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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

Osages. Pawnees, kaws, IOnkaWas,
Otoes, Missouris. Cheyennes, Arapa-
hoes and other tribes in Oklahoma 10
be present. Hundreds Of Indians &c
cepted. more especially to see the bug
falOes. which are now so rare as 10
be actual curiosities. A real buffalo
hunt in the brave days OF old was
very exciting and often attended with
much danger. What q change! The
modern travesty was nothing more
than driving a few tame cattle to
corral.
There are a little more than hand
full OF the Poncas left; If the white
man ever found a good Indian. which
some claim to be an impossibllity, the
Ponca was a near approach to that
ideal. The tribe was part OF the Sioux
nation. and the original home was near
a branch OF the Red River snd Lake
Winnipeg. The Poncas have always
enjoyed a reputation for being very
peaceable. They were driven nom
their Red River home by their Old
enemy. the Chippewas. who forced
them beyond the Missouri River. Fol-
lowing them up closely, the Chippewas
drove them away once more, Wnen
they Joined the Omahas, which ain
ance has had the effect OF preventing
their humiliation
Although a part OF the Sioux nation
che other tribes kept up a relentless
war upon the Poncas, as did the raw
ress Osages and the Kansas Indians.
vrbst these wars left. smallpox and
ths white mans vices nearly finished,
I'D from a total OF ABOUT 1000 there
are onlv about 600 now. The remnant
was placed on a reservation, near me
Mouth Of the Niobrara River. In Ne
l,yssks and here their ill-luck follow
al tbem This time it was not the'r
indian enemy. but the Federal Gov
eminent which fOiled them. Oncle
Sam neglected the terms OF the treaty
n,sde with them. aud once more they
hscame nomads. forced to hunt io'
subsistence. They nearly starved &c
assth and. as II destiny had something
/ nrSp in SIoft ltA tAN--f
forcibly removed to Indian Territory
n,he-a the unwholesome water Killed
~ their animals and depopulatee
their ranks. 49, u-,.,..
Forty years ago when Chief White ,l.'
rssle was chosen. there were aoou
GOO in the tribe. Only eight sur'iI'
~ those who hunted the oufalo az ul'
,n =, The Council OF Adviser
consist Of ten. and since be can *
longer draw the necessary quorum \.
has retired. and his son. Horse Oniei
takes his place at head OF the 'riO@
selected in Buffalo Hunt.
In accordance with the tradiuon y,
laws Of the tribe. the CHIEF ana ny
sax,sers are selected in buffalo NUM-
A. this hunt sixty bucks take par
Farming twelve hunting parties OF nv
ssch The most successful ten IN w
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
LAST BUFFALO HUNT.
PONcA INDIANS cHOosE CHIEF
AND COUNCIL
Tribe that Was Once Part Of the siorx
nation Selects Rulers in Traditional
hanner-RecaIls Practical Extinction
Of American Bison.

1here Is touch Of pathos in the
Story from Oklahoma which recall.
the practical extinction Of the Amer
ican bison. 1t appears that the new
enief Of the Ponca Indians. who i've
IN Oklahoma Territory, was to choose
MS advisory council. In the old days
Wnsn a new chief selected his couu-
eil' they were taken from the band
tnat was most successful in a buffalo
hunt. 1t was arranged TO initiate this
ancient custom, but the contrast vas
almost painful for the old-time hunt
ers who can remember when millions
OF the shaggy beasts roamed the plains
In freedom. Three buffaloes from a
small herd in captivity were obtained
Tor the purpose. A sixty-acre tract wa.
inclosed with substantial stockade
at different places were ten small cor.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

When Willie Blank was at the sea-
shore last summer his father wrote TO
him quite frequently, and in each let
ter inclosed 10 cents or a quarter to
add to the little lads pleasure. Willie
was no letter-writer. but one day he
managed to compose the following
comprehensive epistle. which he sent
to his father:
"Deare Papa-I got all your letters,
and you have put some mummy in each
one of them. Please write oftener.
your luving son. WILLIAM"
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

saw them. There IS a well-authentl-
Gated story that the garrison at Fort
kearney actually fred their cannon at
al immense herd once TO prevent them
taking the fort in a rush. Many officers
and cavalrymen who we're stationed
on the frontier years ago tell Of travel
ing for months at a time and never
being out Of sight OF their countless
numbers. The bison was particularly
numerous IN Kansas at one time,
owing 10 the fact that the buffalo
grass was there most plentiful. At
times the plains were a solid, moving
mass OF monsters; as far as the eye
could see they were visible in enor-
nous numbers. Trains were often de-
layed while a herd crossed the tracks
of the Union Pacific Railroad.
At one time they roamed all over the
country. Naturally migratory, the In
dams knew their wandering habits,
and followed them. They were in those
days OF the greatest value to the In
dams They supplied nearly all Of
their food. and millions were slaugh-
tered each year for the sustenance Of
the red man. Not only did the buffalo
supply food. but furnished them with
robes and hides for clothing and
dwellings.
The Indians made tools from the
hide, horns and bones OF the buffalo
/ The hide OF the bulls was tanned and
used for lodge covers. Dried In the
sun after the hair was removed, the
hide became almost as hard as flint
and was used for moccasin soles and
belts. Laid on the ground. the dried
hide kept out the dampness and form
ed a fairly good bed Raw hide was
cut into strands and braided into
ropes. Green hide was converted into
Lettles and also into canoes. Battle
shields. which were impervious to ar
rows or lances. were made from tbs
thick hide OF the neck Of the buffalo
No part OF the valuable beast went t
waste with the Indian.
Enough has been told TO show tia
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper Will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
thst science has been able to cure IN all It's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known TO the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being consiitu-
tonal disease, requires q constitutional treat
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the constitution
aud assisting nature in doing its work. Inc
proprietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

rails, one for each band OF warriors
that participated In an endeavOr 20 be
chosen Of Chief Horse Chiefs council
Upon this occasion the band that sue
ceeded first in driving the buffalo in
the corral assigned TO It was declared
the winners. The other bands were
free to interfere whenever possible,
which brought on kind OF polo scrlm-
mage, with the buffaloes for the ball.
The Poncas sent invitations to the
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

noes not let go Of you
wben you apply lotions or
,;u;ments. It. simply loosens
as hold for a while. Why?
BECAUSE to get rid Of it you
must correct the acid con-
d;tion Of the blood on which
=. depends. Hoods Sarsa-
n,rilIa has cured thousands.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
Cruel Youth.

HE said was tall and willowy,"
remarked the girl who likes aattery.
ADo you think l look like a willow
treeT
"NS; you yook like a chestnut" re-
torted the savage young man in the
loud vest.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
Hnrrr He Smoke.

"Oh, we have some very strong men
in England" boosted the new arrival
from London.
How strong are they" queried the
American citizen
"Oh, I've seen them lift cennons.
trucks and even cars"
Indeed. Then it is strange that
none of them can lift such small OBJ
ject as the yacht cup"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
SOME QUEER SUGGESTIONS
Bad Luck Sure TO Follow IL You Are
Broke on Thursday.


However smart a man may be.
however deep a brain. there Is yet a
tract OF superstition in his makeup"
said a thoughtful man to a writer on
the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
and often II exists and controls him In
various ways without his knowing
anything about il II you should tell
him that he was superstitious he would
resent It and in no uncertain way. But
all men are superstitous in some way
lust the same There are little things
about which men are a bit cranky and
they develop into well-rounded super
stitiOns. There Is Opie Read, who has
queer little notion that II he gets up
Thursday morning without money n
his pocket it is bad luck and be be-
lieves in it so firmly that he will not
venture out OF the house and viii not
turn his hand TO piece OF work II IL
happens 10 him.
He is generally very careful to see
that he has something left over
Wednesday night. a nest egg. as the
saving goes. for Thursday morning.
But sometimes he forgets and suddenly
discovers that he IS dead broke. That
settles II. Not a step Will he take from
the house on that morning. Now. how
Is that for superstition1 Yet call him
superstitious-well. you had better do
it at long range know another man
in Chicago who has a queer little no
ton that It is bad luck 10 forget any
thing when you are leaving home in
the morning. One morning we had
walked TO the car together. He sud
denly turned on me with the state
ment: I'll not 20 10 the city to-day.
When I asked him why he said h'
had forgotten something. It's bad
luck he said. and he was uncere
monlously making tracks for the hous
when he said II. l suppose we all hav'
those little notions and beliefs. but w
are not conscious OF them and 50 VI
are apt to believe. quite honestly. 700
that we are not the least bit supersti
tious. But we are. just the same"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
Easily Done.

Tess-Well, believe I'm rid Of Mr..
Staylate at last.
Jess-How on earth did you accom-
plish It?
TeSs-While he was calling upon me
last night remarked that "all hand
some men were conceited bores." Then
he said: Indeed I can take hint
as well as the next one" and left
Philadelphia Press.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

Prospective Purchaser see you ad-
vertise special inducement in engage
ment rings What IS TT
Jeweler-WeIl, we guarantee to re-
purchase any ring we sell within sir
months.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

the practical extinction OF the buffalo
was not due 10 the Indian. but to the
white man. While the Indian never
killed more than was needed the white
man slaughtered relentlessly. Then,
too. the white hunter. when he WAS
hunter and not merely a tenderroot
cut on a sporting excursion. would
simply take the fur hide and leave the
carcass TO the wolves. He was very
wasteful. and the sportsman" who
spent a day. killing OF perhaps hun
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
|~keeIey ucuoa-A oaphIsE- ToeAccoI
TIre htH1s PERMANENTLY cuafDl
= Foa FULL PARTICULARS -
z1s~<n 20 HuEfnoHHuE- posTlSNo. or.


They had bought az upright piano
on the pay-weekiy plan John she
said one day. Il want you to stand OF
and take note Of the exterior OF this
piano. Can you see its finishs"
Il should say So" sighed John
when the installment man cones"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

FIannigan-Say. Moike. this won't DO.
People say you are shwate on Mrs Fla
herty-and she 4 married woman
Mike--phwist. Not a vurrd. Thot's
only 50 Oh can 60 on borryin' terbaeky
av old Flaherty. Hes in hopes ON
slope wild 'er.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
quite a Pretentious Structure.

Maria-vhat did Martha's new hat
look hke7
John-GOodness l can't tel, It look
ed more Ike a basket phaeton full Of
flowers than anything else.-Cincin-
natl Commercial-Tribun
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

fiio afer first day use OF Kline Great srv~
Rsst0rer. send FOR Free - trial bottle and trsar
Dr.. r. z Kline Id az Arch 81. Phiatslp hlA Pa
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

Piso's Cure Il a good cough nedicine.
1t has cured coughs and colds for forty
year. Al drugEists. Is cents.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

A seif-made man seldom mixes mod
esty with the material used In his con
struction-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

ing Its richness, purity and
strength. TIE time to cure
d boil is before it devel-
ops, when it is in a state
Of incubation or formation
IN the blood; for boils are,
alter all, only the impure
ties and poisons bubbling
up through the skin, and
'els will Continue in spite
o. Of, poulticing and lancing
all the blood gets rid of
II, us accumulated poison.
The way to stop boils is
10 attack them in the blood,
and this ie What - = . 4
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslows's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their children
during the teething period.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

The blsodIest battle ever fought with
gunpcTdef was that at Borodino. In
which 5000 Russians and 5000
Frsnchmen were killed
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

II friend pulls his watch on your
funny story cut il short
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09


causing the pain greatest danger to the already weak m
1eoad sufferer All skin eruptons, from the sometimes aa
bnc the speu little are bad blood and the
only to avoid get permanently rid OF them Is 10 pu @
build the polluted blood and counteract the
and posons; nothing will dc this quickly and thoroughly
S. which acknowledged king blood purifiers ana great
est OF all onics. blood has become Impoverished
poor and thin promptly building up ana ~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
e L =
PYRAMIDS OF PAIN

Boils show the blood is in a riotous, feverish
condition, or that it has grown too weak and slug
gsh to throw off the bodily impurities, which
'nen concentrate at some spot, and carbuncle
or boil is the result. To already enfeebled
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

Time was. within the memory Of
many living men. who are not so very
old, either. when the American bison,
OF as he will perhaps always be called
here, the buffalo. existed In the West
ern country IN numbers incalculable.
Between the eastern range Of the
Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi
River they roved in herds so large az
to seem Impossible to one who never
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09
Allegheny. Pa, June IL, 1905

Allegheny, Pa, June H. I5Oo'
From tho age oftwenty or thirty wss sos ely
snie1es .oor = thev would heal up in one plses
they would break another part .ped sVsry
and this continued for ten years. = 49, nothinx
did me any good Ihad little faits IN ,, ?, .
dornx me good when began II, out 80 s;.s.-,ssr
Continued on with the medicine. takns SIX r Sos
ties. and ali the boils entirely hsve
-Ss,s have eispsed since that time, ane ~ -
heer bothered since, showing tnAs sne 80
was permanent; had some th saa, a and 70 be
sne s,ir "a OF them by your greAe ls,,se 20
s. s. s., puts me un~'' HENRY z1NN.
you.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

ana this is what S. S. S. d
. p.ood has been thoroughly
!. ulo, impure matter. If yo
mat produced them last ses
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

hunt are selected a. the council. and
when one Of them dies the next best
hunter among the remaining ffty who
participated In the chase IA put in bis
place.
But the Poncas have been dying
fast, owing to the unrsmittinz atten-
ton Of their enemies and the forget
fuiness Of the Federal Government
White Eagle, who was one Of the lead
ers in the ghost dance IN 1890. IL very
old, and this fact. together with the
snail number Of advisers left him,
made bis resignation a matter Of
course. As matter OF fact. this ac-
ton was decided upon last year, when
HIS son was selected. but Horse Chief,
It Is said. could not exercise authority
until after the formal hunt, when Ills
advisers would be selected. The hunt
lore little resemblance 10 that Of forty
years ago.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

,es. All danger of bOiis is past when me ,, ,ne
purified and the system cleansed OF al 'mO.
are subject to bols, then the same I AUS,
,,;ii 40 so this. and the sooner you oegin
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-07-09

The Poncas sent invit,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

pounds of milk should keep up good
flow of milk and keep the COW in good
condition.
In feeding farm animals, either for
meat, milk, wool or growth, it is a
well recognized fact that the profit
is in that measure of food over and
above the food of support which the
animal utilizes in making meat, milk,
wool or new growth. For illustration, a
dairy cow of mature age weighing
1000 pounds, when in good condition,
if not giving milk, will require approx
imately 7.3 pounds of digestible mat
ter, of which seven-tenths of a pound
should be protein to sustain life and
maintain condition each "a hours.
Prof. Jordon of the New York Expert
ment Station suggests five practical
maintenance rations for 1000 pound
animal, as follows:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

Why board two men to do one mans
work, or two COWS to do one cows
work?
Remember, your machine must have
a given amount for it's own use and
that the surplus is what is used for
your benefit The wide variation in
the capacity of animals, even of the
same size, age and breed; to produce
milk from feed comes properly
under the heading of selecting COWS
rather than feeding, but l wish to
emphasize the fact that even the best
cow cannot make milk unless she is
supplied with the raw material. The
up-to-date dairy cow can use large
amount of the best material and man
ufacture it into one of the choicest OF
human foods without any unnecessary
waste, doing this to the profit and
satisfaction of her owner if his pasl
is faithfully and intelligently per-
formed.
The appended tables are the basis
for computing rations and are the fig
ures on the charts used for this lee
ture:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

Twenty COWS fed this ration for 100
days gave 5000 gallons of per cent
milk.
The food cost of milk was cents
per gallon Four per cent butter tat
cost 1873, or about Ii cents per pound
for butter. The addition of one pound
of oilmeal makes this fine ration
for a cow giving 95 to 40 pounds of
milk or substituting one pound oil
meal for one and one-half pounds OF
the oats and barley makes a fine dairy
mixture. An eight-pound combination
would be: One and one-half pounds
each of oats and barley, two pounds
each of bran and shorts, one pound
of oilmeal, total of IT'S.
The corn silage makes a good main
tenance ration. One pound of this
grain mixture for two and one-quarter
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

have demonstrated the advantage of
so combining the ration as to furnish
the necessary material to sustain life
and manufacture milk without waste.
The same experiments generally agree
that there is a waste of both food and
cow energy when there is an excess
of either protein or carbohydrate. The
fact that the feeds usually grown on
the farm are richer in carbohydrate
than protein and that the most COM
mon loss from feeding too much car
bohydrate and too little protein has led
some into the error of valuing feeds
entirely by their protein contents and
they have blindly gone over to the
extreme of feeding too much protein,
thereby not only wasting valuable feed
but injuring the animal.
Another ration for COW making one
pound of butter per day that is eco
nomical and all homegrown, easily
produced on any farm, in fact the best
all home grown that I have found:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

fire fanged ensilage, would have to
be given a wide allowance for waste.
The palatability of the ration will have
a material effect upon its value in use
by the COW. The energy expended by
the animal in the mastication and di-
gestion of some kinds of foods are esti-
mated to equal 25 per cent of its food
energy.
The dairy COW is sensitive ma
chine, used by the dairymen to manu-
facture grain and forage into milk. 1t
requires, as has been shown, as much
food to sustain the life of the COW as
is used in the manufacture of 30
pounds of milk.
Here appears the economy in feed
ing each individual cow up to her ca
pacity for manufacturing milk. AS 1t
takes just SO per cent more food to
make 80 pounds of milk from two
COWS, making 15 pounds each, than
one COW making the 80 pounds, the
profit of the dairyman always accruing
from that measure of food which the
COW turns into milk, the food OF sup
port is always chargeable to expense
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

The following ration for cow Civ
ing so pounds of milk was fed for so
days with good results Thirty-five
pounds corn silage, five pounds clover
hay, 10 pounds mangels, seven pounds
wheat bran, seven pounds ground oats,
three pounds cornmeal, one pound oil
meal, one pound gluten meal
For the next so days the same ra-
ton, less the gluten meal, was con-
tinued. This is a very heavy ration
and could not be fed to an ordinary
COW. This COW gave during the 100
days butter fat 268 pounds, which
made 313 pounds of butter, or little
over three pounds per day for the 100
days from January LIST to April 10th.
In, May and June she had 81 pounds
bran, 81 pounds of oats and good pas
ture. She gave for the two months
2,32913 pounds of milk, testing 6.3,
which gave 14674 pounds of butter fat,
171.19 pounds of butter.
Hundreds of careful experiments
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

This would be wide ration, and by
substituting wheat bran for the corn
and cobmeal would come near bal
anced ration, i. e., to 6.25. Gluten
meal or cottonseed meal could be used
instead of the linseed meal without
materially affecting results. If oats
are relatively worth about the same
per pound as the bran, so pounds OF
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

The same cow when on full flow
of milk, say 80 pounds of 4 per cent
milk, would require approximately
double the amount of digestible nutri-
ment. 1t has also been demonstrated
that for economical milk production
the ration should be much narrower,
/. e., richer in protein. The compost
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

This gave ratio of 1 to and
was altogether too rich in protein to
be profitable. AS chop wheat could be
bought for the same price as bran,
recommended change to eight pounds
chop wheat, one-half pound oilmeal
and 20 pounds mangels, with the 25
pounds clover hay, which gave ratio
of 1 to 55. This was afterwards
changed to 20 pounds clover, five
pounds oat straw and there was no
perceptible change in results.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

If the wheat was sold and bran at
$12 substituted it would narrow the
ration, reduce the cost and give bet
ter average results.
The following is a sample ration
that found being fed to COWS averag-
ing "a pounds of per cent milk per
day: Twenty-Five pounds of clover
hay, eight pounds of wheat bran, two
pounds of oilmeal N. p, 80 pounds of
mangels.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

corn silage with las of protein and 7
pounds total digestible nutrients will
in general give better results than the
20 pounds of fodder corn. Where al
falfa hay takes the place of clover it
would make the ration richer in pro-
tein, or about 1 to SIS.
The following is a good combina-
ton l found one successful dairyman
feeding:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-02-01

ton varying according to the available
forage and grain grown on the farm
and the market price of those to be
purchased, always aiming to keep the
ratio near 1 to 6. Although where
the corn plant and true grasses fur
nish most of the forage a ratio of
to Z or 1 to rs might be more eco
nomical than a narrower one.