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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26

Fol- the past two years considerable
attention has been given to the grow
ing of corn for the purpose of filing
the silo. Since it is only necessary
for the corn to attain to the milk stage
for this purpose, the is little danger
of early frosts killing the crop, and
even if the frosts do happen to nip it
the corn can be cut at once, and little
harm be done. About 40 acres are
put into corn each year, this being a
sufficient quantity to fill the large silo.
The shredder chops the stalks, ears,
and leaves up into pieces about an
inch long which are then blown by a
fan thru an opening at the top of the
silo. The silo is built air tight and
consequently the corn looks and tastes
as fresh in the spring as when it was
cut. Experiments have been carried
on to quite an extent at the college as
to the feeding value of ensilage. 1t is
found to be an excellent fattening feed
for steers, keeps a good flow of milk
in the COW, andfin small quantities is
a good substitute for hay as horse
feed. There is practically no waste
when corn is treated this way; cobs,
stalks and all Ire eaten.
Rape is a comparatively recent crop
in this portion of the country. A
small patch has been put in for the
last few seasons on the college farm
and a portable sheep fence set up
around it SO that the sheep might be
pastured there at any time. Rape
grows rapidly and to a good size.
The leaves are broad, thin and very
tender and have flavor very similar to
rutabaga tops. An acre of this pas
ture will keep a flock of 20 sheep busy
most of the time, for it grows almost
as fast asrthey can eat it. It is found
to be a good nutrient for sheep.
Every spring Prof. Willard takes
his class in geology on a short trip to
some place of geological interest. A
very interesting locality is neal Mus
kada: MINI. Most travellers evidently
do not know that when they leave
Moorehead on the east bound train
they ride for miles over the dry bot
tom of a lake once flooding extensive
areas, and then farther east past over
at least six or seven distinct wave
washed beaches of sand. When we'll
bacN among the beaches large rolling
areas covered with rounded boulders
are seen which were carried from the
far north by a lobe of the great ice
sheet. Near Muskada is an immense
gravel pit extending down in places
from Is to 20 feet, and the entire pit
is beautifully stratified thruout, All
this is the product of boulders which
nave been ground under the pressure
Of the great ice field, and the stream
from the melting ice which deposited it
SO neatly in layers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
PRESIDENTS HOLIDAY PLANS.
ContempIates Brief Visit to Pine Knot
After Christmas.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The holiday
plans of President Roosevelt and his
family as announced at the White
House Saturday, contemplate a trip
to Pine Knot, Va, the day after Christ
mas, and a stay at the Virginia es-
tate. Of Mrs. Roosevelt for four or
i've days, when the family will return
to Washington. Christmas will be Gel
ebrated at the White House as usual,
and the president will be back for the
pubic reception on New Years day.
The annual visit to Pine Knot affords
the president opportunity for cross
country riding and wild turkey hunt
Ing, pastimes of which he is very fond.
Mrs. Roosevelt joins in many of the
horseback rides, and because of the
seclusion Of the Pine Knot estate an
uninterrupted enjoyment of outdoor
life may be had.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
OF SCHOOL
FINANCES.

The following statement, issued by
State Superintendent W. D. Stockwell,
secretary of the Board of University
and School Lands, will be of interest
just now that the public has had it's
attention drawn to the investment of
the permanent funds of the various
state institutions and of the common
schools. Numerous state
ments have appeared in the press of
late bearing upon this subject, conse-
quently this authentic account will be
more than welcome.
Since March 1, 1907, the board of
university and school lands has
invested 81, oSe, 600, 90 diyided among
the following classes of securities:
Farm loans $401,4O0, school bonds
S479,9o0, municipal bonds S15l, 100,
county and township bonds s54, 400.
Inasmuch as there has been some
question as to the boards attitude to-
ward farm loans, it should be noted
that since March l, when the amended
law relative to farm loans went into
effect, $40l,400 has been invested in
this way, or an average of s44, 600 a
month. By months the farm loans
made are as follows: March nothing,
April 5000, May $751;, 1000, June $41, 100,
July S42, $50, August 1922, 00O, Septem-
Der s45, 900, October S45, $50. Novem-
Der meeting adjourned to Dec. 5,
SIT, 200, making a total of s4O1, 400, or
more than four times as much as all
outstanding farm loans prior to March
|, 1907. There are still pending, ap-
plications for farm loans of over s175-
600, and for the first time in more than
five years are the applications for
loans from the school fund more than
the amount available for investment.
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 16, 1907.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Superior Methods

After being a student of another
business college for about six months,
[ entered Aaker's Business College.
which I find uses superior methods:
more practical helps and is better
equipped: I have had a good chance
to make comparisons, and they are de-
cidedly in favor of the A. B. G. 1t
gives me great pleasure to recommend
Aaker's Business College for rapid
progress and satisfactory work.
Glyndon, MINI. Matte Jones.
The A. B. G. has the only expert
enced teacher of %telegraphy in the
state. Winter term opens Dec. 31st.
at either school, Grand Forks or Far
go.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
How the Judue Viewed II.

Even a judge On the bench likes his
Joke. A man whose name is Waters
was arraigned in Bilville court on a
charge of assault and battery. "What
did you do to him." asked the Judge,
to make him assault you?'" I'VE wuz
at dinner" was the reply, "an' we got
into a dispute, an all 1 did wuz to hit
him side the head with a corndodger,
an a week arterward he come back
an beat me Shameful" "Well," said
the judge, you know what the Scrip.
ture says: Bread cast upon the wa
tiers will return to you after many
days! "-Atlanta Constitution.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Kills and Dies.

Minneapolis.-Crazed with worry
over financial losses @. M. Colby,
sixty-fve years of age, murdered his
wife and killed himself with a razor
in their home at Oxford flats, 1908
Harmon place.
The wife fought frantically for her
life when attacked by the demented
man, and her daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Boyd, twenty-five years Of age, ran
from the house in search of help, but
returned with aid too late to prevent
the terrible tragedy. She found her
parents lying lifeless on the floor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Letter Slow in Delivery,

Constantinople.-The best laid
schemes of the most u%p-to-date post
Offices "gang aft agley," but the rec
ord in tardy delivery of a missive be-
longs to the Turkish office.
The time taken was 73 years, the
distance being from Mount Athos to
Corfu. In July, 1884, the Aechiman-
drite of a convent wrote to a woman
lin the island, announcing the depart
ure of a begging mission.
The letter has just reached the is.
land and has been delivered to the
woman's grandson!
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
An Object Lesson,

Miranda" said the mistress, you
are a good cook, and 1 just know that
you are too good for us to keep. Some
man will come along one of these DAYS
and induce you to marry him" ooh,
no, mum" answered Miranda, fervent-
~. I've lived with o and your 'us.
band too long to want ever to get
married" There are two conclusions
to be drawn from the reply Of the
faithful servant; one is that she was
loyal to her employers, the other is az
1t may be.-Chicago Evening Post.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
North Dakota Bank Closed.

Bottineau, N. D., Dec. 23.-The
Dunsieth state bank closed it's doors
for want of cash. P. M. Conobay
was president and w. McGrath, cash.
der. 1t was the Oldest bank in the
town and has some wealthy local
stockholders. Deputy Bank Exam.
1ner Peyton went over the books &C.
companded by two bankers, from this
place. These officers state that in
Time the depositors will be paid in
1ull. The trouble resulted from loan.
ing money too freely, though fairly
good security was taken.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Savage Sense of Humor.

L%ecturing on New Guinea, A. H.
Dunning said he nee offered a native
some smelling salts. After going
through extraordinary %contortions the
native went away, returning soon with
another native whom he compelled to
make acquaintance with the salts. The
two brought a third, and so on until
the whole village had been victimiz.
ed. The savages watched each new suf.
ferer with the keenest delight and
took good care not to let him know
what fate awaited him.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Shot by Unknown Assassin.

Maryville, Mo-, Dec. 2S.-Mrs. VIII.
liam Boatright and her grown daugh-
tor were fatally shot while in bed by
IN assassin on a farm near
mere. The women were sleeping to.
getner and the husband and father
knew nothing of the outrage until his
daughter staggered into his room and
fell on his bed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Senator Undersoes Operation.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec. GA tele.
phone message from Ensley stated
that United States Senator John H.
Bankhead underwent an operation by
DrT X. M. Cunningham, former lieu.
tenant governor of Alabama. The pa.
tent is reported in good, condition.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-12-26
Says Mitchell ls Out of Dancer

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 23.-The con.
dition of John Mitchell Of the United
Mine Workers Of America is better
than when he was taken sick. He
IL confined to. the room in the
Claypool hotel to which he was taken.
ID: r. 8. Hodges, who is attending
him, stated that MI. Mitchell would
undoubtedly recover and his coudi.
ton had improved 80 much that he is
now out Of danger.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
Wind Osteopathy WIN Do.

There are but few people who have
not heard OF Osteopathy, also of
some of its achievements. But there
are far too many wbo have accredit-
ed it with being good for only those
conditions from which they have
been cured, or which have come un-
der their observation. Not infrequent-
ly there is mutual surprise when one
who was cured of rheumatism meets
another who has been cured Of asth-
ma or constipation. This is homely.
but very true illustration.
Personally, I have cured chronic
cases Of constipation, rheumatism.
asthma, nervousness. neuralgia ana
headaches for people whom you
know well. and the value of the Os-
teopathic treatment is but coming
generally known in Paducah. as It
should be.
/ should like to talk With you at
any time about your particular case,
and know I can cite you TO some or
your friends who will attest to what
the treatment has done for them IN
similar diseases. Come to my ONCE,
SIC Broadway. or phone 14O7 any
time from TO IL or 2 TO 5 D. m.
DIR. G. B. FROAGE.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
Phone 358
And the Paper Will Start
At Once.

Notice of First Meeting Of Creditors.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Western District of
Kentucky, in Bankruptcy.
In the matter of John r. Roberts.
bankrupt. 4
To the creditors of John r. Roberts
of Paducah. in the county of Nc
Cracker, and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt: Notice is hereby given
that ON the 18th day of February, A.
D., 1906 the said John R. Roberts
was duly adjudicated bankrupt, and
that the first meeting of his creditors
Will be held at my office in Paducah,
McCracken county, Kentucky, on the
End day Of March, A. D. 1907, at 8
O'Clock In the forenoon, at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims. appoint trustee, exam
inc the bankrupt and transact such
other business as may come properly
before said meeting.
EMMETT w. BAGBY.
Referee In Bankruptcy.
Paducah, KY, Feb. 10, 1907.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

Came Here From Louisville. Attract
ed BY Reports.

H. V. Loving, president of the
Louisville Trust company and mem
Der of all the Louisville business as
sociations, was in the city today on
business connected with his compa-
ny. Mr.. Loving made the trip espe-
cially to see Paducah, of which he
has received favorable impressions
in the past. Mr.. Loving said while
here:
'From some of your citizens who
have visited Louisville, some of
your travelling men and from the
press dispatches, have received a
most favorable Impression of Padu-
cab. But actual contact with its citi-
zens and personal observation nave
served to greatly increase my estima-
ton of Paducah's Importance. In
Louisville we keep a pretty sharp
eye on Paducah as the atmosphere
of all reports coming from It is one
of energy and progressiveness. I
have yet to meet one of your citizens.
VINO is not enthusiastic about your
city"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

Now is the time to take up the
project of installing drinking foun-
tains, especially along Broadway
that We may avert a repetition of
that humiliating experience of last
summer. when some five hundred ex-
from Missouri and Illinois
tramped the streets all day with no
place to rest inside the city and no
place to quench their thirst, except
where Chief Collins. with promptness
equal to an emergency. placed barrels
of ice water. We do not know what
sort OF impression of Paducah those
strangers carried away with them.
We can only hope for the best. The
women Of Paducah should be encour-
aged in all such humanitarian pro
iects.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

swindllng and swapping. No con
vention could be worse than our
state primaries. not even the
Music Hall convention.
The high price primaries were
only lnaugurated to keep better
but poorer men out of the way
OF peanut politicians VINO want
ofioe for revenue only and al
ways manipulate to get in in
spite of the peoples verdict, be-
cause when they cannot bulldoze
they buy.
More than one candidate In
the last state primary say they
are financially embarrassed ana
cannot pay claims made in that
canvas.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
THE ROAD QUESTION.

''rhe road question is fast becom-
ing the paramount issue in many
county governments in Kentucky
The cry for good roads is being
heard all over the state and the
result will be that Kentucky will
soon have better thoroughfares
Carlisle county should join the
number of counties that are con-
tending for progress, and the only
way to secure better roads is for
the citizens the taxpayers, to de-
mand such action on the part Of
the fiscal court as viii secure them.
Graveled county roads that do not
get muddy in winter nor dusty in
summer are the most valuable as
sets a county can have and will
enhance the value OF real estate
twenty-five per cent. Ballard coun-
ty News.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
THE THAW TRIAL
Concluded from First Pase)

witness chair and awaited Jerome's
opening questions. They had to do
with her signatures to certain papers,
some of which the prosecutor declares
were receipts for money Mrs. Thaw
had drawn from the Mercantile Trust
company in 1902-$25 a week. Del
mas protested against the district at
torney making these statements and
noted am exception. Mrs. Thaw said
she was not sure all the signatures
were her own-they looked very
much like her writing, she added.
Who provided the money for the girl
at the Mercantile Trust company was
not developed.
Mrs. Thaw's confidence grew as the
cross examination went on and she
was always ready with answers
Jerome jumped from point to point in
her story and under the plea of test
ing her credibility, was alloweu TO
ask many pertinent questions. He
wanted to know when she first heard
she had been named as correspondent
in the George w. Lederer divorce
case.
Delmas protested. Mrs Thaw CALI
ed him over to where she sat whisp-
cred something and the attorney with
drew his objection.
81 read of it in the newspapers,
said the witness cheerily when jerome
repeated the question.
The prosecutor sought to show
that Mrs. Thaw had gone to Abraham
Hummer for advice with regard 10 the
divorce proceedings but was halted by
an objection from Delmas which the
court sustained. Justice Fitzgerald
said the question had nothing to do
with Mrs. Thaw's story to her hus-
band and did not effect her credi-
bility.
Lively Session Expected Today.
Jerome brought out that Mrs. Thaw
had written to White from Boulogne
after Thaw had proposed to her in
Paris.
did YOU also cable White F." he
asked. Witness could not remember
The cross examination had barely
gotten into fun swing when adjourn
ment for the day was ordered.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
HOT HOUSE VEGETABLES
ARE NOW ON THE MARKET

Hot house farming. though en-
bryonic in Mccracken county, is get
ting good start. On market riils
morning was the first spring show
ing of pie plant. 1t is the earliest
ever on the market and was grown
in a hot house by Mr.. Rabb Noble.
In point of being early, It is ahead
of the strawberries shown last Sat-
urday, because they were imported
from Florida and this pie plant Is
home grown.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

The Mayfeld Messenger grows
complacent over a comparison be-
tween the tax rate of Graves county,
Ky, and of jackson county, ILL.,. as
serting that in the latter the proper
ty owners pay 1904 on the 500,
while III Graves county the property
owners pay SLIT on the 500. That
would even encourage the long suf-
fering citizens of Paducah, who pay
into the city, county and state not
less than s2S5 annually on the 500
valuation, if we did not know that
the Messenger hasn't acquainted it.
self with the subject. In Illinois
property is listed at Its full CONNER
cial value and then the assessment is
fixed at one-third the value for the
of taxation; so the property
owners pay only one-third of 1854.
or $1.SS on the $500 Out of this
$15J goes to the schools. Moreover,
Illinois realizes more from her taxes
than Kentucky Blind schools and
normal schools and numerous state
institutions are supported out of this
tax. OF course, having Chicago with
her vast wealth as a source of in
come, Illinois has more money to
spend; but it will not do for Ken
tuckians to be too complacent about
taxes. We are paying enough, and
there are indications that taxes Will
be higher before they are lower.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
INDICTMENT OF PRIMARIES.

In the course of a protest against a
primary for the selection of Demo-
cratic candidate for railroad COM
missioner in the First district, the
Galloway County Times adds spirit
and weight to the Indictment THE
SUN drew last fa.l against the so
called popular" primary for select
ing candidates. THE SUN then said
that the primary is too expensive.
thus keeping out of the contest able
but poor men, unwilling either to
risk their small savings or put them
selves under obligations in a matter
of which they took a patriotic view.
Necsssitating candidates to expend
a years salary to pay the expenses of
a primary and bring out the vote, and
another years salary to win the
election after ne is nominated, the
primary encourages graft and politi-
cal debauchery as means by which
the successful candidate may recup-
crate financially. 1t is easier 10 run
in ineligible voters at primary
and to stuff ballot boxes. or make a
crooked count, if one candidate con-
trols the committee, than it is to
pack a convention. If the latter
scheme is resorted to, 1t is always
apparent, and the methods are so
well known that they may be guard
ed against. There could be an honest
primary, safeguarded by statutory
regulations and conducted at the ex-
pense of the state, but Just now there
are mighty few.
Listensuo what the Democratic
CalloWayG6unty Times, says on the
subject:
We are opposed to these so
called primaries where the man
with the most money buys him
self into Office regardless OF
ability or qualifications. The ex-
pense of holding a primary in
this district. composed of 80
counties has been estimated at
about $4,000. This means to
the four or FIVE candidates now
announced. about $4,000 each
TO enter, to say nothing of the
expense of a canvas OF the coun-
ties. If two or three drop out, as
is highly probable If a primary
Is called. the other fellow or
fellows will have to put down
$4,000 to $4,000 to get his
name or names on the ballot. II
IS an outrage on the poor man,
and no matter now deserving he
may be there IS no chance for
him without mortgaging his
home. his all, for the privilege
Of making the race for an Office
that should he a gift from the
people. and not bought as Is the
ease now with many OF our state
Offices. 1t is not fair to the poor
man who would like to run for
Office and It Is not fair to the
people to have the Office bar
tered in that way.
Let's nave a convention,
where every man can enter
without money qualification.
II IL just as fair as these costly
primaries and just as free from
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

Colorado's preacher. governor finds
himself in a predicament. which will
be eminently amusing and satisfying
to numberless misunderstood polite
ians.s 1t seems that the governor,
who is a Methodist minister, is op-
posing the Drake local option bill
and favoring a less drastic measure.
now pending before the legislature.
The Methodist ministers of Denver,
presuming on long association. sum-
moned the governor before their as
ISOLATION and demanded an explana-
ton Of his opposition to measure,
which they are supporting vigorously.
The governor courageously and
frankly stated his positicn, which
looked TO them BIKE a compromise
With the powers of evil. He escaped
censure. but the other ministers,
white convinced of his sincerity, are
not convinced of the sodndness of his
position, and they win fight for the
Drake bin with all the more vigor in
the hope of establishing by demon
the wisdom of their measure.
And. to think. probably Governor
Buchtel would have been just as un-
compromisingly in favor of the
Drake bill, had he remained in the
pulpit, instead of accepting the ex-
ecutive chair.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
Gun FLOWERs.

Choice Carnations. per doz. soc
Roses, best grade per doz. s1Ot
Roman Hyacinths. white. per doz. 80.
A choice lot OF Azaleas in any
color. just beginning to bloom.
Dutch Hyacinths in pots; alss
Narcissus in bud, nice for blooming
indoors.
Free delivery to any part Of the
city.
scHMAUs BROS.
Both phones 1s2.