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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26
This Years. Wheat Crop.

Another bumper wheat crop Is IN
prospect. Estimates by the Depart
ment of Agriculture on grain in the
field indicate a total yield Of winter
wheat of over 411,O00O00 bushels
against 4O1 ,685,8S7 in 1903 and 325,-
374, SOB in 1904; a gain Of 1914, lib
bushels over 1908 and 81, 225 ,497 bush
els over 1904 The estimate on spring
wheat Is 349,0OO,OOO bushels, but there
are good reasons for believing that
the yield will be from 100000 to
100000 bushels greater than the
present estimate. However, the COM
parisOn, accepting the estimate as
correct, Is interesting, showing an ex-
cess for 1905 over the yield Of 1904 and
less than 1903, as follows: Estimate
Of yield of spring wheat, 1905, 348,-
100000 bushels, against $50, 1873 ,G56 in
1908 and 279,696,G56 bushels in 1904,
about 100000 bushels less than the
yield Of 1903 and 6S,303, 344 more than
last year. According to the official es-
innate, the total wheat crop of the
United States this year will be G70,-
100000 bushels. Unless serious dam
age comes to spring wheat during its
ripening, the total wheat yield of the
United States will be about 118,OOOOOO
greater than in 1904 and 100000 in
excess Of -Epitomist.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

Save the cabbage for the hens.
Leaves make good scratching ma
terial.
Cracked corn will put fat on a fowl
about the quickest Of any feed.
A lot of extra cockerels are a nni-
sance' XIII them off If you want
eggs.
Green cut bone or good beef scraps
will force the pullets to early main,
rity.
Dampness is one of the worst +ror
bles of poultry keepers. Sunshine 10
sure cure. 40
Lime water Is a corrective of fow,
diseases and Is also a good remedy ror
soft shelled eggs. AVA
If eggs were sold by weight tho +o,,,
about big eggs would give place r.
that of more Of EN-. ~
A duck grows faster than n ch,o,-
sells for more In market. cost ~
more to feed and needs but little cor ~
To obtain the best results from h.n.
keep them in hocks Of from thirtv r.
forty with one or two males. Crowd.
ing never pays any breeder.
AS a rule hens fall or In ere rro
auction after they are three or fon,
years old' and it is emily in exceptions,
cases that 1t il advisable to keer
them. AeeA
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

JOHN c. DRlsooLL. 1859, and Was
brought BY his parents to CA,eaea
when but nine months old. He wss
educated in st. Ignatius' Colleee
where he took classical course AMI
was graduated with the degree Of
B. When Mr.. Driscoll severed II.
connection with the Associated Team.
ing Interests, he declared that during
his term as secretary no team owner
had lost dollar through lahoy
troubles.
So
"a 5EsB8 y5s.Eg
In William e. Cramer, publisher Il
the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. an.
other hero of the profession has passed
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

alan NJ seeding oats in corn stubble
e ea1Is 90 frequently is because the
n~[ is stirred shallow and wet ear
T. IN sDring time and when few
weeks W of dry weaother come 1t oakes
W. 49, hard as the road and remains in
49, condition until harvest. 1t Is not
q oood plan to be in too big hurry
"hont sowing oats. When the ground
has dried out so it is in good conidi-
t,on 70 break then start the plow.-
Ohio Farmer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26
The Auto Nuisance

During an English farmers meeting
the chairman had suggested that he
should instruct his teamsters to hold
their wagons across the road when
autos were approaching at a furious
rate. He received the following anus
ing communication: "As l doubt the
power Of the average farm laborer to
distinguish between the innocent and
the guilty, l offer my services. l hold
a discharge as sergeant from the
army, and am a trained shot. At
least fifty autos pass my house every
day. With an ordinary magazine rife
I could get about thirty daily, and l
offer my trained services to the cham
Der at a charge of six pence per head.
l should like to know to whom to for
ward the heads. could use explo-
sive or poisoned bullets If SO de-
sired"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

away. Though for
many years blind
and all but totally
deaf, he managed
to keep in touch
with events and to
direct the policy of
his splendid jour.
nal even to the last,
and few Of its is
sues ever went to
print without some
article Of his own
CO n tri b u ton.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26
How Sunday Affects the Cows.

The manager Of the Wisconsin ex-
perimental farm once said that he
could tell the Sundays in the calendar
by looking at his milk record, which
showed the daily yield, because the
quantity obtained was invariably
smaller than on a week day ''Our
men milk a little later on Sunday
morning, and little earlier at night,
probably hurrying the operation, and
the cows resent the treatment by civ.
ing a somewhat smaller yield II
milk" 1t was observed, also, npropos
Of the necessity for kind and gentle
treatment of dry cattle, that o new
hand obtained IS milk from a COW
than she would yield to a mixer, not
necessarily more expert, to whom she
was accustomed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

SUI Houseb and TeIephOnee,
Sod houses and telephones are the
strange combination now offered BY
the prairies Of the Middle West. Yet
the combination is less strange than
appears, for the present sod houses
are by no means to be despised. par
ticularly in cold weather. They are
built with considerable attention +o
comfort and, with an interior lining
of Portland cement, offer almost the
advantages Of a stone building, and
at the slightest cost, while the net
work of telephones overcomes the iso.
lation Of earlier days.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

supply HOuSe' MI -,
Hendricks has served in both branches
of the Legislature, having been sena
tor three successive terms. he was
collector Of the port Of New YORK 1rol.
1891 to 1893. He was born in 1884 anu
was educated in Albany. IT,
- E-5,
The successor at Washington Oh
Count Cassini, the Russian amDaSS&
dor, will be Baron Rosen, formerly
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26
The Special Correspondent
go
CHApTER XXVI.--(Continued.)

CHAPTER XXVI.-(Con
Z will go back to Popof. Impossible
seem to be nailed to the floor of the
van. Ny head swims
It IS true we are running toward the
abys? No; am mad. Faruskiar and
his accomplices would be hurled over
40 well. They would share our fate
They would perish with us.
But there are shouts IN front of the
train. The screams of people being kill
ed. There is no doubt now. The driver
and the stoker are being strangled.
feel the speed Of the train begin to
slacken. ~.s."
l understand. One of the ruflans
knows how to work the train, and he is
slowing it to enable them to jump Off
and avoid the catastrophe.
| begin to master my toFpor. StaRger-
ing like. a drunken man, crawl to
Kinko's case. There, in few words,
tell him what has passed, and excialm:
1--WE are lost!' r- %@
"No--perhaps-"h he replies.
Before can move, Kinko Is out OF
his box. He rushes toward the front
door; he climbs ON the tender.
"Come along! Come along' he shouts.
l do not know how have done 1t, but
here l am at his side on the foot plate,
my feet In the blood of the driver and
stoker, who have been thrown off on to
the line.
Faruskiar and his companions are no
longer here But before they went one
Of them has taken off the brakes, damned
down the regulator to full speed, thrown
fresh Goals into the fire box, and the
train is running with frightful velocity
In a few minutes we shall reach the
Jon viaduct.
Kinko, energetic and resolute, is as
COO as a cucumber. But In vain he
tries to move the regulator, to shut off
the steam, to put on the brake. These
valves and levers, what shall we do with
them?
II must tell Popof!' I shout.
sand what can he do? No, there is
only one way"
"And what is that?"
Grouse up the fire." says Kinko calm
"; "shut down the safety valves, and
blow up the engine"
And was that the only way-a des-
perate way-of stopping the train be-
fore it reached the viaduct?
Kinko scattered the coal on to the fire
bars. He turned on the greatest posi-.
BILE draught the air roared across the
furnace, the pressure goes up, up, amlQ
the heaving of the motion, the believing
OF the boiler the beating of the pistons.
We are going a hundred kilometers an
hour.
Get back" shouts Kinko, above the
roar. Get back into the vanv"
"And you, Kinko"
Get back, tell you"
see him hang on to the valves and
put his whole weight on the levers.
"Go!' he shouts. .
am off over the tender. am through
the van. | awake Popof, shouting with
all my strength:
"Get back! Get backW
A few passengers suddenly waking
from sleep begin to run from the front
car.
Suddenly there !s an explosion and a
shock The train Mt first jumps back,
Then it continues to move for about half
q kilometer.
1t stops.
Popof, the major, Caterna, most of the
passengers are out on the line in an In
slant.
A netwo Of scaffolding appears con
fusedly in the darkness above the piers
which were to carry the viaduct across
the Tjon valley.
Two hundred yards further the trair
would have been lost in the abyss.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26
On In the Air.

"Why don't you turn your pen to
higher thsmesP asked the well-mean-
ing friend.
"rd like to-" replied the funny man.
'hut there doesn't seem to be any de.
mand for skyscraper jokes at present. I"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

n - esNtlL
Tor years in labor
affairs. When ~
Associated Team.
ing Interests Va.
organized in l9l9
ne was elected sec.
rotary and held
the position ,iptil
April, this year.
Mr., Driscoll was
born in oawego,
N. Y, Mas ~
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

affairs, has been
superintendent of
insurance of New
York State since
1900, when he sue
ceeded Louis F.
Payn. His home is
in Syracuse, of
which city he has
been Mayor and
where he has es-
tablished an extern
sive photograph
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

llIlklI5J VI W ~
While at the Jap
anese capital Bar
on Rosen was one
of the strongest
advocates Of peace
vigorously oppOs'
ing Admiral AheH
ief's warlike prep
arations in Man
churla. He hS'
the respect, even
admiration, of the
Jananese, and 1t 10
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

The oat crop is one that requires
great deal of moisture throughout tho
season, and the best crop is assnraS
oy preparing the soil so 1t will con-
serve moisture. The reason thu ola
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

those in ordinary use are as follows:
1t is cheaply and easily made; 1t Is
not liable to get out of order; quickly
and easily operated; requires only or
binary fence posts, no hinges, or latch,
and 1t locks automatically.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

LORIN c. COLLlNs. Collins was Dorm
at Mapping, Conn, in 184S, but was
taken to st. Paul in his childhood. In
1872 he was graduated from North
western University, and two years
later he began the practice of law In
Chicago. His home is in Wheaton, Ill
z#
-
Francis Hendricks, who has reported
the results of his long investigation Oh
the Equitable Life Assurance Societys
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

zone, is noted as q
jurist and lawmak'
er. For six years
he was on the Chi.
cago circuit bench.
and he also has
served three terms
in the Illinois leg.
stature, having
been at one session
1883 speaker Of
the House. Judge
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

For Sharpening Posts.
To save lots of work In sharpening
posts, fix up the rig illustrated, ad-
vises Charles Hecht. The forked pole
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

Throughout his 65 years as an editor
he never departed from the high ideals
with which he began his newspape,
career. His opinions, and they zwers
strong and influential, were always
confined to the editorial page. Hin
news columns were sacred to the news
containing fair, impartial stories which
were never distorted or confused fol
bride, favor or personal interest
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

John 9. Driscoll, who has hass 8.
central figure in the Chicago lss y.
graft rumors, has been con
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

Is y feet long, the brace Of 1x4 being
about feet high. A stump makes
the best block upon which to sharpen
post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-08-26

Lorin G. Collins, who has been ap
pointed associate Justice of the Su.
preme Court of the Panama Canal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-26

'The worthiness of North Dakota as
an agricultural state is just beginning
to show forth, as that state has suffered,
the fate Of other new states, the cussed-
ness of the kicker and complaints
of the fellow who wanted to make a
fortune in ten days, without personal
exertion. Added to these had been the
exaggerated newspaper reports of the
worthlessness of the country, all OF
which has tended to check immigration
to that state and settlement upon it's
broad and. fertile fields. The fact Of
it's Importance as state for agricul-
tural pursuits is now becoming known
and practical demonstrations in these
lines are at present plain to anyone
who will 20 and see for themselves.
The great wheat, oat and speltz fields
of this state are every year paying in
many instances twice what the land
may be purchased for at the price which
it has now attained. All kinds of gar
den truck is being grown there with
wonderful success, and especially does
quality and perfectness are probably
unequaled. Corn is product that is
now being grown there with encour-
aging success, but the season is too
short to warrant an extensive acreage
Of that staple, but science is coming
to the rescue and promises soon to de-
velop breed Of corn that will mature
in from seventy to seventy-fve days.
When this is accomplished. and it will
be soon, the future of North Dakota
will advance at the rate Of twenty
years to one. This assertion is made
from the fact that large herds of cattle
are yearly fed upon the grasses of the
vast prairies of this state and are actu.
ally wintered upon the wild hay har-
vested from these broad acres. These
cattle are invariably sold on the stock
markets of st. Paul and Chicago az
feeders, or are topped off in west
ern Minnesota with corn and sold az
cornfed cattle. In either instance the
1.less between the, price of grass fec
feeders and corn-fed cattle. which WH
dsnots be The case when corn is extensive
/ " raised in North Dakota, and; al
above intimated, that will be soon. I
"We would be doing North Dakota al
injustice should we fail to mention thu
splendid climate which prevails there
No matter how warm it may be durins
the day, the nights are invariably coo
"The opportunities offered to the in
dustrious farmer there, are certainl,
beyond reasonable understanding, t
those who have not or who Will not in
vestigate. Lands may be purchased il
the localities of which 7 have aboy
written and I am told on terms that will
permit any man to pay for them from
the product of the lands purchased
Renters in this country who are payin
the present fabulous rents demanded ar
standing in their own light and ar
cheating themselves of opportunities t
own homes and make fortunes, by cor
tinuing as they are, when such chance
are within their reach. Our advice /
the homeseeker is to investigate Mort
Dakota.'
These are the conclusions Of ma
who was seeking after the truth an
, who had a desire to enlighten his reae
, ers as to the conditions which actuall
prevail in North Dakota. d..
W: G. Gilbreath,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-26
Independence .. .
In Ter, Years
Hustle, Economy and Brains in
North Dakota Will Put a Man
on Easy Street in Ten Years.

Bismarck, N. D.. Oct. 24.-The first
time [ ever came to Bismarck the state
legislature was in session and gave the
town the appearance Of being one Of
the busiest in the whole northwest.
The streetcars between the Northwest
hotel and the state capitol building
were packed to the limit both ways. I
was told by good many people that
the town was a dead one the year
round except. when the legislature was
in session, so that the next time went
there I was expecting to find a dead
one, and naturally was very much sur
prised when T. found live, wide
awake, up-to-date business center.
On looking up the causes which
marck, I learned that the people who
told me the stories about business con-
ditions being so bad except when the
Legislature was in session, were basing
their statements entirely on conditions
that obtained ten or fifteen years ago.
In recent years the eastern farmers
have learned their lesson and are com
ing to this city which is the natural
center of the Missouri river slope, to
look for farm homes. Hundreds Of
men have located around Bismarck
who made up their minds five or six
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-26

and in other places yellow sand. l
noticed the fields were comparatively
small, being cut by small sloughs,
creeks and runs, with here and there
patch of second-growth timber, which
was occupying land worth 800 an acre,
but producing nothing. It was a very
rare thing to see quarter section of
land all of which could be cultivated.
Upon inquiry, found that this land
was being held, and being sold at from
$75 to $500 an acre. If that land is
worth 800 an acre., then the average
land. in Ransom county is worth fully
as much, for I know that the land in
Ransom county with the same handling
will produce more to the acre than the
land [ saw in Iowa. I cannot under
stand why parties who wish to buy
land will run in debt at the rate of
from SIS to 800 an acre for Iowa
land, when they. can buy equally good,
if not better, land in North Dakota for
from $25 to- $50 an acre. IL.
F. The immense crop in Ransom county
this year, following those of the past
years, proves its productiveness beyond
question, and it requires no argument
to convince the ordinary man that an
investment at the present prices in this
land will prove both safe and profitable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-26

years ago that instead of going on year
after year and paying some wealthy
land owner rental Of from Sc to $40
an acre a year for the privilege of Elk
ing out bare living, that they would
come into this western country while
land was still low in price, and for the
price of one or two years rental In the
east they would own home OF their
own. In a great many instances this
necessitated hardships, but the hard
ships did not last longer than the first
year.
I know Of one man who spent the
rented farm in Illinois. When he
rented this farm he had in round num-
bers a thousand dollars in the bank.
At the end of his lease he was about
5000 shy in bank account, but he was
ahead five or six head Of horses, a few
cows and little farm machinery. Six
years ago this man came to Bismarck
with horses, cattle, farm machinery
bank account, wife and babies. =.
He purchased land six miles north
east of Bismarck, paying $40 an acre
for it. That man today has a full sec.
tion farm all paid for, half Of il
fenced; substantial, comfortable build;
about forty cattle and small flock Of
sheep. I don't know what his bank
account is, but T do know that he could
not be driven out of North Dakota
now by regiment Of Japanese sol
diers. .>.
North Dakota is not an E1dorado il
the sense that a man can grow wealthy
in the state without effort, but the
man who is willing to come out here
and hustle as he would down east, use
L L Io4 III o01
can make himself independent In tel
years time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-26
Seeing Ourselues
AS Others See Us
DISTINGUISHED Opinion of North
Dakota by an Illinois
RIPENED WHEAT FIELDS =
VERITABLE REVELATION
Immigration Restricted in Part by
the Kicker and Yellow
Press Reports.
Snecial CORRESPONDENCE.

Special Correspondence.
State Capitol, Bismarck, N. p, Oct.
24.-In furnishing the public with facts,
figures and advantages which !, 49, NORTH rIa
often tax en- in the wrong light Too
often the reader concludes that they
are either written to boom the state
or for personal gain. Such has not been
the purpose of the letters published by
this department The object has been
to present conservative statement OF
the conditions as they actually exist
+. to magnify the opportunities or to en-
large upon the advantages which this
!, state offers to the homeseeker or in
weston. +I' .
e Recently Harry F. Bowling, editor
+ Of the Virginia (Ill.1 Enquirer, Wis
lifted this state. His visit was purely q
social one. without any intention %:
+ vestigatioa of the states advantages
! with view Of locating there. On his
return home he gpublishe ID i'm his news
: paper for the, benefit Of it's readers his
4 impression of North Dakota. lie has no
personal interests in this state and,
late or enlarge upon it's soil, climate,
business or farming industries. For
this reason parts of his letter are re-
= produced to show how this state is re-
garded from. disinterested stand
point. -l-.,u. IL,
Among other things he says:
"Our impressions of the country, as
g., derived from the clean, beautiful and
hustling capital city, were in no wise
altered by our trip thru the country to
our relatives home. The broad fields
of ripened wheat, oats and speltzz and
other farm products was a veritable
revelation to u.s. as to the splendid re-
sources OF. that state, and was a sight
too extensive to properly describe: Dur
ing our visit we were fortunate in be
ing able to take long drives about the
= country for many miles in all directions
= and everywhere the bountiful harvest
was in progress, and the golden .graiIl
was being garnered. The crops in NORTH
Dakota this year will be harvested il
their fullest capacity, and as a large
acreage had been cultivated, the returns
will be enormous. The opportunitie
for the Industrious farmer within TIT
borders of this great northwestern com
monwealth are beyond proper concep
tion without personal investigation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-26
TAFT SAYS HE IS
not A CANDIDATE
Secretary Of War Will Stick TO
a His Post in a Receptive
Mood.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, Oct. 26.-Secretary
Taft is not a candidate for the presi-
dency and will not make a canvass for
the greatest prize in American politics.
He will not retire from the cabinet,
but will remain to continue the work
he has undertaken in developing the
Philippine islands, and Of constructing
the Panama canal.
~ An. authoritative. statement !, to, this
effect was obtained today from the sec
rotary of war. When questioned con-
corning story that. he would retire
from the cabinet within year, he
without hesitation or equivocation
said:
81 will stay in the cabinet as long
as I can. I have no intention of MAX
ing campaign for the presidency
While Secretary Taft is not an
avowed candidate for the presidency
he is in receptive mood, and, of
course, would not refuse the nomina-
ton if it should be given him. He will
not inaugurate campaign, but pro-
poses to devote all of his time to the
great projects-the Panama canal and
the Philippine question-with which
the war department has to deal. w. :