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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
Lucas County.
state Of Ohio. City OF Toledo,

state OF Ohio, City OF Toledo,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
be is senior partner Of the firm Of r.
j. Cheney & Co, doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of
Catarrh that eaunot be cured by the
use Of Hall's CatarFh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me- and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day Of Deeem-
Der, A. d., 1856.
(Seal) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
naliy, and acts directly ON the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
send for testimonials free.
y. J. CHENEY 4 Co, Toledo, o.
Sold BY all druggists, 75e.
Take Halls Family Pills FOR eonsti'
patton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
Carried Tracev,s Gun.

DIR, j. A. Shaw and ID. j. Tarpley
left this morning for Glendale, in
Southern Oregon, where they expect
to spend several weeks hunting large
and small game. DR.. Shaw carried
the famous Winchester rifle which be-
longed to Tracey, the escaped convict,
and if he can use it as well as Tracey,
it is needless to say that his trophies
will be many. Col. Olmstead accom-.
panied them down the line and will
go to Grant $ Pass. He may be per-
suaded to stop off with them and try
hand himself
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
GOODS ADVERTISED
THE CHEAPEST STORE IN THE NORTHWEST.
M'EVOy Brothers. Court St.. Salem
Too Many Shots.

George +. Weston, an old soldier,
who is on his way to the soldiers home
M Roseburg, stopped in Salem to cele-
brate his past deeds of valor by
"tanking up and, in consequence
landed in the county Jail last night,
and was released with a reprimand this
morning by Judge Judah, and sent on
his way rejoicing
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
Episcopal Rummage Sale.

The ladies of the Episcopal church
are conducting a rummage sale in the
Turner block, next door to Harritt &
Lawrence's grocery. All those desiring
to contribute articles will please in
form the committee, at the store, and
the articles will be collected.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
Removal Notice.

c. A. Whale, the well-known music
dealer, has removed his stock of pi'
amos and organs to the j. L. Freeland
store, at 156 State street, where he
will conduct his business for the pres
ent. 9-2S-lwk
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
VIM. Wallace Graham.

The violinist announces that he has
opened his studio at the residence OF
Mrs Skiff, on Liberty street. He will
teach there each Monday. Those wish
ing 10 arrange for lessons may call.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
To Resume Glasses.

Miss Eva f. Cox is now ready to re-
sumo her classes in music, piano, organ
and sight reading studies, 1888 Front
street. 9-2s-3t
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
RSSEEGGINIIAT|SN

Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 1904.
Six years ago had severe attack oi
Inhammatory Rheumatism. was laid ur
IN bed for six months, and the doctors ]
TAD did me no good. They changed med.
icines every week and nothing they pre-
scribed seemed to help me. Finally / be.
gan the use Of S. S. S. My knee and elbow
joints we're swollen terribly, and at one
time my joints were so swollen and pain
full that l could not close them when
opened. l was so bad that ! could not
move knee or foot. was getting discour.
aged, you may be sure, when began S. S
S., but as 1 saw it was helping me contin
ued it, aud to-day am a sound we'll man
and have never had a return Of the disease.
S. S. S. purified my blood and cured me
of this severe case of Rheumatism after
everything else had failed. have rec
commended it to others with good re-
suits. r. II. CHAPMAN.
1855 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03
Marriage License.

A marriage license has been issued
to J. II. Reeves and Miss Leda V.
Buren, with r. II. Holman as witness.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03

The poisonous acids that produce the in
hammation and pain are absorbed into the
blood and Rheumatism can never be con.
quered till these are neutralized and fil.
tered out of the blood aud system. S. SIS.
goes directly into the circulation and at.
tacks the disease itself 1t purifies and ic-
stores the blood to healthy, vigorous
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03

exploded prices compel
that keeping them busy with the hot
Hre persistent low price giving BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT.
YOU KNOW the right goods the right and the
expenses any goods saem you why
best any competition along the line
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03

other strong min.
erals, but is guar
anteed entirely
vegetable. Write
us and our physi.
clans will advis,
with out an J
charge whatever
Our book on Rheu
matism sent free.
mnanv. Atlanta. Ga
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-03

The Edison is the home of vaude.
Vile.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
RAINFALL srAr1sT1cs.

The technical record of the rainfall
of country does not always tell the
truth as to the value Of that section
for agricultural purposes. The bulk Of
such rainfall may come at the wrong
time of year, the dormant season,
when crops are not growing, as it does
in some parts of the south and south
west, and the crop season may be
marked by excessively dry weather.
This condition is very apt to be true
where the average rainfall is less than
twenty inches per annum, the precipi-
tation coming in the form Of winter
rains and SHOWS, which are unayaila-
bic for growing crops in the summer.
Ten inches Of rainfall coming during
the four summer months will make
good crop any year even if the earth is
dry as dust below, provided it be prop
erly distributed and supplemented by
dry weather methods of cultiyating
crops. So while statistics as to rain-
fall are guide they are by no means
infallible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
WIDE TIRES.

A brickmaker having 10000 brick to
deliver at point fifteen miles from
the brickyard loaded up nine ordinary
wagons, strung them together and
hitched on twenty-five horsepower
traction engine. He delivered the brick
all right. and while costing him as much
rs or more than it would have done
to have hauled the loads with teams
because of the very awkward method
of arranging his train he still very
definitely proved that given suitable
wide tired cars or wagons Of three
times the capacity Of the ordinary wag-
on hitched close up to the engine he
could, when the condition Of the dirt
road would permit, very economically
haul heavy loads OF gravel brick, rocik
or earth over common roads a long
distance, and should for every trip so
made be given something for very
valuable work done on the road in
smoothing and compacting the surface.
Our highways should be graveled by
this plan, three wide tired dump cars
holding twelve tons being easily ham
died by such an engine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
A WHITE SLAVE.

He was a city bookkeeper, been one
for nigh on to thirty years, day after
day, year in, year out, adding up end
less columns of figures, writing duns,
crediting remittances in a dingy old Of
fee where sunlight and sentiment nev-
err found admission, at home nights
and Sunday afternoon in the pesk
giving him all there was of living out.
side the office. He knew he was in q
rut and bad one. for while his salary
kept his family in comfort it made q
treadmill slave of him. He writes us
and wants to know how he can better
his condition, for, as he says, he has
neither the capital nor the ability to
climb up and become member OF the
firm and boss other people. He says
that he has saved enough to buy
small place near some town and wants
to take up the growing OF small fruits
and vegetables and keep fowls. AS he
will have to quit before long anyhow,
being close to fifty years old, he had
better do it now and get start be-
fore he gets used up. Such men put
us in mind of an old bus horse which
makes the same trip six times a day
year after year, getting u little poorer
and feebler each year. Sensible man
to think Of quitting, for when he gets
his face tanned, his hands calloused
and goes to the house at night with q
four horsepower backache and a ten
horsepower appetite he will realize that
he has just begun to really live and en-
joy life The white slave Of the Amer.
lean counting room is from our stand.
point to be pitied.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
GARDEN WEEDS.

A little invention of our own has ma
terially aided in the keeping Of the gar
den clean and free from weeds. We
like to cultivate the garden as much
as possible with hand steel rake, kill
ing the weeds when they are very
small, but often found some weeds
which had too much root to give way
to the rake. We took piece of an old
bucksaw blade, the length Of the rake
head and an inch in width. and had it
riveted to the head of the rake; then,
putting knifelike edge on the blade,
we had handy combined rake and
hoe which makes most effective gar
den tool. 1t IS worth trying.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
MAKING HAY.

The making Of the hay often puts
farmer to his wits ends if he has
much to put up. There is probably
more waste connected with the secur-
ing of the hay crop than any other
raised on the farm, and this waste
comes largely from improper stacking.
If hay must be stacked out of doors it
should be put in a large stack, and a
stack cover should be used to protect
the stack until it is completed. Modern
machinery makes it possible to build
the stack Of any desired height. This
building lot Of small stacks all over
the meadow simply results in the loss
of about one-third Of the hay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
GRADING FARMERS.

Farmers may be graded by acres
Eve acre farmers, ten acre men. then
twenty and forty acre fellows, then
those who can handle an eighty or
quarter section, with here and there
one who can swing the business of a
full section. The best farmers are
found among the little fellows, for
their limited acreage compels them to
do better work and raise bigger crops
than their neighbor who has more
acres. 1t is good thing that the large
farm can never be made as profitable
as the sma ner one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

I'VE haze had you brought here to haze
q buSineSSltke talk"
lage nor do the people like the ameer.
They are for the greater part eXiles
from Khiya."
"Then they will not fight for the
ameer?"
mo, nor against him. They wish
only to be let alone"
"How long would it take the boat to
reach Siloon?"
1.-TWO days. By this time they are ut
Silicon, and we could not overtake them,
as the finest camels of the ameer would
be in waiting for them, with guard
of his best soldiers"
SIS it not possible that a caravan Of
rich goods will take advantage of this
escort and go to Bokhara?"
at would be So"
'There would be some delay getting
started"
"The ameer's soldiers would be
afraid to linger."
Then what can be done, Palpak?
We put the matter into your hands,"
Excellent sirs, you promise me
much. One Of y9s saved my life; the
other, Russian officer, releases me,
and l can take the treasure to my
starving people. am grateful. will
do all 1 can to assist you in winning
back the young women. From Silicon
the road to Bokhara is winding. 1t
runs through what is called the Silicon
IVa in, l,ot &c l-n
the KharaboghaZ. A short sail from
here is small village on the coast be-
longing to my people. BY going there
and taking the trail over the mountains
we can reach the Silicon pass at u
point where it will be four days jour-
ney for the caravan. 1t will take us
only three days"
Good. said Harvey. "What them"
1.-THE Zannucks have many causes to
hate the soldiers of the ameer. They
will have fine camels and horses. There
will also be many valuables going to
Bokhara. If there is to be wedding
of prince, there will be great feast
ing, and the ameer will distribute gifts.
Some of these will be in the caravan
My people will follow me to the Silicon
pass"
by the Kharaboghaz do you mean
the Scythian gulf?" asked Harvey.
| Eyes. 1t is what we call the gulf"
''Then our plan is clear. Orskoff, you
and l will go with Palpak in his boat
to this village of his people and ac-
company his warriors to the pass.
Send Nevisky to Silicon with all speed.
If he finds the caravan there, let him
attack and rescue the girls. If the
caravan has gone, let him wait there
for our return. We must go back 10
Silicon if we rescue the girls or there
will be no way Of leaving the coast"
81 will explain the plan to Nevisky,"
said Orskoff.
Nevisky listened with many misgiv-
ings. A Russian officer to release pris.
oners in this manner and to set foot
on forbidden soil! But Orskoff was
his superior officer. He could do moth
ing but obey.
The treasure was placed in Palpak's
sailing vessel, and the four robbers,
with Harvey and Orskoff, the lat, er
fully armed from the stores of the
gunboat, went on board. The gunt eat
steamed away for Silicon, and the 9TH
er boat, with all sail set, started for
Palpak's little village
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

ought to be able to outwit him. First
we must figure out where the girls
probably are now"
where was the ameer's boat when
you saw it?" asked Palpak eagerly.
II cannot say. drifted all day and
half the night before reached the is
land. 1t went in the same direction
drifted."
"They were going to Siloon."
"What is Siloon?"
"The most important port OH the 30.
kharan shore. 1t is not Zannuck vii
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

A wagon will last about six years
!: left to stand outdoors and will last
twice as long If properly housed. Same
rule applies to all machinery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Clay for the sand road and sand fol
the clay road is always in order as o
means Of securing better roads.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

There are two things which it is diff
ficult to teach horses to do-one is tc
walk fast and the other to move o
heavy load slowly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Colorado feeders report net profit
of $40 on steers fed and fitted for mar.
ket on sugar beet pulp and alfalfa.
Whether this profit should be credited
to the pulp or the alfalfa is not stated.
Perhaps it was the happy combination
of the two,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

The dwarf mountain pine is a very
desirable tree for lawn decoration and
is hardy withal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

There is more sense in teaching the
elementary principles of agriculture in
the public schools than there is in
many Of the fads which receive atten.
ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

There is so much difference between
working with well polished, sharp
hoe and q rusty. dull one that we won
der why any one will use the rusty
and dull one. There is only one way
in which to keep the kind of hoe first
named, and that is never to lend it. 1t
should be as unloanable as your razor,
rubber boots and shotgun.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Florida agricultural enthusiasts claim
that they can make pound Of beef or
pork with cassava roots at half the cost
1t can be made in the corn belt. Bring
on the root beef and bacon and let's see
what it is like.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Some peculiar quality connected with
the soil in the valley Of the Hood
river in Washington gives to the straw
berries there raised remarkable keep
ing qualities. permitting the shipment
of the berries to points as distant as
st. Paul in almost perfect condition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

1t is reported that seedless apple
has been developed. If so, it will with
out any doubt be worked to the limit
as a new swindle by fruit tree peddlers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Starvation is and should be the ulti.
mate remedy for the man who can and
won't work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Europe took 100000 barrels Of
American apples last year at good
prices. This year the foreign crop is
good, and the demand on this country
will be light. The crop Of the eastern
states will not be as large as last year,
but of better quality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Sympathy is one Of the divine attri.
butes Of humanity. but it is usually
worse than wasted when applied to the
tramp nuisance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

1t costs about SOS to produce an
acre of we'll cared for onions. The
crop should be as much as 500 bush
els. and one year with another it will
sell for 40 cents per bushel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

We took toll from our strawb. rry
bed for just four weeks this year. The
last were the best on the broad prin-
ciple that blessings brighten as they
take their fight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
CHAPTER XIX.
THE RIDE TO SILICON PASS.

THE RIDE TO SILICON PASS.
|TN1 HE people of the village swarm
4 ed to look ut the strangers,
[ISMN1 who seemed , be Of race
Sszsy thy looked upon as enemies,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Eighty-nine colonies Of the soldier
ants of Guatemala, which make such
short work Of the Mexican boil weevil,
have been received by the agricultural
department and will be released in the
cotton growing sections of the south.
1t will be a great achievement for the
department if this method of extermi-
mating this pest of the cotton fields
proves success, but not more so than
the eradication of the orange scale by
the ladybugs imported from Australia
which saved the orange orchards Of the
Pacific coast.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

OF 36S species of plants tested, the
seeds Of the bean and clover families
longest retained their vitality.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Eggs are now graded as flrsts. sec
onds. thirds and dirties. which grading
means a difference in price of over 5
cents dozen between the best and
the worst.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Good crops of corn may be made
even if it is not knee high by the Fourth
of July. 1t is July and August tropical
warmth which makes this crop, and it
makes very fast when the questions
OF neat AMI moisture are just right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

In Cuba they cut off the timber and
brush, then punch holes in the ground
and plant corn. 1t is never cultivated,
but grows to height Of sixteen feet
and has to be husked by man on a
mule.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

We have one acre Of onions this year
planted on piece Of land which last
year was half in corn and half in
beans. 1t is very easy to note the
effect of these two crops upon the
crop of this year, that part which was
in beans last year being much the
best. Beans are very good fertilizer,
working in the same way as clover.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

The wild instinct in man will never
be entirely obliterated. 1t is always
easier to get the kids to hunt for wild
strawberries than it is to pick tame
ones.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

The crop outlook for the country at
large is not of such character as to
justify the belief that prices for farm
produce will be any lower than they
have been for three years past.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

When the weeds in the cornfeld the
last of June are Us high as the corn
it will pay better to plow up the field
and sow some catch crop, such as mil
let or buckwheat. The land will thus
be got in good shape for crop anoth-
er year. 1t never pays to let the weeds
get the best Of field for any half crop
of anything.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

There is no prettier sight than bass
wood or linden tree in full bloom, the
bloom itself being one Of natures
queer freaks. The little bell shaped
capsules, fragrant as the lily Of the
valley and full of nectar, are great
snap for the bees, and from this tree
they make their best honey.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Politics and agriculture are happily
blended in the congressional distribu.
ton Of seeds. How many Legislators
would lose their jobs were it not fol
the seeds 1t is hard to tell, but this
much is true-the seeds are worth more
in political than IN agricultural way,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02
The individual excellence OF the
grade sire will seldom justify its use.

Texas is Dragging. as much. on her
crop Of Elberta peaches Us on her cot
Con crop.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

There Is no more attractive lawn
shrub than clump Of common elder
berry bushes. They do not sucker bad,
ly, have very delicate and pretty
foliage and are of singular beauty
when covered with masses of white
bloom or later with their rich purple
clusters of berries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Disaster beset the nest building eff
forts Of the birds around our home this
year. A song sparrows nest in the
little cedar was visited too often by
the little folk. and the bird moved her
quarters. A robins nest was despoiled
by the blue jays, which sucked the
eggs, while doves nest was raided by
house rat and the young killed. Bird
life is full of tragedy from beginning
to end.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

A case where the laws are utterly i'm
potent is that of friend of ours who
had pair of pet gray squirrels killed
by a town poacher while the family
was absent from home. We had the
same mean game played on US some
years ago with some red squirrels
which were the children's pets. A pub
lie whipping post would fit this and a
few other offenses which are common,
such as wife beating and manning do
nestle animals.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

The NJ. E. church at West Liberty is
being rebuilt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

A man in New Jersey comes to the
front with strawberry Of new va
riety which measures three inches in
diameter and weighs one-fifth of a
pound, which seems to us like quite
OVERRIDING the strawberry business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

Wheat yielding forty bushels an acre
and weighing sixty pounds to the BUSH
ell has been grown 800 miles northwest
OF st. Paul, MINI. There is almost no
limit to the wheat growing territory of
the far northwest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-02

It is curious and rather unusual
fact in natural history that the chinch
bug will leave the growing corn to feed
on foxtail grass, being case where
one mean thing has a natural affinity
for another.