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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
Travelling Is Dangerous.

Constant motion jars the kidneys
which are kept in place in the body
by delicate attachments This is
the reason that traveller trainmen,
street car men, teamsters and all
who drive very much, suffer from
kidney disease in some form.
Foley's Kidney Cure strengthens
the kidneys and cures all forms of
kidney and bladder disease. Geo.
E. Hausan, locomotive engineer,
Lima, o., write, Constant vibra-
tion of the engine caused me a
great deal of trouble with my kim
|neys, and ! got no relief until /
used Foley's Kidney Cure, Sold
|by o. L. Shannon
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
STOLEN SMILES.

A certain young lady, teacher.
in kindergarten, who although
exceedingly modest, likes to be
very frierd dly, boarded Chicago
street car the other morning and,
looking at large gentleman who
was reading his paper, remarked
10 him, "Why, how do you do,
Mr.. Brown?" The man stared
at her in astonishment, and she
realized she was mistaken in the
person, and to rectify her mis-
take, said, "oh, l beg your par
don-I thought you were the
father of one of my children"
This did raise a smile, and the
embarrassed girl, all bushes, left
the car at the next street.
"Whst caused my watch to
stop?" asked lady on calling
for her time piece at jewelers..
MADAME, it bad a bedbug in it, ("
! eplied the jeweler. "Bedbugl"
r, piled the lady in astonishment.
"How in the world do you sup
pose it got there?" Between
the ticks madame"
An exchange says when our
subscribers get hold of $40 they
go off and celebrate; but when
we ge' that much money, they
want us to enlarge the paper and
give em a gold watch.
A young man took his best girl
to church and stopping at the
end of the back pews' turned to
the usher and said: 81 guess we
can squeeze in here" "Yes,"
said the usher with a smile, 81
guess YOU can, but probably il
would be better for all concerned
to wait until you get home"
| Back in the town where
might have been raised, there is
a regular bleached- blonde scan
dal. The wife of one of the local
editors, looking "ver the Office
books one day when the editor
had gone tishing, discovered an
item that read; Ribbons for
the typewriter s175." AS a
matter of fact, she isn't that kind
of girl at all, but the poor, flus-
trated publisher has not power OF
persuasion sufficient to convince
his fearful wife.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12


Rev. c. StubbIeiield left this
morning for Marionville, No.
over the Frisco, in response TO q
telegram stating that his aged
father was very III at that place.
II his father recovers he will 60
from there to the Southern Bap-
tist Convention at Kansas City.
o. P. Pyle Of .Mineola, Texas,
one Of the head moguls Of tie
Texas Farmers Union and Pres
ident of the Texas Producers
Exchange was in Durant this
morning to talk over the question
Of marketing potatoes with Du-
rant truck growers.
Mr.. l. Harmon OF Robbers
Roost in company with his
mother and youngest daughter
Miss Ada were in the city today.
He says crops are in good con-
dition in his section, cotton about
planted, corn is some what weedy
but is being worked out. Wheat
and oats both fine.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

From Tuesdays Daily. Ell
H. A. Staten of Mead was do
ing the town yesterday.
Prof. B. M. Strother was in
the city yesterday from Utica.
.. G. Moore, j. g. and c. q.
Jones, were Sterrett visitors in
Durant today.
A. NJ. wadill of Ravia, with
the w. F. Barrister Co., was in
the city yesterday.
John P. Reed of Kuttawa, KY,
is in Durant prospecting for an
allotment for his son.
Charley and Jim McCarty and
their families left today for the
Washita river for a few days
fishing trip.
Mayor w. L. Boner and wife
returned yesterday from Aubrey
Texas, where they had been to
be at the funeral of his mother.
t. W. Titterington of Johns
town, Pa, district organizer oi
the W. o. W., is now working al
Mead, 1. T. He received forty
applications for membership al
that place.
Eugene Burton is again a
citizen of Durant, having tried
the city of Dallas for a short
time he is prepared to say that
the insurance business ie. over
done there.
DaveJackson, one of the cham,
pion hunters of Durant spent
last night at Caney returning
this morning with two turkeys q
large number Of squirrels, q
luckey man was he.
Ross Cravens who stopped oveI
here on his way from st. Louis
to visit his sister, Mrs. Claude
i
Neely, and shake hands with his
many friends, left today for hii
home at Ravenna, Texas.
| On next Sunday, the 18th inst.
there will be a big Woodmar
unveiling at Mead. l. t., of tn,
monument erected in memory o
Sovereign j. j. Franklin. A
program will be published later
All Woodmen and their familie
are invited to attend.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. T. L. Cox left on the
nooo train fer Farmersville, Tex.
where she viii visit relatives for
a few days.
w. H. Litsinger of Sterrett
was in Durant yesterday. He
thinks Of soon returning to the
old soldiers h. me at Leaven-
worth Kan.
H. T. Carr, a new arrival from
Bandan, KY, reports that his
daughter, Miss Vera, who was
taken sick while on the road
with appendicitis, is some better.
Alva M. Walker. the genial
young manager for the Walker
Dry Goods Co. of this city, is soon
to take a trip through Europe.
He win distribute literature and
advertising matter for the 150,-
900 Club of Dallas, Texas.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

Musical Instruetion-By Prof.
Mcclellan, means the best at any
price. If you expect to make a
success of your music you must
take from a professional and
learn the practical, rapid meth
DDS. Piano, violin, mandolin
and guitar. 91-tf
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
Citizenship.

If you claim citizenship and
are not on the rolls "r have bus,-
ness before the Interior Depart
ment, write Immediately to W. W.
WRIGHT, Resistered I Attorney,
Bond Building, Washington,
ID. G. 30-d&w I'm
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

Foley's Honey and Tar Is pucu-
liarly adapted for asthma, bronchitis
and hoarseness. sold by o. L.
Shannon.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12
The Lost Ring.

Woman lived in Rackinsack, had a
ringworm on her back;
Said she wouldn't care snatch, but
was where she couldn't scratch.
Therefore she could not endure, had
to have aid quick and sure.
One box OF Hurts Cure, price
soc, did the work 1t always does
It's guaranteed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

On Saturday, the Goth of May,
there will be an exclusion from
Durant to New Mexico. Cheap
rates. Do you want free home?
See Joe Howard at Prewitt's gro-
Gerry store on the 18th or 10th of
May. 28-d11t wit
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1905-05-12

Mrs. Kalberer's new line of
millinery at lowest prices is be-
ing shown by Miss Lena Barker
at Townsend & Co. 213-d&wtf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
TEE syt.o.

We are sometimes w against the
b G Of some propositions which. it
Is supposed. the MASSES Of the people
are well informed on. Now, here is a
reader wanting to know what the silo
is, what it is for, what it will do, and
all that, and. If it good thing, why
there are not more silos in use For
the benefit of this correspondent and
possibly for some others we will say
the silo Is an air tight receptacle as
nearly as may be constructed, prefera-
bly, circular in shape and with a height
not less than twice its diameter. 1t is
intended for the preservation of green
forage Of any sort, common field corn
cut when Just hard being the best.
This forage is run through q cutter
and cut into two or three inch lengths
and soiidly packed In the silo, where II
undergoes a slight fermentation and
keeps sweet an indefinite length of
time. The product Is termed silage,
and 1t furnishes a nutritious and sue.
culent food for all kinds of stock
through the season when there is no
green food. 1t Is extremely palatable
and is reiished by all kinds of stock
and is especially valued as a ration for
the dairy COW. More good food can
be obtained by this method and at q
very small cost than by any other
method known, as there rs practically
no waste whatever, and the silo may
be filed regardless Of the weather.
The cost of the silo is, for the cheaper
sort made Of slaves, about 81 per ton
for its holding capacity. 1t Is Also built
Of metal, Of cement, Of brick and
stones. If one Is contemplating build
ing one, the best thing to do is 10 visit
some man who Is using one successful.
~ and then decide on plan TO suit the
need. 1t may be said that all through
the corn section Of the west the silo
will, If used, greatly increase the stock
carrying capacity of the farm and will
put to a good use what Is now wasted
in the shape Of unused corn fodder in
the fields There is probably no one
thing which would produce such
marked improvement on the average
farm Of the west as the building of
silo. In the east no up to date farmer
thinks OF farming without one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
SWEET CLOVER

We believe that the sweet clover
which grows so very thriftily and luxu-
riantiy all along the railway rights Of
way through the west and which seems
perfectly at home on a sterile gravel
knoll or cinder heap or food deposit Of
sand has q use not as yet given to 1t
in an agricultural way. From the very
manner and type Of its growth under
unfavoring conditions 1t is very plain
that as a legume 1t Is great gatherer
and storer Of nitrogen In the soil equal
II not superior to any one of this nu-
merous family. 1t seems to be in no
sense an intruder or soil brigand, as
are most Of our weeds, and is very
easily confined to the odd places where
1t seems indigenous, never, so far as
we have noticed, spreading into field or
pasture. We believe that this clover
might be sown to advantage on run
down soils, the crop to be pastured
when 1t is young and tender, at which
time stock will eat It, and later be al
lowed to make big growth, as 1t will.
and be then plowed under for fertih-
ger, thereby greatly enriching the soil.
We would like to see an experiment
carried out with this plant ON the lines
indicated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
THE FARM HOME.

One of the most delightful farm
homes and at the same time one Of
the best and most probably conduct
ed farms Of the west Is owned and per-
sonaliy conducted by college grad
uate, while the owners wife has been
a club and society woman and Is also
q graduate Of an eastern college. The
home is a model Of culture and refine
ment, while the farm work Is done
under a business system and manage
ment which would do credit to any
large manufacturing establishment.
Perhaps the curious thing in this case
is that both the husband and wife are
greatly In love with their work and
tell us that under no circumstances
would they exchange the freedom and
independence which they enjoy for
any kind Of city environment The
most beautiful homes in Old England
are found tn the country, and Eng
lands best people live in them. 1t will
be that same way In this country some
day. Perhaps the greatest barrier in
the way of country life today Is the
difficulty Of obtaining reliable help,
the working classes preferring city
life even II they cannot make as much
money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
Notice of Appointment

Notice OF appointment OF an Administrator
of the estate of Ole II. Rorum. Decea sed.
Notice is hereby given. that the subscriber
has been duly appointed adminstrator.oft the
estate of
OLE II. RORUM,
laie Of Madison Township, in the County OF
Winnesheik, State of Iowa. deceased, interstate
and has taken upon himself that trust as the
law directs. All persons having demands upon
the estate of the said deceased are required TO
exhibit the same; and persons indebted 10 the
said estate are called upon TO make payment
to
3l-i OLE o. SUNDE, Administrator
w. NJ. STRAND, Attorney.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa. July q, 1905.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
To the Haryest..fieIds

OF Minnesota, North and South
Dakota. Every day during the
month of August the Chicago Great
Western Railway will sell to parties
of five or more harvest hands, tickets
to towns in the above states. at greatly
reduced rates. For futher information
apply to any Great Western Agent or
j. P. Elmer, G.. P. A., st. Paul,
MINI. 32-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The happy combination Of oatmeal
and whisky which developed the can
ny Scotsman does not work we'll in
this country. The tendency Is to re-
duce the oatmeal and Increase the
whisky ration, throwing the ration out
Of balance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

There is no place on the farm where
the manure can be so easily applied
and where it will produce more lasting
results than ON the pasture and mead
ow land used in five year rotation Of
crops.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

No man should talk about taking a
summer vacation If he Is owing a gro
Gerry bill. A mans first duty Is to pay
his way even If he has to wait for the
undertaken to give him his first vaca-
ton trip.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
1 ss~s TABLE 1a,. I|I|| |1|
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DECORAa:
Chicago, Milwaukee & 81. Paul Railway
Passenger Depot corner Water and Day streets.
Ielephone IIA.1

Chicago, Milwaukee & 81. Paul Railway
Passenger Depot corner Water and Day streets.
Telephone Ii4-7
206 20i Depart 20S 2l0
$40 ANIL ala DecorahIS:i5 pm 20 pm
1910 am 1910 =. m Conover 1915 p m 1901 d. IN
1920 a. m 1890 pm, Calmar 1880 pm l2:lO,a. m
2Ol 2OS Arrive EOS 2O7
$40 am ll:25 am DEBORAH S:25 p.m Halo pm
500 m 90 am Conover 500 p. m 1880 p. IN
7:45 a.ml0:5O am Calmar ESQ pm l0:i0 p m
Nos. Dol and 206 daily.
Nos. 2Os, 205. 2O4 and 2OS daily except Sunday
Train No. 206 makes connection at CAL
mar for Mason City and points west on
the I & d division.
Train No. 204 makes connection at
Conover for st. Paul, Minneapolis, AL
bert Lea, and points on the & M divi-
sion. At Calmar wit b trains for Cedr
Rapids, Kansas City, Omaha, s.. Louis
La Crosse and Chicago.
Train No. POS connects at Calmar
with night trains for Chicago, Mil
waukee, Madison, Davenport,
Island and Kansas City.
Train No. 210 makes cor nection with
the early morning trains at Calmar for
points in Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and points west of Calmar in
Iowa and South Dakota Tickets for
this train must be bought and all bag
gage checked before As p. m.
8. V. Potter, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The Asiatic breeds of poultry are the
only ones worth caponizing. TO at
tempt this work with the small breeds
is like trying to make beef critters out
Of Jersey steers
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
H. COFFEEN
REAL ESTATE DEALER.

Has bargains in land near DEBORAH,
also in other parts Of winneshiek County.
He can give you as good bargains on
Dakota or Wisconsin lands as any dealer
in the state. Office with c. S. Boice
over Reeds Hardware Store. References
those to whom he has sold land. Call on
him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The burden Of testimony from plum
growers Ia to the effect that where
poultry 10 kept tn the plum orchard
the trees are more thrifty, the fruit Of
better size and freer from insect pests
and the yield larger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

A good many men complain about
their clover killing out, when the fact
Is 1t dies because it has lived ITS al
lotted two years The general rule Is
that after it produces a crop Of seed
II dies.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

There is always time to put tools
where they belong when done using
them, for II not done then twice as
much time will be taken to hunt them
up when next wanted. See If this
isn't so.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16
Loss CAUSED BY INSECTS.

The reports from the agricultural de-
partment show In very interesting
manner the losses sustained by the av-
erage Of insect pests on the crops Of
the country. Such loss amounts to
more than 10 per cent Of the annual
value Of crops raised and is given as
follows:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

That farmer who holds up the right
Of way agent Of proposed trolley line
so that the route is diverted to some
other locality will live to regret his av-
arice as long as he lives. A man is
fool to turn down such benefit when
II comes his way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

There is one peculiar thing about the
strawberry, and that is just as soon
as the season for them Is about over
the people want them worse than ever.
berry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

steer calf II for no other reason than
that Some sucker will try to make a
beef critter out of him later on If you
don't
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

Just because once in six years man
can raise good crop on pond hole
that is no reason why such ground
should be cultivated. Far better keep
1t in grass or else tile IL out
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The statement is made that the cult
waited ginseng lacks the medicinal vir-
tues priced by the heather Chinee, and
he will have none of it, so If one can
not sell plants or seeds to his neighbor,
as we did Belgian hares awhile ago,
the Jig IS up on ginseng.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

There Is very much In common be-
tween the rat and the sparrow. Both
are imported pests Of our modern civil
lization. Each possesses the power Of
reproduction in a most extraordinary
degree, and each is evidently intended
as food for other and higher forms Of
life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

Crops which may be planted or SOW
ed in July are not very numerous. 1t
will do to put in piece of buckwheat
up to the 10th of the month, the Swede
turnips may be sowed. bit Of corn
planted for fodder, while miilet will
mature crop sowed not later than
the 1st Of the month. The white and
fiat turnips can be sowed as late as the
LIST Of August.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The value Of manure depends very
largely upon what the stock Is fed.
heterogeneous foods make far better fer
tilizer than do carbonaceous ones.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The struggle between the steamboat
and the locomotive as transportation
agencies has continued now for thirty
years, with the result that the locomo-
tive has whipped out the steamboat to
q finish Water transportation will
hold it's own for all time, however, on
the great lakes and in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley. The simple question of
time required In transit has settled the
contest in favor Of the railway.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The greatest problem confronting the
vast southwestern section Of the coun-
try Is to corral and store up the food
waters of that region which now work
so much destruction. Every acre Of
desert upon which these waters can be
placed is an undeveloped gold mine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

II one will take the trouble to secure
the cuttings of the mae cottonwood
tree, he will have trees which when
grown are free from the very bad hab-
1t the female tree has OF shedding its
lint The male tree is very clean and
handsome quick growing tree for all
the northwestern prairie section.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

A reader Of these notes in Michigan
wrote US recently wishing to know If
capons would do we'll in that state
and requesting that we inform him
as to the cost Of setting Of eggs and
where they could be obtained. This
was q very embarrassing request to
make and Of necessity was disposed Of
by letter. 1t reminded US of the Eng
lishman who went to Dakota to start
q mule ranch some years ago and who
was very particular about the selection
OF his breeding mules.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

One Of the representatives Of farm
separator company makes the claim
for his machine that he can take hard
well water and extract soft water from
It by running 1t through his machine
at high rate of speed. Maybe he
can, but we are inclined to think there
Is one thing be cannot extract from his
machine. and that Is the truth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

Each year emphasizes the need Of
reliable labor supply to meet the needs
Of the United States, both on the farm,
In the home, factory and mill. Labor
has become 30 aggressive and dictate
rial in matters entirely outside the
mere matter Of wages that If man
would enjoy Life the less be has to do
with hired help Of any kind the better
be Is Off
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

Spraying the potato plant to pre-
vent the blight has become almost
necessity with the successful potato
grower. The spray is what Is known
as bordeaux mixture and If applied at
the proper time Will entirely prevent
damage by blight. For the potato bee
tie, which Will often finish up crop
in short order If not prevented, so
luton Of paris green is used.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

The best things are not the largest
ones by any means, and yet IN the mat
ter of fruits and vegetables the pub
lie viii always pay more for big things
than for the medium size. Size Is al
most always attained at the expense
Of flavor and begets coarseness Of tex
ture in both animal and vegetable It's
sue. The large potato is almost always
hollow; same way with the big straw
berry. The meat Of yeariing steer,
Of the young pig and sheep, is vastly
better than that of the OK, the old hog
or wether. Size Is all right for show,
but not for real utility.
Here's an inquiry about goats--as to
whether It will pay TO keep them on a
northwestern farm. The goat has but
one use for that territory, and that to
clean up brushy land. which it will do
to the kings taste. A friend has a
flock Of Angoras, about 200-we saw
them recently-and forty acre brush
pasture which they had just finished
up in two years. The wool crop, or,
rather, hair crop, brings him 30 cents a
pound and averages about three pounds
to the head. Enough twins are pro-
duced so that the does will double
their number each year. They are not
nice beasts to have around from our
way Of looking at 1t; would every way
prefer sheep. They are all right In
Arizona, Spain and Palestine.