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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-05

When baby loses flesh. looks pale. is
fidEety and nervous. the little one Is
not we'll nourished. and should be given
a soothing healing tonic. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea ifs the best
tonic for babies purely vegetable. So
cents. Tea or Tablets y. C.. NJ. J. Drug
Dept t12-ll4 South Main Street.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-05

Twenty Mnrd-Au enter.
tainmcnt viii De- given lu the Twenty
second ward meetinghousC on Friday,
evening. Dee 9. Tor the benefit OF The
missionaries in tha field. A one proc
gram has been prepared. and AN att
tending VIII have an enjoyable time.
Admission free. subscriptions rec
ceivcd during the evening The enc
tertalrment win commence nt S %.
m sharp.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-05

on Monday night Miss Athena Poul-
son and Willard Snarr were married, ms
ceremony being performed by Bishop
Arnold G. Giauque In the presence Of
the near relatives and friends.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-05

A pretty wedding yesterday was that
OF Mabel v. Waldron and George Alb
bolt al Huntington The marriage
was solemnized by Judge Robinson.
The bride is the charming daughter Of
Joseph and Marietta Waldron, while
the groom is the son of Thomas NJ. and
Jeanette Abbott Both are descendants
OF pioneers. They VIII make their home
at Elwood. BoXclder county,
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
WHAT TO FEED WITH CORN.
Missouri Experiment Station Proves
That Linseed Oil is Best.

That some other feed should be
used with corn to secure the best re-
suits in pig feeding is known by all
practical feeders. The gains are bet.
ter than on a pure corn ration, and II
the other food Ia well chosen the gains
may be made at lower cost. In a test
at the Missouri experiment station a
comparison of wheat, middlings and
other purchased feeds used with corn
meal was made.
With corn at 25c bushel 1t would
be an even thing so far as the cost OF
gain is concerned, whether corn be
fed alone or with oil meal at $50 per
ton. In these tests. linseed oil meal
proved to be better than wheat mid
dlings as a food to use with corn.
The oil meal ration was SO much
more palatable than the middlings.
that much more of 1t was eaten daily.
They made more rapid gains and
seemed to thrive better upon this feed.
To be equal to oil meal at $50 per ton,
middlings would have to be bought
at from $14 to SIS per ton. AS oil
meal is usually cheaper than $50 In
Missouri and middlings worth SIS or
more, these tests show that linseed oil
meal is one of the best feeds to use
with corn.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quality and
Quantity in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take MaiI-order
House Goods on Faith-keep
the Money Of the commu-
nifty at Home.

When the consumer buys merchan.
disc he is interested in three things
quality. quantity and price. When he
goes into the store of his local mer.
chant he sees the goods that he is to
pay for displayed before him; he can
determine whether the quality is first
class. and whether the quantity is all
that is claimed. These two points
settled. he should have a fair idea as
to whether the price asked is a fair
one or not.
But how is 1t when he attempts to
buy of the big mail order houses of the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are offering
Is what the catalogue says. and the
catalogue is prepared with the one OBJ
ject in view of selling the goods.
When the consumer buys of his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased were not as represent
ed he can promptly take them back
and receive his money. When he buys
of the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and look
pleasant at the results.
1t is cheap goods and short weight
that is making mail order house
szoflts. They can buy but little. II
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

jail and Sarah declared herself incon-
solable in his absence.
But, Sarah. II he stole the chicken
he deserves to be punished" declared
her employer rather Indignantly.
oh. nom. Gawge nevah stole dat
roostah. ma'am." Sarah protested fer
vently.
But you Just said they caught him
carrying it home under his coat
Now. see heah. you dedicated. Miss
Ca'line," began Sarah earnestly. You
mus un'erstan' 1t dis away.
"On Sataday Gawge he git de job
o sweepin' up Col. Simpkin's chicken
ya'd.
"Gawge he workin' away when
along comes dat white roostah.
"Gawge look down at de chicken an
de chicken look up at him. Gawge ne
say, Git benin me. Satan. sub. Use
got Col. Simpkin's chicken ya'd to
sweep up an amt no time fur foolin'
wild you"
Then why didn't he stick to his
high principles" inquired Sarah's en-
ployer impadently.
As l say. dat ole roostah KEEP on .
iookin' at 6awge an.-by-am-by aAt
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

roostah hypnotic him! Yes, ma'am.
OATS de truf I'm tellin' you An den
kleptimaniac sot in. an Gawge, he say
he didn't know no noah till dey claim
dey foun' him goin' home wild dat
roostah"
What did the Judge say to this
highly scientific explanations" asked
Sarah's audience.
He say dat de plea of kleptomaniac
would not be accepted in dat cou't.
Twas ledge Jones. ma'am, an he
doan know nothin' anyway. But you
dedicated. Miss Ca'line, an you know
bettah.'
But II you should get George home.
how are you going to cure him! Klep.
tomania is a very uncertain disease:
he may be getting you in trouble
again"
There was truculent fash of Sar.
abs bright black eyes and an cuin.
Gus doubling of her brawny fist as she
exclaimed:
"Nevah you min about dat, neyah
you min about dat, Miss Caline. les
you femme git him home an Use cure
him!"
Sarah got the money.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
BIG OR LITTLE FARMS.
The Size Depends on Location Writes
an Iowa Farmer.

Whether a man should have a big
or a little farm depends on his loca-
ton. In this part of Iowa. writes a
Clarke county farmer in Farmers Re-
view. We must depend on the more ex-
tensive methods of agriculture to give
us living. A man that has a farm
of only so acres or 100 acres will
have a hard chance to make a living.
He needs at least $50 acres, and II he
has 800 acres he will be still more
fortunate.
L. must be remembered that it takes
a good deal of land to produce paying
crops of corn, wheat and other cereals.
If a man raises cattle he must have
a large part Of his farm in pasture.
II he has but so acres and there
comes a wet year or a very dry year,
either of which will cut short his
crops, where is he? But even then, II
he has 100 acres he will be able to
produce enough to meet his obliga.
tons.
The SO-acre farm is all right near a
good-sized city. where truck farming
can be followed largely enough to in
sure the farmer a living. He can then
constantly get manure for use on his
farm. But in the country away from
the large cities it is far otherwise.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

now. and the automobile folk from
Lency and Stockbridge find these an
agreeable goal. Last summer. for
the first time in history. one OF the
families took summer boarders
These activities have been profita-
BILE. but more. than profit the Shakers
sought new material from which to re-
plenish their dwindling numbers.
Conservatism Triumphed.
This policy seemed good at first.
During the summer of the peace con-
vention seven new members entered
the North family. BY winter all were
gone. The history OF two of them is
an example of the rest. Both were
men in the prime of life; one an
American who had been the financial
editor Of big daily paper. the other
London merchant. Both belonged
to that small but persistent percent
age of the population to whom COM
munistic life is attractive. Otherwise
there was nothing to take them to
the place. for no Shaker receives any
personal emolument All goes into
the common treasury.
These two men saw possibilities In
the place. They advanced various
plans for making 1t more profitable.
They entered with enthusiasm into
the idea of moderninzing the whole
organization. bringing 1t in touch with
the present day world. getting in
fresh blood and building up a strong.
growing organization once more.
They were allowed to do nothing.
Gradually they saw they were to be
reduced to simply two pairs of hands.
doing the manual tasks that were or
dered. like little boys. Their brains
were not wanted. their new ideas
were not wanted. and they had to
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
wsRk IN THE TOOL SHED.
Where a Good Many Of the Winter
Days Can Be ProfitabIy Spent.

One of the many profitable winter
Jobs can be found In the tool shed In
going over, cleaning up and repairing
the machinery that will be used next
summer. After a seasons work there
is nearly always something about u
mower. binder or cultivator which
needs fixing. When one wants to use
a tool he seldom has time to fix 1t
and II 1t must be repaired the work Is
usually done as quickly as possible
with an eye only to the work immedi-
ately at hand.
Flows may now be cleaned OF and
oiled. hoes and mattocks sharpened,
scythes ground, ETC. Then there are
always bolts to tighten. fractures and
breaks to patch up. and adjustments
OF various kinds to make. II any
machine needs repairs that must be-
ordered from distance this should be
done during the winter and the ma.
chine made ready for use. II this Is
neglected now, remarks Farm and
home. you may forget all about II un.
till you want to use it. and then you
will be In a hole.
A few hours work at odd times will
have all the tools ready for use when
the time comes. II they are stored in a
shed or room where you can get at
them and the rain and snow cannot.
II they are left, as many tools are.
out in the weather. they will be in
bad shape when you go to use them.
So II you have no tool shed 1t would
be good winter job to build one.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
SEPARATOR MILK FOR Pigs.
Il Should Prove the Best Kind Of Feee
When Warm,

Il Should Prove the Best Kind Of Feed
When Warm.
There :, an impressic1 among some
farmers that the feeding of skim milk
warm from the separator is injurious
to pigs. Prof William DIETRICH, Of the
Illinois experimental station. writing
on this matter. says that there is no
reason why it should cause trouble
since warm milk is the natural food
OF pigs. 1t may be that the securing
and running down in flesh that is
sometimes observed is caused by sud
den changes in feed; such as. for in
stance. change from cold sour skim
milk to warm fresh skim-milk. The
skim-milk in either form is good feed,
but 1t will not do to change from one
to the other very suddenly. Another
cause of the trouble may be that the
pigs are being fed too much. Some
times people think that when the
cream is taken out of the milk there
is not much left that is of any value
and young animals are fed very liber-
ally and often overfed. and this be-
comes a very serious matter. The
skim-milk has relatively more protein
than whole milk and a comparatively
small excess of protein in the system
will very likely bring about digestive
troubles.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

was gone she had left him. and then
he sobbed again. He brought back
not one dollar of the $4,000. 1t had
flown with wings. for they lived high.
After 90 years of celibacy, Brother
Ephraim had gone on one grand
bust
The crime was one even more de-
testable to the Shakers than to ordl.
nary folk. But Brother Ephraim was
so useful a man that they had been at
their wits ends to get on without
him. So they took him back and set
him to work. and he lives a chastened
and humbled man. and a firm believer
in the superman.
End Must Be Soon.
That is the only scandal Shaker.
land ever had. They are clean, hon.
est. Woodworking people. who live the
simple life. with plain living and high
thinking. None of the vices OF the
age are theirs. Yet year by year
there are more of those strange, silent
Shaker funerals. when by night, with.
out music. flowers or weeping. they
carry out rough plank box to a
nameless, unmarked grave. Nobody
comes to fill the vacant chair, and
soon a picturesque. historic expert.
ment. the only experiment in Ameri-
can Protestant monastic life. will see
its end. The only question is which
of the Shaker sisters will be left the
last possessor of that seven miles of
land and the group of great empty
houses with their century old memo.
ries.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

New York.-Up In the Berkshire
Hills there is a vast estate. contain
ing many thousands of acres. In one
America, and which belongs to u
small community of which the large
majority must soon pass away.
Seven miles this estate runs along
the country roads. Spurs from the
Derkshires cross 1t and lovely valleys
lie between.
In one Of these valleys clusters a
group OF houses which have slowly &C.
cumulated during hundred years and
more. Good houses they are, we'll
built and large. filled with every con-
yenience and comfort. and surround
cd with trim gardens. shaded drives
and deep fruited orchards. 1t looks
like a little paradise In summer. The
place would be suitable for a great
charitable or educational Institution.
q sanitarium or summer boarder en-
terprise. There are many rich farms
in the great estate. In the hands of
those who knew how to manage It the
whcls would form holding of great
value. As It is. the title rests In a
community OF about 80 persons. of
which the majority must In the course
Of nature die within the next few
years, and into which no new men,
bers are entering.
Who is going to become the final
owner of the great Shaker property
at Mount Lebanon, N. Y? Which OF
the younger women of the community
will he the last surviynr nf nm r,rrapt.
zatIon formed more than century
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

take orders from men who were men
tally their interiors. Then they went
away. and by winter the rest Of the
seven had followed them.
One Woman's Experience.
A young woman went to Mount
Lebanon last summer, thinking. per-
haps, she might join. She was a
dreamer and an idealist. She had
had a hard and poverty-stricken life
for a few years. and she was penni.
less. The life attracted her. the work
was congenial. she liked all the ma.
terial conditions. But she found that
should she become member she
would never again have a moments
privacy. Working or sleeping, an
other woman would be always with
her. Eldress Anna would read all let.
tiers she sent or received. and she
would ask the eldress' permission for
every act of her life. as a child does
its mother At the end of six, weeks
she left to begin her struggle with
poverty again. preferring that to
prison life.
One Scandal In Community.
utTc Wdo ouc sSdhudi at uouut
Lebanon once. just once, but 1t Is
still whispered with bated breath.
One brother. now In his SOS. entered
the community at 10, bringing $4,000
with him. With the flight of years he
was made elder. being a most able
and devoted member. A few years
ago, after the brother had spent near.
ly 20 years in service of the COM
muIhty, a new sister entered. She
was stranger. young and fair. but
most exemplary In her conduct and
obedience.
To the horror of the whole family
1t awakened one morning to find Bro
thor Ephraim and the new sister
gone. Worse yet. Brother Ephraim.
who handled the banking business of
the family, had taken not only his
owe $4,000 but $4,000 more. being
every cent of the family's ready
money. Rather than betray it's shame
to the world the family made no sign
and never strived to recover its $l0,.
900.
One morning. all wet with sleet
and cold as Ice. Brother Ephraim
came creeping in and told his tale
with sobs and tears. He followed the
authority of Adam strictly and laid It
all on the woman She had bewitched
him. he said. He could not resist
her, but just as soon as the money
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

lses much and guarantees nothing.
The directions are always on the IN
side. and you have to buy non-re-
turnable package before you can find
out what they are"
A. G. Enderton. OF Walter. Okla.
writing to the Shawnee. Okla, Union
Signal. says:
e" The mail order houses
are the worst offenders Of the pure
food law that we have to deal with.
They are the people who use short
weight tin cans and every year the
American public is cheated out OF
thousands of dollars by this alone.
see where some mall
order houses offer paint at about what
good oil is worth. Now. does anyone
think that a mail order house can buy
good paint stun cheaper than anyone
else?
Now suppose you find out what
crude petroleum, like what Is pumped
out of oil wells cost. Very cheap. is
1t not? That is the oil that is used
and what about the paint stun? How
about Spanish whitening. with Just
enough white lead to stick 1t together?
-"
The question of prompt delivery is
another question which mail order
house patrons should consider. 1t is
filled promptly. The reason for this
delay is that they do not carry the
goods in stock, and must purchase
them after your order Is received. In
Chicago. for example. no mail order
house will sell to any person living
for this is that these concerns pur-
chase a large amount of the merchan-
disc they are selling from the retail
stores of the city. the proprietors of
which refuse to sell them the goods
except upon the condition that they
are not to sell to the people of the
city. When you order articles Of con-
siderable bulk they must be ordered
of the factories after your order has
been received. and the result Is tsat
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30

within few years past and 1t Ii
quietly falling to decay.
Rich and Prosperous
Yet hundred years ago that valley
at Mount Lebanon was a busy hive of
industry, inhabited by hundreds Of
hardy. thrifty New Englsnders OF a
high type of character and intelll.
gence. Indomitable workers, the pro-
ceeds OF their toll put into common
treasury made the community rich, al
though the members possessed no in
dividual property. The buildings and
grounds to-day are full of comforts
and improvements which have been
added by the busy. skillful hands of
one generation after another.
1t would seem as II plenty Of peo-
pie. who live in neither comfort nor
plenty outside. would be thankful to
enter this peaceful retreat and know
they were provided for for life. with
no harder work than they would do
anywhere. But they do not come. The
Shakers are anxious to get new men,
bers. They do not want the sect to
perish from the face of the earth. Its
dwindling numbers are matter Of
distress to them. II Is for this reason
that they have within recent years
adopted a more liberal policy. In for
mer years the world was never per-
mitted to enter their gates except for
strictly necessary business. Two
years ago they took the unprecedent-
ed step of calling peace convention,
which attracted many distinguished
speakers and visitors They serve
dinners through the pleasant weather
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-01-30
~ srA
FARM ITEMS.

For best results. the food. care and
conditions must be of the best quail
ity.-Farm Journal.
Ventilate the cellar. Keep fruit
cool. but do not let it freeze. Sort
the apples frequently.
or all the new money-making
schemes. none of them beats the old.
fashioned way of earning living
Farm Journal.
Spinach is an easily grown garden
crop, and there is. perhaps. no other
Of its kind that will give as good
satisfaction. Three or four ounces of
seed planted in the autumn after a
summer crop has been harvested
from the land. will produce an abun-
dance OF green's for the average fam
lily during the late autumn and early
spring.
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ago: and what will she do with this
vast. deserted place when by law 1t
passes into her hands? For no new
members are entering the Shaker
commounity to remain permanently.
The community is slowly but surely
dying out.
Survivors Will BE Women.
The last survivors will undoubtedly
be women. The great majority of the
members are now women. about 65
out OF the So The younger members
are all women. These younger women
are mostly In the fifties. although the
remarkably youthful appearance of
all Shaker women makes them look
In many cases at least Is years
younger. The great majority of all
the members are aged women. ran
ging from the seventies well along
toward the nineties.
Eldress Harriet Billiard. who is at
the head of all the Shakers In the
United States. is well over so. So is
Eldress Anna White, the head OF the
North family. the most distinguished
family In Shakerdom. These old wo-
men are marvels OF activity and
achievement for their age. like all
Shaker women. Yet they can hardly
live many years longer: and consider
Ing the large number of them of about
the same age there must within the
next few years be a marked diminu-
ton OF numbers.
How will the few who remain man.
age this great place already too vast
for the survivors. Miles OF Shaker
territory lie unoccupied and unproduc-
tive. One great house in the valley.
with its big barns and outbuildings.
stands vacant Its family died out
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any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality. standard merchan.
disc is manufactured on a very mar.
row margin of profit. but the mail
order house can win and pay big divi-
dends on enormous capital II they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan.
disc at the prices they ask. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing. but you would not buy the same
goods Of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an Item clipped from the
Parma, Mich. News which shows the
nefarious system of the mail order
concerns. and how they victimize their
patrons:
"A farmer purchased two sacks of
binding Irvine Of a large Chicago cata.
logue house. and upon its arrival this
morning ball was unrolled and meas.
ured with a ball of Plymouth Irvine
sold by local dealers. when 1t was
found that the Chicago article was Just
306 feet short of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in a sack. it will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,12O feet.
or over a mile of Irvine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then. too.
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality. being full of knots.
and one farmer standing near during
the measuring process remarked that
1t would never work on a binder. Now
We wish to ask you, does 1t pay to
trade at home? If there is anyone
who is skeptical of this story. inst
call and we will show you."-Parma.
Mich. News.
Bankrupt stock. merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be.
cause Of its poor quality, the refuse
of the factories made over into cheap
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons of the mail order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
Falls. S. D., Leader which explains
this point:
"TAe mail order house selling yehi.
cles by the catalogue route, is more
than pirate. it is a turkey-buzzard
1t takes the freaks and failures that
have died for want of real merit and
tries to stifie legitimate business Inv
selling the embalmed remains at a re-.
duced price.
THE whole nefarious mail order sys.
TEN. in so far as it relates to vehicles
almost the exceptional order that is
is conducted on the theory that it is
possible to take an inferior job and
foist 1t on a credulous people by
means of reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
neritorious original which 1t shame.
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success sole.
~ by reason of the fact that mail or.
der houses put more skill, energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly Indebted for the
best vehicles on the face of the earth.
The mail order business is the
9sack doctor Of commerce. 1t prom.