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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
BAD FIRE AT BUTTE
PROPERTY VALUED AT ABOUT A
-
~. MILLION DOLLARS GOES
UP IN SMOKE.

Butte, Mont. Sept 25.--Fire which
caused q loss estimated at about
$1,00o,000 consumed the entire busi-
ness portion OF Butte lying between
the 5hodair block and Renshaw alley
ON the south side OF West Park street
and half destroyed the public library.
The Miner. Broadway, Harvard. Ar
gyll and other buildings were licked
by the kames, but good work on the
part Of the owners and the hremen
prevented what seemed for some time
q general confiagration. as q stiff wind
was blowing flaming embers every
where.
The fire departments from the
harus. Cora. Parrot, Original. Gag
non, Anaconda, silver Bow ead other
mines responded with alacrity and
rendered great service.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
The HOG For the Farmer.

The farmer, as a rule, does not care
whether his hog wears red, white or
black hair or whether his ears stick up
or hang down. What he wants Is
hog with a constitution, and any sys-
tenn Of breeding that enfeebles the con-
stitution Is the kind of breeding he
does not want In his herd. He wants
his hog to be as immune from disease
as possible, and to obtain this he must
have the constitutionpigs that will
fight for the best teat before they are
three hours old and that will even
steal II given half a chance. The
farmers hog must be hustler,
greedy fellow, healthy, vigorous and
growthy and as good a locker as Is
possible to obtain without losing any
of the before named important quail
ties.
Agricultural experiment stations have
proved beyond any doubt that no
man can afford to raise scrub hogs
Do not understand me to infer that
you cannot make money handling
scrub stock. What do mean Ia that
II you are making money handling
such you can with the same amount OF
care and labor make much more by
handling pure breds or even high
grades.-W. w. Jones Before Kansas
Institute.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
SHAW TO quit THE CABINET,
Sserstary Of the Treasury VIII Retire
From Office In February.

Des Moinss. Sept. 27.-sscretary OF
4he Treasury Leslie M. Shaw will
leave the cabinet Feb. 1, 1906. He
makes the definite announcement in a
letter to the Polk County Republican
club.
In his letter answering request for
a date for an address Secretary Shaw
stated that he would be busy pre-.
pairing for the coming session of con-
gress and will be unable TO return to
Iowa until Feb. /, upon which date he
expected TO retire from the cabinet.
Shaw will then begin his presidential
among his friends.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
REACH END OF ROPE
snAyNoR AND GREENE AT LIMIT
or RESOURCES IN FIGHT
v ING ExrRAplEoN.

Montreal, Sept. ga decision
against Colonel J, r. Gaynor and Cap
tain b. p. Greene. the American con-
tractors wanted In the United States
son charges. of defrauding the govern
nent. was handed down by Judge
Ouimet In the court Of kings bench.
1t Ii the general belief among legal
men that Greene and Gaynor have
reached the limit OF their resources In
nghting against extradition. The do.
tense still has two weeks In which to
begin further proceedings to act az q
stay.
The decision given during the day
was on writ OF habeas corpus based
% the sontention that Judge Lafon-
tAino, the commissioners who held
them for extradition. had no authority
10 aet - the ease.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

The animals of this breed are all jet
black, with a broad band or belt of
pure white enciroiing the body This
belt or blanket differs In width, but
rarely reaches SO FAR forward as the
shoulder blade or back to the hips. On
cows>the fore part Of the udder- Is usu-
ally incluoed---No white is admissible
elsewhere on the body and no black
within the white zone. In genera4. CON
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

All mill feeds offered for sale In
Texas after July II. 1905. must bear
card stating the guaranteed compost
ton feeding valuel of that lot of feed.
Every sack Of cottonseed meal. wheat
bran, rice polish or crushed corn
chops, grain or byproduet. must state
plainly Just what that sack contains.
This new law will virtually stop the
gross adulteration of stock feeds from
which our stockmen have suffered for
years.-Farm and Ranch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

An excellent means of keeping but
ter cool Is practiced by an Iowa lady
who makes butter for the home trade.
She has milk tank eight feet long,
three feet wide and ten inches deep.
This tank Is usually kept about half
fun OF water. She keeps the butter in
a jar that Is about eighteen inches high
and which she sets in the water tank
Out OF duck or canvas she makes a
cap or cover that slips over the top Of
the jar and down two or three inches
below the water like telescope. Cap
Hilary attraction keeps the canvas over
the top of the jar always wet, and
evaporation keeps the interior Of the
Jar cool.
This plan should only be followed
where the water in the tank IS changed
twice a day and when the interior Of
the tank itself Is kept perfectly clean.
There will then be no danger Of the
water taken up by the cloth cover be-
ing dirty.
Keep the Cream Clean.
Proper working of butter helps 1t
IL.
and water out or you cannot have good
butter. But working Is not everything.
The way OF treating the cream before
hand and also Of churning is just as
important Much milk and cream are
ruined by being set where they absorb
odors. Nothing Is more important to
the buttermaker than to have clean,
sweet, dry place In which the cream
and milk are kept.
An Dat straw FaIkaoy.
Some buttermakers have an idea that
eating oat straw by the cows causes
the butter to be long coming. There
seems to be no good reason for think
ine 30. One man reports that he had
fed only oat straw to his Jersey COW
for four months, and In that time the
butter was long coming but once. The
COW had been giving milk, too, for four
toen months. He says the butter b
usually worked and churn washed In
| forty-nvs minutes from beginning b
| churn-
| nsseatials to Coed Butter.
| Use plenty Of boiling water In scald
ing out the pans and jars. Then lei
| them have 4 good airing before using
Plenty Of hot water and pure air an
essentials In the production Of purs
butter. Another essential b good
clean, cool place 70 keep the milk and
cream. Good butter can never b
made from cream kept In q warm room
that smells Of flth and y allied witt
a Dairy rsfnteR.
10 make good butter you must hav'
Good cream. Figs are never gatheret
from thistles; neither u sweot, cleaI
butter made from sour. tainted cream
= wise Presautien.
Keep cloth stretched over the wiz
otraineF.. II win savs you the cmbaz
| rassmsnt Of seeing tho Visitor pick
hair ~ speck out e ~ buttse.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

From repeated experiments that have
come under my observation In the past
twenty-five years have found that
three mules fifteen hands high that
were constantly worked consumed
about as much forage as two ordinary
sized horses worked In the same way.
and while the mules were fat the
horses were only In good working or
der, writes J. 3. Cook In Farm and
Ranch. Although mule will live and
work on Z very low fare. he also re-
spends as quickly as any animal to
good feed and kind treatment. True. It
u charged that the mule u vicious,
stubborn and slow, but an experience
In handling mules On the farm has
failed to sustain the charge save in few
instances, and Ia these propensities
were brought about by bad handling.
They are truer pullers than the horse
and move more quickly under the load.
Their hearing and vision are better
than the horse.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
FRANCE IS INDIGNANT.
offensive Treatment Of Acting Minis
ter to Venezuela the Cause.

Paris, Sept. 23.--The offensive atti.
tude OF Venezuela toward M. Taigny,
the French charge d'affaires at Ca
racas, has aroused indignation In Off
cial quarters here. Although the min
Astry has not yet taken definite action
AZ Is said In the highest quarters that
Premier Rouvier undoubtedly will de-
mand that Venezuela disavow the Of
fsnsive action AM adopt course con-
xormable with the usual courtesies of
diplomatic intercourse. Unless vene-
xuela apologies soon, naval demon
stration may be made against her by
France.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.

No Marked Change In Conditions at
New orisans.
New Orleans, Sept. 1s.-Following is
Ne oficial yellow fever report up to
p. m. Monday:
New eases, ~; totai cases To date.
lass: deaths. 3: total deaths, $40;
new sub-foci. Z; cases under treat
ment, 2sz; cases discharged. 3,2ls.
TAe great majority e the new cases
being reported lately eone frem the
Seventh and Eighth wards. which de-
veloped into the real battlefield Of
the cainpaign ~ soon - the originally
Infected district began to set under
oontrol.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
SWINE HUSBANDRY

Buttermilk, provided no water Is
added, Is practically of the same value
for feeding pigs as separator milk,
writes correspondent of American
Cultivator. But 1t must be borne in
mind that buttermilk from factories al
most always has mixed with 1t con-
siderable amount Of added water. some
times as much as 90 per cent, and con-
sequently by itself is not suitable
food for pigs. Many instances can be
given of great mortality among pigs.
fed solely on buttermilk, practically
from starvation. because they were not
able to consume enough buttermilk
plus water to derive sufficient nutri-
ment to supply the demand Of nature.
But when the deficiency In solids Is
made up by adding meal. or even
grass, roots or other fodder. pigs are
found to thrive on the buttermilk.
WEAVING Pigs.
Since no use can be made of sows'
milk 1t seems unwise TO be In hurry
about weaving pigs when the mothers
milk supply is still good. The sucking
DIX. ID Hk1klu8 iIS iOWCSA SVSL 8tVW 1As
Care of swine.
II pigs begin to show an out Of con-
dition appearance don't think OF medi-
cine the first thing. See II some mis-
take In feeding or care cannot be dis
covered, and II 1t n correct it-Farm,
Stock and Home.
The BROOD sows.
Give brood sows the freedom Of the
pasture fields when with young pigs,
and a. soon az the pigs are old enough
to eat feed . little shelled corn and
dry middlings with a mash Of wheat
middlings ana milk. Slows with pigs
should always have access to a good
| blue grass pasture and should not be
| fed too much corn. The largest part OF
| the ration should be made up Of oats
and bran with a little oilmeal Have
plenty OF charcoal and ashes constant
y available. An occasional feed OF
salt viii be found roftable.-Ameri
can Cultivator.
soaking Csrn Fer Hogs.
Ordinarily we believe that II dos
not pay to soak corn Tor pigs. Unless
Il Il very hard they win grind II
themselves, and soak Il with the salivs
which aids digestion. Professor Henry
says that soaking corn u "about al
useful - grinding It" which means
that II Is question whether the gainl
overbalance the cost.--National Stock
man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
BOMB ExPLosioN AT PICKING

Four Minor ofEoiais Killed and Many
Persons Injured.
Picking, Sept. 2S.-At the Picking
railway station. 90 . train carrying
one Of the four missions ordered
abroad to study foreign political meth
DDS was leaving. bomb was exploded
Inside . private car, killing four minor
effcials and wounding more than TWEEN
ty persons. The wounded Include
Prince Tsai Tche. who heads the
most important of the missions, and
WI Ting Fang, former minister to the
United States, both OF whom received
slight injuries.
The perpetrator Of the outrage, who
was In the car. was blown to pieces.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
Hay Saving Manager.

A great many horses acquire the
wasteful habit of throwing out hay or
other fodder on the stable floor, says
an Arkansas farmer in Farm Progress
This is done in order to secure the
loose leaves and other choice portions
which settle or accumulate in the bot
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
RAILROADS HAVE LITTLE TO SAY
IN REGARD TO TARIFFS ON
DRESSED MEATS.
President stlcknsy Of the Great West
srn Railroad Tells the Interstate
Commerce Commission How the
Beef 5arons Do Buslness-Always
Insist on a big Cut From Regular
Rates and the Carrier Must Agree.

Chicago, Sept. 2s.-"The packers fix
the rate" declared A. b. Stickney,
president of the Chicago Great West
ern Railway company, testifying for
the defense before the interstate COM
msree commission during the day re-
Garding freight rates on live stock and
hive stock products from the Missouri
river TO Chicago. In answer to q
question az to how the charges were
made President Stickney replied:
"In hxiAg the rate on dressed meat
we don't have very much to say. The
packer generally makes the rate. He
comes TO you and always makes you
feel that he Is your friend. Then he
asks you how much you charge for
certain shipments OF dressed meats.
The published tariff may be 20 cents
per 100, but he will not pay that. You
say to him: 'rll carry your meat for
IL cents. He says: oh, no you won't
I won't pay that Then you say:
Well. what will you pay for 1T? He
then replies: I can get 1t hauled for
l6 cents SO you haul 1t for 16 cents
per 100. He generally tells you that
II you want the business you must
haul the meat for the price he names"
President Stickney denied that his
road had paid any claims for damages
Or rebates since the Grosscup injunc-
ton
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

Remember 1t takes cream and not
skim milk to make good butter. There
fore do not put as much milk as cream
into the cream jar when you are skim
ming
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28


Rinse milk vessels nrst with cold
water, taking pains to get all the do
posits out Of the seams Then give q
thorough scrubbing IN quite warm wa
ter. Use some good washing compound
freely. Rinse thoroughly. Then pour
boiling water over the utensils, drain
and place In the sun and air to dry.
he application Of boiling water at
~ last win cause rapid drying. This
\ important. Much az the rust In tin
ware--and Z biz proportion Of the
dairy tinwars on the average farm you
win nnd more e. less rusty. too. II
ron examine Il carefully could b
avoided BY the judicious use Of boil
he water. But don't ne the boiling
water tn last II win cook the milk
o. cream n the seams and make !
most lnsanitary can X you do.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

formation the cattle are Of the dairy
type. although not to such degree as
some others.
The Dutch belted bulE Sutton, whose
portrait Is reproduced from American
Cuitivator, Is claimed to be the great
est living bull Of that breed, having
nearly ninety first and champion
prizes to his credit. He is owned by
p. Il. Sanders Of New Hampshire.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28

Rich MIX Gave Lower Cost Butter.
The result obtained with 172 dairy
herds In Denmark, aggregating 3,723
cows, were recently studied, says
American Cuitivator. The cows were
arranged In eight classes. according to
the average per cent OF fat In their
milk. each class having about the same
number Of cows. In the case Of class
richest milk. 70.S food units were
required for the production Of 100
pounds Of milk against 65 units in
the case Of class 8 poorest milk. One
pound Of butter required 1883 food
units In class and 1852 In class 8.
The skim milk obtained per pound Of
butter was 22.8 and 2S4 pounds re-
speetively for the two classes. At or
dinary prices OF feeds and products n
was found that pound Of butter was
produced 2.8 cents cheaper By the COWS
producing rich MIX than by those yields
Ing milk low in butter fat
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

which were suspended jeweled or
jetted fans bearing the same color
tones.
Quite distinctive and apart from the
official set was the coterie that ran
down from New York, by whom some
bizarre costumes were worn. Many Of
these Gothamites arrived as guests of
Miss Alice Roosevelt, who, ever since
her coming out, has been the possessor
of friendships not shared in by her
mother or father but that are suited
to her chic, daring personality. To
this her father has never objected,
since the friends she chooses are the
offspring of the conservative old fami-
lies of New York.
Baltimore and Philadelphia were
well represented, as was New Orleans.
But it is of common comment that
among the New York guests women
hold the palm for dash and splendor.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

rose in his seat in one of the boxes
and, addressing the audience, stated
that there was a real ginger-ale manu-
facturer bearing the name mentioned
in the play and that this individual
ing so freely used.
1t is hard to escape this sort Of thing,
as A. w. Pinero knows Soon after the
production Of his most famous play
several Mrs Tanquerays in real life
popped up with protestations. and dur
ing the run of THE Notorious Mrs.
Ebbsmith" a woman thus named COM
mitted suicide. And during the run OF
Lefty it developed that there were
quite a lot OF bucket-shOp owners in
London bearing the name which PinerO
had conferred upon the one in the play.
Julia Nelson and her husband, Fred
Terry, have the best Of reasons for be-
lieving that after all. reviews" have
little or nothing to do with a plays
success. Seldom has a piece got more
vigorous Stating" than that meted out
to Baroness Orczy-Barstow's play.
THE Scarlet Pimpernel," the Terrys'
present Offering at the New Theater.
With one voice the critics pronounce3
it impossible, yet this drama Of th'
French Revolution has now passed iG'
fftieth performance.
RELATIVE OF GREAT BARD.
A direct descendant of William
Shakespeare is now a member of the
theatrical profession in this country.
The player IN question is a young man,
who traces his descent in a straight
line from one Of the bard's daughters.
Had he cared to trade on his ancestry
this young actor probably would have
had no difficulty in getting something
pretty good to start with. but being
possessed of a good deal Of pride he has
preferred TO fight the battle as his great
ancestor himself fought it, and so from
the start he has taken the best he could
get in the ordinary way and at present
is appearing in small part in a Lon
don musical play.
In appearance the descendant OF
Shakespeare is slight and Of about mid
die height, with thoughtful face. The
limited number Of his acquaintances
who are aware OF the facts regarding
his ancestry are naturally watching his
career with unboundsd interest.
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

Is an unusually dramatic one, Hey
erman's Case of Arson" The scene
is the Office of a Dutch examining
magistrate. He has in hand the ex-
animation of witnesses in the case of
man, who, to get out of money diff
ficulties, had set fire to his own house
and unwittingly burned his own child.
These witnesses, all of whom are
played by De Vries, included the un-
whiting murderer, John Arend; his
half-witted brother. who is suspected
of the crime; an old dotard of a
father-in-law, police sergeant, an
innkeeper, a grocer and a house
painter.
The Dutch actor manages to make
each of them a study in itself and it
is generally admitted that no actor on
the English stage could come any
where near duplicating his perform
anee. De Vries originally gave "A
Case of Arson" in his own tongue at
the Royalty about year ago.. Now,
however, he plays it in English, a
translation of Heyerman's original
having been made by Howard Percy.
MARSHAIRS LATEST PLAY.
Captain MarshaIl's new farce COM
edy. The Lady OF Leeds" which, as
its name suggests, is q paraphrase OF
"The Lady of Lyons" was evidently
written in forgetfulness of the fact
that if all the characters in a play are
uniformly contemplate the impress
sion that play will produce is bound
to be unpleasant, however bright the
lines or ingenious the situations. The
fate of Pinero's wife without
Smile" is evidence In point.
Miss Euphemia Chitty. a ginger-ale
manufacturers daughter, who is the
Lady of Leeds, is pictured as being as
vulgar as she is rich-the type that
used to be labeled American Girl
until the absurdity of 1t became ap-
parent She rejects in turn two aris-
tocratic fortune hunters. who. to get
even with her in a nice, gentIemanly
way, get hold of an ex-wafter and in
troduce him to her as an Archduke.
His mistakes supply the most of the
fun. The story moves along lightly,
brightly and skillfully; but 1t is
scarcely worthy of Captain Marshall
and is not likely to last long.
At the second performance OF The
Lady of Leeds a man in evening dress
The San Francisco call., 1905-03-05

A Valenciennes ruffie finished the
edge of the bodice, which was further
oTnamented with strands of pearls,
which extended across to the plump
pink arms in lieu of sleeves. A full
puff of tulle at the shoulders gave
width to the figure-and breadth of
shoulder must be obtained if a gown
would be smart.
Here a touch of pink gave distinc-
ton to this dainty frock, consisting of
two wreaths of tiny baby roses, placed
at the jointure of the bodice and the
shoulder puff. And again were the
two wreaths repeated on her soft,
brown pompadour-a pretty conceit
and vastly becoming to a pink-cheeked
maid.
But who, pray, to-day need be with
out pink cheeks to match such a cos
tune when there is a masseuse at
every corner-and a drug store?
Among the Cabinet ladies, Mrs. Paul
Morton, wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, was conspicuously well-gowned,
which was, however, to be expected,
since Mrs. Morton and her daughters
have long been considered paragoris of
style and good form. Mrs. Morton
chose for her ball gown-the gown of
the year-a soft, silver brocade, illu-
sive and shimmery as twilight in sum-
mer. Embroidered upon it lay soft
pink roses, bearing out the suggestion
the last rays of a summers day. Be-
tween these, tiny roses were worked in
silver.
AS with nearly all the other matron's
gowns, a petticoat effect was produced
on the shrt-this time opening over
tulle, embossed with silver. The bod
ice was finished with bertha Of rose
point lace, falling slightly over the
sleeves-and these formed the original
note of the costume. OF pale gray
satin, they were fashioned into puffs,
with silver-embossed tulle alternating.
These were held firmly together by a
slender rope of silver, fastened in the
center by rhinestone ornament. The
low tones of this splendid gown were
relieved by a dog-collar and tiara of
diamonds that caught and gave back
the CLEAN Of a thousand lights.
Miss Pauline Morton, who, by the
way, visited with her parents in San
Francisco last year during a tour of
the West, was a refreshing picture in
pale blue tulle over white chiffon Tiny
pink roses gave q piquant touch to the
debutante's frock, which, with Miss
Alice Roosevelt's, was one of the sim
plest and yet most effective Of all the
maidens' costumes.
Mrs. Victor H. Metcah was gowned
in pompadour silk, with deep cream
foundation and large blue flowers of
the gardenia pattern, skirt full and
ruffied on under lining with deep chif-
fon pleatings of blue, the shades of
the flowers, the green of the leaves
and the browns of the stems making
an unusually effective finishing. The
bodice was decollete, with ruff1es of
vari-colored chiffon and choux of
lace around the corsage and gath
cred in a knot on the left side. just
above the waist line. A wide pointed
girdIe of silk completed the costume.
Mrs. Metcalf wore diamonds and
sapphires and carried bouquet Of
violets.
Being a diplomatic and wholly Of
fetal function. the Inaugural Ball is
not especially a debutante's affair the
formality of 1t. with it's endless social