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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14

The dairy industry in the Red
River valley has had a phenomenal
growth duringt he past two or three
years. Successful creameries by. the
score are now scattered ab@ut
throughout the valley. and the time
will come at no distant day when
every township will have one or more
creameries in opertaon. Farmers and
business men are turning to the dairy
industry as the most profitable branch
Of farming. Dairy products always
brng a good price when good and
rightly prepared for the market, and
there does not seem to be much danger
Of over production. Some may have
an idea that owing..to our long winters
dairying cannot be successfully
carried on here, but that is mis-
take. The fact that the Warren
creamery and other creameries in this
section have been in operation and
made money this winter proves that
winter dairying is a success. 1t is
diversified farming and not exclusive
wheat raising that will make the
fertile soil of the Red River valley
yield the best returns.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
A GOOD EXAMPLE.

q. The New York legislature has lately
set aside $5O,OOO,OOO which is to be de-
voted to the cause Of good roads. This
allowance on top of the voting of $101,
100000 for the improvement Of the
Erie canal would seem to put our New
York friends in the class of cranks
when it comes to the question Of good
roads. But It's mighty good mania
to have, and many western state
could follow New York's example even
If she didn't vote more than $1,OO0,OOO
to the cause in question, with the re-
suit that, the hauling Of produce to
market would be UNNECESSARILY cheap
ened, while the highways would be i'm
proved both from the standpoint Of
looks and comfort in traversing them.
Western legislators ought to go to
York state and find out what is at the
bottom Of this good roads movement.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
REGRETTABLE.

It comes to us from several sources,
the testimony Of others and personal
observation, that the Northwestern
Greening apple is not panning out as
satisfactorily as it was anticipated it
would some years ago. A number are
finding that when the tree gets about
twenty-five years old it seems to lose
its thriftiness and in many cases dies
down at the top. To just what this
condition may be attributable is not
known, but the fact has been noted in
localities 80 widely separated that 1t
seems quite certain it cannot be due to
local conditions. It is regrettable, in
any event, for horticulturists all over
the great northwest were looking to
this variety as the one winter apple
that could be counted upon as hardy
and adapted to latitude AZ degrees to
so degrees. The facts noted, coupled
with the further fact that the North
western Greening does not begin to
bear until it is ten or twelve years old,
will serve to make it somewhat spec
ulative proposition for the northern Or
chardist,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
3 ~s Aa 81 CONF.


X - eess q ~ short course in.
eszn and seock jodstng which was held
Of - Iowa experiment station at
Amso IL dx1t two weeks In January
Al q - priss corn which was on ex-
hibtt was euctionsd Of to the highest
bidders. Tho prise sweepstakes ear.
which was Of the Reds yellow dent
variety. was about fourteen inches long
and weighed twenty ounces, being pro-
nounced by Professor Holden, the corn
expert, as the finest ear Of corn he had
ever seen. When this was put up at
auction It ran up to $3.50, at which
price it was bid in by the man who
raised 1t. "A bushel Of corn at this
rate would be worth about $500,
while a single kernel of the ear in
question is worth about 10 cents. The
interest which has been aroused among
the corn growers Of the state in the
matter of raising the largest possible
number of bushels Of thoroughbred
corn to the acre is very keen, and the
present year promises to be productive
Of even more striking results than the
last has been.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
The death Of John Alexander
Dowie. the GREAT religious Quack and

The death Of John Alexander
Dowie, the great religious quack and
mountebank, removes a spectacular
figure from the worlds scene OF
action. By his wonderful powers Of
persuasion and control Of the wills OF
others, he succeeded in getting about
Is million dollars from his deluded
followers. Weak minded men and
women from all over the world pour
ed their wealth into the Golfers of
this second Elijah, who lived in
princely splendor. If physical mfr
nifty had not come to impair his
powers it is hard telling what such a
bold but cratic plunger in the field
meta physics and charlatanry might
have accomplished. His health aid
his glory faded rapidly during the
past year or two and he died for
saken by his wife and son, and all
but a few of his followers.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14

The Stephen Leader came out last
week with the name Of B. B. BRETT
as editor and publisher. Mr.. Brett
is a new man in the journalistic
field, but he handles the pen like one
to the manor born. The Sheaf well
comes Mr.. Brett into the newspaper
fraternity and hopes the Leader UNI
der his management may prosper and
increase in usefulness. The business
men of Stephen have always taken a
kindly interest In their paper and
given it liberal advertising patron
age, without which no paper can do
full justice to the community where
it is published.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14

The Chicago mail order houses have
a representative to gather 1nforma-
tion from the local papers and find if
any lines of business are not we'll
advertised; then flood the surround
ing country near such places, thus
directing their special efforts to COM
munities where merchants are not up
to-date in advertising, says the Ran
SON County Independent. There is
but one conclusion to arrive at; home
merchants must be very persistent in
advertising, otherwise they must ex-
pect people to send away for all
classes of goods.-Bemidji Pioneer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14

The Crookston Times in a recent
article shows that the northern
part of the state is not getting what
it is entitled to in the way OF state
Institutions A normal school at
Moorhead and another at Duluth, an
AGRICULTURAL school and experiment
farm at Crookston, an insane asylum
at Fergus Falls and sanatorium for
consumptitives at Walker, are about
all that can be credited to the north
ern section, while the southern half
has the great bulk of the state insti-
buttons. The Times believes that
the proposed new state prison ought
to be located in the northern part of
the state. The Times says:
"During the past week bill was
introduced in the house asking for
an appropriation of S500,0 900 for the
erection of another prison at Still
water. 1t is possible and highly prob
able that the state needs additional
prison facilities, but is there any
special reason why another prison
should be located at Saltwater? The
present accommodations are probably
large enough to meet thei require
ments of the southern portion of the
state and why would it not be wise
to have state prison in the north
ern portion? It costs the different
counties in the northern and western
portion OF the state money to trans
port their state prison offenders to
Saltwater and each county would save
considerable funds in the course of a
year, if the penitentiary was more
accessible.
1t is the established policy of the
states of Illinois and Iowa and many
Others to erect penitentiaris in..ditfer-
ent sections of the state, and it has
proven both practical ana economical.
Such a policy in this state, taking
into consideration it's immense dis
tances, would undoubtedly be sue
cess, and it is time the representa-
lives Of the northern portion of the
state got together and issued an ulti-
matum to the eff ct that if another
prison is to be erected, it must be
erected in this portion of the state. ="
The Sheaf heartily concurs in what
the Times says relative to locating a
state prison in the northern part Of
the state and we hope our members
Of the legislature will get busy, stand
up for their rights and secure the In
stitution.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
SHALL HE FER1ILIzBs

a reader Of this department residing
IA Los Angeles and owning large
Farm In Illinois writes making inquiry
as to the value Of phosphates as fer.
tilizer for bis own and other Illinois
corn farms, citing reports Of The 1lli-
nofs experiment station farms in way
Of introducing his query. There Is lit
tie reason to suspect that the reports
Of the state experiment station are
biased or colored because Of financial
interest which the directors Of the.
work might have in concerns Offering
such phosphates for sale, and we be-
lieve that their findings can be taken
at face value. While there would
seem to be slight call for commercial
fertilizer on any farm which has been
properly and wisely managed and in
which the products Of the soil have
been sold in the finished form of beef,
pork, mutton and butter instead Of in
the raw grain form, in the latter case
the application Of certain amount of
commercial fertilizer of the kind men
toned would seem to be advisable and
calculated to return to the soil ele-
ments Of which it has been robbed
through years of uninterrupted and
none too careful cropping. II one has
serious doubts as to the efficacy Of
such treatment it would seem to be
wise to make a careful test Of such
artificial fertilizers on small scale.
a few acres. Much would depend on
the character Of the soil and even
more upon the kind Of treatment which
1t had received, and such an expert,
ment carefully conducted, with results
noted, would seem to demonstrate be-
yond question whether the application
of such fertilizer on the whole farm
would be practical and justidable.
There is 50 much opportunity for the
adulteration of commercial fertilizers
that we question the wisdom Of using
the output Of any company unless it is
recommended by ones own state ex-
eft of artificial fertilizers we note an
experiment conducted through period
of seven years by the Ohio experiment
station, which showed that plot Of
land fertilized with stale or bleached
manure produced an average yield per
acre of 81 bushels Of corn, 1880 BUSH
els of wheat and 1850 pounds Of hay.
An adjoining plot fertilized with stale
manure. REINFORCED by a phosphate,
yielded an average of 61.23 bushels Of
corn, 242S bushels of wheat and 1885
pounds Of hay.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
FOREST NURSERIES.

The latest plans of the agricultural
department at washington are said to
contemplate the extension Of forest
nurseries on the ranges Of the central
western states. "a forest garden on
every ranch is the slogan. The gov
eminent is to furnish such trees as are
considered suitable to the soil and eli
mate Of each community, and the
ranch owners are to do the rest. It is
thought that within few years the
trees will be large enough to be trans
planted to various portions Of the
ranges to furnish shade and timber
during the years to come The gov
eminent plans to pay the initial cost
Of experimentation and furnish cut
tings and small trees.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
Sl.OO PER YEAR.
THURSDAY, MARCH IA, 1907.

The North Dakota legislature fixed
railroad passenger rates at 2115cts per
mile, with milage books at 2cts a
mile. We'll, half loaf is better than
none.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
THE SAN JOSE SCALE.

The San Jose scale. whose ravages
have meant loss Of millions Of dol
lars to the fruit growers Of the coun-
try, was first introduced in this coun-
try in the early seventies on the
grounds of James Lick Of San Jose.-
CAL, and from that time on there has
been a good deal Of question as to
what country was the original home of
the pest. Explorations and investiga-
tons lately conducted by representa-
tives Of the agricultural department at
Washington prove quite conclusively
that the scale insect is a native of GER
tain districts in China. where it's
ravages seem to have been compare
lively insignificant, conditions not hay
ing been favorable to it's propaga-
ton. Transferred to this country. how
ever, it spread with amazing rapidity.
attacking not only fruit, but other de-
ciduous trees as we'll. Several varie-
ties of insects have been found which
seem to be natural enemies Of the
scale insect, but the largest measure
of relief has come from thorough spray
ing with the we'll known sulphur
wash, which has not only protected or
chards against this, but other fungous
enemies.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-03-14
TOO MUCH WORK.

100 much work" is the verdict that
may be produced in the case Of alto
gether too many middle aged and eld-
erly men and women. With some Of
this large class it has been case OF
necessity. a condition which they have
not entered or remained in voluntarily.
With others the condition Of being for
ever and always head over heels in
work is one that is assumed and in
most cases out Of pure selhshness and
greed for gain. Followed up in the
case Of the man, it means stopped
shoulders and broken body at fifty,
stomach out Of whack oftentimes and
constitution depleted. The long years
Of unceasing toll. with little or no let
up or recreation, have meant the same
kind OF breakdown for the wife.
wmle younger members Of the family,
SONS ana daughtsRa, have ssquiPed a
0ssp seatod DISLIKE M farm work and
lr1s1ing that Dsst1ins b tAs, fasm
tt b WI AASu1t . DsDS> work
> - q ~ sueatsst bepaa - 10 h1t
- no4 vt q boaonag q Gu1De Whea
- HsnD1a9u whlnh fa1aow n tn train
- nj s0ewukoA ~ bliG1e1nG III e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
PROBE INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Grand Jury Ordered to Investigate
Crow Reservation Charges,

HELENA, Mon, December 1.-THE adj
mnistration of the Crow Indian reserva-
ton will be probed to the bottom and the
by Helen Pierce Gray and later by S. M.
Brosius, special agent of the Indian Rights
Association, and noised around as hear
say by persons living near the reserva-
ton. will be determined.
The federal grand jury. now in session
here. was yesterday specifically charged
by Judge Hunt to inquire into the affairs
Of the Crow reservation.
The charges of maladministration and
favoritism on the part of the officials OF
the Crow reservation grew out of the ar
rest of Helen Pierce Gray. who was
from the Indians without the consent of
the Secretary of the Interior. She came
to the reservation originally to write up
for an eastern magazine the opening OF
the ceded strip for a railroad, and then
lived in the vicinity several months. gath
ficials at Washington. concerning the
graft she alleged she found on the reser-
walton.
1t was upon her presentation of the case
that Special Agent Dilbey was semitic the
reservation to make an investigation. He
completely exonerated all the officials
from any wrongdoing. declared Mrs.
Gray's charges were unfounded and COM
mended the reservation officials for the
efficiency and thoroughness with which
they performed their duties.
Mrs. Gray was ordered off the reserva-
ton, it being charged that she was incit-
ing the Indians to mutiny and was a
disturbing factor there. Her arrest fol-
lowed on advices from Washington, It is
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
HERRIcK, ROOSEVELT CRITIC.
Former Ohio Governor Denounces
Anti-Railroad Policy.

CLEVELAND. December 1.-THE rail-
road policy Of the administration Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt got flashing from Myron
T. Herrick. former governor of Ohio and
close associate of Senator Hanna and of
President Mckinley. yesterday in a
speech Gov. Herrick delivered before the
builders exchange.
He took for his topic The Causes Of the
Present Financial Situation" and COM
bined with his advocacy Of credit or
some other elastic currency a scorching
arraignment Of the present day policy of
aggression against railroads. He depre-
Gated the policy that would convince
foreign investors and those in our own
country that railroad securities would not
prove safe investments" Then, emphasiz-
ing his remarks by pounding the stand
with his manuscript, Gov. Herrick said:
Even those days Of government aid to
railroads when lines were built into the
wilderness with the idea of fraudulently
getting foreign capital were more bene-
fetal in some respects. Those days saw
the greatest development ever seen in
this or any other country. The day may
come. and that before long. when it will
be found more eXpedient for the govern
ment to encourage the railroads in their
commercial development instead of'-the
governor hesitated-"instead Of retarding
them.
Our railroads today are in better con-
dition than ever as regards management
and resources" he concluded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
ACTION EXPLAINED.
Permit to Railroad Company for Use
Of Parking Space.

The action of the Commissioners in
granting permission to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to use part Of the pub
lie parking space on the north side of d
street southwest between 9th and 10th
streets was explained in detail in a COM
munication forwarded today by the Com
missioners to Rev. c. Herbert Richard
son, pastor Of the Ryland NJ. E. Church,
and to the South Washington Citizens
DR.. Richardson and the South
Washington Citizens Association have
opposed granting this privilege to the
railroad company, and several days ago
asked for information in the matter.
According to the Commissioners they
have approved plans for constructing q
retaining wall at a distance Of thirty
feet north Of the center line Of d street
between 9th and 10th streets. which wall
will serve as a support for the sidewalk
above the level Of the tracks Of the freight
yard lying at lower grade on the north
side of D street. The Commissioners have
also approved a plan establishing the
width of 10th street bridge at hfty-six
feet, provision being made for forty feet
of carriageway and two eight-feet side
walks. The Commissioners say there Is
no question as to their authority in APP
proving either of these plans. as both are
in accordance with an act relating to the
elimination of grade crossings in South
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11

League nominee. polled fewer than half
the votes received by either.
The total vote was 1892. Hibbard
received 3s,067. Fitzgerald, 36,054, and
The poor showing by Coulthurst was a
bitter disappointment to the Independence
Leaguers. who thought he would get the
vote cast recently for District Attorney
Moran.
The common council went strongly DEM
ocratic, and the indications are that tho
republicans will have a majority in the
board of aldermen for the first time in
many years.
The tabulation of the license vote.
which was not completed until today
showed a considerable increase in interest
In the question over last year. nearly 3, 900
more votes being cast than in 1906 The
majority for license this year was 16338:
in 1905 it was 24,5s2 The vote yesterday
was: Yes. 44,030; no. 81 ,634. In 1895: Yes,
1922; no, 1850.
The increase of 9.014 votes in favor Of
no license materially increases the total
vote of the state in favor Of prohibition.
Eighteen MASSACHUSETTS cities outside of
Boston held their municipal elections yes
terday. The license question exerted as I'M
portant influence upon the voting in near
ly all the cities. In several Of the larger
ones which usually have gone for license
the temperance workers were successful
In both Lynn and Worcester no license
prevailed. Lynn elected Thomas T. Por-
ter. the republican nominee, for mayor,
while in Worcester James Logan. the re-
publican nominee for mayor, won in a
close fight over John T. Duggan, the
present democratic incumbent Lowell
thought well enough of Mayor F. w.
Tarnham, republican, to give him another
term.
One feature OF the day was the election
of John F. Hurley. he of plug-hat fame,
as mayor of Salem, for the third time
Hurley was elected mayor for the first
time in 1901 on reform movement and
was again successful the following year
He has been an annual independent can
didate ever since and went into Office yes
terday with plurality of 1862
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
EDUCATION AND RELIGION.
Belief Expressed That Black Race
Should Have Both.

Education must go hand in hand
with religion If the freedmen of this
country are to progress along all lines"
was declaration made by Mrs. Tower
of Baltimore, synodical secretary for
freedmen, before a meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church held
in the parlors of that edifice at 1880
o'clock today.
Mrs. Tower spoke at length of the
work now in progress in the southland
for. the moral and religious uplift of
the negro. In many of the southern
states, she said, the condition of the
black man and his family is pitiable In
the extreme, and the efforts of all
Christian workers should be put for
ward to relieve the situation as much
as possible. She called attention to
the work of the Presbyterian societies
which are selling land to individual
purchasers, and in many instances MAX
ing a self-supporting asriculturist of
the black man. Large tracts, she said.
are bought and then subdivlded and
sold In small tracts to colored men of
the section who announce their deter
mination of becoming more useful citi-
zens Of the commemorative in which
they live.
The wretched living conditions Of
many of the southern negroes were re-
ferred to. In many instances, accord
ing to Mrs. Tower. large families are
huddled together in one-room shacks,
with the earth as the only flooring.
In conclusion, she praised the work
that the church is doing for The ele-
walton of the freedmen and declared
that the need Of the black man today
in the southland is for education, as
well as the religion which is being
extended to him. Education, the speak
err declared, will give him the power
to understand, and when religion is
presented he will rise to the occasion
and become the better citizen-better
able to do his duty to his common
wealth and his nation.
Mrs. Harvey S. Irwin conducted the
devotional exercises at the opening of
the meeting, which was presided over
by Mrs. Richards, president of the Or
Hanization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-11
DEPoSITING OF COLLATERAL.
Comment by Mr.. Macfarland on
Judge Mullowny's Statement.

In reference to a statement by Judge
Mullowny in the Police Court yesterday
as to the method Of depositing collateral
in the Police Court, Commissioner Mac
farland today said: 81 have no desire or
purpose to comment on the statements
attributed to Judge Mullowny of the Police
Court. but / must repeat what l have
said before. that the assistant corpora
ton counsel at the Police Court Is a pros
ecuting officer. not a judge. and does his
duty according to the instructions given
by the Commissioners to prosecute every
prirna facie case. The fixing of collateral
is judiciary function, like the deciding
of cases. or the imposing of fines, and Is
not within the duty of the prosecuting
officer. The Commissioners have said that
the prosecuting officer is to stick to his
duties and to leave questions of fine and
collateral to the Police Court. We have
agent of the court for that purpose or
supervision of his work"