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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Independence of Hope and I'M
mortality.

Hope and Immortality stand or fall
together, says Mr.. Charles Fletcher
Dole in his lecture on the Ingersoll
Foundation for 1906 at Harvard, now
published in book form. Hope, he
declares, may live in a vague way
without any definite object but 1T
tends to die at the roots with the de-
NAL of Immortality" Science has
not yet accounted for the vastness of
mems thoughts; hence it has given no
reasonable explanation Of his hope.
sit is more reasonable" declares the
writer, ''to hope for Immortality than
to suppose that such a thought has a
higher value than the life which gave
it birth" "'To deny Immortality is
to do deny the very values to the
sense of which all heroism appeals"
Upon this point he continues:
"This is to say that all the magnItl-
cent words which make literature
and ring through literature and poet
ry like battle-cries to rally men to
their highest modes of action-just-
ice, truth, virtue, heroism, the good,
the best,-such words, bespeaking
mans spiritual nature, group them
selves with the words hope and i'm
mortality They stand or fall to-
gether. Raise your estimate OF one
of these words, and you unconsciously
raise your estimate of all. Depreciate
any one of them and you depreciate
all alike. Set a price or a limit upon
the worth of virtue and you have
limited your vision Of all things
hoped for. Set a finite limit upon
hope, and you have set the same finite
limit upon virtue or truth. You have
even deprecated also the value of
logic and reason"
After maintaining that it is at
least as intelligent to hope for immor-
tality as to deny it, and that "Our
faith in a universe is not merely the
outgrowth of the observation of out
ward phenomenal" but sit is also a
sort of intellectual or spiritual neces-
sity, without which the mind is BAT
fled or stupefied, " he adds:
$50, too, we find that the hope Of
Immortality belongs to that deeper
unity of thought and conception Of
which our Interpretation Of the out
ward nature is merely an image"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS.
Issued BY the Great Northern
Railway.

The Great Northern Railway and
Great Northern Steamship Companies
have issued a new edition of playing
cards. They are printed on excep.
tionally fine stock, and are better
cards for the price asked than can be
had elsewhere. The advertising, con-
sisting of the trade mark, is worked
into an oriental design and is conin-
ed entirely to the back of the card.
The Steamship card is the more
elaborate of the two and is finished
with gilt edges, Great Northern
Railway cards fifteen cents per pack.
Steamship cards twenty-five cents
per pack. Mailed to any address on
receipt Of price.
A. l.. CRAIG,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
St. Paul, MINI.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Private lessons in dancing. Phone
265. Miss N. Harlan.
Smoke the best cigar ever sold in
Canton. It's the Ell Royal % in a
box for the holiday trade.
Leave orders with Mr.. Tossini for
your Christmas trees and holly and
you will not be disappointed.
E. G.. Becker carries a fine line Of
pipes for fancy smokers.
christmas candy boxes, the finest
YOU ever saw at TOSSini'S.
Father Trayner held morning SER
vice in the Catholic church last Sun
day.
Read all the ads and you will find
where the Christmas bargains are to
be had.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

the land and timber thieves OF the
west, and 1t is for this that Mr.. Thor
son is working, as every honest man
should work.
This laudable ambition OF Mi.
Thorson is called prejudice by the
Republican editor. Take that cotton
wood out Of thine eye, brother, and
you may be able to distinguish be-
tween a corporation agent and an
honest statesman, between a poiitical
Ounce and an honorable republican,
a political accident and a man OF the
people, between an agent OF the rail-
roads and an agent of the taxpayers,
between a man who protects oregon
timber and land thieves and a man
who would sustain the President In
their prosecution. These things
! might be plain to thee if thou art not
machine blind.
The stalwarts who followed 1.-THE sen.
| ator's'' lead have landed in political
mire. they were true to him but he
| betrayed the entire bunch and left
them holding the sack. The big
man. no longer commands the re
spect of those who made him, anc
they are also getting surcharged with
prejudices, and if the Republican edi
tor don't look out he will be HOLDING
the sack alone when every snipt
hunter is out of the woods, and ors'
still, every fair minded republican il
the state will be ''surcharged" Will
Tom Thorson's ''prejudices' before
the election in 1908.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Milwaukee improvements.

The Milwaukee railroad has ar
rangements all completed for the
erection of a three stall roundhouse
at Canton, an improvement long
needed. This is the beginning OF
many improvements which the Mil
waukee has in mind, and no town in
the state needs the several improve
ments contemplated more than Can
tor. A three stall round house is q
good sign and it means other good
things for Canton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Letters.

The following letters remained un-
called for in the Canton postofice on
Saturday, Dec. 8, 1906.
Alexander, Jos. A.
Haga, Miss Bertha
Hansen, Carl
Holiday, Miss Martha
Knudson, Oscar ~
Savik, Rev. ]. r.
Skamfer, Erik
Torland, Rasmus A.
Henrikson, AnderS
In calling for the above list please
say advertised.
T. T. SIXTH, P. NJ.
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
A Dinner and l

The ladies' aid society of Cottage
Grove will have a sale Of fancy arti-
cles and give a dinner at the home OF
Homer DeNewer. on Friday, Dec. Il.
Everybody is invited to come and get
a fine dinner for 20 cents. Children
Is cents. Mr.. Olson will entertain
with his gramaphone.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Floods the body with warm, glow
ing vitality, makes the nerves strong,
%quickens circulation, restores natural
vigor, makes you feel like one born
again. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. IS cents. l.. M. Helmey & Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
An Unprecedented Spectacle.
MILITARY DISPLAY A FEATURE A
The JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.

One Of the most spectacular led
lures Of the jamestown Ter-Centeh-
NAL Exposition, to be held on the
shores of Hampton Roads near NOR
folk. in 1907, will be the grand Mill
tary display. Here will be assembled
in martial array, not only the mill
tary organizations and government
troops of this country, but soldiers
from all of the representative nations
of the world, who will be encamped
on the grounds of the Exposition Tor
stated periods and will be h nations
guests while in this country. An en-
tire division of U. S. soldiers will be
uuartered at the Ter-Centennial to
act as Military hosts for the foreign
troops. Among the famous organlza-
lions that will be represented are the
Ancient and Honorable Companies or
Artillery of London and Boston, the
oldest military organizations OF their
respective countries. Another COM
pany that will Jus great interest
at the Exposition will be the "Armed
Confederate Veterans Of Tennessee
J that will come three hundred strong,
armed with the old muzz.e leaders
and uniformed in the confederate
gray. The old soldiers from Tennes-
see encamped in the midst OF an
array of the very best equipment viii
afford a most interesting and instruc'
tive opportunity for comparison with
the warfare of those times and that
of the present day.
J Officials Of the Exposition, realizing
o the necessity for space required tt
drill and such a vast body
of men, have set aside thirty acres o.
\ land in a central location, to bt
known as Lees Parade" This will
be the largest and most beautiful
y ground of its kind ever allotted TO
3 the purpose at any of the previou!
\ Expositions. Another feature of thu
y military display will be the man.
bands and musical organizations thai
< will accompany their regiments t
) the Ter-Centennial. The musica
program will be both beautiful AM
v varied and the jamestown Exposition
y will be a continuous and varying
y scene of martial splendor from begin
Z ming to end, such as lever has beef
witnessed in this o + any other coun
> try.
81 We care not how you suffered, nc
what failed to cure you, HOLSTER
NJ Rocky Mountain Tea makes the pur
V lest, weakest specimen Of man {
w~omanhood strong and healthy. d;
ao- NJ IJ,ln, o. No
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Governor Crawford has been visit
ing state institutions for the purpose
OF studying their condition and needs
in order that he may be able to dis
cuss the appropriation question from
personal knowledge. A very wise pro-
ceeding for a governor who desires TO
he inst.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Hon. Thomas and Mrs. Thorson
went, over to Yankton Wednesday.

Hon. Thomas and Mrs. Thorson
went over to Yankton Wednesday.
Miss Jennie Colvin was In the city
| Wednesday on her way to nwood.
Wait until you have e the
Christmas candy boxes at n new
Bakery.
John Iverson, one Of the Lynn
township boomers was in town We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Fowler left Wednesday for
Evanston, Ills, where she will visit
for a time.
r. M. johnson, Proprietor OF the
Widmann Hotel at Mitchell was In
Canton Wednesday and says Can ton
looks natural.
You'll be sorry if you buy your
Christmas boxes anywhere except az
The New Bakery. They are "just
the thing"
Berney Hanson arrived in Canton
Wednesday direct from Bowman
county, N. d., where he says the peo-
pie are prosperous and happy. He
will remain here a few days before re-
turning.
Miss Lena Redding of Wheeler,
Dunn Co., Wis, a cousin Of Mrs.
Opsal, has arrived In Canton for a
four weeks visit with MI. and Mrs.
Opsal and other relatives.
Col. Danforth and w. r. Woods
came e from Parker Wednesday to
arrange for the purchase OF the Mu-
tual Lumber Co. business.
S. M. Greguson of Geddes, kindly
sends the LEADER a copy OF the Ged-
des News, containing many illustra-
tions showing the magnificent agri-
cultural possibilities OF Charles MIX
County.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Superintendent w. A. Cave OF the
Canton Assembly, left for Minneapol-
is Tuesday to meet with the superin-
tendents and secretaries of the var
ious chautauquas in North and South
Dakota. Rev. Cave had in mind
when he left a union of the Chautau-
qua Assembly interests OF Northern
Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas,
and If this can be brought about 1T
will make a combination that can
handle the best talent in the coun-
fry
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Poultry Wanted.

If you have any poultry to sell see
Heckmaster & Reynolds before you
sell it. They pay highest market
price in cash. POS West 5th Street,
Canton, S. ID. 25-2.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
WANTS, FOR SALE, RENTS, ETC,
For Sale.

One two hole corn shelter and
power for sale cheap or will trade.
Also a French burr feed grinder
Call in person or phone S. A. Todd.
Route 5, Canton, S. d..
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Wood For Sale.

John Lee, who owns the Gus
Linderman farm in Highland, has
some good sound dry wood for sale,
cut to stove length. $3.50 TO S6.50 per
cord.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

The Sioux Falls Press says: Inc
last carefully prepared assault OF the
machine (Which has accepted all the
findings of the state convent1on) on
Senator Gamble appears to have fallen
.by the wayside badly mangled.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Art skins suitable for typography
holiday presents. Call and see them
at the harness shop of Neyhart &
Son, Nv.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

The trial of Mrs. Kaufman goes
over to the May term OF court III
Sioux Falls, a continuance having
been granted by Judge Smith OF
YanktOn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Nothing nicer than a box con
tanning 25 of those fragrant Ell Royals
for holiday trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Oak Posts For Sale.

Good oak posts from 4 to 8 inches
in diameter from Toto Is cents apiece.
37tf. John G. Lee. Highland.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Grant Lines is sick at Sioux Falls
and will be home rs Don as he is able
to travel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

-Heckmaster g. Reynolds are now
prepared to handle ducks and geese.
If you have any to sell see them.
They pay highest market price in
S. d. 25-2.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Hello! Say!

lis this you Nary" "Well
] made the rounds Of the
stores this afternoon as you
told me, looking up what
would be suitable for the
folks, and in my opinion, I
think we can't do any better
than to buy our gifts at Syve-
rud & Noes jewelry store,
same as we did last year"
What! Yes, / know, we have
more presents to give this
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

The NeW Bakery has the SWEETEST
line of Christmas boxes in town. You
should look them over before you buy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Cigars, pipes and Tobacco

Buy your cigars where you see how
they are made, nothing but clean
good tobacco used.
Smoke Gate City cigars: Better
than ever. Sold by all first class
dealers. e. G. Becker, Maker.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Ed. L. Wendt came home from
Missouri last week, and Mrs. Wendt
returned Tuesday, from Humansville,
where she was called by the serious
illness of her father.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Oscar Opsal who is employed in a
clothing store at Dell Rapids came
down Monday for a brief visit with
his father and mother, Sheriff and
Mrs. Opsal. Oscar enjoys his work
and he also enjoys his brief visits
"wfth mother" He is a steady In
dustrions young gentleman and the
Leader is proud Of his success.
Charley Mills was up from Fair
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14
Wanted.

10000 pounds Of chickens, ducks
and geese. See us before you sell.
Heckmaster & Reynolds, POS West
5th Street, Canton, S. d. 25-2.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

year than last, and it does take mor money. but while re are giving
presents we might as we'll purchase something useful and of intrinsic
value, OF present beauty and a Joy forever, SO long IS IT DOES NOT COST ANY
MORE than gifts which afford only temporary pleasure" "What? You
want to know what such things cost? Sure! We ca get presents there
from 1Oc to 1925 90 each in value. I will simply enumerate a few as
suitable for
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

We are not how you suffered, nor
what failed to cure you, HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea makes the pun
lest, weakest specimen of man or
womanhood strong and healthy. 30
cents. |. M. HOlmey & Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

Charley Mills was up from Fair
view Wednesday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-14

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02

I been running on wheat stubble ant | which weighed from IT to 215 pounds
 at the beginning of the experiment. rom October 22 to December II on ar J tichokes. supplemented by a small a. ton of equal parts of chopped whea' and oats
 An effort was made at the outset to compel the pigs to subsist on diet of artichokes alone; but in the absence of grain there was very little gain, and the pigs were not contented. They were vigorous in sheir demands tor something moro substantial.
 The artichokes were grown near the pens. so that the pigs could have ac- cess to them whenever they desired The trbers were left in the ground for the pigs to root out as they were needed
 portion of the plat was measured and the artichokes dug to determine the yield, which was found to be 40 bushels per acre.
 During the experiment the six pigs consumed the artichokes grown on one- eighth acre and made a total gain in live weight of twenty-four pouncs. or an average daily gain per pig of M pound. The pigs consumed during the period 756 pounds of grain, or at the rate of 3.1 pounds of grain for each pound of gain in live weight. In oth- CT experiments 1t has been round that 1t requires about five pounds mixed grain for each pound of gain in live weight. On this basis the feeding of the artichokes resulted Tn saving of nearly two pounds of grain for each pound of gain m live weight. The p'gs were healthy and vigorous thu oughout the experiment..
 The artichokes used in this experi- meDt were planted the last of April on ground plowed deeply and prepared as we would prepare ground for pofa- toes. Tke tubers were planted in fur rows, which were three feet apart. The seed was dropped eighteen inches apart in the row and covered with hoe. The plants were cultivated 8 few times, but after the tops were two feet high no further cultivation was necessary The tops grew seven feet high before the end of the season." The pigs left only few tubes in the ground.-News- Scimetar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02
BUILDING IN LOTHIAN.
ntr stable Being Erected Tn HOUstt
 o rar,ufy Cauffal.

Big stable Being Erected Tn Houston
 notban JSne SneS soaWCspecial. )-The Head Mule Company has begun work on a two story brick struc- ture on St. Andrews Street near its Kinzie is building two houses in the business section. one of one story ana the other of two. and still others which are in contemplation Will soon
 Sergeant Arthur D. Ussery mana ger of The Dothan Siftings, Is the best Shot in the local military company, This was decided at the regular annual contest. in which he came off victor among all the competitive marksmen. Sergeant Ussery is one of the best soUtheast Alabama. and the company contains several others who are un. usually good. The contest revealed the fact that very few military organl- cations in the state have higher av-
 The The local lodge of Masons has adopt ed resolutions of regret and respect through 0I the agency of death. of J. A. Coe a prominent and popular citizen, whose demise occurred several weeks
 Dothan has not even a day current emanating from the municipal light ing plant. The. night current was shut of some time ago, and now the is is caused by the fact that superin tendent Culver and his force are bustly engaged in tearing down the old ma chinery and making ready for the re- ception and installation of the new, which has been shipped out from the factory. and is expected to reach Do than within the next few days. The length of time 1t will be before the new system is ready for work Is va riously estimated. but 1t will hardly be less than thirty nor more than sixty days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02

own exrcriments show It. There is ab- solutely no loss from disease, there Is no loss from bloating. there Is less waste of forage from being trampled down. the whole field is grazed alike, as the moving machine Is not discrtm- mating as the fastidious sheep are. and, lastly and most important, you get a far greater weight of mutton from the acre than in the common method of grazing the crops. The objection of course is the cost of the labor and the dislike that we have for taking the trouble. We are as lazy as 1t Is possi- ble to be and if we can manage to make the sheep harvest their own crops with profit. that Is the course that we will naturally follow.--Joseph F. Wing, in Breeders Gazette.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02

l of the cows milked clean. there would be tendency to neglect the few. In fact. the record Is that where they have been longest in use, the cows have | given rather less milk At present they cost too much for the farmer of limited means. particularly If he also
 has to buy power. This has been the
 case with all new machines. and the
 price will undoubtedly be reduced as they come into general use. I believe
 that within a few years the weak points will be overcome, and the ma chimes be factor in all large dairies think that now, where a man can anord the expense. and is short of heIn he Is safe in putting in the machine. if he will see that the udders are worked somewhat during milking. and all cows are surely stripped out. Further. our experiment station at Geneva has A similar machine. but of a different make, installed and purposes to give 1t thorough and most practical test. Within year-perhaps Iess--we shall know from them all the good and weak points, Meantime, I shall possess my soul in patience. redeeming the time,'' by hand milking, until the day dawns, and the shadows of defects and great cost flee away
 eve know MT. Van Alstyne very well as dairyman of long experience and a man of excellent judgment and perfect probity.-Ed)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02


 The time of year is now at hand when the established order Is the lay | ing by of the crop. However, this op- eration of giving the final cultivation is not a matter to be determined oy ] the calendar but by the condition of the soil and crop. In many parts Of the State cotton Is so late and small and so large a portion of the corn crop was planted late that cultivation of both will need to be continued farther into | the summer than usual, and those who have been accustomed to giving thcm- selves a respite after laying by the crop will have the holiday abridged
 this year.
 The mistake is often made of discon- tinuing cultivation too early, espeoial- ly the cultivation of the corn crop. Neither "bunching to tassel." nor tassel- ing. nor even the appearance or the first silks Is in itself an indication that the time for cultivation is past The important point in determining the date of the final cultivation of corn Is the rainfall from the time of the ap- pearance of the first tassel to the pe- riod of free silking. If just about tas- selling time a cultivation has been given that was then regarded as final and if this Is followed by heavy rain that on drying would result in the for- nation of a crust. then another piow- ing is in order for the purpose or hoid- ing this moisture that will be SC urg- ently needed while the ear is filling out
 I do not hesitate to cultivate corn which Is silking freely if thereby can conserve late rainfall, provided. always. that the late cultivation De shallow. Certainly late cultivation
 that is deep will do corn great harm especially if the weather then con- tinues very dry.
 It is almost self-evident that the smaller the cotton plant. other things being equal. the later cultivation should be continued. It does not fol- low that cotton plants of large size should be laid by early. Their very size indicates that they need immense amounts of the moisture that may be conserved by timely cultivation. The large plants need soil moisture to avoid willing and to develop fruit. The small plants need late cultivation with It's consequent increase of available moisture in order to grow to sufficient slze, as well as to perfect it's fruit Let
 us not be in too much haste this year to lay by the crop. Better leave fod-
 der-pulling alone or pull fodder only
 half the usual time if thereby we get
 more time to give to the growins crop its due measure of cultivation. J. F. D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-02
A RrownInm Museum.

A new object of interest will hence forth be presented to American vis- ltors to Florence In Barrett Browning, son of Robert and Elizabeth Browning. who puts into execution his project of forming a Browning museum. It is re-