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he DOES NOT WANT. MORE LAND.

HE DOES NOT WANT MORE LAND.
You have good farm of 16O acres
and are not content, but want more
an average Of thirty three bushels of
corn to the acre and thirtytwo of oats;
your hay gave you one ton and quar-
ter to the acre, your potatoes ninety
five bushels; you got $50 from your
poultry yard, and your cows returned
you $50 each for cream sold; your
steers sold good way under the top
Of the market, and the only full blood.
ed thing you have on the place is
shepherd dog, which followed you
home from town one day. See here;
you don't want any more land. If you
had more acres to work, your crops
would be still smaller. The trouble is
the acres you have want coat Of
brains. We passed your place the 9th
er day and saw your stock eating up
and wasting poorly built stack of
what was last July fine timothy and
clover hay; we saw your milk cows
one cold morning out in the cornfeld
foraging among the stalks and noticed
toward night that your hens roasted in
the trees around the barn; we also
saw your wife with a shawl over her
head digging around the wood pile to
get little dry wood to cook your sup
per with, and you recollect we met
you in town loafing on dry goods box
and. cussing the government. You
know that your boy was pulled before
the mayor for getting drunk and rails
ing Cain one night lately and that
about that time one Of your best horses
was ruined with a barbed wire cut
because the halter rope was rotten
and the barn door off the hinges. You
don't want any more land. The more
you have the worse you will be off.
Better just stop and have good think
ing spell all by yourself and see If
you can't better yourself under exist
ing conditions. It is entirely possible
for you on this farm to double your
present income, and that's no joke Ell
ther. Brains and work will make the
old farm give you sixty bushels Of corn
to the acre, two and a half tons Of hay,
fifty-five bushels of oats. You can get
$500 income from your cows, and your
poultry yard should give you $3.50 if
properly managed. Run in debt if
need be for manure spreader tomor-
row and get those 400 loads of manure,
which makes a bog Of your barnyard,
out on to the fields. Test those cows
and fire the improbable ones. Get a
$3.50 bull at the head of your herd, SOW
at least twenty acres of clover this
spring and every spring thereafter, ro-
tate your crops, build a silo. save your
corn fodder, get dry wood handy for
your wife, quit loafing in town, fill
your home with good reading matter
and quit cussing the administration
and wishing for more land. You will
think inside of three years you have
more land than you can work. The fore
going is perhaps not very nicely said,
but it is the truth and sizes up the case
Of whole lot of you fellows.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06
THE NOSE AND PROFILE.
In Childhood, Beginning Should Be
Made in Moulding of Features
and Care Should Continue.

A woman who makes a study of faces
and their profiles says: The time to
alter the shape of your nose is in the
cradle. You can look over whole audi
ence and hardly see single pretty side
face. Even when the side face is pret-
ty, the effect is apt to be spoiled from a
front view.
The nose that is graceful looked at
from side sitting may become ugly and
unshapely when looked at from in front.
Often it is actually one-sided.
A crooked nose is caused by burying
the face in the pillow. AS the twig is
bent the tree is inclined. and the wom-
an who begins as little girl to sleep
with her face buried will grow up with
a pug nose, or worse
There is fashion now for the nose
that turns up saucily. But the women
whose noses do not turn up are earnest
ly advised to let we'll enough alone.
There is great difference between the
nose that is naturally and saucily tip
tilted and the nose that is tortured un-
til it turns up.
Ii the nose were taken in childhood
and gently trained there would be no
such thing as ugly noses. The nose
is formed of soft cartilage which in
childhood can be bent this way or that.
The great ugly hump which in time be.
comes too prominent Roman nose
could be prevented if treated in time.
Even in old age it can be persuaded to
be little less aggressive if the hump
be massaged daily and gently kneaded
with the finger tips to call it down from
its proud and prominent position.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

for small girls, but for older ones the
belt finish will probably be preferred.
This mode presents opportunity for
pretty combinations of materials, and is
more effective if the shield contrasts
with the blouse. If the dress is made of
Scotch plaid, striped, checked or other
fancy goods, the shield should be OF
plain color of a harmonizing Tone Lace
or needlework will be pretty in frock
OF Lansdowne, China silk, taffeta or
washable materials.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

The stump Of tree represents some
of the meanest and most destructive
work of men. 1t Is too often economic
wreckage, the sacrifice of the useful
the artistic and beautiful for paltry
present gain. Some men seem to hate
a tree on general principles, when it is
one Of the most benefcent gifts of ma
ture.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06
Perfumes.

Orris alone is much used as sachet
powder, but usually trace of musk is
added to aid in keeping its odor. Hello
trope powder is delicate and lasting.
Odor is merely matter of taste, as many
of the most delicate perfumes are ex-
tremely obnoxious to many persons.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

The habit and growth of trees are
very excellent indications of the fertili-
ty of the soil where they grow, this
supposing that the rainfall of any CIV
en- locality is sufficient for vigorous
tree growth. Where trees grow tall and
thrifty there is a strong SOIL Where
they grow gnarly and scrubby there is
poor soil. The vigorous and thrifty
timber growth will always be associat-
ed with an equally vigorous and
healthy growth of the lesser things-the
shrubs, bushes and vines. Large trees
will be found where hazel brush and
blackberry vines grow to a height of
eight feet.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

We are asked whether If crop of
seed clover plowed under in late Sep
tember will so seed the land as to in
sure stand of clover one year later.
We have known this to be done quite
frequently: The clover seed crop to be
plowed under, as stated, crop of corn
to be taken from the ground the next
year, this to be followed with oats,
and fine crop of clover to follow with
out additional seeding. In ordinary
seasor r. J. result may reasonably be
J ,-t-,.r
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

One trouble is that men are apt to
regard the whole cornield as the unit,
when the real unit should be each in
dividual hill. If the field as a whole
looks we'll and thrifty they think they
examination will show that some hills
are missing, some with single kernel
In, some with altogether too many. It
is this way Of doing which reduces the
yield Of corn per acre.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

A practical and profitable system Of
crop rotation is more needed all through
the corn belt than any other one thing.
Where corn will grow neither oats nor
wheat will do very well, and the temp
tation is ever present to follow corn
with corn, to the manifest injury of
the crop and the soil.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

Where a farm is kept one-half in
grass, with stock to utilize the grass
and other products Of the farm, it will
In the very nature Of things become
more productive each year.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

If there Is any talk about a trolley
line in your neighborhood it will be
good money in your pocket to get
next to the project, give the right of
way through your farm and help it all
you can.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06
THE BARREN STALK.

There are plenty of men who would
not for moment think of using
weak, degenerate sire for their herds
who will still plant weak and degener-
ate kernels Of corn, which at best can
only develop vigor enough to shove up
q weak stalk and throw off little pol
len, never attempting to make an ear,
making up what has been found to be
not less than 20 per cent of the stand
in many a cornfield. In fact, the use of
seed of low vitality, which is the prime
cause Of the barren stalk, is almost as
great loss to the average corn grower
as though the seed would not germi-
nate at all, for this barren stalk but
robs its more thrifty and healthy broth
er of light, sunshine, fertility and mois-
ture and is worth nothing save for fod-
der. Then, further, its pollen, which it
scatters over the field, is always at
work lowering the grade of all corn
with which it comes in contact. Better
no stalk than this scrub parasite in the
cOrnfield.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

When farm produces much more
forage than can be consumed on the
place, such as corn stover, hay, straw
and the like, and this surplus forage
is either wasted or destroyed, the gen
eral plan Of operation on such farm
needs changing. More land should be
put in pasture, a smaller area of ce-
reals raised and more stock be kept.
The silo is most valuable factor in
such new plan, it's use on the average
sixty acre farm being good for the
keep of at least fifteen more head OF
stock than it would ever carry under
the old plan.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

Those 100 young roosters which you
will raise this spring should be prop
erly operated upon at the right time and
converted into 100 eight pound capons
to bring you over dollar apiece next
winter. Just as well have it done as
not. The old way they are not worth
over 25' cents each.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

The farmers everywhere should get
up on both hind feet and insist that the
telephone poles which now are found
along almost all public highways stuck
out about four feet from the fences
shall be removed back on to the fence
line. AS now set it is impossible to
NOW the highways with any ease. We
often wonder what lunatic started this
plan Of sticking them out into the road.
They would be moved if on our farm
mighty quick.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

The summer supply Of fuel should be
got together right now and put where
the good wife can always have dry
wood. If we were a woman and our
man should make us hunt fuel to cook
his meals with, we would feed him on
raw oatmeal and soggy biscuits until
he came to.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06
Fewer acres and better seed and cul-
ture should be the motto for the farm
work for the year 1905.

The acre reclaimed is always like the
lost sheep, an acre which always gives
us more pleasure to cultivate than the
ninety and nine which were always
good.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

A re- ;ie45; Ia illinois wishes to know
whether sreiEn V.otlld be a good crop
for him II .f},l Z o. his farm, located in
central IliiDos. We think not. Speltz
is not as good or as useful cereal as
either wheat, rye, barley or oats where
they will grow, but has a wide field Of
utility in the dry or semiarid regions
where none Of these cereals will do
well. 1t would be, however, all right to
experiment with small patch and see,
but we would have no confidence in it
as useful plant for the locality
named
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

~ Ar>' =. lever be interested in
farm work. i ss some effort Is made
to hta.. s,--siis work pleasant for him. If
he III gfven asl3,o, y horse to care for, a
poor sol 10 zW!l with, hard and un-
piaasa II ok .,2 do and no tangible
.aa9 ,sisibie p1allt return for his labor,
3ha #ssli t,tHG Il" fest chance to leave
thg9arnn ant fi't., his luck at something
else 4, is,, really a ,ery easy PROPOSE
ton 10 ssnts res s2es boys in the farm,
but %isag sianst be treated as boys and
not g., 4iiTf7 men
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06
GIRLS TUCKED FRocK.
A Dainty Little Checked Affair That
Displays the Surplice at Present
So Generally Popular.

Tucks are the preferred form of orna-
mentation for little girls frocks, and are
generally used in lengthwise form in the
skirts. In the costume here illustrated
the tucks in the front of the blouse are
arranged to cross in surplice style-a
feature that is being used on every kind
OF garment. Itmay be found advantage
Gus to attach the skirt to an underbody
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

The common gray rabbit, which is
generally supposed to be timber an
imal, has with the settlement of the
prairies become a very common at
tache of all prairie farms He finds the
cornfields a fine place in which to
breed and hide and takes naturally to
road culverts and the bits Of grove
catered all over. He has to dodge
the hen hawk and the big barn owl
during the summer and the farmers
boys during the winter. We have
known as many as 100 of these rabbits
to be killed in single day out on the
prairie the past winter. The principal
harm which they do is to the young
fruit trees, and in this connection they
must be closely watched.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

A friend wishes to know if the bac-
terial culture supplied by the depart
ment of agriculture is of value in treat
ing land to be sown to clover We hard
ly think that it is. Nearly all land will
grow clover, save the few localities
where the soil because Of acidity has
become what is termed "clover sick"
THE bacteria incident to the growth
and development Of the clover plant
are present in nearly all we'll drained
soils, and dressing of ten or twelve
loads Of barnyard fertilizer to the acre
with manure spreader will in nearly
all cases insure vigorous growth of
clover. The case seems to be different
with alfalfa, the bacterial life associat-
ed with the development Of this legume
either being entirely absent or in such
limited amount as to make the inocu-
lation Of the soil an important factor
in attempting to grow it. "
There are a few signs which mark
the good farmer which never fail. One
Is that he will not try to work more
he will insist on rotating his crops, an
other that he will keep at least third
of his land in clover or grass. He will
also save and use all the manure made
on the farm, and If he does not keep
registered stock he will at least keep
high grade animals. Then his fall plow-
ing is done early-in August, If possi-
BILE. He will cut up his corn and save
the fodder. He is quite likely to have
silo, and you will usually find in his
poultry yard we'll bred chickens of
some one breed. He will keep his home
yard neat and attractive, have a tool
house and a shed for his machinery,
keep his buildings painted and the
weeds cut along the highway on his
farm. He is sure to attend his town
caucus and is quite likely to go to
church on Sunday, while his boys and
girls will have the advantage of a
normal school or college education
He will be reader and thinker as
well as worker, having found out
that brains count for more than mus
Gle in farm work. You know hima
We do.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

A man city born and bred and now
resident Of one of our largest cities
told us recently that because he had
become interested in reading these
notes he had further become interested
in trying to grow some fruit, flowers
and shrubs on his city lot and that last
year he had turned his attention to
roses, asters, a sire wberry bed and
some other things which, he had room
to grow, and he added that he had
come to take most intense pleasure
in this sort Of work, being only too
willing to get up early in the morning
to care for his pets, as he called them,
and finding in doing this work a most
welcome and healthful change and re-
taxation from his confning Office work.
The love of nature and nature study
is latent in almost all men, and it's de-
velopment is always refining, healthful
and inspiring, a cure for many a hui
man i'll both physical and mental.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

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STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
hereby certify that the within instrument
was filed for record in this office on the 13 day
Of March A. D. 1905. at clock P. NJ and was
duly recorded in Book J, g. of Incorpopations
on page 1856
P. E. HANSON
Secretary of State
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06
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Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County of Marshall.
hereby certify that the within instrument
was filed in this office for record on the 11th
day of March A. D. 1905. at II o'clock A. NJ
and was duly recorded in book F of Miscl. on
page 12O.
JNO. p. MYHRE.
Register of Deeds.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

The restless, migratory disposition Of
the American people is utterly destruc-
tive Of one Of the best assets Of life,
and that the benefits which grow out
of continuity of residence and employ
ment in given place and with Civ
en- business. It is easy to find people
and they are pretty good people, too
who in the course of twenty-five years
have been in half dozen different
lines of business and lived in dozen
different places, roamed from the east
to the far west, from north to south,
been farmers, fruit growers, storekeep-
ers, spectators, handled insurance and
machinery, dabbled in politics and
preaching, always unsatisf1ed and
a-moving, never getting ahead in
financial way and having few or no re-
liable and old time friends. While this
spirit of unrest has done much to pop
ulate and develop all sections of the
country and was the legitimate out
growth of our pioneer life, its day of
usefulness is past, and no one lesson
is more needed to be learned by the
American people now than this Of
sticking to one business and one To-
cality and thus reaping the valuable
rewards which inevitably are associat-
ed with continuity of employment and
residence. 1t is all right to travel and
see the world as one has opportunity,
but stick to the old home and the old
business.
Warren sheaf., 1905-04-06

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STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
County Of Marshall ,

STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Marshall so
On this 10th day of March, A. D. 1905 before
me, Notary Public within and for said county,
personally appeared Martin L. Larson. Iver N
Lodoen, and Frank E. Dahlgren. to me known
to be the persons described in and who exc
cuted the foregoing instrument and ac-
knoWledged atItheyi executed the same as
their own free act and deed for the uses and
purposes therein expressed.
JULIUS J. OLSON,
Notary Public.
Marshall Co., Mimi
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-01-12

At Peoria, ILL.,, Bishop John L--5p1U-
ing. Of the Roman Catholic church,
suffered a severe paralytic stroke at
his home.
An immense vitrined brick and CO.
ment plant will be erected at Argen-
tine, Kan, and natural gas will be
used for fuel.
President Roosevelt and leading re-
publican congressman are comforting
at the white house this afternoon on
revenue legislation.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has granted a rehearing to the
Santa Fe railroad in the famous Colo
RADIO Fuel q Iron company rebate case.
The body of a young woman % years
old was found in a ditch at the side OF
q road a mile west Of Dunning, Ill
The woman probably died during an
operation.
At Akron, O., Judge Hayden decided
that stockholders Of the defunet Ault-
man-Miller Machinery company must
pay dsuble thAr liabilities, aggregat-
dee q A0olo00
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-01-12
SMALL ITEMS BY TELEGRAPH

Rockefeller interests now control
the New York Central railroad.
Seven deaths resulted from a bliz-
card in New York city yesterday.
W. L. Douglas was to-day inaugl-
rated governor Of Massachusetts,.
A New York bank yesterday shipped
81, 900, 900 worth of gold to Japan.
William McCabe has secured fran
chise to light Mexico, Mo-, with gas.
The work of tearing down the exhibit
buildings at the st. Louis worlds fair
will require year.
The Citizens bank at North LIB
erty, Ind, private banking house,
has closed its doors.
Public land frauds constitutes
topic OF serious consideration at the
white house every day.
Secretary Hay urges congress for q
law that will designate certain courts
for naturalization purposes.
James Reed, aged 80, who lived alone
near Brooklyn, Ia, was found dead in
his home, a victim of thieves.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Metcalf asks congress for $250,000 for
the immigration service at San Fran
cisco.
Senator Clay, of Georgia, introduced
a bill in the senate granting Is days
annual leave of absence to rural free
delivery carriers.
Senator Scott is preparing a bill re-
ducing by five regiments the cavalry
branch Of the army. There are now
is regiments Of cavalry. -
Gov. -elect Preston Lea has inter-
vened In the Delaware legislative sit
uation and it is believed has brought
the warning factions to terms.
Colonization of East Africa by Amer
lean Jews, in the opinion Of Secretary
Hay, will reflect no discredit whatso-
ever on the Americanism or patriotism
Of the colonists.
Senator Fulton, of Oregon, called at
the white house and assured President
Roosevelt that his colleague, Senator
Mitchell, was innocent of the charge
Of fraud in the land cases.
The department Of agriculture has
transmitted to congress request for
q deficiency appropriation Of $4,000
to continue the work OF eradication of
scables in sheep and mango in cattle.
A bill introduced by Representative
Stephens, of Minnesota, proposes to
bring within the control Of the inter
state commerce commission private
car lines engaged in interstate freight
trafic.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-01-12

Jefferson City, No, Jan. S-wIIian
=. Bryan and MrS Bryan and 0oS.-
elect and Ma Folk win Be the guests
Of Gov. Docksry At The mansion sun
day nisht and Monday. until aftsr he
Inauguration,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-01-12
, EXTENDING SUFFRAGE.

In 1880 Theodore Roosevelt. then gov
ernor OF New York, said In his annual
message: II call the attention Of the
legislature to the desirability Of gradually
extending the sphere in which the suf-
frage can be exercised by women" and
am glad to follow such an illustrious
example In q similar suggestion to you.
Municipal suffrage has worked no III to
womanhood or to the state and seems to
be satisfactory to the people.