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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
She'll Warm His Cold Feet.

A correspondent at Wilkesbarre,
Pa, writes as follows: "John Daven-
port, an aged farmer of Hunlock's
creek, was arraigned before Magis-
trate Brown charged with commit
ting assault and battery on his young
wife, Dorie. After the fair plaintiff
had told her story on the witness
stand and given a detailed account of
how she had been abused, the aged
husband said:
SIT is not true, 1 always treated
her kindly. Anyhow, l only married
her to keep my feet warm in winter"
Magistrate Brown said the weather
prophets were predicting that this
was going to be a cold winter, and he
thought Davenport's feet would be
quite cold If he did not have a
warmer"
The old man admitted that that
would be the case, and when the
wife was appealed to she said she
would forgive him, and the couple
made up and kissed, leaving the alder
mans office arm in arm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Cannot stand a Pure Food Law.

Brookings Register: The Retailers
Journal, a grocery publication, states
that it has information that the mail
order house of Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
quit handling groceries January 1st
and assigns as the reason of with
|drawal the national pure food law
which went into effect on that date.
1t has long been common knowledge
that many retail mail order houses
have done an immense business in
cheap, adnlterated, misbranded food
products. Under the lev national
food law they will find it impossible
to handle any impure goods, and
there is every reason to believe they
can not proitably do this. The fall
ing off in the grocery trade of the re-
tail mail order house is attributed tC
the growing agitation against the
class of food products sold by them in
particular. In the latter regard
numerous exposes by state food de.
partments have exerted a powerful
influence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
After tho Hog Cholera, What?

A correspondent tells us that he
has lost all his hogs except three
brood sows through cholera, and asks
us what he should do: whether he
should breed these Sows or secure If
possible more sows that have passed
through the cholera, or introduce
new stock on his infected farm, and
if so, how soon.
We have passed through three
siegeS of cholera on our own farms,
in each case the genuine article and
not a counterfeit, and hence we feel
that we al speak from experience.
First, a general cleaning up will be in
order. This means the removal of all
the manure, the cleaning out of pens
and under the pens,' and disinfection.
Probably as good a thing as any for
this is n part of sulphuric acid to
forty of water by weight. This can be
bought by the carboy Or big glass
bottle very cheap, so cheap that n
can almost afford to wash the farm
with it. We can at least wash the
hog pens and the places in the yards
where hogs have congregated. That
is the first thing.
The next thing is to mate the brood
sows that are left over. They are i'm
mune for at least a year or two, and
probably during their lives, and are
worth twice as much as they were be-
fora fha ohnonpo roScnl t1rnI1rI fho
herd. If it be possible, buy other
sows in the neighborhood from herds
that have passed through the disease,
and breed them thus building up a
herd of stock of sufficient vitality to
resist the cholera for the time being
at least.
We would not introduce any new
stock to these pens for three months
even after cleaning up; but if the dis
infection be sufficiently thorough and
the hogs confined to thoroughly dis
infected quarters, it may be done at
that time Or sooner without much
danger. We hesitate 20 advise it.
however, because farmers are not al
ways careful in this disinfection.
Hence it is safer to confine yourself
to hogs rendered immune by having
actually taken the disease and recov-
cred from it or passed through it un
scathed, than it is to undertake to
purchase new stock.
There is considerable cholera this
year, although not much has been
said about it in the papers; enough to
furnish starting points for the spread
of the disease next year, unless pro-
per methods Of disinfection have been
adopted.-Wallaces' Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

mo one wants to run the risk Of
getting lockjaw by taking a powder
or a pill or eating ice cream.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

Subscribe for the LEADER.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

One Eeering binder
One Ghompion mower
One .Alller & Johnson corn planter
One / Inch Fuller & Johnson sulky pillow,
neH
One 1 ;-inch Canton sulky pillow
Two 16-inch walking plows
Two @iding corn plows
One Disc harrow
Two l5-ft. flexible harrows
One I2-ft. Buckeye seeder
Nearly all of the above material is as
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
A Capitol Joke.

"John dear" said the wife, coaxing
ly, "instead of buying an expensive
ready-made dress l could get the
material for $50. Isn't that a capitol
idea?"
IF that's all a new dress would
cost, go ahead" replied the faithful,
John.
A little later he was scanning the
bill, which mentioned s24 for making
800 for lace, So for buttons and 81
for findings.
"When you spoke of a capitol
idea, y he commented, reproachfully
81 did not suppose that you meant
the Harrisburg capitol idea."-Coas,
Seaman's Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

George Brynjulson Of Bowdon,
North Dakota, writes the Leader
that he and his family are enjoying
good health and have not suffered
from the heavy snowfall or blockades.
He states that the snow is about two
feet deep in his section of the James
river valley. He enjoys his Leader
and through it keeps in touch with
events at his old home. He inclosed
two years subscription and sends re-
CARDS to all old friends.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

the above material is as good as new.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

This hrd of regsteredS hotH onsc consists Of three bulls and thirteen females, OF
pure Sotha nd Scotch Topped catHea and here is nothing better nthes state
The herd bull Vulcan wsg got by imp Nonpaei 15G&O, and bred ~ Hector owa
OF pAlJina wv u.s. one fine bull Mf, Blue Ribbon, got by onphen.
adv Caroline color red caNed jun T. 1904. Gotb by i'm. Fame 2N6o, tracing to
Imp caroline.
Bonnie Pincess 2nd got by Fearless Victor 17U4, tracing to imp. Louisa
Viet2 md GOT W RovalA Admiral 1899, tracing tom p Princess. s..
Roam Rose Bird cot by Royal Admiral 135799, Tracing to inn. Red Kos.
Nbrta.w with fine bull clf by herideg got by Nonparel of Mape Leaf, A6o34, trac-
in t. mp Fanny. -,
neciry1sa as fine as those named as follows I
RoseHa. Ninnehaha Mayaover May Queen, Beatrice, Red Rose, Bonnie Princess
2nd and Bonnie Princess, 3rd.
,- Will furnish pehgrees with very ANNA These cattle ar as good as the best
h.. :, dbmef fora barain as tms cattle will be Jdto the highest bidder however,
GREAT che sacrifice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Cigars, pipes and Tobacco.

Buy your cigars where you see how
they are made, nothing but clean
good tobacco used.
Smoke Gate City cigars. Better
than ever. Sold by all first class
dealers. E.. G. Becker, Maker.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

Smoke the ssSStar Crown "Gate
City, and "Coe 1. Crawford" cigars,
made by E. c. Becker, Main street,
Canton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

The Crawford Cigar made by
E. G. Becker, is the finest 5 cent cigar
on the market.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

Don't forget Becker's cigar store
when you want a first class cigar or a
handsome pipe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
For Sale.

Ten room house with two lots En-
Quire at Leader Office.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
MONTANA ITEMS.

William Penna, convicted of the
murder Of Mrs. Susie Bryant in Butte,
has been sentenced to death by Judge
Donlan.
In the recent election Plains lost the
county seat by 60 votes.
Percival Simmons, a deserter from
Company H, Fourteenth infantry, Unit.
ed States army, was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded at Vancouver by Pc
liceman Secrist while attempting to
evado arrest. The shooting was acct
dental.
With the usual suddenness Of at
tacks of heart disease, Antoine Mar.
ceau. one Of Butte@~ earliest pioneers,
died recently at the age of Sc.
August Mier, who Is reputed to be
the most skillful hunter of big game
In the Lewistown section of the state
recently mistook a companion, s. p
Miller, for a deer. and fired on him
with fatal effect. The men reside on
Beaver creek, where both are engaged
in ranching.
Steve Stanich, the young man who
wandered away from his uncle's home
at Anaconda about three weeks ago
is still missing and unheard from.
F. K. Garside, late cashier of the
Aetna Banking and Trust company, is
coming back to Butte in charge OF
Deputy Sheriff Frank Burke.
The Butte Elks have organized fol
their annual minstrel show, which is
soon to be presented.
All the mines Of the Amalgamated
company, in Montana, are in better
shape now than ever So says Ben B
Thayer, official examiner, N. Y, who
has finished inspection. He says
shafts are going deeper and that two
are now en- route to the twenty-siz
hundred-foot mark. Electric pumping
machinery may be installed in high
ore property.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
OREGON SQUiBs.

Walter Cundiff, Wilmer Carter Os
car James and Frank Kirke, students
at Columbia college, have been ex
PEELED by President Davis for insubor
dination and refusing to submit to
rules.
The Pacific States Telephone & Tele
graph company has made arrange
ments with the owners of the rural
telephone lines to use them in con
junction with it's line around Athena.
Ben Gholson, nightwatchman and
helper in Salem livery stable was
killed Saturday morning by Victor E
d'Anna, an engineer and surveyor in
the employ of the electric company
D'Anna eluded his pursuers and went
to the farm of the state asylum for the
insane, six miles from the city, where
he telephoned to a friend and Their
calmly went out behind nearby wood
pile and blew out his brains.
The five masted schooner Louis. re
ported waterlogged at sea off Colum
bia bar, has been towed into Astoria
port.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30

Topeka.-"This is one Of the great
est, If not the greatest, years in Kan
sas' history" said Secretary Coburn,
the famous score keeper for the States
prosperity, to Topeka correspondent
the other day. "The farmers are get
ting the best of 1t. No mortals on
earth anywhere are so we'll prepared
for happiness"
He had just completed his estimate
Of practically 100,000,OOO bushels of
high grade wheat as the crop of the
State this year. And this great crop
the greatest raised by any State in tho
nation-comes not after famine, but
as the climax Of seven prosperous
years In which debts have been paid,
mortgages Cancelled, improvements Of
every sort added.
They are saving their wheat money
Much of it Is going into banks. The
State has bank to every 1884 people.
more than any other State. Hundreds
of them have farmers for shareholders
chiefly. Their only difficulty Is 10 IND
places to loan the deposits
One country bank with $4,000 caps-
tai recently had 100000 deposits, ara
three-fourths of this In cash, because
no one In the neighborhood wanted 10
borrow It 1t was in the heart of the
wheat belt where 20 new banks have
been chartered in the past 80 days
But they are getting good things out
of life, too. Why not with soc, OO0, 900
In cash. for a single crop?
Ten years ago house furnace Was
rare in Kansas Now the hardware
and plumbing wagons are scattered
through the country setting up fur
naces In farmers houses. Same way
with bath tubs, same way with tele-
phones, rubber-tired buggies, pianos
(not organs as of old), and all tho
multitude of things that go to make up
prosperity.
In one little town 300 Photographs
have been sold in the past year, at 50
to 500 each. In that county are 2,O0o
farmers telephones-two of the Is ~
raj mail carriers make their trips daI-
ly in automobiles. Every farm has
daily mail; covered wagons take chill
dren to union schools.
Wheat money is velvet more than
any other the Kansas farmer receives
Only 1,650,000 people live In Kansas
though more are coming rapidly b.
cause of the promise of competency.
This is about the same as Philadelphia
has They have put 1929 0O0, 600 h
the banks and are addingto the amount
regularly. Think what 1t means b
dump $60,000,0O0 In cash into the Stats
from one crop alone.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
A NATION OF SALT EATERS.

2a1xa . ISox fer livery Three Per-
sSAs-Aost Hone Production.
The United States CONSUMES 26,S72.-
100 barrels Of salt annually, o. q barrel
fer every three persons In The land.
Last year 1t went abroad fer emily L.
zb1, 1873 barrels. In 1850 OBS DER cent
Of Dc sak ased N eur. country was Of
Asns production Last year 95.7 pc.
cent Of the psOdust consumed was pro-
Sacsd within the borders Of this soun-
Try. In 1880 The consumption II this
country was sHly 1884, 2eS barrels
Thss We - that ths people Of The Uni.
I'D States aSs using annually <hyse
HASs Rs nach SALT Is they sssd TWEEN
ty-Ax years ago.
Only kSe1,O0O barrels we've prOdu eed
In this country In 1850, and the CON.
suInsrs were forced to 20 abroad for g.
427S3o barrels. Last year the total
production at hems was q, 9o6, ia bar.
ssis. The tariff act Of 1894 placed salt
On the free list, and the importation
Increased to nearly 56O, 900, 900 pounds
49, AoAO"AhS yCAi. nc tATlu dCl Oh
1897 returned salt to the dutiable list
and salt In bags, barrels or other pack
ages Is now subject to a duty of IL
cents hundred pounds, or 1876 cents q
barrel.
The chief salt-producing States are
Michigan and New York. Statistics re-
Gently gathered by the government
show that the combined output Of these
two States amounts to more than two
thirds Of the total production Of the
United States.
No attempt has ever been made to
ascertain what per cent of the salt
consumed In the United States is used
for culinary purposes. The annual out
put is largely consumed In the indus.
tries Of meat packing, fish curing, dairy.
ing and the like. The chlorination OF
gold ores demands large quantity, and
great quantities of salt In the form of
brine are used in the manufacture of
soda ash, caustic soda and other salts
Salt is cheap. The average price for
1905 was a little over % cents a bar.
rel, which is lower than that reported
In any previous year. Dry salt OF
course, brings a higher price than
brine. The average price for dry salt
last year was 31,51 cents a BARREL
Boston Transcript.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
TO STUDY DESERT FLORA.
DR.. d. It. MacDouKaps Plans for Mex
lean InvestfGation-Wa Plants.

DE-. d. It. MacDouxaps Plans for Mex
lean Investf9ation-Wat Plants.
DR.. Daniel Trembly MacDougal, d.
rector of the department Of botanical
research of the Carnegie Institution at
Washington, has left New York for the
City Of Mexico, whence he will proceed
on trip for general examination of
Mexican deserts, says the New York
Post. He will go southwark to the ele-
waited desert valleys dying at an alti-
tude of about 5000 feet and make a
study of the characteristic plants of
the region. In this work he will be
Joined by DR.. ]. N. Rose Of the United
States National Museum, who Is en-
gagged, with DR.. N L. Britton, director
of the New York Botanical Garden, In
critical study of the cactacea. DR..
Rose has preceded him to the City Of
Mexico.
By arrangement with the New York
garden they will ship to it specimens
Of the cacti collected, to enrich the
already admirable collection Of these
plants In the Bronx Conservatives.
Tehuacan, the region to be visited,
lies about 300 miles south Of the City
of Mexico. Its fora is reputed to in
clude several species Of tree cactus
quite as large as the giant. cactus. or
saguaro. Of Arizona, which are but lit
tie known to scientific men. 1t Is hoped
that living specimens Of these may be
sent safely to the New York Botanical
Garden and also to the Desert labora-
tory at Tucson, Arlz., which was estab-
lished by the Carnegie Institution.
The especial object of DR.. MacDou-
gals trip is study Of the storage or
gans Of desert plants, subject to
which he has paid attention for several
years. So far as present observations
CO. he says, devices for storing water
in bulk are found chiefly In plants liv-
Ing in regions in which the total rain
fall of the year comes within very lin.
tied periods. Some species have beer
found which are provided with such
massive reservoirs that a supply OF
water sufficient to meet the needs OF
the plant for a quarter Of a century
NOuiQ UC olOItu WlIulu lntIQ. ut
, Tehuacan region Is said to comprise
/ some species Of which individuals car
hold in reserve from fifty to 100 gallons
Of water.
The total desert area of North Amer
J lea Is placed hy DR.. MacDougal at no
: less than 100000 square miles. Thi,
will be his first visit to southern Mex
leo. He has already visited. for botan
ical exploration, the deserts of north
ern Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada
Idaho, Utah, Colorado, New Mexic,
and California. After passing abou
, six weeks in the Mexican desert val
leys, he will 20 to the desert laboratory
= where he will remain most of the tim,
till late in the coming winter, carry
I. Ing forward experimental investiga
tions Of desert plants which are al
ready under way.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30

Two dollars that had been taken Ina
a till were holding conversation To-
gether. This was not an unusual cir
cumstance, because everybody under
stands that money talks. II wouA
hate TO be the wife of the man whe
owns us now" said one dollar To ths
other.
Here, too," said the other dollar.
IF he squeezes her as he does us b
will break every bone in Der body"
Il notice, however" answered The
other coin, that the man who squeezss
a dollar hardly ever squeezes his wife,
Council Grove (Kan.) Guard.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
MINING NEWS.

The recent sale of the Krao s"Fe1
mine at Ainsworth, B. c., to Buttc'
Mont, people for the sum OF $lo0.0oo
cash and the natural publicity when
follows such transaction. revives IN
the minds of old timers many events
of the past.
The merger of four of the biggest
Goldfeld mines has been announced on
The San Francisco stock exchange.
The mines absorbed in the consoll.
dation are the Mohawk, Jumbo, Red
Top and Lagula. The new corporation
will be known as the Goldfield Consoll-
dated Mines company, and is capital
lied at 50.O0O,O00 The properties &C
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Different.

Young DR.. Walker always In
pressed me as having nerves Of iron,
judging by the cool way he per-
formed the most serious operations"
remarked his friend, but yesterday
when 1 met him In consultation b
was the most excited man 1 have seen
for a long while"
1T must have been a most unusual
and extraordinary case"
mo, one Of the doctors own chill
dren had mild attack Of measles. -
London Tit-Bits.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30

quired by the giant corporation have
been taken over on the following share
basis valuation: Mohawk $40 share,
Jumbo IS share, Red Top IS share
and Lagula 81 share.
These will be paid for i'll shares of
the Goldfield Consolidated Mines COM
pany at par value.
Michael Storms, a pioneer mining
man Of Idaho and Montana, died of
general debility Saturday at Denver.
He was S3 years old and had been one
OF the most familiar figures in Den
yer for AZ years.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
IDAHO NEWS.

Heavy rains the past week caused
rise of four feet in the Clearwater
river and put stop to construction
work on the railway bridge.
The Hope postof1ce was robbed re-
Gently, the robbers securing about SIS
from the till, which was found later
on the lakefront
Judge Dooley is still the court at
Hope. Although Hope went republi-
can by large majority Justice John
Dooley was reelected. He was the
only democrat elected.
Fire originating from a defective
flue in the Reynolds hotel, Orofino, de-
stroyed the building and store and
contents of the White Front Furniture
company; total loss, $500.
1t Is said plans are being perfected
for the building of tie treating plant
by the Northern Pacific to be located
in Standpoint. It's cost is estimated at
from $15O,OOO to 100000, depending
upon the process decided upon for
treating the timber.
| A monster wildcat was captured re-
Gently in a steel trap by c. w. Bittle
of Hatwai creek.
A brickyard may be established at
Spalding soon, where fire and paving
brick will be made in large quantities,
also white pressed brick.
1t Is definitely settled that Judge
Frank j. Smith of the Seventh district
before whom the Moyer-Haywood cases
are pending, has been defeated by Ed
ward L. Bryan by about 80 votes.
When President Roosevelt, before
leaving for Panama, signed a procla-
nation creating four new forest re
serves in Idaho, and enlarging two
! Others. he added to the reserve area
of the state 7,406,556 acres. He created
every reserve recommended by the
forest service, including the Shoshone
reserve in northern Idaho, which was
80 vigorously fought by Senator Hey
burn.
| The Shoshone reserve is created IL
conjunction with the Occur d'Alene re
serve, adjoining it on the north, ant
two others to be known as the Coeul
d'Alene reserve. Their aggregate area
Is 2,250,000 acres. They lie in Shoshont
and Kootenai counties, extending
northward to the middle of Lake Pent
d'Oreille.
The Lemhi reserve, next in size, EN-
braces 1,o46, 400 acres in Lemhi ant
Custer counties. This reserve consist,
} of three narrow strips of land runnin,
!, northwest and southeast adjoining tn,
Montana boundary Innumerabl,
streams that empty into the Lemh
J river head in this territory.
: In extreme northeastern Idaho. OF
the British Columbia and Montan,
lines, 165,240 acres have been reserved
forming but small segment of tn
larger Kootenai reserve in Montana
} Like the Lemhi, this reserve lies o.
the west slope Of the Rocky mountains
, Tho Salmon river reserve In Lemh
and Custer counties embraces 2,201 ,12
, acres. 1t comprises a solid block O
mountainous country lying betwee
/ the Salmon river and the middle for
= of the Salmon river.
, In Cassia and Oneida counties 2s1
= 976 acres have been set apart as tn
, Raft river reserve, embracing man
tributaries of Raft river and Dee
creek
: Numerous additions are made to tn
sswtooth reserve. their aggregate are
being 1871 ,760 acres. These addition
are made at various points along tn
, present boundary.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Steal a Memorial Tablet.

New York.-The bronze tablet on
the monument erected in the Lutheran
cemetery, on the outskirts of Brooklyn,
to the memory of the victims of the
burning of the steamer General Slo-
cum has been stolen.
The cost of the tablet, which was
three feet square, was about $3.50.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Horrible Death on Rails.

New York.-Three men were killed
by being run over by a switch engine
at Park avenue and Fifty-sixth street
Saturday. The men were at work set
ting third rails for the New York Gen.
trail road and the locomotive came
upon them without warning. Two Of
the men were dragged several hun.
bred feet and terribly mangled.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Deliberate.

"My!" exclaimed Mr.. Klumsay, at TIE
summer hotel hop, this floors awful
ly slippery. It's hard to keep on your
feet"
"Ohw replied his fair partner, sar-
castically, then you were really try
ting to keep on my feet? I thought 1t
was accidental Press
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
Trouble Over the Language.

Berlin.-Fifty thousand Polish chill.
dren persist in refusing to respond in
the German language to religious in.
struction in the public schools and the
Prussian government continues to ap.
ply measures designed to convince the
children and their parents that their
resistance will be Of no avail.