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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18
COAL STRIKE PROBABLE.
AGREEMENT MADE THREE YEARS
AGO BETWEEN MINERS AND OPE-
RATORS EXPIRES NEXT APRIL.
Hour Day and Recognition of Union.
Owners Will Vigorously Oppose.
Charles Z. Kern.

With the coming of winter many a
householder has calculated upon the
probability of a strike in the anthra-
cite coal regions and wondered wheth-
er he should take the preCaution to lay
in a full supply of fuel. The day
when the provident man laid up great
stores for the frozen period of the
year, filed his larder with good things
to eat and his bins with fuel, against
the inclement weather, has departed
so far as the cities of this country are
concerned. Now rich and poor alike,
the provident and the improvident,
look to the merchant to keep their lar
ders filled. Their only providence Is
in laying up the money with which to
purchase supplies when needed.
1t is this change in the method Of
providing for the home, that has made
the strike in recent years so terrible
10 the humble consumer, who may
live a thousand miles from the scene
Of the industrial discomfort and know
nothing of its causes except that
which he reads in his daily paper, and
yet be the principal sufferer from the
shortage of supplies that follows.
The effectiveness of the strike is its
power to create such q shortage In
supplies and TO bring the country up
on the verge of a famine as bad as
Il food famine. Transportation, by
quickly distributing products Over the
world, has routed the famine of old
that sprang from the failure Of crops.
Now the cessation of labor produces
the same shortage of supply that was
formerly produced by the uncontroll-
able elements.
The chief protection against the re-
%currence of strikes has been found in
agreements made between employers
and employees, the present agreement
in the anthracite coal fields being
effective until April 1st next. Until
after that date. according to the state
ments of leading labor organization
officials. there will be no strike, as
they propose to stand for tie iayiola-
bility of contracts made by any of
their affiliated associations.
The good offices of the President of
the United States were used with
great advantage in bringing about an
agreement, between the coal opera
tors and the miners three years ago,
so as to make possible the production
of coal. The fact is the President
used only that indefinite power that
may be regarded as the influence of
has great office skillfully employed
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18
CoNsUELo. DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.

ments which have been made in the
conditions under which women work in
this country since l was last here. You
know that / am deeply interested in
this question of the betterment of the
conditions of life for m England
is doing much in this direction. but it
is to America that we all look for
leadership in movements of this kind,
and / am happy to say that u hopes
have not been disappointed"
The particular society in which the
Duchess is interested is the Young
Woman's Christian Association. She
is to that organization in England
what Helen Gould is to the Y. NJ. G. A.
in this country-a patroness, generous
OF time, money and sympathy.
1t is evident, however, that the
Duchess sympathies go out to the
workers and the work along all the
lines of betterment for She
salls attention to the various associa-
tons and their enormous growth in
membership, and to the change that
has taken place in the position of wom-
an in the worlds work during the past
sixty years.
Speaking of woman's efforts at eman-
cipation and particularly of the famous.
meeting in Seneca Falls, N. Y, she
says:
1.-THE first woman's rights convention
was held in this country in 1850. Three
years later a woman attempted to
speak in a worlds temperance conven-
ton in New York and it took her three
hours to make a ten-minute speech be-
cause of the jeers and Interruptions of
the men delegates. Florence Night.
ingale, just about fifty years ego laid
the foundation for the glorious work
of the Red Cross in the hospitals in the
Crimea.
when Efforts Began.
''These were the beginnings Of the
activity Of women in public movements,
involving social reform, which now are
having their full development in all
lines of endeavor. When one reflects
that the hardships faced by women
speakers in those days ranged from hos
tile and rude Interruptions to measures
of ever more active discomfort and I'M
pleasantness, reminding one Of an I'M
popular political campaign, and yet
that they have ~persevered in their eft.
fsrts. one cannot help Deing proud of
their pluck and perseverance which
has had such splendid results"
Reference to the m who at
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18
CONSUELO ENCOURAGES SEX.
DAUGHTER OF VANDERBILT
SEES LMPROYED CONDITIONS
IN FIELD OF LABOR.
Comparison of Past Restrictions
With Present Freedom Reveals
Growth of Moman's Sphere.

An ex-President of the United States
thinks it not beneath his dignity to
talk to the women of the country
through the pages of a popular WON
ans magazine, warning them of the
dangerous and undermining effects
upon their character of active partic-
ipation in public affairs. The feminine
club life of to-day he especially con-
dennis.
Following this comes tho announce
ment of an interview with a represen-
tative of the new and charming WON
anhood OF America in the person of
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough. A
daughter of the Vanderbilts, married
into one of the oldest and proudest
families of England, surrounded by
every luxury and crowned with beauty,
youth and grace, yet is she democratic
enough TO be interested in her sisters
of the working world.
Women's Work Commended.
Concerning woman's work the
Duchess says:
ut is gratifying to see the improve
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18

Only the hardest dared face the dis.
approval of the public Of that day.
But now the army of stenographers,
clerks, physicians, preachers, social
workers and business women attest the
wonderful change in her status. To
day, given capacity, training and perse-
veranee, there are few. If any, avenues
of legitimate endeavor closed to woman.
If now and then a few overstep the
bounds Of discretion and good taste,
and thereby call down the censure of
the better element, who knows but that
!. is the pendulum swinging a little far
"a rebound from the extremes of
former days. The real balance will
DE maintained when woman is permit
ted to express her individuality and
to live her W life.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18
THE HUMAN FLY.
EXPLOIT OF AVN
ING HANGER WHO CLIMBS
TAIL BUILDINGS.
Witnessed by Gaping Multitude, He
Assembled and Descended the Tow
ering "F1atiron."-Wife and Child
rec Among Nervous Spectators.

There is a man who climbs the outer
walls of the highest buildings and
who uses neither rope, tackle nor seal
ing ladder. This man does not tell of
his daring feats, nor has he a press
agent to exploit his dizzy achieve
ments. He performs this work in view
of gaping multitudes who cheer and
shudder as this man goes up sheer
walls, digging his tough and nimble
toes into the interstices of the stone,
catching a cornice or a window sill
ard Ginning himself up and doing
other most venturesome acrobatic
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18

tempted to speak at a temperance con-
Vention recalls to mind the old story
of Lucy Stone, of Massachusetts, a
pioneer suffragist, who, after her grad
uation at Oberlin, Ohio (the only col
lege admitting women at that time),
desired to speak in one of the Mass
achusetts churches. The announcement
of the address was made by the min
lister of the church in the following
words:
"a hen wishes to crow like a rooster in
this church on Thursday evening. Any
body liking that kind of music is in
vited to attend"
1t seems almost incredible in these
days that time was, and only half a
century ago, too, when woman's activ-
ity was limited to SO small a circle.
AS a lei of livelihood she had but
three vacations from which to choose:
homework, sewing and teaching; and
all poorly paid, at that. Marriage was
supposed to be the chief end and aim
of her existence. This state she sought,
sometimes as a refuge from greater
ills. A girl single at % or % was con-
sidered an "old maid" No woman.
except among the Society of Friends,
could be ordained to preach the gospel.
The woman physician or lawyer was
an unknown quantity.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-11-18
The Women Held Aside Their Skirts.

When Antoinette Brown Blackwell,
the first woman 10 graduate in medi-
cine in this country, appeared on the
streets the women she met held aside
their skirts for fear of contamination
from so u~nwomanly a creature. The
bars of prejudice were high and strong.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
The Effect of Nitro-Culture.

Erroneous statements which have re-
Gently been appearing in the public
press regarding the free and unlimited
distribution of inoculating material for
leguminous crops is likely to cause
those who apply for these cultures to
be disappointed. A circular Of the de-
partment of agriculture now announces
that the results obtained with pure
cultures In inoculatlng leguminous
plants has resulted in such a demand
for this material that the facilities Of
the department have been taxed to
their utmost, and for some time 1t has
been impossible to meet the demand.
The patent which the department
holds upon the method Of growing and
distributing these organisms was taken
out in such way that no one can
maintain a monopoly Of the manufac-
ture Of such cultures and 80 as to per
NIT Of Its being taken up and handled
commercially. The commercial prod
uct is being handled quite generally
by seedsmen. Upon application the de,
partment has furnished all necessary
information to the psychologists rep
resenting properly equipped concerns
but it cannot assume to make any
statement which could In any way be
regarded as guarantee of the com
mercial product, nor is it prepared tt
indorse each and all of the somewha
| extravagant claims occasionally mad'
for this discovery. The latest Of tn,
| departments authorized statement
may be found in farmers bulletin PA
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27

mingles with the fog and produces
darkness. Can you not see that the
word Is destined to live and become
"classic"7 1t will, we are sure.
The word "quiz" (which Is a diction-
ary word now owes its origin to a
wager made by an Irishman named
DAILY that he could coin a word to
which the public would give the def
milton he intended. He is said to have
bet f100 on this original wager, which
was accepted by friend. Then this
original word coiner set to work
marking ON every dead wall that he
could find in Dublin the four letters
Quiz. what does It mean? asked
the first man who saw 1t. 1T means
to question:" answered the second.
Within twenty-four hours the public
had fastened the signlfication on the
new word, which was that fixed on by
the coiner himself. So he won his bet
and enriched the English language
with sound good word which is uni.
NClSdlly duulIlcu lOudy W luc GULL
pany of words derived from the orig
inal Latin, Greek, Hebrew and other
tongues.
We are not surprised to hear that
the new word "smog" was hailed with
applause" at its first utterance before
the health congress- The doctors were
quick to see the wide use to which
''smog" could be put. ut is a smoggy
morning" "The air is full of 'smog''
A few weeks ought to be sufficient tt
introduce these phrases everywhere
that they are available throughout tn,
English-speaking world.
If the man who causes two blade
of grass to grow where but one grew
before Is to be honored how mucl
worthier is he who makes two word
where only one existed in the vocab
ulary before? All honor, then, to tn
medical word coiner and honor, toe
to his coinage-'smog!'-Utica OF
server.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
Home-Made Marker.

hOmo- MaOe N1aThCTs
The marker shown is handy 1901
on any farm and while it Is especially
useful in the garden, it may be oper-
ated for larger areas. The marker Is
shown complete at figure three In the
cut. Cut a plank twelve inches wide
by two inches thick, the desired length.
The runners are cut from plank In the
form shown at figure one.
By cutting groove as shown In tne
runner just wide enough to let In the
plank greater strength is secured than
would be possible If the runners were
simply nailed to the plank. AS the
horse pulls forward the notch offers
considerable resistance which prevents
the runners from being knocked Oh
should the marker strike some obstruc'
ton.
At figure two Is shown q piece OF
hoop iron whichis designed to nail ovel
the top of the runner and plank thus
giving additional strength. A marker
made as directed will last for years
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
Lining Epps.


Take one pint Of lime, half a pint Of
salt, one and half tablespoonsful Of
cream Of tartar, mix these well in a
porcelain kettle. Pour two gallons of
water over them and stir until dis
solved. When cool put in a stone lar
will not keep in wood, then set away
in a cool place in basement or cellar,
Have the eggs perfectly clean and
fresh. Wash them if soiled. Put in
cool, clean water when taken from
the nest and then into the brine Large
jars are best. | generally put up about
thirty dozen in this way in July and
August and use them through the win
ter and until next June for bread, cake.
etc. The only difference from a fresh
egg they show is that the white ia a
little thinner and tastes very slightly
of the lime.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
The Cost of Making Rutter.

In recent report, published by the
Iowa State Dairy Commissioner, the
average cost of producing one pound
Of butter is given as follows:
In the creamery that makes 10000
pounds Of butter per year 1t costs a
cents to make one pound Of butter, and
in a creamery producing $4,000 pounds
1t costs 3.4 cents to make one pound,
while In creamerles making 10000
pounds per year 1t costs only 1.S5 cents.
In some Of the very central plants
that are producing over 100000 pounds
Of butter per year it costs Ia cents
per pound.
These figures clearly show that the
larger the creamery the cheaper but
ter can be manufactured, and they also
show that it takes about 400 cows
tributary to one factory before a profit
able creamery business can be estab-
lished.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27

and something in his eyes made her
frown deepen. ~ want to ask you
once more to reconsider" he began.
ut is quite impossible, Mr.. Dun
MORE" said she, coldly.
"Why?" he asked Am I so ter
ribly ineligible?'
"Your life at present is very full"
she said. There Is no room In it for
for a wife" The color came into her
cheeks at the last word.
"Do you think these things really
count with me?" he asked quickly,
"these horses and this polo and all the
rest Of it?"
perhaps for the moment you think
they don't" said she. But they do
They have hold on you that no WON
an ever could hope to rival. She would
be side ISSUE"
"You don't really believe that" sait
he.
"I do." she averred.
The whistle sounded from the field
"The only thing that really counts IL
all the world is you," said Dunmore
"I can't seem to make you believe II
but It's Gods truth"
He rode out into the field, leavin
the girl strangely Ill at ease. AS tn
game began, Mrs. Porter returned an
climbed into the trap. With her, cam
the omnipresent group Of satellites.
Gertrude, do hope" she began |
whispered aside to the GIRL but Mis-
Remsen was talking to the young me
with a vivacity that to Mrs. Porte
seemed triHe forced.
All during the game the girls ey,
were seldom on the field. Althoug
the play was fast and furious and 81
was known to be devotee of pol
she seemed to prefer the platitudes
the men grouped about the trap to Il
excitement Of the play.
Once only did she follow the gam
and that was when man beside the
said excitedly, "Just look at o
Tommy Dunmorel He's doing his be
to break his precious neckw
Mrs. Porter glanced at her niece 81
piciousiy.
M dsar1 she began, protsstir
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
THE WINDS

When sluggish lags my pulse, plead
The rigorous North will rouse and
blow,
Clearing the far horizons blur,
Starting the rune-chant of the FIR,
And bringing for mine earnest need
The bracing tonic of the snow.
When incline to dreams, and fain
With half-shut lids, would lounge and
see
The bouEhs swing dangerously
above
To low, thrush litanies of love,
And ripples goldenly the grain,
The South for me, the South for me!
When melancholy suits my mood,
/ long to list, mid lapslng leaves,
The misty East discourse Of pain
In Its thin minor, and the rain,
With plaintiff sorrowing imbued,
Make plaintive patter round the caves.
And when the pilgrim zest is strong
For brackened pathways mounting
high
Along the hill slopes to the crest,
Then would l have the ardent West
Fling me his buoyant welcome song,
Toss me his old ecstatic cry.
So with the verring winds that sweep
The empyrean l am one;
Feeling close klnship unto each,
Soul-sympathies of spirit-speech,
Blow they or shrill, or low, or deep,
Across tho face Of Gods white sunl
Youths Companion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
DOCTOR COINS A NEW WORD

Physician Uses "Smog" as Descriptive
of London's Reeking Atmosphere.
This word "smog" which was coined
In London last week and which de-
scribes the condition Of the atmosphere
there when laden with fog and reek-
ing in smoke has surely come to stay.
It is the invention Of physician in
London who was serving as delegate
in the British Congress Of Health. The
new word meets all the requirements
of the case. 1t is pointed. Its echo
Of sound to sense is perfect. It is q
better word than fog" to describe a
London morning-or, for that matter
to describe a morning In New York
Brooklyn, Pittsburg or Chicago. In al
big manufacturing cities the smoke
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
Cow Feeding.

The food supplied to the dairy cow
is designed to serve two purposes.
The first, and the one that always
does and always must take precedence,
is the keeping up Of the machinery Of
life. The animal heat must be main
tanned, and the constant wear and
waste Of the bones and tissues Of the
body must be replaced. All this must
be done whether any milk is produced
or not If suitable material then re-
mains 1t will be utilized for the sec
ond purpose Of the food, which is the
production Of milk. The man who
gives his cows but little food can OBJ
tain but little milk from them, simply
because they have very little material
from which to make it. This rule ap-
plies just as fully to the best COW in
the country as 1t does to the poorest
one.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
Breeds of Sheen,

The question Of breed should be
largely one of fancy and environment
says American Sheep Breeder. All
breeds have merit when kept in the
right place. If the fancier has a poor.
rough, rugged farm some Of the small
er breeds would be found to do better
than the heavier breeds. It would be
too much to expect the Lincoln for
instance, the product of low, fertile
lands, to do well on the bleak, sprase-
ly grassed highlands of Scotland
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
THE AWAKENING.

II UST before the game began Dun
a. more rode over to the trap in
which Mrs. Porter and Gertrude
Remsen sat chatting with group Of
young men. Mrs. Porter, the soul Of
discretion, scrambled from her seat
and managed to lead the young men
away.
Dunmore removed his cap and looked
smilingly at the girl, whose face dis
played the faintest trace of annoyance.
Forgive my intrusion" said Dun
more in apology, "but I've just heard
you are leaving us tomorrow. ]
wanted just one last word. You'll
grant me that won't your"
II suppose I must" she said rather
ungraciously.
Dunmore's bronze face became sud
denly grave. He leaned toward her
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
Big. Boned Steers Not Best.

Big Boned Steers Not Best.
There was a time, though it was
many years ago, when the big-boned
steer that weighed 1900 to 1000
pounds, was looked for by the buyers
of beeves, but now the animal that Is
sought by the butchers Is one that
weighs from 1,200 to 1900 pounds.
We have long since found out that
the cheapest meat is made on young
animals, and the money thus invested
Is soonest ready to be turned over.
Not only Is the money tied up longest
N old animals, but the cost Of pro-
ducing meat on them is so great that
our best beef feeders are no longer
attempting to do that The method
now is to keep the animals growing
right along from birth to the period
when they weigh what the market de-
mands.
Steers are now ready for the market
at two years old or under. If all the
animals shipped to the stock yards
were of this kind there would not be
much complaint about poor returns in
stock breeding and beef-making. A
good many farmers are still trying to
make profitable beef on old steers. But
the young steer is the only animal that
gives us any promise of profit.-Ex-
change.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
He Decided Not to Wait.

Lucinda" said Mr.. Melstrum, who
had Just returned from visit to
farmer friend in the country, while
l was at Longley's I ate some whole
wheat, boiled. like 1t better than
anything 1 ever tasted. He gave me
small paper sack Of the wheat, so
we could cook some ourselves How
long will 1t be before supper is
readyT
about half an hour" answered
Mrs. Melstrum.
"Well, we'll have some boiled
wheat II you please. Here's the pa
per sack"
But Joshua, It will have to be
cooked In a double boiler, and
II don't care how you cook 1t. I'm
hungry for some more boiled wheat"
"But see here, Joshua! 1t will
take"
ut will take a lot Of cream and
sugar; I know that. But we've got
plenty Of both. Put 1t on right away
will your
Without another word his wife
took the wheat, washed 1t, emptied 4
into the double boiler" and set 1t OF
the fire.
At the end Of half an hour Mr.. Mel
strum became impatient.
Lucinda" he called out from tn
sitting-room, isn't that wheat read.
! yetT
mot yet" responded Mrs. Me-
) strum.
How much longer is 1t going t
take to cook it?"
, About eleven hours and a hall
Q That's what I was trying to tell yor
o but you wouldn't give me chance
q Do you want to wait for it"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-10-27
Immigrants Wanted on Far.

The new information bureau estah.
lished by the New York State Depart
ment of Agriculture is trying to solve
the problem Of farm labor for New
York farmers. Said Secretary Larmon:
New York State wants five thousand
farm hands and they can command
wages Of $3.50 to $3.50 a season" II
appears that the best class of immi-
grants are going through the State
West, where wages may be triae
higher, but other attractions less favor
able. There will be attempts to dis
tribute some Of the best foreign arriy.
ais among the farmers of this State.