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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Importance of Uniformity.

The fact that the eastern fruit grow
ers and truck growers are not as well
organized as are the western and more
distant producers is very largely due to
the fact that they have the advantage
Of lower express rates and that the
merchants will handle their goods In
small consignments. By this method
Of small Individual shipments the prod
uct upon the market Is less uniform In
character both as regards grade and
method and type OF package than is the
case when the product Is marketed
through the exchange and In carload
lots. In order to handle carload ship
ments successfully vegetables must be
uniform in character and size and the
product well graded. These are adj
vantages which have been learned by
distant shippers and which have In a
great measure been forced upon them
by the necessity Of shipping In carload
lots.-Professor l.. C. Corbett.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Two In a Tree
By LULU JOHNSON.
Cop wright, 1907, by c. II. Sutclife.
BY LULU JOHNSON.

For a moment Dora searched the
rack, then she remembered that her
jacket was upstairs. and she caught up
her brothers golf coat She could slip
crosslots to the woods and be back
in no time at all. She must have some
arbutus for the supper table.
AS she was crossing the Benton farm,
she heard an angry below and smiled.
Benton's prize bull was confined in the
next lot. He could not bother her.
Then with a rending crash, the mad
dened animal broke down the flimsy
fence and came charging across the lot
after the fury melting red coat.
Dora. in glance, measured her
chances ana swung up into the single
apple tree that stood in the center
of the field. Its branches hung low.
and it was no feat for the active girl
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
WAGONS IN AMERICA.
They Were First Used Some Four Cen
turtles Auo In Mexico.

To it's northerly neighbors Mexico
seems a land of contradiction. 1t was
exploited by the Spanish conquerors
a hundred years before the pilgrims
landed at Plymouth Rock, and vet the
American from the United States finds
it comparatively primitive and I'M
developed country. In some respects
1t has gone back, losing the splendor
Of its early times, yet it is a land now
stirring with youth and growth.
The carriage of goods affords an in
stance of these paradoxical conditions.
for in Mexico, the first soil of the new
world to be Travelled by wheels, bur
dens are today largely borne on hui
man backs. Says the New York Post:
There was never a wheel turned on
the western hemisphere until about the
year 1923 or 1924. when Sebastian de
Aparicio brought some OK carts over
from Spain and began hauling freight
and passengers between Vera Cruz and
the City Of Mexico He grew wealthy,
moved to Puebla, became a lay broth
er of the Franciscans and died full Of
years, piety and honors In 1900, nine
ty-eight years of age. He was canon
lied by the pope and later was adopt
ed as patron saint of Puebla.
Among the mountain and plateau
tribes of Mexico, Central America and
a large part Of South America trans
portation methods are precisely the
same today as they were In the days
Of Cortes, Alvarado and Pizarro The
cargado (freighter) and the aguador
water carrier) are still omnipresent
The size Of their self Imposed bur-
dens c0mpels notice from the least OBJ
servant traveller.
Mexico has been called the land Of
the patient back 1t is a good name
The Indians, who form nearly half Of
her population, seem to be enamored
OF their burdens. The loads they car
~ would be far too much for the aver
age white man."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

county was sustained Some grain had
been purchased as soon as threshed, aud
Hahn, the thresher, claimed lien upon
it for his threshing bill after 1t was in
the hands of the elevator men. They
fought the case on the grounds of
unconstitutionality, as we'll as on tech.
nical grounds, but were defeated in the
circuit court and again in the supre me
court. The count holds in effect that a
purchaser of grain does so at his own
risk, unless he knows that the threshlng
bill has been settled, and that the effect
is the same within the ten days in which
the thresher has to file his lien. Under
the decision buyers will want evidence
that the threshing charges ale paid
before they make any purchases of
grain in the state
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
YELLOW GLOBE DANvERs ONIONS.

them at 80 cents a bushel and deliv-
cred right from field. did no shipping
last year. | have never had any trou-
BILE with diseases or insects. keep the
ground perfectly clean and never al
low any accumulations to harbor insect
pests, writes an Ohio man in American
Agriculturist
After harvesting our crop we fire.
quently leave the onions in the field
ten days in the crates if the weather
is favorable and then put them in the
open curing sheds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

to swing up and find a crotch well
horns.
The bull looked about puZzledly for a
moment, then he caught sight of the
CLINT OF red In the branches and
charged again. His impact shook the
tree, but it did not dislodge the girl.
for she chung with her arms about the
trunk.
Being a patient animal, the bull
waited, and Dora was 50 much occu-
pied with the unpleasantness of the
situation that she never noticed the ap-
proach of a man in a red golf coat I'M
til he was midway across the lot.
Look out" she shrilled, its a bull
Rum
The newcomer obeyed both injunc-
tions, but the cry had attracted the
bulls attention, and the animal was
fast gaining on his new prey when
suddenly the man leaped to one side
and the bull plowed on. BY the time ii
had turned the man was running for
the tree and swung himself up just as
the bull reached him.
Marrow squeak that" he chuckled.
II felt like Don Jose in Carmen Is
ii you, DoraT
IL should think you could tell the
difference between a bull and a cow"
she said severely THE idea OF walk
ing right into field with that coat"
II was all right" was the easy re,
Spouse. "King Champion belongs In
the next lot. He must have broken the
fence. was taking a short cut to
the links. Glad / left my clubs there
last night or should have lost them.
How did you get here"
"I was going after arbutus," she ex-
planned. ~ was wearing Ted's coat
and that horrid creature broke down
the fence to get after It."
"Amiable animal" commented Fra
yer. "I'd like to get down and pat
him on the head-with an ak"
"We're trespassers. He's on his
owners property" she reminded.
THAT'S So" he agreed, "but that does
not affect my desire In the least"
"And Ted has some friends to sup
per-" she walled, 'and there won't be
any arbutus."
Hell have supper, anyway" re-
minded Frazer. That's more than we
are likely to get"
"Don't you think the creature will
go awayY pleaded Dora.
'Ill ask him II you like" he offered,
''but he doesn't look as though he ever
would. Frazer lets him stay out all
night Dlsslpated sort OF creature,
King Champion Is"
do you suppose they would hear II
we calledT
I'VE would hurt our voices ~ nc
avail. The only thing to do 10 to wait
until II gets 90 dark that he can't SEE
the red. Then maybe hen forget rs"
throw him your coat" commanded
Dora. Maybe that will satisfy him
and he'll 90 away"
Fraser dropped his coat directly In
front Of King Champion's nose. Di.
rAcfiY the. hull rednced Il Tn ribbons and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
himself up to a fresh fury

worked himself up to fresh fury.
"He isn't even happy when he gets
it," commented Frazer. stubborn
sort Of brute"
His choice of word had been unfor-
tunate. Dora froZe up. She had for
gotten in the excitement that she and
Frazer had solemnly ruptured their
friendship because she had refused to
give up Benning as her partner in the
double match game. He had called
her stubborn. She had declared that
she always kept her promise, and when
be reminded her of an earlier and for
gotten promise the adjective had been
revived
Frazer saw his mistake in an instant.
Il didn't mean that Dodo,' he plead.
ed. She held up her head
won't you be nice?" he begged.
You can play golf with any one you
want, only don't be angry"
1T was not nice TO reopen the argu-
ment when you knew couldn't escape
it," she decreed.
wasn't even thinking of that row."
You were" she said very positive.
ly. 1T is useless TO deny it, either, for
shall not argue"
He made several efforts to convince
her, but to no use, and at last he sank
into shivering silence. The sun had
set, and the air was growing chill. He
missed his coat sadly, but Dora did not
notice his plight until his teeth chatter.
ed so that she heard the sound
You are cold, and made you throw
down your coat" she cried penitently.
'1ts all right" he protested.
Its not" she contradicted. "Its
all my fault too"
THE coat was sacrificed In the In
terest Of scientific experiment" he de.
clared. 1T shows that a blooded bull
can at least count up to two. He's
waiting tor the other one, and then he
probably won't be satisfied"
you'd be warmer II you sat next the
trunk on this side, away from the
wind" she suggested. II could keep
of the cold on the other SIDE"
You'd fall Off" he objected visit
fully, "for. of course, since you hate
me, you wouldn't let me hold you on"
There was no answer to this and
Frazer deliberately opened his mouth
that the sound of his clicking teeth
might be more plainly heard. Dora
stood 1t for ten minutes, then:
Fired"
"What Is IT." he asked.
''Please come over" she pleaded. 81
don't-hate YOU"
In a minute he was beside her, hold
Ing her steady on the limb. The teeth
stopped chattering and Dora nestled
close.
81 shall not play with Mr.. Bennings,"
she said timidly. II would rather play
with you"
"What reason can you give him
nowr he demanded.
perhaps you might think Of one"
she suggested.
I'VE could tell him that we were en-
gagged"
"But II wouldn't be true"
"You could make 1t true" he remind
] ed "Wln you. Dodow
a
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

1t was twenty minutes afterward
that those two came back to earth
again. Beneath the tree all was quiet
where's King Champion she
asked. Frazer glanced down.
II do believe he has gone" he cried.
Il suppose he got thirsty. The creek
runs through the other field"
Il think he's an awfully nice bull"
she said irrelevantly, as he helped her
down. And Fred agreed with her.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

lit is used In thinning and wedding. A
very effective implement. The blade OF
this hoe may be made from an old saw
blade.l
two to thirty inches apart. Considera-
able hand wedding and hoeing between
the hills and along the rows are usual
ly necessary.
When sown In continuous rows, the
thinning Is largely done with a hoe.
striking across the row. AS much as
possible Of the subsequent cultivation
Is done with horse cultivator.
Instead of the common and wheel
hoes for thinning and wedding some
prefer to use scuffle hoes. When In
use the blade Of such hoe is in hori-
zontal position and is pushed and pull
ed Just under the surface OF the
ground. The blade Of the style shown
in the cut is diamond shaped. about
two inches wide in the middle and halt
an inch wide at each end and about
eight inches long,-Byron Hunter, Bu-
reau Of Plant Industry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
In GROWING Alfalfa.

In growing alfalfa the ground should
be well prepared, as free as possible
from seeds, and the seed should be
sown when the soil is In suitable con-
dltion for production. The seed should
be applied at the rate Of about twenty
pounds per acre, says Kimbal's Dairy
Farmer For Nebraska, IL possible, use
Nebraska seed or at least that which
is produced under the same conditions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
SCUFFLE HOES.

They Are Specially Adapted For Work
With Root Crops.
Root crops succeed best where the
weather is moist and cool; hence their
peculiar adaptation to western Oregon
and western Washington. In these re-
gions the yield of these crops is enor-
nous, the ordinary yield being from
twenty to thlrty-fve tons per acre,
while reports of forty-tive or fifty tons
are not infrequent.
Mangel wurzels and rutabagas are
usually grown in rows from twenty
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Windbreak For Montana.

A good windbreak for Montana Is
what is known as the white willow.
This tree Is very successfully grown
upon the bleak plains of North Da-
kota and Is as satisfactory as any tree
that has been tried for this purpose,
says a writer In Farm and Fireside.
1t Is easily grown from cuttings, which
may be obtained from almost any of
the northern nurserymen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Conscientious.

McAlister-'Tis threepence I'm OWN
Ia ye. meenister. The fact is, I'm
conscientious mon. and I pit naethin'
in the plate on Sunday. The smallest
I had WI me was saxpence. and
didna theenk the sairmon was up tn 1t.
Dundee Advertiser.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
Cuttino Asoaraous.

Cuttings from the mature asparagus
bed should be made regularly and
thoroughly. being always careful not
to injure the crowns OF the plants with
the knife. Keep weeds out Beds Get
this spring or last fall should not be
cut ut all this season. Let the plants
crow unmolested---Farm Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11
GROWING ONIONS.
Successful Method Of CuItivating and
Curino Cron

Curing a Crop.
AS soon as the onions come through
the ground we start using the cultiva
tor and go over them once a week un
til they are laid by. We weed as often
as necessary to keep them clean. Aft
er the tops are large and begin to tan
gle it is not desirable to attempt to
work in the crop, as considerable dam
age may be done. My best onions have
averaged 600 bushels an acre. | sold
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

We ought not to look back unless II
n 10 derive some useful lessons from
past errors and for the purpose Of
proAting by dear bought sxperiencs.-
Washington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-11

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Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
Disastrous Floods Ravage Japan,
Over Six Hundred Lives Being
Lost in One Town,
FraI Bamboo Houses Were Swept
Away by the Raging Waters and
the Helpless People Drowned
Like Rats in a Trap.

Victoria, B. C-Advices of a ter.
rible disaster due to the great 1oods
prevailing in Japan have been re-
ceived The overflow of the river
Otonashigawa, running through the
town of Fulxuchiyama, near KyOto
caused the loss of more than 600 lives
In this river the water rose more
than fifty feet $50 shaku) and swept
over the whole town of Fukuchiyama
drowning over 600 inhabitants ano
sweeping away large number OF the
frail bamboo and thatch houses of the
Japanese townspeople.
The barracks of the Twentieth regi
ment and Tenth engineers battalion
situated on heights near the town, es.
capped damage, when the town was
overwhelmed, and the troops were
hurried out to render what assistance
could be given to the survivors and
to rescue drowning people. The popu.
lation of the town was over 10000 peO
pie. Hurriedly fifty or more sailing
junks were secured and despatched
to the scene, being sailed over what
was formerly a thickly settled town
soldiers manning the junks, saving
large numbers. The police have re
covered 900 bodies and others are be
lieved to have been lost
The water subsided next morning
August 9th, and great damage was
revealed. One-half of the town was
entirely swept away and the remand
er had large numbers of collapsed
buildings. The whole town was prac
tically destroyed, the scene being ter
rible beyond comparison. General Ku
roki and Governor Omori of Kyoto Fu
were in the city, the former being en-
gagged in inspecting the troops, and is
said to have narrowly escaped the
danger
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
PATTERN AFTER ENGLAND
N HANDLING RAILROADS
Congressman Hepburn Says United
States Could Profitably Adopt
English System of Control of
Stock and Bond Issue.

WaShington.-Re Hep
burn of the Eighth Iowa district, chair.
man of the house committee on inter
state and foreign commerce. who has
returned from a trip to Europe, in the
course of which he looked into the
English railroads, said that he be-
lieved this country could profitably
adopt the English system of control
Of stock and bond issue of roads. He
said he expected legislation along this
line at the coming session of con.
gress, though there would be opposi.
tiOn based on the idea that congress
has no control over the instrumental
20 speculation in English railroad
securities He found English invest
ors concerned over American railroad
securities. He himself did not see
how any one had the courage to in.
vest in American railroad stocks, and
door.
In this connection Mr. Hepburn con
demned the treasury practice OF put
ting money into the banks to prevent
alleged money stringencies. He said
this money went to aid New York
spectators, and it was nonsense to
talk about the west needing money to
move crops. There is no longer a
crop moving period in the west" said
he. There used to be before farm.
ers were so prosperous. Now crops
are moved all the year round"
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17

Fate of Servan Officers Who Became
Weary of Prison Life.

Belgrade, Servia.-An extraordinary
occurrence in the government prison
here Sunday resulted in the death of
two former officers and free street
rioting. The two army officers, who
were appointments of so-called regi-
eide regiments were detained in
prison on trivial charge. Being
driven to despair by the delay and
Illegal obstacles put in the way of
bringing their cases to trial, the two
prisoners, while exercising in the cor
ridor, wrested guns from the prison
guards and, barricading themselves in
a. room, fired through the windows
into the street. The commandant of
the prison ordered the guards to seize
them and a desperate fight followed.
Two guards were wounded, and, ac-
cording to official account, the two
former officers committed suicide with
their last cartridges. Other accounts,
however say that the two officers
were strang ed by the guards, who
then emptied their revolvers into the
lifeless bodies of the men.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
CHARGED WITH CUTTING RATES
indictments Against the Southern Pa
cifc and Pacific Mail

San Francisco Cal.-The fedora,
grand jury has returned five indict
ments of 124 counts against the South
ern Pacific company and the Pacific
Mail Steamship company, charging vi
olatiOns of the interstate commerce
law. These indictments, if followed
by convictions, are sufficient to rem
der the corporations liable to fines
aggregating $124,0O0 to $2,4S0,0OO, the
minimum fines prescribed by law on
each count being $1,000 and the max.
imum fine $4,000
The defendant corporations are ac-
cused of secretly cutting to 81 the
published rate of 81 .25 on through
shipments of mating from Kobe
Japan, to San Francisco, and thence
throughout the United States
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
RIoTOUs SCENES ENACTED.
Old World Quarrel Breaks Out in New
York City.

New York.-Alleged socialists Sun.
day night made the most riotous dem
0nstration ever seen in Cooper Union,
in determined effort to break up a
meeting of the Federation of Italian
Societies, called to protest against the
recent action of the Italian govern
ment against the clergy, and the at
tacks to which Cardinal Merry del
Val, the papal secretary of state, had
been subjected during the agitation.
For twenty-five minutes the disturb.
ers, who were Italians, held the po-
lice at bay, and it was not until a
police captain with reinforcements
hurried to the rescue of Lieutenant
Powers and eight men detailed to the
the meeting that order was restored
and the meeting permitted to con-
tinue. Nine men, supposed ringlead.
ers, were arrested, and hundred
more beaten by the police and thrown
out into the street
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
Pie Eaters Will be Compelled to ray
More for Their Pies.

New York.-Wholesal pastry coln'
panies announce that the price OIL pi0
and other pastry will be raised III q
few days, owing to the Increased co''
of material. A special meeting OF 'ne
Bakery Employers association VIII ~
held to decide definitely on the ~
crease.
1t is proposed to increase the pliSo
of the 31s, 6 and 13-cent pies py onS ot
cent each. The 1S-cent pies VIII .D0t h0t
be affected. The reason given IS NV .na,
-four and fruits costs more than NV
did three months ago.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
FERRY BOAT CAPSIZED.
One White Boy and Thirteen Negroes
Are Drowned

Mobile, Ala.-A ferry boat crossing
the Tombigbee river at the govern.
ment works at McGrew shoals neal
Jackson, Ala, capsized, drowning one
white boy and thirteen negroes. The
boy was Leslie Vernuille, 16 years OF
age, residing in Oaksdale, a suburb OF
this city. The scene of the accident
has long been regarded as very dan
gerous place by navigators of the riv
er, on account of the rapid and treach.
erous current and the rocky shoals
there.
Long Valley advocate., 1907-10-17
Great Britain Objects.

st. Johns, N. fan 1mpellai
script forbidding the service py a..
colonial authority of any legal pioe.,
regarding fishery rights aDoaiu al al
American vessel and suspendins
colonial statutes authorizing co'o e.,
officers to seize American Vessei' nro
alleged fishery offenses, "aT T,,;s Il
claimed here ON Wednesday lt;nsIly
is believed, will make IL p'ao'srry carry
impossible for Premier Bond " o;siou S
out his recently announced ,aws
to enforce the colonial fishery 'A'