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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-04-20
Farm AdOrr1fllent
Is What We Need

1t farmers would pay more at
tention to the identifying of
their lawns and the public roads
| they would find it a profitable
york not entirely measured in
4 dollars, though even that meas
ure becomes apparent for sale
4 but in making home attractive.
/ There is a practical side even to
the ornamental Of life, for all
] that tends to inspire content and
cheerfulness of spirit adds to
mans capacity.
It5does not require much time
4 to prepare flower beds or to run
4 a lawn mower over the lawn. 1t
/ does not take much time to run
4 the mower or use the scythe up
on the roadside weeds, and sure
4 lily no farmer Of intelligence will
3 look upon Weedy highways with
& indiM ernce, since the weeds along
the road develop and ripen seeds
/ this year which mean seeay fields
next year. "a little attention to
fcutting weeds along the roads
before their seeds can ripen is a
work Of self protection for all
farmers. ss's .3,
Plant trees! How simple a
ask it is to plant double rows
t shade trees along the roads
4 nd how grateful is their hade
Il IN later years.
Plant fruit trees! We can not
L ceiye of aninte lligent farmer
who needs argument to convince
him Of the value Of fruit trees Oh
Ills farm. Yet how many there
ne who, knowing their value,
postpone the little effort neces,
ary To secure them.
Plant flowers! Their beauty is
efreshing soothing to tired
nerves, civilizing. Even hard
listed manufacturers now recog-
ize that8it is a wise economy
81 Investment to surround their
actories with fresh green lawns
Ind CHEEKY flowers, rather than
sh heaps and rubbish. The
loral of the working people Ii
alter and they work better and
soduce a greater output because
the beauty Of their surround
ags
I that be true of the factory,
is no less true of the farm. ii
e easy t0 cultivate ordinary
Sers on q farm lawn. Do not
glect flowers therefore.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-04-20
NEW FLAX rs BEST.

The new variety of fax originated
by the Minnesota experiment station
officials in cooperation with the
United States department of agricul-
ture, and distributed in 1905 to the
farmers of Minnesota, has proven q
very valuable variety for this state.
A pamphlet recently issued by the ex-
pertinent station, giving the results
OF the 1905 tests, shows this new fax
to have yielded 81 bushels or &c per
cent. more than the common varieties
grown by the farmers. These figures
are based on the results of tests re-
ported by forty eight farmers in diff
ferent sections of the state, who grew
this fax and their common varieties
under similar conditions.
Every bushel Of the fax grown in
1906 should be used for seed in / 906.
Every farmer who lis raising fax
should get some seed of this variety
and increase his yield, for an increase
of &c per cent. is certainly worth
while. 1t means a much larger in
crease in profits, for the cost of grow
ing is exactly the same.
The reports also show the new
flax to be from five totem days earlier
than common varieties. which gives a
sconside cradle advantage in escaping
damage from various sources, and In
getting ahead of the weeds. 2
For a portion Of the land sown to
grain, fax is probably as profitable a
crop as can be grown. That is, it
yields as much In money value per
acre as does any Of the. grain crops.
Twine is now being made Of fax
straw which promises to make a mar
sket for cOnsid able of this otherwise
waste product.
Flax should not be grown on the
same piece OF ground oftener than
once in seven to ten years. ff this
precaution is taken there will be but
little danger from fiax wilt. Flax
is an especially desirable crop to
grow on late spring breaking This
VIII always make 1t a faVorIte crop
where II is desired to leave the grass
land for fail and spring pasture and
break it up In June for a crop the
same year.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-04-20
Bids For Chautauqua Privileges

The Devils Lake Chautauqua
Association will sell at public
auction the following privileges,
bids properly sealed and marked
IBID for Privilege to be in the
hands Of the secretary no later
than Monday April 23rd, 1906,
2 o'clock p. m.
First: Lemonade, soft drinks,
cigars and tobaccos.
Second: Groceries, confect-
ionery, fruit, dry goods, canned
goods reserving to the meat mar
ket the right to sell canned
meats.
Third: Fresh and cured meats
and canned meats, reserving to
the purchaser of the grocery pri-
vilege the right to sell canned
meats.
Fourth: Barn, including hay
and feed.
Fifth: Peanuts and popcorn.
j Sixth: Soda water and ice
cream, power and freezer and
furnishings supplied by the as
ISOLATION. Restaurants have the
right to serve and sell.
Seventh: Check stand for
parcels, bicycles, etc.
Eighth: Shooting Gallery.
| Ninth: Laundry.
Tenth: Newspapers, periodi-
Gals, etc. The board reserves
the right to grant to the publish
er OF any newspaper the right to
sell his own publications.
Bidders may also bid:~- for a
three years privilege.
Other privileges not included
in above list or not already sold.
may be purchased by applying to
Secretary. 02
The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
By order of Board of Directors
= Edgar LaRue,
Secretary.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-04-20
Cow Talk.

There has been so much said and
written on the dairy that there ought
not to be so many improbable cows
Kept. Which are you keeping-the
COW that returns a profit over and
ABOVE the cost of her keeping, or the
one that runs you in debt? If the
latter, why? It may be for her com
pany. I do not like that kind of
company, Maybe for her good looks.
Ihls might be all right if she did not
eat anything, but she will eat Just as
much as the other one, and I would
give her all she would eat and turn
ner into beef as soon as possible. /
DO not like to milk and feed a COW
for che fun of it, and that is all one
gets out of 1t by keeping such COW.
How are you to tell these poor
boarders from the profitable ones
Not by the size of their feet or nd
ders, but by the use of the scales and
Babcock test Weighing and testing
the milk four or five times in a year
will not tell the tale. Each cows
milk should be weighed once or
twice a week. / find twice a week
sufficient. Then the milk should he
tested once or twice a month. Each
N'SoSa SAAOulu WSlSuGu anu
charged to her at the market price:
this should be kept in monthly rec
ord for one year. I have smooth,
pIaned board checked OFF for each
COW and month. In this way yeu will
know, at the end Of the year how
much milk each COW gives and how
much butter her milk will make. If
the cream is all saved by the use Of
good centrifugal separator, and by
deducting the cost of keeping from,
the receipts Of butter, you have the
profit or loss on each COW. Your
herd may return a profit, but more
than likely you will find that you
have some that You are boarding for
their company. hear some one
say that will make good deal of
extra work. 4 / find it requires q
good deal of work to take care Of a
herd of cows for a year, to say! moth
ing about raising something to keen
them on but it costs no more to
keep COW that will make 800 pounds
OF butter In year than one that
VIII not make more than $50 pounds.
Any COW, to do her best, must have
what she needs Of a weil-baianced
ration.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-04-20
Storm Doors and Storm
Windows ii Nels. wv IlnyE kin
son. lndepend elli Lumber
W,arsE

Three sections sc Alberta lands
for sale at 81. 80 per acre. Easy.
terms red ]. IraynoE, Brennan
block.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
aruRe[ss a SUI wINMER.

AS the people are heard from at
The primary election it becomes
more and more apparent that the
Hon. Geo. G. sturgiss is the favorite
In the race for the Second district
Congressional nomination. 1t would
not be at all surprising IL his name
would be the only one presented be-
fore the convention which meets at
Keyser August l.. Mr.. Welton, of
Grant county. has withdrawn from
the race and his withdrawal is said
to add 22 delegates to the Sturgiss
column, ts from Grant and nine from
Pendleton. On Saturday, Morgan
gave Mr.. sturgiss 1900 majority, CIV
ing him 10 delegates from that coun-
ty. Barbour county is SO close that
recount is thought probable, both
sides claiming it now. 1t might be
stated here that Barbour was prac-
ttcally conceded to Keim for a NUM-
Der of reasons, and Mr.. Sturgiss did
not make as aggressive fight there
as he could have done. But as 1t is,
he stands neck and neck with Klein
who is packed py the eleCtloh Ma=
chinery of the county and who has
the old Dayton lineup on his side. It
is stated with assurance that Mr..
sturgiss will get Mineral county's IS
delegates, but he can win easily with
out them. AS soon as Taylor and
Preston speak in his favor the con-
test will be considered ended and
there will be nothing left for Keim to
do but follow the example of Welton
and withdraw from the contest. But
Keim is a good fellow and we haven't
word to say against him. This isn't
his year, that is all. The people are
looking for the Hubbard and Sturgiss
kind this time and the younger boys
will have to wait their turn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
4 nnApERn DUEL.

A Clfspaptch from Berlin tells of a
tragic encounter between two Ger
man editors. we reproduce the &c,
count as it shows something OF the
battles an editor is called upon to
fight. The dispatch says:
'.Two German editors have been
fitnging insults at one another for
more than year.
"One Of them, driven to extreme
measures, at last wrote to the other;
sir, need not send my second to a
scoundrel like you. Consider your
self soundly boxed on the ears and
on your right and left cheek. You
can be thankful that have not used
my stick to ,chastlse you.
"The other replied: 'Ineomparable
enemy, I thank you that. you have
boxed my ears ION paperl and have
decided not to use your stick Tin ne,
ality.) In sell. efense i shoot You
ia III head with six reyolye bullets
(also on per. gl1en yon receive
these lines constder yotiEself q dead
man meet Your caTea
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
. REMARKABLE SESSION.

1. q r. w d.. u
The seth Congress which closed tts
labors on Saturday night accomplished
more in the way Of practical and use.
full legislation than any Congress III
many, years, If, indeed. the record
has ever been surpassed in the history
of the country. Representative James
Francis Burke, Of Pittsburg. has given
a summary bf the leading things done
which appears to us worthy of repro
duction. Mr.. Burke says: '
"Ffrst OF all, we have added a new
star to the nag. new member to the
sisterhood of States in the admission
of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
as one, and possibly second, should
Arizona and New Mexico vote to come
in as one State.
"secondly, we have fixed the lock
tyne and begun the work on the Pan
anna Canal, which will prove one OF
tie greatest American achievements
Of the centuries past or to come.
"Thirdly, am With especial refer
ence to Pittsburg, comes the Ohio and
Lake Erie ship Canal bill, which VIII
provide the permanent means Of ma&-
ing Pittsburg the tonnage center OF
the world.
"FourthEy, the naturalization bill'
which eleyates the standard OF elti-
zenship.
"Ffftnly, the employers liability
bill. which will do more to protect lite
and limb than any Federal enactment
heretofore passed.
"sixthly. the denatured alcohol bill
which vii: work complete revoln,
ton in the arrs ana Industries.
"seventhly, the pure food measure,
which will result in saving more lives
heretofore endangered By poisons pur
chased in the name of food and drink
than any one ever dreamed Of few
years ago.
"Eighthly, the meat inspection bill
which will not only restore our foreign
markets by the governmental guaran-
tee OF the most rigid Investigation of
meats from the pasture field TO the
packing house, but will protect onr
own market from bad food as well.
'Ntnthly, the Federal guarantee
bill. which will do much 10 protect the
southern states from yellow fever
and other scourges.
"Tentbly, might mention the rate
bill, which is the most vital legtsla
ton ever enacted by any Congress dt-
rectly affecting the large vested IN
terests of the country. The good that
will flow from this cannot be even out
lined in a passing interview, but the
entire business world will be better
on when its enforcement is made et-
fective."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
.looks ike sruRelss.

When Berkeley cast its twenty-five
votes into the Sturgiss column, the
Monongalia gentleman took the lead
in the race for Congress in the Sec
ond district BY the laws of chance.
as we figure 1t, the Morgantown man
has very much the better Of the argu-
ment and will undoubtedly win. There
will be $50 delegates in the conyen-
ton, 12G being required to nominate.
Berkeley's %. and Hampshtre's z give
Mr.. sturgiss SO, alueady instructed.
Monongalfa, with SO, Preston with 80
and Taylor with % are said to be GER
tain for him. Those five counties
have 1875 delegates, exactly half of
the number in the district. 1t doesn't
seem at all likely that a solid lineup
Of 1875 delegates from five counties
could fail to land the nomination for
Mr.. Sturgiss. It is even now said
that four Of Pendleton's delegates are
for sturgIss. while he is certain to get
some support in Morgan. In fact he
may get the full ten votes. Tucker
selects by the district plan and a few
will certainly go to sturgiss, He has
friends also in Grant and Mineral, to
say nothing of Barbour, although the
chances there seem against him, due
to the Teter and Dayton influence.
The Republican papers in Barbour are
for Keim and it looks like he would
get the majority in the primary cleo
ton which would give him the en-
tire delegation of 10 votes. However.
taking the bearing as indicated above,
1t looks like sturgiss beyond doubt,
so far as the nomination IS concern
ed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
REApY EoR THE EouRTH.

The preparations for the greatest
celebration in the history of the city
of F'afrmont are now complete and
everything is in readiness for the care
and comfort of the thousands Of yl6i-
tors that will be In the city toner
row. The question of the weather is
now up to Hicks and Willis Moore
and they certainly wouldn't throw las
down on such IN important occasion
as this. The steady down-pour today
may give way to clear skies tU:mor-
row and the day be an ideal one for
the celebration In memory of the
eventful July 4, 177G. Extra police
men will be on duty and every precan-
ton taken for the care and protection
OF the people who will be in the city,
while the grand street parade, two
free public performances of Gentry s
dog and pony show, two balloon ascen
sfons and a number of other attrac
lions will furnish unlimited entertain
ment from early morn till late at
night. The West vfrginian force
will join in the festivities afternoon
and evening, the plan being to go 10
press shortly before noon. All coni-
muntcations or advertisements in:
tended for to-morrow's paper must
reach the Office this evening or early
tomorrow morning. By the time the
paper is on the streets at noon to-
morrow there will probably be TWEEN.
ty thousand people enjoying the mon-
ster parade on the leading streets Of
the city. Hunt up your flags, fire on
your guns and giant crackers, but l,c
careful not to hurt any one.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
aLAmEs The WOMAN.

According to a note left by James
i. Coad, who yesterday morning
murdered his former wife and then
killed himself at Warrington, the
cause OF the tragedy is placed at the
feet Of the mother of his children. He
saws. fnthe note, that the woman was
going wrong and that he would end
It all. Suppose she did go wrongY
Did James l.. Coad ever stop to think
that his years of Drunkenness lewd-
ness and lack Of love and care may
have had much to do with it? Here is
another point wherein modern so
cfal customs" do the women OF our
land terrible injustice. A man may
wander in the by and forbidden paths
for years and society conniyes at his
waywardness, but let a woman take
one step from the path of reet1tude
and she becomes an outcast. Accord
ing to reports, Coad left his wife
nearly a year ago, leaving her the
care and support Of their three child
rem. Not a word of evidence has
been shown that she was not true
wife to him through his years Oh us
sfpation, RIGHTEOUSNESS and abuse OF
her and the children. He left her
husbandless and thrown upon the
world as a helpless woman. She
seems to have fallen into sin. We
would not attempt to palliate her
mfsdeeds, but on the other hand, can
society feel very kindly toward the
man who would return after years
Of debaucherys and shoot down in her
own home the woman who gave
birth to his children and who no
doubt had wept many bitter tears
over his waywardness? Society will
never reach the highest degree OF
attainment until it sets as high a
standard for men as 1t does for wonl-
en- and becomes unwilling for prom
inence to condone deeds in man as
black as the demons Of perdition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
a DEMOCRATIC PLEDGE.

we are opposed 10 the recent tax
laws or what is known as the Dawson
tax system. and pledge ourselves and
he members 81 the Legislature this
day nominated. % work INCREASINGLY
for the repeal 81 the notliticatipn Of
fhose fagss. traet from the dat
form dnpted by county
snemocrat I'm CONVENT ion assembled.
IL Democrats had not so sFepea ted
~ broken their pledges that the peo-
pie. have not the sllghtest faith tn3
them, the above might be e ken seri=
ously5 enough to go after rough shod.
AS It is, however; we shall ask Just
! few questions in the; hope that some
good Democratic brother will ~ be
frank enough to answer us fairly and ND
squarely, so that once In the pres.
emit generation we may know. where
that party stands on an important
proposition. The Kanawtla Demo
Gratis, say. they will work unceasing-
IL for the repeal or mobilization Of
the new tax laws. II 1t isn't asking
too much; will they kindly tell us
which they propose to work for. as
there Is quite difference. Even Re
publicans are willing for such modifi-
cations as may from time to time
seem necessary, hence no issue could
be raised there unless the Democrats
state in specific terms what modihca.
lions they would make.
would they place back upon the
people the IS cent State tax. which
the new law is lifting from the shoul-
ders OF the tax payers and by reason
OF which Marion county alone saved
nearly $4,000 last year In cool cash?
Would they restore the old valua-
lions on the railroads OF the State for
taxable purposes. placing the figures
at s31, 100000, what they were in
1904, instead OF $177,0Oo,0o0 in 1906?
Would they place the coal lands
back on the books at from SO to SIS
per acre instead OF from $50 to 800
and over?
| would they let the telegraph, te1e-
! phone, pipe line and express compan-
! les go almost, scot free instead of
placing them in position to help sup.
port the State government by paying
their share of taxes?
Finally. would they saddle back
! upon the farmer and small home own
er the undue burden which they SO
( patiently bore for SO long and from
Whose weary shoulders the load Is
gradually but surely being lifted?
Echo reverberates the query, would
they? Would they? Would the Ka-
nawha Democrats or any other Demo
Gratis have the gall or the toolhardf'
ness to so before the people seriously
advocating the repeal of such beneh-
cent legislation as the new tax laws
are proving themselves to be? We
! pause for an answer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05

Eor fudge 81 ipterrnsd lats Court.
Morgan:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05

hood under the very ewes OF the out
ragged mother Of thar mans Legitimate
children. How did societ' treat
that easea it made IN outeast Of the
woman, but not So the man. de was
efren Is much Difference 10 the com
rnhuity as almost any other main
reabout Suppose tilat vile hssst
gone cunning y after her iteentipns
AUS band and the Tfotliet d NE
climate children Wouldn't the So
Ecial fabric which conniyed ct their tgt =
actions have been I'm q way ponsi:
ble for the result2 But because the tt
Door woman chose to surfer the In
dignfties aheaped upon her and her
children rather than commit murder,
society simply passed by on the 9th
eli side" and nothing was done about
the matter. with these special cases
IN mind, let ns see what london
preacher has to say Of society in the The
worlds largest city: IN
women with their dainty feet on
rung higher up the social ladder
nowadays are condoned for sins
which, IL perpetrated by q sister low
er down. would be condemned.
To-day London from end to end rs
Uttered with broken marriage vows,
and in the divorce courts nearly 500
traitors to their trothi are waiting to
be relieved In this world OF what God
will not relieve them in the next.
"How proud We used to be Of our
large English families, but how
changed it all is to-day! Lots OF men
in these, times would be ashamed to
show those whom they call their
pals q nursery full Of children
= what with club life, club habits
and club morals, smart women have
no time to care for child which they
never feed and seldom see"
II is certainly time for the people
Of this country to arouse from their
lethargy and have care lest all
classes and conditions Of people grow
loose and lax as to their social hab'
It's and the American home become
robbed Of it's chastity and purity.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
COMING OUR WAY.

Senator Scott is coming in for much
kindly mention by the people of Fair
mont for remembering our city in the
omnibus appropriation bill On Thurs
day. Seyenty-five thousand dollars is
quite q nice starter for the proposed
public building proposition and that
gives our citizens something tangible
as a beginning. watch will lead to
greater things in the future. AS stat
ed in the telegram to the West Vir'
gilman, the appropriation was for tie
building and site. However, 1t Is l1n'
derstood that the site is the first mat"
ter OF Importance and once location
is determined upon and plans for y
building drawn, then Congress viii
undoubtedly follow the first appropria-
ton up with hundred and fifty TO
two hundred thousand dollars more
So, by the time it Is all done, the good
work OF Senator Scott will probably
mean the turning of n quarter OF =
million dollars to Fafrmont. But Sem
ator Scott must have hearty support
in the work. Here Is a chance for
our Board OF Trade ana individual
citizens to get busy. Senator Elklns
must also lend a hand and Con-
sressman-to.be Hubbard join in and
give to Fairmont a government build.
ing in keeping with our city's other
leading structures. In this connection
it will be nice to have a 100000 court
house, a $125,ooo Masonic Temple, a
$4,000 High school building, a hand
some Normal school ediflce and dorrli.
tory, a magnificent new Y. N. G: A.
building. splendid business blocks,
good hotels and elegant residences to
call attention to when the commtltee
visits our city to see what AIndS OF
structure we need Don't be uneasy
about Fatrmont. This city dinner
and one OF sthese days twill Sbe heard
Ipf where much biz er now lsrs Sc
nm tfnOWmff9 ~