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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-15

well ask me If I know my own name.
l think know them all and II 1 don't.
please put me next as soon as possible.
Here are some of the things I have
been up against: I was at one time
manager of a campaign for a friend of
mine who was running for a city Of
fice. Big men, little men. and all kinds
OF men would come into our Offices and
try to skin us out OF our eyeteeth-
Needed a Shave.
For instance. a man came in who
needed a shave and general scrubbing
about as bad as any man I ever saw
in my life He sat down and told me
what whirlwind vote-getter he was.
and stated that he had a whole down
town precinct tied UP in his pocket
All he wanted for II was beer money
for the boys. Give me enough to buy
beer for the boys and few cigars
for some OF the temperance ones, and
Iii swing the whole precinct for your
man. he said.
Every day two or three of that
stripe OF birds would find their way into
the office, and all had things lined up
to a finish and wanted a little beer
money TO keep the line straight. I sup.
pose they could keep line straight as
long as IT was up against a bar.
The Letter Game.
Then there was another gent who
hae written to about 200 friends all over
tile city. who had confidence in his
judgment and would vote as he iii
TcCted. To show that he was on the
square he had a copy OF the letter with
him. 1t was a fine piece of work ac-
cOrding 70 the writer, who Was, how
ever. the only person ever found who
could make head or tail out OF it,
He explained that he had been vecy
anxious 10 lose no time, and had,
therefore. mailed the letters at once,
Pay ing for the stamps out of his own
pocket He thought that in view of
the fact that he had furnished the sta
tionery and had taken all the trouble
Of writing the letters. that 1 ought 70
stand for the stamps. He offered 70
cali it square for $3.50. l asked him
for a list OF his friends and their ad-
dresses. but he explained that he had
left them at the office. on the piano. l
suppose.
Another guy came into the Office one
day and stated that ne had Travelled all
over the town from Washburn Park to
Camden, Place and had spent small
fortune in car fares. lie was sure that
he had seen 300 people and had made
many votes for us. After telling his
story he proceeded TO make a strike
for the car fares, amounting TO $S65.
Grafters to a Man.
THAT fellow had not been outside of
the business district for six weeks. He
was n cheap sport who used to hang
out in front Of a cheap gambling joint
during the daytime and inside in the
evening. The whole bunch were out 10
play me for a mark. They didn't have
even their own votes
Another CRATER who plies his trade
during campaigns Is the boarding house
politician. This species OF CRATER viii
approach the candidate and state that
he has a boarding house in some part
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Money for Clubs.

Don't forget the clubs" said another
victim. The clubs the thing. and be-
fore long the town will be full OF them.
They win give parties and smokers anc
feeds. and Will then make the rounds
OF the politicians asking them to pay
the bills. The managers viii have bills
for all the candidates and win collect
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
Voice from Arkansas.

Cleveland, Ark, Aug. 15.--(Speclal.l
Nearly every newspaper tells of some
wonderful cure of some form of Kid
ney Disease by the Great American
Remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, and this
part of Arkansas is not without its
share of evidence that no case is too
deeply rooted for Dodd's Kidney Pills
to cure.
Mr.. A. Z. Carlilc, well known and
highly respected here, tells of his cure
after nearly a quarter of a century's
suffering. Mr.. Garlic says:
Il want to let the public know what
l think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. ! think
they are the best remedy for sick kid
neyS ever made.
II had Kidney Trouble for % years
and never found anything that did me
so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills. !
recommend them to all sufferers" )
There is no uncertain sound about
Mr.. Carlile's statement. He knows that
Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him from
a life of suffering and he wants the
public to know it. Dodd's Kidney
Pills cure all Kidney ills from Back
ache to Brights Disease.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19

he is earning wages while producing at
that figure, now as the average yield is
20 bushels, and the average price 60
cents-$12 per acre-the difference be-
tween the result and cost, 1913. is the
profit of grain growing year in and year
out in the great wheat belt OF the Cana
dian prairie country. Ii a man has a
half section of land and puts half of it,
160 acres, under wheat, which is q very
common occurrence. he makes S 1850 on
wheat alone, and should make, il he is
a capable farmer enough. ont of other
crops. sale of cattle. dairy and other pro-
ducts, to keep himself and family the
year round besides.
The Third Division.
The third division of this great coun-
try lies to the north OF the wheat belt.
between it and what is known as the for
est country. As wheat growing implies
the raising of all cereals, that can profit
ably be raised in the country, the remain
ing branches Of mixed farming are dairy
ing and the raising OF farm stock. 1t
must not be supposed that dividing the
~prairies in this way is saying that any
one portion OF the country possesses bet
ter soil than another, for such Is not the
case-all districts are equally fertile, but
the topography and climatic influences,
etc, differ. as well as the conditions for
production. Ranching and grain growing
are carried on quite successfully In this
northern zone: but it is found more profit
able to combine all the features OF the
industry. On account of the land being
more broken than in the southern district,
though the soil is equally fertile. there
are not the same opportunities for extern
sive operations: aud while cattle raising
Is as profitable here as elsewhere. differ
en-. methods have to be adopted for their
protection, especially in the winter sea-
son.
An authority on the subject has stated
that agriculture in any country never
reaches the minimum OF development un-
til the farmers engage at least proper
~tionately in dairying, though the sur
roundings must always determine the ex-
tent TO, which any feature of the industry
may be prosecuted. 1t Is a certainty then
that of the agricultural possibilities OF
this portion OF the prairie country be es-
timated by its adaptability to dairy farm
ing, even the most skeptical must ac-
knowledge they are unsurpassed In any
country In the world. As iitimated above.
even dairying may be successfully carried
on in any. corner OF the territories, but
this xone has everything 10 recommend
It as the IDEAL spot for this branch of the
business.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19


The director OF the census has made
public a report on occupations OF citizens
pf the United States, as collected by 5000
enumerators OF the census bureau. The
report was prepared by William G.. Hunt,
frhief statistician for population. assisted
by DIR. Joseph A. Hill and William s. Ros-
sitter, OF the division OF publications. The
publication Is profusely illustrated with
maps and diagrams prepared IN the geo.
graphical division under the direction of
Charles S. Sloane, acting g~eographer.
The report shows that over ~ per cent
of the persons employed in galnful occn-
pations In the United States are employed
In agricultural pursuits. In collecting sta
~tistics of occupations only persons 10
years of age and over We're considered.
The CONGRATULATIONS and comparisons
which follow are restricted 70 the re-
lurns for continental United States, which
consists of tina part OF the United States
On the continent of North America south
Of the Canadian boundary, and there
lore excludes Alaska, Hawaii and the mil
ltary and naval stations abroad.
In the classification for the twelfth CEN
sus there were Sos specified occupations, or
lao occupation groups. These were CLASH
fed under the five main heads. showing
as follows, with the percentage OF the
population employed therein:
Thirty-nine and six-tenths per cent.
were engaged in agricultural pursuits, "a
per Gent. in manufacturing and mechani-
cal pursuits, lf.9 per cent in trade and
transportation. lat per e I'm domestic
and personal service and 3. 5 per cent. In
professional service.
Agricultural purusits constitute there
fore, the most important class OF occu-
pations for this sex. More than one-hali
OF the males in this main class are farm
ers. planters and overseers. and about
two-ifIhs are agricultural laborers.
In each OF the other geographic DIVISIONS
agricultural pursuits constitute the most
important branch Of occupations, being
$40 per cent, or two-ffths Of all IN the
north central division. and S6.S per cent.
or two-thirds OF all In the south central
division.
In the western. division the percentage oil
male workers engaged in agricultural pur'
suits. 29.9. is not much higher h tbs
percentage engaged In manufacturing and
mechanical pursuits, 26.4: This IS because
manufacturing and mechanical pursuits
Include mining, which Is an important
occupation In that section of the country
OF the total number OF females ~gainfuliy
employed 1874 per cent. were engaged IN
domestic and personal service, this being
the most important branch Of the occupa-
tons for this sex; A7 per cent. We're en-
gagged in manufacturing and mechanical
pursuits. 1874 per cent. in agricultural pur-
suits, "a per cent. In trade and transpor-
tation, and 81 per cent. in professional
service
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
With the Gin,rals.

Lippincott's Magazine: The late General
John b. Gordon and Governor Gambler
OF Georgia were together In a hotel in
Atlanta recently. when Governor Gambler
asked the general II he had ever known a
witty darby. Yes" aid the general.
lone. When General Robert 4. Lee was
fighting Grant in the last days al old
darby besieged headquarters with re-
quests to see the gin'ral.' He was turned
away a dozen times. But one day he sue
ceeded in reaching the guard Immediately
in front of General Lees tent, and all
most got into the tent itself before he
was stopped, The alteration which fol-
lowered was overheard by General Lee.
who called out. Let that man come M
Then into the tent came the fellow. a raw
boned stumbling. gray headed. gnarled
old darby, who scraped the ground with
his foot and kept turning his hat around
~nervously in his hand.
well, where do you belong? p demand
ed General Lee.
"T b'longs to y'r company. gln'ral,' re-
turned the darby.
No. you don't declared the general.
sharply. Everybody IN my ompany has
beer n o How Is Il that you haven't
been?
The darby scratched his head. Then
from his twisted mont came . conhden-
tiai whisper; Well. yo' see. gin'rai. it's
this away. I amt been shot Gaze when
dey's a fight goin' on / always stays with
the gin'raIs.'r
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19

country aud as in everything else, "the
early bird catches the worm" Those
who come first are first served. When it
is preferred 10 purchase railway or other
company lands they can be got at from
So per acre up. This section cannot be
better closed than by showing practically
what is made by wheat growing in this
district. The average from the first of
operations is 20 bushels per acre. Break
ing the prairie, as first blowing is called,
is, of course, an exceptional expenditure,
as when it is once done it is done for all
time. This costs about $3.50 per acre.
After the breaking, blowing and seed
ing, harvesting threshing and marketing
all expenses combined amount to about
1925 per acre, that is, If a man likes
everything done it will cost him 1926
per acre. If he does the work himself
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
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els of spring wheat off S37,234 acres, an
average of 1904 bushels per acre; of
440,662 acres of oats there were grown
Alto, 105 bushels, an average Of 32.l1
bushels per acre; 69,667 acres produced
l,I41,209 bushels OF barley, 24.65 to the
acre, and 32.341 acres produced 292,So3
bushels of flaxseed, a.03 to the acre. AS
but 1883, 434 acres, or a little better han
one per cent OF the entire wheat growing
area of the. territories. was under crop,
4 little figuring shows 13 per cent of the
entire country under wheat will raise the
200.000.000 that Great Britain annually
requires from outside countries. 1t is a
fairly safe statement to max that IN IL
or Is years the Canadian prairies will be
supplying the entire demands of the
mother country.
In this part of the country wheat is
king. and here it is raised in the greatest
possible perfection by a combination of
soil and climate in its favor. and the ten
dency has been TO neglect the more labor
ious branches OF husbandry for which the
country is equally well adapted.
Free Homestead Lands.
There is yet a large quantity OF gov
eminent land for homesteading in this
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
.slass Bubbles.

New York Sun: 'sThe glass balls OF
many colors used to decorate Christ
mas trees said a toy dealer, are
made in Germany, some of them in fac
tories. but more OF them in the homes
of people dwelling in parts of the Thur
ingian mountains. Among them this
trade has been handed down from gen.
Grafton to generation. all the members
of the family working at il in one way
or another.
Some member of the household goes
to the nearest town at which this work
is given out. and where the finished
work is collected, and gets q bundle of
the glass tubes from which these glass
balls are made. More than once |
have met these messengers trudging
homeward with bundles of glass tubes,
carried like so many bundles of sticks.
I'm every home where they DO this
work they IA a suitable furnace for
heating the glass. and at his the one
most proficient sits and blows the pref
ty glass bubbles, which others sort
and pack; and in due time the bright
glass balls thus produced in these
mountain homes are carried back 10
the collecting centers. TO find .heir way
thence TO other homes all over the
world"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
An American Teachino the Car.

Worlds Work: An American IS teach
ing the car how to develop the
of Siberia, John Rorenc has obtained T.,i,-
ing concessions In Siberia capitalized at
S ,000,0 600. Three years ago he was engaged
in a small way in the Pacific coast trade.
When a man takes $50 into Siberia and
comes back after three months work
with $1,000 you get interested, /" he says.
This experience of a Nome gold miner
aroused him TO Asiatic possibilities.
He learned that concession for mining
in Siberia, lance by Russian and Eng
lish capital, had lapsed through the DIS
pleasure OF the czar at speculation with
the concerns stock.
II will get half that stock and the re-
newal OF the concession" said John Ro-
sene.
He got them. The London holders were
anxious to unload worthless stocks, and
they were cheap. Then he went back to
Seattle and organized the Northwestern
Commercial company. In a few weeks
word came from ST. Petersburg that the
concession had been revived by the ear.
John Rosene fastened to the Russian cap
ital, had personal interviews with the
ear, was given a free HAND in several
kinds OF commercial operations. These in
cluded taking American miners TO Siberia
to mine, TO use timber, to fish, TO take
furs and to operate between Seattle and
Siberia with trading vessels.
Within a month the Northwestern Sibe-
rian company was organized, capitalized
at $5,000,0o0 and purchased the three Pa
clfc liners recently operated from Puget
sound TO the orient by the Northern Pa
cific railroad. The ships will probably
sail under the flag of the Northwestern
Siberia company as Russian transports.
Who can tell. The ramifica lions OF Amer
lean enterprise run TO unexpected places.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
Special corresnondence.

Special correspondence:
The old Romans used to say that Gaul
was divided into three parts; so is the
Canadian Northwest. Gaul's divisions
We're political; those OF the Western
Canada's prairies are created by the un-
erring hand Of nature.
Chiefly because OF the elevation Of the
country, the absence OF large lakes and
rivers, and the operations of the Chi
nook" or Pacific ocean winds, which
readily cross the Rocky Mountains in
Southern Alberta through gaps and
passes. the southwestern portion Of the
Canadian provinces is regarded as some
what arid. and less fertile than other por-
tons OF the country. Although this has
been a prevailing idea in the past. it has
been left for American settlers, who have
invaded this district within the past two
or three years. to prove that splendid
crops OF grain can be grown on the land,
which had hitherto been the feeding
ground for the herds of cattle and bands
Of horses that ranged there.
That ranching is carried on most sue
cessfully i'll other portions of the prairies
West, just as agriculture is to a limited
extent conducted successfully within this
boundary is fully established. but taken
as a whole it constitutes a territory above
all others most admirably adapted TO this
particular industry.
The buffalo. bunch and other grasses
that grow in profusion in this district
and retain their nutritive properties the
year round, and the moderate climate of
mid-winter rendered such by the Chinook
winds preventing any considerable depth
of snow at any time; especially fit the
district for the peculiar methods of the
Misunderstanding his herds the year
round III the open country.
While there are no large lakes or riy-
ers in this whole country, there are
numerous fast running streams fed the
year round by melting snow III the noun
tains, furnishing an abundance OF the
coolest and pureSt water. the best for
beast as well as man. The country has
at once an abundance Of the best Of
food and drink tile year round. a clear
sky, but little wet or stormy weather and
a favorable climate the year through.
This makes Southern Alberta More es-
pecially the most favorable ranch
ing country in the known world,
aud the enterprise is making most unpre-
4 cedented Roadway. RancherS, however,
as we'll as others, learn that it pays best
TO raise thoroughbred stock and accord
ingly the wild herds of scrub horses and
cattle are fast giving way to better ami
! mails through the importation of thor
oughbred males. Just how many ranch
ers, ranches and horses, cattle and sheep
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
Good Stories..
- TOLD BY coNGREssMEN -
No ..sheepskinr for Him.

Washington Times: Uncle" Lon Liv-
ingston. who represents the Fifth con-
gressional district of Georgia, takes
ltime from cutting Parker timber to tell
this interesting story about Bob
Toombs and the old oak tree which
bears the name OF Bob Toombs at Ath-
ems. Ga:
while all or these young graduates
are getting their diplomas. IL is a good
time TO say that the great Robert
Toombs, OF my state. didn't want a
sheepskin.
when the ungovernable young fell
low was at the state university he was
easily the leader in his class, but there
was no deyilment practiced by the stu
dents in which Toombs didn't play a
full hand. just before commencement
when Toombs was TO graduate a first
honor man, there was a fearful infrac-
ton OF some of the rules. and the FAC
ulty decided that a diploma should not
be given Toomhs.
when the day came around Toombs
was on hand with his class as clipper
as though he had always been the best
boy in the university, but he knew he
was going to be hit and hit hard. The
chancellor announced that for good rea-
sons Mr.. Robert Toombs would not be
permitted to speak, n that a diploma
would not be given him.
Toombs rose from his seat and with
a courteous Thank you, sir walked
down the aisle and our of the chapel,
meeting his negro servant at the door
and saying to him, Tom, go down TO
one of those stores on Broad street and
get. me the damndest biggest dry goods
box you a find, AMI place 1t out there
under that big oak tree,
Tom hustled off to do his masters
bidding and soon returned with a box.
BY this time about half of the students
and visitors were around Toonbs, hay
ing deserted the chapel exercises after
the young man walked cIt.
'Toombs mounted the box and an
nounced that while the old fossils had
declined to permit him to speak in the
chapel, he was determined to get up a
little commencement exercise of his
own. He rolled out %eioquence by the
yard, while the crowd around him in-
creased until he had o than 5000
hearers, the chapel exercise being al
most broken up. He held the crowd for
more than tvs hours.
when he had finished he was placed
In a carriage and, behind six jet black
horses was driven over the city. Toombs
was the lion of the day, for, notwith-
standing the fact that he was a little
wild, his talents were appreciated, and
he made friends with all classes.
when Toombs went out in the world
and made for himself a name, the fac
ulty wrote him asking If he would ac-
cept a diploma from the university.
His reply was characteristic: To hell
with your damned old Sheepskin.'
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19

HERE are in this district Of country at
'the present time, il is hard TO say, as
there are no positive statistics available.
ut is known, however, that the country
Tis setting up IasT.
Englishmen and Americans in the
western territories are bringing in their
herds as fast as they can and leasing
or purchasing land in lots from 1000 to
10000 acres from the Dominion Govern
ment. An idea Of the growth Of the in
dustry will. however. be gathered from
the fact that in 1899 there were but
41.4T1 head OF cattle shipped and sold
from the ranches. these figures ran to
%, 100 in 1900. and to 100000 in 1903,
averaging $40 per head for the owners.
But it takes Il great many ranchers and
a large number of cattle to cover an area
of 200,000000 acres, the area available
for rancling in the Canadian Northwest.
1t is not at all necessary that large
investments should be made at the out
set. Many men commepced with small
capital and small herds, and have worked
themselves into large herds and great
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-19
Green Diamond Found in South Africa.

Philadelphia Record: Considerable in
terest, writes a correspondent. has been,
aroused IN Johannesburg by the discoy-
cry on a mining property AZ klerksdorp,
OF a green diamond OF about fhree-auar-
tiers carat. The gem had slipped into 8
crevice In the iron plates OF the crushing
mill, and was found during the aisman-
tling of the mill TO make room for a new
stamp battery.
In 1893 o~ar 10 similar coiored diani0nds
were found upon the same property, They
had all slipped between the dies and es-
capped destruction. II is conjecture1 tiiaF
many other green stones were creshtGt
out OF existence. For the first time since.
that date the Klerksdorp O.. and u. conn
pany proposes TO resume operations ons
his particular ground, which contains
both gold and diamonds, and the prospects
of unearthing more of these green gems
are being eagerly watched from the RaaAA