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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

One of u farm readers says that he
has a Young COW a little over a year
old which had triplet calves, and that
her %granddam this spring had three
calves also, all doing well. At that rate
one can 500 grow a herd.-Indiana
Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01
.JustsGea.

First Ranchman-What'd they do t
Broncho Bill fr shootin' up tibet thel
tenderfoot?
Second Ranchman-The jedge let him
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

The Illinois Experiment Station has
found out that a larger yield Of oats
can be obtained by drilling thar when
sown broadcast, and that less seed will
be required. One bushel less is re-
quired where a drill is used and the
yield is six bushels more.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

S. G. N. G. No. s-1oo7.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

1t Is noticeable that Western Ben
Davis apples sold at much higher
prices than this same variety grown
In the East. In fact, the only variety
which has sold as we'll on the Liver
pool market as the Western Ben Davis
Canada.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

w. E. Upton and D. G.. Thoms
members of the state board of chart
ties and corrections are here to look
after the provisions of the Mundt bill,
which allows the Dakota Central rail-
way a right of way across the peni-
tertiary farm. They want to know
in what way it will affect their suit
to GUST that company from the prop
erty under their control.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-01

There appear to be several ideas as
to what disposal should be made of
the tees for ia of state lands. At
present they go into the general fund
OF the state, and have in the past two
years amounted to about $4,000 a
e F%orcannon introduced a bill
to place such fees in the road funds of
the districts in which the land sold is
situated; and Green, of Hamlin. has
introduced in the senate a bill t. turn
them from the state general fund into
the interest and income fund, where
they can be used for the benent OF
the schools Of h state instead Of the
general fund.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19

Fred w. Starr, who made an assault
with intent to Kill upon Policeman
Berger in Denver, several years ago,
and who was sent TO the penitentiary
for a term of from Twelve to fourteen
years, had his sentence committed by
the State Board of Pardons so that he
will be released by the end of fifteen
months. Starr was sentenced in 1902,
and under the good time system would
have been eligible for parole in 1909.
Edna May. who has been out on pa
role for more than a, year, had her
sentence c9ihmuted so that she is now
free. She was sent up from Denver
after conviction for larceny from the
person, and was sentenced to term
of from five to six years. In February,
1906. this sentence was committed to
nine months to two years. and she was
released on parole. va s-
Four cases were postponed for one
month: Walter Bylani, Ell Paso: Ken
inedy, Chaffee; John A. Winston. Den
yer; May Wilson. La Plata.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
THIRTY.NINE PERISH.
Another Earthquake Wreaks Havoc to
Property and Human Lives.

Valparaiso. Chile. via Galveston
Private dispatches just received from
Valdivia report that city was shaken at
4 o'clock on the morning of June 18th
by violent earthquake lasting seventy
seconds.
Available details are that thirty-nine
people are dead and many wounded.
and almost all the solid buildings
ruined, including the custom house.
There was a shock here about the
same time.
Chicago.-A dispatch to the Record
Herald from Montgomery City. Mis-
souri, says:
DIR. Thomas Jefferson Jackson See,
astronomer OF the United States naval
observatory at Mare Island. California.
now in this city visiting his old boy
hood home. says he has discovered the
one common cause of earthquakes
the leakage of the ocean bottom, which
gives rise to steam beneath the earth's
crust.
He also points out that the chief
danger of these agitauons is along the
sea coast.
ut seems to be clearly proved" said
DIR. See, that the earth is not CON
tracing, but that the effects of the
cooling of the globe are insensible. The
earth may be slightly expanding. San
Francisco is not likely to have another
earthquake in hundred years.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19

self IN its happiest days. The lawns
had been cut and sodded. the roads
and paths graded and repaired, the
shrubs and hedges trimmed, and the
flower beds filled with rare and well
chosen plants.
Within the house had been cleaned
and renovated from garnet to cellar
and the corps of servants from house
keeper down to kitchen maid, were re-
liable. capable. and of thoroughly at
tested responsibility. while the stable.
with Its new horses and trustworthy
men, was nowise behind in point of
complete. reorganization and equip
ment.
You've done a great bit OF work
in the last few weeks said MacArdel.
as we were speeding toward town in
the fast express.
We'll" l replied. my heart was in
it. Mac That accounts for it, sup
pose"
The idiotio grin with which he re-
ceived this remark caused me to blush
like schoolboy. and | turned away
from him to the window and watched
the ever changing panorama that
glided past as we rushed on toward
the city.
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do is to go ahead and open up the
place. There won't be any more non
sense when they realize that you don't
care snap of your finger for them
or their doings. Just get your serv'
ants here all at the same time. Have
the house cleared and aired from top
to bottom and keep lights burning in
the halls all night Fill the stable
with horses as you told me you in,
tended to- do. and see that all the
servants cottages on the place are oc.
cupied
You won't have any trouble, Ware
If you will only take the precaution to
have all these people come at the
same time, and transform the place
into one of bustling activity within a
few hours. All you have to do to
stamp out this ghost business is to
overwhelm 1t entirely. and there won't
be any more of it. I promise you, as
soon as the place is running full
blast
MacArders idea seemed to be the
most practical one that presented it.
self, and within few days, the house
was filled with workmen and their
helpers. while the retinue of carefully
chosen servants was imported from
town. and gave to the establishment
an air of permanent occupancy. AS
many men from the village as could
be persuaded to work on the place at
all were assigned to the roads and
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
Revolutionize Worlds Power.

New York.-ThoElas a. Edison has
just given out the irst interview since
his announcement on his sixtieth birth
day that he had quite the career of a
money-making inventor for that of a
scientist.
"The greateet Scientific discovery
which | expect to see before l die" re-
marked the inventor, is the direct
generation of electricity from coal.
Imagine what will be the conse-
quences. Then locomotives will be
thrown into the scrap heap. All trains
will be run by electricity. No longer
will coal be laboriOusly transported
to the cities, but there will be great
power plants established at the mouths
of the mines from which the cleo
tricity will be sent out over the coun-
try by wire.
There will be no horses in the
streets, no stables. no flies. Wagons
will be propelled by electricity. Houses
will be lighted entirely by electricity,
for 1t will be so cheap that it can be
used by the humblest - tenement
dweller
Ships will no longer be driven by
steam. Electricity will be their motive
power. And then it will be possible
to cross the Atlantic in three days.
AT the present time nine-tenths of
the power obtained rom coal is lost by
the use Of boilers. wheels and dyna-
mos. With the direct generation of the
electrical current. therefore, the world
will have ten times more energy than
now"
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
TOO MUCH RED TAPE.
Reclamation of Wyoming Lands
Greatly Retarded by "otficious
interference"

Denver.-"Harassing red tape and
ironclad regulations produce condi-
tons in the government arid land re-
clamation service which make it I'M
desirable"
John e. Field, former state engi-
neer of Colorado and recently in
charge of the Pathfinder dam in Wyo-
ming, cited the above as one of his
reasons for resigning and starting a
private office in Denver again. He
arrived in Denver from Wyoming:
81 came to the conclusion that was
wasting my time up in Wyoming" he
said. THE everlastins delay and pro-
crastination which seem to constitute
an inseparable part of government SER
vice are maddening when one is re-
sponsible for any work.
1.-The officers of the reclamation SER
vice are in no way to blame for this.
| think they are suffering more than
any one by this condition The fault
lies with the Treasury Department and
the inevitable bureaucracy of the sys-
tenn.
when you consider that in addi-
ton to these drawbacks, the govern
ment pays smaller salaries than any
corporation, you cannot wonder that
competent men are resigning from gov
eminent positions.
take Professor Buffum, formerly in
charge of the United States experiment
station in Wyoming. He was doing
simply invaluable work. His re-
searches have done immense service
to the West. A seed company learns
about him and offers him twice as
much salary as the government was
paying OF course, the United States
loses his services. Think of it. A lit
tie petty concern peddling seeds. able
to pay a man more than the govern
ment of this country.
"On the whole, came to the conclu-
sion that | was burying myself up in
Wyoming 10 no purpose. When one
goes without most of tie things which
civilization has turned out to make
life worth living, one expects some
adequate sort of return, and a man
does not get that when he is working
for a salary and losing his identity.
For irrigation and hydraulic engi-
neers Denver offers field second to
none. Both Mr.. Fellows and myself
have done nothing but Irrigation work
for the last ten years.
personally, | am on the best of
terms with my late superior officers
in the reclamation service. They are
men who have my respect and. indeed.
my sympathy, for ! realize the diff
Guilty of the situation they are up
against"
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
DON'T CHEW YOUR MEAT,
SAYS CHEMIST WILEY

that the carnivorous animals do no
chew their food. They tear 1t from
the bones and swallow 1t In chunks
Therefore the learned chief chemis
holds that II a man can get n chunl
of meat down into his stomach. n,
matter how big 1t may be. he hai
done all that nature requires of him
"Mastication is good for the devel
opment OF the muscles" says DR.
Wiley. but chewing of meat is un
necessary. If not positively harmful
With vegetables. however 1t is impos
sible to do too much grinding. Every
body knows. or ought to know, tha
all the digestion OF vegetables is 40
compiished In the mouth and small In
testines. II there Is not enough mas
tication the work cannot be done aft
erward.
But Fisher Is a faddist: all of III
are a bit afflicted in that way. He II
trying to make over man so that h,
will not eat. He ought to know bot
ter than that"
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19

Surgeon General Rixey has. there
fore. worked out the details OF plaI
for the organization of corps Of
trained nurses. such as the army has
Afoat these nurses will necessary,
be men. but in the navy hospital
ashore, where the more difficult, lin
gering and dangerous cases are treat
ed. women nurses will be employed
For $4,000 Admiral Rixey feels tina
he can make respectable beginning
in the organization OF such corps
and he is seeking support from the
secretary of the navy and the presi
dent in securing the necessary ap
prOpriations by congress.
The first official suggestion of the
employment of women in the project
ed naval nurse corps was preached
by the surgeon general in an address
delivered by him on the occasion OF
the graduation of the nurses class al
the Garfield hospital in this city re-
Gently. U
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
A Human Brick.

Boston. Mass.-For the first time II
the history of the world, ashes of I
man who was cremated were mixet
with cement and made into a brick II
this city. Tic ashes are those of Her
man Unger. n travelling man OF Pitts
burg. who committed suicide in Bos
ton hotel May 30th.
Unger was a Jew, and the bricl
which now contains all that is left o
his mortal remains after passing
through the crematory will be buried
in the JEWISH cemetery. If fingers Sc
cret society friends can find one thai
will accept the brick.
So far, the authorities of the Jewish
cemeteries about Boston have shown 4
disinclination to receive the human
brick. Unger had much trouble in his
lifetime and became moody and de
spendent He is said to have enter
tanned belief that after death mar
who was buried in the ground in this
regular way turned into tree.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19

lawns, and every effort was made to
beautify and render attractive the en-
| tire estate.
had no hesitancy in authorizing
the lavish expenditures which were
necessitated by such wholesale rehab-
| ilitation of the property. for not only
was l assured that anything l might
do would meet with the full approval
of Miss Carney. but, from my position
as her trustee, l knew that the in
come of the estate would warrant the
steps / was taking toward its improve
ment.
There were no further uncanny man.
ifestations or mysterious happenings
of any kind, and jerks and the widow
continued to follow their usual voca-
lions as II nothing out of the ordinary
had occurred, SO that we were forced
| to believe that they were living up to
| the spirit as well as to the letter of
their oath.
MacArdel who had remained with
me as my guest and companion while
this work was in progress. did not half
like this submissive behavior on the
| part of jerks and the Bruce woman
and MS WClC 5IedtIy
creased when l ordered the widow out
of her cottage to make room for the
golf links that Miss Carney wanted
laid, out.
Keep an eye on her. Ware" said
| MacArdel, when 1 told him how
promptly and willingly she had acqui-
esced in my wishes, and with what
seeming gratitude she had accepted the
new quarters in which / had installed
her." Watch her carefully. old man." he
continued She'll be up to some devil
try yet, you may be sure. Neither she
nor jerks has breathed a word, even
to you or me, about that business the
other night. but they haven't forgotten
it by any means, and we'll hear from
them when we least expect to, unless
we keep a sharp lookout. I almost
wish they had cut up row over it
tat the beginning, rather than have
them go on like this. They are nurs-
ing their rancor all this while and
some day they will try to get their re-
| venge."
/ Atelegram announcing the sailing Of
Miss Carney and Miss Weston spurred
us on to greater efforts and, when at
l.last we were ready to leave for town
that l might meet the travellers at
the pier, we were both satisfied that
our labor had not been in vain.
| Carney-Croft looked like its old-time
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital

tute, and many name their wives
daughters, or other members of thet
families for this place. The depart
ment encourages such appointments
of some one living in the same hous,
with the carrier. because II the regu
lar carrier is sick or unable to servi
his route there is some one in TIN
same house to act as substitute and h.
is not obliged to send out and motif.
his substitute that he must serve tn
mails that day.
When a woman has served 81:
months as n substitute, that is, as
bonded substitute. she will be elisibh
to appointment as regular carrier. AM
should there be a vacancy the depart
ment will give her the preference 70
appointment as regular carrier In tn
rurcl service.
While the regulations of the nDsta
service make no specific provision
against women as letter carrie,s II
cities, there Is a provision which ha
the effect of barring them from thesl
positions. A uniform which must b.
worn by city carriers. consisting o
coat and trousers and cap of certain
color Is prescribed. and no woman ha
been brave enough to make applica
ton in the face of this.
The records of the department shos
that the women carriers in the rura
free delivery service have made mos
excellent officers. They have show
pluck. perseverance and ability to pei
form their duties in all sorts of wealth
err, and some of them hold higher rec
ords for efficiency than hundreds
men in the service.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19

tSTRUST busting" comes high and
j the taxpayers foot the bills. Spe
cial Investigations of the Standard OIL
beef. harvester. tobacco. powder. fer
tilizer. and other combinations have
cost enormous sums. Inquiries now
being prosecuted into the lumber
watch and other trusts will draw heav
lily upon the federal treasury.
In the last four years the govern
ment has paid out nearly 100000 In
fees for special counsel. These are
some of the largest items:
Beef case. $4,000.
Standard Oil lin COURT. $4,000.
Tobacco cases (under investigation
$4,000.
Paper case (concluded). 100000.
Harvester Case (under investiga-
tom. 100000.
Fertilizer case lin COURT, $4,000.
Coal and oil carrying railroads tun-
der investigation, 10000.
Powder case tunder investigation.
$1,000.
Turpentine' case, $4,000.
Total. $4,000.
Fines paid the government. $780,
900.
There are almost a dozen other In
vestigations, which have cost a good
iy price, but they are of lesser impor-
lance.
Kellogg and Morrison are paid s12.-
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
Little Boy Mysteriously Disappears.

Fort Collins, Colo.-The town Of
Wellington, ten miles north OF Fort
Collins, is aroused by the strange dis
appearance OF three-year-old Harry
Yost, the son of c. S. Yost, a well
known farmer of that section. Whether
he has been kidnapped. drowned in the
big Laramie county irrigation ditch
which runs near the Yost home, or be
come lost on the plains and probably
persisted from the want of food and
drink the people are unable to deter
mine.
1t is generally believed. however
that the child fell into the water, ant
this clew is being followed by the Off
GERS and neighbors in their search fol
the boy. He disappeared yesterday
morning while returning to the house
from the fields.
He had accompanied the men in the
morning, but on account of the heat
was told to go to the house. This was
less than a quarter of mile away, but
is hidden by hill. and nothing more
was seen of the youngster. When he
failed to return at noontime with the
men it was discovered that he had
been lost and a search was instituted
But thus far no clew to the where
abouts of the boy has been found. The
water was turned off in the ditch, and
all night and this morning scores o
men and women have secured the bee
of the stream. wading in the mud ant
through underbrush. but without re
suits
The ditch is thirty feet wide and the
water has been running six feet deep
Owing to the unusually heavy rains o,
the past few weeks. the current was
extremely swift, and If the boy fe1
into the river it is believed the body
has been carried long distance dowf
stream.
The mother is almost insane with
grief.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
cro BE CONTINUED,


Chicago policemen sometimes make
themselves useful, although perhaps
not in the way they are supposed to.
This was shown by an incident In a
South side home. The mistress Of the
house happsned to go into the kitchen
during the evening, There she saw the
cook evidently enjoying the company
Of two big dispensers OF the law
why. Maggie" she exclaimed. 'tsn't
one policeman enough for you?"'
i."Shure,. ma am, but wan is my chap
leron," answered the cook. Which
one?"J queried the lady. Sometimes
the wan and sometimes the other"
was the CHEEKY reply from the re-
sourceful.. Maggie. = Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
New sound-Proof Books.

Various methods of making sound
proof building bricks or plates are
noticed by German authorities The
chief constituent is calcined gypsum,
and It appears that in the simplest
process the mass is filled with fine
pores by adding small proportion
of such substances as the bicarbon-
ates of the alkalies. the chemical ac-
ton thus set up causing a slow and
steady evolution of carbonic acid gas
as the gypsum sets and hardens
Though the plates become somewhat
lighter their strength is retained.
The porous texture makes the ma
terial good nonconductor of sound.
there is no loss of durability. and the
plates can be fastened by mailing. The
sound deadening fleet can be in
creased by adding sawdust. coke dust
or ashes.
The pulp-such as mixture by
weight of 20 parts OF sawdust. 40 OF
gypsum. 40 of water and one of
sodium bicarbonate-is poured into
moulGs and can be left to harden
without further attention.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
MANY PETTICOATS AMONG
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
VIZ Observation-Disclosures from be-

VIZ ASHlNGTON.- from be-
w coming letter carriers by tech
nicality in the postal regulations.
women are rapidly invading the ranks
of the rural carriers, where there are
no restrictions against them. An ex-
animation of the records of the post
office department shows that there
are 257 carriers in the rural communi-
ties who are women, and 900 substi-
tute carriers are of the same sex. This
would not be very significant show
ing were it not for the fact that the
advent of women in this capacity is a
comparatively recent innovation. For
several years after the service was
established 1t was not contemplated
by post office officials that the posi-
ton of carrier was one which would
be sought by members of the weaker
sex. But somehow they crept in;
the department had no way of distin-
gushing them from men except by
their names as they appeared on the
applications, and this. it was found, Is
no criterion.
Who was the first woman rural car
rier is something that is unknown by
the post office department. Several
have claimed that honor Women were
delivering mail matter in the farming
communities for Uncle Sam long he
fore his officials who have charge of
that branch of the postal service knew
anything about 1t.
There is another way in which they
have made inroads into the service.
When a man is appointed rural car
rier he is allowed TO name his substi-
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19

what seasickness is. myself, and l
simply lived on deck. Why, how do
you do, Mrs Randolph! l am so glad
to see you!''
Mrs. Randolph, who proved to be
Miss Weston's aunt; kissed both young
women affectionately and then l was
introduced in due form.
Mrs. Randolph is to be our chap.
eron," Miss Carney explained, land is
going to Carney-Croft with us as soon
as the place is ready. was wishing
this morning that you knew her, for
was sure she would be here and you
could have been company for each 9TH
er while you were waiting for the ship
to come up. We used to say. when we
lived here, that there seemed to be a
fate that kept you two people from
meeting one another"
you had a pleasant trip, I hope?"
l asked, solicitously, after expressing
my regret that had missed the
pleasure of Mrs. Randolph's acquaint-
ance.
Delightful, every minute of .it!" she
rejoined. IF it hadn't been for An
MES seasickness and"
"And the parson's." interrupted her
friend, with laugh.
Yes, the parsons continued Miss
Carney, flushing family as smile fit
ted across her face. "They were going
to some kind of a convention and they
we're everywhere; in the forecastle.
praying with the sailors; in the smok-
ing room casting Mortified glahces at
Uhn
tured to drink or play; at the table
before the places were fairly laid;
and -N-s.
The Lamar register., 1907-06-19
CHAPTER XIV.
Return OF the Wanderers.

Miss Carney came down the gang
plank followed closely by Miss West
on, and greeted me in way that was
plainly sincere.
"Oh! i am so glad to be home
again." she exclaimed joyously, and
her face lighted up with pleasure
as she glanced about at the crowd
of expectant people that choked up
the pier.
so is Annie, tool" she laughed, lay
ing a hand on Miss Weston's arm and
patting it playfully. She was dread
fully i'll all the way across and scarce
ly left her room until We reached
Quarantine this morning. l don't know