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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
Bunker Descendants il 10th Reunion.

Salem, Jan. 2. The tenth annual
reunion of the descendants OF Robert
Bunker was held at the william
Bunker home, two miles east Of Salem
Saturday December 81, 1904. There
are about twenty-five In the relation
ship most of whom live In Salem and
Jackson township and are among the
most highly respected families III the
vicinity, where they reside. The
Bunkers few generations ago were
seamen. About fifty were present al
this reunion and each family brought
well filled baskets as is their custom,
and bountiful dinner was served,
after which the time was spent In a
social way, music being. furnished BY
Greedy. Frary and Elsie Bunker, and
all enjoyed the occasion very much.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
TO TAX COAL
THIS AND OTHER INNOVATIONS
ARE PROPOSED BY GOVERNOR 4
PENNYPAcKER.

Harrisburg. Pa, In his annual mes
sage to the legislature today Governor
Pennypacker recommended the aboli-
ton of the fee system for state ofiicials
and the imposition Of q slight tax upon
each ton of coal mined to be used in
the construction Of roads or in the
maintenance of schools.
The governor gave much space to.
the subject Of yellow journalism and
recommended the enactment Of a law
that will declare and punish as pub
lie nuisance newspapers or periodicals
which habitually publish defamatory
and scandalous articles detrimental to-
the administration Of public affairs or
injurious to public officials or their
private positions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
a coNeER RUMoR.
Minister to China ls Asked 10 Accept
Presidency Of Lombard.

Galcsburg, ILL.,, jan 9. There il 4
rumor at Galesburg that Hon. E. II. /
Conger, minister to China, who 10
soon to go to Mexico as representative
Of the United States government and
will remain there q short time.s has
been invited to take the presidency SOf
Lombard college. Mr.. Conger is one
of the most distinguished Of. the col.
lege's alumni and was graduated III
1862.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
Lynch,s Peculiar Condition.

Delta, jan s. The condtH hon 81
Arthur Lynch. who was shst 81 John
Marlin has assumed g. JJsculiar phase.
When he lies down he is conscious,
but ff lis head is raised off the pill
low he becomes a raving maniac. It
is thought the bullet has lodged in the
skull in such shape that when the
head is elevated the weight of the bull
let causes pressure on the brain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05

zseoSaes last week.
Mrs. Sarah Cook. aged S5 years died
at her home at West Grove Thursday
night. Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. j.. Lee Saturday and the
remains were brought to Salem and
inferred In the Friends cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05

Mr.. Blackman,S Of Lucerne, Mo-, was
d ffuest Of his brother-in-law and sister
Mre and Mrs. r. E. Perry. Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
RlDwELL.

Bidwell, Jan. g.. Millard Upp, OF
Blakesbur visited relatives here Sat
urday.
Willard Van Fossan and son, Miron,
Of High Point, were business visitors
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
sioux CITY MAN Welded.
Was for Many Years Connected With
Enkerprises in That CITY.

Enterprises IN That City.
Sioux City, Jan. 3.-Sigmund Schulz
elm, aged go years, a Sioux city bust :
ness man, and Miss Tillie Newbauer,
aged 35 years. of New York city, were
married Monday. Miss Newbauer is a
sister of Mr.. Schuleln's former wife,
who died a few months ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05

.aircs serlng

!, pages and Its Provisions seem
-Asly cover every important point In
opera house or amusem ent house con-
struction.
*; The ordinance Is to go into effect
March / of the present year, giving
sixty days for. the owners Of the Grand
opera house to conform to the re-
quirements Of the ordinance.
Some Of tho Provisions.
Some Of the provisions Of the new
ordinance are as follows:
All theatres, opera houses or amuse.
ment places containing movable seem
cry shall be SO located that they shall
join three thoroughfares. All such
buildings shall be built of fire proof
material back of the proscenium par
tition which shall be arched over the
stage or carried on steel girders. The
floor level shall be within the first
story and the lowest bank of seats in
new buildings shall not be above the
street level
Stairs shall be constructed OF a
width equivalent to twenty inches for
every hundred seats in portion Of
building to which such stairs lead. No
stairway shall be less than four feet
in width. Separate stairways must be
maintained for every floor
No. aisle shall be less than two feet
four inches in width. There must not
be more than twelve seats between
two aisles, and there shall be cross
afsles between every fifteen banks Of
seats.
AIsles Kept Free.
Aisles shall be kept free from camp
stoolA chairs, settees, and no person
81 allowed to stand in them dur
performance. Exit doors shall
Fcured by any draperies, shall
ord exit placarded above in
less than six inches in
), red light shall be kept
each
Steel Curtain.
......4.s - sceniums shall be sup
piled with vertical steel curtain. In
the present building II it Is found i'm.
practical on account Of lack Of height
to operate steel curtain a first class
asbestos curtain may be substituted.
These curtains must be raised and
lowered before every performance to
show that they are in working order.
The framing for the floor Of every
stage must be of steel or iron. All
woodwork used in or about the stage
shall have coating Of lreproof paint.
Specified vents shall be over every
stage. "a two and one-half inch stand.
pipe shall be erected on every stage
The use Of stoves or hot air furnaces
as heating apparatus is entirely pro.
hibited.
Diagram Of Floor Plan.
Every program for every perform.
ance shall have printed on 1t a dia.
gram of the floor plans showing the
exits. There shall be supplementary
lighting systems and fire alarm con.
nections with the city fire department
A fireman shall be on duty at every
performance. No more persons than
can be accommodated with seats shall
be allowed to enter the building fol
any performance.
All gas lights and arc lights used
about the stage shall be protected by
screens.
Persons violating the ordinance may
be fined from $40 to $100 or be i'm
prisoned from one (1) to thirty (30)
days or be subjected to both fine and
imprisonment.
49, --... =.
SALEM.
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
Prices Of Sugar Advance,

New York. Jan. 3. All grades OF
refined sugar were advanced ten cents
per 100 pounds today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
TO STOP DIVORCES.

Ten-Year Marriages Kansas solon,s
Remedy.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 81 Marriages for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-05
BURLINGTON LOSES PIONEER
VIM. GilIies. One of Well Known Plan.
ing Mill Firm, is Dead.

Burlington. Jan 8. William Gillies
the senior member of the widely
known planning mill firm of Nairn &.
Gillies is dead, aged IA years. He was
a pioneer resident of the city.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

filling the pockets of the people with
gold. The people following these vo-
cations, as we'll as those carrying on
other lines of business, seem to thor
oughly realize the value of printers
ink and the great good that first
class, reliable reading stuff will do
for the commonwealth. This brings
us to the publications issued by the
Utah State Farmers Institute, an or
ganization directly under the control
of the state and which is carried on
along business principles. This or
ganization annually issues a little
book, in which are printed the i'm
portant papers read at various farm
ers' Institutes and other farmers gath
erings, also a number of the papers
prepared by the instructors in the
state agricultural college at Logan.
They are all arranged in good shape
and made readable by every one who
knows the English language.
The value of such an annual publ
cation, which is sent free to those who
request them, is obvious. Those who
are fortunate enough to secure a copy
will preserve it with as much care
as if it were a three-dollar leather
DCunu DOCK, ana IHe lHIOrHdIlOu Gull
tanned therein will be absorbed and
utilized in practice. There are few
other states which do as Utah does in
this respect We would like to see
our own state fall into line and place
before the farmers some similar pub
lication each year. The agricultural
college bulletins are a valuable fea-
ture in their way, but they do not con-
tain the most important papers read
at the farmers Institutes, dairy con-
ventions, horticultural meetings, etc.
A Farmers Institute Annual would be
of scope broad enough to include all
these. What do the readers of The
Ranch say to the suggestion?
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01
A Farmers Institute Publication.

The state of Utah may not be so
we'll known to the average newspaper
reader as California, Oregon or Wash
ington, but she has few wrinkles"
that a good many other states might
do we'll to emulate. In lines agricul-
tural she is very progressive. Irriga-
ton within her borders is calling
that secures the most thorough at
tention from all her citizens, and hor-
ticultural work, dairying and poultry
raising are doing great deal toward
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01
Do You Want More Business?


Who will deny that he does not
want to increase the number of sales
he makes, whatever business he may
be following? No man is supposed to
be in business for his health, but it
would seem from the great lack of
advertising among the fine stock
breeders in the Northwest that some
of them are. If the question were put
to them directly they would deny the
imputation, of course. Advertising is
cheap in this day and age, yet many
of our stock breeders and poultry rails
ers fail to grasp the fact. Asked to
expend a few dollars annually to let
the great mass of people know what
they have to sell and who and where
they are, they will reply that they
cannot afford the expense. This is too
bad indeed!
Let's figure a little. For fifteen dol
lars a year a poultry breeder any
where in the Northwest could keep
his name, his address and all his best
strains before the public the year
around. Through this advertisement
he should be able to dispose of at least
three dozen sittings of eggs at 81 each
and anywhere from six to dozen
cockerels at an average price of $1.5O
This would mean a return of from
$81 to 500 for an expenditure of only
SIS. 1t also means that he would
have little or no stock on hand at the
end of the season, except what he
wanted to keep. In addition to max
ing these sales through advertising, he
could change his advertisement dur
ing the summer season and announce
that in the late summer he would
have some good triOs to dispose of,
thus increasing his cash income
Again, the fact that his name was kept
constantly before the readers would
add greatly to his prestige, impressing
them with the fact that this particular
breeder was enterprising, consequently
must have good stock and would be
prompt and reliable as to shipments.
In all cases he would have the prefer
ence over the breeder who did not adj
vertiSe.
This little article takes the poultry
raiser as an example, but the same
argument applies to the breeder of
fine stock, the dealer in farm imple-
ments of every description, and, in
short, to every man who has anything
to sell to those who gain their liveli-
hood from the farm.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

subscription, in advance. one year 80
ants. six months, 80 cents. If on time,
Inscriptions will be 81. Seattle subscrib-
ors are required to pay S1.00 per year, on
ccount of local postage.
AGENTS wanted in every town to solicit
,hscriptions. Good commissions and sal
cries paid to hustlers.
The paper is sent to each subscriber until
IN order to discon tinue is received from the
snhscriber We must be notified in writing
NV letter or postal card, when subscriber
vyishes his paper stopped. Returning the
oaner will not answer as we cannot find it
IN our list from the name alone the
Uaner We must have both name and ad
Dress, and all arrearages dues must be
naid as required by law. Date of expira-
lion is shown on your paper by address
label containing your name.
Failing to receive the paper regularly.
YOU should notify the Seattle office at once,
when mistakes, if any, will be corrected.
The Ranch is entered at the Seattle post
office at second class rates of postage.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

The reader must be very near-sight-
ed, indeed, who fails to notice the big
advertisement in this issue of the En-
pire Cream Separator Co. The EN-
pire people always have very attrac-
tive advertisements, gotten up by the
Long Critchfield corporation, Chica-
go advertising agency, and they are
not afraid to use large space. The
fact that the Empire people have been
in The Ranch year after year and
each year using more space than be-
fore, is sufficient testimony that re-
suits are satisfactory.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

Killing the Gophers.-When the
spring has advanced a little the farm
ers will begin to think of something
by which they can rid their land Of
the troublesome gopher, not only the
pocket gopher but also those little ro-
dents that gnaw the roots off the
trees. Last year reader of The
Ranch suggested that fair quantity
of glass mixed in the soil would do
the work effectively and it would re-
main in the ground indefinitely, al
ways ready to combat the attacks of
the gopher. This method has proven
a success in many cases, and our
Issaquah inquirer on this point might
do we'll to try it the coming season.
SiIo Manufacturers.-W.D d. Gbbon,
a Maple Valley reader, writes "Please
give the addresses of manufacturers
of silos on the coast, if any" There
are silo manufacturers on the coast,
and the Gray's Harbor Commercial Co.
of Cosmopolis, Wash, is one of them.
This firm will make silos at very
reasonable prices, also water tanks
and all classes of similar work
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

fore the entire audience. He expired
instantly, and his death and the cir
cumstances under which it occurred
cast a gloom over the audience. The
horticultural interests lost valuable
friend in his demise.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

Indications are that in the near
future the town of Sumas, in What
com county, will have modern cream
cry, operated by local company.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

The annual distribution of govern
ment seeds of the vintage of 1899
has been started, and the congress
men are jollying the people with neat
ly put up packages that cucumber the
mails yet pay no postage for the priv
iege.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

Address communications to The Ranch, $50
Colman Building, Seattle, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

Some time ago The Ranch received
a photograph of scene in a millet
field in Central Washington, accom-
panied by a letter telling about it.
This letter got lost in some unaccount-
able manner before the data had been
noted down. We would like to hear
again from our correspondent, with
full particulars.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01


The office of experiment stations OF
the federal department of agriculture
has been making tests with different
methods of applying water, the follow
ing three being tried in California:
Cd Applying water by surface flood
ing; (2) applying water in shallow
burrows; and 60 applying water in
deep burrows. The results show that
much less water is lost when it is ap-
piled in deep burrows than by either
of the other methods, and that the
greatest loss comes from applying
water to the surface.
The American Flax Fiber Co. has
made a proposition to the farmers
around Chehalis to erect fiber plant
in that town if sufficient acreage of
flax is contracted for. The leading
farmers have taken great interest in
the proposition, as they realize the
value such a plant will be if estab-
lished, but there are good many
who seem not disposed to encourage
the project. They do not seem to ap-
preciate the fact that a plant OF this
kind will open to the farmers source
of revenue that they do not now
possess.
The Ranch is in touch with a good
man with $500 and having a stock
ranch in eastern Washington, who is
looking for some one to get into part
nership with him and buy 100 head
of stock or more. This man is thor
oughly acquainted with the range of
his section, and says he will be able
to find good feed for them for six
months of spring and summer, and
that he will himself take care of them
during that period, furnishing his own
cowboy outfit. He says that he can
pick up these cattle at very reason
able figure now, and that by Keeping
them in good shape during the sum-
mer, they can be sold at greatly ad-
vanced price, possibly for double the
amount of purchase. To anyone desir-
ing to engage in this enterprise, we
suggest writing to The Ranch, and the
address of the party, with recon-
mendations, will be Immediately fur
nished.
Valuable ranches may be obtained
very cheaply in this state even to this
day. The Eastern man who wants
bargain can find it by coming out with
a few hundred dollars and taking his
time about making buy. There are
a few dissatisfied people in the state
who are willing to sell at almost any
old price, and there are others VINO,
for good reasons, are obliged to sell
and 20 elsewhere. These latter want
as good a figure as they can get, but
they are amenable to reason and will
dispose of their property when they
get an offer that is not too far below
what the property may be worth. And
generally few hundred dollars down
will be all they ask and long time is
allowed on the balance. In this paper
there are often advertised such bar
gains and those of our readers who
are looking for a good thing in this
line should keep their eyes on the
advertising columns.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

A. l.. Meeker, of Okanogan county,
must have The Ranch. In renewing
his subscription he says: 81 can't run
the ranch without The Ranch" Of
course he shall have it! Mr.. Meeker
adds that the condition Of the
weather in his section, Alma, is good
and cattle are doing well. There is
plenty of feed for stock.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-01

Uncle Sans bureaucracy estimates
that the value of the total farm pro-
ducts last year is $4,9O0,000, 000-an
increase of 9.65 per cent over 1903.
Of the products the hens provided L.
666000,000 dozen eggs, which, If fig
ured at an average of Is cents a dozen,
were worth $299,850,O00 Yet some
people are positive poultry raising
does not pay!
There seems to be great demand
for creamery plants and locations
where creameries may be opened. In
the last two issues of The Ranch men,
ton was made of two or three plants
for sale and of one particularly good
opening for a practical man. The in
quiries that reached the office of The
Ranch rather surprised us-they were
so many. Three or four parties called
In person to obtain details, while
several wrote.
Many of our readers have heard or
Prof. w. D. Carlisle, of Spokane.
gentleman prominent in northwestern
horticultural interests, and they will
be shocked to know that he has passed
away under tragic circumstances.
Prof. Carlisle was in attendance at
me Northwest Fruitgrowers' assoc1a-
Ton at Boise, Idaho, two weeks ago.
ne was on the program for a paper at
The second session. and had just
started to read it when he hesitated
and fell PROSTATE on the platform be-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-16
GLOVE FACTORY CASE
TRIED BEFORE JURY
IN MUNICIPAL COURT.

The case of j. &. Cartwright of the
Cartwright q Mattson Glove company
resulting from the visit of deputy state
factory inspector j. Henry Harbeck
about two weeks ago, was called for
trial in municipal court last Friday
afternoon. Attorney Burke, represent
ing the defendant, asked that the case
be dismissed claiming that there was no
cause for action. The court refused to
sustain the motion and a jury trial was
at once called for and the work of Sc
curing jury was begun.
The inspector brought the action
against the Glove company because the
company, while employing one or more
persons under six cen years of age, had
neglected to comply with the child labor
lawn not securing permits for the en-
ployment of such persons over fourteen
and under sixteen years of age, al
though they had the proper affidavits on
file
Saturday forenoon, after being ont
for less than twenty minutes. the jury
returned verdict of not guilty.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-16
BEHRENS FOUND SANE
BUT INCOMPETENT

a. II. Behrens, the aged hermit of rhe
town of Schleswig who was recently
brought here to be examined ~ to his
sanity, has not been pronounced insane
by the physicians who conducted the ex
animation. But the doctors agreed that
themanis incompetent to take care of him
self and his interests. Accordingly, ap-
pllcation has been made to the county
Judge for the appointment Of a guardian
to have charge of the aged man and his
property. AT present the man is held at
the county asylum; but, in view of the
result Of the medical examination, il is
not likely that he will be permanently
committed to that institution
Behrens is seventy years old and has
lived alone in shack in Schleswig for
years. Recently neighbors found him
suffering from injuries he had sustained
in a fall. 1t was then that he was taken
to this city.
Although he is reticent on the subject
it il surmised that he has hidden wealth
about the premises of his humble home
and it is likely that search will be made
for the treasure
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-03-16
A new LODGE ORGANIZED.
Fraternal Reserve Society Started and
Officers Elected.

On Wednesday evening of last week
Harbor City council No. - of the Fra
ternal Reserve association was organized
at Carsten's hall with charter mem
bership of about fifty. Forty three at.
tended the meeting. Attorney Gener
al Hicks of Oshkosh is grand president of
the order, which is in flourishing con
dition. Following are the names of the
officers of the local order elected at the
aforesaid meeting:
Louis A. Schnitz, president; Gus. Kutz-
ner, vice e-president; Harry Kelley, secre-
tary; Thorval Torrison treasurer; Ed
ward Kirscher, sergeant; Mrs A J.
Staudt assistant sergeant Max Herman,
messenger; Joseph Pilz, doorkeeper
Otto Schmidt, Joseph Tremmel and
Charles Buerstatte, judges; and Drs.
Gleason and Thurtell physicians
New members will be initiated into
the society this Thursday evening The
lodge will meet regularly twice a
month. The present membership in
cludes twelve women, and several of
the applicants who will be admitted to
the organization this evening are
women.