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The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29
CHAPTER VIII.
The Reainnlno.

Franklin's foot took hold upon the
soil of the new land. His soul reached
out and laid hold upon the sky, the
harsh flowers, the rasping wind. He
gave, and he drank in Thus grew
the people of the West.
Think you. Ned, my boy" said Bat
tersleigh, one day, as they stood at
the tent door-"think you, this old
gray world has been inhabited mil
lion years, by billions of people and
yet here we have a chance to own
part of 1t, each for himself, here at
this last minute of the worlds lifei
Do you mind that, what it means?
Never you think a chance like thatll
last forever. Yet here we are, before
the law, and almost antedatin' the
social lice. It's the beginnin'. man.
it's the very beginnin' of things,
where we're standin here, this very
blessed day OF grace It's Batty has
travelled all his life, and seen the
lands, but never did Batty live till
nowi"
ITS grand" murmured Franklin,
half dreamily and unconsciously re-
peating the very words of his friend,
as he had done before.
Yet Franklin was well bitten of the
ambition germ. 1t would serve him
to run only in the front rank. He was
not content to dream. He saw the
great things ahead, and the small
things that lay between In a week
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

1t has not been believer that iron
In any form is what we might call
real fertilizer in the soil, although we
know that iron gives the color both
to the soil and to all the plants pro-
duced upon it. There are some ex-
perimenters, however, who believe that
iron sulphate is itself fertilizer. One
OF these men is Belgian, who has
been making some experiments on
oats and other cereals. He applied
200 Kilograms of iron sulphate, and
by 1t produced the same effect on
oats as did $50 Kilograms of nitrate of
soda. In addition, many weeds were
destroyed by the iron sulphate. The
author attributes the general effect of
the iron sulphate solely to the iron,
and not to the sulphuric acid. We are
sure, however, that most of our ex-
perimenters, at least those on this side
of the water, will be very slow in ac-
cepting the conclusions of this ex-
perimenter. While iron does enter
into the formation of plants, yet it is
to a very limited extent. The advan-
tage resulting from the application as
recorded may be due to some other
element rather than to the application
of iron.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29
CHAPTER vIl.--continued


Franklin had small notion of Curly's
locality, but he heard his voice. half
taunting and half encouraging. and
calling on his pluck as he saw some
nope OF a successful issue. he resolved
to ride 1t out If il lay within him so
10 do. He was well on with his reso-
luton when he heard another voice.
which he recognized clearly.
Good boy, Ned" cried out this
voice heartily, though likewise from
some locality yet vague "Rride the
diyil to finish, me boy Git up his
head, Ned! Git up his head! The
murderin, haythin' brute! Kill him.
Ride him Quit"
And ride him out Franklin did, per-
haps as much by good fortune as by
skill, though none but a shrewd horse
man would have hoped to do this
feat Hurt and Jared he yet kept
upright, and at last he did get the
horses head up and saw the wild per
torrance close as quickly as it had
begun. The pony ceased his grunt.
ing and fell into a stiff trot, with little
TO indicate his hidden pyrotechnic
quality. Franklin whirled him around
and rode up to where Battersleigh
and Curly had now Joined. He was a
bit pale, but he pulled himself togeth-
er well before he reached them and
dpounted with good front of un-
&noeln. Battersleigh grasped his
''and in both his own and greeted him
with shower of welcomes and of
compliments. Curly slapped him
heartily upon the shoulders
You're all right, pardner," said
he. You're the d--dest best nil
grim that ever struck this place. an
| kin lick airy man that says differ'nt.
He's yore horse, now, shore"
And how do We do. Ned? God bless
ye.' said Battersleigh a moment later
after things had become more tran
gull. I'm glad to see We; glad as
liver | was in all me life to see a liv-
in soul Why didn't ye tell We was
comm. and not come ridin like a
murderin Cintaur-but ay, boy, we're
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29
No Love of God in a Footnote.

DR.. Charles Parkhurst of New York
believes in people saying just what
they mean, and says he has a horror
of footnotes. Whenever | see a foot
note" he says, q am always remind
ed of a certain Presbyterian church
meeting. One statute drawn up per-
tanned to the love of the Almighty,
and it was stated in the rigid, old
fashioned Presbyterian style, with
more Of sternness than love in It,
One of the more gentle Presbyterian
brethren suggested that a foot-note be
added, mitigating somewhat the
harsher statement Then up jumped
the Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby. Il OBJ
ject gentlemen. he said. 4 will not
have the love of God put in a foot
note"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29
Care in Experiments.

In the making of farm experiments
great care needs to be exercised to have
all possibility of error eradicated
Many of the so-called experiments car
ried on on farms are really not expert
ments at all. They are so carelessly
conducted that no scientist would ac-
cept their conclusions. Such an ex-
pertinent is that in which the farmer,
to test his land or manure, puts the
fertilizer on a field but has no check
plot with mo treatment" He makes
comparison with what the field did
when the fertilizer was not used. II
should be evident to him that anv
increase of harvest may be due to
something else than the fertilizer
Such experiments mean little or moth.
ing.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29
CHAPTER TX.
The New Movers.

The New Movers.
Far away, across the wide gray
| plain, appeared a tiny dot, apparently
an unimportant fixture of the land
| scape. An hour earlier it might not
have been observed at all by even
the keenest eye, and it would have
needed yet more time to assure an
| observer even now that the dot was
a moving object. Presently an occa-
sional side-blown puff of dust added a
certain heraldry, and thus finally the
white-topped wagon and its Flooding
team came fully into view, crawling
ever persistently from the East to
the West.
Meantime, from the direction of the
north, there came travelling across the
prairie another cloud of dust more
rapid than that stirred up by the slow
moving emigrant wagon. Sam, the
stage driver, was crossing on his reg
ular blackboard trip from Ellisville to
Plum Centre. and was now nearly
halfway on his journey. Obviously
the courses of these two vehicles
must intersect, and at the natural
point of this intersection the driver
of the faster pulled up and waited for
the other Movers" were not yet so
common in that region that the stage
driver, natural news agent, must not
pause for investigation.
The driver of the wagon. a tall.
dark man, drew rein with a grave sal
utation, his tired horses standing with
dropping heads while there took place
one of the pregnant conversations of
the plains.
"Mornin', friend" said Sam.
"Mornin', sir" said the other.
(Which way you headin', friend?"
asked Sam
We'll. sir" came the answer. slow
ly. Il rather reckon you've got me.
I've just been moyin' on out. | want
to locate, but I-reckon my team could
travel little further if they had to-"
This with a certain grimness in his
smile, as though he realized the whim-
sicality of the average motive which |
governed in that day in quests like |
his. rs there much travel comm |
through here this season." he re-
sumed, turning in his seat and resting
one foot on the wheel as he sat still |
perched on the high wagon seat.
We'll" replied Sam, they amt so
much just yet, but they will be pretty |
soon. You see. the Land Office is |
about sixty miles east of here yet.
and folks is mostly stoppin' in there. |
Land around here is pretty much all |
open yet. If they move the Land Of |
flee to the track-end, of course all this |
land will be taken up a good deal
faster"
rs it good farmin' land around
here?"
Sure. Better'n it is farther west,
and just as good as it is farther east.
Wheat'll do well here, and il amt too
cold for corn. Best COW country on
earth"
How is Ellisville doing now?"
"Bloomin'."
yes, sir, so | heard farther back.
Is it goin' to be real town."
That's whatever! How can it help
it? It's goin' to be division point
on the road. It's goin' to have all the
trade. After a while
it'll have all the farmin trade It's
goin' to be the town, all right, don't
you neglect that. Yes, sir, Ellisville
is the place."
Which way are you bound, sir?"
asked the stranger, still sitting, APP
parently in thought, with his chin
resting on his hand.
Ito be continued)
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29
Monilia Fructigena.)

(Monilia Fructigena)
down of the cells that comnose the
pulpy mass and reduces it to a Shiny
substance that we designate as rot.
The skin indicates what is going on
inside by turning brown in one or two
spots. These spots enlarge in all d.
rections and this indicates the spread
of the rot. At this stage the parts of
the mycelium that develop at the sur
face of the plum begin to bring forth
fruit in the form of ash-colored spores,
which give an ashy hue to- the decay
ing plum. These are the spores that
continue to spread the disease.
Many of the rotten plums continue
to hang on the tree till winter and
are known as mummied plums. They
nave shrunken and dried till they are
hard and unsightly, but to them cling
enough spores to spread the disease
the coming year. In some cases, even
the mycelium or thread-like plant in
side the plum retains its life through
the winter and under favorable con-
ditions in the spring begins to grow
and Will produce new crop of spores.
These spores are scattered everywhere
and even fall and terminate on the
blossoms and tender leaves. We show
a cluster of these mummied plums.
Ihey should be picked off now and
burned. Not one should be left on the
trees or on the ground. Next spring,
II any rot appears on plums, the fruit
SO affected should be picked off and
burned at once.
In addition, the trees should be
sprayed with diluted Bordeaux mix
ture. Spray first before the blossoms
open and again as soon as the fruit
is well formed. Spray twice later, at
intervals of two weeks Where the
disease has been in an orchard for
several years, more than one season
may be required in which to eradi-
cate it.-Farmers Review.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

centrifugance. Having arrived, VIC
wave scented kcrchiefs between us
and the thought % such a beginning
OF our prosperity. Having lost touch
OF the earth. having lost sight of the
sky. we opine there could have been
small augur In a land where each
man found JOY in an earth and sky
which TO him seemed his own. There
were those who knew that JOY and
who foresaw its passing. yet they
were happy
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

The admission Of a photograph as
evidence in a Boston court is an In
teresting event. 1t is the first time
that talking machine has ever been
admitted to testify in court in this
country, though we have long had
women lawyers.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

There are other jobs" said the
Philadelphia bank clerk who resigned
his position because the bank refused
to let him marry on $50 a month. "but
there's only one Nellie" We ali feel
that way once.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman is
10. but he is still very vigorous, like
most Britons, after they have exceed
ed what Mark Twain calls the scrip
tural statute of limitations.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

The airship of the future may be
different, but the airship of the pres
ent, to be perfectly safe, needs to be
constructed on the lines of a water
fowl,
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

When young woman stenographer
falls heir to million dollars she
takes only notes of large denomina-
ton and ceases to sumbit to any
body's dictation.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Lord Rosebery was not called on to
form the new English cabinet, and he
is probably explaining to his friends
now that he is glad the other fellow
will have to shoulder the trouble.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Gen. Weyler is threatening to fight
duel with the Spanish minister OF
war We don't know the minister and
have no information concerning the
manner Of man he is, but he has our
best wishes.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

what shall / sing when all is sung,
and every tale is told?" asks Richard
lie Gallienne at the beginning Of one
of his poems. Why sing anything
Richard? Why not just keep still and
listen?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Surgeons opened the stomach of a
New York man few days ago and
took out lead pencil several inches
long. Finding no stuffed ballots or
other evidences of fraud, they closed
the orlfice and let the man go.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Editor Harmsworth of London has
been raised 10 the peerage. Editor
Astor will. in view Of the fact that
Editor Harmsworth's fortune amounts
to only s2O.000000, find it hard to un.
derstand why King Edward didn't look
further.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

1t is held by Chicago courts that a
married man does not have to battle
In order to maintain his dover rights.
Tub he or not tub he, that's not the
question.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

William Dean Howells is the inven-
tor of the "double-barreled sonnet"
but it is not likely that his fame will
rest upon this fact.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Why is it that when a man goes
wrong in financial matters these days,
be is always the owner of an automo-
bile?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

None of the powers in future can
turn on Korea with sharp request to
mind her own business. Japan is go.
ing to save her that trouble.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

A medical man says authors ought
to spend one day of the week in bed.
We know some authors that ought to
spend seven days a week in bed.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Automobiles are to be higher next
year. In consequence of which fact
many of us will be compelled to hire
our automobiles.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

New York chauffeur draws a sal
airy of $4,000 year, If you can't be
French chef, young man, be an ex-
pert chauffeur.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

II we could see our own faults as
easily as we do those of others happi-
ness would be impossible and self-es-
TEEN hollow mockery.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

1t is easier to be rich than to be
happy; but nobody ever got any salts.
faction out of that thought.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Don't you wish you were so fixed
you couldn't recollect within 100000
900 how much you had loaned
friend?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

OF course Mark Twain made a great
speech. How could it have been other
wise? He had seventy years in which
to prepare 1t.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Prof. Percival Lowell is certain
that the canals on Mars are artificial.
And nobody can contradict him.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Harvard cleared s5l 900 out of foot
ball this year No wonder t is so
hard to drop
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

1t is a safe guess that ]. Pierpont
Morgan will get that $6,0O0,O00 back
from somebody before he dies.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

The national deficit for this year is
s23,004,23S. Our part of it is about the
last three figures.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Hustle over and take a look at NJ
agara falls. They'll be gone in 5000
years.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Queer, isn't it, that the girls who
go to football games sniff at the idea
that football needs to be reformed?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Kid Mccoy has challenged James ].
Corbett to a fight Hark! From the
tombs, doleful sound.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

Take a trip now and then out To the
orchard and see that the snow is pack
ed down well about the tree trunks
Mice often make terrible work bur
rowing under the snow and gliding
the trees.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

In the fall and winter prepare for
spring. The spraying apparatus must
be ordered in the winter if it is to be
ready for use in the spring.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

AS fine a quality of silage can be
made from sorghum as from any
other crop, and there seems to be lit
tie difference between the feeding
values of sorghum and corn silage for
beef production.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

In fall and winter plan the work for
spring and summer
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-03-29

The winter is a good time to hpnt
up the bag worms on the trees.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-26
AUTO|sTS RACE
FOR GRAND PRIZE
ON SARTHE COURSE

Paris, June 26--The automobile contest
FOR the grand prize over the Sarthe CIR
cult was started at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. large crowd OF people was present
and great enthusiasm was manifested.
The course, which is l03 kilometres long,
was patrolled by troops.
Baros (France) covered the first round
in 80 minutes 20 seconds at the rate lls
kilometres per hour. Duray (France) was
second 80 minutes % seconds.
Two accidents occurred during the first
round. Fabry Qtaly) collided with "a wall
with the result that his machine was
completely demolished but the occupants
were unnjured, and Leblon (France) was
ditched and upset without the occupants
OF his car sustaining any injury.
Baros covered the second round in 81
minutes IS seconds.
France has 25 entries. Germany 3 and
Italy 6 In the Sarthe circuit contest. The
course must be covered twelve times, the
cars running six hours daily for two days
10 complete the total distance, 1886 kilo-
metres.
Sisz (France) led during the third cir
cult. steadily increased his lead and won
the days racing in five hours 43 minutes
30 2-5 seconds Clement (France) was sec.
ond ip hours 10 minutes 40 seconds.
Sisz was enthusiastically greeted.
The racers will start again at O'clock
tomorrow morning.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-26
THE JEFFERSON
DEMOCRATIC
CLUB RALLY

The Jefferson Democratic club OF the
Ninth ward last evening held a rally in
It's rooms at the corner OF knight and
Ring streets The attendance was very
largo, the largest that has yet turned
out during this compaign. and the enthu-
siasm was unbounded.
A stirring address was made by Former
Alderman Dennis II. sheahan, and his
references to the Hessian work OF the
ward convinced the Democratic voters
that they must be loyal to the party.
Mr.. Sheahan in his remarks first called
attention to the necessity OF every Demo-
crat In the ward being registered, and
the workingmen particularly He called
attention to the fact that the participa-
tion in government by all classes of peo-
pie Ia patriotic duty, and that the
workingman should participate in govern
ment, as they are the first TO feel the
effects OF bad government He called at
tention TO the fellow law OF this
state which. he said, should be repealed,
and cited IL as a reason why the work.
ing people should take part in the gov
ernment OF the state as well as the city.
The law, he said, allowed employers TO
hire cheap and incompetent help, put
them in charge of machinery. and II an
other workman is injured by the incom-
petence of that employe. the employer
cannot be held liable for damages
He also called attention TO the fact that
II a freight train leaves this city for
Boston. and an accident happens by the
throwing OF the wrong switch. by an in
competent trackman. and men are in
Jured, under the fellow-servant law of this
state the railroad company is not liable.
but should the accident accur 5ust beyond
the line in Massachusetts, under the laws
Of that state, the railroad company would
be held for damages. He said the people
OF Rhode Island should have the protec-
tion the Massachusetts, law provides.
Mr. Sheahan congratulated the Demo-
Gratis on having a club in the ward, and
called attention to the fact that years ago
the old Ninth Ward Democratic club held
the ward strongly for the party and re-
ferred to the time when Governor Davis
was elected and Alderman Ziba o. Slo-
cum was elected attorney general, and
how the club went 10 Inauguration at
Newport 10 honor their former alderman,
Mr.. slocum. and made fine appearance
and great impression.
The faction that has and is ready to sell
out the party. he said, has got TO reckon
with the people. and with members Of
their own faction. with whom they have
not kept their promises.
He further called attention TO the fact
that one man TO whom the Hessians had
promised a job on the fire department
not only was injured while practicing on
a ladder, but was not given job on the
fire department nor was his Doctors bill
paid
Mr.. Sheahan said the club doubtless
would be a great force to redeem the
ward from the Hessians and hiring ~
again under the sure control OF the Demo-
cratic party.
The rally was presided over by DR. Ed
ward f. Carroll, president OF the club.
Plans were made for getting the voters
TO register. and the club then adjourned
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-26
PLAYGROUND PLAN
IS EXPLAINED To
SCHOOL MASTERS

The committee on summer Fairgrounds
has sent Sne following notices. signed by
Mayor Dyer, 10 the principals OF all the
public and parochial schools and kinder
gartens OF this city:
ION Bombay, July 9th. there will be
opened In the city OF Providence seven
public Fairgrounds situated as follows:
Elm street school Public street school.
America street and Africa street school.
Courtland street school, Charles street.
Benefit and Gladstone avenue schools
These are designed TO protect children
I'm congested districts from the heat and
moral and physical dangers Of the streets
and 10 relieve overworked mothers They
are in no sense schools. Attendance is
not compulsory even after entering. II
is not expected that many who have
good yards at home will attend. but all
are welcome.
"As neither pleasure nor profit can
come from disorder each playground will
be in charge of a director and two as
sistants. who will guide the children in
their play. teaching games and gymnastic
exercises.
THE little ones will also be taught
kindergarten occupations. and the older
girls sewing, crocheting, knitting and en-
broidery, while the older boys will find
the time all too short for practiclng on
the gymnastic apparatus and playing
basketball. The occpations will be no
more more compulsory than the attend
ance.
Mothers and babies will be welcome at
any time and babies will be safe with
the older girls. All will be made happy
with swings, sand boxes balls wagons,
picture books and games. There Will be
quiet games, such as checkers, authors,
dominoes etc. and good story books for
all ages.
THE Fairgrounds will be open eight
weeks every day but Sunday, from 1880
to $3.50 D. m In rainy weather the school
buildings will be used
Please impress upon pupils that any
rough or disorderly conduct will not be
tolerated, and that any child who will
not conform to the simple rules Will be
excluded"