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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-06-15
Your Eastern or Southern Trim

Can be comfortably made in Wis
consin Central wide vestibuled
trains, leaving Ashland for Milwau-
ee and Chicago every morning and
evening, Pullman Sleepers, Free
Reclining Chair Cars and Modern
Coaches. Meals a la carte. App V
to nearest agent for further inform
alton or write Jas. G. Pond, Gen I
Pass, Agent, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-06-15
Counterfeiters and Weddings.

The marriage Of convenience is an
in England. In z recent case in Lon
don a detective testified that it was
common for counterfeiters to marry
women solely for the purpose Of pass
ing bad coins on the public. These
marriages are not contracted from
any feelings Of mutual attraction or
even trade partnership, but in the be-
lief that juries have reluctance in
convicting wives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-06-15
,3lssEeYs s,ross steer en- Record.

3lSEgeuf Iarsa8s steer ON Ree0rd.
Adam Thomas OF Montrose, Colo,
recently shipped to Kansas City the
biggest hay and grass steer ever sent
to that Or any other market, says a dis
patch from Ouray, Colo. In the pen at
the Kansas City yards his back nearly
touched the top of the fence, and he
crossed the scales at 2,400 pounds full
weight. The entire shipment averaged
2,OO0 pounds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-06-15

stop loving me now that | am going
to fit myself to be wife of whom you
may be proud"
He smiled down at her.
"My dear, my DEAR" he said, "a
prince might be proud of you. Here's
| the train
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1905-06-15
Raising onions a Recreation.

Eleven young men Of Hutchinson,
Mo-, have organized a company to
raise onions, says the Hutchinson cor
respondent Of the Kansas City Jour-
nal. They have leased a ten acre tract
On Cow creek and will put it all in on
ions. They expect to do the work
themselves. It will be their recreation
from their other Jobs.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
California Rainmakcr Paid.

Los Angeles, Cal. May 5.-Charles
Hatfield. a ''rainmaker" who has been
working since December Is last to pro-
duce eighteen inches of rain for south
ern California. by May 1st, on pledge
of number of Los Angeles merchants
to pay him 81 900 If he succeeded, has
completed his demonstration and has
been paid a large proportion of tho
sum promised. The remainder Will be
paid shortly.
The fall of rain In Los Angeles dur
lag the season ending May LIST has
been 1896 inches. which far exceeds
the fall of last season. and is above
the normal annual precipitation for
this section.
Hatfield established his rain max
ing plant at Altadena, in the foothills
of the mountains. some twenty miles
from Los Angeles, December 18th, and
the amount of rainfall from that date
in the immediate locality of his plant
has been 26.49 inches.
Hatfield's method is a generation OF
gas and its discharge into the atmos-
phere from a chimney. which has tho
result, he claims of attaching forces
of nature which compel moisture to
form and be precipitated in the shape
of rain.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
coIorino Dairy Products.

Creamery men in Pennsylvania have
been in a state of excitement recent
ly on account of the discovery on the
statute books of an old law forbid
ding the coloring of dairy products
They want the law repealed and the
restriction allowed to remain only in
the case of oleomargarine. An I'LL
nois creamery man is out with letter
in favor of a national law prohibiting
the coloring of butter and cheese, and
this letter has further stirred up the
men that believe in the use of color.
ing matter. We fail to see any good
reason for the continued use of col
oring matter in either butter or
cheese. BY its use neither flavor nor
food value is added. In fact, much
of our farm made butter is without
artificial coloring matter and 1t is fully
as acceptable to the people that use
1t, as II 1t contained coloring matter.
In the interest of purity in dairy
products we would like to see the en-
tire abandonment of the use of arti-
fetal coloring matter. II is simply
a fad, and must disappear sooner or
later. Its abandonment would do
away with one of the most annoying
factors in farm butter making.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Lieutenant Governor Contest.

Denver, May 5.-Claiming that he is
entitled to the office of lieutenant gov
ernor. that he is holding 1t under the
constitution: that Senator Fred w
Parks in his quo warranto proceedings
against him does not state facts suffi-
cient to make a case. and asking that
the entire proceedings be dismissed.
Arthur CornfOrth. lieutenant governor.
filed his return in the case Wednesday
in the Supreme Court. The return was
signed by Attorney General n. Q. Mil
Ter. .h
After citing the various constitu-
tional reasons why he Is entitled to the
office. the return denies that on the Sd
day of April Senator Cornforth ceased
TO be lieutenant governor by virtue OF
the election of Senator Parks as presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate, and al
Ieges that he is the lieutenant governor
de lure. and that he became such when
a vacancy was created in that Office by
the resignation of James II. Peabody
and the assumption of the office of gov
ernor by Jesse F. Mcdonald.
The substance of Senator Cornforth' s
contention is, that the president pro
ten. of the Senate at the time va
cancy occurs in the Office of Lieutenant
governor succeeds to the office for the
remainder of the term. no matter who
may afterward become president pro
TEN. l
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
IIVHf
STOCK
Handy Wool TYING Box.

While it is not proper T. try to in
fiuence the appearance by such de-
ceptive methods as putting the larger
apples on the top of the barrel. the
larger and ripper berries on the top of
the box, or the larger potatoes on the
top of the load, work spent on the i'm
provement of the appearance of the
whole product is not only legitimate
therefor
The selling side of farming is, in
many cases, as important as the pro-
ducing side. After incurring the ex-
pense of time and labor in the produc-
tion of an article 1t is very poor pol
icy to give so little attention to the
marketing of it that it's full value will
not be realized. One important fac
tor in securing the full value of an ar
ticle is its appearance. There are few
If any articles of exchange in which
the appearance will not materially af
feet the price that may be obtained
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Ornaments That Are New.

Brooches and pins offer a plethora
of choice. Three little chicks, with
diamond eyes and bills of pale yellow
enamel. standing on bar of gold.
make novel design. Very attractive
brooches have the maidenhair fern.
the ily-ofthe-valley and the snowdrop
treated with great delicacy and skill.
Fine enamels are employed for the
leaves and drop pearls for the flow
ers.
Endless are the devices for pend
ants and necklaces. The dainty chains
passing through a jeweled slide OF
dewdrop-like scroll work. with pend
ant pearls set tasselwise as a finish
gives a charming effect. The rope of
pearls used as a necklace, with slide,
and terminating in veritable tassels of
pearls is also uncommon. Pendants in
festoon effect and the matrix in gold
and enamels are among the choice de-
signs.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Huuo Land Office.

Washington, May 5.-Commisslone
Richards of the General Land Office
has received letter from the register
and receiver of the Hugo land office
answering his inquiry concerning the
business of the Office, with a view to Its
discontinuance.
The Letter states that there remains
in the Hugo district nearly 100000
of public lands. Prospects for an In
crease of business over prior years are
good. The Union Pacific Railroad
Company has acquired patents to S75.-
900 acres of land in the district and Is
selling 1t to spectators and others who
are reselling it to actual settlers. who
are also taking up government land to
supplement their railroad lands. Dry
farming Is being undertaken, and II 1t
proves successful there will be rapid
increase in number of entries and acre
age.
Should 1t be decided to abandon the
Hugo land office. its officers recon-
mend that the district be consolidated
with Denver. They also recommend.
in case the district is not consolidated,
that its bondaries be changed SO as to
inclue townships 3. 5 and 1G, south OF
ranges 81 and SIS west, these lands nat
urally being tributary to Hugo.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Vienna Biscuits.

These are good to eat and not diff
cult to make. Rub two ounces of but
ter finely into four ounces flour and
one ounce of sugar and pinch of salt.
Put the yolk of one egg in a cup. add
a little milk to 1t, pour them among
the dry ingredients, making them into
soft. but not sticky paste. Roll out
about an eighth of an inch thick, cut
it out into rounds about the size of the
top of a claret glass; out Of half of
these remove smaller round from
the center. Put these cakes on to a
buttered tin and bake in a slow oven
till pale brown color. Melt two
ounces of good chocolate in a pan. it
must not boil. Spread some of the
melted chocolate on one of the cakes
and press another that has the center
out quickly on the top. Proceed like
this with all. Just before serving put
a piece of red jelly in the center.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
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but is work well spent 1t increases
the STABILITY of the Immediate prod
uct, and creates a favorable impress
sion regarding the character of prod
ucts to be had from such farm.
IN tying the wool clip into bundles
having neat and attractive appear
ance tying box is quite a conven.
lent aid, especially to an amateur.
There are different styles OF tying
boxes, but the following is perhaps as
good as any, is very simple and easily
and cheaply constructed. All the ma
terial needed for the construction of
this box is a sixteen foot dressed
board twelve inches wide. two pieces
OF 2x4 three feet long. a few nails
and four small hinges and screws to
fasten them on with.
From the Sixteen-foot board cut
three pieces four and a half feet long.
Two of these will serve as the leaves.
A A in the illustration. The other is
cut into four strips, B B B B and
fastened to the two 2x4 cross pieces,
c c, leaving a small crack between
each two in which to place the twine.
The two leaves, A A, are hinged to
the two outside strips so they Will
open out fiat or fold up against the
head board. ID.
This head board is made from the
remainder of the sixteen-foot board,
cutting two pieces one foot long, nail
ing together and fastening on top of
the strips, B B. as shown in the illus
tration. Three holes. as shown, are
bored in the lower edge of the head
board to carry the twine. A notched
piece, f, can be made to hold the
leaves togther when they are folded
up or latches can be put on the head
board for this purpose.
To use the box, set 1t on some
empty boxes or other support of con-
venient height. open the leaves out
fat pass the twine through each hole
in the head-board and along the CORE
spending space betweeK the strips.
See that the twine is down in these
cracks so that the wool will not mis-
place it and the board is ready to re.
ceive the fleece. The fleece should be
laid on the board flesh side down and
lengthwise of the board.
When the fleece has been put in
proper shape and the leaves are fold
ed up the sides will be folded in and
the fleece is ready 10 roll. Roll snug
ly and tie with the twine from either
side; loosen the leaves, turn the fleece
and tie crosswise with the center
string. If the fleece has been kept in
proper shape while being taken off
os the sheep this will be all the string
necessary to hold il in good shape
]. ]. Edgerton in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Development Company Formed.

Colorado Springs. Colo. May g.
Local and Eastern capitalists have In
corporated the Great Western Con
struction & Development Company
capitalized for s1,OO0,00O. for the pur.
pose OF reclaiming by irrigation thou
sands of acres of arid land and to de
velop extensive coal and iron deposits
in the southwestern portion of the
state.
Water rights have been secured and
dams and reservoirs wilf be built for
the conservation of the water. The
land has been tested and proven TO u
prolific for grain, alfalfa, etc. Sugar
beets average better than thirteen per
cent.
Vast iron deposits are only shot
distance from the line of railroad mat
the company Will build. This road
will be forty miles long and will ex.
tend from the Archuleta county coal
fields to the Rio Grande narrow gauge.
The company's directors will com
prise G. f. Elstun. w. S. Morris. o. r.
Hemenway. II. p. Knight. NJ. Green's
berg and ]. B. Orris, all of Colorado
Springs, and o. X. Mullins. Kansas
CITY. and G. E. De Merritte. Boston.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Kansas Witnesses Help Colorado.

Denver. May 5.-Prof. l.. C. Carpen-
ter has returned from Garden City.
Kansas, where he attended sessions or
the Kansas Colorado irrigation suit.
Professor Carpenter states that the
Testimony of Kansas own witnesses at
Garden City has been very valuable 10
Colorado. There Is considerable Ill
feeling among the Kansas attorneys
owing to the trend Of the testimony
of some of their witnesses, and most oil
the proceedings have been kept from
the public as much as possible.
ID. S. Hogbin of Syracuse. Kansas,
n civil engineer, manager of one OF the
largest bitches in Kansas. testified that
during the last ten years, he said, he
could only remember once when there
was not sufficient water for all neces-
sary purposes. During the spring ana
summer seasons. for the last two years,
conditions have been better than ever'
before. His ditch has not been oper-
ating continuously. but he explained
that this was due to the fact that IT had
been in the hands of receiver. the
English company owning 1t refusing 10
spend money for repairs demanded by
water users. r".i
b. +. Stocks. a resident OF Garden
City since the early sos. who has al
wsvs been active in Kansas irrigation
matters testified that he considered tho
doctrine of riparian rights to be as det-
rimental to irrigation interests in MS
own state as In Colorado. He said wa
ter should be used for irrigation pur-
poses by all means. although he said
Colorado bitches with later priorities
than those of Kansas should not be al
lowed to step in ahead of the latter. He
said he had no sympathy with the RI
parian rights contention and consid-
cred il fundamentally wrong.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
1alA1!!K!2Y1
A Hole in the Fence.

think that more breachy cows have
been made by hole in the fence than
by any other thing. | doubt If breach
mess in cows is produced without 1t.
On my own farm keep up the fences
in a first-class manner. and I have
never had one of the cows reared on
my farm develop breachiness. They
are accustomed from the first to the
idea that the fence is an impossible
barrier. But | have owned cows so
breachy that had finally to get rid of
them; they were from a neighboring
farm where there is almost always a
hole in the pasture fence. or the be-
ginning of such a hole. This is fire.
quently nothing more than a top board
loosened at one end. which gives the
cows an opportunity to reach over
Tor grass on the other side. The
pressure of their bodies against the
lower boards results in loosening them
in turn. and the breach is made. After
n rev experiences of this kind, an
intelligent cow forms the opinion that
1t is easy enough to break down a
fence. and she does not fail to at
tempt it.
'htAS L pui shaoth iioh ehS
neighbor mentioned was the breachi-
est animal l ever knew about. Our
pasture is partly between two grass
meadows. and of course the grass in
the meadows is taller and more in
viting to cow than the grass in the
pasture. This COW would ignore the
grass in the pasture and start for the
fence separating the pasture from the
meadow. She would lean her whole
weight against panel of fence and
IL that did not yield she would try
another spot. Meantime the other
cows would be standing by and watch
ing her, all ready to follow her into
pastures new. She often succeeded
in breaking the fence, and in the end
we had to send her to the butcher.
John Stinson. Bureau Co., ILL.,. in
Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
A Tied GirdIe.

1t Is quite possible to have a differ
ent girdle for every gown and to have
them look natty and nice with no trou-
BILE at all by adopting the following
plan:
Take two yards and a half of rib
bon, more or less, according to the
waist measure. After skirt and waist
are properly adjusted place the center
of the ribbon at the center of the waist
front. Run the ribbon around the
waist. cross at the back and bring
the ends in front again. Cross them
in the middle and pin securely with
a safety pin, through bodice and cor
set and tie the remaining ends in a
smart little bow exactly over the pin.
which is put in "blindly." that is. just
under the edge of the ribbon; this
edge is turned over and covers the
fastening. The same applies to the
piont in front.
When properly put on and fastened
this girdle bears all the earmarks of
the latest thing in French belts. even
to the jaunty bow in front and no one
would guess that 1t owed its style tc
one large safety pin and piece Of rib
bon.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
The Farm Cow,

The real butter maker of the coun-
try Is the farm COW whose milk never
goes to the creamery. This COW is
least often heard from, because she
is less in the light of public observa-
tion than the COW that is producing
milk for the creamery. Yet. the total
amount of butter made on farms in
the United States is far greater than
the amount made in creameries.
So our greatest hope still lies In
the cow that gives milk for the max
ing of farm butter. The spirit of i'm.
provement is abroad and there are
multitudes of farms on which good
cows are taking the place of poor
ones. 1t is impossible to estimate
how great this improvement is. A
farmer that has thirty cows said to
the writer last week. My cows made
66O pounds of butter last month
tMarch) and | think | am doing pret-
ty well. as only % of them are giving
milk that can be used for butter.
making. That is about pound per
day of the cows giving milk, and we
have the by-products to help swell the
profits"
That mans herd six years ago was
doing only half as well as the above
statement would indicate, but the man
has been selling his poorest cows and
replacing them with good ones right
along.
Up to the present time the good
farm cow has not been appreciated,
and for this reason her price has
not been much above that of the poor
farm COW. But change is going on.
and the time is not far distant when
so many farmers will be looking for
profitable cows that the extra millser
will bring fancy price at any time
of year.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
CLUB W0ME MEET
STATE FEDERATION AT PUEBLO
Important Topics Discussed by Lead
ing Women of coiorado-Welcomed
by Ex-Governor Adams.

Important Topics Discussed by Lead
ing Women of Colorado-Welcomed
by Ex-Governor Adams.
Pueblo. Colo. May 5.-Representing
the Pueblo Business Mems Associa-
tion. Gov. Alva Adams addressed the
delegates to the State Federation of
Women's Clubs at the morning session
yesterday, held at st. Pauls NJ, E.
church and was loudly applaudef for
his words Of warm and well expressed
welcome. Late trains from the south
brought many delegates who Jailed to
arrive for the first session. iff.rr - ,
Mrs. j. r. Gordon. president of the
Pueblo federation. presided. and Mrs.
C.. A. Anderson offered the invocation.
Delegates from the northern and west
ern portions of the state were numer-
Gus. Mrs. Gordon took the place of
Mrs. F. E. Thompson of La Junta. who
would have presided had she been
present. Mrs. Harry Churchill OF
Greeley, president of the state fedora
tion. delivered a brief response to the
address of welcome. which closed with
poem delineating the kind OF women
club women are trying to be.
Mrs. Covert of Canon City. In the
absence of Mrs. T.. II. Bess. read
paper on Club Women as Promoters
of Art in the Home" Mrs. Il. A. Wall
of Las Anlmas was to have read
paper on Club Women as Promoters
of Art in Schools" but she also was
delayed. A paper on Club Women as
Promoters of Juvenile Literature"
was read by Mrs. +. II. Wood OF Trim
dad. Nn''
At the afternoon and evening ses-
sions of the federation Varied pro
gramme was presented with music by
local and visiting musicians. Mrs. M.
D. Thatcher of this city read paper
on Domestic Science as 1t interests
Club Women" Manual Training"
was the topic of Mrs. Catherine Pen
dergast of Victor. Mrs. C. A. Ballreich
OF Pueblo spoke on Forestry and
Legislation" was the title OF an ad-
dress by Dr. Polly of Cripple Creek.
Mrs. C.. f.. Evans OF Rocky Ford read
a paper on Civil Service"
personal Observation of the Needs
of Our City. Country and State lnsti-
tutions," was the subject Of an address
by Ellis Meredith of Denver. Mrs.
Dick of Denver spoke on THE Study
of Education" and Mrs. Harding or
Canon City on "Scholarships.' Sew
eral other interesting topics were dis
cussed by club women of the state.
among them Mrs. C. c: Bradford or
Denver. Mrs. J. II. Gordon of Pueblo.
Mrs. McHarg of Boulder. Mrs. II. W.
Harris of Pueblo, Mrs. Ella Celeste
Adams of Colorado Springs. Mrs. j. l..
Harbaugh OF Colorado Springs, Miss
Dale of Canon City and Mrs. Hawiey
of Fort Collins. f'
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Pacific Coast Oairyine.

At the recent convention in Fresno
of the California Creamery Operators
Association, Geo. C. Knox of Sacra.
mento, president of the association,
said: From the foot of Mt Shasta
in the north. to the Tehachapi noun.
tains in the south, is the greatest
dairy territory under the sun. where
there is now produced annually TO-
100000 pounds of butter. while not
many years ago the same territory
purchased half this amount from out
side territory. | am advised by the
state dairy bureau that the production
of butter in the state for 1904 will
reach well nigh 100000 pounds or
almost thirty pounds per capita of our
population"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Loose or Tied Steers,

A. problem attracting a good deal of
attention is whether it is better to
feed the steers in loose boxes or to tie
them up in stalls. A number of exper.
iments have been conducted along
these lines with somewhat varying re.
suits. AS a rule, steers which are fed
in loose boxes have better appetite.
and are less likely to go "off-feed"
than those which are tied up. 1t is
doubtful, however, which method will
give the cheaper gains. taking one
year with another. One objection to
feeding loose steers is that If they are
not dehorned when purchased, the op-
GRAFTON has to be performed after.
wards. and sometimes it requires sew.
eral weeks for steer to fully recover
from the operation.-ontario Station.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-10
Blue Straw Hats.

The millinery world is gay with
colored straw. A new shade of blue
is evident-a blue that savors of the
ultramarine in an artists color box
and this is met with in soft. thick
straw trimmed with foliage wreaths.
a favorite hat shape being the new
French sailor or American sailor.
Very rich in coloring is the blue straw
hat Of rather deeper shade than
ultramarine. with a scarf of blue glace
silk and bunch of roses shading from
old pink to purple, through gradations
of crimson and magenta, placed on
the crown near the left edge, more
roses appearing at the back. where.
according to the mandate of fashion.
the brim must be very much upturn-
ed. Chip hats in Sevres blue, with
bands of white chip let into the brims.
are other pretty fashions of the mo-
ment.