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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
NEW YORK,

Crops, particularly corn and cotton,
have shown further improvement, there is
freer buying for fall at leading south
western markets, shipments Of fall goods
are expanding inc there 10 evident a
more optimistic feeling as to distributive
trade generally, based upon the active
trade o of late at retail. Relatively
most activity is noted in che larger south
western markets, at few central western
%centers, and at the larger eastern cities.
In the South midsummer quiet rules. In
some lines of wholesale trade, such as
cotton dry goods, the activity manifested
is still notable. Spelter, copper and lead
are weaker, and business is light. Raw
wool is notably strong. Business failures
for the week in the United States num-
Der 142, against 155 last week. 10 in
the like week in 1906, 17S in 1905, 179
in 1904 and 1854 in Observation-Disclosures
Commercial Report.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
1EE MA'sR[&GRS
o01R $1,000

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $50; wheat, No. 2, 9Oc to Gle;
corn, No. 2, 53c to soc; oats. standard,
ACC to 47c; rye, No. 2, Sic to SIC; hay,
timothy, $14!OO to $21.OO; prairie, $500
to $500; butter, choice creamery, 21c
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 14c to lie; potatoes,
per bushel, SOC to 9Oc. .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, shipping, $500
to $7.1O; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, Soc to SIC; corn,
No. 2 white, sc to 53c; oats, No. 2
white, Acc to Acc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $6.45; sheep, $500 to
$5.75; wheat, No. 2, SIC TO soc; corn,
No. 2, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2, 45c to
4Gc; rye, No. ,, SIC to Sac.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to 1925;
hogs. $500 to $6.4O; sheep, $500 to
S4.S5; wheat, No. ., 90c to ole; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 55c to SC; oats, No. 2
mixed, Acc to acc; rye, No. 2, SEC to SSc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1918; hogs,
$500 to $6.4O; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. >, Ole to 92c; corn, No. 3
yellow, 56c to 5Sc; oats, No. 3 white,
49c to soc; rye, No. 2, roc to SOC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No: 2 northern,
99c to S1.O1; corn, No. 3, 53c to SAC;
oats, standard, 4oc to Ale; rye, No. 1,
S5c to SIC; barley, standard, 69c to roc;
pork, mess, S16.27. +
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $500; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to S6.75; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $500; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
. New York-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No.. 2 red, 95c to 96c;
corn, No. ,, SOC to 60c; oats, natural
white, 53c' to soc; butter, creamery, DC
to zoe; eggs, western, 16c to 2Oc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SOC to
9Oc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 54c to SIC;
oats, No. . mixed, 45c to Acc; rye, No.
2, 74c to Toe; clover seed, prime, $9.45.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
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France has 4,625 local unions, with an
aggregate membership Of 7S1,344
Blacksnake whips. whip lashes and rid
Ing duirts are practically all prison made.
Detroit, Mich, secured the 1908 conven-
ton of the Steamfitters' and Helpers
Union.
Plasterers of the Pittsburg, Pa, dis
trict have been granted a half holiday on,
Saturday.
Wages of the carpenters of Stockton,
Cal, were increased so per cent recently.
The scale is now $4.5O a day.
Drug clerks throughout the Atlantic
States are forming unions and joining the
Retail Clerks International Union.
As a result of the 'longshoremen's
strike at New York, the exports from that
port dropped $6,944,9S0 in one week.
The proposition to establish an old
age home for miners was defeated by the
Iowa mine workers on a referendum vote.
The Electrical Workers of Cleveland,
Ohio, have asked for an increase Of 5
cents an hour. The present pay is 45
cents.
The patriotic Association Of Labor
Unions" has been formed at Hamburg.
Germany, as a means of opposing Social
lists in the labor movement of that coun-
try.
The superintendent of colonization has
received from the Ontario canada Cam
ners' Association an earnest request for
help to keep their canning works III OPP
Grafton. y
A government bill has been intry duced
in the Hungarian Parliament prohibiting
employees of State railroads from partici-
pating in strikes, under pain of instant
dismissal.
The United Brotherhood Of Carpenters
during 1906 paid benefits amounting to
$1O7, 900, and the death and disability
claims during that period amounted to
S21S,202.
San Francisco, CAL, laundry workers
have all returned to their respective posts
and the statement is made that for three
years all will be quiet in the laundries Of
San Francisco.
Since the workmen's compensation act
came into force in Great Britain, the
members of the Dockers' Union have re-
ceived by way of legal awards for acci-
dents $1s5.3T1.26.
Cigarmakers' I~nternational Union is
now combating u iOCkOul III GeOTSid anu
a strike at Mobile, Ala, the latter for an
increase OF wages. There is also a strike
at Havana, Cuba.
Boilermakers and iron shipbuilders on
the northeast coast of England have re-
newed their demand for an advance of is
Sd per week on time wages and 8 per
cent on piece work rates.
There is considerable unrest in Lanca-
shire. England, by reason of the demand
Of the cotton spinners for an advance
of ) per cent.
TIL Scottish Cooperative Society was
organized in 1868 with a capital of less
than $1,000. Now it has q capital Of
more than 81.
Boot and Shoe Workers international
Union has recently chartered local unions
at San Rafael, Cali: Pueblo, Colo, and
San Juan, Porto Rico.
Five thousand freight handlers in the
employ Of railroads in Chicago, Ill, prob
ably will receive wage advances amount
ing to $25O,O0O annually.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
U.c Of Chemtcnls in Food.

The Department of Agriculture has
promulgated regulations governing the use
of benzoate Of soda and sulphur fumes as
p~reservatives of fruits and other foods.
In accordance with the provision of law
that food products shall not contain sub
stances which lessen their wholesomeness,
orders were issued that nc, drug, chemical
or harmful or deleterious dye of pre-
servative should be used. These regula-
lions were temporarily withheld. owing
to strong protests from certain quarters.
The statement now issued permits the
use of common salt, sugar. wood smoke,
potable distilled liquors and condiments,
and, pending further investigation, the
use of saitpeter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
OF CORN HUSKS AND CARPET.

Two Grinding Wheel. Used for Pol
fishing the Teeth of the Combs.
There are many kinds Of grinding
wheels, but, perhaps, as curious as any
is the cornhusk wheel, which is used
for grinding combs.
The teeth of some sorts of combs,
after they have been cut, still need to be
be rounded on the edges and smoothed
and finished all around, which could
not be done on a solid, fat-faced wheel,
says tho New York Sun. For this there
is required a wheel Of some material
that will work around the edges Of the
teeth and also in between them. The
corn-husk wheel serves this purpose
well. ..-
For the making of such a wheel dried
corr husks are used. They are laid to-
.gether and tied in little bundles of a
dozen or so, the butts all at one end
and the points at the other.
The corn-husk grinding wheel is 20
inches in diameter, made up Of such
little bundles ID. corn husks placed with
their butts against and secured to the
spindle on which the wheel Is to turn.
the husks radiating from 1t all around.
When a sufficient number of bundles Of
1lusks to form the wheel have thus
been placed against the spindle, the
wheel is compressed, to make. it not
solid but compact and give it the width
of face required.
The wheel built up in this way Of
corn husks is mounted and run by pow
-er The workman, using water and
powdered pumice stone in the grinding.
stands, with a tray Of combs to be
ground on a table at hand, and one
after another holds the combs against
the wheel. The life of a corn-husk
grinding wheel is only four or five
days.
Another interesting wheel to be seen
in the shop where they finish combs is
a polishing wheel Of carpet covered
with muslin. This wheel has a smooth
and, when in use, fiat rim, which,, how
ever, will yield anywhere under pres
sure, and SO when a comb is held.
against it, this wheel adapts itself
readily to all the combs rounded or
nodded surfaces, and thus can be made
to polish it perfectly everywhere.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

DR.. George f.. jelly, the Boston mental
specialist, and DIR. G. A. Blumer of Prov
idence were appointed comasters with
Judge Aldrich to examine Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, the aged founder and
head of the Christian Science church, as
to her mental competency to look after
her business interests. Judge Aldrich
had written Judge Chamberlin that he
was averse to taking the sole responsible
ity in so important a matter. Later DR..
Blumer declined to act and the defend
ants strongly opposed the appointment OF
any doctors.
: Counsel for Mrs. Eddy and her trus-
tees fled exceptions to the appointment
of the two directors as comasters because
they are non-residents Of New Hamp-
shire, and are authorized to render a de-
cision not p%redicated wholly upon the
evidence submitted to them, and also to
the issue framed by the court and the
denial by the court of the previous mo
ions by the defendant, ali Of which are
expected to result in carrying the entire
case, with all its complications, to the
Supreme Court.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

In view of the existing confusion. with
prospect of friction between the federal
and State authorities regarding the en-
force.nent of the 2-cent rate bills passed
by various State legislatures. much in
terest attaches to the remarks of Com
missioner Harlan of the Interstate Com
merce Commission to the effect that while
a State rate lis naturally and properly
entitled to respectful consideration, it has
no greater sanctity when applied to inter
state traffic than a rate established by a
railroad company" He says that the
federal ~ratemaking body would not hesi-
tate to disregard it if unjust.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
ON CARS.
Useful in Train DispntchinE - Con-
nections Quickly Made

Useful in Train DfspntchinE - Con-
nections Quickly Made.
There are three methods followed in
the application of the telephone to cleo.
trio railway d~ispatchtng: % Fixed tel
ephone substations in booths placed at
suitable points along the line. (2)
Jack boxes at poles to which portable
telephones carried in the cars may be
hung and connected for temporary
use. (3) Portable telephone sets hung
upon the front OF the car, the vestibule
platform of which serves as a bo2th,
and attachment made by flexible wires
to jacks at numerous poles along the
line.
On some railway lines, says Techni-
cal Literature. the method of connect
ing a telephone on the car with the
line is not by means of Il jack at the
sid of one of the poles, but by a long
slender rod carrying the wires, which
may be hooked upon the main lines any
place.
The telephones used on electric rail
road systems must give transmission
which Is clear and loud, and must be of
AypeS Aiot llible " INC piuttu out W ScI-
vice by the jar of continuous tTanSpor-
tatiOn on 4 car.
Application of the telephone to train
dispatching on electric railways has re-
suited in q marked ecOnoIny OF both
plant and operation and that the abil-
ity of the superintendent 20 be in
formed as to the position Of the various
cars and to communicate with their
operators gives a greater service eff
cheney to the road.
G The telephone is of great service In
severe snowstorms by reason of the
facility which it affords for inforna-
ton to be given the train dispatcher
as to the condition of the road. In cases
of mishsp the telephone affords means
for quick clearance Of the track by the
facilities Of obtaining wrecking cars or
repair hands. In cases of accident not
only can medical help be summoned
for the injured but means can be taken
to procure information relative to de-
tails Of the occurrence which may be OF
great Importance in ascertaining the
liability OF the company.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
OIL Trust Denie. Con.p,racx.

The Standard Oil Company has entered
a general denial to the charges Of con-
spiracy, sitting competition and accept
ing rebates preferred by the Federal De
partment of Justice in ST. Louis last
November. The contention is made that
operations prior to 1899, when the parent
ompany of New Jersey was formed,
should not be made the subject of exam
nation. Specific denial is made, how
ever, that the company in 1876 had. spe-
cial rates from the Erie and New York
Central, and that a monopoly of pipe
lines from Western Pennsylvania enabled
it to fix rates for transportation on thu
railroad.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
ALASKAN FARMS.
Nearly 100000 Acres Soon to Ne
Opened for Settlers.

NcukAy o~,OOO,OOO ACreh SOOn 10 Nc
Opened for Settlers.
At a distance Of some so miles south
of the Arctic Circle 2,9SO,O0O acres Of
land will be opened for settlement in
Alaska on Sept. 80, by a recent order Of
the Secretary of the Interior. This great
tract MAS been held in reserve for a ma
tional forest around Norton bay, but the
project was abandoned, so many were
the demands for entry on land which had
been found more suitable for settlement.
The spring rush for Alaska overwhelmed
steamship accommodations and filed up
the wharves at Seattle with household
freight, but the order of the Secretary is
expected to prolong the rush up to the
approach of winter. Alaska has been in
the throes of a general strike and tie
up, but as usual in such cases this fea-
ture is wearing itself out. These trou-
bles We're caused by the shortage of labor
in southeastern Alaska, owing to the ac-
tiyity of railway building and the devel.
opment Of new mines, eliminating in q
general demand for higher wages.
Agriculture is proceeding hand in hand
with the efforts of government experiment
stations, which are constantly determin-
ing what will grow which heretofore has
been exotic to the soil. So far, all the
harder vegetables have been made to
thrive, and in the large valleys of the in
terror experiments are being made, with
every prospect of success, to grow hay,
grain and stock feed capable of maintain
ing work animals. The great valley along
the Susitna river in central Alaska, ex-
tending north from Cooks Inlet and Res
direction bay, it is declared has a mild
climate all the year, owing to the warm
currents of the ocean, and will grow al
most anything that is raised in temperate
zones.
The permanent white population OF
Alaska is now $4,000, with 6,000 nomaas
at work here and there. The increase
now averages $500 souls a year, a figure
which the coming opening of lands is ex-
pected to swell materially. These people
shipped TO the States last year $29,330,-
2S6 worth of gold, silver, copper and
/ merchandise in the form of fish products.
Gable, telegraph and mail connections are
being generally extended and already
Alaska is ambitious to become a State.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
CIaflin Report Favorable.

The impression that We have entered
on a period of business contraction WAS
not confirmed by the semi-annual report
of the II. B. Clafin dry goods house.
which is generally regarded as a good
barometer Of trade conditions. This re
port showed that the first half of the
year had been one of the most prosperous
in the companv's history, and that sales
booked for future delivery were larger
than on the corresponding date in any
previous year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
A GOOD A
The Best Way to Prepare the Ground
and Sow the Seed.

Best Way to Prepare the round
and Sow the Seed.
A good lawn may be made either by
laying sod or growing seed. If turf
is used, the lawn is sometimes ready
for use in less time than when seed is
used, but practically the difference is
very slight. Fewer lawns are made
from turf every year. The turf or soil
is nearly always obtained from a near
by field. 1t abounds in ourse grasses
and pernicious weeds. The former
may be got rid of after considerable
trouble, but the latter rarely ever. Sod
laid lawns are nearly always uneven,
.searny and varied in color and texture.
Their cost, too, is. much In excess of
seeding the lawn down.
2 A lawn produced from q mixture OF
good, new, recleaned seeds of the finer
grasses and clovers is superior in quail
ity and texture to the best sod obtain
able. To obtain the best results from
sowing, the ground should be carefully
dug over-not too deep, six or eight
inches will be enough-and nicely lev
eled off; then SOW on broadcast Il good
fertilizer, GOO pounds to the acre, or
about ten pounds to every IS by 10
square feet. Rake this in and roll it
or fiatten it with the back of a spade;
then sow seventy pounds of some good
lawn seed to the acre, or one pound
to every IL by 10 feet. Sow half this
quantity walking one way and half
walking at right angles to it. SO as to
get even distribution. Do not SOW in
windy weather, and be sure to rake
the seed IN. inc after sowing roll it
well or beat it fat with the spade.
Those seeds that are deeply buried
will not terminate, and those that are
exposed will be scorcIled by the sun,
blown or washed away or taken by
the birds. Whenever necessary TO sow
in susrnler it is better to nix with rye
or oats to protect the tender shoots
from the hot sua.-Suburban Life.
When a man has bad luck, his
friends think they have lone their duty
Il. 49,. .,., 49,, 49, - 81
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09
FIRST Rhode. scholar to Finish.

William Crittenden of California. who
was the first student under the Rhodes
scholarship to reach Oxford, England,
and also the first to finish the full course,
has returned home. having finished the
three years course in two years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-09

When a man has bad luck, his
friends think they have done their duty
when they say: ITS too bad."
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-24
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Order has been restored in Seoul;
the former Emperor has confirmed his aOdica-
ton, and may be taken 10 Japan. - Russian
Social Democrats have succeeded in bringing
about great strikes in the Moscow and Vladimir
industrial regions troops fired on crowds in
suburb OF Moscow city. == The French Court
of Appeals reversed the decision Of the lower
court in the Spencer VIII; the judgment granting
TO the Princess de Vicovaro possession of the
estate in France is thereby set aside. \
military dirigible balloon was successfully tested
over Berlin it remained in the air longer than
the record made by the French airship Patrie
ans was easily steered in all directions. ==
Il was reported from Paris that two generals on
the French general staff would resign, following
the example Of General Hagron - Major
Lenlair issued another instalment Of his charges
Of cruelty against officials in the Congo Free
State. - The South Manchurian railway loan
Of s20,000000 the bords being guaranteed by
the japanese government, found few subscribers
IN London, about half the issue being saddled on
the underwriters
DOMESTIC-It was announced at Oyster Bay
that the President is taking no action in he
North Carolina dispute. leaving everything TO
Mr.. Bonaparte. The number of deaths
from the sinking Of the Columbia was still I'M
certain, but the report of the saving of three
boatloads was not confirmed. so that ninety
eight are still missing. - The caucus of Re-
publican Assemblymen at Albany accepted a
party measure the Senate appOrtionment bill as
adopted Monday night, and fl is expected that
the extraordinary session Of the Legislature will
be brought 10 end to-day. - Mrs. Russell
Sage sent her check for 100000 to Chancellor
Day as GIT 10 the Ieachers College OF syria
cUse University. =- Mr.. Richardson continued
his argument for the defence in the trial Of
William D. Haywood for the murder Of former
Governor Frank Steunenberg at Boise Idaho
CITY-StoCks We're dull at unimportant price
changes. == A TenderlOin gambler murdered
a woman in 42d street and probably fatally shot
q hat merchant == Commissioner Bingham
personally eXhorted the Harlem police TO greater
efforts in checking the present wave of crime
- The arrest Of two brothers, it was thought
went far toward wiping out the Malta in New
York. - Hudson Maxim, the explosives in
ventor although one armed. saved two girls
from drowning. - The Board of Aldermen
fixed the tax rate. 80 The Public Service
Commission appointed Abel Z. BlackInar coun-
sci and William ". WINS special counsel; the
commission held a hearing the bridge crush
- Exceptions 70 the findings of a. II. Mas
ten, special master, in the Consolidated Gas
Company's suit against the S0-cent gas law
were nled. == A building at Broadway and
5Sth street which was being remodelled collapsed
and two workInen were injured. == Rumors
OF changes in various railroad administrations
were denied in Wall Street.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday; Highest SO
degrees; lowest, Il.