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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

New York apple men will get about
81 per barrel for their fruit on the
trees this year. Last year they were
glad to get GO cents, and much fruit
was not picked Mt all.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

The black currant which is so eX-
tcnsiyCly grown and ueed in England
ana on the continent is very rarely
found in our American fruit gardens.
We do not understand why this should
be so, as the fruit has Il very fine
flavor and there would seem to be no
reason why it would not do as well as
the red and white varieties.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
Needed H.

"Why don't you join the. Don't Wor-
ry club?"
II fear / would be in a stew all OF
the time lest l should not be able to
keep up my dues"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

Missouri is coming to the front among
all the states as the producer of more
frogs legs than any other. 1t is the
first time the croakers of that state
have ever had marketable value.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

Wherever it is possible to feed Off
crops on the land where grown it is
always good for the land. This is n
land than it is in this country, the enor-
nous crops of turnips and quite good
deal of their vetch and clover crops
being fed off in sections by sheep hy
the use of portable fences.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

Duluth is becoming Il most wonder
full wheat market and shipping point.
The city now has an elevator capacity
of 34,000,000 bushels, and 10000 men
are employed to care for the grain
which seeks the water route to the east
nt that place
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

A progressive agriculture is well
symbolized by clean barnyard, big
red clover field and clean cornfield,
with the adjoining highway kept free
from weeds. Where this combination
exists there is usually a balance to the
credit of the owner in the town bank,
a lot of good agricultural literature in
his home, paint on his house and barn,
a piano in his parlor and a good driv-
ing team and carriage in his barn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

A very great beneit would be con-
ferred upon all our girls could they be
well instructed in the art of preparing
and cooking the cheaper cuts of meats,
which are equally nutritious and pala-
table when well cooled and served as
men can only boil n chicken or fry a
sirloin or porterhouse steak, when for
the money these VIII cost twice the
amount or good meat can be obtained
if the cook only knows how to pre-
pare it. Every girl should be taught
the possibilities connected with fore
quarter of beef.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

The departmcr. e,,ge3 Haze done
one good thing at lcast-thrf have ed
ucated farmers to the great benefit to
be derived from paying cnsn for goods
instead of running book accounts.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

1t Is in order to suggest the impera-
tive necessity Of looking after all young
fruit trees this fall and ser that they
are properly protected from the rabbits
during the winter. When the cold
weather comes there is nothing which
bunny likes quite so well as the tender
bark of the apple tree, and even one or
two rabbits can do Il hundred dollars
worth of damage in very short time
by girdling the trees. we have had our
fight with these pests and have found
that the best way is to hunt them down
persistently with dogs and ferrets and
pay premium for every rabbit killed
in the vicinity of the orchard. We have
also used poison quite effectually, a
grain of strychnne inserted into a sec
tion of apple stuck on a stick and
placed in their runways. In addition,
we have always wrapped the trunks of
all young trees with paper, and in the
use of these preventives have escaped
with but small loss from this source
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
Enchantment of Distance.

Let's be joyful at the prospect
And politely say "Hooray!'
For. though Halloween is coming,
It's almost u year away.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

With prices for farm products re-
maining as they have been for the past
ten years, the quarter section farm in
teligently managed and cultivated
should pay the owner n salary of $1,000
year and Z per cent interest upon his
investment. 1t could be made to do
better than this. If it IS not done, and
in many cases it is not, something needs
looking into before man goes to find
ing fault with the administration.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

There is class of petty offenses
which afiict every civilized community
with which the law deals altogether
too leniently. There Is the case of the
man who comes home drunk and
abuses his wife, the neighbor who will
persist in keeping hens in town to tear
up your garden, the boys who rob mel
on patches and orchards, the chicken
thief, the killing of song birds and the
spoliation of their nests, the men who
plaster the floors of smoking cars and
the sidewalks with tobacco juice, the
violation. OF the laws protecting fish
and game, the people who are cruel
and unkind to animals and to women
and children-a class OF ofrenses which
are rarely adequately punished, if pun
ished at all, and which some way seem
to need some quick and effective treat
ment such as all good citizens feel like
administering when such cases arise
We know that the public whipping
post Is regarded as relic of barba-
rlsm, but the fact remains that in ev-
cry community there are cases than
which no kind of punishment would
be more fitting and proper.
FALL FOLIAGE.
Some people have an idea that 1t is
the frost which gives the brilliant col
orlng to the leaves in the fall of the
year. This is mistake. The color
comes as a part of the natural process
OF ripening of the foliage just as It
comes to the ripenlng fruits. When an
early frost comes it hinders rather than
promotes the coloring process. While
in way there seem to be some gen
oral rules governing the tintlng Of the
foliage, they are still rules which are
constantly violated. 1t may be said
that the foliage Of certain trees never
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

The corn crop has so well matured
this year. without being touched by
frost that there should be no trouble
at all in securing almost perfect seed.
1t is not unlikely, however, that being
so good more men than usual will de-
pend upon the crib for their seed corn,
than which no plan is more risky.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

The Dutch, the Netherlands people,
who live and prosper on land which
they have reclaimed from the North
sea, hold S2G1 100000 of American
railroad bonds and stocks and still we
have lots of people who live on better
land, which cost them less than $40 per
acre, who cannot ever hope to get rid of
the ancient mortgage upon il, let alone
ever owning bond of the railroad
which runs through the farm. A very
thrifty set are those Dutch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

Nineteen hundred and five is u fat
year for all the great west and north
west, good crops everywhere, no
warping droughts, no untimely frosts,
the fall season just genial round
up of the best of weather conditions,
insuring a perfect maturing in nat
ural way Of all crops and the gathering
and saving Of them without waste.
And with all the abundance Of the
crops the prices Of all farm produce
remain at very satisfactory and prof
liable figures. 1t is not claiming too
much to say that the farmers of the
country as whole are in very pros
porous condition. There should be q
good time this Thanksgiving OH all the
farms, and big turkey should be in
process of fattening to properly cele-
brate the holiday.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

after year very successfully keep their
seed corn through the winter well
buried in bin of dry oats. This method
certainly has something to recommend
it, 1t preserves the corn perfectly
from the attacks of mice and rats, and
should there be a little moisture left in
the cobs of the corn when placed in
the oats they will draw it all out.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
Ti.csonc.

II don't Ike the life,' said the actor
in the one night stand company.
"WhyT
Because the constant changing
makes 1t so monotonous."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

1t pays in two ways to kill off the
rabbits during the winter and feed
them to the hens, for it will save the
fruit trees and bring high priced eggs.
In an economic way rabbits are u pest
to the farmer and fruit grower, and
eternal war should be waged on them.
Right here is where the folly of shoot
ing all the hawks and owls comes in.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

The south is rounding up about H.
100000 bales of cotton, worth about
IL cents pound, Il happy condition
which is in way equaled by Iowa
with 340,OO0,OOO bushels of corn, worth
40 cents bushel. The south was never
so prosperous as today, for northern
men and northern money are busy de-
veloping Its splendid natural resources.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30
Where She Go, Even.
"wasn't It dreadful the way the vii

lain pursued herW
eyes, until they got behind the scenes,
and then she turned ON him and gave
him piece of her mind because he
stepped on her train"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

Some men never seem to consider the
benefit which would accrue to them by
taking the profits of the farm and in
vesting them in the old farm in the
shape of needed improvements, better
stock and Il better home in which to
live, but instead take every dollar and
put it out ut low rate of interest or,
worse yet, invest it in some wildcat
land, oil or gold mining scheme, where
it becomes permanent investment in
every sense of the word. There is
no end Of farms which could use the
profits for years in tie manner indlcat-
ed and return tile owner n higher rate
of interest on his money than he could
anywhere else obtain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

We are afraid that there is trouble
in store for Il lot of people who have
during the past three years bought and
settled on lands in western Nebraska,
Kansas and the Dal.otas For three
years past a rainfall which has been
far in excess of normal for all the ter
rltory east OF the one hundredth de-
sFse Of west longitude has Tapped over
on to the territory referred to and re-
rulte1 In fine growth Of all the grasses
ana the production Of very satisfactory
crops where the land was undor cultl-
vatIon. This happy condition Of things
Is not normal for that country. and
whom drier seasons come, as they are
rure TO, the old story of starvation and
abandonment will. be again repeated.
Unscrupulons land agents have made
The most OF the favorable conditions of
Tic past three years. and there is sure
to be troublV ma loss.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-11-30

Success is like dollar. To be appre-
ciated 1t must be earned. 1t is like a
dollar i'll several other ways, as you
have noticed.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

Department of the Interior.
Land Office at Durango. Colo. March
8, 1905.
Notice is hereby given tnat the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention TO make final proof
in support of his claim. and tnat said
proof will be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver L. S. Land Office, al
Durango, Colorado. on April 25, 1905
viz Benjamin F. Hollar. Homestead
Entry No 2757 for the E. u of N. W
a section lSu, township "a north
range I west. n. NJ. F. NJ
He names the following witnesses
10 prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land
viz: f. NJ Henderson, Bayfield,
u section lsV. township "a north
c. II. Dartt. Bayfield,, Colo; F, b
Nordyke. Bayfield,, Colo.
f. C. PERKINS. Register.
First publication, Marcn 16.
Last publication, April 20.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office at Durango, ColorTdo.
March 22 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the Regis.
ter and Receiver U. S. Land Office at
Durango, Colo, on May 5th, 1905. viz:
David F. Hollar. Homestead Entry No
2Sl2. for the S Y of S. w. a section
81. township "a north range W, n.
NJ. p NJ
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation OF said land, viz:
Frank Nordyke. of Bayfield,, Colorado;
William Nordyke, of Bayfield,. Colo
RADIO C. H. Dartt of Bayfield,, Colo
RADIO; Don C. Coulson, of Bayfield,,
Colorado.
F. c, PERKINS, Register.
First publication March 30.
Last publication May A.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
GOVERNMENT KEEPS ITS FIN.
GERS ON THE PULSE OF THE
FLOOD DEMON.
How Millions Of Dollars Are Saved by
the reoasters-Measuring Wa
ter Equivalents OF Snow.

WASHINGTON.-Euier now the
cue from the first buds of spring.
Our weather bureaus vast machinery
is nicely set to keep tab on this mon
ster and It's learned officials have
their finger on the key, ready to throb
warning of his approach down any
of our great rivers.
Along the lower Mississippi. If
there are to be any spring floods. they
should be beginning now, below the
mouth of the Ohio, but those OF the
upper Mississippi generally commence
In the latter part of April. or in May.
The Missouri river floods are looked
for little later than those of the mp.
per Mississippi. while those of the
Ohio river are due anywhere from
February TO June. foundations of
our eastern and southeastern rivers.
on the other hand. are apt TO occur
during any season except the autumn.
The New England floods are expected
always with the spring rains, whicn
break mp the long-standing ice crusts.
! ne Idtint coast alsO mas It's HoOu
season The Columbia river will
have It's annual rise. setting in about
the middle OF NAV and lasting into
June. Its flood period is almost as
regular as the tides, and falls almost
into summer. because OF the very
late thaw in the mountains above
Earlier the Sacramento is apt TO rise
Last year floods along its banks were
unusually severe, smashing the lev
ees and causing much damage.
How the government forecasts
these spring inundations and thus an
nually saves millions of dollars worth
of property is an interesting story
and one seldom told to the popular
reader. We are apt TO associate only
general weather prediction with our
weather bureau--the bulletining in
the daily press OF probabilities of rain
or snow or clear weather. But this,
perhaps. is the least important func-
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office al Durango, Colorado,
March %. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notios
of her intention To make final proof
In support of her claim and that SAID
proof will be made before the Rer%
ter and Receiver at Durango, Colo
rado, on May 9Th, 1906, viz: Naomi
Il. Snerer, who made Homestead En-
try No. 1893. for the Lots and ., s.
T.. 4 n. w. u, n. f. u S. W. u See
ton 6. township 35 north range W,
n NJ. p. NJ.
She names the following witnesses
TO prove her continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land. viz:
James Conway, Harry Anderson, Jake
Abee, and John T. Pennington, of Du.
range. Colorado.
F. c. PERKINS, Register.
FIRST publication, March 30.
Last publication, May 4.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06

ira telegraph tolls in seasons OF In
undations frequently saves a million
dollars in property and hundreds OF
lives. more precious than the total
wealth of the world. During the great
food Of 1897 $15,000,O00 worth of per-
ishable property was moved at the In
stance of the official forecasters. Yet
the total cost Of the river and flood
service of the United States was that
year only $4,000, or one-thousandth
of this saving to the people. So tnis
particular enterprise Of the govern
ment certainly more than pays for it.
self. to put It very feebly.
DIR. II. C. Frankenfield. in charge of
the river and food service, although
in mis- early 40s now had charge of
the Chicago and st. Louis offices of
the national weather bureau before
coming to headquarters in 1899. He
is Lafayette graduate, and has TAX
en- medical degree since finishing
his university course
We always aim to frame our fore
casts at least within foot OF what the
conditions will afterward prove" said
he after explaining the workings of
the service in great detail. I'VE al
ways aim. moreover. 10 overestimate
rather than underestimate conditions.
In the rapid running rivers OF the
mountain regions we are rewarded
with less accuracy than in the great
slow streams of the middle west. In
the case Of the Mississippi, Missouri
and lower Ohio, we can come within
from | to 1O.l0ths Of foot OF actual
rise.
An important factor to be reckon
The water equivalent OF the vast snow
areas left over from winter. For
tunately. this season the snow seems,
thus far, to have gone OF gradually.
We now use a snow guage for this
measurement. II consists of 40
inch tube of about 2R inches diane
ter. open at both ends and sharp at
the extremity, driven down into the
snow. AS this Is taken up. the lower
end is closed and the snow is retained
inside. Down the hole thus left In
the snow measuring rod is thrust
and the exact depth of the deposit
| measured and compared with the
depth of the snow on the ground. II
is found that whereas 1t sometimes re-
quires Is TO IA inches of snow to
make l inch of water the same
amount OF water may he supplied by
only 2 inches of snow. One to 10
inches is, however. the average. But
when SNOW has been lying for a long
time and mas packed nard and solid.
II connot be reckoned with in the fore
cast of thaw and consequent flood
without making these careful measure
ments. II YOU have a 2-inch rainfall
on top OF inches of snow with .
inch water equivalent you have flood
wnereas II this i-inch crust OF snow
only has water equivalent of 2-10ths
of an inch, the matter is not so ser.
ious The gaugNrs now at work in the
northern states are sounding the snow
where they think it Is OF mean dept1
and at eacn spot of measurement are
taking the average of several sound
ings. Thus we estimate the water we
viii have to deal with when all OF
that icy crust melts during the spring
tnaws' -
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Estate of Francis NJ. Undernili De
ceased.
The undersigned, having been duly
appointed Executrix OF the last viii
and Testament OF Francis NJ. Under
hill, late of the County OF La Plata
and State of Colorado, deceased. here
by gives notice that she will appear
before the County Court of La Plata
County at the Court House in Duran
go at the March Term on the first
Monday in May next. at which tint
all persons having claims against said
Estate are notified and requested to
attend for the purpose OF having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted
TO said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment TO the under.
signed.
Dated, Sd day of April. A. D. 1905.
BELL B. UNDERHILL,
Executrix.
First publication. April 8.
Last publication, April %.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior.

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office at Durango, Colo,
March 2, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention 10 make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver at Durango, Colo
on April 10. 1905, viz: George A
Black. who made Homestead Entry
No. 1905 for the S. " n. w. u and
n y 3. w, Il of Section 81, town
ship 35 N of R. C W., n. NJ. P. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land
viz: John JUDY, Frederick R. Bon
nell, Frederick A. Tycksen, ant
James Mari, all of Bayfield,, Colo.
+. C. PERKINS. Register.
First publication March g.
Last publication April 13.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the

Department Of the Interior.
Land office at Durango, Colo, March
27. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the ioi
lowing named settler mas filed notice
of his intention to make final PROOF
in support of his claim, and tnat SAID
proof will be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver U. S. Land Office at
Durango, Colo on May 6. 1905, VIZ
James NJ Martin. Homestead Entry
No. 2423 for the w. " n. f. a and
f. NJ N w. 4 Section 81. township
80 n. X. S w, n. NJ. p. NJ
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land. viz;
John T Pennington, OF Durango
Colo: James Conway, of Durango
Colo: James Cash. OF Durango, Colo;
Daniel II. Thornton, Of Durango
Colo.
F. C. PERKINS. Register.
First publication. Marcn 30.
Last publication, May 4.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06

The Colorado legislature disgraced
itself when refusing to protect the
good name of the state and authorize
The payment Of the bills incurred in
preserving law and order. The prop
osition to appoint an auditing board
with power to eliminate eXtravagant
bills and bills which should nave no
place in the expense account, was pro
per. hut failure TO provide money for
the legitimate expenses incurred will
result in monied men refusing to ad-
vance the state funds hereafter
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office at Durango. Colo. March
Is. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver al Durango. Colo, on
May s, 1905. viz: Charles A. Grom-
met. who made Homestead Entry No.
2752. for the f. Y s E. 4 and E. 1a
n. e Y Section 21. township "a n. II.
S W. n. NJ. p. NJ.
He names the following witnesses
TO prove mis- continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz;
John w. Sites, OF Durango. Colo;
William Sisley. of Grommet, Colo;
G. Frank Akers, of Grommet, Colo.
and Richard e. Gaines. of Durango.
Colo.
F. C. PERKINS, Register.
First publication March 80.
Last publication May 4.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Inter;or

Land Office at Durango, Colo. March
%, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that tne fol.
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the Regis
ter and Receiver at Durango. Colo.
RADIO. on May 9Th. 1905. viz: Gustav A.
stuckman, for the s " S. w. a s. W.
4 5. Il. 4 Section lou and N. w. Y
N. w. u Section l5U. township "a
N. II, w. n. NJ p. NJ.
He names tne following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation OF said land, viz:
Tobias V. Apperson. Columbus A.
Apperson, John w. Sites, Alfred Pat
terson. all of Durango. Colo.
+. c. PERKINS. Register.
First publication, March 80.
Last publication, Nay 4.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-06
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Inter

Department Of the Interior.
Land Office at Durango. Colo, March
2S. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the FOL
lowing named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof in
support OF his claim and that said
proof viii be made before Register
and Receiver at Durango. Colo. on
May 10, 1905. viz: Loren o. Camp.
bell who made Homestead Entry No
2Sl3 for the n. w 4 S. w. 4 section
81, township "a N. r. w, n. NJ. p
NJ.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said land
viz:
Charles l.. King. Alfred Underhill
H. d. Brindle. G. H. Dartt. all OF Bay.
field, Colo.
F. c. PERKINS Register.
First publication, April s.
Last publication. May II.