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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Beavers Pick Officers.

MenOmonie, Wis, June 16.-The at
tendance at the Beavers convention
reached 500. The convention by vote
authorized the purchase by the
grand colony of all the business now
conducted by the central colony at
Stoughton for $24 900. The following
grand officers We're elected and in
stalled: Grand commander, A. d.
Campbell, Richland Center; vice
commander. II. J.. Gardiner, Viro-
qua: guide, Mrs Minnie Peterson,
Menomine; secretary, E. n. Sam
dahl, Black River Falls; treasurer,
Henry Greenwood, Beloit; hunter,
E. Celver, Madison; trapper, J. w.
Parsons, Amigo. Mr.. SwensOn of
MenomOnie was elected president of
the reserve board for three years. Be-
lott was chosen as the next place of
meeting.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
CLEANLY MILKING.
An Argument UphOlding the Moist
Hand Method.

Dry hand milking is all right in theo-
ry where conditions are ideal, but it's a
mighty poor practice, says CORE
spondent of Kimballs Dairy Farmer.
The fact is that you seldom find herd
with such perfect teat development and
that milks just right so that the mixer
can keep his hands dry. l have tried
both ways and know that the damp
hand gives cleaner results. When you
start out on the dry hand theory and
sit down to a very short teated cow,
how are you going to milk her? Will
you strip dry fingered to t,a discomfort
Of the COW? 1t is only few seconds
till your fingers get wet in spite of you.
Then to continue dry handed is folly
and filthy.
You sit down to some cows that milk
very easy, and the milk goes into the
pail with cling that spatters all over
and up on to your hands again. You
cannot continue with dry hands.
Then some cows have leak in the
side or a spray opening. You cannot
milk such a cow with dry hands, and if
you attempt to do so you make dirty
mess of it, Then there are some COWS
that have teats that periodically scale
off-like dandruff-and to milk such
dry is to have pail of milk covered
with dirty looking lot Of dandruff
Ever see it?
All COWS can be MIXED with moist
hands and the milk be clean, while all
COWS cannot be MIXED with dry hands
and have clean milk as the result.
When the udder is brushed off then
wiped with wet cloth, and your
hands are moist from the washing and
the teats are also, the dust is all kept
from dropping, and if you take hold
and milk the teats remain moist to the
end Of the job
If any stripping is necessary-with
very short teats-then l use vaseline,
which keeps dust from dropping, lubri-
Gates the teats so the COW does not
suffer from unnecessary strain, and
the milk is clean. Every time I've had
a mixer who used dry hands I've
found that the milk was dirty looking
and dirty tasting.
But it does not matter how it's done
if the result is the best possible. If
you have a herd that can be MIXED
dry handed with the best results, then
that's the way, but if you find that you
have some cows that are as describ-
ed above, then moisten the udder and
teats with clean water or vaseline
Cleanliness is the thing sought and not
a system.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Street Car Hits Phone Pole.

Racine. Wis. June 19.-One of the
cOmpany's local street cars left the
track while going at a high rate Of
speed on Washington avenue. There
were ten passengers on board. The
car ran across the macadam pavement,
struck the curling and collided with
a telephone pole. The passengers
were thrown in a heap at the end Of
the car. One wOmans arm was frac-
tured at the elbow and some of them
suffered from fright, but soon recov-
cred
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Injunction That Is Sweeping.

Milwaukee,, June Is. = In a most
sweeping injunction Judge ]. Y.
Quarles enioined the iron holders I'M
ions of four lodges and sixty-one indi-
vidual members who were employed
by the Allis-Chalmers company from
in any way interfering with the bust
ness Of that company. The most
sweeping provision is one prohibiting
the strikers from visiting the homes of
non-strikers to persuade them to quit
work
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Wisconsin PrOhibitiOnist

Madison, Wis. June 15.-The Pro
committee split on woman suffrage,
the majority report being silent. while
the minority report favors woman suf-
frage. Both reports We're left to the
candidates to harmonize The platform
denounces high license and favors a
county option law. The following
ticket was nominated: Governor, e. L.
Eaton, Madison, lieutenant governor,
A. T. Fehlandt. West Salem; secretary
of State J. f. Clayton, Milwaukee; at
torney general. E. e. Vankuron, Osh-
kosh; insurance commissioner, Lincoln
Abraham. BlOomingtn; state treasurer,
w. D. Emerson, Emerson.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22

A cow running around in the cold
is not making milk-be sure of that,
says Kimbalps Dairy Farmer. An hour
or so in the yard every fine day is
good, but the best work is done in the
stall. Don't think a COW has to have
great deal Of exercise to keep healthy
When she is making from twenty to
thirty pounds of milk day she is
working hard.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Good for You. Guiseppi.

Indiana, Pa. June 10. = Guiseppi
Casino. an employee of the Helwood
Inn, was held up by three highway
men near here. Instead Of complying
with the request for money Guiseppi
drew revolver and began firing. One
of his assailants was shot dead, anOth-
er was badly wounded and the third
Ted.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
BrS eGinE to Tyne.

The foundation of successful herd
development rests primarily on breed
ing to proper type. A suitable bull in
Of an uncertain character if mated to
COWS approaching the deep bodied, full
uddered dairy type.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Burglars Rob Three Churches.

Lacrosse, Wis. June 16.-Burglars
broke into the three largest churches
at North Lacrosse and carried away
everything of value, the churches be-
ing completely stripped of decorations
and gold vessels. Two Of the churches
robbed were Catholic and one Luther
an Several thousand dollars worth of
plumber was taken and the interior Of
the buildings torn to pieces by the van
dalS
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Socialist Would Be Senator.

ManitowOc, Wis, June 15.--Reports
emanating from Two Rivers say that
Mayor Henry Stole of this city has
political aspirations for state office and
that he will seek the nomination as
state senator, it being proposed that
he be the candidate of the Socialists
in the Fifteenth district, which in
cludes ManitoWoc and Calumet coun-
have chance of electing a senator
because Of their strength at Two
Rivers and Kiel and in Calumet
county
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Crowd Sees Boy Run Down.

Marinette, Wis, June ia crowd
of fully 1000 people witnessed an acct
dent in which Carl Mueller, aged IS
years, met his death. Young Mueller
was on the front car of an electric
train at Lakeside. a resort near this
city. He jumped from the front car
in an attempt to board the last car of
the train and fell under the wheels.
He was killed. instantly. The death
of the boy created great excitement
and put a damper on the spirits of the
Sunday eXcursiOnists.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Grazing in Transit in Wisconsin.

Superior Wis, June 16.--Grazing il,
transit is to be extended by the North
western railroad to Wisconsin this
year. Thirty thousand sheep will be
brought through this state about July
l as an experiment. Previous to this
year the grazing has been confined to
North Dakota and points west of the
Missouri river The Wisconsin coun-
ties to which the sheep will be shipped
are Barron, Rusk, Sawyer and Wash
burn.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
To Make Insurance Safer.

Milwaukee, Wis, June 19.-State Of
ficers of every fraternal order doing
business in Wisconsin probably will
meet in Milwaukee on June u to con-
fer with the insurance legislative in
vestigating committee on the advisable
ity of making changes in the business
management of the organizations
which will tend to place them on a
sounder footing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Close Call for Their Lives.

Racine, Wis, June f9.-Seventy-
five people saw Laura Weir OF Ken
osha and A. Shutonic of Chicago cap
size in a canoe on the river near Hor-
lick's dam and battle for life for
twenty minutes. They went under
the boat and managed to get out. Will
lam Van Doozer got boat and, with
the assistance of A. T. Bauman and
William Coleman, managed to get the
couple ashore in an exhausted condi-
tiOn
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
In Honor of Confederate Dead.

Madison, Wis, June ia mOnu-
ment to confederate soldiers. who died
here as prisoners of war in 1862, was
unveiled in the afternoon by the Grand
Army post. the WOmen's Relief corps
and the Sons of Veterans. The I'M
yelling was under auspices of the
Daughters Of the Confederacy. In
teresting letters from southern govern.
ors were read.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
First Rain in Two Months.

st. Joseph, Mo-. June 19-The first
rain in this locality in nearly two
months has just fallen. Farmers and
late crops will be saved. Oats and
early potatoes were ruined by the
drought.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Grand Master of Wisconsin Masons.

Milwaukee, Wis, June 15.-Dr. j..
J. Farr of Eau Claire was elected
grand master of the grand lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin.
He succeeds Jesse c. Bradley of Mil
waukee, who has held this office dur
ing the past year. Spencer NJ. Marsh
Of Neillsville was elected deputy grand
master
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Shot in Self.DefenSe.

Chetek, Wis, June 16.--Elva Any
shot and killed Ebert Hewitt, about
nine miles east of here. Hr. Hewitt
came here from Warrens, Wis. The
coroner's jury said the shooting was
in Self-defenSa
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
Boat Capsizes: Man browns

Portage, Wis. June 19.-Albert
Rohde. former street commissioner
drowned in the Wisconsin river His
boat capsiZed. He leaves a widow and
family. The body has not been re-
covered
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
. HE tobacco crop takes

- eODdSeo SiOP ldkC1
from the soil about
- Io3 pounds of actual
POTASH per acre, which must
be replaced or else the yield
will fall off in quantity and
quality.
A good tobacco fertilizer
should contain at least ten
per cent. of pure Potash, and
the POTASH should be in the
form of sulphate.
Tobacco Culture" is the title of book
valuable to all tobacco growers. A copy will
De sent on request, free of any cost or obliga.
hon, to farmers who will write for them.
Address, GERMAN KALI WORKS.
New York-oS Nassau Street, or
Observation-Disclosures Building
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1906-06-22
SILO AND ENSlLAGE

Given plenty Of good silage and some
hay and the ability to buy feeds at rea-
sonable prices, we should feed forty to
fifty pounds Of silage daily, divided in.
to two feeds, morning and night, says
H. G. Manchester in Rural New York.
err. From 10 to II o'clock in the fore
noon would give the cows what hay
they would eat up clean and act as
though they would like a little more.
For the grain ration we would use a
mixture made up Of two parts of stand
ard middlings, two parts Of corn distill-
ers' grains and one part Of cottonseed
meal. In the average herd in all stages
of milk six or seven pounds will be
found sufficient for a days feed. di-
vided into a morning and night feed.
Some COWS will handle more proftably,
while others will require less.
Solves the Dairy Problem.
A silo is not expensive, and, more
over, it is a great encourager of the de-
velopment Of dairying 1t solves the
problem of how a dairyman can make
a living off so to 100 acres of land.
That is going to be the great question
in the not distant future, for the farms
are already being cut up into smaller
ones.-Michigan Farmer.
Depth of the SiIo.
The question Of depth in silo is
largely governed by the ease or difficult
ty Of elevating the silage, says Hoard's
Dairyman. 1t is now generally consid-
cred that silo thirty feet deep is as
eficacious in preserving it's contents as
one that is deeper. There is, however,
little or no objection to the greater
depth except as more power is required
to elevate the material
Glover Hay and Silage.
The farmer who has clover hay to
feed with his silage will not have to
buy much grain, as the protein in the
clover balances the excess of starchy
matter in the silage, says New York
dairyman in Michigan Farmer Last
winter fed a good deal Of gluten feed
because the hay l had was timothy
and not clover. With the gluten feed
I also fed some oilmeal, which I find
to be good
Economy of the Sflo.
If silo is included in the farm
equipment and young animals and dali
ry COWS make up the live stock of the
farm the entire crop ears included,
put in the silo will yield a feeding
value in a condensed, convenient form
Of more than four tons of mixed hay
for every acre so used.-B. Walker Nc
Kean in American Cultivator.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

The absence Of an early killing frost
and the warm weather together have
made the summer colors long lasting
this season. Indeed many forms of
vegetation including some of the flowers
seem to have taken new start. Many
of the more tender garden vegetables
like tomatoes and cucumbers are still
bearing, perhaps more of the former
fruit ripening red on the vines than for
any previous year in most gardens.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21
THE NEW WSPELLING.

PRESIDENT Roosevelt has rather set the
world agog because he wants to spell
some fool English words more simply.
| Well it is a free country and every
body has the right to spell as he chooses,
even the president. The editor how
ever, has his limitations, as sometimes
the compositor who has the last say, in
tsists on doing the spelling. Seriously
i speaking however, the reforming Of En-
glish spelling is no slight matter. We
are in such tumble of letters now,
mixed with equally absurd pronuncia-
tions, that the difficulty is to make any
thing like regular rules. What are we
to do with a language that pronounces
lead" for instance in two different ways,
and what reform of spelling can help us
in such word. five spell it. phoneti-
cally sled" shall it be pronounced with
the short or long sc" and when pro-
nounced shall it mean the metal ,or the
act?
This is only one of hundreds Of in
stances. In the new spelling we are to
spell "passed" as 'past.'' But the words
''passed" and "past'' are different parts
of speech and have different meanings
which only the spelling distinguishes.
The elimination of the led" by the sub
stitution Of ST. or cd destroys about the
only semblance of a regular termination
to English verbs and SO far would make
our very irregular language that much.
more dramatically irregular.
EaO On the other hand, we have some ut
terly grotesque words that need reform
alton and which are individually being
reformed quite rapidly and in a few
years such words as, Cough" 'srohgh,"
plough" will drop the ugly and absurd
"ough" and be spelled phonetically.
"Ph" will soon be changed to "f,'' hard
sc" will be replaced with s'k" and the
school boy will no more be compelled to
remember the old formula, '.Pee-aitch,
tee-aitch, eye-ess, eye-see' that is sup
posed to spell "tizik."
Such words as the latter classes men
toned are rapidly undergoing change,
because of their awkwardness and the
desire for brevity in telegraphic and
newspaper work. But SIS we said, to at
tempt to draw lines and spells along
those lines will be a difficult task and
we think it will be useless for the older
men Of this generation, like ourselves, to
attempt the new tangled spelling, ex-
cept in exceptional cases and in cases
where we are not sure of the right way,
then we can have presidential authority
for spelling it the easiest way.
A rich, but rather unlettered, old ship
builder down east many years ago, had
built.a ship and named her "Asia.''
He wanted the name in metal letters so
sent to Boston for them. When they
arrived one of his assistants opened the
package, and said "They have sent you
the wrong name. - What have they sento
said the old man. "Ashe' was the reply
"Well,' said the builder IF that don't
spell Asia what does it spellf''
Perhaps we shall finally come to this
rule Of the old shipmaster, but as yet
we have to follow the fashions for
time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21
A Good Book for Six Cents.


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mediate region you live in-the North
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the Bitterroot Mountains in Montana,
the Queniat Indians en- the North Pa
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cry, the marvellous Puget Sound region,
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ern Pacific railway, and is for general
distribution. Send six cents to "A. M.
Cleland. General Passenger Agent, St.
Paul Minnesota, or as many times six
cents as you wish copies with proper
addresses and the little volume will be
promptly forwarded by that gentleman.
Don't wait! The. book has an Object
to educate and inform the public about
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

Judging by the tone of the public
press, Bryan presidential stock has
fallen % per cent since his arrival in
this country. 1t looks more and more
that if Mr.. B. is selected as candidate
that it will not be because he is the
choice, but because the Democrats have
no other choice.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21
The Way Il Works.

The following are random but verba
tim extracts from the news columns q
the Minneapolis Tribune Of Tuesda,
evening and refer to the primary elec
tion in progress that day
81 am pretty nearly the last OF my
tribe said one democrat in the
Eight District Of the Fourth Ward.
This was 1 clock and with l8l
1 votes cast, his was the second DEM
ocratic vote.
In the Tenth District 81 the
First Ward which has given as
high ~ l75 plurality for the Demo-
Gratis, at O'Clock there had been
but III Democratic votes cast. In
stances like this arc being shown
Y Y all over the city. ss 81
The attitude Of the democrats has i
reused universal surprise.
s. prominent pol Utica worker declared
\ at lo'clock thAt there would not be-
600 democratic votes cast IN the
whole city. Denl0c atic q workers
have become great alarmed. III Il
4 the lORet end of the ourth. Fifth
md Sixth Yards Where 9 strong
democratic \, q llenall polled
butF 4! feR ttsrinl sdemocrstic
4 tickets have been
Harry s.. sswenson sttvas tie
man "a, votes md hand
n first Danp0rAti0 IN 1lo from sb
the Third Demo 0cratsS 6
I haye been KIM trs Repnblican &
~ ON fllle the polls op
I enee
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

The Russian Trephoff, probably the
worst hated man Of the lot, is dead and
the most remarkable thing is that he
died alone by. himself and from natural
causes. 1t is getting to be something
out Of the ordinary for one of those
Russians to die naturally and no trouble
to pick up the pieces.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21
THE SECRETS OF THE SOIL.

with us. Opinions are diverse as tx
what is the matter when the soil refuses
to grow crops as luxuriantly as when
first broken up. In some localities the
answer is simple; the soil is thin and
poor and q few years of cropping ex.
hausts the loan and leaves little but
sand and clay. In such soils the remedy
is simple but costly and is to supply the
lost material by hauling on manure OF
other fertilizers. But this is not the
case with the soil Of the Red river valley.
We doubt if the chemist can find any
material Offence with the soil of a field
that has been in continuous cultivation
for a number of years and that of new
| breaking.
Prof. Shaw of Minnesota who has
been in this locality recently, investi-
eating methods of farming, gives his
opinion that the soil is "wheat,sick !"
Perhaps that may be good name for a
condition but it is a long way from ex-
planation. Our own Fargo agricultural
college some time ago discovered posit-
lively that soil did become saax-sick'
and they have been experimenting with
considerable success in cultivating fax
that would in time survive the 'sick-
ness'' of soil and grow in spite of it.
Exhaustion of this soil is impossible
for at least many generations. It is
-four feet deep and SO far we have only
scratched the surface and it is nonsence
to talk of the exhaustion of its fertility.
Besides that, every once in while some
old field that has been giving poor crops
for a number of years will surprise the
farmer by an extraordinary yield under
favorable climatic conditions, or change
in method of cutivntion. Other fields
will give pretty fair average crops every
year and seem subject only tothe wealth
er for the amount of production.
The why and the wherefore of these
things are yet secrets Of nature.
For instance, here we are trying with
careful cultivation to grow wheat,
barley and oats, but in spite of our ut
most endeavors nature will plant and
harvest a magnificent crop Of wild oats
the same season on that same ground.
Now why don't the soil become exhaust
led or sick as to wild oatsf Something
that is SO near in plant life to the com
mercial article, that the tenderfoot has
to be shown why it is not as valuable,
No, we don't know Just what the mat
ter Isl We do know in "a rather blind
way how to restore the soil to health,
and that is by returning it to the origin
al sod and then begin over again But
what the farmer really wants to know is,
whyS What is .sick'' soilY If we knew
the disease we might find better
remedy " s. 4. Il s. +
Speaking Of wild oats and their ten
acity Of life and luxuriance Of growth, we
wonder why some Luther Burbank don't
grow them and finally by continuous
selection produce seed that will become
plump and thornless and still retain its
wonderful growing qualities. But more
than that, in the experiment he might
possibly discover why the soil prefers to
grow wild oats instead % the kind the
|farmeK wants to grow. The discovererof
that secret will do more than have any
Idozenspfs the world benefactors together.
l.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

The government and the Minneapolis
experts are revising their estimates on
the wheat crop. The farmers revised
theirs several weeks ago. Wheat
prices are looking up little in conse-
quence.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

The present freight rate for bushel
of wheat from Pembina to Minneapolis
is 72-5 cents against 1910 last year.
Just half cent bushel
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

Editor Fred Falley of the Wahpeton
Globe is named as one of three judges to
award prize of $40 for the best two
gallon jar of saur kraut at the Richland
county fair. Don't that beat the
Dutch. Ii, M
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-21

The man who is thinking of investing
in an automobile gets tired when he
finds out the tires only last about one
season and cost from s75. to 800. per
set. Horses eat oats but autos chew
rubber.