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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
The Herd Boar,


The man that expects to succeed
with swine must be careful in his Sc
lection Of the herd boar. If he selects
an animal of little vitality the progeny
will always lack stamina or are likely
to lack it. This will be the cause of
great financial losses. Disease finds
1t easier to establish itself among
such animals than to get a foothold
among animals of great vigor. Ma
lures plan is to kill off the weakest,
and if man tries to run against nature
in this regard he will find it diff
cult task. 1t is far better to fall in
with the natural plan and select for
heading the herd vigorous animal
When hogs ran wild the boars did
their own selecting by fighting for
existence and leadership. Thus the
strongest prevailed, and the weak
ones were kept from reproducing their
kind. But man has come in and the
males of the lower orders can no long
er measure strength for leadership
Whether the right animal is, selected
for the leader depends on man. Many
a man makes the mistake of putting
at the head of his swine an animal
that in a state Of nature would have
been driven off by the more vigorous
males.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
Road Foundations.

Whenever the question of good
roads comes up, and that is pretty
often in Illinois, where bad roads are
the rule in many sections, the argu-
ments for or against usually hinge on
the relative cost of the top dressing
which distinguishes the stone or
gravel road from the earth road. The
debaters rarely get below the surface
or show practical knowledge of the
of view, in the making of good roads.
In the consideration of the top dress
ing, the foundation and most essen
tial feature of any road is lost sight
Of In many districts, where crushed
stone or even gravel are not avail
able, where land values are low, and
where the population is scattering, it
is not possible to persuade the inhab-
itants that they can afford the ex-
pense Of macadam or other costly
roads. They are willing to admit the
advantages of such highways in en-.
HANGING the value Of farms, facilitat-
ing the marketing of crops and pro-
noting the personal comfort of trav-
elerS, but when all has been said,
they fall back upon the unanswerable
argument that they can no better af-
ford fine roads than fine houses and
that their situation does not justify
the outlay. If these people understood
that the foundation of a good road,
which, by the way, is not ruinously
rrix SC fh4 a
top dressing, they could perhaps be
started in a rational movement for
road improvement that could even
tually be carried to perfection Most
of the money and time now expend-
ed upon country roads is spent in
tinkering with their surfaces, with re-
suits so temporary that it is practi-
cally wasted. The great enemy Of
roads is water. The chief factor in
their improvement, therefore, is drain
age. In districts characterized by
light, gravelly or sandy soils, we hear
little complaint of roads, because the
soil itself affords natural drainage;
but in Illinois, where clay subsoils are
the rule, under drainage with tile is
usually necessary to the securing Of
4 dry, firm, foundation. For this reas-
on the first item to be considered in
a good roads agitation should be the
amount and costArf the tile needed
to properly undeRrain the road bed,
the expense of laying same and of
grading and side ditching. With the
foundation properly laid the top
dressing of gravel may be postponed
if necessary. Underdrained roads
without gravel are better than gray
eled roads without underdrainage
and undertakings is the best posi-
road-Farmers' Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
A Page for he Farmer

that man had better let alvuv, s-
it would cost more to bring it up to a
state of productivity than it would be
worth. He expressed the opinion that
land that did not naturally grow sod
could not be depended on to grow any.
thing.
have travelled extensively in the
South and also in the southern part Of
the northern states, an;. l am certain
that it is a question @; the man rather
than the land, provided that he has
within reach a market in which he
can dispose of his crops at living
price. In this the South is at disad-
vantage over many parts of the North.
Even where there are railroads the
railroad authorities do not feel like
putting themselves out to encourage
the small grower.
1t is tr2e that if the southern lands
are farm ed as they have been farmed
for a century and as some of the
northern lands have been farmed Tor
a still longer period of time, they will
not offer great possibilities to men
taking them. But is it necessary to
confine ourselves to the old methods?
have in mind some Of the lands In
the South that have been taken in
charge by men that had leaning to.
ward scientific agriculture. Those
pieces of land have been made to bear
abundantly. The work was done by
cultivating in way to increase the
plant food in the soil.
The ways of bringing up land are so
many that I will not try to discuss
them in this letter. What can you
think of land on the side Of mountains
that is put into corn and the land ia
being washed at every rain? Is that
the way to bring up land? Is it not
apparent that such land should be
clothed with some kind of a verdure
that will prevent the washing and that
this is the first thing to do in case Of
that kind? Walter Stinson,
Greenup County, Kentucky.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
Enemies of Fruit Trees.

For a long time horticulturists and
fruit growers of the advanced type
have been urging the desirability of
tilling orchards more thoroughly than
is usually the custom, says a Cornell
paper. Their advice was based upon
common experience and observation,
but exact data have been wanting. Cor
nell Experiment Station, during the
last season, conducted an orchard sur
vey or a critical study of the western
counties of the state of New York
This survey examined every orchard
in three townships, comprising some
three thousand acres of fruit land, and
in addition examined every orchard of
Importance in the entire county-one
of the largest in the state. The results
of this survey (Which are now being
worked QUIT are exceedingly instruct.
, i've and valuable.
among the chief enemies of the
orchard the greatest was found to be
the apple tree. In other words, the
trees were injuring each other in the
struggle for food and susteuance. They
were planted too closely. An exami-
nation of the yields of orchards plant
ed at different distances disclosed
the fact that the more trees to the
acre the smaller the yield in every
case, and that the yield increased
gradually and proportionately with the
distance at which the trees were set.
The next enemy of importance was
sod. The loss to the tract examined
in 1902 by the influence Of sod in or
chards amounted to over 200, 900 bush
els. Pastured orchards were better
than meadow orchards, but markedly
poorer than titled orchards. The cul-
tivated orchard gave an average of 30
bushels more than sod orchard, and
this record covered a period of three
wears; it was not taken at haphazard
and should be considered fairly indi-
cative.
"The next enemy of Importance was
found to be poor drainage. Young
trees very often do not sh"w the eff
fects of surplus moisture in the soil,
but invariably old trees developed
various types of diseases, unquestion-
ABLY directly chargeable to the unfa-
yorable soil condition. Where stiff, i'm
penetrable subsoil obtains, drainage
pays"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
The Hoof.

With respect to solidity, the differ.
ent parts Of the hoof vary widely.
The middle layer of the wall is hard.
er and more tenacious than the sole,
for the latter crumbles away or passes
off in larger or smaller fakes on its
under surface, while no such spontane-
Gus shortening of the wall occurs. The
white line and the frog are soft horn
structures, and differ from hard horn
in that their horn cells do not, under
natural conditions, become hard and
hornlike. They are very elastic, alb.
sorb moisture rapidly, and as readily
dry out and become hard, brittle and
easily assured. Horn of good quality
is fine-grained and tough, while bad
horn is coarse-grained, and either mel.
low and friable or hard and brittle.
All horn is a poor conductor of heat,
and the harder (dryer) the horn, the
more slowly does it transmit extremes
of temperature.-ProfF John w. Ad-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
Champion Liniment for Rheumatism

ChaS. Drake, a mail carrier at
Chapinville, Conn, says: Chamber
lain'S Pain Balm is the champion OF
all liniments. The past year [ was
troubled a great deal with rheuma-
tism in my shoulder. After trying
several cures the stOrekeeper here
recommended this remedy and it
completely cured me-" There is no
us Of anyone suffering from that
painful ailment when this liniment
can be obtained for a small sum. One
application gives prompt relief and
it's continued use for short time
will produce a permanent cure. For
sale by Hanson & Emerson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
Land Of Bad SnoWdrifts.

The worst snowdrifts experienced
by any railroad are said to be those
in Sweden. Although the cold is not
sc intense as in some of our western
states, the snowfall is heavy and con
tiIuous. The snow plows Of various
kinds which are used on these roads
are said to be the most powerful In
the world. There are times, however
when even this machinery fails to
clear the way, when hundreds OF men
must be employed to ding out the
stalled trains.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
BRINGING Up Land.

Recently, in an agricultural paper, I
saw an article that intimated that
there was much land in the United
States, both in what we term the
South and in what we call the North
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-03-23
voTcanIc ISIands.

vofcanIc 1SIandS.
Since the beginning of the last CEN
fury no fewer than fifty-two volcanic
islands have risen out of the sea.
Nineteen have disappeared and ten are
now inhabited.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
A GREAT SUCCESS
Was the Millinery Opening at Jol'
life's Thursday and Friday.

The millinery opening at .Iolliffe's
store which was held on Thursday and
Friday Of this week, attracted a large
throng of people despite the unfavor.
able weather. The store was elabo-
rately and artistically decorated for
the occasion by the manager, Richard
Shurtleff, who has won a reputation
as an artistic decorator by his work
in the various stores of this city with
wl!icly he has been connected. Mrs.
H. II. Haincs, of Baltimore, is the
efficient milliner and the work which
she displayed well merited the admi.
ration bestowed upon it. AlacArthur's
orchestra furnished an excellent pro.
gramme on both days which added
much pleasure to the occasion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08


Hslnick pitcher q Wooster Ohio
recommended GreenRaId WHO
IEputs him as wonder.
West an outielder played With one
~ the strong independent cams III
The Buckeye State and balts,I \
Wickline is the pitcher recommends
ed by Harry Blunaling and nothing
1,uch is knownsof him. However: lie
y now playing around Pittsburg and
+Cassel will keepSane eye on him as
well as Gray. who halls from Car
ncgie. /
Goring,S the Bridgessille pitcher. was
wanted by Fred Drumm Tor his
GAINESVILLE organization but turned
down the offer with thanks
Everybody knows popular Jim BIZ.
son and now It looks as If he womb
be found Or the initial corner when
the season opens:
Compiling the batting average 81
The men who will be brought here by
Gassel. 1t is found that last season
they, as team, clouted The leather
for a percentage ofss55.
All the strong teams in the country
will be met by the locals. among 9TH
els being McKeesport Braddock and
Turtle Creek. The former Will be
met on their home grounds on June
"lh, Glh and It'll, Braddock on the
sth and 9th and at Turtle Cock on
the 10th. The schedule will be print.
Ell in full in these columns next
week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
BACK TO EARTH
Were the Remains of Thomas Booher
Committed This Afternoon.

The funeral services over the re.
mains of James Thomas Booher,
whose sudden death took place in St.
Louis on Tuesday, were held this af.
ternoon at 8 O'Clock at the home Of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.
Booher. on. CASTOR avenue. conducted
by Rev. G. D. Smith. The services
were largely attended, and the deep
est gloom prevailed. The pall.bearers
were chosen from among the friends
Of the dead boy. They were: Arch
Brownfeld, A. G. Martin, James
Shinn, Sam Butcher, Edward Slack
and Harry Clark. Interment was
made in Woodlawn cemetery.
Advance sale for BABES in Toy
land opens Wednesday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

Holber spent yesterday il Ills

III
Attorney j. A. Watts is confined
sohls home with mumps.
M Robertson was in Wheel.
ing Yesterday on business.
II. VIII cronan. Of Baltimore, Is
! business visitor in the city.
Virginia. little daughter Of Mr.. w,
3. Reed. has been sick for o few days.
business. sss F SieisoPs X K F Psiilasa E ys ~
lay
Fred Boydston came in from Nor.
gaatownl last night to spend Sunday
Al his home.
Mr.: and Mrs. George Jolliffe and
little son George Jrs Of Grafton, are
rislang relatives in this place.
Mrs Clyde Hutchinson, who has
been5 very Ill for the past week, is
much improved.
Mrs. Thadeus Huffman and little
stother, Robert Wagner, Of Keyser,
are the guests Of their sister, Mrs.
Fred Davis:
Little Miss Miriam Rock, who is III
81 typhoid fever. is doing very well
and5itsis thought her case will be a
& CIVILIZATIONS
NJ G u. Cunningham, who recent.
B underwent an operation at the
Cook Hospital for appendicitis. is i'm.
proving rapidly
Misses Elizabeth and Alice Kin.
kead left this afternoon for Manning.
al; I 3 spend a few days with their
brother, Robert Klnkead.
ar. and Mrs. j. NJ. Howard, Of PIT
Marion arrived in the city last night
and will spend several days with
their son; Or. E. W. Howard.
Mrs.: Turney Reed, of Hutchinson
isssinsths city the guest of Capt. and
hrs Thomas Reed. Mr.. Reed is 81
pittsburg on business.
Dr. John R: Cook, who has beer
abroad for the past month. sailed
on this country several days ago
Heels expected TO land today.
Mrs: Gertrude Nichols and littl,
daughter Miss Margaret Nichols, 0
Grafton, are guests at the home o
CaptsThos. Reed, on Benoni avenue
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
CHARGES OF FRAUD
;MlLL&BE MADE AND CONTEST
lNsTlTuTEDgRY Moderated
cAN0lDATEFo % MAYOR
OF ST. LOUIS.

RNtHl4h.EF.H .a#FEaZn
sT.LouIs, April S.-Judge John
a. Tally, Republican candidate. m:
nounced Wednesday that he would
contest the election OF Rolla Wells
as mayor OF st. Louis. He said:
"T was elected, for ! received a ma
jorlty Of the votes cast, which I Will
prove. | will prove 1t in a contest. IL
the official count does not make one
Unnecessary. No one can give any
Legitimate reason for holding out pre-:
clncts in the heart of the city for six
and seven hours after the polls clos
ed, and ! can prove such precincts
were carried by me . to !, while the
returns showed Is ora2O to ! against
me. 1t demonstrates that elections,
at least in some parts OF st. Louis,
are a combination of farce and cor.
ruption.
"At the polling places at Gil Chest.
nut street, in the Fourth ward, the
judges and clerks remained in the
room with the curtains down from I
P. NJ. TO 2 A. NJ. before sending the
returns 10 the Chestnut street police
station, n few blocks away. Those
who have taken charge of this matter
are already able to prove that the
vote as cast was largely in my favor
and did not exceed about 100 bal
lots, yet All votes are reported, with
20 for me and 800 or ~thereabouts fol
Wells.
81 shall leave the city for a few
days, partly on business and partl,
for rest, but those having the confess
in hand will attend the official coun'
and to the institution of such lega
proceedings and in such courts as The
remarkable conditions call for"
That Judge Tally was deliberatel,
counted out is the belief expressed
in many letters and personal message;
+, received yesterday. jSome of thes.
were from business men and corpora
i lions, promising to subscribe to
fund to punish the perpetrators OF Thu
frauds.
The feeling in local Republican cir
cles, while regretting that the hea,
of the ticket was defeated, is tina
the party vas somewhat compensate,
. by the election of others on the ticl
| ct. The winning candidates then
| selves regret exceedingly that til
whole ticket did not pull through.
About the Republican and Demo
cratic headquarters Wednesday littl
life was apparent. In Caesars cafe
where 1t is estimated that $4,000 ha
been placed on the election in bet
The Democrats we're sending aroun
for their money and Mr.. Caesar wn
e kept busy signing checks. Othe
g Stockholders downtown were bus
settling bets. Much money change
hands as a result OF the election.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
A Kentucky Family.

There were six of the Hargis broth.
ers of Breathitt county, Ky. Three
were killed and the other three are in
jail. Curtis Jet is in the p%enitentiary
for the murder Of Marcum, and
Tom White is to so 10 prison next
week, the court of appeals having
just refused him a new trial. lett was
tried first for the Marcum murder and
again convicted, the penalty in the
last case being death. This case was
appealed by the Hargises for him,
but they allowed him to accept the
life sentence.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
N~AMESOFBASEBALL PLAYERS.
.(con.inued non FIrst Paae.l


cal management the moro Is he i'm.
pressed with the fact that no second
or third rate team Is to be tolerated.
Every man has won his spurs In fast.
company and not only are they bali.
players but we have Manager Cassei's
word for it. they are all moral. gen.
tlemanly fellows who realize flat a
man in. their profession must take
inc best of care OF himself morally as
we'll as physically.
Manager Cassel is % years old,
batted at 321 and played 80 errorless
games in right field without a single
trlp.up. He started his baseball ca.
reel several years since in the old
Ohio State League. From there he
went to the New York State ]: league
and then back to the old Interstate.
He later managed both the Ashland
and Gallon. Ohio teams when the lat.
ter won the championship of the
III 1900 ..HF-E
State.
Doc" Greenwald was for three
years the premier catcher of the Day.
tons In the Interstate. He played In
the Michigan State League for one
season and then worked in the South.
ern for a year. Manager Armour, of
the Cleveland Americans wanted him
last season but the young man de.
cided that play In the big leagues was
too strenuous and refused. The prin.
cipal reason for this is that he is in.
de%pendently wealthy and plays ball
for sport rather than for money. He
Il % years Of age and stands 5 feet
and nine inches. He led the Trolley
League last year with The stick, hav.
Ing an average of $40 and felded at
975. Cassel wants him as the regular
backstop.
Andy Sheridan is q versatile man
In any position he is at home. He
Is ?" years Of age, six feet one inch in
height and weighs 100 pounds. Last
season he caught for the Sheet Steel
team at Vanderbilt and batted at 40
IT may be the intention TO play him
at second and Bryson at first while
Cassel will go to the outAeld.
Francis Reed, pitcher and al
around man, is 90 years old, five fee
nine inches :all and weighs II;
pounds. He pitched for the Freepcr'
Independents last year and won .;
out of so games for them. He battet
at BIG, something extraordinary fol-
a pitcher and felded at go. He /!
said to be a star either in the outfelt
or inleld.
Frosty" Duff, third baseman, is q
years old, five feet eight inches II
height and weighs 100 pounds. HI
is a r%ailroader and has been WORKING
hard all winter, hence will have Ii,
trouble in getting to form. He was
star in the Virginia League thre'
.'ears ago and was in the Michigan
League the next and played with Free
port last season, batting at 900, Will,
his fielding average was $50. As
! a%serunner Cassel says he has n
equal around Pittsburg.
W, E, Snelden short faIdor I
aged 30, height SO and weight al
Last year at Titusville he batted at
2s6 clip while his fielding average i
unknown. He was said to be tn
fastest man on his feet around tina
section. He started his career a
Grove City and from there went t
jamestown, n. y, when that tow
had the fastest Independent team II
the world.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08
OLE SOLDIERS
Are Not Afraid Of Mr.. RoekefeIIer's
Tainted Cash.
(By5 Publishers Press.)

COLUMBUS, Q, April s.-While
sthe whole country is discussing the
sossalled Rockefeller tainted money,
Wells Post, G. A. R, of this city, last
Iights unanimously adopted a resolu.
ston inviting John D. Rockefeller to
donate ss9eo towards a library fol-
the Che new soldiers and sailors memo
stals building being erected by Frank
dngcounty.
blooming pot plants at Halls Flow
ar Store. ,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

Miss Ella Gall, who has been in
the city for several days engaged in
organizing the new camp Of the Royal
Neighbors, returned to her home in
Grafton this afternoon.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

Owing TO breakage in carpet clean
ing machinery, no further orders will
be taken at present. Troy Laun-
dry. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-08

Why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? I
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-20

The Crystal Springs Water Com
pany of Fowler wants to furnish the
town Of Manzanola with water for
500 a month. Manzanola would
have to lay the water main from
Fowler. making a total expenditure
Of So. 900. Fowler has the best
water in the state. and we dom t
believe Manzanola could do better.
Wonder If the Crystal Springs peo-
pie could be induced to turn enough
water into the Otero ditch to supply
La Junta for one hundred plunks
per month. That would be an easy
way to solve the water problem
and cheap. too.
La Junta tribune., 1905-09-20
L. I.ess Vssssss Oesasses

Manager King has just received
the bookings for the La Junta
Theatre for the season Of 1886
The list embraces some first class
attractions. such as the 'Chaper-
ones" Faust" Shadows on the
Hearth" Al G. Fields Minstrels.
and also some old-timers known to
fame a Ten Nights in a Barroom"
and Uncle Toms Cabin" which
never seem to lose their popularity.
George B. Samuels. in a popular list
Of attractions. will play a two
nights engagement in this city
every six weeks. The list. of course,
is not complete. but the bookings up
to the present date. are a. follows:
September 2d-Mme. Herman;
2sth and 18th. George Samuels.
October lsth-Ten Nights in .
Barroom; 18th. Volunteer Oryanist:
10Th. Polly Primrose: 9th. 81 Plum
kard: 3lst. Hoity Toity.
November 3d-Faust: 4th. Chap
erones: 9Th. Shadows on the Hearth:
llth. A Thoroughbred Tramp: 18th
and 18th. George Samuels.
December 2d-Two Merry TramuR:
4th. Cousin Kate: 18th. Mahars's
Minstrels: I'D. Hans Hanson: 9TH,
Uncle Toms Cabin.
January lst and 2d-Georye Sam
uels, 5th. Ben Hendricks: Ilth. Paul
Jones Opera Company; 2sth. Hooli-
gan's Troubles.
February 6th-Florence Roberts;
10Th. Richard & PringIe's Minstrels.
18th and 18th. George Samuels.
March Sth-Alaska. 9th. Al G.
Fields MinstreIs.
April 3d-Charies Hansford: April
5th and 6th. George Samuels.
MAY Goth and 3lst. George Sam
uels-