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The Springdale news., 1906-03-30
Bentoit County.
Special Correspondence to The News.
LOWELL.


 the receipt of bundle of sample copies of The News last week and hope they may not prove i'll vain but be the means of adding many names to your already long list of subscribers.
 Elder I. NJ. Phillips and his brother John of Springdale, came over to Lowell latter part of last week on business.
 J. P. Scott of Fayetteville was here last week proposing to buy several jacks and horses of W. ]. Langley but they failed to agree upon price.
 Clabe Raines, of Pea Ridge, came down Thursday to visit Elder A. ]. Maxwell and family before they left for Mexico.
 Mir. and Mrs. James MeGlane of the Graham neighborhood took the train at this place last week for Kansas City, Mo-, where they expect to make their home.
 Geo. England of Alton, I. T., who lived here some twenty-five years ago when boy, was here latter part of last week on visit to relatives west of Lowell
 Claud Ritter, of Elm Springs, was sojourning ard looking after special business matters until late Sunday evening.
 It's 10 use saying anything about the weather for everybody knows It has been raining for the past ten days. Only two fair days during the time and no oats sown yet.
 i E. r. Wilmoth, who has been at work down at Lancaster, return ed home Sunday.. Frank seemed to have the confidence of the rail road people.
 Napoleon Long, of Springdale, is spending several days at this place on a visit to relatives.
 About fourteen of the home seekers who left here the first of last week for New Mexico, re- turned home Monday morning.
 The sale of Elder Maxwells recently was well attended, and nearly everything was disposed of at reasonable price Sale amounted to over S1000, and very little on time. They expect to leave Tuesday evening to make their home at Portales, New Mex leo.
 W. K. Cowan rural carrier on Route No. failed to reach his patrons one day last week and al- so Monday of this week on ac- count of high water.
 Mrs. D. (. Wheat and little girl have been on the sick list for the past few days, but are report ed better at this writing
 The town council and law mak- ing power of our little burg were in session Monday night.
 Oscar Norton after spending about one month down at Fort Smith as a section hand returned home Sunday. He says "heep rather live up here"
 Mrs. Rose Arnold returned Sun day from Brightwater, to which place she had been on d visit for the past week.
 Born to Mir. and Mrs. W. N. Hamby, Jr. Sunday night, a fine daughter. Mother and babe get ting along nicely. Dr. Green in attendance.
 Mir. and Mrs. Haney, of Lime dale moved to Lowell Saturday and are now occupying the Dr. J. D. Brown property.
 Mir. and Mrs. Strawmatt of El- dorado, Kansas, are here on visit to relatives, Mr. and Mrs. T. G.~Sunmers.
 NJ.
The Springdale news., 1906-03-30
A. L. THOMPSON NOTARY PUBLIC

Write deeds and mortgages, take acknowledgements and draw all kinds of legal papers Special attention given to execution of pension vouch- CTS.
 Office Tn Dodson Building.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-08
to rising barometer, and cooler,
westerly winds, will appear in the
" est and northwest by the last day
|of June.
the SENIOR CLASS PLAY
High School Graduate. We're Greeted
by Large Audience at a Good
Performance.

The first event of the high school
commencement week took place at
the opera.house Friday evening when
the members Of the graduating class
presented two PLAYS. Nearly every
seat on the lower floor was occupied
and the balcony was we'll filled. The
efforts OF the young people we're
given a very hearty appreciation by
the audience, and the work of the
evening was characterized as a splen-
did success.
The first was a curtain raiser in a
one act comedy entitled Mrs.
Busby's Pink Tea" and was par
ticipated in by the following cast:
Mrs. Busby. ........... Lulu Rogers
Mrs. Dashleigh. Sara Noble
Miss Mary Busby ........F loy Corwin'
Mrs. Higbtone Jenny Keen
Mrs. Upperten... Margaret Coughlin
Mrs. WlSeacre. ....... ALTA WitZel
Annette (the maid).. Maggie Jones
Mr. BuSsy. ........... Tom Johnston
"Dross, OR the Root of Evil" was
the title of the second play, which
occupied the rest Of the evening. 1t
was a little heavier than the farce,
and the young folks certainly did
themselves proud. Their lines were
read very accurately and there was
very little hesitancy whatever. The
following took part in the cast:
Tremaine Darracott. Harry Harker
Thomas Chugg .......G Geo. Johnston
Richard very........ Walter Adams
James Pualey. Floyd Gillis
Mr.. Bates
s ESSs%s' Frank w'nsor
Captain Vandean.. Tom Johnston
Sylvia Scobell Lois Anderson
Mary Chugg. GOOSE. Wauneta Ferris
Mrs. Hammick........M Myrtle Witzel
Lady Skimper Mable Kenton
f.Geono1a Skimper.. .... Grace Gregory
The young folks we're trained ia
their work for the stage by Mrs.
+. Fl. Hof and they did their parts
we'll under her direction. At the
close OF the last act the entire class
appeared on the stage and sang a
song OF good cheer aud giving their
class veil.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-08
SOME JUNE WEATHER
Prophet Hicks Outlines Weather 10,
juno a. Coming in Chunks Of
Hail and Rain.

A regular storm period is central
on the LIST, having its first stage the
last two days of May, and extending
to June 4th. The normal results at
this time should be decided rise Of
temperature. with falling barome-
ter, increasing humidity, all merg-
ing into cloudiness, With rain, wind
and thunder storms, progressively
from west to east on tie list, End,
and 3rd. Rise Of barometer and
shift to cooler, westerly winds will
result about 3rd to 5th but not all
the way from the Pacific to the
Atlantic at the same hour aad in
slant.
A reactionary storm period is CEN
trail on the 9th, 18th and sth, having
full moon on the 9th at perigee and
extreme south defamation on the
Sth.
A regular storm period reaches
from the llth to the 18th. This per-
iod is at. the centre of the Mars dis
turbance, at an ann lal crisis of
terrestrial electric and magnetic ex-
citation. and fully within the Venus
disturbance and the June solstice
period. This period is always GER
tain to bring general and severe per-
turbations of the Earth or the at
mosphere. The crisis Of this period
will fall within forty-eight hours Of
sunset on the 18th, eliminating on
the afternoon and night of the 18th.
General and destructive hail will be
a marked feature OF these distur-
Dances, with cloudburst and possible
tornadOes " central to northwest
ern sections. Violent aud sudden
change to cooler will follow these
disturbances, with snow squalls in
the northwestern mountains, and
possible frosts in extreme northern
states, between the l4th and 18th.
A. r%eactionarY storm period cen
tiers on the 18th to the 2lst.
A regular storm period runs from
the 23rd TO the 9th, with high prob,
abilities that little il any cessation
OF disturbances will come between
this and the period Immediately
preceding it. AS it may be. from
about SATURDAY. the 23rd. to Wednes-
day the 18th, we will set down as a
period OF general, if not violent and
dangerous disturbances. Such, under
all the conditions existing, except
possibly the Mars influence. would be
the case. II heavy storms of rain,
wind and thunder do not appear this
time, peculiar and phenomenal re-
suits will %convulse and perturb the
elements Of earth and sky.
A r%eactionarY storm period is cen
tral on Friday and Saturday the goth
and 3Oth. The moon is on the celes-
tial equator on the 10Th, the date of
moons first quarter. Falling barom-
eter, very high temperature and en-
ergetic thunder, rain and hail storms
are more than probable on and touch
ing that date. These disturbances
will not reach the eastern states he
fore the opening Of july, but change
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-08
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank the many friends
and neigbbors for the Kindness shown
us, during the sickness and death of
daughter and sister. Your many
kind words and deeds will ever re-
membered by us.
Mr.. and Mis-. Nels Goodbla and
family.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-08
Announcement.

I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for county commissioner of
the fourth district, subject to the
will Of the republican county con-
vention. Geo. W. Law.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-08
10 . O'Clock, Thursday morn

5Uct6 20 y O'Clock, THURSDAY morn.
ing May 3lst.
Thursday, May 81.
Board called to order at O'Clock
a. m.
Memuers present. j. w. Gil6llan,
G. F. Drake, q. IN. Butterdeld
and W. n. Webster.
The following jury certificates were
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01

they should stain black the hands that
car'ess them. An egret raises herself
above the rim Of the nest on which
she sits, ana tiny bullet plerces her
Sho whirls down lying white aud mo-
tlonlcss. The little ones cape and
cry but no food comes. The father
was killed on tree nearby. one by
one, out Of the nests, of the
limbs OF the trees, here. there any
whero--for they are so stupid with the
breeding fever that they will not leave
the slender birds meet their doom. Two
hundred oarcasses Of egrets are left ly-
Ing That many more tomorrow, and
next day BY that time the waiting OF
the dying young OF the first days VIC
tins will have ceased. Not
a bird young or old Is left alive. The
old ones stayed iii death came, bound
by the great instinct Of nature to
remain with their young
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
However there is class Of Wild
birds which under present conditions
Il Is not wrong TO kill on the con-
trary, is appears that IL we are to
keep the other birds about our homes,
the English sparroWs should be exter-
minated. They are not valuable as weed
ana ilHHtl utSlI 10y tlri anu lHtN nllNt
OF other birds They break UP the nests
and devour the eggs of robins. blue
birds, swallows, song sparrows and
other kinds They begin nesting In
February or March, pre-empting the
best places before the other birds ar
rive. They rear five or six broods each
season and 80 increase with incredible
rapidly. In ten years. barring accident
a pair might produce 1915 1888 69S
sparrows. Yet children should not be
taught to kill them. They win XIII
only a few at best, but viii get the
killing habit, and will then fail to dis
crmnate between the sparrow and the
other birds.
sparrows may be entrapped In large
numbers during the winter by leaving
open the door OF closed chicken runs
and placing little grain therein Then
they can be shut up and fed poisoned
grain, The formula Is one eighth OF an
ounce Of powdered strychnlne sulphate
I'm half n pint 81 boiling water. Pour
this while hot over two quarts Of wheat
and stir we'll, Dry thoroughly without
scorching, and put away In some safe
receptacle labeled Poisoned Grain
arychnine." one grain will kill a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01

sparrow, so that quart OF wheat
might get rid OF 10000 Expose the
grain In winter. where poultry and
pigeons cannot get IL, but feed good
grain at first, FOR sparrows are suspi-
cious. 1t Is best 10 expose the poisoned
grain during dry weather only; for II
the grain II moist the birds taste tho
strychnlne and disgorge the grain, En-
courage them to feed a few days before
giving them the poisoned grain First
sweep up the good grain, and feed the
other after a heavy snow storm. A
few persons can then rid a whole village
Of these pests, and other birds will soon
come in II not menaced by the hostile
acts OF cats and children.
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and auttering its lovely wings to make
them more conspicuous, and by such
means to draw the danger away from
its treasures and on to Itself when II
has been ruthessly shot for It's feath-
ers. it's nedgelings are let TO staryc In
the nest. And II TO the starved young
we add all the. birds that iiy away With
pellets Of lead IN their bodies TO LAM
gush and die OF their wounds,
It would be no exaggeration TO say that
for every plume worn In lady's hat,
ten birds have suffered the death pang,
It Is not uncommon for one hunter TO
kill as many rs a hundred birds In
"A day for days In succession. Eye Wit
nesses tell OF hundreds OF broken eggs
and piles OF dead, half-decayed bodies
Of young birds In the nests. upon "A sim
gle island OF Florida thus declmated
OF It's white herons.
MANIA FOR PLUMEs.
The mania for egret pumes is very
great The lady asks her millner. who
looks 10 the wholesale houses, and the
latter looks to the plumaga hunter In
the spring the hunter journeys far in
to the southern swamps, when the
busy life Of the bird colony IL at its
height The parent egret has been out
out seconds hesitation he picks out
his own nest amid the hundreds and
pauses for an instant directly above It,
high up IN the air. Then he let's his
long legs drop straight down and
throwing his wings up just falls down
through the air feet first. In the most
comical and awkward looking way In
the world, though he never misses his
nest by an inch. His plumes fare up
and the hunter notes them--they are
Just ripe and in prime condition.
Surely the hunter concealed In a tree
yonder, Is not going TO kill these birds
right in the nesting season, when the
helpless young are In their nests and
must die II their parents die This cam
not be possible. you say Yet that Is
precisely what he is going TO do. II IS
no; his fault, he win tell you, that the
plumes are not good in fall, winter,
or early spring. During the nesting
season they are worth at their best $40
an ounce. Only the fact remains that
the gathering OF plumes is harvest OF
death, but my lady" must have the
feathers white writes Hough; they
are white, these plumes. II Is mockery,
They should be the blacklist sable and
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and the task IN almost completed. The
way to "A birds heart is tnrodgh Ma
crop Place al the same hour each
day on a high window sill or shelf thar
cats cannot reach, any table scrips
OF meat, vegetables and bread. an
chopped fine, also some crushed or
broken grain, and above all bits OF
raw suet as 1t comes from the butcher
and the birds will come as re ,ular visit
OTIS, and VIII finally remain. Provide
fresh water daily In shallow
rough earthen dish, for their drinking
and bathing, They need a great deal of
food. A young bird can eat an amount
equal 90 his weight each day. The cat
bird will eat 80 grasshoppers for break
fast and in a few hours be ready for
as many more. II is the business OF
these birds to destroy insects, They
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01
HUNTING WATER
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Drilling for water in Cape Colony
for stock breeding and purposes OF irrl-
CATION was first undertaken by the gov
eminent for the farmers at minimum
cost. The government owned the
drilling machinery and trained men for
operating II. Now the government en-
encourages well. drilling by giving sub.
sidies equal to not more than one-haIf
the cost Of drilling the wells, and the
work Is undertaken by contractors who
have their own drilling machinery and
employ most OF the men previously
trained by the government for operat-
ing the machines. The equipment used
for drilling Is mostly the Jumper drill
type. Several OF these are of Amerl-
can manufacture
cape Town concern Is now manu-
featuring drilling machine which Is
proving dangerous competitor. The
total cost IL 81 263, including boiler and
engine, or 1883 without power plant.
II Is constructed entirely Of metal.
thereby resisting the weather. II IS
thought that the American machines.
having considerable wood In their con-
struction, do not withstand the wealth
er as well as the all-metal ones, and our
manufacturers might give this atten-
ton. The average depth TO which Al Is
usually necessary 10 drill is about 300
feet, at an average cost OF $3.50 per
foot. The statement is made that the
new Cape Town machine has drilled as
much as l26 feet in slxty-four hours.
all rock drilling, II is designed to drill,
slx-inch hole to depth OF 500 feet
with steam power percussion dril.
The owners Of large farm properties
find Amerlcan-made drilling machines,
and also windmlls, preferable TO those
of British manufacture because the
parts are standardized, making Il easy
to replace parts, and that the claim OF
the British manufacturer that his ma
chimes were supported I'm higher prices
by greater lasting powers was not a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01
HISTORY OF ART.

We have Just received a stock OF
Cyril Dayenport's LITTLE BOOKS on
ART For students and teachers,
These books are invaluable. They are
unique and well illustrated, and cover
the entire history Of art from the time
OF the Greeks up to the present Each
$3.50. Come in and lea us show them
20 you.
DESERET NEWS BOOK STORE.
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THE SHAME OF IT.

The shyest, most secretive kinds lose
all their Wild instincts IN their over
mastering anxiety for their young. And
when the poor bird, uttering piercing
cries its sensitive frame quivering, its
bill gaping as II the air could no long
er sustain 1t In It's intense agitation,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01

good contention. The American ma
chimes lasted quite long enough, and
better results could be- obtained by re-
placing them every five or six years
with newer types. their lower cost
permitting this 10 be DONE
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01

being dcvoured alive by the crawling
myriads For every CHERRY the cat
bird eats. he has eaten at least n
thousand insects. The robin eats the
cankcr worms Of apple trees and the
cut worms which XIII the corn. The
bluebird files down from his perch
every few minutes 10 pick up crickets
and grasshoppers. Woodpeckers And
the grubs IN the inside of the trees,
Orioles go over the fruit trees and pick
out the tiny insects under the leaves
and Ghen they find great nests on the
branches, they tear them open and kill
the caterpillars that made them, Swal-
lows are almost always catching gnats
and flies.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01
Utah Books
Holiday Gifts.

Utoh people who desire to send
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These books are sent 10 any adj
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90. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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'H1uLO We SAVE
| The WILD BIRDS?
s,,dy Of Their Food Habits
W. Shows That They Are
Our Friends.
Ny LADYs FINE pLuMEs
rsuary Cost Some Beautifu'
pIrd Its Life and starved q"
The Nestlings'

observation of bird ways IS the nrs'
,.,.d bird protection. A knowI-
wy .I's Of bird lie Is the sure means ~ ;.
'as' .,ne interest and admiration OF our
aIOu n'res friends. 1t is soon discoV'
l ..lt mat they are Indeed our best hTip'
''su , No." they work hard for their NV
U' W." aaA mat they work In our inter-
~. II is only fair that In return
,S.'' his service we should give them
J." ,rsndshlp, sympathy aud protee-
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A FOOD CHART.

r. |. a good plan IN the sehool 10
u % INA census and to make a
eRP ,,od chart Begin by counting
IN .asts Of Wild birds In the vicinity,
zoe W.. In as the leaves fall in october.
u ~ ~ results may be written and sent
inI ,be local paper a geograapnlcal
2 y" showing the location OF each
s 90, irse and grove, in the d!slrict
OuaA no made by the school, each pupil
et t,,g block or part Of a block,
y s-S"s zach ree that has a nest, and
San' some study Of the nest struc-
, a,,@s Write in vertical column
WY, W. name OF each bird seen. and under
.9S 'Sori7on,al headlines that indicate
w Mod eaten, mark cross for any
VA observed eating that fruit. This
Ssa 4 a perennial fou-ce Of interest
~, va Information. When a child discoy-
~ KAT a bird eats a food not yet
l.5ieoted ON the chart that fact m y
I, 4 discovery new to science. In this
S,y II win be found that our insect
,.9oe birds are swallows, martins,
v,srs fy.catcters, warblers Of all
.Ss cutkoos, nlght-hawks and num-
ting birds
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TO ATTRACT BIRDS.

70 attract birds 10 our houses, keep
svay stray cats,and English sparrows,
rwes The boys, and put food where
n, birds can get Il in the winter time,
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THE WESTERN BLUEBIRD.

Most to be commended OF all our
birds ms to food habits Is the western
blueblrd. Not only DO the bluehirds
feed principally upon Insects, but they
prefer caterpilars and so rid US OF
much insect life In its most obnoxious
form
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01
DEsERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER | 1905

The bluebird does not steal fruit or
larm crops, 70 per cent OF its food con-
slsting OF insects and "A per cent of the
following seeds. Blackberry. choke
Berry, junipetberry, pokeberry, part
rdgeberry, greenbrier, Virginia creeper.
nlttersweet, holly, strawberry bush,
false spikenard, Wild sarsa parilla, SUI
mae several species). rose haws, sorrel.
ragweed, grass, and asparagus This
list shows how little the bluebird de-
Ponds upon the farm or garden to sup
Ply lts needs, and indicates that by
encouraging the growth OF some OF
these plants, many of which are highly
ornamental the bird may be induced
TO make his home on the premises.
IN the Systematic arrangement Of the
birds Of America, the bluobird has been
placed at the head Of the list, the high
est In point Of development In It's
God habits, considered IN their ocono-
ne relations and In It's general be-
aflor toward the human race, the bird
couples a similar position.
Whenever. therefore, the delicate
.unage OF one OF those beautiful
lends OF ours graces the hat OF one of
9r ladies' we know that a most useful
ind has been neellessly sacrificed to
le purpose Of personal adornment and
nat somewhere million crawling In
ects are multiplying in safety because
af the removal Of the bluebrd. But
speaking of bird plumes-that reminds
US Of something,
DO LADIES KNOW
Most ladies' do not know. perhaps,
that the aigrette feathers worn In their
hats and which their milllners assure
them were made from the commonest
feathers, are actually taken from the
back OF the snowy heron, or white
egret, OF Florida, and that to get these
feathers cruelty Of slaughter Is prac-
Used that no lady would willingly ahet
or encourage II she knew the facts
about IT,
10 obtain these plumes at their best
they must be taken during the nesting
season when they are brightest, just
when the young birds are fully hedged
but not yet able to fy. Al that time
the s0licitude Of the parent birds is
greatest, and forgetful of their own
danger, they are readily made the VIC
Tins. And when the killing Is finished,
and the few handtuls Of coveted feath-
ers have been plucked out the slaught-
cred birds are left IN a white heap to
foster IN the sun and wind in sight OF
their helpless young that cry for food
and are not fed. There Is nothing"
writes Hudson I'm the whole earth so
pitiable rs this--so pitiable and so
sham eful-that for such a purpose hu-
man cunning should take advantage of
that feeling and instinct which we re-
gard as SO noble In our own species and
as something sacred--the tender pas
sion OF the parent for its offspring,
which causes It to neglect It's own safe
ty and to perish miserabIy. a sacrifice
10 It's love"
THE SHAME OF IT.
The shyest, most secretive kinds lose