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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
Poultry Pickings.

Mix the corn well with skim milk.
Old plaster furnishes good lime ma
terial.
When a chick frequently picks itself
it is lousy.
Late Matched pullets will rarely Law
until spring.
Hardness is the first of all qualities
to seek in a breed.
In raising broilers for market earli-
ness is quite an item.
Food should be varied sufficiently 10
keep the chicks with a good appetite.
Poultry will bring in the quickest
returns Of anything usually raised on
farm.
The larger the number Of fowls
kept the smaller the expense proper.
tionately.
Geese require less grain and less
expensive buildings than any other
variety Of poultry.
The incubator will hatch as MANY
fertile eggs as the hen at a much less
cost of labor and trouble.
A variety of food will not cost any
more than one article all the time, but
it pays good deal better.
If too many hens are allowed to run
with one cock there is always a risk
of some Of the eggs proving unfertile.
Feeding broken oil cake to fowls
twice week will often promote lay
ing when other foods fail to give good
results.
The production of feathers in either
young or old fowls will be materially
assisted by liberal supply of bone
and shell.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
EXPECT DOLLAR WHEAT.
Big Eastern Washington Farmers
Holding Crop.


Tacoma, Oct. 26.-State Grain In
spector Arrasmith, who has just come
home from long trip east of the
mountains. says that 60 per cent of tho
new seasons crop of wheat has passed
out of the growers hands. The lack
of cars has prevented great deal of
this from being moved from East side
granaries. While most of this wheat
was purch ased for shipment to Eastern
cities, ON account of the delay caused
by the car shortage change in market
conditions may now result in the grain
coming to the sound for export across
salt water.
Well-to- do farp ers of the Inland EN-
pire, Mr.. Arrasmith says, are not only
holding their wheat, but some of them
are buying up all they can get hold of
and are holding it for speculation. w.
H. Babcock, who owns one of the
biggest wheat ranches in Eureka fiat
district, is holding all of his large
crop, and has already bought outright
$4,000 bushels. He intends to hold
for 81 a bushels, to which figure he
believes wheat will go before the next
crop is harvested Mr. Arrasmith says
the yield of wheat for the past year
was not more than 81, 900, 900 bushels
and not less than 26,OOO,OOO bushels.
The high prices ruling for grain have
made many of the wheat growers of
Washington and Oregon, who have
heretofore been in moderate circum-
stances, comparatively we'll off.
Mr.. Arrasmith says conditions for
seeding have been rather poor this fall.
The lack of moisture has been the chief
trouble. Farmers are all endeavoring
to SOW more wheat this year than at
any time heretofore.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
Prepare to Take Timber Claims.

Grants Pass, Or, Oct, 62.-Prepa-
rations are being made by the prospec-
tive settlers and swquatters for great
rush into the Southern Oregon forest
lands, which are to be thrown open for
entry and sett lement in the near fu-
ture. These lands cover a vast area in
Josephine, Jackson and Curry counties.
While much of it is mountainous and
some of it covered with sparse timber,
the greater portion is of fir and pine,
with considerable sugar pine. These
lands were withheld from entry by or
der from Washington several years ago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
Using the Surplus Apples.

While sun-lried apples bring only
212 to 3h cents per pound, evaporated
apples command six cents. When 4
fair profit is assured. as it must be by
the general Introduction of improved
evaporatOrs and modern methods for
utilizing the lower grades of fruit. we
may look for Il great increase in or
charding. and as result. greater pros
perity for the mountain region, where
our best apples are grown. The eX-
perience of practical apple growers in
the Northern States seems to show
that on "A commercial scale no evap.
orator will pay which turns out in a
days run of ten hours less than three
hundred pounds of dried fruit In
practice it is customary to keep evap.
orator going night and day during the
season.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
Ducks Are Profitable.

California lady says: | believe
there is greater profit and quicker re-
turns from ducks than any other fowl
The others are all good, but ducks
take the lead. | set twelve eggs and
got ten ducks, and they grew very
rapidly. l gave them bread and milk,
ground wheat and bran made rather
wet. | always put in a pan Of water,
as l notice they cannot swallow well
without water. l filled little pond
with several buckets Of water and the
ducks swan there every day and
caught flies. They grew very fast. |
feed them night and morning with
barley and wheat placed in a dish Of
water 1t Is best not to let the small
ducks have any more water than
enough to put their bills in. I hear
people say it is impossible to raise
geese and ducks without pond Of
water. but have done so several diff.
ferent years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
will Instruct Real Farmers.

Pullman, Oct. 26.-The ten weeks
school for farmers which proved such
a success when held several years ago
at the state agricultural college, is to
be revived this year at the college.
The school will begin in January and
will only be for practical farmers.
Among the branches to be taken up
will be dairying, fruit raising, stock
breeding and horticulture.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
LUMBER FOR PANAMA.
Beilingham Bay Company Gets Big
Contract.

Bellingham, Oct. 60 The Belling.
ham Bay Improvement Company's big
lum Der mill has scored victory over
Southern pine lumbermen in receiving
the award from the United States gov
eminent of the contract to furnish
lum Der for the Panama canal.
The first order, representing only a
small part of the total amount to be
used on the canal, is for 2,02S 900 feet
and will be delivered at Ancon, on the
isthmus of Panama, and be carried on
the Kosmos line of vessels. The big
mill has already begun running over
time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
Potato Crop of the Year.

Reports from all Of the main potato
producing sections indicate. in the
aggregate, fair crop. In some sec
tons the blight has been very severe,
but, generally speaking. the crop will
be fairly satisfactory. Bearing in mind
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31

exercise. and with such a room with
an earth floor they will not be likely
to soil the beds Of the sleeping room.
In the illustration 90 indicate the
troughs, b the feeding floor, c the
earth floor and d the sleeping room.
The complete pen Is shown at the
bottom of the cut.--lndianapols
News.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31

in either end of the pole and it is tied
at one end to the ring in the halter.
and at the other end to the strap or
rope about her body. The strap from
the back to the tail prevents any slip
ping of the middle strap and the APP
pliance is absolutely secure. making
it impossible for the COW to reach her
udder with her mouth. The illustration
clearly shows the idea.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31
To Kill Cabbage Worms.

Mr.. Brammer, Of South Dakota,
says: When You see signs of worms
put on your wash boiler with pail
Of soft water in it. Shave Il half bar
of soap into the water in the boiler
and add three tablespOonfuls Of kero.
sene. Let it boil thoroughly TIL al the
soap is fully dissolved and the oil
fully incorporated into the mixture,
and then fill the boiler with soft
water. Fill your sprinkler and sprinkle
the cabbage and perhaps you will not
have to go over them again.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-10-31

the trouble experienced with the
tubers quickly rOtting during storage,
last winter. hOusekeepers will be Il
little cautious about laying in a supply
for winter. so it seems to be good adj
vice to urge the sale of the main crop
rs soon after digging as possible if a
fair price can he had. Especially does
this seem good Judgment where one
has no place for storing the crop on
the farm while waiting for better
prices
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

RICARDO DE CASABOVAs
Catholic Archbishop and Political Dictator
Of Guatemala.)
man acquired fame as an authority on
civil law.
In 1887 he found himself arrayed
against Justo Ruflno Barrios. up for
reelection as president of the republic.
and they became engaged in con-
troversy which resulted in the young
lawyer DOMINIC q monks garb and
sweeping the public plaza at the COM
mand of the president.
Instead of illuminating tho young
man and extinguishing his opposition.
this action of Barrios' spurred him on.
He wore the garb not only for the day.
but forever. He spent several years in
preparation, was ordained q priest, and
in time was appointed bishop and arch
bishop. To-day he Is at the head Of
the Catholic church in the republic.
His position gives him power. which
In Latin country exceeds by far that
Of men in his position in Anglo-Saxon
lands. He has always been arrayed
against the government, and has been
banished several times for his stand.
Recently he came out in favor Of tho
reelection of Manual Estrada Cabrera
for president, and his action assured
that official of another term in ONCE.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
HE KNOWS NOT FEAR
ADJUTANT GENERAL OF COLO
RADo A BORN FIGHTER.
Leader Of the State Troops Is the Most
Hated and Feared and Bravest
Man in the Centennial
State.
Cripple Creek (Col.) Special.

Cripple Creek (Col) Special
Mr.. w. B. Kenny, correspondent Of
the Chicago Journal, says that the most
hated, most feared and bravest man in
Colorado to-day is Gen. Sherman M.
Bell, adjutant general Of the state troops
and in command of the strike affected
district.
Gen. Bell was born just 300 years too
late. In the days Of chivalry he would
have been as famous as D'Artagnan. He
would have made an ideal swashbuckler
in slashed doublet, plumed hat and hose,
with an ever ready, ever restless sword
at his side.
Bell was born in the district which he
now rules as car. He was mine su-
perintendent for years, and good one.
But, above all, he was a born soldier-a
fighter. So when the rough riders were
enlisted superintendent" Bell became
trooper" Bell.
II l had to storm fortified city with
one man, want that man to be Trooper
Bell" is the tribute Roosevelt paid to
the young Coloradoan in his book, ''The
History of the Rough Riders"
Bell demonstrated his fearlessness and
grit in that war. A wagon turned over
on him and he was ordered to the hos
pital. AS the rough riders went up the
hill somebody saw tall. lank figure
race down on the line, pass it, turn and
| wave his hat.
Didn't order you to the rear! ex-
claimed Col. Roosevelt, sternly, when
San Juan was taken.
Eyes. sir. but you didn't order me to
stay there"
Bell has been adjutant general Of the
state for IA months, and he hasn't had
an hours peace in all that time. II he
has not been in mining camps Quelling
instructions he has been heading off
election riots in the cities.
II the miners fear him, the general
public is inclined to laugh at him. but
none has ever doubted his courage,
while those who know him admire his
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
CAPT. DlcKINS PROMOTED.
Well Known Naval omcer Ii Appoint
ed Rear Admiral by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Washington ID. CO. Special.

Washington ID. CO. Special.
Capt. Francis w. Dickins, command
ant OF the navy yard, League Island.
Pa, has been appointed . rear admiral
in the navy to I'LL the vacancy caused
by the retirement of Rear Admiral J. ].
Read, chairman of the lighthouse board.
Admiral Dickins il especially we'll
known to the people Of Washington
through his long residence in that city.
having been assistant chief Of tho bu-
reau Of navigation for several years
under 4 former regime. Born In New
York, he was appointed to the navy
from Connecticut in September, 1861.
and served creditably throughout tho
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

boy, watched them day after day. The
transportation idea lodged in his mind
then. His first ambition was to be a
wagon boss or stage driver. A few
years later ]. Sterling Morton, after
ward a member of President Cleve-
lands cabinet, gave Paul the alterna-
tive of a college education or bust
uess position. The boy chose the lat
ter. At the age of 16 he was clerk
In the land department Of the Burling-
ton system. His pay was SIC month.
There he learned the Importance Of the
railroad as the chief agency in settling
and developing new country.
In 1873 he was advanced to desk
in the general freight Office Of the
Burlington road at Platsmouth, Neb.
In less than q year he was transferred
10 the headquarters Of the company in
Chicago, where he was made a junior
clerk. Four years later, on the day
be was q years old, he was appointed
assistant general freight agent OF the
system. In 1886 he became, at the ur-
gent request of the directors, general
passenger agent with full charge Of the
passenger traffic Of the company.
It was while he was in that position
that the great strike of engineers and
dremen occurred, paralyzing 1900 miles
of railroad. This was the longest and
most bitterly contested railroad strike
in the country up to that time. It lasted
about a year. Mr.. Morton was assigned
the task of supplying the press Of the
country with all necessary information
concerning the strike, in addition to the
work of bringing about settlement. It
was finally accomplished, but it left the
company's business in a depleted condi-
zion.
Mr.. Morton was then placed in charge
Of the freight interests Of the Burling-
ton. He remained with the company
until 1890, resigning to engage in the
coal and iron business, having been
elected president Of the largest mining
organization in Iowa and Illinois, in ad-
dition to which he was vice president of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company. In
1895 he was elected to his present posi-
hon, and is in charge of the commercial
affairs Of the Atchison system.
Mr.. Morton is a good after-dinner
speaker and entertaining conversation
alist, and a favorite - the higher social
circles of the county,. He married in
1880 Miss Charlotte Goodridge. They
have two daughters.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
MORTON IN CABINET.
ILLINOIS NAN rs APPOINTED
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
Gained Fame in Business Circles 90
q Successful Railroad Manager
son Of a Once Famous
Democrat.
Chicago Special.

Chicago Special.
The business men of Chicago and the
west profess to be pleased with the ap-
pointment of Paul Morton to the navy
portfolio, although the new secretary
vas . democrat until very recently.
Like favors like" and men who are
close enough to Paul Morton to know his
traits say that it was the most natural
thing in the world that President Roose
welt should be attracted by this vigorous
young railroad official of the west. While
Paul Morton is not the counterpart of
Theodore Roosevelt, the two have many
characteristics in common.
when Paul Morton thinks he ought
to do thing he does it regardless Of
what others think, and thus he has Of
ten taken positions concerning traffic
affairs entirely in opposition to the
opinions Of older heads on competing
roads," said a Chicago man high up
in railroad circles. II am told that 1t
Is this very trait Of character which
is admired by Roosevelt, who has con-
fidence in the caliber of the man." said
this railroad official.
Much of the splendid success Of tho
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
has had since it emerged from bank
ruptcy is due to the ability and sound
judgment with which Paul Morton, as
second vice president, has managed
the traffic affairs of the company.
Paul Morton Is the son Of the late
]. Sterling Morton, Of Nebraska, who
was secretary of agriculture under
President Cleveland. He was born in
Detroit in 1857. while his mother was
visiting in that city. Soon after the
event she returned to her Nebraska
home. The old California trail across
the sparsely inhabited territory was
crowded at that time with freight
trains drawn by mules westward
bound to the Eldorado beyond the
mountains. AS the prairie schooners
passed by the Morton home Paul, .
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

many good qualities even as they realize
his faults.
Bell is nearly six feet tall, lean, sin
ewy, a trained athlete, quick as flash
In his movements, and straight az a
ramrod. He has clear, cold blue eyes,
his skin is white. his hair and eyebrows
black as midnight. His nose is large, but
we'll formed; his mouth hard and firm.
But his character talks loudest In his
Jaws. They close with snap when he
talks and they show a determination
that overcomes the impossible.
Bell has no imagination, no idea of
humor. He is brusque, even rough, and
makes a sad muddle Of diplomacy. When
he says anything he uses few words, and
he is brutal in his frankness But one
cannot doubt the mans sincerity, one
cannot but feel that he is answering in
his devotion to duty as he sees 1t.
The newspapers have called him every
name in the catalogue. Has he resented
it? Not bit. The men who are writing
the meanest things about him are re-
ceived cordially and given every atten-
/tion. He is a boy, buoyant, cheerful,
restless and irl esistable. He is a creature
Of impulses-you never know what he Is
going to do or say next. He announces
an opinion ana you see the absolute
hopelessness Of arguing: You say in
your paper with a few tart comments on
the generals pig-headed obstinacy. But
he only laughs. "You know how to
write for papers," he says, Il do not.
do know how to run a military camp,
though"
Dozens Of stories illustrating Bells
courage are tcld. have seen him ride,
unarmed and alone, at midnight through
the toughest district Of the mining camp.
have seen him walk into dense throng
Of men who thirsted for his blood, seize
q man wanted" for arrest, and march
him out-and not even penknife did
he have.
One night secret service man report
ed that band of strikers was discussing
Bells assassination in hall at Cold
field. An kour later Bell was missed.
His staff, alarmed, summoned a detail.
They knew where to look for him.
A strikep arrested afterward said Bell
had kicked in the door Of the room in
which they we're assembled, and, I'M
armed, strobe into the center Of them.
what the devil do you men mean by
meeting in secret, after orders against 1t
we're issued? Get out Of here, every one
of you, or I'll lock you up"
And the men got out, too. Dozens of
them lad sworn to kill him, yet when
they had him, helpless, before them,
they went home like naughty children
with I scolding.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
VICTOR H. METCALF.
(Mr. Cortelyou's Successor as Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor)

was admitted to practice in the supreme
court of Connecticut in 1876, practiced
law at Utica for two years and then
moved to Oakland, CAL, where he
formed a law partnership with George
D. Metcalf.
He was q member Of the Mccall spe-
cial committee, which during the clos
ing days of the recent session investt-
gated the relations of msmbers OF con-
gress with the post Office department.
Representative Metcalf is the first
Californian to be appointed in the cabi-
net of President Roosevelt. At the be-
ginning Of his first administration.
President Mckinley appointed Mr.. Nc
Kenna as attorney general. He had
known Mr.. McKenna when they both
served in the house together, Mr.. Nc
Kenna from California and Mr.. Nc
Kinley from Ohio. Mr.. McKenna did
not remain long as attorney general
when he was appointed to the supreme
court, being succeeded by John w.
Griggs, of New Jersey.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
CUATEMALA's ARCHBISHOP.
Stirring Life Of Central American.
Churchman Whose Power II
Politics II Paramount,
Guatemala C. ~ Special.

Guatemala C. ~ Special.
The South and Central American
countries are famed Al the home Of rev.
olutions, and the Inhabitants are known
as quick-blooded people, impatient Of
rule and always ready for q change. It
is equally true that this section Of the
world is full Of romance and marvellous
careers which have not yet been done
to death by novelists and other writer's.
A romantic story, ready made, and
strange in its development, IL that Of
Ricardo de Casabova, archbishop OF
Guatemala. His power within his own
domain Is peculiar.
Born Of good family in 1857, he was
educated for the bar, and while young
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

Illinois Congressman Who May Succeed
Secretary Hay)
among political leaders, there developed
talk that Secretary Hay was contemplate
ing taking a seat in The Hague tribunal.
q position which would be in keeping
with his diplomatic dignity and would
give him that leisure which he desires.
It is understood that in the event Sec
rotary Hay concludes to resign Mr.. Hit
will be the presidents choice for his sue
cessor. This was the general idea Of
public men who were seen last night at
the Annex.
Congressman Lands, of Indiana, was
emphatic in his statement that Mr.. Hit
could not be improved upon as possible
secretary Of state.
Il have been in the committee on for
eign relations for two years with Mr..
Hitt," he said to Chicago Tribune re-
porter. "You cannot quote me too strong
ly on his fitness for any position. Mr..
Hit is walking cyclopedia Of facts and
history. His mental attainments are
marvellous, and his brilliancy in diplom-
acy can be compared only to the CID
king of Denmark. There is no one in
this country would place above Mr..
Hit in ability to fill the position" =
1.-THE Illinois man is both capable and
competent" said ex-Gov. Long, Of Mas
sachusetts. His experience In the ma
tional house of representatives at the
head of foreign affairs would fit him ad-
mirably for the position"
There is no question that Mr.. Hit
would make an excellent secretary Of
state" said Senator Dryden, Of New Jer-
sey. HE Is a man Of unquestioned
ability"
"Of course Mr.. Hit is a good man for
the place." said ex-Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith. II think II the
presidents choice fell on him It would
meet with general approval"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
WILL HIT SUCCEED HAY3
Report Among Republican Leaders
That ulinoisan May Become
Secretary Of State.
Chicago Special.

Chicago Special.
One Of the results of the choice OF
Senator Fairbanks for second place on
the republican ticket may be the placing
Of Congressman Robert r. Hit in the
cabinet as secretary Of state at the be-
ginning Of President Roosevelt's Sec
Ond term.
It has been known for long time that
the present incumbent of that Office,
John Hay. has been anxious to retire to
q position demanding less of his time
and thought and to devote some years to
the work Of writing down his ideas on
the worlds diplomacy and modern his
tory.
This rumor attained something Of the
complexion of truth in Chicago, when.