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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-01-24

the timber and the land and the young
growth and everything for $3.50 an
acre. Taking the value OF that timber
at what the stumpage actually sold for
upon some OF the government land in
Minnesota, $15.OG an acre, the govern
ment has lost $40,OOO,OO0 by that pro-
ceeding. But the stumpage on the g.
O0O,O 900 acres located during the IL 81
than that. And II the government had
managed it's timber land business as
any business man or any man of
sense awould have managed it we
might Just as well as not have realized
S1O.0OO,O0O from that stumpage and
nave had our young forest trees plant
ed in southern California ana the sur
plus LETT over. (Applause)
n Few Suggestions.
We are told that there IS going TO be
a deficit this year in the treasury OF
the United States Of $22OOO,OOO. If
we had not thrown away that 10000
600 we could have covered that dehcit
at least twice over and still have had
money lclt in the treasury In other
words the public lands committee Of
the house has thrown away over
$tO.0O0,OO0 OF the peoples money in
the last two years. II we should put
the two years IL has amounted TO over
S2OOO,OOO month or about $4,000 q
Now suppose some enterprisin- and
tunncling under the United states
treasury and cut n hole into the VAULTS
and carried Off $4,000 a day. Don't
you suppose we could get the people
OF the United States TO wake up the
public lands committee If ii required
some action by 1T to stop that steal
ing! Jhat Is exactly what Is going
on. for If the house public lands COM
mittee does nothing in this session of
congress (and il has already voted to
do nothing) the loss to this country
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-01-24
Four Milton Dollar Loss.

In other words. as n result OF the
committee OF the house, instead Of
having the value OF the stumpage from
national treasury we have parted with
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07

and decrepit. A few years ago John
ID. Rockefeller was the giant of colos-
sal finance, whose influence extended
to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Today he Is recluse, cringing in ter
rOr in his home, guarded as military
encampment. Verify the sins of his
financial career, whatever they may
have been, have. come to him bearing
penalties under which even his sturdy
spirit bends an dat last may break,
If the head of the Standard Oil CON-
pany is really the richest man in the
world, as many believe, then indeed
his riches having become his master
have also become his tormentor. II
riches could bring happiness then the
Rockefeller family should be very
happy, but the indications are that
exactly the opposite is true. Accord
ing to published reports, one daughter
is afflicted with the money mania and
appears to be hopelessly insane. An
disappointment, and brother to the
oil king is dying of an incurable dis
ease. Riches. The very irony of the
word. Can you not imagine that
Rockefeller would gladly throw aside
this Frankenstein he has created if he
could only bring peace of mind and
the privilege of walking abroad among
men in peace and unafraid? Shafts
of the concentrated censure of thou
sands of men and women, much of it
unjust pierce the stone walls of his
retreat and sting him like scorpions.
Who would exchange places with the
trembling old man? Who, for all the
t.t,, l<,,,. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07

must have character, and right here
Is good place to tell you that the
reason there are 50 many failures in
every walk OF life is because there are
so few people who have the character
necessary to- success.
The boy on the farm may not look
at the world through pair Of gold
trimmed gogglAs, his ear may not be
trained to the uncertain music Of a
more uncertain Jest, his hands may
not be as white and fine as linen. and
his feet may not cover the ground In
graceful manner. but for all of that
ne need not think that he Is any the
worse OH. When he arises in the
morning the dew is on the grass. It is
heavens tears to the glorious green
and Gods message to renewed exist
ence. The sunbeams smile on the rip
ping stream and the birds wake his
soul to the beautiful with their care
less abundance of, glee. When he
,grasps the pillow handles he realizes
that those same hands OF his are guild
Ing the destiny Of the world, and let
him desert his post and the world is
lost. His feet march to the music
OF Gods laws, and If he really UNDER
stands what his existence means, he
will be thankful. Thankful to be out
In Gods sunshine, thankful to be of
the utmost value to the world In the
capacity of the farmer, and thankful
that he has sense enough to remain
on the farm.
1t would be needless to mention all
or even any of the great men who
have come from the farm, in fact, there
Is no limit, for they will continue to
come, to be of service to mankind, as
long as boys can be prevailed upon to
stay on the farm:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
The Boy on the Farm.

Ten years ago the average farmer
boy was led to believe that the one
place on earth for him was in the
city. With this idea came the desire
to go to that attractive place, and
many young farmer lads having gone
thither in quest of fortune, some to
rise and flourish, others to fail and
fall by the way, it began to dawn
upon the minds Of thinking men and.
women, whose advice was sought up
on this great question, that it was
their imperative duty to encourage,
advise and plead with the young man
to stay on the farm.
The first item that contributes to
the resolution in the farmer boys
mind to abandon the farm, is the
thought that farm work is too hard
for him. He sees other young men
living In idleness and luxury, and he
asks himself why he can't do the
same. He forgets to look into the flu
tufe to the empty old age when he is
no longer able to work, and he does
not really take any notice, nor does
1t occasion any concern to him to
view the blasted lives on the wreck
strewn highways of ambition. He
AooAAo OA4y upOn Tic blue VI
city life and does not ever imagine
as smart, just az able and just as am
bilious as he is, are wearing their
lives away in crowded, stuffy Offices, in
dirty, unwholesome factories, breath
Ing In air that is poison, seeing moth
Ing of nature, but the incongruity and
frailty of human nature,-men who
hornnoni <haf, Got
the last boon of going home to the old
farm to die. ~
The boys on the farm are the grow
Ing men on whom the world depends
for her statesmen, = warriors, artists,
poets,-for leaders in every line of
human endeavor,-and it As to the
farm that the world goes today for
inventors, explorers and scientists
men who will make the world better,
nobler, and more capable of UNDER
standing and carrying out the laws
of nature and natures God.
The farm is the best place for you.
boys, for the life of farm presup-
poses the ideal standard of life-home.
The farm is the best place for you.
boys, for 1t is there that YOU build
your character, and your character 10
wa. l.aheo .no WOiNu. IL IL III GOOD,
which 1t will be II you stay on the
farm and do your duty, the world will
be better for 1t. II 1t Is bad, 1t will
make the world no better. and as a
rule people without character do not
generally come from the farm.
1t need not follow that you. farm
er boy, should remain for lifetime
on the farm. What the world would
have you do Is to stay there until
your character is formed. II you
have talent genius. ambition, the world
Will find 1t out soon enough. You
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07

20 years of age-we cannot expect
them to do much real thinking, how
ever, we should constantly imWess up
on their minds the necessity of
thought before action, yet we are not
in harmony with the author of re-
cent article wherein it was stated that
1.-The development of the power to
think is the sum total of all proper
education There are many who
think and think when execution is the
proper thing.
We should not only develop thot but
action as we'll. Too much thinking is
possible, for we find that those who
succeed best are those who act prompt
ly, while those who do too much think
ing are apt to arrive at no conclu-
sion at all or not until someone with
quicker action has gone ahead with
what the thinker" has been deliber-
ating upon.
We must develop in the child mind
the necessity of arriving at conclu-
sions and acting before someone gets
the start of him if we would have them
succeed well in life.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
Dedication OF Minot High School
Building.
by Hon. w. T.. stocl1well.

Dy Hon. w. H.. StOckNHe1l.
We had the pleasure of being pres
cnt and assisting Mt the dedicatoly
exercises. incident to the completion
of the new high school building at
Minot on the evening of March 9.
This splendid new building is an
ornament to the city and will be of
great VAIN" TO the educational facili-
ties OF this hustling young metropolis.
The buildiu. is remarkably fine from
the standpoint OF architectural beauty,
from the standpoint of interior finish
and decoration and from the stand
point of a thoroughly up-to-date heat
ing and ventilating plant. The build
ing was thronged, in fact, packed to
the doors with the patrons of the
school who are interested in the
school and in the exercises of the
evening.
Addresses were delivered by His
Excellency Governor Sarles, Presi-
dent Merrifield, former Governor ]. NJ.
Devine, Major j. s. Murphy, County
Superintendent E. G. Warren and
Superintendent w. L. Stockwell
The address of President Merrifield
was an especially fine thing and ought
to be in the hands of every school
man in the state for distribution
among the patrons of the various
schools of the state.
The schools of Minot have developed
wonderfully under the efficient super
vision of Superintendent Wolfe, and
he is to be congratulated upon having
SO successfully met and solved the
difficult problems in connection with
the public school system in Minot 1t
is not an easy matter to keep pace
with the educational needs in a rapid
ly growing community. Superintend-
ent Wolfe has done this to such an
extent that the people of Minot have
very substantially recognized his
worth
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
Mistakes in Feeding.

Though, suitable diet is of great
Importance to all living creatures,
many poultry keepers consider that
as long as their fowls are thrown a
certain amount of grain daily, they
ought to produce eggs and keep in
health; but a little knowledge on the
subject Is advantageous and likely to
lead to more satisfactory results.
The food question is greatly Influenced
by the conditions under which the
fowls are kept. If the birds have a
free grass run, for instance, they will
do fairly well with treatment that
would be SO detrimental to poultry
In confinement that they would soon
become diseased and useless.
know of one poultry keeper who
had splendid results from feeding hot
barley meal everv morning, and corn
as whole grain. The fowls have a
free grass range. Now, If this diet
were provided for. hens in small
back yard, the probability is that after
short time, they would go i'll, be-
come fat internally. and die of liver
disease. The worms and insects,
which the birds with free range find
IN their wanderings, enable them to
do on food which is quite unsuitable,
and too heating and fattening for
those that are shut up.
The majority of poultry keepers
adopt one unvarying bill of fare from
one years end to another. Some
times a lot more is given at time
than the birds will eat, with the re-
suit that the grain lies about, is trod-
den In, and made filthy, and after
wards swallowed while thus covered
with dirt. On the other hand there
are instances in which the fowls are
half starved, though overlooking is
the more general practice.
Regularity In feeding is desirable.
When meal has been forgotten, it
does not put matters right to give
double feed next time. It is spe-
ctally important that the food of
young chickens should be given at
stated intervals, not just as it hap
pens to be convenient.
1t is a mistake to feed the big
fowls and the small chickens togeth-
er. If this is done the latter do not
have their fair share. and they are
tramp1ed upon and Ill treated. How
ever small the space may be, If it is
large enough to rear chickens in,
some portion should always be diyid-
ed off in which the youngsters can
feed by themselves.
When soft food is given to fowls
and warm breakfast in cold or
damp weather is conducive to laying
lit should be mixed stiffly and not in
sloppy state. And though very
many poultry keepers give corn, and
only corn, from one years end to the
other, it is not correct feeding. Other
grain such as wheat, should be given
in its place. A change of diet, will
after few days. give an increased
egg yield, and the stock will thrive
the better for it.
w.,R. GILBERT
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
Cut Down the Acreage.

Farm labor is growing scarcer each
year; 1t is almost impossible to keep
the boys on the farm and equally i'm
possible to obtain labor from the cities
that Is of any use on the farm. Some
of, the poor men In the great cities
would be infinitely better of in the
country where they and their children
might gain health and vigor, but 1t
is next to impossible to keep them on
the farm even II one gets them there
for they prefer the crowded tenements
to the little cottage in the country.
Every employing farmer will testify
that this is the truth. The alterna-
tive then seems to be reduction of
acreage and more care and fertilizer
given to the portion cultivated; In
other words special crops and extern
sive culture. Poultry raising offers
one avenue of escape from the no.
labor question, up to certain limit.
Small fruit culture another in Sec
tons where women and children may
be had to pick the fruit
After these one must get down to
the growing of crops which he can
handle by himself, aiming to get quail
ity and quantity from small area. In
some sections farmers are combining
and, under an agreement, are turning
certain portions of their farms into
crops best suited to them, hay when
possible, and each helps the other dur
ing harvest, the period when the lack
of help is most felt. Look into the
question of reducing the area serious
ly; It is worth considering before Civ
ing up farming as many are doing
yearly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
Movable Gran.ries.

Some subscriber in North Dakota,
who failed to give either his name or
The mention of portable granaries
in the Dakota Farmer makes me want
to give plan which I think a lot of
our neighbors throughout our state
will find very convenient and cheap.
1t consists of only shtplap and common
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
Cannot Afford to Buy Books?
Forest River Library.

Prof. F. N. Mitchell, the genial prin-
cipal of Forest River schools, recently
gave a public entertainment at TINT
place and with the proceeds bought
over two hundred library books ..U.n
Geo. w. Colborn of this city last Satur.
day. n
Mr.. Mitchell is New York teacher
who has already made his mark In
our state and has built up an endur-
ing monument by his zeal.
We shall not be surprised to hear of
his becoming county superintendent
of schools in the near future and the
county so fortunate as to elect him
will have no cause to regret it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
4 !! = I1slky Business.
X - tlfis. do you know that
Ooslness pays? Have you

tfy b0siness pays? Have you
!! ears ago, when this country
~ aS nrst settled by white peo-
.eswas not the great demand for
49, poultry and eggs as at the
,. 49, ume. There were plenty of
y eeons. quails, pheasants, prairie
- y ducks. geese and turkeys.
~ aseo there were many other
MI were used as food. You
II No ldoubt, heard the song about
a1 twenty blackbirds baked
- Pa. have never had nor de-
40 81 q blackbird pie, but there
a0taln8 much nicer than a pigeon
NE Nk1y my mother used to make
l9e0Aa would come in great
lunS and cover a whole field of
- - with a pigeon net there was
Noaele In catching several hun
~ 0Ae time. Of.course, we could
\ pieeon pie. all we wanted.
~ uapd to have quail traps made
n0x With Stats across the top and
0nte0k caught as many as twenty
~ tns one night in these traps so
nad quail pie. quail stew, quail on
= and quail in every conceivable
oar mothers could cook them.
ytld ducks and wild geese were so
nef0us that one could get all he
Ito eat In very short time with
ahaying to 60 far from home. SO
tAere was not such Il good mar
Sbof the domestic fowl when there
yplenty of the wild fowl to be had.
lines have changed. The wild fowl
lsbeens unfortunately slaughtered
domestic bird must take the place
Ne wild. Then. too, the population
increased very rapidly in this
Stry, creating still greater de-
for the "table bird"
a this increasing demand comes
creASe in the price SO that eggs
p0ultry of all kind now bring a
3price.
turkey being our Thanksgiving
Aa1 become SO scarce that many
ITO do without last Thanksgiving
Gas they do not seem to multiply
Ats az the chicken, there seems to
+ 5prospect ahead for those who
Z. .ssrOw turkeys successfully.
key's eggs are never sold for
aaS we cannot get enough to use
Patching purposes. Is there any
ger Of the chicken becoming SO
ce that we shall need all the eggs
Matching purposes? 1t begins to
x that way to us now.
every boy and every girl should
I'm to raise chickens and how to care
them. Start now and see what you
1 do this year. 49,.
{ has become necessary for inven-
Q genius to find machine-plan for
tching, SO that hens may spend
,ir time In laying eggs instead Of
tching them. so that we now have
incubator for Matching eggs and
B.machine can do the work of more
IN = dozen hens at one Matching.
lfaL'Nere to tell you what the re-
rita. show that the people eXpend an
ally for eggs and poultry you would
{ believe 1t if you are able to COM
ahend the vastness of the amount,
L. shall not give that report here
t trust have said enough to en-
arage you in taking the matter up.
Besides being pleasant occupation
u will find 1t to be very profitable
g, SO begin early to look around
/: an old "clucker" that wants to set
d give her chance to hatch out a
zen. chicks for you.
Report to 'tHome and School" what
u have done in poultry raising.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
me Things You Can Do to Make
Money.

0f course. money-making should not
our chief aim in life, but everyone,
ing or old. rich or poor, high or
v. should strive to gain Compel
ce and should earn as much as it
Pts to keep him, though he or his
rents may have enough and some
4 spare.
We have told you about poultry rails
profit, now let us see what you are
ing in your gardens. 1t has been
d that a good garden and a good
" are half a mans living. Every
mer should have both and every
'mer's boy and girl should have a
rsonal interest in each.
4 man near Fargo last year grew
Or $500 worth of strawberries from
e and one-half acres of ground. Get
Ut plants and put out Strawberries
il s spring and learn how to grow
delicious, profitable fruit
Is 1t not time to put in some garden
W? Don't wait until it is too late
every boy and girl can do much
Yards making pleasant home sur
lndings by planting flowers and
rubbery. All these things in time
IL make nome a peasant place TO
Az you begin to plant trees. shrub
~ and flowers you will begin to
e more interest in your homes and
. interest in useless or worse than
sless playine and eventually you
III have something to show for the
3.or you have done.
SDod gardens, plenty of chickens. a
VI good cows, will help to beautify
III home and keep the mortgage off
5lr fathers farm. You should do all
u can towards being useful while
II are young and thus show your
rents that you appreciate the many
ID things they have done for you.
Children should strive to show an
;preciatfon Of the many good things
rents do for them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07
ss.Called Pedigree Plants.

"A humber Oh uuFSeTyu6n, so Iar as
known of good rephte, have been Of
fering plants, mainly strawberry
plants, to the public under the name
Of "pedigreed plants" The name
seems to be an unfortunate one and
to give the buyer wrong impression.
Several well-known horticulturists
have taken up arms against these
pedigreed plants and claim that they
are of no more value than any other,
of the plants formed on the runner
from the parent plant. In this they
are unquestionably mistaken for, as
all growers know, the first or second
plant formed by the parent is superior
to the ones nearest the end of the rum
ner and 1t follows that If this class
of plants is perpetuated through COM
ing generations they are superior to
those from the plants formed at the
tip of the runner and perpetuated. The
pedigreed plants are nothing more or
less than the following out of the plan
of plant selection; that is, selecting
the best and strongest plants. from
which to propagate. If this is done
with good results in other fruits. why
not with the strawberries? The one
danger, SO far as the buyer of these
plants is concerned, lies in the posi-
bility of careless help in the nursery
not following out instructions given
by their employer and there is no way
around this danger except as the
nurseryman may see with his own
eyes what is being done or have faith
full foremen who will honestly carry
out his plans.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07

Eggs are sold in Denmark by the
score more commonly than ny the
dozen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-07

wire, either smooth or barbed and
such as is In use on every farm.
For q bin to hold about $50 bushels
Of grain, take 30 pieces of 10-inch
shiplap 8 feet long. Lay them on the
ground side by side about q quarter
Of an inch apart. Then lay your wire
on, leaving the ends stick over feet.
Put the wires on every 2 feet. Nall
ON with fence staples.
When wire Is on, raise the whole on
end and draw 1t around in circle;
nail the 4-foot wire left over the ends
across on the other side; do not twist
them. Take four wire guys and set
them secure, put little straw In the
bottom and the granary Is done.
When they are empty, roll up and
store away for another crop. They
can be set SO that the machine spout
will run the grain into them. Two
boards can be nut in in sections to be
used as a door.
This may be a good plan but we
believe there are better plans. We
wish to draw out farmers on this
question so that we can get estimates
on portable granary put up ,substant-
tally, in erection, SO that there is a
uooI anu AO IOoo VI gram ny UNIV
ing it upon the ground. These portable
sections may be hauled home after
the grain is removed and set
up to house, machinery, stock or to
make snow fences to keep the snow
and cold wind from blowing around
barns and COW sheds. To get to the
point we will ask farmers to answer
the following questions, vs.:
First. How many bushels should
portable bin hold of wheat, flax or
oats?
Second. How many portable bins
should there be for each quarter Sec
ton of land?