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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
To Stop Work. and Sport.

The ministers of Pembina county
propose to put a stop to the practice of
threshing, cutting grain, and shooting
chickens on Sunday, or know the rea-
son why. In series of resolutions
adopted by them. and signed by nearly
all the pastors in Pembina county, it is
recited that it has been divinely or
dained that one day be kept as a holy
day; that experience has proven that
this is beneficial to man, and that the
rest is necessary to his welfare; that
the state legislature has enacted laws
making it obligatory to cease from all
business, labor and sport on that day;
and that ''these laws are being openly
violated by various parties by keeping
open their places of business, harvest
ing. threshing, and engaging in other
forms of labor, and also by engaging
in sports, such as hunting, baseball,
etc"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Bold Robbery.

One Of the boldest robberies ever
committed in the state was perpetrated
on the Great Northern westbound flyer
at point just west of Larimore.
An old man named Perry, who lives
at Butte, and who was accompanied
by his daughter, was the victim. As
he approached the end of the car in
which he was passenger, one of four
men at the door asked him if he could
change twenty-dollar bill. Perry re-
piled that he could, and pulling out a
bunch of bills, started to select $40 in
change. While thus engaged, another
of the men grabbed the money. The
men stepped into the vestibule, and
Perry was driven back in the car at
the point of revolver, and there was
a display of firearms as other passen-
gers stepped to the vestibule.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Toilets Of Ants.

A naturalist has been making OBJ
servations on the toilets Of certain ants,
and has discovered each insect goes
through the most elaborate additions.
They are not only performed by herself,
but by another, who acts for the time as
lady's maid. The assistant starts by
washing the face Of her companion, and
then goes over the whole body. The at
titude of the ant that is being washed is
one Of intense satisfaction. She lies
down with all her limbs stretched loose
ly out; she rolls over on her side, even
her back, perfect picture Of ease. The
pleasure the little insect evinces in being
thus combed and sponged is really en-
ioyable to the observer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Took q Sparkler.

A well dressed woman who lives in
the city visited the jewelry store of
Frank v. Kent. at Grand Forks, and
asked to DO shown some diamond rings
She was waited on by = young clerk,
and while his back was turned she re-
placed diamond ring valued at $3.50
With phony ring, and soon after left
the store without making purchase.
The substitution of the cheap ring and
the loss of the valuable one was dis.
covered before she had gone black,
and she was followed into another
store and accused of the theft. She
stoutly denied it, but when an officer
visited her home she broke down and
admitted her guilt. She claimed, how
ever, that she had thrown the ring
away after being accused of its theft.
1t is understood that restitution will
be made, and that there will be no
prosecution in such event.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
DANGER IN HIS JOB.
FARLEY TALKS OF HIS LIFE As
A STRIKE BREAKER.
Love Of Adventure Caused Him to
Take Up His Queer Occupation
Il Hated by Union Work
men Everywhere.
New York Special.

New York Special.
James Farley, acknowledged head OF
IN army of experienced strike-break-
ers. Is now in New York, whittier he
was called by the officials of the ele-
waited road systems which were threat
ened with strike. When asked about
himself Farley said:
ct was an accident, in a way, that
made me take up the business of break
ing strikes. During the car strike in
Brooklyn, in 1895. was employed as
sort of foreman over small number
of non-union men. That was the first
time l ever had anything to do with
fighting a strike. The excitement
pleased me, and when the strike was
broken Is of the men who had gone
with me on cars through the crowds
asked me to take their names and ad-
dresses and call upon them again the
next time was mixed up in strike.
This request showed me that there are
a large number of men always ready
to go long ways simply to get into
q fight.
"Since then my records show over
10000 men have worked with me at
strike-breaking in the last nine years.
A great many of these men, Of course,
have married and settled down and
now lead quiet lives. They are out OF
the strike-breaking business"
The most vicious mobs he had en-
countered, he said, were in Waterbury
and other New England towns, but the
most deadly were met with in Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia. When asked to de-
scribe his narrowest escapes, he said
in his quiet way to the New York
World reporter:
t'The closest shave I ever had was
when went to Scranton, Pa, few
years ago to end a strike. We started
to run car past place called Mud
town, mining village. We were told
that we never would get the cal
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
RICH MATRIMONIAL PRIZE.
Miss Bertha Krupp Who Has q For.
tune of 1925, 600, 900 and Is
Handsome Besides.
p..,,. 1c..,.,,,> c,..,,,

Berlin Germany Special.
Miss Krupp, who on the death of her
father became chief proprietor OF the
world-famed Krupp works. at Essen. in
Germany, is the richest girl in the
world. A great deal Of the artillery
Of Russia and Japan, France, Germany
and Italy was manufactured at the
Krupp works: and during the South
African war England had to apply to
the Krupp works to supply urgently
needed weapons. Practically every
gun on every Russian and Japanese
warship has been constructed in the
Krupp works, and similarly every gun
mounted on every German warship and
every Italian warship bears the Krupp
trademark. Sweden and Norway, Den
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Acquitted.

The term of district court in Mercer
county ended by the dismissal of the
case of the State VS.. Houser. The de-
PENDANT was charged with murder, he
having shot and killed a neighbor with
whom he had a dispute over trespass-
ing cattle. The evinence showed that
the man who was killed was the ag-
gressor, and had pursued the defendant
with whif1etree and knife. After
the testimony was all in for the state
the judge directed the jury to bring in
verdict of not guilty.
There was also charge of murder
against an Indian woman for killing
her husband, but as the justice of the
peace who had committed the defend
ant had not sent up the papers to the
district court. the case was dismissed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29

mensely happy" Her girlhood has
been spent at Cannes, where her moth
er has villa noted for it's beauty, and
at her brothers palace in Mecklenburg-
schwerin. Her eyes are brown, her hair
is light and she is tall and slight. Her
disposition is sweet, and her tastes do
nestle. She is a good housekeeper and
is said to be firm believer in "Kirche,
Kinder, Kuche' (church, children,
kitchen), as the fields for woman's
work. It is said the crown prince pro-
posed across table while slipping a cup
of tea with the young duchess.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29


through Midtown, because the miners
would hang us, If necessary. took a
force of IS Italians to clear away
the distractions that I knew would
be piled on the tracks. When I set
the gang to work one of the citi-
zens of Midtown, a big miner, who de-
clared he was justice of the peace,
arrested the foreman of the gang on a
charge Of obstructing the highway.
''Then the crowd set up yell for
Bob McKenna. McKenna, I was told,
had been member Of the Molly Nc
CURES, and when the superintendent Of
the car company heard the yell for Nc
Kenna, he. knowing the man, told me
to get back to Scranton as fast as
could. told him that We would run
the car to the end Of the line. '
1.-THE crowd by this time was yelling:
Lynch Farley!'
when we got short distance out
Of Midtown I saw the mob crossing Z
bridge, evidently to head me of. j
jumped into bunch Of laurel bushes
alongside the track, to hide my foot
prints in the snow, and started up the
mountain. When I got to the top
saw two mobs converging toward me-
each one coming up opposite sides Of
the hill. Each mob began to shoot
but their bullets didn't reach me. .s.s
81 kept going ahead until I found
straight down to the river. For. q
minute or two I thought It was ali
up with Farley. Finally saw little
railroad along the side of the bluff used
for taking coal out of a mine. made
q jump of ten feet and reached the
road in time to board passing train
of coal cars. On this I rode q mile
was in charge of some of my men.
II told the motorman to get out OF
the place as fast as he could. But Nc
Kenna, knowing where would leave
the coal train, had taken peddler's
team and with three Of his gang had
driven by short cut to head me on
Just as we were starting the car, he
drove up at gallop. With pistol in
each hand he told me to surrender
Some Of my guards leveled their shot
guns at him and he lacked the nerve
to shoot, but, driving his wagon ahead
he pulled around squarely across the
track. Still pointing his guns at me
he told us to surrender.
''The motorman was quick-witted. He
swung the controller all the way
around. giving the car every ounce Of
power in the wire, and then jumped
back into the car to get out Of the way
Of the smash-up. The car hit the
wagon. throwing 1t high into the all
and tossing McKenna and his mel
over q fence"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Weeds.

Foxtail grass, weeds and other nox-
ious vegetation adorn the roadsides of
all North Dakota, helping to scatter
Injurious seeds in cultivated fields. The
experiment has been tried in Walsh
county of sowing bronze grass seed
along the road, and the result has been
that wherever it was done the bronze
grass grew luxuriantly and drove out
the foxtail. On all waste land, given
over to weeds and noxious grasses. the
experience of seeding with bronze is
believed to be profitable one as a
great deal of good hay can be grown
from this grass on small amount OF
land.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
WILL BE GERMAN EMPRESS
Young Duchess wooed BY German
Crown Prince Is Pretty, Rich
and Good Housekeeper.
Berlin Germany Special

Berlin Germany Special.
Duchess Cecilia. the bride of the
crown prince of Germany, is IL years
old. Her only brother is grand duke OF
Mecklenburg- Schwerin, and her eldest
sister is the wife of the Danish crown
prince. She is pretty and clever, and
was described by her future husband the
other day as Sensible and charming
young woman, who had made him ''im.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Narrow Escape.

Lyons & Miller's threshing rig, near
Steele, had a narrow escape from de-
struction by fire. Sparks from the en-
CINE ignited the straw pile, and only
double-quick work on the part of the
crew saved the separator from burn
ing. The straw stack was entirely
consumed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Moles Lay Eggs.

In geological circles the prevalent
opinion is that this mole is link BE-
tween birds on the one hand and NAM
mails on the other. These "lowest" quad
rupeds lay eggs like birds, the young be-.
ing subsequently Matched from the eggs.
whereas in the kangaroos and all higher
mammals the young are born alive and
nourished by means of milk.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
The Automobile in France.

French military authorities are
alarmed because of the decrease Of
horses resulting from the craze for au-
tomobiling and are Offering q prize for
the best type Of automobile military
eart
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
First seedless Orange Tree.

The parent tree Of all the seedless
oranges of the United States may be
seen in the orangery Of the agricultural
department, Washington. It came from
Bahia, Brazil. Buds from the Brazilian
tree were grated upon native plants,
and as these became sturdy the depart
ment sent specimens 70 Florida and
California.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29
Professional Wedlock.

It must be rather trying to be mar
ried to an emotional actress and have
her clutching you by the throat at three
o'clock in the morning and shouting in
q hoarse stage whisper:
"Slave, didst lock the kitchen door?
The key-where is It? Quick! I'll
strangle thee. Didst lay the milk can
on the outer battlements? Aye, my
dear, I'm mad!"-Pittsburg Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-29

Always Up and Doing.
Borrower says he is always Fsady
to do his best"
"sure. He'd do his best friend"-
Brooklyn TimeA.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
WE MUST ASSIST NATURE.
"What to Do After Planting" Dis
cussed by Prof. n. E. Van
Deman, Promologist.

1t is far too common to see fruit trees
and many other valuable costly things
planted and then left to their fate, or
nearly so. Some people seem to have the
idea that their duty is done when they
set things in the ground; that Mother
Nature will do the rest. Nature does do
great deal for us, and, PROBABLY, far
more than We often deserve, but we must
not presume too much upon her efforts.
We have only begun our duty. Like the
mother who has the infant in her arms
it is to be made by her, very largely.
whatever it will be in future life. 1t
must be fed and trained. So must the
tree or plant.
In the first place, supposing the soil is
fairly rich and the planting has been
done properly, which is very often not
the case, there should be nothing like al
lowing the soil to become hard. This it
will do in short time if not given prompt
attention. The spring rains are usually
abundant, and this fact alone will cause
the soil to pack, and when dry spell
comes, it will bake on top, if it is not
prevented. The best thing is good TIL
lage. By this l mean the tillage of the
entire surface between the trees or
plants. Many act on the theory that a
little space about them is all that is nee
necessary to keep loose, which Isl serious
mistake. Capilarity works laterally as
we'll as vertically. A hard space, where
the moisture is escaping into the air very
freely, will draw upon the soil next to it,
If it be moist. That is just what occurs
in cases where little patches are kept
grassy yard. It will be so anywhere that
all the land is not under thorough til
lage.
If farm or garden crop must be grown
between the trees, as Is often wise and
proper to do, let it be one that shall be
we'll titled for several months, beginning
in the springtime. In any case, stir the
surface frequently, but not very deep.
This is the true principle of tillage, for it
is to conserve the soil moisture. Plow
under weeds if necessary, but aim to new
er let them get large enough to need it.
w oSSA tIO yOuhS opiOuIS tud" Will
finally be branches, and rub or cuf away
those not needed. This is much Better
than to allow them to get large and then
have to cut them off, to the injury of the
tree in some degree. A sin never COM
mitted does not have to be repented of,
and so with that tree: one not allowed to
grow right into bad shape does not have
to be righted.
Keep the insects and fungus diseases
off by spraying while things are young,
if there is any need of it, and there often
is more than we are apt to think. In
short, live with what you have planted.
know what it is doing and needing
Prof. H. E. Van Deman, in Rural World.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02

2 3-inch bolts, 1 whole trace chain.
Any kind of straight brush will do
but brush that grows in thickets is
best. Select brush two to three inches
at butt end and seven to eight feet
long. The drag is made as shown in
the cut. Take two pieces 2 by by II.
and bore holes to match in each;
first, bore a hole about 6 inches from
the ends, here use the 6-inch bolts
Bore a hole 2 feet each side of CEN
ter, here use the finch bolts. Cut
notches in the brush about inches
from butt ends, wide enough to fit
over the 2 by piece. 1t is best to
notch some off both sides, the object
being to keep brush from pulling out Of
drag. Place the brush as close as can
be crowded conveniently between the
2 by by IL until full, then put each
end of trace chain on inside bolts.
chain to be used for hitch. Put on
top by by IL and screw end bolts
up tight. Next bore holes in two of
the l by II by pieces. and let ex-
tend to rear and onto finch bolts, and
to piece by by II, three feet to rear,
resting on top of brush with the two
3-inch bolts. Next make eight linchpins
20 inches long and bore four holes front
and rear, size " inches, bore holes in
top by IL by pieces and put in pins.
Then put on seat board, which can be
moved forward or back to equalize
weight as the driver desires. Points of
twice the amount that can be done
with the harrow with the same team,
pulverizes and levels the land better
than harrow, leaving a fine bottom
for cutting grass, and for meadow, .ine
for covering grass seeds, etc.-H. M.
Means, in Epitomist.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
Big Difference in Seeds.

The outer covering of the seeds Of all
plants has more or less power of absorb
ing water. In such plants as corn and
wheat the cases absorb water at almost
any temperature, but with such seeds as
the Honey locust it is not so, especial,
if the seeds have been allowed to be-
come dry. Such seeds will lie for months
in tepid water and will not absorb mois-
ture, but when the temperature Of the
soil or water is raised to certain point
they absorb water readily. Nurserymep
sometimes start such seeds in quite WAITE
wster. "
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
TANNING A FIERCE TIGER.
Ingenious Rnse OF a Wild Animal
Trainer That Was Entirely
Successful.

The trainers of wild beasts show a
good deal of originality in devising
means to subdue intractable animals
The Philadelphia Record quotes Mr.
Lover, superintendent of the Zoolog-
ical park in that city, as thus describ-
ing how a tiger became reconciled to
it's attendant: ..-ss
There was Snowman 1 used to
know named Melchior. He once
bought magnificent Bengal tiger
which he got at a low price because
it had already killed two men.
At first Melchior would put his foot
or his hand into his cage, but from the
way the tiger would leap at him he
knew that to put himself entirely in
its power would be suicide. Nothing
he could do would establish a friend
ly relationship between himself and
the tiger.
Some originality was needed, and
Melchior showed it by taking some
old clothes, stuffing them with rags
and throwing them into the cage. The
tiger in jiffy tore the old clothes
to pieces, thinking that the figure was
a human being. -.,-..
Next day and the next, day and the
next Melchior continued to throw in
to the tiger stuffed figures and the
tiger continued to destroy them. But
as time passed the animal ceased tc
put heart into its work and in thu
end it gave up altogether these at.
tacks on the scarecrows; it would jus,
play with them, or else not notice
them at ALL
Now was Melchior's time. He
opened the cage door one morning
walked in boldly and slapped the tige,
Familiarity on the back. 1t gave him
friendly look and purred. 1t tool
him for another manikin not worth
bothering about. It lived seven years
with Melchior and became as gentle
as a kitten.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
Apple Pomace for the Cows,

Three of the state experiment sta
tons, notably that of Vermont, have
conducted experiments with saving ap-
pie pomace in the silos and feeding 1t
to cows during the winter. The Yer
mont station has experimental with
this kind of silage now for several
years and always with good success
The pulp is simply hauled from the
cider mills and shoveled into the silo
either with corn silage or alone. About
three inches of the silage on top spoils
but this serves as covering to pro-
tect the rest. This silage has been
fed to cows in quantities varying from
10 to so pounds per day without any
injurious effects on either the cows OF
the quantity or quality of the milk
This kind of silage is always much rel
ished by cows and eaten very sreedily
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
A POWERFUL BRUSH DRAG.
An Implement Which, According to
Its Designer, Is More Useful
Than the Harrow.

Every farmer knows a harrow is an
indispensable farm implement. l have
constructed drag that covers wide-
area of usefulness than the harrow. Ex-
cept when have sod land, l never use
the harrow, then l follow a spring
tooth harrow with the drag. which pull
verizes and levels the ground and puts
it in fine filth. The drag can be made
any desired width. The one made is
sists of pieces 2 inches by 4 inches by
IL feet; pieces 1 inch by II inches by
4 feet; . 6-inch bolts, finch bolts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
SPRING AWAKENING.

When the winds drag at the branches
OF the live oaks in the street,
When each breath is like the quaffing
or wine cup deep and sweet,
And the blossoms beckon to you,
And the perfumed breeZes WOO you,
Don't you feel it coursing through you,
All the springtime's diablerie, till you
can't control your feet:
Can't you see the plowman standing
In the furrow by his team?
Can't you see the smoky waters
OF the river twist and CLEAN?
Can't you see the cloudlets sailing?
Can't you see the branches trailing?
Hear the hailing counter mailing
OF the birds to one another like the
voices in a dream?
Out along the dusty highways
Where wide shadows lie and cool,
In the bosky glens and byways,
By each whipping wayside pool.
There the soul of spring is stirring,
Newborn insects wings are whirring.
Like a kittens happy purring.
And the children gather flowers as they
take their way to school.
j. M. Lewis in Houston Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
WHY Spraying Is Advisable.

Without doubt it will pay every man
to spray his trees, whether he thinks
there is any need for it or not. The
only sure way to prevent a thing is to
take preventive measures before the
thing to be prevented can occur. 1t must
be remembered that, SO far as fungous
diseases are concerned, spraying is only
preventive and not recuperative. All
the spraying in the world will not re-
store foliage after it has been attacked
by some variety of fungi. At most II
can only prevent further inquiry by the
same agency.-Farmers' Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-06-02
When and How to Spray.

No farm work pays better than spray.
ing the trees, berry bushes and grape
vines. Attention to this matter at tho
proper time assures immunity from in
sect enemies and good crops of perfect
fruit are the results. Don't spray fruit
trees while the bloom Is on, for that kills
bees, and bees are valuable assistants
in pollenizing fruits. Spray trees for the
first time Immediately after the bios
SONS have dropped their petals. A
spraying outfit for the farm need not be
large and costly, and will save its own
value the first year it is used.-Rural
World.