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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
SLEEP WITH WINDOW OPEN.
Some Sensible Advice About Living in
Rooms Too Warm.

According to prominent physician
of Grand Forks, people who sleep with
the bedroom windows open sometimes
remit the practice when the mercury
goes down to- zero. They should al
ways resume it promptly when the
temperature rises; otherwise there is
danger that they might fall into the
habit of keeping the windows shut, 10
ensure warm room to dress in when
they get up, and when that habit g
formed 1t is very hard to break.
Fresh air saves doctors bills and
prolongs life. More than that, it in
creases the working efficiency of those
who breathe 1t, enabling them, other
things being equal, to accomplish
more in a given time than can be per
formed by those who shrink from cold,
shut up their windows and impoverish
their blood
what is the reason of the increase If
pneumonia? Physicians who have
studied the problem attribute it to the
improvements in the heating of houses
which have been effected in the past
thirty years. Many are the men and
women, who used to get up in cold
rooms when they were young, and find
1t necessary to break the ice in the
pitcher before they could get water to
wash in, but who now live in steam
heated flats, and have grown SO sensi-
tive to cold that they shrink from ex-
posure to the outer air when the mer-
curry is in the vicinity of the bulb. The
sheltered life which they are leading
makes them abnormally tender. They
are not fortified against the assaults Of
pneumonia germs, as they were when
they were young.
10 shrink from fresh air because it
is cold is to make serious mistake
Nothing is more unhygenic than to
shut oneself up in a warm house and
stay indoors till the return of, atmos-
pheric mildness. Far better to go ont
In all weathers and to sleep in rooms
chilled in winter by the admission Of
outer air.
While 1t is good thing to court
fresh air, it is also a good thing to
avoid drafts. 1t is also good thing to
avoid breathing cold air through the
mouth. Two mottos for all who Womb
preserve good health are: Breathe
fresh air and breathe through the nose
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Will Build Mill.

The story published exclusively in
The Evening Times last week regard
ing the intention of the Backus-Brooks
company to erect large saw mill in
Bemidji was correct. r. l.. Herr. Sec
rotary of the Backus-Brooks company
arrived in Bemidji last evening and
confirmed the report. He states that
opinions on two available sites had
been secured and that work on the
mill would he started in the very near
future,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Reflections of q Bachelor.

New York Press: Marriage is a
great success when some other fellow
does 1t.
There is hardly any man who won't
lie about what lot of farming he did
when he was a boy.
Even when a girl has grandmother
she can't make herself believe she is
ever going to be old.
What a woman is afraid of about
her husband is not that she will dis
cover he has faults, but that other
people will.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17

To Dakota Farmer: In the January,
18th issue someone asked for informa-
ton about growing wheat and fax to-,
gether We sowed so acres that way
last year and the wheat turned out as
much as any OF the wheat around and
we had the fax besides. The flax was
the best, and being bound with the
wheat it kept in good shape. We got
an average OF four bushels of flax and
eight of wheat, and as many fields
that had no flax had less we did not
lay it to the flax. We first sowed the
wheat-one bushel to the acre-and
ten days after we sowed the flax cross
ways-six quarts to the acre.
Our reason for sowing the two to-
gether were these: We could bind
and thresh the flax better. BY keeping
the flax of the ground it would. not
mold. BY sowing it crossways ten
days after the wheat it would kill what
little weeds had started and the flax
and wheat would ripen at about the
same time. We expect to SOW about
the same amount again this year. for
had the season been good for wheat,
we would have had a large yield for
there was straw enough for thirty
bushels to the acre. l would add that
my soil is very heavy.-W +. Ray
mond, Twin Brooks, S. ID.
To Dakota Farmer: in sowing
wheat and fax together SOW one
bushel of wheat and one peck of flax
per acre. Don't make mixture Of
it and SOW together, but SOW your
wheat first and after week or more,
SOW the flax, running the drill cross
wise of the wheat drills. Should there
be any weeds up at time of sowing
flax, it would be good plan to harrow
before sowing the flax. In harvesting,
there is no need of cutting SO low
as to get the fax in the band, as it will
stay in the butt end of the bundle
even If the band is above the heads.
Of course, the yield of each will de-
pend largely on the season. If it is Il
good year for wheat, you will have dis
good a stand of wheat as where you
sowed wheat alone and the flax will
not have a good chance and may not
yield more than one to two bushels
per acre; but, If the wheat is poor
stand, the flax will be the better.
Another advantage of sowing wheat
and flax together is that if the wheat
becomes partly lodged, through storm,
or hail, the flax will hold up the heads
SO that you can cut under them;
where, if there was no flax, the heads
of the broken straws would be close
to the ground and you would only get
the straw, as everyone knows who
has cut crops damaged by hail.
If there is no thresher in the neigh
borhood that is fixed up for sep
arating the crop, it will have to be
separated with tanning mill. 1t is
very easy matter to fix up, the
separator to take out the flax, Just
put flax sieve in for screen and
let the fax run onto blankets spread
under the machine; or, better still,
attach a spout under the screen to
convey the flax into measure at side
of the machine. 1 find that threshers
have difficulty in saving the flax, be-
cause they will either leave the wheat
dirty, or blow the fax into the straw
pile, and that think is the worst
drawback about raising wheat and flax
together.-H. M. Fellbaum, Roberts
Co., S. D.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
The Cow That Turns Her Feed Into
Milk.

Is the one the strictly first-class
dairyman wants. In these days when
so many of us wish to combine the
two, the following from a recent insti-
tute talk may be timely reading:
THE profitable dairy COW is never
very large; size is of no Importance.
She is always thin in flesh. Her func-
tion in life is to produce milk from the
feed given her, and not beef. If she
converts a part of the feed into milk
and part into beef, she is not a dairy
COW and cannot be profitable. The
dairyman can get no pay for the feed
a COW puts upon her back unless he
kills the COW. The dairy COW has a
form peculiar to herself. Note the
Z large muzzle, the clear outstanding in
telligent eye and the large strong jaws,
capable of doing lots of work, the thin
neck and the light limbs-no superflu-
GUS flesh anywhere. Prominent back
bone indicative of great nerve power,
long silky tail. large udder running up
well behind and we'll forward towards
the front legs, wedged-shaped from
both ends towards the barrel which
should be of large capacity. Milk is
made from the food consumed by the
COW. The more she eats the more
milk she will give providing always
she has the form described), hence the
necessity for powerful jaws, large
storage and digestive capacity.
The true dairy COW always has this
type. We would care much more for
the type than the breed from which
she may come, because we find this
dairy form in many of the breeds. It
is always we'll to remember that the
dairy COW has been bred for hundreds
OF years for a special purpose; that is,
for milk production. The beef COW
has been bred quite as long with the
single idea in view of beef production.
Do not throw feed away in trying to
make beef of the dairy COW, but force
her full capacity in the work for which
she has been SO weM fitted, and when
her life is ended. give her a decent
burial. 1t is useless also to attempt
to make money dairying with the beef
COW. She is built also for special
purpose and will make beef at profit,
but ruin the man who is after rich
milk in paying quantities.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Sheriff Gonyea over.

Last night Sheriff Gonyea and a
friend came over to attend the big
race between Norval Baptie and Chas.
Rankin. He was too late to see the
race proper. however. but induced
Baptie to do some fancy and speedy
skating for their personal benefit. The
popular sheriff is contemplating
taking in the big race at St Paul be-
tween Baptie and Sinerud.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17

refer to people who do not know. They
may have used pure males for num-
Der Of years and conclude that they
have, full bloods." They resent init
nations to the contrary on the part
of others and screen themselves be-
hind the thought-no doubt honestly
maintained-that their poultry is :s
large and looks as we'll as does that
Of some Of the breeders. They adver-
tise and fill orders and bring trouble
to themselves, encouragement to the
buyer, and real harm to the industry.
These two classes of dealers are re-
sponsible in great measure for the
reluctance many feel toward buying
pure-bred eggs, and are thus the cause
of many hanging to the scrubs and
making little progress.
But the buyer is often to blame. He
gets the eggs and does not understand
how to handle them. He fails to make
allowance for the fact that eggs are
never as good after being shipped as
before, be they ever so fresh. When
they arrive, often no hen is ready TO
sit on them. and they are left to await
the sweet pleasure of "biddy," one of
the most uncertain things on earth.
Each day the eggs gather added age
and become more uncertain. Times,
too, they are carelessly handled and
are left to be chilled, hens do not sit
well, and others have to be substituted
and poor hatch results, for which the
seller gets the blame. These and
many other things are what make the
egg trade so unsatisfactory.
We are more and more inclined to
think that the surest way for the be-
ginner is to buy trio or pen mated
for best results by the man who bred
them. Then the buyer can tell some
thing about what he is getting and If
the birds are inferior the seller can
not screen himself, as the birds will
be the best evidence. 1t costs little
more. but We believe it pays. After
that eggs can be ordered annually and
a little new blood can be infused for
little money.
If the beginner feels that he must
buy eggs, he should buy from reliable
established breeders only, and be will
ing to pay his price. The little differ
ence in price will nowhere near offset
the chances of losing year nor COM
pensatc for the disappointments that
may come.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Big Play on st. Patrick's Day.

The Sacred Heart choir will give a
play entitled "The Deacon" in the
assembly hall on st. Patrick's day.
The people who have part in it are
putting in some hard work practicing
and rehearsins and the event prom
Uses to be a huge success.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Big Entertainment Tonight.

The much talked of and praised
quartet of "Old Plantation Singers"
will give their concert In the assem-
bly, hall tonight The gentlemen come
here highly recommended and under
the charge of several different lyceum
bureaus. A good program is assured
all who attend
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17

Senator" said the constituent, who
had fat collectorship, "I'd like to get
the postofice in our town. for NV
orother-in-law., Is that asking too
much? Not at all, my dear fellow
answered the eminent statesman, Pat
ung him on the back: ''but for me
to let him have It would be granting
entirely too much, See ?"- Chicago Tri-
bune. n
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Is Improving.

Tom Murray who is confined at Mrs.
Rudd's hospital with lame leg. is
reported as improving rapidly and if
no set back comes up will be around
again in few days.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Is Improving.

Mrs. Il. ]. Sullivan who was hurt
by the explosion of gas stove is i'm
proving and will ultimately come out
all right. A slight inhaling of the
flames is the chief cause of her pros
tration.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
OF Interest to East Siders
Purchased q Stock.

A. Fischer has purchased the entire
stock of the Midway cafe, which is To-
Gated in the rear of Reeds and Nc
Mahon and Iongtine's saloon. Mr..
Fischer is an experienced man in the
restaurant line. having catered in the
East for many years. He is prepared
to give the public the best of service
and will endeavor to satisfy all. Give
him a trial.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
IN SUPREME COURT.

Decisions Handed Down BY Court at
Bismarck.
Amund Olson against the County of
Sergeant.
Appeal from an order of the district
court of Sargent county; W. S. Laud-
er, judge.
o. s. Sem for appellant
E. w. Bowen and ]. f. Bishop for
respondents.
Opinion by Morgan, C. J. Order of
district court of Sargent county. AZ
frmed.
Syllabus.
1. Upon setting aside a default
Judgment and granting leave to serve
an answer. upon grounds within the
provisions of Section 529S. Revised
Codes of 1899. the trial court is vested
with wide discretion, which will not
be disturbed except in a clear case of
abuse thereof.
q. In granting relief under Section
529S, Revised Codes of 1899, the court
is vested with an extremely wide dis
erection as to the imposition of costs
or terms: and if no terms are allowed
such action is not necessarily an abuse
of discretion.
8. A plaintiff in an action may set
tie the same and make a binding
agreement to dismiss the action, with
out notice to and against the will of
his attorney.
4. II a plaintiff makes a settlement
of the cause of action, 1t is not neces-
sary that the same be In writing or
filed, or that defendant notify the
!. plaintiffs attorney of such settlement.
w. L. Bennell against s. l.. Glaspell.
Appeal from the district court of
D Foster county; e. T. Burke. judge
q G. b. Craven and e. H. Wright for
appellant
8. q. Ellsworth, T. F. McCue and
John Kanuf for respondent.
Il. Opinion by Young, J,
t9 Judgment modified and affirmed.
;.Action; to compel specific perform
1nce Of defendants written contract
for sale Of section of land. Judgment
for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
q Il 8d5 H.}'S syilabus.
1. Under Section 1870, Revised
Codes OF 1899. one who has subjected
. himseif TO q forfeiture by committing
- brsachsof contract, may, by making
: conf snsation, be relieved therefrom
Nhsa Ire breach q not grossly neglf-
4 rent tttul Oh fraudulent.
el5y3.t ,sUp0n- the facts stated in the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Wheat and Flax Together.

The, following statements taken
from the Dakota Farmer, are valuable
to those contemplating sowing wheat
and fax together:
Replying to your request for exper-
fence with wheat and flax together,
have tried several times here in
North Dakota to grow them together,
but the result was very unsatisfac-
tory. would not seed more than eight
quarts flax and one bushel macroni
wheat per acre, or eight quarts fax
and three-fourths bushel of fife of blue
stem, or one-half bushel fax and one
fourth bushel wheat per acre. The lat
ter is preferable. In 1908 1 set man
seeding wheat. but after seeding twen-
ty-fve acres discovered he had only
put on one-half bushel macaroni wheat
per acre. After about two weeks, I
seeded one-half bushel fax in the
wheat and harvested is bushels wheat
and so little fax that made no at
tempt to separate them. The fax grew
all right, but was shaded two much
to fila. j. Sweany, Ransom Co., ND.
To Dakota Farmer: 1 saw-in the
Dakota Farmer that some one wanted
to know how wheat and fax would oe
sown together. / have raised some In
this way. SOW pecks of wheat east
and west; then SOW one-half bushel
fax north and south with drill light.
II good ground, you will get three
quarters of crop of wheat and full
crop of flax. You will get heavier
wheat and plumper kernels. Year be-
fore last, sowed forty acres that way
and got fifteen bushels of wheat per
acre anu nine bushels Of fax and there
was no rust on that wheat while the
rest of the wheat was sall eaten up
with 1t.
Now to thresh 1t. make q platform
out of shiplap lumber 4x7 and put on
two sides and one end 10 inches high.
Put your screen in the separator and
let the fiax go In the platform and
the wheat in the grain tank. ~. A.
Bonn, Cass Co., N. d.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Chess Game Planned.

Doctor Kirk of this city and gen.
tleman of Red Lake Falls will play a
game of chess by wire some day in
the near future. This will be the
second event of this kind Which has
come of In this city within the last
two weeks and large number of the
enthusiasts are looking forward to
the event eagerly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
Surprised Her.

A number of the friends of Mamie
Meyers surprised her at her home on
Fifth street. Various games were in
dulged in and the guests all report a
good time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17

Cut flowers at Undertaken Sulli-
vans, East Grand Forks, MINI. Tele-
phone TT.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17

f. Moulton of st. Louis, Missouri, i!
q business visitor in town.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17

business V1SltOr III tOWn.
Kingman's Syrup of White Pine
cures colds.
For fresh fruit call up %. F. ].
Cummings.
Stationery and supplies at Cum
mings.'
Pipes, cigars and tobaccos at King
mans.
Full line of soap at Kingman's.
See Kingman's line of cutlery.
Penny tablets at Cummings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-11-02
FARM NOTES.

Hitch your horses in the field. A
strap and weight cost little. They
may save dollars where they cost
cents.
Remember that the slightest touch
Of frost on the top of a squash will
spoil its keeping qualities. II there
is danger Of frosty night, and you
do not wish to gather them, throw a
bran sack over each one.
Don't fool any time away with the
glib-tongued stranger who wants to
sell you a mining stock that Is going
to double itself next week, or any In.
vestment that promises big per cent,
for the chances are that he cannot de-
liver the goods.
Be careful about fixing traps for
yourself when you are carrying bags
Of grain into the granary. Make
good. solid set Of steps. Many have
fallen and broken their limbs or hurt
themselves for life by trusting to ram
shackle ladders. Don't you be one OF
them.
Draining makes heavy soil better.
How! Makes 1t dry in wet times; II
can be worked earlier in the spring;
the land will not bake; 1t is warmer;
It is more productive. Any land on
your farm that needs draining! Now
Is the time to do It.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-11-02
NO USELESS SOIL.
All Land Will Pay Retaining Il Is
Thought.

Gullies on billy, rolling land can be
stopped and the land reclaimed by
putting light coat of timothy hay in
the bottom of the ditch after the
rainy reason is passed. In the win.
ter, feed cattle on the land by nut.
ting the hay in the bitches. I have
mad bitches on my farm that were
once usless but have been reclaimed
and now produce one and one-half
tons OF hay to the acre. Never plow
In the gnllies, but pillow up and down
the hill beside them. Never plow
closer than two feet to the edge of the
bitches. Each year let the grass strip
get a little wider. Thus your high
land will gradually level up. | have
some land that had been quilted but
mas now been producing grass for the
past ~ years. Once set OF grass has
been obtained in the gullies, never
plow 1t up. The hay will always be
getting better in the main leads. and
the smaller ones will be improving
through the process of feeding hay to
the cattle. All land will pay reclaim.
Ing, declares the Farmers Review.
Very poor land gullies worst. Manure
from stables where the mich cows are
fed hay is the very best manure for
retaining such land.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-11-02

more plume-like than the spruces and
balsam frs. The leaves are fat. blunt,
slightly above one-half an inch long,
dark green above and pale beneath,
being so arranged, by the twisting OF
their short petioles, as to appear two
ranked, thus giving a fiat appearance
to the twig. The cones are as long or
slightly longer than the leaves. while
the scales are broad and obtuse. They
hang from the tips of the branches and
often persist for months after the
seeds have fallen. The wood is light
brown, brittle and coarse grained,
weighing 26 pounds to the cubic foot.
1t is employed in the building of barns
and other rough buildings. The range
OF the hemlock is from Nova Scotia to
Minnesota and south to Alabama.
q. The hemlock is not recognized by
the United States Pharmacopoeia rs
having any medicinal properties, nor
does the oil Of hemlock appear on its
list OF organic drugs, but the bark Of
the tree Is used for tanning on account
OF the large per cent. of tannin con.
tanned therein.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-11-02
Plan Of Pissery.

the piggery so that they may be
plowed and planted to forage crops II
necessary, without disturbing the
other lots.
The piggery, says Farm and Home.
is fitted with pair Of scales, feed
cooker and a feed mixing vat. The
floor is Of concrete and ii has a sec
ond story where feed can be stored
The feed bins open upon the second
t.oor into larger bins where a guam
t'.y Of meal feeds or grains may bel
-. The sleeping platforms conf
sist simply of 2x4 scaffolding placed
edgewise around a part of the floor
Of the pen, within which clean straw
for bedding is placed. A piggery sim
liar to this is being used en- many
large farms and in several Of tho ex.
perimental farms Of the country.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-11-02
ORIGIN OF THOROUGHBRED.
Can Be Traced Back to Arabian, Turk
or Barb Stock.

The American thoroughbred is de-
scended from the English thorough
bred, and the latter is made up by
blood almost wholly from Arabian,
Turk or Barb stock. The English
stud book for thoroughbreds is not
open to any horse that has had an out.
cross of common blood during the
past hundred years or more, and II
Is doubtful II one having an out-cross
$50 years back would be recorded. A
reference to the lists OF horses in Eng
lish racing stables at the time the
thoroughbred was brought to the front
will show that the originators de-
pended almost entirely on the horses
brought from the orient, and of the
three general classes mentioned.
The Americans have greatly i'm
proved on the original thoroughbreds
by selecting and to some extent by
crossing with Arabian horses IF fine
type. This practice has not been
common Of late years, for our breed
ers have formed the opinion that they
can do little more for the breed by
importing Arabian horses. BY selec-
ton, the quality Of the thoroughbred
is now so high that It is believed that
In bringing in more foreign blood
even Of the Arabian breeds, there isl
danger Of deteriorating 1t.
The American trotting horse was
developed from the thoroughbred, or
rather as a strain Of the thoroughbred
Constant selection has made this
horse the most important of the thor.
oughbreds, not only for races, but also
for the saddle and carriage.