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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-08-10

1t was Inevitable that the prolonged
and exaggerated revelations concerning
life insurance should be followed by
exposures" and abuse of other COM
mendable interests. The Salvation
Army has now been attacked, probably
unjustly, as corrupt and we may soon
expect to hear that orphan asylums are
honeycombed with graft savings banks
no good and old peoples homes mere
hotbeds Of rascality. There has never
been day since the outbreak against
life insurance when it was not per-
fectly we'll known that there were plen-
ty Of States and companies in which
the policy holders rights were thor
oughly protected, nor a day in which
even the worst berated Of the New
York organizations were not known to
be meeting every obligation and paying
hundreds of thousands Of dollars to
policy holders or their beneficiaries
But the stream of printed abuse has
been so steady that thousands of other
wise discerning men have been led tC
| half believe that life insurance is al
wrong in theory and management, while
| great numbers of policy holders have
| been wantonly scared into letting theil
contracts needlessly default Life in
surance Is peculiarly sound and safe
and the sum due on each matured pol
icy is certain to be paid. Slamminl
it will doubtless continue, but the par
ties who are fond of that sort Of thins
will in due time find other interests tt
maltreat and people may be allowed tC
protect their families through the be
neticence Of life insurance with only
modicum Of terrorizing.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
Ashes for Orchards,

see quite q little discussion In the
papers about ashes as a fertilizer
its good effects in an orchard. | would
Tx to encourage others to use all theg
a get of them, as my experience
with them in my orchard has caused
me to prize them very highly, and J
Duy all ] can find in our village; bu'
so Few burn wood now it is hard 10
get a supply. | give 20 cents q barreI
anh furnish the barrel for them. NJ!
hrst experience was about INVENT!
years ago., | had seine old snow apple
trees that seemed most dead, there
were SO many dead limbs on them !
came very near grubbing them out.
would have done so except they were
near my bees and they usually light
In them and / did not mind cutting
llmDs of of them. | was burning brush
one winter, cleaning up my timber n
made lots of ashes, and | hauled fonV
wagon loads and spread them thick
q those trees. Such a change as
there was in those trees and fruit. The
fr'nt seemed to take on a new growth
ana colored up. /, seemed to me much
better. at least they took many first
premiums at our county and state
fairs. They are alive and bearing nice
fruit yet. and they get occasionally
some ashes, and the balance of my
:rees get all | can buy. | was back
in York state a few years ago and
visited n of the finest orchards In
that state. | was informed that the
owner bought ashes by the ton and
sowed them in his orchard; they came
from Canada, the ashes. How they
get such a supply there, | can't tell,
but they ship carloads.
| think ashes will supply what 81
lacking in our soil, especially in ar
old orchard to a great extent. y
young orchard seems to have a suffi
cient supply for a few years. 1t seem!
after a few years the trees use up The
supply of potash, which ashes will re
PLACES. G. Soverhill, Bureau Co., Ill.
in Farmers Review,
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
The Chinese Clerk.

Chinese merchants II clerks are
IT. evidence wherever trade is carried
or in Hongkong. writes Edwin Wild
man in the Chautauquan for February.
'rhe great banking houses employ Chi
nese money changers, interest clerks
pete in methods Of lightning calcula.
ton with the Oriental. The long.
slim fingers of the Chinaman, gliding
Over the beads of the abacus, Is a
sight to inspire admiration. With the
agility and accuracy of Il piano player
the Chinese accountant will perform
problems OF arithmetic that are as.
founding. The most complicated sums
IN banking are computed with the
Ease a professional pianist might rem.
Ger the simplest melody. Counter.
felt money Is the order, rather Than
the unusual, in China; the whole coun.
try Is full Of 1t. But the Chinese
schroff will detect by touch a spurious
coin or bill, as 1t passes through his
fingers or glides across his palm. He
can count a pile of dollars, running
them over his hand with such rapidity
that the eye of the onlooker Is unable
to distinguish anything but an unin-
terrupted stream of silver. The in.
tegrity of the Chinese clerk is well
Enown. He Is the accountant, cashier
and middle man,
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
To Do Away With Substitution.

Substitution is not justifable without
a mutual agreement between purchas.
err and seller. Nurserymen should not
have a substitution clause printed on
their orders, but a blank space should
he left for noting whatever may be
agreed on by both parties to the cub
stitut,on. If orders are taken on The
above plan it is only necessary for :he
nurseryman to comply with the ORC er.
There Is hardly a nursery that will
not run short on some varieties, bNt a
shyster agent will take orders for all
that Is called for, and then ship what.
ever he pleases. The purchaser mas
nothing but the word Of the agent that
the varieties are true to name.-J. T.
Bonrell, Richland Co., Ill.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17


Taking 1t for granted that the dairy
man has warm and comfortable win
ter quarters for his mich COWS, a
good flow of milk is readily produced
with proper feed and management. II
the farmer has corn silage, he is able
to- put up the best and cheapest dairy
ration o~btainabie. We feed cows on
full flow of milk from 20 to rs pounds
OF silage twice a day, morning and
night. At noon, bright, clean clover or
millet hay Is given, in such quantities
as will be eaten UP clean. About three
pounds of bran Is given with silage
to those on full flow of milk, while
others receive proportionately less.
The feeder must constantly watch his
animals, as to how they respond to
liberal feeding, and vary his methods
with different animals. With silage
that has an abundance of corn in 1t
there Is no need of feeding ground
corn.
Salt the COWS about every other
day, giving a small handful on feed.
This will keep their bowels open and
prevent disorders Of the digestive
organs, which occur quite frequently
with animals highly fed. Where no
silage is obtainable, : good flow can
be maintained by f~eeuing good clover
or millet hay in the morning and
bright shredded corn fodder at night,
For the grain ration, feed about four
hounds of bran and two pounds OF
corn.meal, or four pounds OF corn and
cob.meal, twice a day. Although not
as good as the silage ration, still, in
the absence of a silo, it will prove
very satisfactory. Feed, water and
milk the COWS regularly; see to theiI
every comfort, treat them kindly al
milking time, and rest assured thai
you will receive your reward in g
good flow of milk.-H. Pfaender
Brown Co, MINI, in Farme-s' Re
view.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
Locks NO Longer There.

Mr.. Sibley of Pennsylvania was
making a speech in the house about
he ate bill when Ollie James of Ken
lucky broke in with a fierce inter.
ruption. Mr.. James Is the baldest
man in the house, excepting Mr.. Sib'
ley, and Mr.. Sibley is the baldest man
q the house except Mr.. James. On
sunny days persons who sit behind
Them have TO wear binders. Mr..
lanes kept plaguing Mr.. Sibley until
Doth became excited. The verbal duel
waXed hotter and hotter until Sibley,
.triding into the aisle and shaking
ais finger at james, cried furiously:
Sir, you can not shake your CORY
ocks at me-" Mr.. James saw at
)nce that this was true. He suffered
and sat down.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
TREE REvERED By MExIcANs.
Peculiar Formation Has Made IA
Known as "Tree Of Fate"

The height of happiness is reached
by the Broadway florist when he puts
some new growth in his window that
attracts the crowds. He feels like a
theatrical star at a first nights per.
Torrance.
This week one OF tle craft has been
displaying a Toluca hand tree. The
shrub is not very large. but boasts
wondrous flame flowers. The calyX Is
blood red, and each column of STAN
ems support a tiny hand that seems
to have been dipped in blood.
MeXicans revere he tree and prav
beneath 1t. 1t is sometimes called
the Tree of Fate. When the devotees
solicit advice beneath its branches
II they have patience and wait long
enough. the fingers Of the hand will
roint the direction to take on a h9me.
ward journey in order to have good
luck. The interpretations scientists
say that the pointing of the fingers is
hut the action of the wind and air.
ut the devotees rooh-pooh this.
In it's native land jeweled rings are
placed upon" the Toluca's hand to pro-
lt.tiate the spirit OF the tree and bring
happiness to- the donor.-New York
Eress.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
Incubator In Cold Weather.

Below | give my methods of inc aba.
ton. ! mate my birds In January and
begin 70 set the eggs some time in treb.
ruary. Frequently | begin about the
18th. | find the fowls Matched in March
and April are the best winter Ii ayers
and also make the best show bird! the
coming winter. They do not need to
be pushed forward by high fet ding
as do those that are Matched later
in the spring. | place Is eggs under
each hen. But we use only a few
hens, SC | have two incubators. Each
CT these holds $50 eggs. l only start
one at a time and then ten days after.
wards start the other and I keep them
going. That gives me a hatch every
Ten days. II | have a hen that wants
to set, | set her in the basement e the
weather Is cold.-C. w. Brehn, Clay
Co., Neb.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
T4AlqK}Y
DN01ES
Winter Prices for Milk.

The price for milk in the winter
Is generally very much higher than In
the summer. The difference for the
whole country Is about the difference
between so cents and $3.50. This dill
ference, however, is extreme. In the
West, some of the milk will sell as
low as 80 cents per hundred pounds
In summer and $1.40 in winter, this
difference being about so cents. Ther
is very little eXcus for this great
difference In price, especially for the
small price in summer. 1t can only
be explained on the ~supposition that
farmers have not yet learned how to
dispose of their milk in the summer
time. We believe that, all things con-
sidered, and on a well equipped farm.
milk can be produced as cheaply, or
nearly as cheaply, in winter as sum.
mer.
In the summer, often the question
of milking is a serious one, because
all the people on the farm are en-
gagged in looking after the crops that
are then being grown. In the winter
time, labor Is more abundant and the
people who are doing the work on
the farm are less pressed for time.
Milking, therefore, should cost less in
the winter than in the summer. We
said, ION the farm that Is well
equipped" This, of course, means the
farm that has L silo and where a
great amount Of silage has been put
up in the fall. On some of u great
est dairy farms the COWS are not
turned out at all during the summer
time, SO far as p~asturing is concerned
but they are led in the stalls, summel
and winter, in such cases winter feed
costing practically the same as sum
mer feed.
The price for winter milk in north
err Illinois should be Sl.40 or $1.5l
per hundred pounds, on the basis o
the present price of feed. We believe
at such prices, 1t is possible for thu
farmer to make money, providing HI
SC arranges his breeding operation
that about half Of his COWS will com
Ia fresh in the fall.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
Dwarf Trees and Giant Results.

Gather apples and pears Two Years
after planting the trees? eXclaims a
writer in the February Garden Maya
zine. Impossible, YOU say! Not at all.
[ have done it, others do 1t, and so
ray you. OF course, the large or
rhard trees commonly seen take five
sr six years to reach fruiting age, btu,
by planting dwarf-trained trees the
seemingly impossible may be obtain
ed. The owner of a very small gar
uen need not despair of enjoying lus.
rious pears and juicy apples from his
avn trees either. Let him plant
dwarfs, they occupy so little room
hat even the average city plot would
easily accommodate a score.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17

|
After building a number OF poultry
houses one has certain important iac's
impressed upon him. One OF these
mat comes home with a good deai ".
lorce to the writer Is the matter vi
foundation. II he builds another poui'
Try house he will see that the founda
ton Is perfect and that 1t will be more
mar strong enough. A poultry house
that Is not properly built in this re.
spect VIII be a nuisance in several
ways.
IL Is customary to build poultry
nooses on slopes where it can be done,
ana mat is proper, as it gives gooo
drainage. But in case the foundation
proves to be poor and needs to be
supported 1t will generally be found
very difficult to do anything without
raising the house by means OF jack
screws. The writer has had a very
vexatious task of this kind. The trou'
BILE Is that n end of the house is
set so close to the ground that one
cannot get under 1t or ever get at
the parts that need to be supported.
When a poultry house has to be
erected that Is twelve feet or more
wide there should be a row Of sup
ports running the length of the house
under the very middle. Almost all
amateurs make the mistake OF sup.
porting the house only on the sides
and ends. The twelve-foot joists, even
though they be six inches deep and
W thick, have a very great amount
OF vibration and 1t Is unpleasant to
walk over a floor laid on such joists.
But II the time ever comes that the
house has to be used for another pur.
pose than poultry keeping, this kind
OF a floor will be found to be u%nendur.
able. This possibility should be borne
In mind, for numerous poultry houses
become transformed in time into
houses for other purposes, especially
II they are OF good size.
A fault that Is very noticeable in
the building Of most of the houses
used by II poultry is that they are
merely set on posts stuck In the
ground for perhaps two feet. In a few
years some Of these posts rot and
others get a lean on them out OF
plumb due to the ground on one side
of the poultry house being softer than
OF the other side. The rain gets into
the holes and the soil there becomes
softer than at any other point, and
this does not improve as the years
go by. Settling goes on year after
year. I have in mind a poultry house
that cost nearly a hundred dollars. II
was set on cedar posts and the posts
are badly rotted now in spite OF the
fac that cedar is supposed to be re
sistent to rot. Some of the cedar
posts have also got out of plumb, ant
: the house has moved I've severe
inches to accommodate the posts
What the end will be nobody knows.
Build the foundations strong in thu
first place. II the building Is to res
I on supports of any kind dig deep bclei
in the ground and put in brick O
stone duly cemented. Have a III,
timber running the length of IN,
. building and also resting on the 81 IN,
kind Of piers. This will cost a littl
more than the posts, but 1t will b
move satisfactory, and years afterwar,
the owner will be glad that he g.
u invested the money that the good toun
I dations cost.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17
The Dual Purpose Sheen.

There was a time when sheep were
raised for wool only. Then came a { me
when they were raised almost entirely
for mutton. Now there has been an
equalization, and the sheep that is
now wanted is the one that pro-
duces good mutton and a fair amount
of wool. When wool sells at 80 cents
a pound, as it does now, the man hat
has been breeding entirely for mutton
regrets the course he has taken.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17

Barbed wire should not be used for
fencing hogs. 1t cannot be made close
or tight enough to hold the hogs and
IS the CO InE # unnecessary worudA
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-17

The farmers COW should be the best
COW in the country.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-10
SEASON ENDS
IN VICTORY
Bennington Beat HoOsick
Falls Twice.
SCORES TO4 AND s TOO
Bennington Team has Played "a
Games This Season and Has
Won IS.

The Bennington baseball team I'm.
ished the season In blaze OF glory by
defeating Hoosick Falls two games,
here Saturday 10 1 and at the Falls
Sunday sto6.
Bennington has played "a games
this season, winning 10 and losing .,
In spite OF the bid start the team made
Ia losing four Of the fret five games.
For the last half OF the season Ben
nington has had the strongest team
that ever represented the town.
Saturdays game was played before
one OF the largest crowds OF the season
and furnished considerable action.
There have been faster games this year
but there have been few that caught the
crowd so we'll. The score, TO 4, was
close enough to keep the interest at a
high temperature all the while and the
squirt by Hoosick In the last two in
nings gave just the touch OF anxiety
that was necessary 10 round out the
game.
Vosburg who pitched for Bennington
had the game vel in hand up to the
eighth inning and the visitors we're ap.
parently on the up grade all the while.
The two runs scored by Bennington In
the first inning gave the local players
confidence and encouragement and
their work was sharp and gingery al
the time. Ia the eighth Hoosick Sc
cured two runs and put on high pres
sure in the hope OF winning out but
Cathcart's homer 10 the plnih was good
for only one tally and the game was
soon over. The score:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-10
0'D0NNELL MILLINERY SOLD
Purchased by Mis-, Elizabeth Mcmahon FORMERLY
Of this Town.

The millinery business conducted
successfully for eleven years by Miss
Julia O'Donnell, has been sold 10 Miss
Elizabeth Mcmahon OF Boston, for.
merly OF this village
Miss O'Donnell started a parlor
millinery In the Williams house which
stood where the new Y. NJ. c. A.
building is now aud as her business
increased, she removed across the
street Ia what is now Roster s. Co.'S.
Here was a fire which necessitsted her
renewal TO Nor tn street where she has
been for several years.
Miss O'Donnell has conducted one
OF the smartest, most up-to-date estab-
lishments OF the kind In this vicinity
and her large number OF patrons will
regret to learn OF her departure TO
Schenectady in about a month, where
with her husband, John =. Guiltinan,
she will make her future home
Miss Mcmahon comes highly recom-
mended from Clapp & Tilton, large
millinery house In Boston where she
has been for the past two years.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-10

BANK TELLER A SUICIDE
Took Cyanide Of Potassium Rather Than Pace
Arrest.


Arthur II. Keeie, receiving teller OF
the Security Trust company OF Troy,
committed suicide shortly before q
o'clock Saturday afternoon, taking a
dose OF cyanide OF potassium. Mr.
keefe was short In hls accounts and
sought death rather than face impend.
ing arrest. The amount OF the defal.
cation will be less than $4,000. The
loss will fall upon bonding company
ADD not the Trust company. The bank
will not be affected In any way what.
soeyer.
Mr. keeie had been under suspicion
for some time past and last week an
examination Of his accounts was made
by banking experts. The alleged dis.
crepancy was found to exist and spec.
lal officers were detailed to guard bis
residence 10 order that he might not
escape. One OF these officers was sit
ting In a room adjoining that in which
the suicide was committed. He saw
Keefe take the potion but supposed Il
was medicine for nervousness OF which
Keefe had complained much, and did
not make al effort 10 prevent him.
II is rumored 10 Troy that Keefe had
left the money on race track In Sara.
toga. Seymour Van Santvoord Is
president OF the company.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-10
WORST FORM OF TORMENT
Indigestion Makes Life Miserable.
How 10 Cure H.

There is no need Of telling a person
with stomach trouble that Indigestion
makes life miserable. The burning
and gnawlng feeling in the stomach,
the sick and nervous headaches, the
sleeplessness. general debility, aching
back, specks before the eyes, and the
nervousness, irritability and despond-
ency that come from indigestion, make
life torment
Happily a physicians prescription
for stomach troubles called Mona
stomach tablets is now for sale by WIN
L. Gokay, who recommends It as an
absolute and complete cure for indl-
gestion and all stomach ills. Mona
is not a temporary relief or mere d.
gestive. Take one OF the little tablets
before meals for few days and the
digestive organs will be so toned and
strengthened that you will be able TO
eat anything intended for food without
fear OF indigestion and distress.
Mona is so universally successful
in curing all forms OF stomach weak
nesses that WIN L. Gokay gives a
signed guarantee with every SOC box,
that your money will be refunded un-
less the remedy gives you satisfaction.
This certainly shows his strong faith
in the medicine. Many Of his custom
ers have used it with the greatest sue
cess and praise it highly as the only
cure they have ever found for stomach
troubles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-09-10
ELK'S CLAM BAKE
Enjoyed BY About l25.-Ball Game a Pea
tufe.

tufe.
The clan bake OF Bennington lodge
B.P O.E. held yesterday near Battle
field park was one OF the most enioya'
BILE affairs OF the kind ever held by the
organization and reflects credit upon
the committee having same In charge
About l25 Elks and invited guests
we're in attendance and the bake was
In charge OF the veteran clan baker,
Albert NJ. Downs, which was suiiic'
lent guarantee OF It's excellence as ey
erytking was done lust right and
on schedule time.
The ball game between the married
aud the single men captalned by Sey'
mour Wood and James Burns. respect
lively furnished plenty OF sport.
The features OF the game we're the
first base playing OF Captain Wood
and the heavy batting OF Captain
Burns. Conductor Frank Corbett dis
tinguished himself In the 6eld by a
long running catch In which he sprain'
ed both knees. With the assistance Of
umpire "Eb" winslow and scorer Ed
die Morrissey the game was finally
won by the married men by the close
score Of to I. The game was called
at the end OF the liith inning when the
musical voice OF Grant Harbor an
nounced that the bake was about to be
opened. The occasion will long be
remembered as a red letter day boy the
B.P.O.E.