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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
DIFFICULT

There has been more complaint TINS
fall than usual about difficult churn-
ing. The writer recently visited a dairy
farm in Fond du Lac county, Wiscon-
sin, where fifteen COWS are being MIXED
now, and the cream churned at home.
The churning here takes from one n
a half hours to two hours; n as II
is lone by hand power it actually wears
out the whole family before the churn-
ing is completed. This family makes a
fine grade of separated cream butter,
and gets two or three cents above Elgin
creamery prices for all they make.
hence they do not resort to some of
the usual practices for helping slow
cream. The buttermaker here says you
cannot get nicely grained butter from
quick Churning, and really about one
hour is the time it should take, when
iirst-rate quality butter was desired.
Longer churning does not inJure the
butter, but it is hard on the one who
turns the churn. 1t was really interest
ing TO watch the methods employed on
the farm to secur the finest grade of
butter. The COW were MIXED at 6
a. M, and the milk was carried out of
the coy stables promptly, and taken to
the separator room. There a lusty boy
was ready with the machine and the
separation was quick work. The one
serious fault l found was, the bowl
of the separator was cleaned just be-
fore the milk was brought into the
milk room, instead of being cleaned at
Once after each separation, The milk
cans We're handled the same way, that
is the skim milk stood i'm them for
twelve to tw~enty-four hours. and
then when the ans were wanted
for use they were emptied. and
merely rinsed out with cold water.
and the fresh milk poured in. While
| have never tasted a more de-
licious favored butter than hat made
on this farm, yet these slovenly meth
DDS will surely tell in time, and they
are apt to ruin Il good business.
We discussed the causes of long
churning. First a small churn was
used, and the cream was churned every
day. 1t was then concluded hat the
cream did not stand long enough, and
a larger churn was installed, but with
no better results. Their the quantity
of cream put into the churn was re-
duced, until the churn was not more
than half full. but this did not help
matters. The cream was brought to a
higher temperature. and ripened UP
more. but the trouble was not found
here. These COWS have been milking
now from seven to nine months, and
right here probably is the cause of the
poor churnability of the cream; an0
then by using separator cream there is
a tendency to churn before the cream
is sufficiently ripened. To obviate these
troubles. one should have two or three
cows come fresh in October, M liz
addition to that. carefully test the
cream to see that it is the prope de
gree of sourness, before attempting &c
churn il. The buttermaker ON this
Fond du Lac county farm believes III
phItrninU OF tho lnkynSt pfnnoraf 1Jra nf
cream possible, and before the cream
gets much acid. must admit that fine
butter is made here, under these meth
DDS, but two-hour churning is unneces-
sary. when proper conditions are OBJ
served. l.. c.. Brown.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

Perhaps" said a New York lawyer,
the little story Pm going to tell will
be as much of a comfort to some other
nervou speaker as it was to me.
AT the farewell dinner given to
Israel ~ZangwIll." the lawyer went on.
II sat next to Joseph Jefferson. For
the sake of opening the conversation, I
said, Il wish | were you tonight
why" he asked.
Because YOU don't have to speak
and l do"
oh said Jefferson, but | do have
to, and | feel just as uncomfortable as
you possibly could
~ supposed saG 1, you had become
so used to that sort of thing. you
wouldn't mind it q Bit
Indeed. no. he answered. You
know | have been playing rip Van
Wrinkle for more than thirty years;
yet every time ] go on the stage my
knees knock together. If they did not
| should know that the fire a gone
out"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
LOCATION OF MILK HOUSE.

Convenience is one of the essentials
OF the milk house, but when that brings
IT dangerously e the feeding pens
of the hogs. I can hardly see the wis.,
dom of the location. l recently visited
a dairy where from twenty to thirty
cows were MIXED the yea around.
The barns. feeding yards and milH
house were located forty o d from the
house, and the milk house was with,
in fifty feet of where the hogs werel
fed. The cream was churned here,
and the SKINNED milk was piped into
the troughs in the feed lots. r..e whole
work was done by men, and the condi-
ton Whereabouts was not very assur-
ing. 1t Is surprising what chances
some men take with their milk and
cream and probably they do 1t on the
theory that the onsum cannot east
ly detect or locate any defects In milk
or butter. 1t will be a good thing for
the dairy business when all buildings
and all food products. and that n
cludes milk, cream, butter and cheese,
will be brought under state or federal
inspection. Then when a milk house Is
found adjacent TO a pig pen let ii be,
promptly condemned. as IL should be.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
A STORY OF

You're going Ii too hard, Edith" he
remarked. You need a rest and a
change OF air; so do ], though perhaps
/ don't % 1T. Suppose we go down
to Edgemere for a week or two"
Would you like to go?" she asked
eagerly. Thank you, dear. / do feel
the need OF It,"
Then I'll wire at once to Thomas to
get the house ready. Shall we say next
Saturday."
THAT will do nicely"
II suppose we'd better have lack go
down to look after Grace?'
by all means-and you'd better have
= friend or two-I don't want you to
get bored"
"Oh. / shan't get bored-besides | can
RIM into town occasionally. But per-
haps / will invite two or three OF the
fellows down for a few days. I'll think
about it," and he hurried away to set
the preparations astir.
II was not till the evening before
their departure that he referred TO the
matter again.
Jacks coming with us. he said,
and by the way, Edith, I've asked Ire
maine 10 come Down tomorrow and
stay the week. ! want to perfect Il
plans for that railroad project; and,
besides, he's about the most fascinat-
Ing fellow / ever met"
Yes" she agreed, with a strained
little laugh, hes very fascinating"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
CHAPTER iii.
A CROSSING OF SWORDS.

When Drysdale opened his window
next morning, he oun the sur shin
ing from a sky unclouded and the air
warm with the promise OF spring. 1t
called him in a way not to be resisted
and he stepped out on the little bal
cony which ran beneath the window:
then he caught the odor OF a cigaret.
and turned to see Tremaine smiling at
him.
Good morning." cried Tremaine.
"A beautiful morning. isn't lit" Won't
you join meT
1T was Impossible to refuse him:
but Drysdale had no thought of re-
fusal-he rather welcomed the oppor-
tunity to cross swords with his rival.
to test his skill, to find out In how
far that air OF triumph was justified
by the strength behind 1t. So he took
the little cylinder of paper as he re-
turned the greeting. int sat down on
the sill Of his window.
but how grey the sea Is" continued
Tremaine. II IS not so In the tropics
II In blue---oh, such q bluei" ~ y
You seem TO be an early riser" OBJ
served Drysdale. who had thought to
find himself the first astir.
1T is a habit one learns at ST. Pierre
The dawn Is. there. the only pleasant
portion Of the day--one rises to burr
incense 10 II"
you have lived long at st. Pierre r
Nearly four years
And before that?"
Drysdale felt the badness OF the
question. and knew that he was not
proceeding as deftly as he should. that
: he was fencing clumsily: but opposed
TO this was q burning desire to know
moro about this q to probe into his
past. Not by h culver Of q lash die
Tremaine indicate that he found the
/ u1faaf}ou Aifhor ufrouua or trnwoic0mo
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
The MONTREAL GuraIe.

"Stuyvesant Fish, said a Pittsburg
banker, "is sometimes a difficult per-
son. To get along with him you u
be mighty particular about etiquette
you must shave twice a day-dress for
dinner-all that sort of thing. IL you
don't come up to his standard he Is
apt to say some very cutting thing
about you.
Il once sat beside Mr.. Fish at a din
ner at the Union league in New York
Mr.. Fish, when the soup came on, be-
gan to cast sneering chances at a stout.
red faced chap opposite us: n finally,
he whispered to me:
That man is from Montreal. can
tell 1t by his accent
by his accentg said i. But, Mr..
Fish, the man hasn't spoken
Mr.. Fish's lip curled In a scornful
smile.
"T had reference he said. to the c-
cent with which he eats his soup"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
A French Bull.
From Modern Society.

SSSh>NE
They thought more of the Legion OF
Honor I'm the time of Napoleon l.. thai
they do now said a ~well-known French
man. The emperor one day met an old
one-armed veteran.
" How did you lose your ARM he asked.
Sire. at Austerlitz.'
were you not decorated?'
mo, sire
Then here is my own cross for you:
! make you chevalier!"
Your majesty names me chevalier be-
cause | hav lost one arm! What would
your majesty nave done had / lost both
arms
oh, in that case l should have made
you officer OF the Legion!
"Whereupon the old soldier Immediately
drew his sword and cut off his other ARM"
There is no particular reason 70 doubt
this story. The only question is. how did
he do ii?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Optimism Is laek of experiene

OptIfnlSm IS Iatk OF tNptfItHUt,
There win be 40 giving of wedding
presents in heaven.
A girl will never tell on a man for
kissing her unless he didn't.
After a girl is done fooling her father
she is ready for her husband.
The best way to make money specu-
lating is to bet against your own judg-
me,lt.
A woman Xix es TO w.sh her hair SO
she can read a love story while it is
drying.
The crafty thing about a widow is
how she acts like q mans faults were
his virtues.
When a woman likes tobacco smoke
In the house she isn't married yet, but
Is trying to be.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

From Harper,s Weekly.

During a high-browed discussion at
the Players club In New York the
other day. a friend asked Raymond
Hitchcock to define the difference be-
tween a tragedian and a comedian. to
which h Yankee Tourist star re-
piled: We'll. / hate to talk about my
self. but I have come to believe that
a comedian Is simply an actor with
blond hair. while a ~tragedian Is a bru-
nette who thinks he Is an actor"
How about the brunette comedians
and the blond tragediansY"
They're nature fakirs."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15


A Wis. says:
az was run down and weak, troubled
with nervousness and headache for the
last six years. The least excitement
would make me nervous and cause Sc
we're headache.
This summer l have been eating
Grape-Nuts regularly and feel better
than for the six years past.
II am not troubled with headache
and nervousness. and weigh more than
I ever have. before In my life. / gained
. lbs. in one week"
Name given By Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read the book. 'Thc Road
to wcllville.' in pkgs.
there's Z Rsaso1Is
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
FARM

The possibilities of corn growing Is
shown by the work OF corn growers I'm
Wisconsin. With the aid of Professor
Moore, OF the Wisconsin experiment
station, corn growers in that state are
growing a remarkably heavy yielding
sort of white corn. 1t yields as high
as 20 to so bushels per acre.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

rou don't seem to mind IL here, re-
marked Satan.
NO" replied the new arrival. this is
rather . pleasant relief. 1 made my sud-
dsn exit from the world while trying to
umpire q ball game."-Philadslphia Press.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

Take care OF the harnesses. VI least
once a month they should be thoroughly
cleaned and oiled. III this job Is done
regularly II doe not take much time,
and a weIl-kept harness Will last ten
TO fifteen years. Dirty. sweat-soaked
harness rot out in three or four years
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

: There is something wrong in our
method Of crop distribution, that IL, II
takes too much toSgct products into
the hands OF consumers. For instances.
last week potatoes were selling In CEN
lral Wisconsin Mt IS cent6 q busheL,
while la elrses 100 miles aways con-
sumers had 60 pny 81 q bushel.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

When . see q woman dressed up
carefully below the knees she expects
70 meet souy~ nSddy street crossings.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

q. a sH - ST. Vtus' Daace ami Az Nervous ptseIse,
Y - Permanently tured by Dr. Kline 5 Greit
Nerve RcstoEer. Send for Free ~ uiai bottls and treatise.
Il. IA. KLINE, Id. 93l Arch Street, Philadelphia. Ia
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

From the Cleveland .eaGer.
What is there on our hat that
makes you so proud OF it,"
The eyes of all the other women"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
DAIRY NOTES.

The first and last rule of winter
feeding Is regularity. Cows have no.
holidays nor Sundays. III 8 o'clock Is
the feeding time, make it that time ev-.
cry day. Six one day and seven the
next day won't do. Cows never make
"A mistake on their feeding time. and
they fret when feeding Is delayed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
Jefferson's STAGE FRIGHT.

S1rs. Winsiows soOT7rS1 sgsUt ror CSiIdrsa
testhlng. sortens the gums, recrces lncam naslon. AZ.
Ays pain cures Vip3 eric - cant y pctEIs
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15
From Lnstig Batter.

FROM BuStlg Batter.
Witness ito judge)-I shall not be
able 10 attend tomorrow, as it is my
wedding day.
Judge-Wedding day! That is no
excuse. You would AVE to attend here
IL it We're your execution day.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

Poor salt will frequently destroy the
flavor OF butter. Use the hest dairy
salt. .andgtest 1t beforckit goes inte tliss
butter .t<A good plan isto take a~tabie-
spoonful from the bag and s~ilSs0lye Al
in warm water. Any a w viii
then be easily detected,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-15

Hides, Pelts and Wool.
To get full value, ship to the old rella BILE
". W. Hide & Fur Co. Minnea polls. MINI.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19
HAS PROOF
OF REBATES
Good Basis for Prosecution Of South.
ern Pacific Road.
Interstate Commission viii Call on
Bonaparte to Prosecute-Offense
Continued to September. the Books
Furnishing Enthusiastically Is
Impris onment.

Washington, Oct. 10. - Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Lane, who
went to California in response to re-
ports from agents Of the commission
declaring that the Southern Pacific
Railway company was giving rebates
and that proof could be obtained, has
returned to Washington. He says that
the result exceeded his expectations.
Mr.. Lane believes that fiagrant viola
ton OF the law can he proved, and it is
the present understanding that as soon
as the facts collected are submitted to
the full commission, certificates OF the
illegal operations OF the railway will be
made to the department of justice, with
request for immediate prosecution Of
those responsible. The law, as it now
stands, provides two years. imprison-
ment for each offense.
Whether Mr.. Hartman can be in.
dicted will depend upon whether his
responsibility for the alleged violations
of the law can be demonstrated. Mem.
bers of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission believe it can. They say he is
the president of the Southern Pacific
company, and either knew, or should
have known, what his subordinates
were doing.
According to Mr.. Lane, investiga'
tions, however, rebates were being paid
as late as September "a OF this year.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19

II is an interesting study to note In
domestic animals the traits of their
Wild ancestors. There are some char
acteristcs, of course. which are readily
recognizable as being similar to those
of animals still in a Wild state, and
for this reason they give a fair idea of
the life and surroundings Of progeni-
tors. The habits of the dog and cat
are too familiar to comment on, but
take the foal and compare his traits
with those of the calf.
The foal when a few days old can
gallop as fast as he ever can In after
life. He never leaves the dam and
takes nourishment In small quantities,
avoiding a full meal, which would I'M
pede swift escape In Tying down no
attempt is made at concealment, and
when he stands his head Is held high
These habits show that the animals
ancestors spent their lives In the open
and not In the forests and that they
were great travellers
The calf, on the contrary, fills him
self with milk and is poor traveller.
When danger approaches his first I'M
pulse is to conceal himself. All his
characteristics point to the fact that
the ancestral home of cattle was In a
moist, wooded country, while the
primeval horse roamed the plains
London Chronicle.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19
CARS STILL SCARCE.
Lane Says the Traffic Grows Faster
Than the Supply.


Washington, Oct. 14.-Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Lane returned
today from a trip TO the Pacific coast.
Thoroughly convinced that the business
of the North west is going to suffer by
reason of the general car shortage. He
found throughout that section that, al
though the railroads are increasing their
equipment, some very extensively, bus
mess is growing twice as rapidly, and
in consequence the railroads are bound
to fall farther and farther behind.
He did not discuss the question in de-
tail or indicate what action the Inter
state Commerce commission is likely to
take, for he has not yet had an oppor-
tunity of comforting with his colleagues.
Mr.. Lane said there would be fuel
famine in the Northwest il there should
be long. hard winter. Increase of
manufactures and increased use Of coal
by railroads calls for more coal than
the old markets have been accustomed
to supply, and wood fuel cannot supply
the deficiency for domestic use, because
Of the high wages demanded by lumber.
men, making it improbable to place
wood on the market in large quantities
II the winter is mild and short, the
Northwest may escape without suffer
ing, otherwise there will be hardship.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19
CHINESE VERSUS JAPANESE.
Canada May Throw Dow, the Bars
Against MongoIs.

Ottawa, Oct. 14-At the approach
ing session of the Dominion parliament,
which opens next month, it is under
stood that move will be made to throw
down the barriers against Chinese i'm
migration into Canada by abolishing
the head tax on Chinese, which is
practically prohibitive. 1t is asserted
that this step would afford solution
of the Oriental problem, which is now
assuming an acute phase among the
people of British Columbia, particular
ly in the coast cities.
1t is pointed out that. when the Chi
nese were allowed to enter the Domin-
ion at nominal tax rate, there was
very little trouble with Japanese arriv-
ais, and absolutely none from the Hin
dus. II the head tax were abolished or
even reduced to a nominal amount,
there would follow big thrush from
China. The Chinese would work for
such small wages that the people OF
British Columbia would be able to solve
the Japanese immigration problem by
giving Chinese labor the preference.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19

cal, and the man who invented the
metal reinforcement deserved a crown,
whether he ever got one or not There
was the grievous sight Of toes wearing
out while the rest of the boot was good
as ever, and without sound toe the
boot was ruined But the piece of
copper at the tip baffied, to a great
extent, the mania of the children for
kicking their toes on the frosty
ground
The presence of a pair of new red
topped boots (they were always very
ornate as to tops) under the Christ
mas tree was challenge to the reci-
plent. Wear me out If you canl" they
seemed to say. Then you would pro
coed to try you hardest to do 20. In
the long run you were always victor.
But the end was delayed generally to
the profit Of your fathers pocketbook.
Now the copper-toed boot has passed
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19
One of the
Essentials

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and which have attained to world
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One of the products of that class
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commended by the Well-Informed Of
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some family laxative is the well-knowr
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA. Tt
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California Fig Syrup Co., only, ant
for sale by all leading druggists
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19
Founders in Superior.

Sault Ste. Marie, Oct. 14.-Bour d
down from the head of the lakes on the
second trip she had made since being
launched at Lorain, o., on August II
last, the fine steel freighter Cypress,
440 feet long, and owned by the Lacka-
waonna Transportation company, of
Cleveland, foundered last night in Lake
Superior off Deer Park, taking down
with her % members of the crew. Sec
ond Mate c. ]. Pitt, washed ashore
dashed to a life raft, is the only per-
son left alive CT the ships people. He
was unconscious when found.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-10-19
ANOTHER INSULT.
Drunken Man Falls Into Japanese
Laundry at Frisco.


Laundry at Frisco.
San Francisco, Oct. 15.-As a result
OF an attack upon a Japanese laundry
last night, the proprietor and one OF his
employees are in the emergency hospi-
tai, many whites are nursing bruises
caused by the clubs Of the police and
the exterior of the laundry is a wreck.
The trouble was occasioned by Joseph
King. an intoxicated logger, who
crashed into the window of the laundry
conducted by 7. Umkekeubo, at 422
Fell street. The proprietor and H.
Omura rushed out and dragged King
into rear room, where he was placed
in charge of young Japanese, who
stood guard armed with a section of
gsspipe, while the other japanese hur-
ried to summon the police to arrest
King.
Three intoxicated companions OF
King witnessed the incident and they
planned to rescue their friend. Other
whites were called on and there fol-
lowed a combined attack on the laun-
dry. The street was soon filled by a
large crowd, and dozen japanese on
the inside sought to repel the invaders.
Policeman Thomas Collier was soon
on the scene and attacked the crowd
single handed. A riot call which was
sounded brought reinforcements. The
police charged the crowd with cubs
and many were hit.
King was found asleep in the rear
room, innocent Of the trouble.