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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
THE e PAINTER.
he Play. an Important Part In stag
ing a Modern Play.

When a play has been accepted for
production it is sent to the scene paint
err, who goes over 1t carefully, taking
note of all details to be reproduced.
Then, If the subject is difficult, he
makes a sketch Of IL in the Hat. If
this proves satisfactory TO manager,
actor and author, be builds 1t up In a
miniature model ON the scale of half
an inch TO the foot as perfect in pro-
portion and exquisite in detail as the
finished scene. An old gentleman late
ly, looking over a collection of models
In one of the New York studios, re
marked that his granddaughter would
be delighted TO have them for doll
houses. The proprietor OF the studio
smiled TO himself. The models for a
single play cost well mp toward a thou
sand dollars. For an ordinary four act
comedy the models, scenes, properties
and costumes cost, let us say. five or
six thousand dollars. The cost OF the
great scenic productions is never as
much as the press agents say, but has
been known to exceed 100000.
When the model Is approved, the
stage carpenter takes measurements
for such framework as may be neces-
sary. The clumsy construction of the
old days has given way to the solldest
sort of building. Windows slide in
their sashes; doors slam, shut and lock,
Staircases are solid to the tread. Trees
are built up in the round, and columns
are turned out of solid wood. But as
every show is intended TO travel among
all the great cities of the continent the
heaviest scene must be made up of
pieces short enough to be packed in a
freight car.
The scene painter marks out the
pieces of his model in tiny squares and
then hangs a huge canvas beside
the paint bridge with corresponding
squares In scale. The craftsman stands
on the bridge with a piece of charcoal
on a stick like d billiard cue and
square by square copies the lines of the
model, while an assistant raises and
lowers the cloth with tackle. Then
the body paint is put on, and the de-
tails are added until the cloth Is com
plete.-John Corbin In Scribner's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
RAISING DAIRY L
InteIligentIy Done, II Is Cheaper
Than Buying Cows.

If we keep account of the cost of
induced to buy u COWS instead of
raising the same. says l.. W. Lightly in
National Stockman. IL we wish to
keep our calves nice, sleek and plump
looking they want considerable grain.
Then some people are opposed TO breed
ing the heifers young and allow them
to get t~wenty-eight to thirty-two
months old before they come into profit.
IL thus raised the heifers cost $35 to
$40 when coming into profit, and then
sometimes a magnifying glass is need
ed TO see the profits, often owing TO
the fact that the calves are taught to
put the feed on ribs, and after You
want them to put it in the udder they
will still continue to put 1t in the old
place.
But with proper and intelligent man
agement we can grow dairy COWS ut
less than half of what we have to pay
for them. and then IL we have good
cows and a good sire the chances are
ten to one that we will have a good
cow, while II we buy the odds are
against us. Good cows are not for sale
as a rule.
The calf should be kept growing with
plenty of heterogeneous food, but it
should be compelled to eat lots Of
~roughage, so as to develop the diges-
tive apparatus. If fed this way and
IL puts fat on the ribs, sell it to a
butcher, and if it cannot digest a fair
ration of roughage give ii to your
neighbor. A dyspeptic calf will never
make a good dairy cow. A dairy calf
Of the early maturing breeds If fed
q good bone and muscle making ra-
ton will be about done growing in
two years and If not taught to produce
milk will be taught to be a beef and
therefore should come into profit at
two years old or a little sooner.
At the Alabama experiment station
the average cost of raising dairy calves
to the time they came into profit mine
teen to twenty-four months) was
$19.47. The main feed was skim milk,
pasture, silage, hay, cottonseed meal
and bran, a very good and cheap feed
for q growing calf, If we have clover,
cowpea or vetch hay it Is very much
better than common grasses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

There are some men so welded to
habit that they will see their cows
stand at the bars from noon till 4 or
8 O'Clock In the afternoon during a cold
rainstorm, says III. G.. Manchester In
Rural New Yorker. The cows are all
bumped up and begging for shelter. but
then 1t isn't ''chore time" and so they
stay out in the cold, and at milking
time we find they give less milk and
wonder at the mysterious ways that
COWS do seem to have.
suggestfons For Winter.
Keep the cows out Of the stalk field
In winter. Cut the corn and keep
fodder In the stable or yard. Shelter
from raw winds. even on bright days.
In the winter.
Keep the Udder Clean.
Brush with q brush or wipe with a
damp cloth the udder and flank before
milking. Twenty to ninety times as
much dirt falls in the milk from the
unbrushed, unwashed udder as from
he washed n Milk with dry hands.
CAangfng ICED 0raduaIly.
All feeding changes must be grad
ual. An abrupt change disturbs ths
digestive machinery and always causes
loss, says an Iowa dairyman in Amer
lean Agricultural Not only should II
be gradual, but Sraduated-that Il. the
change should not be from one feed to
Z totally different one. but intermedi-
ate steps should be taken III we pro-
pose to feed something entirely differ
snt In nature and composition, there
should be a connecting link. In other
words. rather than change from pas
ture grass to hay there should be an
intermediate feed BY nature nearer pas
ture grass and leading to the dry hay
ration.
Treatment Of Cows.
II IL very well known that with gem
tie treatment q cow miIks better than
she would do II roughly handled. 1t
has been shown that Z COW when rem
~ handled By Z good milksr yielded
~ per cent mere buttor fat in n
hin ana - pr cent more mfik -
aGainst I'D trsatmenk
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Notice of Msrtgage sale.
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rsortgagors. l.. +. Wynegaf and stella
Vinegar, his wife
Mortgages, ID. Maurice Hartsouth.,
Mortgage dated July ~, 1872, recorded IN
the office of the register of deeds OF Day
county, South Dakota, On the 9TH day OF
August. 1902, at $50 o'clock a. NJ, in book
81 of mortgages on page go. whlch mort
gage was assigned by an instrument IN
writing dated on the 29th day of July, 1904,
by said ID. Maurice HaTtSOugii and Lucle
Il. b.. Hartsouth, his wife, 10 J r.. Nlartln;
which assignment was recorded in the
Office OF the register If deeds in and Tor
Day county, South Dakota. ON the LIST day
Of August, 1904, at ) O'Clock "A. M, IN Dook
% of mortgages, on page 81; winch sald
mortgage was thereafter again assigned
by an instrument In writing dated on the
5th day OF August, 1894, by ]. l.. Martin 10
!. l.. McDonald; which ~assignfnent was
recorded in tie office OF the register OF
deeds in and Tor Jay county, South
Dakota, on the 18th da OF August, 1901,
at 8 O'Clock a. m in book . 81 NOR cages,
on page G3, and which mortgage is now
owned by the said ]. l.. Mcdonald.
NortgaRed premises, Lot numEer one
az, aud the northwest quarter OF ting
northeast quarser, and the north halt OF
the nortlwest quarter Of section thirteen
tl3l, township number one hundred
twenty-one uZll, range number utty-slN
too, Day county, south Dakoia. mat ao
proceedings have been had at law or
otherwise 10 collect said debt. Amount
GAINED to be due ON said mortgage at the
date of this notice, Sl736.21 Notice Is
ilCiCDN SlNNIs LhdA hNidAiN ia DNNtl
made in the payment of the interest and
the sum secured by said mortgage, the
owner of said mortgage has and does
declare the principal sum and interest
thereon due as provided by said mortgage
AID notice il further given that SAID
MORTGAGE will be foreclosed by the sale of
said premises at public auction at the
front door of the court house in tie City
of y ebSter, Day ctanty South Dakota,
on the 10Th day of DeCernber, 1901, at the
aour of one o'clock y. III. of said day, to
satisfy the amount which shall then be
due on said mortgage together with
attorneys fees and costs allowed by law
on foreclosure.
Dated at Aberdeen, South Dakota, this
End day of October, \. D., 1904,
j. l.. Mcdonald,
Assignee 90 M~ortgagee.
Campbell & Taylor
Attorneys for Mort
gage, Aberdeen,
South Dakota,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
siio Construction.

In an article in Breeders Gazette
Professor Andrew NJ. Soule of the Ten.
nessee experiment station says of the
round silo.
Round silos are sometimes built by
cutting in 2 by as between the up.
rights and running the lining up and
down. A number of silos constructed
after this method that have come un-
der the writer's observation are lines
with but a single layer Of 1 by 8 inch
flooring and, though in use for a mum.
Der of years, are still eminently salts
factory. The lining Of the round silo
Of large diameter is often made of one
layer of matched flooring, though some
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
A WOMAN'S PHILOSOPHY.

There amt no possible good g en-
come o. lendin' money to them s amt
able to pay 1t back.
IS far s my observation 3 extended,
It's always folks a long ways off IS
it's wisest to lay all faults to.
No I'M as g goin' to fall in love
ever ought to begin by marryin' an
other man first. 1t mixes things all up.
IS far s my observation 8 extended,
no n don't ask for advice Mess
they've pretty well made up their mind
not to take ii.
It's better for you to learn the les
son s all is vanity now than to wait
m have 1t fall on your head like a un-
expected pickle jar.
! didn't get my trunk down cause
I'll have Friday to pack anyhow, n
any one en- slide a trunk down a lad
der any time. but nobody can't never
slide nothin' up nowhere.-"Susan
Clegg and Her Friend. Mrs. Lathrop,"
by Anne Warner.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Vfvisection.

There is a knowledge which is heav-
emily. a knowledge which is human and
a knowledge which Is diabolic; there is
a knowledge which Is blessed and a
knowledge which is accused. The first
Ia ennobling and e~leyating and lifts
nan toward God. The second is de-
basing, degrading, ard drags men to-
ward the pit. The knowledge gained
by roofing amid the groans and ago
MES Of living creatures, whom their
Maker and ours put into u power, to
teach US mercy, as he gives mercy to
us, Is such an accursed knowledge that
only demons could seek for 1t, and it
al turn to no human good. Science
so gained Is not for men. but for dew
u.s. Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson In
Success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
QUAINT SWISS FESTIVAL.
How the End of winter and Advent
OF spring Are Celebrated.


Switzerland has long beer known as
the land of festivals rich IN local color,
such as the Feast OF the Vines. in Cam
ton yaud, and the Feast OF the Cows,
In Canton Valais. One OF the quaintest
Of the old Helvetian popular feasts is
the Zurich annual celebration, known
Us the Sechselauten. This curious fete
a toy snow man in commemoration Of
the death Of Winter and the birth Of
Spring.
The festival begins at 3 O'Clock on
the morning of Sechselauten, when q
procession OF gayly attired boys and
girls is formed to escort the snow man
TO the great public square, called Stad-
thausplatz. Boys dressed as pierrots
drag the car on which the portly snow
man stands along the narrow streets of
old Zurich. These pierrots are followed
by companies of knights In armor.
members OF the various guilds in their
respective picturesque costumes, COW
herders, fishermen and clowns, with a
car bearing the emb1ematic figure OF
Spring In the rear.
This figure Of Spring is greeted with
the cheers of the crowd Of onlookers.
who have turned out to make merry
on what to them is the greatest fete
day of the year. Finally the procession
ends It's long march ut the Stadthaus
platz, and the snow man, Familiarity
known as Bogg, is placed on an i'm
mense pile of wood. At this stage the
festivities are interrupted by luncheon,
and the crowd disperses until after
noon, when another and much more i'm
portant function takes place. A pro-
cession of guilds is formed, with each
member dressed In the costume of his
craft, as in medieval times, followed
by a long line Of artistically decorated
men.
Toward the end Of the afternoon the
procession reaches the Stadthausplatz,
where the Bogg is awaiting its doom.
The scene now becomes most pictur-
esque. The crowd Of onlookers, several
thousand strong, gathers round the
Bogg. while the neighboring lake is
dotted with boats filed with people.
Underneath the Bogg stand a mum
Der Of men, torch In hand, all ready TO
put the pile on fire when the signal Ia
given. This signal Is a boon, of bells
from the belfry near by. AS soon as
given the Bogg is In flames. and the
cheering of the people fills the air.
When finally the flames reach the
now man a loud explosion takes place.
SCATTERING the Bogg to pieces. This
is to proclaim to the ~populace that
winter has really passed away and
that spring Is at hand The cheers Of
the crowd increase. while al the
church bells are rung. Thus the festival
comes to an end. and the people of
Zurich return TO their homes to In
dulge In ~banqueting and dancing,
which bring the day to a close. CAT >
and restaurants are Kept open all mig
on this occasion. and the farmers as
sembled from the villages of the can
ton continue their rejoicIngs until L
small hours OF the morning.
The origin OF the Sechselauten Is un-
known, but dates back to the days OF
william Tell and OF other classical
Swiss traditions.-New York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

Give me the money. says a recent
speculative philosopher, that has been
spent In war and / will purchase ev-
cry foot Of land on the globe. | will
clothe every man, woman and chi'A
In nm attire of which kings and queens
would be proud. | will build a schoe
house on every hillside and In every
valley over the whole earth. \
build an academy in every town ard
endow II. a college In every state and
oil It with able professors. viii
crown every hill with q place of wor-
ship consecrated to the PRONUNCIATION
Of peace. 4 will support In every pull
pit an able teacher OF righteousness,
20 that on every sabbath morning the
chime o. n hill shall answer to the
chime on another around the earth's
wide circumference and the voice OF
prayer and the song OF praise should
ascend like a universal holocaust to
heaven.-New York Globe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Concerning oieomargarine

The oleomargarine industry is being
taxed out of existence, says Hoard's
Dairyman. The total output under the
new law for the year ended June 80
was 4S,071,4S0 pounds as against H.
804, 102 pounds In the year ended June
30, 1903. In 1902, under the old law,
the output was 126,312.482. or the
10000 output a tax Of one-quarter of
a cent "a pound was paid on the prod
uct free from artificial colorations, or
all but 1859, 1O2 pounds of the total.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

Many great battles have been fought
In the snow. Eilau and Hohenlinden
being familiar examples. Austerlitz
was fought in intensely cold weather.
and the Russian losses were increased
by Napoleon turning the fire OF his
artillery on the frozen lakes over
which the Russians sought to retreat.
In our civil war Fort Donelson was
captured in February. fredericksburg
was fought In December. Stone River
Dec. 81. 1862, Jan. 2. 1861 and Thomas
defeated and ruined Hoods army at
Nashville on the 18th and 18th Of De-
cember. 1854.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

Where the buyer of dairy cattle has
the yield of milk in view 1t behooves
him to bear in mind that this is a mat
ter that depends on the sire as well
as on the dam. A good milk COW will
not be the mother of good milk cows
IL the bull has not also belonged to a
race of good mixers. This LIS a prin-
ciple of breeding that deserves more
attention than has hitherto been paid
to it.-Professor Hansen Of Bonn, Ger
many.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

The dairyman who keeps full blood
recorded stock can very often sell the
young stock at very remunerative
prices. but there Is a great amount Of
trouble attending this branch Of the
business, says III. w. Phelps IN Nation
a stockman- The bulls are a great
deal OF trouble to keep and properly
cars for, much more than many farm.
- realise when they desire to breed
Their Grade and mixed breeds Of cows
- them. Theirs = no proft IN keeping
. Asighbcrhood ssrvics ball.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

times two layers are used with tar pa
per between, the second layer being
run up and down.
The type Of siio just described In
probably the most efficient. 20 far as
the preservation Of silage Is concerned.
that can be utilized at q moderate
cost. though many who have had ex-
p~erience with 1t do not regard il with
greater favor than the cheaper stave
siio and are opposed to the use Of
building paper, which adds consider.
ably to the cost. The illustration
shows the end view Of a model silo
lined with lath and covered with plas-
tar and cement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

The mix of spayed COWS resembles
that of cows in general which have
been long In milk, which shows a not
able increase in the amount of fat and
sugar and to some extent in the
amount OF casein or cheesy material.
Such milk is often recommended by
physicians as q food for infants
American Cultivator.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
(oct 2O.btn

(oCt 2O.6ul)
State of South Dakota, Ia
In county court,
In the matter of the estate of Jacob
WiCkre, deceased.
Notice Il hereby given by the under.
signed executriN of the estate of Jacob
Wickre deceased, to the creditors Of and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this notice, to
tie said executrix at her residence in the
City of Webster in the County of Day
South Dakota
Dated at Webster, South Dakota, Octo-
Der 18th, 1904.
katrine Wickre,
Executrix of the estate
of Jacob Wickre deceased.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

II il well known that people who are
unable to write usually use for their
signatures the familiar cross or x.
Why this sign il used instead OF any
other Ii not generally known. In times
long gone by the early Christians used
to sign with the ros to distinguish
them from the heathen. Kings ana
mobiles. too. were wont to afix q cross
70 documents, whether they could write
or not, a. q symbol that they pledged
Themselves to the Christian faith and
thus to the truth Of the matter to
which the cross was aflxed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Sale of Indian Lands.

sealed bids for the following described
tracts of inherited ndian lands will be
received by the United States Indian
agent at Sisseton agency, South Dakota,
up to IL o'clock noon of December 20, 1904:
Sci q sec % twp. 12l range 50.
&. b.. Jackson,
u. 5. Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Sale of Inherited Indian Lands.

ISept I-nOV II
Sealed bids for the following
described tracts of inherited Indian lands
will he received by the United States
ndian agent at Sisseton Agency, South
Dakota, up to IL o'clock noon of Novem-
Der q, 1901:
East y southeast a section 2S and south
west u southwest section n and south
west u southeast a section % township
l2irange So.
G. II. Jackson,
u. $. Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17
Sale of Indian Lands.

sept I-dec IT
Scaled bids for the following described
tracts of inherited Indian lands will be
received by the United States Indian
agent at Sisseton agency, south Dakota,
up to II o'clock noon of December LIST, 1904:
Southeast a southwest u section IS
township 123 range ~.
G. Il, Jackson,
US Indian Agent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

~You are rot In It with me-. said the
nightingale. with q superior air. You
can't touch q high note 1t ALL"
'No7" replied the bird OF paradise.
why. eve when I'm dead and en-
balmed On a bonnet III bet I'll come
pretty near touching . fifty dollar notA.
al OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

They say alcohol win clean silver
NJ nicely" remarked The man who a.
QuiceG facts.
~ wia.~ agrse1 ~ rsd noesd indi-
vt1aaL IT cleaned ~ ~ ~ silver."
Rhiladslphia neper1-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

There y entirely too much time TAX
= ~ every DAY trying - bslp thoss
rake " thslF minds WI 6on't know
what they wnnk--Atehisen 03soAI
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-19
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
Regarding Reported Landing of Ma.
rines in San DOMINGO.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-No news was
received ut the state or navy depart
ments. over night. regarding the re-
ported landing of marines il San Do
mingo. 1t is the earnest wish of the
administration that forcible interven-
ton IN san Domingo may be post
pOned until after the ratification of the
Panama treaty. If The Outrages upon
American interests continue, however
it Will lie necessary to put in force at
once the drastic scheme of operations
that has been agreed upon.
The United States, it is especially
stated, does not want San Domingo
IS 4 gift or as Il purchase and these
officials do not propose to permit the
Morale government to force anneXa-
ton upon this country by continuing
" scheme of attacks on our interests.
1t will not surprise the officials to know
that the reported attacks of the revolu-
tionsts have been inspired by the gov
ernment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-02-19
Congressional Notes.

The House committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, Thursday. set
'eb. 2G and 81 as dates for hearings on
nc Philippine shipping bill
The state department has received
ma accepted the resignation of w. |.
buchanan, the American minister to
Panama. No successor has been ap-
pointed
The Senate committee on commerce,
Thursday. authorized u foverable re-
'ort on the nomination of w. ID. Crum
If Charleston. S. c. All the members
"f tho committee We're not present but
there We're a sufficient number of aftir-
NATIVE votes to insure favorable act
ion should all of the abscntees have
their Votes recorded against the nolni-
nation.
The interstate commerce commits
sion Thursday announced that as Il
rosult of it's investigation of the FEAST
hility Of requiring railroads to publish
their tariffs for the movements of ex-
IS domestic traffic it his decided to
:oavc the matter in allegiance for 4,
time. If the Interstate commerce act is
not amended within a reasonable time.
50 as to relieve the commission of the
necessity of requiring much publica-
ton the commission holds that it will
he its duty TO enforce the publication
of imports and export rates in the
mamie. now provided by law by so
far not complied with.