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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
A Suggestion.

81 want to get that latest novel,'
said the lady. 81 don't remember the
title. but it's a long story of war"
Here" replied the meek new sales
man with the bald head, SIS ore called
When a Mans Married. Maybe
that's it."
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1905-12-26
Ancient Statue Of David.

A statue of the Sumerian King
David, found at Bismya, Babylonia,
recently, is believed to date back to
$500 B. c.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
SCHOOL FOR MESA CHILDREN.
Little Ones Climb Down Immense Rock
TO Get instruction.


Youths Companion: The home OF
the oraibi branch OF the Moqui In
dams Is a mesa 500 feet high. upon
which the old Indians practice the
snake dance and other favorite cers-
monies OF the tribe. But u is probable
that the coming generation. or. per-
haps. the present one. will grow out OF
these things. The white man with his
school house and other usages OF civil
lixation. has found the young Indians
and made friends OF them.
A few years ago these Indians OF the
mesa were considered hostile because
they exhibited more opposition 20 the
influence OF the whites than did the
other Moquis. When IL was proposed
to build a school house at the base OF
the mesa and TO place all the children
In school. the parents stubbornly re-
fused TO permit IL. But a house was
built. and after long and persistent eff
fort. every child OF proper age was
enrolled as a pupil. The Indians. who
had 80 vigorously opposed at FIRST. be-
came jealous friends OF the school m
soon an they saw the results OF II.
The enterprise has been very sue
cessful. and now one may stand near
the school at o'clock In the morning.
and looking up at the plateau. 500 feet
above, see suddenly q curious thing.
Little children. looking like dolls. begin
to appear over the edge OF the mesa.
One child comes into view behind an
other, and soon the face OF the great
rock IN alive with the little creatures
as they descend, I'm single file. the
steep. xigzag path leading TO the base
OF the mesa and the school. The little
folk seem to be hanging TO the wall Or
the immense rock as they slowly de-
scend the face OF IL. They keep pour
Ing over the edge OF the top. and the
head OF the line has reached the school
| on the plain below before the last OF
IL leaves the mesa.
When the struggling line comes fully
Into view IL In nearly half mile long.
A fanciful person might see In Its con-
| volutions on the path some resem-
blance TO the movements OF a snake.
and think OF IL as the snake dance with
which the young Indians have replaced
| that OF their grandfathers.
In this school there are IFS children.
and In regularity OF attendance IL IL
said TO head the list OF Indian day
schools In all the country. A fine large
new building. costing between $4,000
| and $4,000, has taken the place OF the
| first school house. New clothes. such
as white children wear, are supplied
the pupils when they enter school
| The children are fond OF their lessons
and the teachers have but few COM
| plants TO make OF bad behavior.
There are specialists OF various sorts
among the New York street merchants
men who sell collar buttons. men who
sell shoe laces. and 80 on. but as odd
| a specialist as any In the man who sells
small boys knee pants" He displays
his wares In n basket on the edge OF q
downtown thoroughfare that leads e
a big market. and relies for his trade
on mothers passing that way to do the
family marketing. 80,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
CROPS FOR THE sIlo.

The bulletin recently issued by Pro-
lessor w. ]. Fraser OF the Illinois ex-
pertinent station, on Crops For the
silo," Is helpful right now. Following
is q summary: Corn sllage Is. rs n rule.
that can be obtained for dairy COWS at
the most economical succulent food
a season when pasture Is not available.
Although not a balanced ration In itself
Il tends To heavy milk production and
economical milk can be made by feed
ing corn silage and a legume hay with
out the use OF much grain.
BY helping the pasture out during dry
periods with partial soiling more stock
can be carried on given area than by
more feed TO the acre than corn. and
with the silo this can be utilized for
selling.
In Illinois corn seems TO be the best
single crop for the sllo. and by combin-
ing with u cowpeas or soy beans the
feeding value In greater, ton Tor ton,
than OF corn alone.
less than one-fourth as much dry mat
ter as when the ears are fully glazed.
From this stage TO maturity the In
crease Is but slight.
That sIlage may keep well the corn
should not be cut until most of the ker-
nels are glazed and nara, III 100 ripe
the sllage will not settle well and the
air will not be sufficiently excluded 10
prevent spelling.
The corn Is most easily handled by
cutting with corn binder. and using n
silage cutter OF large enough capacity
10 avoid the necessity OF cutting bands
IL silage IL TO keep well the leaves
and heavier parts must be kept thor
oughly mixed. evenly distributed I'm the
silo. and well tramped next the wall.
After filling. the top six inches should
be wet once and the whole surface
tramped every day for week to ATTAIN
a thin, compact layer OF well rotted
siiage, which will exclude the air.
Records OF the cost OF sllo filllng were
kept by the experiment station on nine
teen different farms I'm various parts OF
the state, and the cost was found to
range from 40 cents TO rs cents a ton.
the average being Sc cents.
Numerous dairymen have reported
very favorably on clover ensilage. Here
Il the experience OF an ontario farmer:
Early last summer i was convinced
| that the season was not likely to be
| favorable TO the growth OF corn. and
! made up my mind TO use clover AZ a
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

substitute for filllng my silo. I made
what inquiries could. but was unable
TO ind anyone who could direct me. Ac-
cordingly. / made up my mind to do q
little experimenting I'm this direction. +
waited until the clover was In full
bloom-till what some would consider
the earliest cutting time. but when 9TH
ers would believe was too early TO be-
gin the clover harvest. I engaged mon
and teams as I would for filling with
corn. and on the day appointed waited
till the dew was OF the hay before
starting the moving machine. How
ever. just about noon n heavy shower OF
rain came on. and nothing was done
tili after dinner. The fret clover put
into the siio was, therefore. quite wet.
This rart OF the silage when ] began
using Il was quite black and useless:
indeed. II was simply manure. The
next few loads OF clover were much
dryer. and this turned out TO be very
good ensilage. In the meanwhile the
sun and wind had thoroughly dried thu
standing clover. This was cut and
hauled at once To the silo. The ensilaga
resulting from this proved to be thor
oughly sweet and good. and desirable I'm
every particular. having all the good
points OF good corn ensIlage. The cat-
tie eat Is greedlly. thrive well upon a..
and II does not talnt the cows' milk.
I may say that / followed the usual
methods OF filling a silo with corn. I
cut II the usual length and had
Il well tramped In the silo."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
ANIMALS SET The EXAMPLE IN INDUSTRY

Ever human being. man. woman and
child, suffers occasionally from what they
call "the blues" No matter how happy
the temperament a. n general thing.
time comes In the life OF each person when
the 'biue devils'' get the upper hand.
What the French call "ennui" affiicts
many OF us occasionally. and many md
low spirits. boredom, melancholy, the
chief bane OF existence. But the lower
animals do not suffer At all In this way.
Birds and beasts, as well NJ the insects,
manager TO pass through life without sue
cumbing TO what almost crazes their more
intelligent superiors. Loanng. or chronic
idieness, az everyone knows. In the most
fruitful source OF misery. and lack OF oc-
cupation 10 the sure breeder Of despond-
ency says the American Farmer. The 9TH
or animals. however. do not loaf. Loanng
n an art which few living creatures un-
derstand. Lizards. crocodiles and other
saurians seems TO have mastered the phil
asophy OF being industriously Idle without
III results but there In nothing TO indicate
that they suffer from 1.-The blues" The
art appears 20 consist I'm tho fact that AMI
mails have acquired the knack OF making
much ado about nothing: they have
learned 10 be very busy without doing
anything. But obviously this accomplish
ment differs from what among men u
~
have brought 20 perfection. and by know
ing how 20 eliminate the horrors OF EN-
nui'' they obtain from life the maximum
OF happiness. Some human beings. chiefly
women. also succeed In mastering this art
OF pottering and time consuming. though
nothing really II being done. Old men.
too, sometimes exhibit the same trait
Washington Irving remarks that one OF
the compensations OF old age Ii that IL al
lows one 20 DO idle with impunity and
without reproach. The aged rise early and
are eternally ''pottering around" IN an
aimless way. busily occupied In doing
nothing OF consequence.
Watch q wasp ovef head busily exploring
the holes In the trunk OF tree. Why he
does this he probably does not know: he
has not time TO stop and think. He In quite
content 10 explore away as though his life
depended upon Il. and will inspect over
and over again every portion OF the same
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

Beating Dame Nature Mt her own
game IN q little trick II. NJ. ouirin. q
Bellevue. O.. bee keeper. has turned on
the old lady In the matter OF rearing
queen bees. He has not only been able
20 duplicate the natural methods. but
scale. Mr.. ouirin n able TO turn out
thousands each season. Last year his
queen sales were 5000 ut II 20 Is each.
when q colony destres to raise
new queen the worker bees build q
large cell around q worker egg. and
a. soon ss It has Matched they begin
Feeding the larva royal Jelly" IL u
once. or the prospective queen will de-
velop into nothing but q worker.
When the larva n six days old u re-
fuses 60 eat any more food and then
the end Of the cell n capped over. six
or seven days later the cap II pushes
on the cell and the new queen energies.
Mr.. ouirin's artificial method begins
within. two and never longer than four
hours after the worker iarva has been
Matched from the egg. A row OF large
artifciaily constructed cells are utilized
Quirin 10 the only man who is known
20 be successfully Matching out queen
bees by artificial methods.
There are no kings In bee land. The
queen In supreme. Everything centers
ATOuuu nCEs 6itC Nv hehNss 49,
even enough for her own sustenance.
Her food n royal jelly" pre-digest-
ed preparation that only the chefs or
the royal cuisine know how TO prepare.
and which no common citizen dares
partake OF.
The queens sole occupation In lay
Ing eggs. Every citizen OF the realm
II her offspring. No accusation OF race
suicide can be brought against her
either. for the daily birth rate In from
1000 to 1000 during the busy summer
months.
When n beekeeper wants TO change
his strain OF bees he only needs to buy
n queen OF the desired breed, execute
the present ruler and crown the new.
In a few weeks his hives will be
stocked with the improved variety.
This has led to a large demand for
well bred queens. such as are prolific.
whose offspring In gentle, active at
honey gathering and hardy. Seeing an
opportunity for a profitable industry.
Mr.. Quirin developed his artificial
method OF queen rearing. Several
hand made queen cells are placed on
frame. Into each OF these cells he puts
one OF the young worker larvae. From
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
Great queen Bee" Enterprise.

some naturally cell q supply Of royal
Jelly" In secured and q small drop
placed In each cell. The frame OF cells
In then placed In . hive Of WORKERS.
The bees come along. see n lot OK
queens started. and at once proceed TO
prospective rulers. They also All up
the spaces between the queen cells
with wax In order 10 make them moro
secure.
Al soon m all the cells are capped
over the frame n again removed from
the hive and placed In q specially ar
ranged incubator. where bee hive tenn.
Of the seventh day al queens are out.
II 10 no easy matter TO control 500
queens In one incubator. every one %
whom In born scrapper. % u -
necessary TO cage each one. 40 soon -
Matched. In little wire bottles. In .
short time they are moved to roomisr
BY his artificial process, ouirin 10
enabled At all times TO meet orders fcr
queens without carrying q large stock.
Within ~ days he can produce 1900
queens. all OF which viii be ready 20
ship few days later. Nearly all the
queen that MT. ouirin would not cell
for 5000. This queen has proven TO b
exceptionally prolific. and her bees are
splendid honey gatherers.
MT. ouirin ships queens all over tho
world. Beckeepers OF New Zealand
Japan. Australia. and all parts OF Eu-'
rope and America. are his customsru.
The queens palace car In made from .
small block OF wood. Three holes are
bored almost through this block. form
ing three connected apartments In.
one OF these In placed enough food to
feed the queen and her dozen worker
attendants during the journey.
Arrived at her new home. the queen
cage In placed inside the hive where
she In TO be introduced. but she ID not
liberated for two or three days ny,
that time the bees have become ac-I
quainted with her through the screen
covering OF the cage. and viii be ready
TO give her royal welcome when re-
leased.
A large part OF Mr.. ouirin's incomsl
IN net profit. He finds IL impossible To-
secure competent help and 30 attends
to his apiary alone. During the win.
ter season he manufactures enough
supplies for the coming season. and,
also prints his own advertising mattsr.l
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

hole. All this labor H. useless In q sense. |,
but IL apparently constitutes the wAsp's
taste. without which IL would In all prob.
ability die OF what men call low spfrits.
Many other creatures are equally expcrt
nj frittertng away time. They spcnd
much OF their time In futile dailiancs.
Note a canary I'm a cage. He hops back
ward and forward between two percheA
as though he was paid by the distance for
doing 80. Look NJ the butterfly. He leads
an aimless existence. but manages TO keep
busy all the time and embodics the very
perfection OF the Joy of living. A bee vis-
its more flowers than n butterfly, but
his trips are for business. while the othsr
seems 10 have no other object than to
keep moving. The farmer and the farm
er's wife suffer moro or less from wor-'
ry. They have their cares. their troubies.i
their anxieties OF "A thousand kinds which
often eventuate In horrible and iong-cen-
tinued fits OF the blues" Not 30 the AMI
mails around them. There II no despond~
ency In chanticieer's crow or 10 biddys
lively cackie. The cows and horses are
always cheerful, always In good spirits
and have no trouble killing time" I'M
less sick or injured In some way. they
are never Respondent. Perhaps mans very
superiority causes much OF his misery. Per
haps he would be happier n he were not
Tho much Wanted happiness Of children
IL evidently the bliss OF ignorance. They
have not yet reached the stage OF worry
which comes without thinking. The low
er animals never reach this stage. and
their lives are free from care. from regret
for the past or worry for the future
There In nothing good or bad but think
Ing makes ~ So" remarks the melancholy
Hamlet. We think ourselves into most ot
our unhappiness while the animals. net
possessing this faculty. escape its most
fruitful source OF misery. The philosophy
OF Il all would seem TO De that man either
knows too little or he knows too mucha
Do not the lower animals prove the truth
OF the old maxim that Ignorance 10
blissT' IL 10. 10 IL not folly TO be Wise.
and r. II not questionable n civilization.
after all brings US any nearer TO tho much
desired but ever elusive entity called hap
piness?
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
Her Good Rsason.

Detroit Free Press: There was q
new chorus girl engaged who Is q
recruit from society" IL was her FIRST
offense and the stage manager took
pains 70 teach her the business which
she was none too apt in learning. He
called her for rehearsal one morning,
but she did not put In an appearance.
After waiting for her for some time he
was about To leave the theater when
the young lady arrived.
what IL the natter" said the stage
manager. angrily. why weren't you
here on timer"
"Oh," she said. II couldn't come any
sooner. had another engagement"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13
DOES CHEAP STOCK PAY,

One OF our ncighbors Is a city man OF
wealth who has the means TO satisfy all
his desires. He was born on a farm and
his father owned a few blooded cows. 30
our friend thought a nice cross between
n Jersey and Guernsey would suit him.
Asked what the animal cost he replied
lightly. something over n hundred dol
ally sell for $40 at the outside. However.
our city friend has had milk. cream and
butter for his family and sold the sur-
plus milk TO nearby friends for the
amount OF IS year each year Of the three
no has owned the high grade COW. As her
food IL raised on the farm IL looks az 70
tho ''over hundred dollar cow paid well
after all. The writer IL going 10 think n
over seriously for II In well worth consld-
cradle thought when we figure the small
cash return from our $40 cows.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

wondered q little AZ the sharp siances
the shifty eyed chap from the Colo
RADIO gravel beds darted ~ the bundle
OF money.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

Down I'm fancy county a sign on
crossroads store reads as follows: Tea.
underwear and maple strip: also hides.
pelts and carmels; also notary publick
and soft drinks"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

when I got to Denver and put up
at a regular hotel was tickled almost
foolish when n newspaper reporter who
had heard that ! was In the big hold
up came up 10 my room TO Interview
me about IL. I told him the whole
story. dwelling with particular en-
phasis upon how crafty I had been
in substituting paste for my good blue
and white diamonds before taking that
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-13

The Indians OF the Choctaw tribe. In
Indian Territory. have formed a good
roads association.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-02
Drowning at Cripple Greek.

Denver. Colo. Aug. GA Cripple
Creek dispatch last night says: Alex.
Bliley. q well-known mining contrac.
tor and prominent business man. was
drowned this morning In six and half
feet OF water in the shaft OF the City
Of Cripple Creek mine.
Mr.. Bliiey. who had a contract for
pumping water from the mine. at G
o'clock descended to the lower level
with his son to see that everything
vas In working order. The son was
sent to = point twenty feet higher and
returned in a few minutes. He found
his fathers hat aoating on the water.
The alarm wcs given and Willard
WYATT and ]. s. Walker descended TO
the pump TO bring Bliley 10 the sur.
face. II possible. before life had left
his body. After hard work the body
vas raised to the station. but the man
had been dead several minutes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-02
western Pacific Bond Issue.

San Francisco. Aug. 26-The stock.
holders Of the Western Pacific rail.
road have met here and formally voted
to increase the capital stock Of the
company from 10000. 900 to $7s na0,.
600. w. j. Bartnett. Judge J. F. vailie
of Denver and several local parties
held the stock proxies Of George j.
Could and other easterners to vote at
the meeting. Mr.. Bartnett is first vice
president and chief counsel Of the COM
pany- Mr.. vaille Is chief cour sel of
Gould's Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad
system.
Representatives OF the New York
banking Arms which recently took up
the $60. .O00, 900 bond issue OF the COM
pany were present at the meeting The
contracts for grading the roadbed are
TO be let within a few days.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-02
Detroit Tunnel neaun.

Detroit. Aug. 26.-work or the rail.
road tunnel which is to be constructed
under the Detroit river between Wind.
sor and Detroit began yesterday when
force Of workmen commenced sink
ing the initial shaft on the American
side. A similar shaft will shortly be
sunk on the tunnel line on the Cana
dian side. While there is stiil much
preliminary surveying and testing to
practically decided upon.
The actual length Of the under
ground portion Of the tunnel will be
two and six-tenfhs miles and the dis
lance from surface 10 surface almost
e1act1y three miles. 1t is estimated
that between two and three years will
be occupied in the construction.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-09-02
TO PROBE EQUITABLE
FULL INVESTIGATION SOUGHT
Company Joins State in Asking That
Its Affairs Be Subject to
Careful Review.

New York, Aug. 25.--The Equitable
Life Assurance Society to-day Joined
win the state of New York in asking
TOT ful investigation in court of its
directors and officers ana their alleged
Wrohg-dolngs in managing the moneys
OF the society.
Lac document which announced this
determination was the answer OF the
forty-nlne Equitable directors to
cnafges made against them in connec-
tloh with a suit brought against the
Equltable society by the state.
admission is made that some on
Gas Of the Equitable have been guilty
OF improper and illega. acts. In all
tnlfteen charges are answered by the
directors. Among these answers they
admit the s250.000 loan to the Depew
investment Company
ihey admit the s6s5 600 loan of the
mercantile Trust Company. but waive
responsibility in this loan so far as the
poaFd of directors is concerned. and
ineieaie Messrs. Alexander, Jordan aud
Deihlns as the persons having the most
intimate knowledge of these transac-
tions.
The charge that excessive salaries
were paid TO officers of the Equitable
is not directly answered. but admission
Is made that under guise OF salaries
excessive fees were given to certain
Equitable officials who were also dl-
reciors in other companies. In defense
the answer states that these practices
were not known to the whole board of
directors.
Outlining their belief as to the best
polio 10 pursue in fixing the blame for
the Equitable scandals. the directors
say first that the blame fc- alleged
case Of misconduct will be found to
resi- on individual oiFicerA. and not
upon the directors as a body Having
mac this explanation. the answer then
admits in general way the wrong
doing charged.
The first charge specifically an
swered is that premises on Broadway
were let at isadequare rentals TO the
Mercantile Safe Deposit Company
This Is admitted. but II is denied that
al the time this lease was made James
IL. Hyde, James w Alexander. William
Alexander. Gage E. Tarbell. Valentine
r. Snyder. Thomas ID. Jordan, Charles
b. Alexander. Henry r. Winthrop. Al
win W. krech and William ii. McIn
tyre were stockholders and directors IL
the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company.
A. 10 excessive and unwarranted
fosns to agents. the reply admits that
they we're made.
Tie Si0.0o0.0U0 surplus held by the
Equitable society is the final item CON
sidered by the directors. and In sub
stance their reply on this charge Is
thai they do not know precisely what
Their rights are regarding he surplus.
and that they are willing to leave this
matter for the courts to decide.
In conclusion. the answer says:
Wherefore. this defendant joins in
the prayer of the plaintiff in this ac-
tion. and thereon submits its rights and
interests in the matters In question 10
the Judgment Of the court"