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They are ]. Pleased ! 4
with the land 4

The Lethbridge Alberta Times is
enthusiastic over the settlement
work done by the o. ". Kerr Co.
of Fargo, in that vicinity, who
recently purchased a large traes at
Warner and also own the town
site. OF the party taken there
several weeks ago, thirty-four CT
of thirty-fve purchased land, and
are we'll pleased with the soil and
climate. One farmer Il thS. Il
ci:lity who settled there sas4: .-car
Las already sown 200 acres of
.aeat this spring: cha-l,
Grettum is looking after the
terests Of the company at Warner ]
and he reports that they twill bring 4
in app:r.t 500 settlers every sixty !
days.
The next Special Chartered Car
1eaves St. Paul, MINI, Tuesday
Ap-l 18th, on the SOP Pa;f-va-.
Parties will be taken On at ints1.
Mediate points. This will be tttc
best opportunity offered to see the
and. An interesting letter from
Judge Ankeny Of Minneapolis III /
given belows
II = 600 "
March IS, 1905.
Mr. c. a. GrettSanl, Manager Land
Dept. The o. w. Kerr Co.,
Fargo, n. D. "
Dear Sir:
Having learned in Minneapolis
of your large tract of land in
4 Southern Alberta. I lately made;
one of a party of between 80 and
h 40 members, most of whom were
\ farmers wishing to make selections
Of Canada lands. ] have traYersed
B the region in which your lands lie,l
and / have no hesita ton in saying
that your lands are even better
than youiiav aimed them to Be.
They are gently undnlating have
a fine soil, and THAT Is Of first
moment have a clay suhsoil Of
unusual depth which must ensure
the retention of n1oisture uuder
ordinary conditi ions. The Climate
is sup srlb. In driving fforei ars it
was UNNECESSARY to but ton up
ones osercoat, and genEraIig one
was not needed at ali. Fl he Chinook
winds from the Pacific make the
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Inmates on hand Dec. SIT, 1905,
male < female & f,fal Il sSsESsi'l

male, 5, female. 8, total Ill.
The county auditor for Barnes
county reports briefly d total on
had Of 10 inmates in the Barnes
county poorhouse Jan. 1906.
and s on hand Dec. 81, 1906. He
/ puts the value Of the building
and Its at So, 900.
The superinuenden Of the
Walsh county poorhouse reports
FL male and 2female patients on
hand Jan. Il 1905, total, 8.
Total number during the year,
male, s. female, A total 10. On
hand Dec. 81, 1905 male, 2. fe-
male, 2, total 4. The value Of
the poor farm is about $12, 900.
Aside from the institutions
named, there are many local
hospitals some Of which admit
county patients but the majority
of them are pay institutions.
We have not the figures at
hand for the work Of the Crit
tenton home; at Bismarck, nor
the Woman's home in Fargo, but
each is doing excellent work in
the reformatory line, and placing
mothers with their infant child
rem in family homes together
whenever possible. Many people
misund erstand the work done by
these societies and fail to appre-
ciate the fact that al large per
centage a very large percentage
are saved to lives of useful
ness and honesty.
ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC OR
PHANAGE.
We have not the figures for
the work done by st. Johns
Catholic orphanage during 1905,
but from the government report.
on benevolent institutions give
the figures for 1904, as follows !:
Number Of children on hand
Jan. 1, 1904, males 80, female,
35, total, 65.
Admitted during 1904, male,
20, female. 26, total, IS.
| The work is carried on by the
presentation nuns, who main
tain a school for the instruction
Of the children. | They have a
fair building. but deserve one
much larger and more modern.
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY.
i Number Of children on hand
Jan. 4, 1905, male, -, female, A,
total s13.
Received during the year,
male, IS, female, %, stotal, ga.
Placed and replaced during the
year, 40.
Returned to friends, 18.
Deaths during the year, 6.
On hand Dec. 81, 1905, male,
u, female, 8, total, 20.
The Work Of this society is pro-
viding family homes for physi-
cally sound homeless children
without regard for creed or color.
a receiving home with a capa-
city Of 40 children is well main
tanned. About half the cost Of
maintenance is by donations
from the cnaritably inclined in.
the state, the balance from
county poor funds and whatever
relatives or friends are able to
pay towards the cost Of caring
for children. The receiving home
and other property of the society
is worth about SIG 900.
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otUS " LIE ilS ftSSus stttllleSs
The engineering details oil the ma
tional work OF eclaiming the arid
west naturally are of particular inter
est to the colleges wherein engineering
rs taught, and requests from these IN
situations for plans and specifications
are frequent and numerous.
In q recent address to the class OF
engineers at the University of Wash
ington, Mr.. b. G. Fowler, one Of Seat
ties prominent civil engineers and the
author of several works ON engineer
ing, declared that the specifications Of
the reclamation service are the best
and fairest he has ever seen. He rec
commended the students to study them
carefully. ks ~
The comptroller Of the currency TO-
day authorized the Merchants Nation
al bank Of Dickinson, N. d., to begin
business. This new bank will employ
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ted 81, 500 for finishing the third
story of the building, but as that
proved insufficient, the work was
done by the boys of the school
under the direction ofthe officers
and was very well done, at a
saving Of about $500, which was
used to provide for heating,
lighting and plumbing and for
partial furnishings. Aside from
the money saving, furnished ag-
|reeable employment for the boys.
1t is to be regretted that the
legislature has not as yet provid-
ed for any organized system of
manual training. and a properly
equipped shop FOR such training
is greatly needed. The boys and
girls attend school about four
hours of each school day, and in
connection with the school they
have organized a literary society
which has proved beneficial.
Quite a class received instruc-
tion in gardening during the
summer months, and the work
was quite successful.
STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE
INSANE.
Number patients on hand Jan.
/, 1905, male, ZIG, female III,
total 453.
Number admitted during year,
male 1873, female 81, total 1870.
Total number patients treated
during year, male, 400, female,
234, total, 643.
Number patients on hand Dec.
81. 1905. male, .306, female l64,
total, 47O.
Two new buildings were erect.
ed-one a hospital for the sick
and helpless patients, containing
an operating room, disinfecting
plant, etc., and costing $55, 900.
A ward building was also erect.
ed for the men patients occupied
out of doors on the farm, in the
garden, boiler house and other
places, and cost $4,000. Both
aretwo (story and basement
buildings with roomy attics, and
are built of red brick and trim
med with stone.
INSTITUTION FOR FEEBLE
MINDED.
Number enrolled during 1905,
male, 73, female, SO, total, 1923.
Epilsptics, male, %, female IL,
total, 80.
Number in training depart.
ment, male, 81, female 9, total
80. 81 A ls-.
Present at close of year, male,
81, female 49,, total, IS.
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF OF
N. D.
Total pupils for the year, &C..
Graduated in June, 1865, z. On,
hand Dec. 81, 1905, sc. This re-
presents the limit of capacity
until the state provides further
room. During the year, SIS, 542.-
AZ were expended for improve
of which considerable
was for work done the previous
year. There were also purchas-
ed 120 acres Of land, and addi-
lions were made to main build
ing and boiler room. Connec-
lions with the city sewer system
were made at a cost of So, 200,
and about $500 is needed to per-
feet it. y
POOR HOUSES.
Whether constitutional prohi-a
bition Of the liquor traffic is res
ponsible for the of fact that the
state has but seven poor houses
or rot, it is a fact and the total
number Of inmates is very small
for a state with our population. !
Grand Forks county has perhaps
the best poor house in the state,
well equipped with good brick
and frame buildings, and it is
kept up like a state Institution
by the superintendent. They
nave a good farm and the in
mates who arn ahlc orc npnaa+
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$50 600 and the officers elected for
John ~ Davis, president; Walton Nc
donald, vice president, and ] Is L.
Hughes cashier.


Buttons Business College Of
Efers q complete course in book
Keeping, shorthand and type-
writing for S335 to all who enroll
T 4, the summer term. Write at,
once to- ]. "A. Button, principal.
Devils Lake, M. OAK.
Only 81 for q years reading
at the Public Library. Rooms
over the New York Cash store
open Wednesday ard Saturday.
Call and see our gasoline
stoves before buying. Peterson
5& Adams. sls5sS
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POOR HOUSES.

/ -
bition Of the liquor traffic is res
punsible for the of fact that thel
state has but seven poor housesI
or rot, it is a fact and the totalg
number Of inmates is very SMALL
for a state with our population.
Grand Forks county has perhapsI
the best poor house in the state,
well equipped with good brick
land frame buildings, and it isl
kept up like a state institution
by the superintendent. Thew
/ nave a good farm and the in
Imates who are able are expect
led TO work, but there is no COM
IIpulsion.
Unfortunately for our report
I've have received no statistics Of.
i the year operations. We may
Iadd that a well equipped hospi-
| tai is maintained in connection
with the poorhouse.
Cass county also has a well
equipped poorhouse and county
j hospital. The hospital is largely
patronized by people with means
to pay for their care.
The poorhpuse had a total Of ZIG
inmates Jan. /, 1905, of whom
I22 were male, and a female.
I There were admitted during the
year, "A males and II female
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
wi1d nensts In F1orldn.

It is not often that the progress of
civilization and its conveniences make
safer the resorts Of wild beasts, but
such consequence is reported by For
est and Stream in Florida. It was once
the common practice of tourists to
shoot birds and alligators from the
decks of steamboats, ON Florida rivers
and lakes. This abominable, because
cruel and useless. warfare was waged
until the supply of victims for the
brutality was nearly exhausted. The
development of the Florida railway
system, by which the tide Of travel has
been diverted from the water courses,
has had a direct and marked effect on
the wild life OF the country. Instead
Of the leisurely progress by water craft
tourists are now whirled through the
country by rail, and the bloodthirsty
contingent has no opportunity to deal
out death at every turn. The waters
and the shores are once again becom-
ing populated with birds Of plumage.
and even the alligator is coming again
into peaceful possession Of his mud
hank.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23

vines were damp early in the mornings
Three persons covered an acre in about
one hour. would use the land plaster
for blight as we'll, while it helps tie
potato sufficient to pay for the labor used
in applying it We put the mixture on
every hill regardless of ougs
This plan has always given me a crop
of potatoes and believe in it,
Some advocate plowing the clover sod
in the fall, but l have never found any
advantage from it; rather disadvantage
Trusting that some farmer will give
the public the benefit of his experience
in tilling the ground on this or other
subjects, am most respectfully,
GEO. S. AVERY,
Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
Grover Cleveland Is SO.

Princeton, N. J., March 19.-Former
President Grover Cleveland spent his
birthday away from home Sunday for
the first time since he moved to
Princeton. This is his 69th birthday.
Mr.. Cleveland is now in Florida with
Professor Howard McClenahan. where
the two have been for ten days. He
will likely remain in the south a month
longer on account of poor health.
Mrs. Cleveland said that his outing
in Florida was improving him. and
that she expected him to return much
better.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.

PHILADELPHIA FLOUR steady
winter extras, S3Q3.25; Pennsylvania
roller, clear, $3.25 a 3.40; city mills,
fancy, $4.6064.7O. RYE FLOUR firm !;
per barrel, 1886. WHEAT firm; No.
2 Pennsylvania red, new, S3@831zc.
CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, Sic.
OATS steady; No. 2 white, clipped,
S6c.; lower grades, 343kc HAY Arm;
No. / timothy, $3.50 for large bales.
PORK steady; family, S17. BEEF
tteady; beef hams, S2S O. "a. POUL-
TRY: Live steady; hens, 1914 @13c.; !;
old roosters, 91sc. Dressed firm; choice
fowls, 14c.; old rOosters, 10c. BUTTER
steady; creamery, 32c. per lb. EGGS
Arm; selected, 16Q17c.; nearby, 15c;
western, 14G15c.i southern, 13c. PO-
TATOES steady; per bushel 63c.
BALTIMO&E-WHE steady; No.
2 spot, s3@S3Ac.; steamer No. 2 spot,
77677Ac.: southern, 77@S3c. CORN
dull; mixed spot, 470 471sc.; steamer
mixed, 451z 0455sc.; southern, 45150
ALAG OATS firm; white No. 2, 35h
036c.; No. 3. 34az 43515c.; No. 4, 331s
34c.; mixed, No. 2, 34H Q34%e.; No.
3. 331h 634c.; No. 4, 825h@ 33c. BUT
TER less firm; creamery separator,
extras, 271s@28c.i held, 23024c.;
nrints' 98629c.; Maryland and Penn
sviyaria dairy prints, 16Q17c. EGGS
arm: fancy Maryland and Pennsylva-
nia. 141kc.; Virginia, 141kc.; West
Virginia, HE; southern 13c.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23

Our stock of Mechanics Tools is complete.
Our True Blue and Diamond Edge and
Keen Kutter brands are well-known now.
If you want good tool we recommend these
lines as the best made.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
Women Who Seek Nothing BIZ, Privileges
Milford, Del

Mr.. William II. Ivaus, the late Republican
candidate for Mayor Of New York City, In his
speech at the luncheon in honor Of the S6th
birthday OF Susan b. Anthony said in part:-
II am here to-day because / believe this to
be my place. II is the duty OF every man to
uphold the hand of every woman In her efforts
to redress a great and unspeakable political
wrong. How can any man with heart and
soul and an intellect look his wife OF daugh-
ter in the face and say that he is en- Tiled to
any political right VIII CHI he does not possessl !
That man has the soul OF hypocrite who
tells you that he believes himself entitled to
he ballot for the protection OF his life liberty
and prosperity and wishes to deny 10 his wife,
the mother OF his children, an equal right in
the maintenance OF her liberty, property and
prosperity. such an attitude of mind Is in
conceivable to me.
And If cannot conceive OF the deniel Of
this right by man, still less can understand
its denial by woman. OF all ineoneeivable
things on earth, The woman antisuhragists
are the most so. II ey consider tnemselvts
qualified 10 discuss these questions, but not
qualified TO cast ballot. They organize So
cieties to clean our streets and promote g Cd
government OF all kinds, yet refuse the ballot,
" hch would enable them to choose servants
to do these very things. They prefer privileges
to duty. Let them do their duty by he side
Of men and women and not be so supremely
as to seek nothing but privileges.
"HlstOry shows us that women are the civ
lizers of society. They are the beings who
make the characters Of nen, and to assert
hat they have not the right to vote by the
side OF men is the bsolute negatioB ofreason."
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
Growing Potatoes.

do not claim to know all about grow
ing potatoes, but the greater part of my
life has been passed on a farm, and l fee
that have gathered little knowledge
as to how some things should be done
and also know that in instances we are
obliged to pass things by simply because
it is impossible to do, or have done, what
we know should be in order to bring
about desired results. The farmer is
handicapped frequently in his inability
to get labor, money or other things, and
this means many dollars to the farmer;
at least this has been experienced by me-
But to the ''potato."
An ideal soil is one with a good heavy
clover sod that should be TUNED early
and then sown with about two bushels of
COW peas to each acre and this be per-
mitted to lay on the ground all winter.
Black COW peas should be used, as they
make the most vine in a brief time.
About two weeks before planting double
cut this with a disk harrow each way,
and your ground is in condition to receive
the seed. Run out the rows full five
inches deep with double mould board
plow three feet apart, and then with
fertilize distributor put in the rows eight
hundred pounds of fertilizer as follows:
500 lbs. Nitrate of Soda.
800 lbs. Muriate of Potash.
900 lbs. Acid Phosphate.
800 lbs. Land Plaster.
By running small spike harrow down
the rows, the fertilizer and soil will be
mixed thoroughly, and then it is ready |
to start the planter.
should use only the Virginia grown
seed of second crop. Cut the potatoes to |
one eye to each piece, provided that the
one eye is a good strong one. They |
should be cut a few days before planting
into the same basket they go to the field |
in, as by so doing the sprouts are not
broken off, thus weakening the plant.
Set the machine to drop twelve inches
apart and cover about one inch after
finishing planting. Then take one hun
dred pounds of nitrate of soda and mix
with it two hundred pounds of phosphate
of the above formula as was used under
the potato, and then SOW down the rows.
Then run a weeder over the field and
keep it going once a week until the pota-
toes are through the ground.
The potato is now in a furrOw about
three inches below the level surface of
the field. Now take the riding harrow,
Or other cultivator, and close up the fur
row; no matter if the potato sprout is
covered, they will come out. Keep the
,ultivator going once each week until the
potatoes are ripe, or the vines are dead;
out while doing this give two more ap-
1lications of nitrate of soda at the rate of
me hundred pounds per acre each ap-
Bugs are to be considered also in this
work. In a field of eight acres last sea-
on, believe that we lost no more than
hundred hills from bugs. Our remedy
vas simple. We took box about the
ize OF cigar box and on it placed per
Grated bottom of tin; then we took land
'laster, lime and wood ashes in equal
'arts we'll sifted, and to one bushel Of
his combination added one pound of
aris green. This was applied by the
nen with the box referred to while the
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
PIen For fhe sImnIe Life.

Speaking of the woeful waste OF
money, we wish to interrupt the meet
ing long enough to give a few figures
on an important matter that seems to
have been entirely overlooked" says
Homer Hoch. 1--WE refer to the four
buttons on the sleeves of mems coats.
Now. there are probably 100000 men In
Kansas, and they probably have on an
average two coats apiece That makes
100000 coats and 100000 or 100000
dozen sleeve buttons. The buttons cost
about 20 cents a dozen, and at that
rate the men Of Kansas alone are car
rylng around on their coat sleeves In
the form Of buttons that have no use
on earth or in the sky an investment
of about $4,000. And the estimate is
most conservative. Fellow country
men. In the name Of economy and
thrift and philanthropy and business
sense and all sorts of other things. is
there no way to stop this reckless ex.
travaganceT Kansas City Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
TWELVE DEAD IN sNowsLIDE
Miners Met Death While Trying to
Escape Starvation.

Miners Met Death While Trying tc
Escape Starvation.
Silverton, Col. March 20.-Twelve
miners employed at the Shenandoah
mine were caught by a great snow
slide and swept to their death. Their
bodies have not yet been recovered.
Assistance has been summoned from
Silverton to help dig the victims from
beneath the snow.
According to a report received from
Howardsville, the u men were killed
by a snow slide which struck the
boarding house at the Shenandoah
mine while they were at dinner. 1t is
reported that 21 men were caught in
the slide and that nine of them dug
their way out.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
Llvs s.Ock Markets.

PITTgBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE steady; choice, s5.60Q5.85;
prime, S5.S0@5.5O. HOGS in demand ;
brine. s6.65 a $40; mediums and
heavy Workers., S6.80@685; light York
ers. 9e.75@6.80; pigs, $6.60Q6.70;
roughs, S. q SIS. SHEEP strongi
prime wethers. $5.85@6; common. SO
"a; lambs. IS q 7.35; veal calves,
s7seQ8.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
!" SaVED WY LIFE"

That's what a prominent
druggist said of Scott's
Emulsion a hort time
ago. AS a rule we don't
use or refer to testimonials
in addressing the public,
but the above remark and
similar expressions are
made so often in connec-
ton with Scott's Emulsion
that they are worthy of
occasional note. From
infancy to old age SCOTS
Emulsion offers a reliable
means of remedying i'm
proper and weak develop
ment, restoring lost flesh
and vitality, and repairing
waste. The action of
Scott's Emulsion is no
more of a secret than the
composition of the Emul-
sion itself. What it does
it does through nourish-
ment-the kind of nourish-
that cannot be OBJ
tained in ordinary food.
No system is too weak or
delicate to retain SCOTS
Emulsion and gather good
from it.
- We will send You a
V&AA sample free.
81 MA Be sure that this picture IN the I
WA I2A form Of a label Is on the wrapper
bftAA pizil7 "a Of every bottle Of Emulsion you
6ik4S%W buy.
9.T TNyIE SCOTT & BOVINE
ll. Tx Chemists
TX NE 400 Pearl St., N. Y.
-<<SS~ SOC. and 81; aIl druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1906-03-23
DR.. Torrev,s Rennrtee.

DR.. Torrey. the famous evangelist
according to the Buffalo Commercial,
Is ready at repartee, AT one Of his
meetings in England man asked this
question, IF God is all powerful and
good why does he not kill the devil.
who is creating all the mischief? Now,
don't dodge that question, doctor 1
demand an answer" He got it instant.
iy Il am not quite sure why God does
not destroy Satan" replied DR.. Tor
rey, but I suppose he would not care
to make so many orphans"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-10-25
THE CLUBS
The Proeross.

Oct. 18th the Progress club met
with Mrs. j. ii. Woolf and was cal
led to order by the president, Mrs.
Wood. After the usual opening pre-
liminaries the disposal of last yeai S
club books relating to Florence was
discussed aud it was decided by vote
to sell them at half price to mem
bers wishing to buy.
Motion was made and carried to
the effect that the rule requiring the
clair TO appoint n critic at each
club session be suspended during the
present club year.
Mrs. Bullock reported on the at
tendance and doings Of the library
Oct. 10, in clear and con-
else manner; giving the members a
good idea of the. plans proposed ana
theories advanced by the speakers
and the enthusiasm of the audience.
Mrs. Bullock and Mrs. Clark were
appointed members of the library
Miss Thomas read well prepared
paper on The Time From Caesar to
The Greeley tribune., 1906-10-25
No Party Rates.

1t appears that after all the rail-
roads have found way to avoid al
lowing the special rates for parties
of ten who wish to travel together.
AS the result of a meeting of passen-
ger men held in Chicago Monday
Afternoon 1t Is probable that all
thsatr trical rates will be abolished
from now on by the railroads. A
clause in the Hepburn bill states
that whenever party Of ten or more
signifies its intention OF going to q
certain point at the same time a
railroad must sell them ticket
giving them the usual reductions or
else not sell any party rates at all.
Rather than sell party rate tickets
to all comers the railroads have de-
cided to abolish the custom.