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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21
New Kansas Postmasters.

Washington, Dec. 21.-The follow
ing western postmasters have been ap-
pointed:
KanSaS-HOllis, Cloud county. Sam
uel NJ. Stewart. vice E. McNeal, re-
signed;. Ionia, Jewell county, Herman
Colson, vice Mary e. Yapp. resigned.
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Inspecting Fort Riley Hospital.

Junction City, Kan, Dec. H.-Colonel c.
B. Byrne of the army medical depart
ment. chief surgeon of the department. of
the Missouri, has arrived at Fort Riley
from Omaha, to make his annual inspec-
ton of the post hospital and the sanitary
condition of the post.
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q. H. Davis I.eares the Alton.

c. H. Davis, who became auditor of the
Chicago and Alton railway after it was
reorganized by E. H. Hartman, has ten
dered his resignation, effective December
81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21

Ottawa, Kan, Dec. N.-A deal has been
closed whereby Ottawa will secure a sup
ply of natural gas from the new field
opened in Rantoul, which already pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21
w. b. Davenport Leaves St. Paul Road

w. B. Davenport, who for several years
has been industrial commissioner of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad,
has been elected commissioner of the
board of trade of Sioux Falls, s. D. He
assumes his new duties January 1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21

Children eat, sleep and grow after tax
ing HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
Brings rosy cheeks, laughing eyes, good
health and strength. A tonic for sickly
children IS cents. Tea or tablets. Cat
lin Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21
The Road of Anthracite.

Piso's Cure for Consumption gives relief
in cases of coughs and colds. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21


Washn D. c..
Peruna being friends and
quantances a admirable
recurring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-21

Peruna is an ideal remedy to pro-
tect any one from the ravages OF Win
ter catarrh, which are liable to begin
during November.
1t cleanses the mucous membranes
of all catarrhal secretions, and allays
the Inflammation resulting from colds.
AS a tonic to the mucous membranes
it is unexcelled. Congressman DunneI
recommends Peruna. Over fifty mem
bers of Congress endorse it. Thous-
ands of other people scattered all over
the United States ard Canada use no
other tonic A trial viii suffice to con-
vince you that PeruIla is positively
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
More Pierre Bribery.


Bro. Osbon, the fearless and able edi.
tor of the Spirit of Dakota, was at the
outset of this removal campaign VIC.
lently in favor of Mitchell but he has
become convinced that 1t is fraud
on the taxpayers and the Mitchell
Press bureau is no longer clipping his
trenchant articles.
The following editorial paragraph
from the Armour Herald is timely
and pertinent comment to the above:
The little sum Of $4,000 was not
much for that Howard editor to ask
for his services, after already receiv.
ing $3.50 from the Mitchell campaign
committee It dosen't bother some
men. however; they can change their
opinion" for consideration.
Osbon is no ignoramus, whatever
else may be said of him. He knew
Pierre and it's environments perfectly.
His go called Change of opinion after
visit to the town is more clearly ex-
planned by a trip to Chicago Immediately
after and the purchase OF about $4,000
worth Of new printing material rather
than anything new revealed by visit
to the Jumping off place on the Mis-.
souri,. Pierre secured the capital in
the first place by bribery and corrup.
tion and is evidently working the same
tactics again. But in Osbon she has
caught Jonah The deal is too open
and brazen-faced and will do Pierre
more harm than good.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
EX-GOVERNOR LEES OPINION.
Inspected the City Hall and
Declared There Was Room
Enough for the States
Business
/ Mitchell Republican,

Mitchell Republican. .
Among the many visitors in the city
yesterday was former Governor An.
drew E. Lee, Of Vermillion, and while
here he, with several other Clay County
citizens, was shown through the CITY
hall building, which is to be used for
temporary capital purposes. After
looking the building over thoroughly,
Mr.. Lee declared that It was very fine
building, indeed. and that there was
ample room for the Legislature and for
whatever purpose the State desired to
use the building. The former Governor
has had some experience with the State
house at Pierre and it is presumed he
IL fully qualified to speak with refer
ence tut to the building in this city. TINS
statement by the former Governor adds
that much more emphasis to the fact as
set forth by Mitchell az to the building
being sufficiently adequate for the
needs of the State for years to come.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
EDITOR Nash IN 1890
What Editor Nash Thought of
Pierre and its PappOOses
in 1900

We are not working for Huron, but
for ourselves in this location business.
The capital IL not reward Of merit to
be bestowed upon The town which
makes the best recitation. but . trust
to be placed where it will be mos,
beneficisl to all the people Of the state.
We would suggest that for men who
are accustomed to logical thinging, a
catechism Of this sort might be pre-.
pared:
Question Where is Pierres
Answer On the edge Of the Sioux
reservation.
9 Who lives on the reservations
A Indians.
g WIN II the the Indians live there long
A They will probably keep on rails.
ing pappooses for few generations yet.
Q Do the Indians need state cspi-
tals
A Not this year. Z.
1904.
Editor Nash might continue his
cstechism in 1904, and We would sug.
gest something in the following vein:
9 Where is Pierre3
A. On the edge Of the Sioux reserva.
tion.
9 How long has it been there7
A Ever since the real estate boomers
borrowed money to buy up the election.
9 Did Pierre buy up the voters1
A You may call that . substantisl
truth:
@ 10 Pierre ~ good an Indian town
now as 1t was IA years ago'
A Just about 40 good for Indians
snd not any better for white men.
@ Do the Indians need . state capi.
tall
A Not this year.
9 Will they ever need oneH
A Never.
Q Where should the capital be
located3
A Where it will be most beneficial
to all the people Of the state
@ Now a. an honest man. truth pre-.
vailing In your opinion. whore do you
consider the proper place for new
state house9
A Mitchell. Mitchell. Mitchell. God
bless you. It is the only place that
meets the requirements Of Ill the
people it is central.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
CANTON. SOUTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY. AUGUST $ 1904

do not clash with those of the other
half. So long a. the republican party
is in power the gold standard is settled,
not as matter Of temporary political
expediency, not because Of shifting con
ditions in the production of gold in
certain mining centers, but In accord
ance with what we regard as the
fundamental principles of national
morality and wisdom.
The Presidents tariff view will COM
mapd the Endorsement of all right think
ing men, whether employers or EN-.
ployees. In reply to the democrats,
who denounce protection as robbery" :"
he demands that the tariff shall always
be high enough to protect American
labor against the encroachments Of the
cheap labor of the old world. At this
point the difference between the two
parties, as he we'll says, is fundamental.
American labor, with the democracy
in control Of the government, will find
itself unprotected and unsupported, be.
-cansa the damnnracy declares ~ -..pro-
lection is robbery"
h In discussing reciprocity, the rights
and responsibilities Of labor and CAPT
tai, tho isthmain canal and the Phillip.
pines. the President takes high ground
and makes an appeal to the best that
there IL in American citizenship. He
wants the republican party to- stand
or fall by its past performances. but
naturally and properly he wants the
democratic party TO stand OK fall BY :
similar standard Of comparison, con-
vinced that the republican party will
stand the test of it and that the demo.
cratic party will not.
What will the democratic party pre-
sent AZ an offset to this masterful sum-
mary Of recent political history7 Moth
ing in the way Of past performance.
1t will make new promises, which. to
Judge the future BY the past. it may or
may not keep If pu. in power, and will
pivot the campaign on the race question
and the personality Of the republican
candidate.
So be It. II the American voter can
be caught with such chaff, he is scarce.
" worthy Of the protection Of q govern.
ment such az this Of ours.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
Willey's Scalp knife.

Willey's Scalp knife.
Editor Wiley of the Vermillion Re.
publican has modest way of skinning
gumbo philosophers and decayed boom.
ers, and in the following amusing vein
of sarcasm applies the knife to the Pierre
bubble:
The Pierre fellows are now quoting
James Monroe "a dead and gone presi-
dent Of this republic-o what he said
when a large tract of country between
Pennsylvania and the Missouri was
ceded to the old confederacy by Vir-
|ginia, together with some slams that
were made at Thomas jefferson when
he took over the Louisiana Purchase,
While the Pierre digger into ancient
history was at it, why don't he tell Of
the racket Christopher Columbus had
in getting across the big pond; how
Queen Isabella pawned her breastpin to
raise the necessary dust to fit Chris out
because nobody over there believed
there was dry land between Spain and
Pierre? just as much sense In It,.
Would Pierre have us believe that the
people of this enlightened nation don't
know anything about the possibilities
of western South Dakota because Mon.
roe or some other big gun century ago
didn't realize the possibilities of Amer
ica9 In those days there were no ia
cillties for gathering knowledge of an
unknown country-no railroads. no tel
egraph lines, no means of travel except
by horseback, and any communication
between the Alleghenies and the Mis-
sissippi meant months Of travel. To.
day not foot of the American conti-
nent remains unexplored and it's utter
most parts are as well known and de-
fined and their possibilities reckoned IS
Virginia. We know in these days that
Florida is q mighty poor country to
raise timothy; that corn won't ripen In
Winnipeg; and that the Bad Lands of
South Dakota are untitled for the cul-
ture of mushrooms. Oregon was we'll
settled State before the Union Pacific
Railway was dreamed of. Ever since
the forty miners crossed the deserts the
western country from the Missouri to
the Pacific Ocean has been as an open
book ever since 1880 the State of
Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas in
particular. Pierre better get down to
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and four if she expects 70 have standing
in court. Nobody cares what some old
guy said q century ago and good dea
less about what will happen according
to Pierre's notion-one hundred years
hence. It is enough for the present to
know that the capital Of South Dakota
is in the wrong place; has been in the
wrong place from the start; and if
kept at Pierre will be in the wrong
place when our children are grand
parents
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
Teachers Examination.

The next regular examination for
State and Grade certificates will be held
at Canton, Fridayand Saturday, Aug.
the 10Th and 2O,h. Examination for
Third grade certificates on the same
dates. The examination will begin at
o'clock. Paper will be furnished.
G.. Fl. DEAN,
3w. County Superintendent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
A Great Speech.

The Minneapolis Journal. one Of the
ablest papers in the northwest. refers
to the Presidents answer TO the notifica-
tion committee. % follows:
It is exceedingly doubtful II during
the entire course Of the presidential
campaign the republican party will be
able to get together, within similar
compass, as convincing ststiment Of
reason for republican success g are 70
be found In the speech Of acceptance
delivered by the President yesterday at
Oyster Bay. It 10 just such . state.
ment q We should expect Theodore
Roosevelt to make -terse, luminous.
logical. convincing, and carrying thru
all its parts that spirit Of high patriot.
ism and devotion to duty for duty's
sake, which is his most notable
characteristics. AZ with : scalpel at
one moment and q microscope ct the
next, he uncovers and exposes to the
public gaze tho shallow pretense Of the
democratic position, and asks the
country what profit there can possibly
be.in q change Of policy.
We wonder what reply the demo-
Gratis will make, or attempt 70 make,
to the array Of fact and legitimate de-
duction with which the address is
filled. What, for instance. will they
they ssy TO the following statement.
which sums up the democratic and re-
publican positions Of the past eight
years:
Our opponents, either openly or
secretly, according to their several
temperaments, now ask the people to
trust their present promises In. con-
sideration Of the fact that they intend
to treat their past promises q null and
void.
What reply can be made to the
statements concerning law enforce.
ment and the trusts. bustressed as these
and ill the other statements are by the
official rocords3 Speaking Of the trusts,
the president says in part, having in
mind the shortcomings Of the last
Cleveland administration:
We do not have to explain why the
laws were not enforced, but TO point
out that they have actually been en-
forced, and that legislation has been en-
acted to increase the effectiveness of
their enforcement.
AZ the chief representative Of the
party which made the fight for honest
money during days which were dark
and uncertain. the President has .
right to call attention to the republi-
can record and to contrast 1t with the
democratic record. and this he does in
a way that will not add to the comfort
Of the democratic position:
We know what we mean when we
speak of an honest and stable currency.
We mean the same thing from year to
year. We do not have to avoid q
definate and conclusive committal on
the most important issue which has
recently been before the people. and
which may at any time in the near
future be before them again. Upon
the principles which underlie this issue
the convictions of half Of our number
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
Notice..

hereby give due notice that my son.
Ralph Svang, has been given his own
time from this 2Sth day of July 1904,
and he assumes the responsibility of
such time until his majority.
Dated, Canton s. D., July 2S, 1904.
OLE SVANG,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
Excursion to Sioux City and lsiv'
erside Park, Wednesday,
August 10, 1904,

Via the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway An attractive program free
to holders of excursion tickets) at Riv.
erside Park.
Band Concert at 100 p m.
Lecture at 1. 80 p. m. by DR.. Austen
x. de Blois, pastor First Baptist
Church, Chicago
Baseball Game at 23O p. m. Hawar.
den vs. Canton. General admission
free. Special train will leave Canton
Ut 7.15 q. M, Wednesday, August 10.
and returning, leave Sioux City at 7.10
p m. Riverside Park at 1926 M.
Wednesday, August TO-
Excursion tickets will be good only
on special train going and returning.
Roundtrip rate from Canton 81 so.
Apply to Ticket Agent of 9. NJ. &
st. P. R'y. Elm III,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05
BLACK RUST.
A New Enemy to The Wheat
Crop Appears in Many
Sections.

The Minneapolis Journal of July 80,
contains the following item concerning
black rust:
Black rust has appeared in wheat
in wildly scattered localities in the
northwest and the grain trade is ap-
prehensive Of material damage in con.
sequence. Rust reports began coming
on Monday last. but they are not more
serious than usual ct this season. and
as there is always some rust. even in q
good year, no special importance was
attached to ,hem The rust was of the
red variety. that appears principally
upon the leaves Of the plant, and rubs
of upon the cloths Or shoes of passer
through the fields. The first report of
black rust came from the vicinity of
Letcher, 8, D., and the next day, July
90, there were nine points in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota reporting it.
Black rust forms principally, on the
stalk. and where it has already ap.
peared, it is' heavy under the heads. 1t
is far more serious than the commoner
red rust.
All interest has now been turned to
this later development. A number OF
grain men have gone to the localities
affected for personal investigation.
The grain trade is inclined to believe
that 90 far the rust is not general
enough 70 effect the crop yield in i'm.
portant degree. but should it spread
it might become very serious. Black
rust shrivels the berry and not only
causes smaller yield but brings down
the quality.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1904-08-05

DIR. Mold has just secured a. large
consignment of Avenarius Carb0lineum,
a preparation that will preserve wood
in the ground for many years.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

the post and the sod. Then l brace
the post with two slanting braces
seven or eight feet long, and set the
lower end against fiat stone instead
of a wooden stake. Then | never
staple the wires at the corner posts.
| cut and tie them all and that makes
a handy place to stretch up the slack
at any time. To make the other
stretching places, tie the top of the
post with wire to a stake. To lay
the wire l fasten the first end to the
post where wanted and mount the
spool on a rod, fastened to the stand
ard or side braces of the wagon. Then
to keep the spool from turning too
fast l make a brake by laying on
hardwood stick with one end tied to
the front standards so it will stay in
place. One man can drive and hold
this brake too. Then if one stops to
stretch at each place as he comes to
it there is but little slack to take up
at one time-M. A. S. in S. d. Farm
er.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

Ashes as FertiIizer.-It would be
well for we farmers and fruit raisers
of Western Washington to make far
more use of ashes, as manure, than
we do.
1t is certainly conceded, and prov
en- by the numerous analysis of the
soil of Western Washington that lime
and potash are lacking and as a re-
suit our crops are deficient both in
quantity and quality. But Nature has
done all she can to remedy this in
furnishing us with dense forests
which furnish work for numerous
mills whose engines, burning the wood
furnish us a large quantity of ashes
which we may apply to our soil.
Prof. Thatcher has given us an an
alysis of our fir ashes showing that
they contain about seven per cent of
potash, two and One-half of phOspnOr-
ic acid and about twenty eight of
lime, hence making ashes a most val
liable fertilizer. AS to the manner of
applying. Ashes should be sown broad
cast at the rate of from seven hun
dred and fifty pounds per acre for
the grains to a ton for fruits and ev
en- two tons or more for garden truck.
Of course one should be guided in tbs
by the quantity of potash found in
the crop which is being MANFRED by
the amount of nitrogen available to
the plant. Then too if the land is
lacking in phosphOric acid an appli-
cation in reduced quantity, of acid
phosphate, or some other form of
phosphorus should be applied but on
manure needed.
I hope that during the next year
large part of the ashes which have
heretofore gone to waste will be
gathered and applied to our soil.
During the winter and spring is
rather the best time of year to Apply
them and perhaps where we have so
much rain during the winter that the
spring would be preferable w.
Lewis, Tumwater, Wash.
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Strychnine for Gophers.-

Strychnine for Gophers.- noticed
in The Ranch a man in Adams county
asks if anyone knows anything better
than traps to exterminate gophers. I
can recommend strychnine. Cut pota-
toes into small pieces and put the
poison on them. Open up the go
pher holes and drop several of these
pieces in, afterwards covering the
hole up. He will find this will get
them every time-Henry King, Dood,
Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15
Mushrooms.-We
Growing

Growing Mushrooms.-We raise
mushrooms between October and Ap-
ril We do not raise them in summer
because of the mushroom maggot
The beds, as you see, are under the
benches in these propagaing houses
and they occupy space that we could
MT very well use for anything else
We have several beds and make them
up one after another. say four or five
weeks apart-the first one in Septem-
Der and the last in February This
gives us a continuous succession of
crops all winter long. They bear
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-15

ing Make your articles brief and write as
often as you like.
Cement Floors.-A letter tells me
of a man who followed out directions
of advance dairymen and cemented
his stable floor, and it is so slippery
that his COWS slip and slide upon 1t
to their possibly injury. What rem
edy? Well, next summer put on very
light coat of cement again and then
"block" a garden rake so the teeth
will be only fourth inch long and
cross rake the floor and platform
both so to make them rough. 1t will
smooth out a little before it sets, but
there will be no more slipping and
sliding and the bedding will stay I'M
der the COWS and not slip back into
the gutter. Instead of the rake you
can use a stiff stub broom to roughen
with. While cement floors are, as a
rule, permanent and the best, they
do need a good soft bed between
them and the COWS. 1t will save bun
ches, puffed knees, and stiffened
Joints with rheumatic tendencies. A
cement floor without bedding is too
cold a floor even for COW to come
in direct contact with.-S. d.
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Skim Milk for Poultry.-"NO con

Skim Milk for Poultry.-"No con-
densed milk factory for me. Why?
Because | can make more out OF my
milk. The butter made at the cream
cry in Fairview from April 1st to the
close of the year 1902, from my milk
brought me Sill and fraction per
hundred pounds of milk. Then l had
skim milk left, and now, to come at
the value of it, must give little OF
my experience.
For several years l kept no pigs
and raised no calves, but gave the
skim milk to my hens. | charge my
hens with the wheat l buy and give
them credit for eggs and chicks Sold
For the years 1900 they had to their
credit 1928 above the cost OF wheat.
For 1901, | thought l would try
feeding the skim milk to pigs and
calves, so | bought two pigs and
raised my calves. In the fall they
were worth about $50. Now we will
see how the hens came out. They
got no milk, but they had $244 worth
of wheat and had to their credit SIS
above the cost of the wheat. So |
said it did not pay to feed the milk
to calves and pigs as well as to the
hens.
$50 in 1902, kept no pigs and veal
ed the calves at six weeks and gave
the milk to the hens. Result: Fed
hens $217 worth of wheat, sold 1912
worth of eggs, leaving to their credit
a balance of $155 against SIS the year
before. Now, take the $137 differ,
ence in the hens credit for the two
years, add to that $40 for veal calves,
and you have $177 for the skim milk
or over 80 cents a hundred for the
skim milk, which, added to Sill for
the whole milk, makes $1.91 per hun
dred pounds of milk.
"Now, the condenslng factory won't
do that. And while the skim milk
fed to the pigs and calves paid %
cents per hundred, it paid most three
times that fed to the hens. OF course
the hens and calves got part of their
living off what they picked up on the
farm" Il. S. Maynard, Tillamook,
Ore.
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