Parker late in the after
noon.
Judge Parker and members Of his
family attended church services at
Kingston, making the trip in the steam
launch.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
BIG PROJECT.
Costly Network OF Canals Planned
For the Big Eend Country.

Costly Network Of Canals Planned
For the Big Rend Country.
In the dim and distant future, when
government irrigation has been proved
a success, and when some Of the count
less dollars now being expended on IT.
rigation works In various western
states come back into the treasury, the
engineers of the reclamation service
hope to take up and carry out a pro-
ject in the state of Washington which
will eclipse anything Of the kind in
the world, says the Washington Post.
In what is known as the Big Bend
country, the government has found
an irrigation scheme which is appar-
entity feasible, but which is more cost
" than any other in the country.
BY means of properly constructed
canals, it is believed the government
can distribute the surplus waters Of
Lake Occur d'Alene in Idaho, over a
tract Of 100000 acres of land, at an
aggregate cost of $25.O0O,O0O. OF
course a scheme SO gigantic must be
approached with care and precaution.
and to this end preliminary investiga-
lions have recently been begun look
ing to the ultimate carrying out of
this project, which will o%vershadow
even the greatest irrigation works Of
Egypt. Some idea Of the enormity Of
this project a be gathered from the
fact that 1t will require a tunnel
twenty-six miles long to carry the wa
ter from Lake Occur d'Alene through
the mountains and out on to the high
lands in Washington. L
In order to carry sufficient water to
irrigate the vast Big Bend tract, this
tunnel must be Of such dimensions as
will accommodate two railroad trains,
running abreast. In other words, a
tunnel the size Of the Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel under the Hudson river,
New York. ~Stupendous though this
project is, engineers believe it is en-
tirely practicable and expect in time
to see it carried out.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
A wonderful Escape at niagara Falls

A Wonderful Escape at Niagara Falls
Edward Lloyd, a shoemaker from
Hamilton. Ont, had a narrow escape
from going over the American falls a
few nights ago, says the indianapolis
Sentinel. He was walking on Will
low island and stepped on a rock at
the waters edge. He slipped and fell
into the water. He was carried rapid
" down stream toward the falls. BE
struggled bravely to reach the shore
and just above the Goat island bridge.
when he had given up hope of reach
ing the shore, he struck a rock and
managed to cling to it until his
strength returned. He then made a
final effort and succeeded in reaching
a place of safety just below the bridge.
He walked to a saloon on Falls street,
where he collapsed on the floor.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
TO IMPROVE FOREIGN TRADE.
American Diplomats and consuIs Will
Work in Unison.


Washington, Aug. S.-The depart
ment of state has initiated measures
whereby 1t is hoped further to i'm
prove our foreign trade by means of
cooperation between the diplomatic
and consular services.
For some years our diplomatic Off
GERS have shown increasing interest
and zeal in supplementing the work
of the consular service by reports on
commercial and Industrial subjects,
and the department. now hopes to
make the diplomatic corps a system
attic and efficient auxiliary for the
promotion of our export trade. The
action of the department is tentative
as yet and takes the form of an in
struction from Acting Secretary Loo
mis- to the diplomatic officers calling
for reports as to the feasibility Of the
plan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
HOSTING THE BRITISH FLAG.
Steamer Neptune Cruising Among
Northern Islands.

st. Johns. n. f., Ang. 8.-The seal.
ing steamer Erik, which was Chartered
by the government and conveyed an
auxiliary expedition to the steamer
Neptune, which has been in Hudson
bay for the past year with the Cana
dian official expedition sent for the
purpose of anneSing territory there,
returned here Sunday, bringing Ma o.
Noodle of the Northwest mounted pc
lice, governor of Hudson bay
The Erik met the Neptune at Port
Burwell, Ungava bay, on July 25, and
spent a week transferring coal and
supplies. The Erik started on the re-
turn journey last Tuesday, while the
Neptune cruised north to Lancaster
sound, hosting the British flag and
proclaiming British sovereignty over
that region.
The Neptune wintered at Fullerton
inlet, built a fort there, g%arrisoned 1T
and organized it as a port of entry.
The American whaler Era admitted
Canadian authority by paying duties.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
MANY PEOPLE HURT
ITALIAN THROWS A BOMB INTO
a CROWD OF couNTRYMEN
IN NEW YORK.

New York, Aug. 8.-A bomb thrown
into a crowd of Italians in East One
Hundred and Fffty-first street at night
injured a score or more persons and
led to the arrest Of Vincenzo Donetti,
who the police believe is a member
of the BLACK Hand" society, which
for some time has terrorized residents
of the Italian districts here and ex-
torted money from them by threats
and acts Of violence.
Donetti was himself more severely
injured by the bomb than any of the
others, one leg being badly torn from
the hip to the ankle, but he managed
to escape at the time and was arrest
ed later at his home. :
It was some time before the police
were informed of the bomb-throwing
and although they succeeded in learn
ing that more than twenty persons
e injured, they have been able to
find only a few of them, as the Italians
in the neighborhood refuse to give in
formation.
Demanded Money From Doorkeeper.
Two rival saloonkeepers on oppo-
site street corners were giving away
beer in an effort to Guido each other,
and a crowd surrounded each place.
Peter Dimerio, who was acting as
doorkeeper at n saloon, says that
Donetti approached him and demand
ed money, which was refused him.
He Immediately stepped back, took a
bomb from his pocket, lighted it's fuse
and threw it. An explosion followed
and men. women and children ran
screaming from the place. Donetti
was knocked down, but soon recovered
sufficiently to be able to get away.
| When the police went to arrest him
he threatened to commit suicide, but
his door was broken in before he
could obtain a weapon. A physician
was attending to his wounds at the
time.
Several children were slightly in
jured and one man is known to have
had his chin blown of, but so far as
the police have been able to learn no
one was fatally hurt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
TELEeRAPH.c RREvlTlEs.

M.IUMM - 81 .M. NN|
Eight of the Filipinos at the worlds
fair are en- route to Washington to visit
President Roosevelt.
The iftieth annual convention of the
International Typographical union is
being held at St. Louis.
DR.. Eduard Hanslick, the famous mu-
steal critic, is dead at Vienna. He
was born at Prague in September.
1925. 0"
While in pursuit Of a man who had
insulted several small girls Sunday at
Minneapolis, Police Officer Mike Law
renee was shot by the fleeing man and
seriously wounded.
Verne Low, aged nineteen, a mem
Der of an amateur base ball team of
Coshocton, O., died at Dresden, o.,
Sunday from being struck in the head
by a pitched ball Saturday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
|cA1cAco LABOR UNIONS TO SUP.
PORT STRIKING PAckING-
HOUSE EMPLOYEES.
NEITHER SIDE IS YIELDING
SETTLEMENT OF THE coNTRo.
vERsY SEEMS TO BE AS RE.
MOTE AS EVER.

Chicago, Aug. 8.-All of the labor
unions in Chicago have endorsed the
stockyards strike. After listening to
the strikers side of the controversy,
which was presented by Michael j.
Donnelly, president of the strikingg
butchers union, the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor, which is composed OF
every labor organization in Chicago
and has a membership of nearly 3OO,-
900. adopted resolutions Sunday night
pledging the moral and financial sup
port of the federated body as long as
the strike shall continue. Each mem
Der Of the central body will be assess
ed q. small sum per week and the
whole amount vail be turned over to
the striking unions to help in the sup
port of the strikers and their families
during the struggle with the packers.
The exact amount each member is to
be assessed was left in the hands OF a
committee with orders to report re-
suits today. While the officials of the
Federation Of Labor are unable just
now to give an exact estimate OF the
amount of money the strikers would
secure from this source, 1t was stated
that the total sun would be we'll up
in the thousands each week.
Settlement Seems Remote.
After a fight, which has lasted for
nearly four weeks, a settlement OF the
stockyards strike seems to be as re-
mote as at any time since the strug-
gle began. Neither side to the con-
fiict during all this time has shown
any signs. of weakening. The pack
ers, while claiming that they will soon
have their affairs in normal condition
again, so successful have they been
in securing nonunion workmen, yet
admit that SO far they have been able
to get but $50 of their old employees
back and that the majority OF their
men are unskilled workers
a In the last statement given out by
the packers, 1t was said that nearly
half az many men were at work now
as before the strike began. These
men have been brought to Chicago
from all parts of the country, the ma
1ority of them having never seer a
meat packing plant before com,
ing here. With these men the pack
ers have succeeded in accomplishing
q great deal of work, but according te
the strikers, every animal that has
been slaughtered since the strike was
called has been at a financial loss tt
the packers. as in the majority Of
cases a lack Of skilled workmen has
made it impossible to operate the by
product departments and this source
OF revenue, which under normal con,
ditions is a clear profit to the pack
ers, has been allowed to go to waste
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
FIRE IN FRENCH ARSENAL.
Entire Population Of TouIon and vicin.
ity Fighting the Flames.

Entire Population OF TouIon n Vtctn-
ity Fighting the Flames.
Toulon, France, Aug. Sire broke
out in the arsenal here at midnight,
originating in the extensive stores.
The fire spread rapidly and now threat
to embrace entire blocks Of build
ings.
The troops were at once called out
and mustered in the streets. The pre-
feet of the maritime port is organizing
assistance and admirals and generals
are helping in the work at the pumps.
A division of the reserve squadron has
been called upon to aid.
Within an hour after the fire broke
out the entire population was aroused.
Guns are being fired as signals for
help, which is coming in from the
whole countryside. The flames are
spreading with the greatest rapidity.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-09
NEAR THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.
British Expedition Only a Mile from
Lhassa Palace,

Lhassa, Tibet, Aug. 8.-The British
expedition is encamped a mile from
the sacred mountain Of Potala, on
which is situated the Dalai Lama's
palace and in the immediate vicinity
of the Dalai Lama's private gardens.
The Dalai Lama fed to a monastery
eighteen miles distant.
Colonel Younghusband has received
ceremonial visit from the Amban,
who promised to assist in arriving at
q settlement, and made gifts of food
to the British troops. u.l lM
The appearance of the city shows
the description of explorers to be ex-
tremely accurate. The surroundings
are very fertile and the whole place
gives evidence of great prosperity.