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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
"AlI Hands Abandon ship!r

A naval officer thus describes the
realistic "All hands abandon ship
drill: 1.-TWO minutes after the word
has been passed every ships boat has
swung from it's davits into the water,
and a minute later every boat Is thor
oughly provisioned and watered. With
in four minutes and often in much
quicker time every man of the ships
company, from the commanding officer
down, is occupying the station in the
boat called for by his ships number,
and then the command Sheer off" is
given. The boats are hauled away a
couple Of hundred feet from the de-
serted vessel. and she rides without a
human soul aboard her, often when the
drill Is gone through in midocean in a
sea that the landsman would account
terrific. Then the word 'Boardv is
passed, and within eight minutes at
the most all hands are not only on
board again, but every boat has been
relashed 70 the davits, all of the pro-
visions, water, instruments and other
gear have been removed, and the ships
company is in fair way to get to
sleeD again."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
The Story Of a Rife Shot.

Perhaps no one knows. or ever VIII
know, how much I'm the Spanish-Amer-
lean war single rifle ball accom-
plished toward bringing the conflict
to an early close. II was sergeant
OF the Ninth infantry who fred the
shot a. distance of more than LOO
yards. that nearly severed the left arm
Of General Linares from his body and
gave the supreme command at Santi-
ago to General Toral Sergeant Nc
Inarney was the most advanced sol
der Of the American forces. and took
position In tree. Beyond, within the
breastworks, he noticed an officer
upon a gray horse, apparently making
an inspection of the entire line.
Though the order had gone out that
day that no firing should be INDUCED
In. McInarney drew bead upon the
horseman and brought him down.
Later II was learned that the ser
geants target was General Linares.
regarded as the best of SPANS fight
ers In Cuba. Toral. a commander who
was anxious for a speedy termination
Of hostilities, assumed command. and
a few hours later Santiago capitulated
to the Americans.-New York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
Full Assurance.

Old Aunt Miasma-Howdy, Gladys.
Howdy, chile yeahs tell dat yo' am
uhgwine to marry dat ar Cla'ence
Swagg
Miss Gladys Guggles- Yes'm. Me
and Cla'ence is gwine to sasshay fo'th
hand In hand on de stawmy sea o
mat 'imony. De obsequies am fixed for
next Friday evenin'. and Is as happy
as de day is long right now. Y-
Old Aunt Miasma-Uh-huh! Well, |
admires to see yo' 'joyin' de pangs of
anticipation. and l sho'ly hopes de re-
taliation win be the same. But-ah.
Lawd!-dese men, desc men! rs done
been mar'd to no less'n five o. de
scoun'rels in muh time, gal, and yo'
KANT place no mo- dependence on 'em
dan SO many cells, dey's dat deternal
slippery. Dey talks and dey trans
plavicates and sw'ars by de moon and
stahs dat dey'll be true, but when yo'
thinks yo' has 'em-bim!-and dey's
gone fun yo'! Woman was made to
moan. and man was made to see dat
she does moan. U-m-m-m-ah!
Miss Gladys Guggles-Yas'm. I or
ganizes right smaht bout dat muhse'f
uhkaze rs done been fooled dat uh-
way few times already. had muh
doubts o. Cla'ence 'spite-uh his pro-
toplams Of undyin' 'fection twell he
took and jammed muh head against
de wall wild a ferocity dat Jared de
house, and den I knowed de man
rally loved me. Yas'm. den I knowed
it-Puck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
PEACE AND GOOD WILL
Notable Speech Of Secretary Taft
at Banquet in Toxic.
BEST OF FEELING PREVAILS
Declares That War Between United
States and Japan Would Be
Crime Against Civilization.

Toxic. Oct. 1.-Secretary Of War
Taft aroused the widest enthusiasm
and loud cheers when, In the course
of his speech at the banquet given in
his honor by the municipality of To-
kio and chamber of commerce. he de-
clared that war between the United
States and Japan would "be a crime
against modern civilization and as
wicked as 1t would be insane" adding
that neither people desired 1t and
that both governments would do their
utmost to guard against such an awful
catastrophe.
The secretary spoke with intense
earnestness, after careful elaboration
and preparation
The banquet took place In the as.
semblyroom Of the Imperial hotel,
viscount Shibusawa presiding. and
was attended by prominent officials
and many of the leading business
men Of Toxic. Viscount Shlbusawa,
In welcoming Mr.. Taft. paid glowing
tribute to the greatness of the nation
which the secretary represented. the
friendliness which the United States
had always displayed for Japan and
the influence which America exerted
throughout the world.
After the banquet the assemblyroom
was the scene of a remarkable mani
festation of good will, everybody con
graduating everybody else on what
was considered TO be a complete re-
moval OF the little cloud" which had
been hanging over the fifty years of
friendship between the United States
and Japan and rejoicing at the fact
that a final damper had been put upon
sensational utterances regarding the
possibility OF strained relations be-
tween the two countries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
Kindness TO the Cow.

Kindness is an efficient aid in in
creasing the milk yield and costs moth
ing. The more the mixer can make
his cows admire him and feel comforta-
BILE around him the more milk they
will yield to him. Investigations show
that large proportion of the milk is
secreted in the COW during the opera
ton of milking, especially the rich
milk, which comes last. Any abuse or
excitement reduces the secretion and
not only lowers the quantity of milk
given, but often lowers the percentage
of butter fat. Kindness and petting
make the cow contented and put her
nervous system In such condition that
the fullest yield Of milk will be given.
This is not the only cause, but probably
the chief cause, Of the wide variation Of
butter fat, which Is shown by tests to be
due to the hurrying of cows. allowing
the dogs to bite them and speaking to
them roughly, all Of which will reduce
the milk yield and the percentage Of
butter fat. A change Of mixers will
often lower the amount Of butter fat
until the COW becomes fond Of the new
milker.-Professor Oscar Err.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
PROFITS or PIPE LINE.
In One Year They Exceeded Com
pany's investment.

New York, Sept. 27.-The Indiana
Pipe Line company. a subsidiary OF
the Standard Oil, made profit Of ~.
091, 022 In 1908 on a total investment
OF $2,z28.75s, according to the com
pany's figures produced by George
Chesebro, controller Of the National
Pipe Line company, who appeared az
q witness Thursday In the federal
suit against the oil combine. Mr.
Chesebro testified that the Indiana
Pipe Line company was common
carrier only In the transportation OF
OIL From balance sheets OF the COM
pany Frank B. Kellogg, conducting the
governments case, sought to show
that the Indiana company was making
excessive profits and that II main
tanned a high schedule OF tariffs to pre-
vent shipments of oil by Independents
oil producers. Mr.. Chesebro testified
that the Indiana company trans
ported practically only the oil of the
Standard company. The counsel fol
the government allege that 1t will he
shown that the profits made by these
pipe line companies have In some
cases been twenty times the actual
cost of operation
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
Origin Of "Hol!o, Bill"

Why do the Elks yell Hello, Bill?'
It's this way: Back in 1894, when
there was schism in the organization,
the two factions met in Atlantic City
for peace parley. At the time VIII
liam G. Myers of this city, Philadel-
phla's only past grand exalted ruler,
was the grand esteemed leading knight
and one of the most popular men in
the order. To get his advice and greet
him hundreds of Elks congregated at
the Atlantic City station to meet Mr.,
Myers. All the members were at high
tension. When Bill Myers stepped of
the car Delegate Stack of st. Paul, a
big six footer shouted, Hello, Bill"
and the crowd took up the salutation
with a hearty laugh. and from that day
to this Hello, Bill" is so universally
used among Elks that it has virtually
become official. TO the good natured
feeling which had its outward express
sion in Stacks greeting to Bill Myers
Is ascribed the Observation-Disclosures
phia Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
SOME DAISY NOTES.
The Best Way to Get Coed cows-Al-
falfa and Soy Bean.

The Best Way to Get Coed cows-Al-
falfa and Soy Bear.
At a farmers institute witch | at
tended some one asked, (Which is the
better way to get good cows, buy thein
or raise them?'' says a writer in Ma
tional Stockman and Farmer. The an
swer was: RAISE them. Buying cows
Is a lottery. No one wants to sell his
best cows except at fancy price. and
having fancy prices for common COWS
is not In the line of business dairying."
A farmer asked the dairy expert how
he kept his herd Of grade Holsteins
up so that the milk would test as high
as required by law. He answered by
testing and culling out the poor ones,
adding that the butcher was great
help in profitable dairying.
Some one asked If milking machine
is practicable for dairy of fifteen
to twenty cows. The expert said he
could not recommend them, and the
cost was too great for small dairy.
Another farmer asked about the
cheapest form Of protein on the market
The answer was that If a man has the
other elements needed for complete
ration and lacks protein only the cheap
est way to get 1t is to buy cottonseed
meal 1t has four times as much pro-
tein as cornmeal.
One farmer had been growing alfalfa
and soy beans. He told Of his methods
and the results, saying in substance
that the soil for alfalfa must be well
drained and care should be taken to
procure pure seed. He had made three
cuttings in season, this within ten
miles Of the st. Lawrence river. He
said that where a farmers land was
not adapted to alfalfa he could plant
soy beans with his corn and put them
both into the silo
BY raising either alfalfa or soy beans
the farmer would secure a supply of
protein at less cost and more of it
from the same land than by growing
any other crop. Cows give more milk
when fed alfalfa than when fed red
clover hay.
The expert added that farmer
would get more fats or carbohydrates
from the same land with alfalfa than
other hay.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
The Last CIGAR In the Box.

"The last cigar in the box is the
hardest TO SELL" was the remark Of a
Front street dealer. ''Not because 1t
Is not as good as any other cigar, but
because of the superstition Of the
average man against taking the last
Of anything. AS result we often
take one cigar. or even two cigars. Of
the last cigars In box and put them
on top of the cigars In full or almost
full box. On the other hand. ought
to mention that there are men who
prefer the last cigars and who ask US
to save the last cigars In the boxes for
them every day, sometimes to the
number of six or seven daily, for
which they call every evening. We
have thus no trouble In disposing of
these last cigars, but the contrast In
the conduct Of the two styles Of Gus
toners Is curious" -Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
Water For Dairy Cattle.

1t Is absolutely essential for the
highest milk production for an animal
to have good clean water and plenty
Of II, says Professor Err. About 81
per cent of the milk Is water. and II
the cows supply of water is limited
the milk yield is proportionately re-
duced. 1t pays to furnish pure, pala-
table water in summer as well as in
winter. Cows should not be allowed
to stand In ponds of water which be-
come so filthy that the cow frequently
will not drink enough to maintain a
full milk flow. Such water is liable
to faint the milk, and some of the filth
which collects on the cows body while
standing In the water is apt to fall in
the pail during milking. Milk contain
mated in this way will frequently faint
the entire output of the herd or of the
creamery.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
RESTRICT FEDERAL COURTS
Convention of Attorneys Gen.
eral Appeals to Congress.

st. Louis, Oct. 1.-THE convention
Of attorneys general In session here
to discuss antitrust laws, railroad reg.
ulation and state rights adjourned
after adopting the following resolution
offered by Attorney General Young OF
Minnesota.
Resolved, by the convention of at
torneys general Of the several states
here assembled. that we earnestly
recommend to the favorable considera
tion Of the president and the congress
of the United States the enactment OF
q federal law providing that no cir
cult court of the United States or any
Judge exercising powers of such cir
cult courts shall have Jurisdiction In
any case brought to restrain any Off
Ger OF state or any administrative
board of state from instituting in o
state court any suit or other appro-
pirate proceedings TO enforce the laws
Of such state or to enforce any order
made by such administrative board:
but allowing any person or corporation
asserting In any such action In state
court any right arising under the Con,
stitution or any laws Of the United
States to have the decision for the
highest court OF such state reviewed
BY the supreme court Of the United
States a. now provided by law.
I'VE also recommend that suits in
federal circuit courts by persons In.
terested In corporations to restrain
such corporations from obeying the
laws OF states In which they are doing
buainess. be prohibited"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03

ton of 31.62 pounds of butter per
week, less than three pounds below
the championship mark of 34.31
pounds.
AS to her pedigree, Rag Apple
stands high in the stock breeding
world. her sire being Pontiac Klon-
dyke, the son of Belle Klondyke, one
Of the most noted Holsteins in the
country, and her dam being P. Clotilde
de Kohl, the daughter of Hengerwold
de Kohl. who was the brother of the
greatest sire of the Holstein- Friesian
breed that ever lived.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
GIFT OF THE NATION.
Mckinley Mausoleum at Canton, O.,
Dedicated.

Canton, o.. Sept 30.-The Mckinley
mausoleum, the tribute and gift of a
nation to the memory of the martyred
president, William Mckinley, was ded-
icated in the presence of hundreds
of distinguished men from all parts
OF the United States, In the presence
Of Representatives OF foreign countries
and In the presence of crowd of APP
proximately $4,000 gathered from all
parts OF the country.
A feature of the dedication was the
presence of the president of the Unit
ed States, Theodore Roosevelt; Vice
President Fairbanks, members OF the
presidents cabinet, United States sen.
ators and governors of several states
Addresses were delivered by Presi
dent Roosevelt, Justice William r.
Day. McKinley's secretary of state,
and Governor Andrew l.. Harris of
Ohio
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
FRENCH PRIEST KILLED.


Shanghai. Sept. 30.Details received
here In regard to the outbreak of Box
erism at Kanchowfu. province Of XII.
angst, Last week, say that the build
inKs Of the Catholic mission and the
China Inland mission there were de-
stroycd az the result OF riots organ.
lied against ''the worshippers or the
great white God"
A French priest was killed. but the
other missionaries. including the
Americans. Messrs. Horne and Mar
shall, and their families are safe The
Chinese officials have sent detach-
ments OF soldiers to Kanchowfu to re-
store order and have taken STEPS t.
protect the missionaries
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
GROWING ALFALFA.
Reducing Weeds to the Minimum 10 an
important Point.

Important Point.
Z. G. Cameron of Pike county. Mo-,
Is credited by an exchange with the
following suggestions on growing al
falfa.
after several years experimental
ton, with both success and failure,
unhesitatingly advise fall seeding
While l know of no plant that exceis
alfalfa In vigor of growth after IT Is
once established, IL is extremely timid
about Its association with other plants
In Its early life. Weeds and foxtail
are its worst foes, and how TO avoid
them or to reduce them to the mint
mum Is the problem before the alfalfa
grower. 1t Is with this in view that
advise the fail seeding. To my mind
the piece selected for seeding down
next fall should be upland naturally
well drained and fertile.
Preparation of Ground.
'If the piece selected is land in
wheat l should top dress II during
winter with all the stable manure
could possibly get on lt-not IN great
hunks, but well distributed. After the
wheat comes Off in June | should disk
1t twice, once each way. After the
first shower the weeds will begin 70
appear. then disk again. Keep this
up until about Sept. 1. Don't pillow
under any circumstances, but Kill
all the weed growth by surface cult
walton. All this sounds like work, and
1t Is work, but the best remunerated
work a farmer ever did About Sept.
1, II there be moisture enough for
termination, SOW twenty pounds Of
seed per acre. Use a wheelbarrow
seeder and sow ten pounds each way.
This covers 'skips' and gives a better
distribution Of the seeds. Then slant
your harrow teeth and cover by going
over the field at least twice."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
Summer Comfort For Calves.

III kept in clean, airy box stalls dur
Ing the summer calves will do better
than II allowed to run out and
light dies I'm the hot sun. They should
be given drink Of water at noon and
should have access to salt at will.
They should also have some grass
or green oats cut and given them
every day. They should not be given
very much at time. not more than
they will eat up clean before the next
time OF feeding.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
FOR VIOLATING RATE LAW
Hartman Railroad and Steamship
Companies indicted.

San Francisco. Sept. 2S.-The fed
eral grand Jury Friday returned five
indictments Of 124 counts against the
Southern Pacific Railroad company
and the Pacific Mail Steamship COM
pany. charging violations OF the inter
state commerce law. These indict-
ments. IL followed by convictions, are
SUFFICIENT to render the corporation
liable to fines aggregating $124.000 to
81. 4S0. 900. The defendant corpora
lions are accused of secretly cutting
to 81 the published rate OF $1.25 on
the shipments of rough rafting from
Japan to San Francisco and thence
throughout the United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03

One Of the mysteries Of Mexico In
presented by the Maya Indians. who
inhabit the Sierra Madre mountains In
the lower part Of Sonora. They have
fair skins. blue eyes and light hair. and
students of ethnology have always
been puzzled to account for them.
There Is tradition, however. that
these Indians are the descendants OF
the crew and passengers of a Swedish
vessel wrecked on the Mexican coast
centuries before Columbus discovered
the new world. But this tradition Is
founded on nothing more substantial
than folklore tale current among
them that their ancestors came over
the big salt water hundreds of moons
a00.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
NY SYMPHONY.

To live content with small means; to
seek elegance rather than luxury and
refinement rather than fashion; to be
worthy. not respectable, and wealthy,
not rich; to study hard. think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly; to listen TO
stars and birds, babes and sages with
open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do
all bravely, await occasions, hurry new
er. In word, to let the spiritual, IN
hidden and unconscious grow up
through the common. This is to be my
symphony william Henry Claiming.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
THE VETERINARY.

The care of the teats should always
be observed by the mixer, and when
they get hard and rough they should
be anointed with vaseline, as cracked
teats are an annoyance to the mixer,
hurtful to the COW and have tenden-
cy to lessen the flow Of milk Long
finger nails are also a discontinue to
the cow, and the mixer should keep
them well pared to avoid trouble.
Deransed Udder.
A COW will sometimes give thick
milk from one quarter Of her udder.
This trouble is caused by a deranged
condition Of the glands. Rub the quar-
ter well after each milking with lit
tie soap liniment
Treatment For Indigestion.
A. B. C.'s sow died, and on being
opened quantity Of undigested hay
was found impacted In the narrow
part of the fourth stomach, so that
nothing could pass into the intestines.
The treatment, says DIR. Kitchener in
Farm Journal, should have been one
and one-half pounds of EPSON salts.
two drains of fluid extract of belladon-
ma and one dram of fluid extract Of
nux vomica at one dose,
Remedy For caked Udder.
Give the cow one and one-half
pounds of epson salts and one ounce of
ginger dissolved in water at one dose;
also mix two drains of iodine with
fuvo oupcao of va Saline and r,t n ne
tie Of this on. the affected part once
day until the skin becomes tender.
If the hardening should again appear,
apply more Of the ointment, and so on
until the udder becomes healthy.
Cure For Leaky Teat.
For cow with leaky teat get
cents worth of collodion and, after
each milking. dry the teat and touch
drop Of the collodion to the orifice
where the milk win presently be leak
ing out It dries almost instantly
and draws the opening together SO
that no milk can escape. Some put
a rubber band about the teat and
claim that In time the weakness is
overcome.
Warts on Cove Tsats.
Smear the fingers with castor oil and
draw the teats through the fingers
Tor a few weeks. Rub the udder with
little of the oil so that 1t will run
down the teats. 1t Is said the warts
VIII disappear without any pain or
sore sreh as is caused by burning Of
the teats by any Of the harsher meth
ods. This has been tried by many per-
sons. and they all report perfect sue
cess In removing the warts II the treat
ment IS persevered In long enough.
Perhaps castor oil is no better than
any other grease. krs
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
A FROG Of Peculiar Habits.

South America has frog OF peculiar
habits. Dwelling In the virgin forests,
at the tops Of the highest trees. II
chooses as site for its nursery some
hollow stump and then proceeds to
line II with resin procured from trees
In the neighborhood. This lining serves
to catch and hold the rainwater. with
which II quickly becomes nlled- As
soon az this takes place the eggs are
laid therein, and here they undergo de-
velopment into tadpoles. How the re-
sin ID collected y mystery. nor IL II
yet known bow the separate pieces be-
come welded to form the water tight
basin necessary to Insure THE safety Of
IL trsasurss deposited therein.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-03
The Flavor In Butter.

Pure butter-that is, pure butter fat
has no "high favor" 1t has a very
faint flavor, if any at all. Butter con-
tains some casein and whey, and they
impart to it some of their distinctive
flavor, but even these substances II
clean have no "high flavor" 1t is
morally certain that any very pro
nounced flavor in butter indicates the
presence of some nonbutter matter,
The real flavor of milk, cream and
pure. fresh butter Is very faint, says
the Farmers Advocate. so faint that
the majority of persons are not able to
perceive it.