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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
The Question of Roots or Ensllage.
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ct. H. Wilson, Issaquah)


saw an article in The Ranch sew
eral weeks ago written by e. j. Ross,
of Rothel. on corn ensilaGe compared
with roots. AS | have raised roots loi
several years will give my experience
also the cost of root crop. had one
and seven-eighths of an acre IN roots
this wear. Rent for land was Szo'
Moving. narrowing and planting $lo,
three DAYS hand cultivating, So; hano
wedding, $19.25; thinning, $40; hoelng,
sc. pulling and topping, $40; haullhg
TO the barn, $50; total OF $l91. l
raised IS tons of roots at cost OF Slol'
or s1.55 a ton. If any farmer can
beat that in corn ensilage want Hin
70 show me how to do it.
The beets are stored handy TO the
COWS. They are clean and dry anu
the mixer can feed them without get
ting dirty. taking them around IN
large Wheelbarrow. | feed them Will
ont cutting. The COWS seem 10 ENJOY
them as they will leave all other ieeu
clone when the beets come. 1eea
o. mounds once a day, and we thlnK 1t
is very cheap feed, especially This year
when hay is so high and we sometliiies
cannot get mill feed on account VI
the car shortage. Now, II tnose ensii-
age men can get cheaper iced IMAM thla
7 am willing to try it. But why not
have both and feed less nay
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

mand in six years at $1.0O per bush
ell. The reason for this is, | mostly
raised them with vetch and only had
a few acres of pure seed. | can only
furnish about so bushels more this
season. l can send samples to all
for the asking.
Letters are coming in from eastern
people asking what are the most pay
ing crops of the valley in which is To-
Gated Corvallis, Ore. | would answer
by saying clovers, Black Russian oats
and artichokes l know all of these
pay, because | have tried them all
with good success. Alsike clover is
adapted to the fiat wet white land
of this valley. There are hundreds
of thousands of acres of such land
that is not producing anything except
a little sheep pasture. If it was
sown to alsike clover it would make
from $4,000 to $4,000 per acre for
seed and then get more winter pas
ture than it did before it was sown to
asike.
Crimson clover is only yearly plant
but it makes a heavy seed crop, and
grows on high dry land clay points,
and is splendid to pillow under and
build up the land When it is in
bloom it is a beautiful sight to look
at. | am expecting a heavier crop OF
seed next season than | got before.
Another profitable crop is artichokes.
Cut them up and plant them IN the
spring same as potatoes, rows tnree
feet apart and eight to sixteen lncneS
apart in the row. The richer the lana
inh
the better the yield. On very rlch
land they will yield 100 bushels to the
acre. All stock like them-hogs, cat
tie. horses goats, sheep and poultry.
Cut some of them in two and throw
them into the chicken yard and see
how they eat them. Turn hogs ana
cattle in an artichOke patch IN NO
vember The cattle will eat the tops
and the hogs will eat the artlcnokes.
NV hogs and pigs have been digging
them ever since November ana tneX
keep in good growing condition. Some
Deople are afraid to plant them De
cause they think it is Impossible 10
get rid of them. II you turn stock Oh
them all summer they will keep every
leaf eaten off and that will Kill them.
In the spring pillow the patch well ana
harrow down and let it go. Inere
is enough seed left in the ground 10
make a good crop year after year. VI
course. dig what you need to feed all
stock but the hogs. Hogs do their
own digging. 1t is better not to let
tho hogs in to root up the ground
when it is too wet, as it makes the
ground bake hard. One way 10 nelp
is to manure the ground heavy before
blowing in the spring; Whlch heip'
to loosen the soil.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Contagious abortion among COWS
has caused serious losses among dan
herds. Right now is the time to start
remedial measures. The yards ana
barns should be thoroughly disinfect-
ed. The COWS subject to the trounie
should be housed well during the WIN
ter and fed stimulating foods.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Combination Colors, Green and Red,
Dark Olive, Old Red, Roman Stripes
Soft Mercerized Tapestry Goods;
very effective. Suitable for double
doors and archways or wherever
drapery is needed to furnish your
rooms. All our portiers are revers-
Prices: S2.e5, $2.75, $685., $4.25.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Use dry earth under the roosts; the
droppings are decomposed, ruined as
fertilizer and emit obnoxious gases, II
brought in contact with lime.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

We guarantee price and quality OF
these goods. Extra heavy grade; col
ors fast; patterns excellent. Com
pare the price Freight paid by us.
7hx9 feet, $3.25; 9x9 feet, $4.25;
9X1Ob feet, $5.25; 9X12 feet, $6.25.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
a-w1RE BRUssELLs CARPET.

The cheapest BRUSSELS Carpet ever
offered to the public We have only
a limited quantity of these left. First
come, first served. These sell regu-
larly for soc. Special-only 7oc per
yard.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
Dexter Horton & Co., Bankers

Founded 1870. Seattle. Incorporated 1887.
Oldest Bank in Washington.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Get the others price on these sta
pie carpets, then order your rug from
us before they are all gone. 7Rx9
feet, $5.65; 9x9 feet, $6.75; 9x1Ok
feet. $3.50; 9x12 feet, $685.; 12Xl2
feet, $11.95; 12x15 feet, $3.50.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
RoBINET CURTAINS.

Plain net with fancy lace rufhes;
comes in pure white and the popular
Arabian or dark cream color Very
handsome. A few have insertion
borders. Prices, $3.50, $2.oo anu
$3.50 pair.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Just as heavy as the best all WOOL
Colors guaranteed; good heavy, we'll
wearing, staple carpet. Patterns all
good. Sells regularly for Csc. Our
price, to sell lots of them at once, 4ec
per yard.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15
SWISS RUFFLED CURTAINS.

These dainty curtains have pleased
thousands and are sure to please you.
Pure white plain centers with fancy
insertion; Polka-dot Centers; fal,o s.
Strine Centers; Medallion CenterS:
Prices. pair, CSC, s5c, csc, $1.oo, $l.25.
Send us a trial order.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
Real Estate For Sale.
Highland Park Home.

We have for sale highly attractive
home In this popular addition. The
dwelling has ten large rooms, heated
by steam, range and other improve
ments Lot has a front of over 100
feet An exceptionally nice home and
should you desire to locate in the
suburbs, we think this will suit you.
G. J.. 4 II, l.. DIINOON,
S2l Main Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-19
A Beautiful Suburban Home

$500 will buy one of the Hand.
soonest Suburban Homes, in the finest
residential sections around Richmond
within three squares of street cars.
Eighteen acres of choice land, ready Tor
subdivision streets and avenues run
ming right up to the property: sp s,af =
didly built 10.room dwelling, with STATE
roof. standing in white oak grove OF
about acres; tenant house large arg s 1w9
md poultry house, Water furnished to
all buildings by, windmill Buildings ni lines
alone would cost more than the price
asked for the property. and enough lots,
at 500 each, could be. sold to double
the price Of the property. rare BAR
gain.
s4,25O-1o- room Brick Dwelling, on
best residential street in Manchester; IN
first-class condition, with modern I'M
provements, would cost $4,000 to build.
soo-Brick Dwelling of 7-rooms
and bath. Two lots, corner property
very desirable, nothing better in town.
Come quick If you want them.
B. f. HAMILTON & CO.,
No. 11o41-2 Z. Main St, Richmond;
No. 1924 Hull St, Manchester Va
Montana news., 1907-06-13

"The Socialist Woman" is the title
of the new paper soon to appear at
Chicago, under the editorial direction
of Comrade Josephine Conger Kaneko.
This of itself is sufficient guarantee
of the rank "The Socialist Woman "
will take as candidate for service in
the social revolution. As a close stu
dent of the socialist philosophy, a bril-
liant writer and an altogether talented
woman, Mrs. Kaneko will now be able
to give herself freely to the cause in
which she has already won enviable
renown. 1t is needless to say that
Mrs. Kaneko will give special atten-
tion to the sex question in its relation
to the socialist movement, and devote
herself vigorously to the task of plac-
ing woman upon plane of equal util-
ity and conspicuousness with man in
the propaganda and in the world at
large. All socialist women's clubs are
requested to send in at once reports
of their work. The subscription price
is 35 cents per year. Everybody in
terested should subscribe or write to
"The Socialist Woman, 6l9 E. 55th
ST., Chicago, Ill. The first number
will appear June 18th. All success to
"The Socialist Woman"
Montana news., 1907-06-13
Holland and Belgium.

During the last fortnight there have
been conferences Of the Belgian and
Dutch socialists. The Belgians were
without Vandervelde, whose health is
unfortunately not what it ought to be.
The principal subject for discussion
was the question Of cartel with the
progressives in the municipal elections
In the result, the assembly refused the
idea favored by Vandervelde of a
general alliance, and only allowed il
in very special circumstances. In
Holland there was great fight be.
tween the extremist and the psrlia-
mentary party headed by Troelstra
At the end, Troelstra triumphed all
along the line.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

London Juatice commSnds Kier
Hardie for his manly stand in the
House of Commons against the re-
dictionary measures Of John Burns in
the matter of distributing the appro
priation of 100000 under the recent
Relief of Unemploed Act. Hardie
insists that the money is being used
simply "to subsidize irregular employ
ment and TO provide the employer
with a bonus in favor Of low wages,
while the unfortunate unemployed are
driven into more hopeless pauperisn
with no avenue Of escape.
This is bound to be the effect OF
all governmental aid TO the unemploy
cd unless the government pays the
regular schedule Of current wages
II seems pretty tough that even the
bitter charity money doled ont to the
oppressed should be used as a whiI
to drive them still lower in the scale
of life and to drag down with then
still others who have until now man
aged to cling to the sides Of the socis
pit. And to have . man like Burns
from whom the workers hoped 81
much to stand for such reactionar,
policies 10 bitter indeed.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
LIFE's INEQUALITIES.
BY Arthur Goodenough.

In the blooded- builded mansions Of
Mammon,
In the palaces Plenty has built
Tho reared by the sons of oppression
And stored by extortion and guilt
The daintiest viands are offered
On dishes of silver and gold,
And the rich in their pride are as
splendid
AS heathen Belshazar Of old.
There the daughters of fashion and
folly
Their charms and jewels display,
And the magic of light and of music
Drive sorrow and heartache away.
Each floor has carpet of velvet,
A curtain Of silk has each door,
And statues CLEAN white in the hall
ways
Their price is the blood Of the poor.
They are merry. They babble to-
gether
OF gaming, of wanton, Of wine,
And deaf to the promptings Of con-
science
Make light of a justice divine.
In the houses of want and Of squalor
The toilers they torture and spurn
With hunger and cold as their birth
right
Despised and neglected sojourn.
Under masters unyielding as iron
They live out the leases of their
years;
They bear the grim burden Of bond
age
And moisten their bread with their
tears.
The sons they have cherished, in
prison;
The daughters they love, in the
street;
The few flowers of life are uprootei
And trampled by merciless feet.
The author Of earth and Of heaven
Himself raised them up from the
dust;
They are made, saith the Book, "in
His image"-
Yet they die for a cup and a crustl
Montana news., 1907-06-13
True Every Day.

True Every Day.
Did you ATTEND the last meeting
of your uniOni
No.
And why noti
Because 1 went out to have a good
time,
And old you have a good timef
Yes.
You got fulli
Yes.
And spent your money!
Yes, two dollars and a half.
Are you clear on your union booksi
Not quite.
Whyf
Because one thing or another pre-
vented me from settling up.
Do you buy the paper that defends
your interestsf
No, it costs too much.
Would what you have spent the
other night clear you on the union
books and pay your subscription for
your labor paperi
i guess it would.
And yon don't consider yourself q
foolf-Patterson Labor Standard.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
Gerrymandering.

Our German socialist contemporary
"Vorwaerts has been compelled to
have recourse to the raey political
slang of America to describe the elec-
toral management" by which some
sixteen Thousand votes will elect a
Roman Catholic deputy, whereas thir.
ty-seven thousand votes barely suffice
to get socialist into the Reichstag.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
The Right to Strike.

M. Clemenceau has still further in.
creased the feeling by writing a letter
to the teachers secretary, in which
ployees have special privileges. They
have sure employment (what do the
Wooliwch men say to thisi), good pay,
old-age pension, and short hours and in
return for all these concessions, the
state cannot allow them to strike just
when they please. So far the French
premier-and as France is the ad
vance guard of European radicalism
just now, the letter shows US what ouI
Labor party must guard against when
the railways are nationalized. L am
sure that the French functionaries
will not take this letter lying down
and i gather from a recent interview
with Jaures, in the "Matin," that he
looks on the recent electrical trouble
as showing the feasibility of the gen
eral strike.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
International
Mehring Goes to Prison.

Franz Mehring, editor in chief Of
the "Leipziger Volkszeitung," and
who visited the United States last
year, has been sentenced to fourteen
days Imprisonment for ibelling DR.
Liman, a bourgeois journalist. This
makes four editors of the "LeipzigeI
volkszeitung" in prison at the same
time. At one time, the Breslau "Volks
wacht" was practically edited by the
eompositors as there was no editor
out Of prison.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
STRIKE BREAKERS
DESERT MoRANs
Company Broke Contract and Men
Sell Tools to Get Home.

Company Broke Contract and Men
Sell Tools to Get Home.
Last Tuesdays "Star" contains the
following. As it is not the account of
local paper, it cannot be prejudiced
statement:
Union men say the story is true in
every respect, and assert that not only
the men referred to have quit the COM
pany, but many others, and that the
big plant in the struck department is
practically tide up:
Drought from Bethlehem, Pa, to
Seattle, under contract to work as ma
chinist in place of the striking Seattle
union, l5 strikebreakers dusdng the
month of May became so disgusted
with their treatment at the hands of
the Moran company that every man
left the company after earning only
enough money to pay their transPorta'
tion to the coast.
twenty-five of the strikebreakers
machinists were hired by Frank +.
Neal, agent for Moran's, in Pennsyl-
vania. They signed contracts provid.
ing for free rooms and board, AZ cents
an hour, and all the overtime and
Sunday work they wanted. Neal put
the party on train in charge of four
men. The men were given $50 advance
money, TO be taken from their pay
after they started work. The four
men in charge spent the trip in drink.
ing and card playing.
According to one of the men, they
were not given berths or half enough
food on the train, and when they
reached Seattle they were given free
board and room for only q few days,
after which they were told to shift
for themselves
"Seven Of the 22 men refused to go
to work when they got here, and the
other Is worked from one to three
weeks,
'They were not given any overtime
or Sunday work, and in fact claim that
the Moran company violated their con-
tracts in every particular. When they
quit work the company kept their
tools to pay the cost Of bringing them
west. One strikebreaker left over
900 worth of tools with the company
"The machinists who came here
have found the way Of the strike
breaker very hard indeed, and have
written to advice their friends to be-
ware Of Mr.. Neal and his fancy con
tracts, which, when signed in Pennsyl
vania, are not valid In this state.
"The strikebreakers were paid 4;
cents an hour by the Moran company
while the striking union only demand,
Accent minimum. ''-Union Record
Montana news., 1907-06-13
Johns Hopkins Open to Women

The trustees of Johns Hopkins have
decided to open the doors of the uni
versity to women.
President Ira Remsen, says "Hop
kins is practically the last of the uni
versities to take this step.
Women students who wish to take ad
vance study should have the opportun
ity to work side by side with men anC
receive the same advantages.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
ron REHY On gALR.

Blacksmith shop, two fros, all noe.
sssary tools. Good soafortable six
roo. house, garden and out-buildings
In good farming community with ad
jaeent mines and saw mills. Shop will
be rented with or without residence
For further particulars address Il. f
hAgee, Fridley. Mont
Montana news., 1907-06-13

Land owners in Hungary have form
cd q powerful organization to smash
the socialist movement and to enslave
the peasants. Chinese are to be i'm.
ported to aid the scheme.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
News Of the World.

Socialism is doing well all over the
world just now. The municipal elec-
tions at Copenhagen have gone strong,
ly in our favor; the Finnish elections
show that the women may be trusted
to vote for the right side; and in
" Humanite" there appears a letter
from some socialist in Tonkin appris-
ing the world Of the existence Of a
socialist party there. 1t seems that
socialism is the only religion that can
spread everywhere without paid mis-.
sionsries or priests.-Labor Leader.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

The Wisconsin senate has killed the
bill forbidding girls under eighteen
years TO work in the breweries. Com
rade Aldridge made strong plea
for the bill before the senate commit.
tee. But the brewery interests were
stronger than the interests of human.
ity, represented by the social-dem
ocratic members. And still the cry is
raised, that socialists want to destroy
the homel
Montana news., 1907-06-13

National Committee motion No. z,
was defeated by the following vote:
affirmative 10; negative 35; not voting
IA. Vote closed by May 2s. The mo-
tion contemplated the calling of a
conference Of labor organizations in
the event of the conviction of either
Meyer, Haywood or Pettibone. The
vote Of G.. F. Bentley, National Com.
mitteeman of Oklahoma, was received
too late TO be counted.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
Radicals and the Teachers.

France has some stormy times be-
fore it in matters industrial. Never
week passes without big strike
somewhere, and now the government
functionaries-especially the teachers
are going to break swords with M
Clemenceau. The government has
allowed their employees certain right;
of combination, but they will not suf
fer them to join the General Labour
Federation, where they might have u
join in a general strike. A deputatior
has waited on M. BRAND, the Mr.
John Burns Of France, and also on the
Prime Minister, but both of these
functionaries have turned deaf cal
to their appeals.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
WOmen's Clubs
sSNN<>>N%N~>~N%%,%>N<~

Mrs. Jacob Hansen of 4S4 West Full
lerton avenue appeared at the polling
place of the twenty.eight ward in the
recent Chicago election, to act as chal-
lenger of votes for the socialist party.
Her presence was strongly objected
to by the democratic and the repub
lican judges of election.
1t was the first time that woman
had ever been selected for the work,
and the judges appealed to the cleo
tion commissioners when she refused
TO leave and asked that she be re-
moved.
The commissioners decided that she
should be allowed to stay and look
after the interests of her party. The
fact that she had no vote did not in
terfere with her right as challenger
according to the decision of the com
missiOners.
This decision Of the election com.
misioners opens new place for women
in the political arena.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

A third final ballot is required, the
number Of candidates being reduced to
four. In accordance with rule 10, the
following are the candidates: Victor
L. Berger, Algernon Lee, A. M. simons
and John M. Work. Vote will close
June 10.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

1t is reorted that the "Lebensmit.
telverein," the great Swiss co-operat
i've society, was captured in its en-
tirety by the socialists at the last
elction of officers and will now be ad.
ministered in the best interests OF
the working class and the socialist
party. This is a great step in advance
as the cooperative societies in mos,
Of the European countries have been
the greatest obstacles the party ha.
had to contend with in reaching the
workers.
Montana news., 1907-06-13
National News
Wisconsin Notes.

The Social.Democrats in the assem-
bly, this week made spirited fight
agains the public utilities bill. This
bill, supported by the "reform" re-
publicans, is one Of the worst of it's
sort that could be framed. 1t gives
to three men, appointed by the gov
ernor, the control of all municipal af.
fairs connected with public utilities.
If this bill passes, no city can buy,
own or operate a public utility except
with the consent of those three poten-
tates There is regulation" for
Follette's "reform" wing will fight
the corporationsl 1t is needless to say
that all the corporations are heartily
in favor of this bill. Yet after all
the vigorous protests of the Social
Democrats, when the bill came to vote,
only sixteen members voted against
it, including of course our five Social
Democratic assemblymen.
Another bad bill against which our
men put up a hot fight is the bill to
create twelve aldermen-at-large for
the city of Milwaukee. This bill,
which would create an upper house in
our city council, is intended to block
socialist measures in that body. Our
men fight it on principle, as opposed
to the upper house idea. But all the
same the bill, if passed, may prove
pretty sharp-pointed boomerang to
the old parties. If we carry the city
next spring-which is not only among
the possibilities, but the probabilities,
that would mean a Soeial-Democratic
upper house. And with that, the boot
would be on the other foot in Milwau-
kee politics!
Montana news., 1907-06-13

BY q recent referendum the com.
rades Of West Virginia decided not
to hold a state convention this year.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

The number Of subscribers required
are sixty, to successfully launch the
National Socialist Plate Matter pro-
position. Fifty contracts are now on
file in the National office.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

II there are any eolorsd voters In
your district, hand them q copy Of
Socialism and the Negro Problem,
price Ave eents each or six copies for
twenty-five cents.
Montana news., 1907-06-13

Arrangement are being made with
the locals of the larger cities east of
the Missouri river for the establish
ment of a socialist lecture course and
lecture circuit, covering the period
from October 1907 to April 1908. An
average weekly attendance of 400 per.
sons in any city will assure the sue
cess of the course without expense to
the local organization. For further
particulars address the National office
Montana news., 1907-06-13

A battle royal between the socialists
and King Leopold Of Belgium, is about
to begin. The old gent withdrew the
bill in parliament to reduce the hours
Of labor in mines. He appears to have
that right by simply issuing q decree.
The kings action is being generally
denounced and may force dissolution
Of parliament. At least the socialists
will attempt to force the issue and
appeal TO the country.