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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06
SCIENTIFIC FARMING"
Another Exposition of the Dry Farming So Much Talked Of the
West at the Present Time.

Eastern Colorado Is a mile above sea
level. clouds are rare, and unless every
particle OF moisture Is absorbed II ~
impossible to raise crops
Now" say these scientific farmers
Of the new generation, ~ the top OF
the soil is made fine like dust, It Will
keep every particle OF moisture that
falls and enable the roots of ~ grain
plants TO receive enough sustenance
to produce crop. II Is all matter
OF evaporation and n matter Of expense
In preventing this evaporation
or course il Is easy to see that In the
thoroughly cultivated field finely
pulverlzed surface VIII retard the
evaporation OF moisture and will like
wise absorb the moisture from above
and prevent IT from running of TO the
sea. The secret OF success II to keep
the surface thoroughly cultivated. so
that Il Is pulyerized the season through
without spending too much money on
IT,
There are doubters. a prominent
railroad man of Chicago, Interested In
one OF the great railway systems, said
oonndentially last summer III Is a
mighty good advertising scheme, but
there Is not much In II. II viii raise
crops. but II costs too much, II one
can raise $40 worth Of wheat on IS land
he Is very foolish to advertise the fact,
The thing for him to do IL TO buy all
the S. an acre land he can get. When
these promoters say they can raise
big crops and then offer TO sell the
land at a low price, there ia something
wrong somewhere"
Bur the prOmoters do not look al II
this way. They claim there is an
abundance OF land. but that II takes a
vast amount Of work to oversee a large
area which is teing farmed by the
scientific methods. They can make
more money selling land than raising
crops Mr. Campbell has raised AS
much MS "a bushels OF wheat 10 the
acre IN western Nebraska and f3 BUSH
els TO the acre In the western tier OF
counties I'm Kansas and 40 bushels of
corn 10 the acre $500 feet above sea
level IN Colorado. and this without ir-
rlgaton The natural moisture OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06

See our Ladies' and Children's coats
In New Styles aud no one half
Value price during this sale.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06

these sections Is less than Is inches
annually.
Along with the new system comes a
vast amount OF new machinery II
takes the ordinary farmer r half dozen
trips over an ordinary field before his
field is s0wn II takes the scientific
farmer one trip. on the psairies east
OF Denver are being operatet combina1
ton implements which are the most
wonderful ever seen In the middle
west. Al the head of one procession
Is a 80 horsepower engine, which pulls
all the rest next come IL l4-lncn
plows, behind them are two corrugated
iron rollers, then two clod crushers,
next come harrows, and behind them
the seed drills. In front of the engine
II Is unbroken prairie, behind the drills
IL is smooth and seeded ground. The
machinery prepares and seeds 30 acres
I'm day OF 10 hours. Under the OLD
system OF farming In Kansas ana Ne
braskA IL costs, according TO the rec
ords OF agricultural bureaus, $3.50 an
acre to SOW wheat; under this system
1t costs about 30 cents an acre to put
In the crop. The Importance or dong
IL all at once Is that II absorbs the
moisture IN the ground and leaves the
soil In perfect condition to absorb eV-
cry particle that falls during the
autumn
II Is estimated that l50.000,O0o acres
OF the plains region can be utilized by
this method OF agriculture. on u can
be raised not only wheat, but aifalfa
kaffr corn, barley and Durum wheat
Most of these crops will grow IN the
average year without any special agrl-
culture. The farmer can depend upon
enough OF these new kinds Of produce
ton 20 support his family. His or
chards and his surplus income cap be
assured by such methods AS are suited
10 the new conditions II Is one OF the
most interesting Of all the vests pres
ent undertakings, and thousands OF
new settlers are watching 1t NJ
Harger. Abeline, Kan, In \. Y. Tribune
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06

S~ HE most interesting and unique
feature In western farming can
be seen on the prairies between
tho western line Of Kansas and
Denver. Col II is an attempt to trans
form what have been arid plains, en-
tlrely Incapable Of irrigation, into pro-
ductlye farms, The method is called
scientific farming" but i is little
more than the application Of the ola
fashioned methods conducted with new
tangled implements. The men VINO
are at the head OF this experiment are
shrewd and Intelligent business mcn
They are endeayorng 10 produceNcrops
on cheap lands equal TO those raised
on the more expensive areas farther
east
Sometimes II IL called dry farming
and sometimes the Campbell system,
but II Is all the same thing, and Is all
based upon the Idea that frequent cn-
tivntion OF the surface viii keep the
ground moist, ". w. Campbell orig
mated the application Of this method
of farming through the high plains OF
the middle west He began In South
Dakota, and later operated In Nebras-
kn and southern Kansas. Some capital
lists with large areas ~ land for sale,
aud the Burlington railroad with land
grants that II was anxious to dispose
Of to settlers, backed him IN his eS-
periments, and 'fnodel farms we're
conducted for several years without at
tracing much attention.
In the last few months the idea has
been taken up by wide awake promot-
ors Of Denver and Cheyenne and they
IRE cndeavoring TO show that the cheap
lands OF the Rocky mountain foothills
are as valuable AZ the farms near the
Missouri river. At the basis OF their
argument is the statement that ~
inches OF rainfall is sufficient 10 raise
q crop and this regardless Of when the
water comes Tho rainfall Of central
Kansas and Nebraska Is about 40
inches annually IN western Kansas
and Nebraska Il falls TO 20 inches
In eastern Colorado Il Is ~ inches.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06
THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS.

Tho yardstick which We may lay uown
as the measure OF success in farming Is
the ono word care.
II is really painful TO hear farmer,
saw. AZ they do so often. 1T ls goou
enough That Is all care about.
Nothing eyer is good enough unless Y
liz the very best VIZ can make ~ SAYS
u l.. Vincent In Farm and Fifesido Any
thing short ~ that IS an l1vieuon o
failure. Ard yet thousands % farmers az
good enough" principle Their lields are
piowed well enough Their narrowing y
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06
ramel is worn from the edge.

eidllltl u NHlll llOil lfl' 'tkf.
Women are foolish TO bite thread.
what are knives and scissors for2
But no-they must gnaw OFF, In rodent
fashion all the thread and string and
twine and cord they have to do with,
and the result Is always thread
tooth. tooth with the enamel gone.
Never use your teeth as scissors,
madam. and counsel your friends
never to use theirs so
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-06
\ Thread Tooth.

Another thread tooth" said the
dentist.
"A thread tooth %
yes, madam. You have nearly
ruined this tooth by your habit OF
biting off thread with It. All the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
DOMESTIC.

John Mitchell sent to the coal opera.
tors new proposals in which the de-
mands for recognition of the union and
the eight-hour day are eliminated.
Convicted Of using the mails fraudu-
lently, DR.. Charles A. Nichols of Ur.
bana, ILL.,. was fined $3.50 and costs.
S17OO altogether, and viii stay in jail
until it is paid.
Accompanied by his wife and daush-
ter. General Luke E. Wright Amerl-
cas- first Ambassador to- Japaa, LEFT
Memphis en- route to- his post
Indictments for conspiracy have
been found against four. form officers
of the defuuct Bank 06 America at
Chicago.
The New York Central Railroad was
fined $50 in police court for violating
the Springfield tMass.l smoke ordi'
nance. The railroad will test the con
stftutionality of the. ordinance I'D the
Supreme Court.
John DAILY. of New York City. sixty
eight years old. for many years one OF
tie most noted sporfSmen OF America.
shccumbed 10 anaemia:.
The new French liner Ia Provence
was in wireless communications With
BOt1 shores OF the AtIdllttC dA LIE SalbS
time when in mid-ocean.. .
Prevalence of gambling among stu
Gents Of the New York University Law
School brought threats OF expulsion
from their dean.
William A. Brewer. Jr:.- of the Wash
fngton Life. was indicted for perjury
by the Grand Jury in New York City.
Tire anthracite coal operators reject
Ell the mine workers propositions apG
suggested Il continuation. Of the old
agreement for three years or StI1mis.
sion of the question. to- the CoaI C0m-
mission.
The dealt, of William KinG- a sea.
maa ON tle battieSl,iP H~earyarse. i'll.
creases the death list EPom, the powder
explosion on the ~battieship to ten men.
Goal operators ope:l@t II large new
coal breaker III Morristomn- N j.. anc
are said to have a ten months supply
OF lump coal. which they age reaktne
into marketable sizes.
6oyernor Higgins. OF New York,
signed the last of the Armstrong insur.
auce reform bills.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

A detail Of Moros on the Island OF
Samar, P. l., in an encounter with Pu-
lajanes killed thirty Of the latter.
The Manila (P. IT, Renaciamento, a
native newspaper, made a scurrilous
attack on American commercialism
and urged Filipinos to resist, the intro
duction Of American enterprises in the
islands.
Fire has swept the town Of Mariqui-
ma. in Rizel Province, p. I. Many
thousands of persons are homeless and
starving.
Ex-Judge McKenna, of the Federal
Court, Porto Rico, who resigned recent
IL. sailed for New York.
General Wood has directed that com
pany drills in front of barracks in the
Philippines be abandoned. At pres
ent battalion, regimental and brigade
drills cover miles of territory, officers
and men carrying heavy field equip
ment.
Vilafarte. the Ladrone leader in Ma
lolos, fifteen miles from Manila. has
surrendered at the headquarters of the
constabulary in Manila. He will be pa
rolled if he will return to the mountains
and assist in the capture Of the La
drone chief Sakay.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
FOHEEGN.

England has increased tEe garr:sons
in Egypt in view OF, Turkeys action on
the Tabah boundary question.
Following the riots at Siestan. Per
STA. quarantine rules are not tcinS en-
forced and the plague is spreading.
General Benjamin. Herre.:. sent to-
Venezuela by Colomhia as Minister,
under an agreement with Venezuela.
but not. recognized by the Government
of the latter country, returned to VIII
lemstad, Curacao>
Parts police searched the houses of
r~eactionaries and strikers. and diseOv-
cred important compromising dOcu.
ments among the effects Of royalists
and Bonapartists-
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
went up Mourt Vesuvius and heard
Matteucci and Perret tell about TIE
eruption.
Turkish soldiers, a dispatch from
Cairo says, have removed telegraph
poles from Egyptian territory. Sir
Edward Grey in the House of Com,
mons said that negotiations at Con-
Stantinople continued.
Count Nitte refused to confirm az
deny the report OF his retirement from
the Premiership, but The report IS gen
e.ally accepted rs true, and the Lib
eral leaders predict a return to mos;
severe repressiYe measures.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
REPAIRING BRAIN.
A Certain Wa ny Food.

Every minister, lawyer, Journalist.
physician, author or business m;;H is
forced under pressure OF modern ON
ditions 10 the active and sometimes
O~ver-active use of the brain.
Analysis Of the excreta thrown ont
by the pores shows that brain work
breaks down the phosphate of potash.
separating it from its heavier compan-
ion, albumen, and plain common u
teaches that this elemental principle
must lie introduced into the body anew
each day. if we. would replace The loss
and rebuild the brain tissue.
We know that the phcs pirate OF pot
ash. as presented in certain field
grains, has an affinity for albumen and
that is the only way gray matter in
the brain can be built. 1t will not an
swer to take the crude phosphate OF
potash OF the drug shop, for nature re-
iects it. The elemental mineral mus
be presented through food directly from
Natures laboratory.
These facts have been made use oil
I'm the manufacture OF Grape-Nuts, and
any brain worker a prove the value
of the proper selection Of food by max
ing free use of .Grape-Suts for ten
days or two weeks. Sold by grocers
everywhere land in immense Guanti
ties). Manufactured by the Postum
Co., Battle Creek Mich.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
The Hygiene of the Home.

1ecturfng upon the Hygiene OF the
Home" at the Hygienic Institute
London, Mr.. somerville Hastings ao-
vocated the abolition of carpets, hang
ings, and everything that could mar.
Dor dirt and dust. The quantity Oh
dust that would lie on the point o
a pin vas sufficient in which to rear
1000 colonies of germs, most CT them
nocuous to human beings. Our HARDY
forefathers of the reigns OF Mary,
Elizabeth and James I. never wasne
face. hands, or clothing, and a patn
was unknown. King James con
med his personal abluttons to wlplng
the tips of his fingers with a damp
napkin. Only students OF history
knew the horrors of life in the MIG
die Ages. It was almost inconceivaoiy
dirty.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
USEFUL HINTS.

Burned CT discolored enamel ware
nlay be cleaned by a rubbing with a
paste made of kitchen salt and vine
gar.
For wagon grease or tar stops rub
well with kerosene while the grease
is fresh, then wash out in cold, soft
water, using no soap.
Kerosene will remove inkstains
and fresh paint, while nothing takes
out bloodstains better than cold soap
suds. to which kerosene has been
added.
Do not dress salads with sugar and
vinegar or salt and vinegar: the lat.
ter is an admirable combination for
securing brass, but is not good for
ones stomach. Use a mixture OF
oil and vinegar, lightly seasoned
Candles should be stored for six
or eight, weeks before being used,
they will then burn more brightly and
more slowly than when lighted nd
ono0
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
YANKEES WIN AT ATHENS
Secure More Trophies Than Any
Other Nation Does.
otaciaI Score of American Athletes is IL
Firsts. 6 Seconds and 3 Thirds
in 90 Events.

Athens. Greece.-The Olympic games
Of 1906 were brought to their official
close when the King of Greece crowned
the athletes who won prizes in the Sta
dunn. There was a big dsselnblage.
and all the athletes were received with
applause. The men from the United
States received. an ovation. but the
greatest reception of all was for the
winner of the Marathon race, Herring,
the Canadian. The athletes expressed
themselves as highly delighted with
the games.
The Games Commission proposes
that busts of the winners be placed IN
the Stadium. The foreign competitors
are discussing the erection of a marble
statue of Victory on the hill overlook
ing the Stadium.
The overshadowing Importance of
the Marathon race in the estimation of
the Athenians. as compared with the
other events, is shown by the hero
worship of which the winner has be-
come the unwilling object. The Greeks
have recovered from their disappoint-
ment that one of their countrymen did
not win, and are now showering gifts
and attentions on the victor.
The Americans took eleven frStS,
six seconds and five thirds out of TWEEN
ty-nine events, in many of which,
however, the Americans did not COM
pete.
james F.. Sullivan, manager of the
American athletes here, announced
the American victory to President
Roosevelt in this cablegram:
Americans won hurdle, half mile
and standing jump. Final score for
Stadium events: America, eleven frsts,
six seconds, FIVE thirds; total, seventy
ave points. Great Britain and all her
possessions. four frsts, six seconds
and three thirds; total. th~irty-nine
points. Greece and Sweden tied for
third place. Great athletic victory for
America"
The list of American firsts, which
does not include the winning by c. N.
Daniels. New York A. c., OF the 100
metre swimming race, follows:
100 Metre Running Race-Won by
Archie Hahn. Milwaukee A. {.
Hurdles-Won by r. G. Leavitt. Will
liams College, Williamstown, Mass
400 Metre Running Race-Won by
Paul II. Pilgrim. n. y. A. C..
500 Metre Running Race-Won by
Paul H. Pilgrim. n. Y. A. c.
1900 Metre Running Race-Won by
J. D.. Lightbody, Chicago University.
Running Long Jump-Won by Myer
Prinstein, Irish-American A. c., New
York.
Standing Broad Jump-WOn by Ray
c. Ewry. \. y. A. c.
Standing High Jump-WOn by Ray
C.. Ewry. \. Y. A. c.
Free Style Discus Throwiug-Won
by Martin J.. Sheridan, Irish-American
A. c.. New Cork.
Throwing the Wc:ght-WoE by Mar
tin ]. Sheridan, Irish-Amer;can A. e..
New York.
1900 Metre Walking Match-Won by
George =. Bonhag. Irish-Amer1caH A.
c.. New York.
GOV. HOCH By ACCLAMATION.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
The GRAY woIf a Fighter.

From a private letter written Oy Dr.
Edward L. Munson, of r AssiIa'
boine. Mont, we are permitted 70
ouote a sentence or W which gives
a notion Of the power of the gray
wo1f a matter that was referred 10
in an article recently printed in these
columns. DR.. MunSon says: "A lolt-
night ago 1 a. into an immense oiu
dog wolf which must have weighed
$50 or 400 pounds. 1 had only tnree
dogs with me as the rest of the pack
was off after a jack rabbit. The dogs,
all fine fighters, all started for the
wolf. and he whipped them in one
two. three order, in less time than II
takes nae to tell it. One he thre"
over a cut bank, crushed in the e
of another, and gashed the third dogs
throat. I do not think that he u
have done up three 1o0-pound woH-
hounds as easily, though these dogs
of mine are all good fighters and saw
age brutes, and n was an So-pouh"
staghound."-Forest and Stream.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
FIRST EFFECTS OF DISASTER.
Money Ordered in London For Ship
ment to San Francisco.

New York City. The bewildered
movement eff financial markets. since
news of the San Francisco disaster
first arrived: the shipment of $4,000
900 to- SIS. 600. 0A from Eastern banks.
10 banks OF the stricken city. and. 81
simultaneously. engagement of some
S1G00O.eO O gold IN London for import
To- New York-thfS is an interesting
picture Of the 6rst effect. on the
worlds finances. OF a catastrophe of
this nature. says the New York Post.
These large supplies OF money are per-
emptorily needed in San Francisco. for
the reason that business machinery 10
Impaired Nv the destruction of the city,
and cash rather than credit a necessary
The solidarity Of the tinan-
cfsl system is shown by the prompt
ness with which San Francisco'S finan-
cial Institutions were provided with
these enlarged cash from re-
serves &C the markets nearest to them;
then those other markets. as well as
San Franchises. r~eplenished by ship
ments from New York. while New
York itself is drawing on London's
-ald.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
BITS OF NE WIS
n

=Rr
The bill appropriating 100000 for
the employment of extra labor at the
Mare Island Navy Yard was passed by
the Senate.
A special report on the beet sugar
industry, sent TO Congress by the Pres
ident, shows 625,S41 .22S pounds manu-.
featured in this country in 1900.
A delegation of Italian citizens from
several cities was before the House
Judiciary Committee to urge that CO.
lumbus Day be made a national holt
day.
Former Secretary OF the Navy Long
saw the President to tell him that the
people of New England are greatly In
terested in tariff revision.
The bill extending till 1909 the time
when the coastwise shipping laws
shall go into effect between the United
States and the Philippines was passed.
The House Census Committee de-
cided to report favorably a bill to have
a live stock and crop acreage census
taken every five years at a cost OF
about 100000.
The Senate Irrigation Committee
agreed on the House bill creating a
separate administration for the recla-
nation service.
Senator Spooner in a speech on the
railroad ate bill denied the power OF
Congress to destroy a court.
A bill making emergency %appropria-
tons for work on Federal property in
San Francisco and at Mare Island was
passed.
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aHermit MuIIen.ir.. Dead.

The late Nj. Robert Davies. OF
BOdlondeb, Bangor, North Wales,
was known as the Hermit Million
aire." He seldom left his house or
grounds for a great many years, and,
though I'm ordinary health, would see
but few people beside his secretary,
house-keeper and doctor. He was a
bachelor. The very few strangers
who gained admission found in him
q shrewd but kindly old mar with
sincere though strong religious con-
wictions, and living in a severely
einple style OF comfort. Every morn
ing his secretary read to him from
the Welsh Bible, after which a por-
ti0n of time would be taken up by
Mr.. Davies conscientiously compar-
ing the various claims upon him by
che societies IN which he was inter
eSted, amongst which the Salvation
Army found a high place.-London
Tit Bits.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
Renorts Cotton Crop.

The final report OF the Director OF
the Census in Washington City on the
production of cotton for 1905 aggre-
gates the quantities included in each
of the ten preliminary statements. In
ending linterS and in accordance with
the custom of commercial community.
counting round as half bales. the crop
of 1905 is 10, T25, 6O2 bales. When CON-
pared with the crop of 1905. that of
1904 was 27.7 per cent. greater; that OF
1909. &c per cent. less. and that OF
1902, % per cent. greater.
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HE KNEW HIS BOOK.

From a grammatical viewpoint"
said the fair maid with the lofty
forehead, which do you consider cor
rect had rather go home or Z
would rather go home'?"
Neither" promptly answered the
young man who was engaged in hold:
ing down the other end OF the sofa.
I'D rather stay eight here."-Chic-
ego News.
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Perseverance kct Ennn-I

--TSuSn-
". H. Pigg who has started. .,
ranch at Freshwater, Colo. was ss elE
nights herd Of elk to a party Of a NV
ern capitalists. cast
4 am sure you will ucc in a..
venture. Pigg," said a broker. .evn
are a persevering man and perrorou
ance always brings success" 1
Pigg laughed. MT
Il am persevering," he admit,
"and l believe in perseverance
the same time I dontsrate it as bian
sir, as you do. Perseverance witben;
intelligence is nothing. A hen can ~,
a year on a china egg, but there win
be no results.
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The net earnings CT the railroads
are seven hundred millions Of dol
lars-which means. says Senator Tilt
man, that once in every three years
every dollar in the United States
becomes a part of their net earnings.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-10
Revised Formula.

"For a number of years requests have
come to me from a multitude of grateful
friends, urging that Peruna be given a
slight laxative quality. l have been ex.
quite a leagth of time. and now feel graft
fed to announce to the friends OF Peruna
that [ nave Incorporated such a quality in
the medicine winch, in my opinion, can
~n!y cnhaHeA its ~wei.-AnOwn beneficial
character. S. b. HARTMAN, NJ. d."