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The Coconino sun., 1904-08-27
PROGRAM.

PROGRAM.
 PART I.
 1 Lion de Ball-.................. Gillet pnouoouo,,, J lL'Estudianliana ... Waldteufel ! Chimes of the Golden Bells
 { Melody in F.........- Rubenstein
 Mrs Turnell, Vocal Duet--Break, Break. Breaki .......... Melody by Mrs. Milleron of Salt Lake City, Adapted and arranged by MT. Suodgrass. Miss May Perkins, Contralto.
 Mir. Sloan. Tenor Trombone Solo-Non Yer ............ Mattel Mr. w. F. Stuart. Waltz Song-"Carmena" ..... ....-..... .... Wilson Miss May Perkins. Tenor Solo Ninety and Nine (by request.) .'.....'..s.. . Cnanpioh
 Mir. Sloane
 PART II. Dramatization ..............A Adam Bede Miss Mabelle Biggart.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
A Pound OF Farm Seeds.

Number of farm seeds in a pound va
ries greatly with even the leading farm
crops. Red top 100000, reed canary
grass 100000, smooth-stalked meadow
grass 100000, rough-stalked meadow
grass 100000. sleeps fescue $4,000,
various-leaved fescue 100000, creeping
fescue 600, awnless bronze grass 1877 900,
perennial rye grass 336, 800. Italian rye
grass 100000. sleeps fescue, $50, 900,
meadow fescue $4,000, meadow oat
grass $4,000, yellow oat grass 2,O45, 600,
velvet grass 1904 900, timothy LILO, 500,
meadow foxtail $4,000. vernal grass
1924 600, crested dogs tail 1,127, 600; al
sike clover 100000, sainfoin 2250O, red
clover 279, 900, white clover 74O, 600, COM
mon kidney vetch $4,000, alfalfa or lu-
csrn 2O9,500, trefoil $4,000, birds foot
trefoil 375,0OO, official goats rue $4,000.
Judd Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
TooT FOR MISSOURI CORN.
Poetic Puke Peals q Paean Of Pride
May Have Had Corn Juice
on the Inside.

The Joplin Globes poet, having read that
Missouri beats the world in the production
Of corn, took his horn in hand and blew these
few blasts in celebration of the fact:
When you think about Missouri and are
wont to foot her horn, please to give pass
ing mention to her golden yield Of corn,
Thugh she sets the pace industrial in APP
pies rosy red, and in other lines of effort il
serenely at the head, it is only very recently
she's come into her own as the state where
in the biggest crop of yellow corn is grown.
the bureau of statistics agricultural relates
that Missouri now has distanced all her SIS
terhood of states in the number of acres
dedicated unto corn and the number of
bushels from each fruitful acre born. The
statistics draw comparisons, which show
sas is assigned to second place, and ambitious
Oklahoma, of whom deal is heard, the facts
and icy figures stick in corner labeled third.
the old states horn, don't forget to blow :
blast or two in honor of her corn"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

by three-inch stuff nailed on right-hand
straight edge and the level fastened on
the right-hand side Of the uprights, SO
as to be out of the way of the staff or
handle, which can be of any length to
suit the operator. The bevel is fastened
on the uprights with one common screw
at the further end of the level. The 9TH
er end opposite is fastened onto the
upright by cutting narrow slot hole in
the upright, through which put small
bolt that will just fill the slot hole side
ways, also coming through the 'level pro-
vided with a thumb nut and washer as
shown on the drawing. There must be
great accuracy in putting the level upon
the uprights to have the bottom of the
level and the bottom of the straight edge
exactly parallel. When you are getting
the grade or fall of ditch to the rod by
raising or lowering the rear end Of the
level by taking the difference on q
straight line with the bottom of the level
measured down at each extreme end of
the straight edge, you can tell just what
incline your ditch will have per rod null
tiplying the variation by four. For in
stance, If the difference in length of the
straight edge and the line of the bottom
of the level was three-eights of an inch.
the fall in the ditch per rod would be
twelve-eights, equal to III inches. rs the
straight edge is one-fourth Of 16311 feet.
Always drive the tile tight at the top
:of the joint to keep out all the loose dirt.
Ny experience teaches me that the water
always enters the tile at the bottom. AL
ways use q scoop to fit the size Of the
tile, then, when you fill in, the dirt will
not crowd the tile out of line. In setting
the level for work, have the incline so
as to have the bubble always occupy the
center of the opening of the level. In 80
doing you seldom require the services
of a surveyor.-Prairie Farmer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
EFFECT OF BAD ROADS
1t IL Felt Not Only By Farmers, Hat
By Merchants ana Railroad
C0npani as Well,

Many people look upon the road ques-
ton as one which affects mainly, If not
wholly. the people of the rural dis
tricts. This is mistaken idea. Road
conditions seriously affect the people
OF all towns depending on trade with the
rural population. BAD roads hinder and
depress local trade by making 1t almost
impossible for the farmers to get to
town sometimes for weeks at . stretch.
This depression in turn affects the
Wholesale trade. Local dealers reduce
their orders. are slow in making remit
tances and have to ask for extensions Of
credit.
The business Of the railways is also
seriously affected. The farmers must
maui their produce to the shipping points
at times when the roads are in fairly
good condition. TLis causes congestion
OF traffic at times, and partial suspension
at other times. As q result of this, the
railway companies must have q great
many more cars and engines than would
be needed II the trafic were regular and
uninterrupted by impossible roads.
The road question has an important
influence on our national finances in
much the same way as it affects railroad
interests. 1t is we'll known that q large
amount of ready money is needed in the
fall OF the year for the movement of the
crops. This always causes more or less
stringency in the money market. Good
roads would make it possible for the
tn yl> hei,
leisure, would greatly extend the time
during which their surplus would be car
ried to market, and would relieve these
periodic strains on the money market.
which really have depressing effect on
the business of the whole country.
1t can thus be seen that the effect Of
bad roads is far-reachirg, affecting d.
rectly or indirectly the people of the
towns and cities as well as those of the
rural districts. The road question is,
therefore, national as we'll as local
question. AS such 1t is proper subject
for consideration in the halls Of con-
gress, and it is at last receiving the Sc
rious consideration it deserves. Just
what action will be taken cannot, Of
course, be forecasted with certainty, but
all indications point to the enactment Of
q national aid law-the Brownlow bill,
or some similar measure. Much, Of
course, depends on the popular demand.
II the people who are most vitality in
terested in road Improvement remain
silent, congress will be slow to act. On
the other hand, If the farmers, business
men, manufacturers and railroad men
express their wishes plainly and strong
ly, congress may be spNrred to prompt
action.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
CURRENT TOPICS.

Over 400 people were killed last
year on Russian railway lines.
A nugget Of gold weighing 80 ounces
mas been found at Ballarat, Australia.
The paper bills Of the United States
printing ONCE amount to $750,OO0 .
year.
In 1880 the average New Yorker
took 1S2 rides in street cars; last year
he took AIS.
In q year nearly 100000 persons
traverse the A miles Of railway across
the isthmus.
For hosting from the 1, 52o-foot level
OF the Kimberly diamond mine 20 sec
onds are required.
Our total trade with Alaska for the
dscal year was: Imports, SIC. 2S8. 900;
exports. $s.4s7.00O.
Recent returns show that divorce
cases in Germany increased last year
from 1875 to 5,27S.
In the Santa Clara valley, California.
dve square miles are devoted to the
raising Of onion seed.
The daily newspapers of the United
States use in q year $29. 49,, 600 worth
OF paper; in weight nearly 100. 000. 900
pounds.
Rev. Ronald ID. Sawyer is leading q
crusade against profanity in Boston.
He is the organizer of the Anti-Pro-
family league.
The Korean government has ordered
that all Koreans, without regard to
rank or class, shall wear clothes Of a
blue=or dark color.
Canada has reaped great profit from
this years apple trade. There have
been 254, 400 more packages shipped to
England than last year.
Z The first equestrian statue erected
In the new world, which still stands,
is a colossal statue of Charles Nv. Of.
Spain, in the City of Mexico.
The report of the auditor Of the
state Of Iowa shows that there are
1.2S0 telephone companies in the state.
. q compared with 700 last year.
Ethnologists are of the opinion that
when America. was discovered there
were not on the continent of North
America any more Indians than exist
now.
Norwegians and Swedes who live
far away from railways spend their
long winter evenings dressing hides
and skins. and making homespun
cloths.
Corn has been bred to show that by
intelligent cultivation the parts of the
kernel that yield the oil can be mini
mized, while those that produce pro-
TEN can be developed.
A Chicago experimenter has sue
ceeded in coloring diamonds several
different tints by use Of the X-ray, but
has not thus far added to the CONNER
cial value of the stones.
The largest oil ship in the world, the
Naragansett, has just been launched
In the Clyde. She will hold 10000 tons
Of oil, which can be discharged ct the
rate of 800 tons an hour.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
Cora Forty Years Ola.

An indiana farmer will exhibit at the
st. Louis worlds fair corn which has
been in his possession for 40 years. The
cereal in spite Of its age, 10 in p splendid
state of preservation, and all this time
has been kept in an ordinary corn crib.
II corn improved with age, as wine does.
this collection would be very valuable
by this time. It is not often that farm
ers keep corn very long nowadays: The
demand for feGRg purposes and the
temptation to conyesit into cash at
marketsare too much; besides, there
would be no advantage in storing away
corn Indefinitely unless for the purpose
Of ascertaining how long it would keep.
Chicago Daily SIM.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
D1TcH-GRADING LEVEL.
VIII Seldom Require the SeFv.
ices Of . Surveyor.

I here give a ruLe sketch Of q
straight edge and level for grading tile
ditch, which I will try to explain.
First, the straight edge is five inches
wide by seven-efghths inches thick and
four feet one and half inches long.
making one-fourth Of q rod of 163l feet.
The straight edge is leveled on the bot
tom, SO that no lump of dirt or gravel
stone can get underneath to hold 1t on
from the bottom of the ditch. The two
uprights, marked q, can be any length
to suit the operator, made Of one-half
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

A short time ago, by request, Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held q stick cut
from the grave of General Andrew Jack
son, which has been carried by him ever
since. Mr.. Brock Is a dignified old gem
tleman, showing few signs of decrepi-
tude. His family Bible is still preserved,
and it shows that the date of his birth
was written lis years ago.
Surely a few words from this remarka-
BILE old gentleman, who has had 115 years
of experience to draw from. would be
interesting as we'll as profitable. A
lengthy biographical sketch is given of
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times-Herald, December 4, 1898. A still
more pretentious biography of this, the
oldest living man, illustrated with q
double column portrait, was given the
readers of the Dallas Morning News.
dated December IL, 1898, and also the
Chicago Times-Herald Of same date
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA
ellis How He Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters
by Using Pe-ru-na.

This centenarian Is an ardent friend OK
Peruna, having used 1t many years.
In speaking Of his good health and ex-
IRENE old age, Mr.. Brock says:
After man has lived in the world 40
long as l have, he ought to have found
out great many things by experience.
I think l have done go.
"One of the things hsve found
out to my entire satisfaction r. the
proper thing for ailments that arc
due directly to the effects Of tho
climate. For rs yeas have
wifhsto0d the clisngesbie climate Of
the United States.
II have always been very healthy
man, but of course subject to the little
affections which are due to sudden
changes in the climate and temperature.
During my long life have known q
great many remedies for coughs, colds
and diarrh0ea.
Gas for Dr.. Hartmsn's remedy,
Peruna, have found II to be tho
best, If not the only. reliable remedy
for these affections. 1t has been my
standby for many years, and sffrib.
ute my good health and extreme old
0XS ~ tHS8 ISMGOys
1T exactly meets all my requirements.
It protects me from the evil effects OF
sudden changes; 1t keeps me in good
appetite; 1t gives me strength; 1t keeps
my blood in good circulation. have
come to rely upon italmost entirely for
the many little things for which need
medicine.
when epidemics of la grippe first
began to make their appearance in this
country I was a sufferer from this dis
ease.
81 had several long sieses with
the grip. At first I did not know
that Peruns was q remedy for this
disease. When I heard that Ia grippe
was epidemic cafarrh, Tried Peruns
for is grippe and found It to be Just
the thing"
In a later letter dated January 81, 1903,
Mr.. Brock writes:
Il am we'll and feeling as we'll as I
have for years. The only thing that
bothers me is my sight. II could see
better could walk all over the farm and
1t would do me good. would not be
without Peruna."
Yours truly,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
M~s, @eN.

For free book on catarrh, address
Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus.
Ohio.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
MARYLAND LEADS OFF.
Oranges Of That state support M.
tional Demand for Federal Aid
in Road Building.

The state grange of Maryland is the
first of the state oranges to follow the
National grange in demanding that the
government aid in improving the high
ways. At fully attended meeting in
Baltimore recently strong resolution
on this subject was adopted, and Master
]. B. Ager in his annual address said:
There seem to be great interest at this
time all over the state in regard to good
roads. 1t is said that the government
has expended $500,000,00O in improving
the rivers and harbors and proposes to
spend $2o0,00OO00 in building the 18TH
milan canal Therefore we believe some
thing should be appropriated to assist
the farmers in building permanent high
ways.
According to Secretary Wilson's re-
port the farmers have aided the govern
ment very materially. Discussing the
balance of trade, the secretary says that
the favorable balance of trade to the
credit of this country is due entirely
to the farmers. The balance of trade in
the farm products during the last IA
years, no year excepted, aggregated $4,-
8O6, 100000 in PRODUCTS. Other than the
farm products during the same period,
The balance Of trade was adverse to this
country to the extent Of $S65, 900 900.
Our farmers not only cancelled this i'm
mense obligation, but placed 81, $40, 00O,-
900 to the credit Ct the nation, when the
books Of the international exchanges
we're balanced. He concludes that it Is
the farmers that have paid the foreign
bondholders. Now, why should not the
government aid the farmers in the con-
structtpn Of roads? 1t is shown bye
full es mates that it cost $500. 0OO. 600 to
haul products of the farm to railway
statid rivers and canals, which is
Vastl1 lore than 1t costs to maintain
200. lies of railway, and by careful
estl the cost could be reduced one
hal ave NO doubt that on some roads
It be reduced much more"
Weeds Along Roadsiles.
Son states that have laws that -
ouire ). removal or destruction of
weeds d he wayside roads are Insisting
on strid enforcement of the law. Il
u gu on whsther the farmer pr the
overse il the highways or road Icom-
miss Is should do the work Of weed
dest pm. In some states railroads
are CON lled by law to destroy all dan
gerous weeds under penalty Roadsides
are q pregnant source for distributing
weed nuisances on farmers fields.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
GREAT CONVENIENCE.
Combined Wood BOX and Carrier
which Can He Pat TogetheF BY
Any BRIGHT Boy.

A great convenience is combined
wood box and wood carrier, such as is
shown in the cut. Any ingenious boy
can make one from green sticks with the
bark left on, by boring holes for the in
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
VIII B.,la coed Ro.a..

The county board Of supervisors, Of
Elmira. N. Y, appropriated 1854, 900 for
the construction Of good roads through
the county. The roads will be laid out,
in accordance with the plans Of the state
engineer and in harmony with the sug-
gestions of the New York and Chicago
Good Roads association. The roads are
intended to form a part Of highway
running from New York to Chicago.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

Born before the United States was
formed.
Saw n Presidents elected.
Pe.ru-na has protected him from
all sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
SiOd q horse when 80 years old.
Always conquered The grip with
Pe:fu.na.
Witness in q land suit at the age
Of no years.
, Believes Peruns The greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
Teosinte and billion Dollar Grass.

Te0D1nte and Billion Dollar Grass.
The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
30 tons green fodder per acre. Grows
everywhere, SO does Victoria Rape, yield.
ing 10000 Tbs. sheep and swine food per
acre. X. Ii
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and receive in return their big
catalog and lots of farm seed samples.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
i. m oder Tines.

Nebuchadnezzar was eating grass.
house next door, where the people haven't
any lawn mower, was seen coming up the
walk.
"Mrs. Nebuchadnezzar," he said, with
confidence, my father sent me over to see
If you would lend him your husband for Q
while, to trim up our front lawn. Sooner.
vile Journal,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
WOOD BOX AND cABR1ER.

sertion of ends where practicable, and
elsewhere using round-headed screws.
Such carrier can be filled with wood at
the pile, carried to the stove, and al
lowed to set beside it until the wood is
used.-Farm Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

7 sAAC BROCK, a citizen of McLennan
county, Texas, has lived for lis years.
For many years he resided at RosQue
Falls, eighteen miles west Of Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-law at Valley
Mills, Texas.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

ton, Denver, Col says:
rs You are at Liberty to
repeat what 1 first stated
through orr: Denver pa
pers a bout Doan's Kidney
Pills in tile summer Of
1899, for I have had no
treason in the interim to
change my opinion Of the
remedy. Twas subject.
Ito severe attacks of back
che, always aggravated
sf I sat long at q desk.
Doan's Kidney Pills abso-
flutely stopped my back
ache. I have never had
q pain or twinge since"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
THREE YEARS AFTER.

Eugene E. Lari,oo,' Of Isl Twentieth
Avenue, ticket seller in the Union Sta
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

Refinement creates beauty everywhere.
1t is the grossness of the spectator that dis
covers anything like grossness in. the OBJ
ject.-HaZlitt.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

The New York Central Lines have decided
to put on fast and luxurious service for the
Worlds Fair and trains of the most APP
proved pattern are now being built for this
purpose. The train will be called the
Louisiana Purchase Limited"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
earliest Green Onton.,

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, always have something new, some.
thing valuable. This year they offer
among their new money making vege.
tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion.
1t is a winner, Mr.. Farmer and Gardener!
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND Ice.
and they will send you their big plant and
seed cataiog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 delicious Carrots,
1900 blanching, nutty Celery,
5000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
900 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10000 plants-this great offer
Is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
ALL FOR BUT Ice POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
If you will send them zoe in postage, they
will add to the above package of the "a
nous Berliner Caulihower. TX. L..
The best Of prophets Of the future is tho
past.-Lord Byron. i
If things fail to come your way 90 after
them.-Chicago Daily News.
There is mo- impossibility to him who
stands prepared to conquer every hazard.
The fearful are the faiing.-S. j.. Hale.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

Wife" Now, don't you think my new hat
is a perfect dream!" Husband-.'Well, no.
To be 9. perfect dream the bill attached to
it should also be merely DREAM Philadel-
phia Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
For sale by all druggists, price 80 cents
per box.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

worth All Il WoulA Cost.
The Wife, think we ought to have Lucy's
voice cultivated, John, if It doesn' cost too
much.
The Husband-It can't cost too much, my
dear, if it will improve it.-Stray Stories.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

Moneybags-"That cashier must be pretty
well of by this time" Witticus-"Yes, he's
in Canada. Columbia Jester.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14

Grace, can you tell me what is meant by
. cubic yard!" II don't know exactly, but 1
guess it's yard that the Cuban children
play in. boston Christian Register.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-14
The best Of prophets Of the futursi is tho

There is no mpossibility to him who
The fearful are the faiing-S. j. Hale
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-03-02
A Quiet Wedding.

On Feb. 24th, at 7 o'clock p. m , at
tho residence of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Porter, Miss Bessie,
their attractive daughter, was happi.
ly married to Mr.. Stacey Townes, a
successful young farmer, Rev o. M.
Abney officiating
The bride was handsomely attircd
and the presents were many and val.
liable. Immediately after tho core.
mony the bridal party wero shown to
q large dining hall where a sumptu.
Gus supper awaited them and which
all enjoyed to the fullest Heavens
blessings upon the young couple.