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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-06
POULTRY DEPARTMENT
How the Geese Led the Turkeys.

How the Geese Leo the turkeys.
The following account Of curious
race is from the Metropolitan Mag
azine. Probably those who backed the
geese understood the propensity OF
turkeys and set the time Of the race
accordingly:
No more curious examples Of one
of these side issues Of sport can be
when George ". was still Prince OF
Wales. The match was famous one
in it's day from it's exceptional nature,
the parties engaged i'll it and the unex-
pected denouement. The Hon. George
Hanger, atterWard Lo1d COlera1ne, was
one OF the celebrated and eccentric
personages Of the Gay. At one Of the
gay parties at Carleton House Mr..
Hanger was led III the course OF the
conversation to declare that a turkey
could travel faster than a goose. The
Prince Of Wales, who HAD great COntl-
dence in his Judgment as TO all matters
of wind, limb and speed" agreed with
him in this declaration. A Mr.. Berke-
ley differed from them and a match
was at once arranged. Twenty tur-
keys were entered against twenty geese.
The distance to be Travelled was ten
miles. The race was for five hundred
pounds. Indeed the confidence in the
turkeys was so great that odds Of two
to one were Otfered-and take1l- that
these birds would win. The prince at
once arranged to have twenty Of the
finest and gamest turkeys collected.
At the time and place appointed ne
met Mr.. Berkel ly with his entries OF
geese. The race began. From the
start there was every indication that
the turkeys would come in winners
''hanas down. or wings down. They
tr1pped onward at brisk pace, which
the geese, with their heavier Waddle,
were not able to equal. Indeed, at the
end Of three hours, the turkeys were
leading by two miles. But night was
falling. AS the light grew less, the
turkeys displayed signs Of uneasineSs.
They began to look at the trees that
appeared by the wayside and edged
toward them. The prince, with pole
to which was fastened piece Of red
cloth, did what he COulu TO urge them
forward. First one escaped, and rails
ing itself to a pendant limb, settled it.
self down comfortably This one was
no sooner dislodged than another es-
tablished itself in like manner. Bar
ley scattered along the road did not
aid in the least. The turkeys had con-
cluded that it was time to turn in, and
turn in or turn out they did In few
minutes all Of the twenty were roosting
in trees, from which it was impossible
to drive them. Meanwhile the geese
came numbering on. They slowly pass
ed their sleeping competitors. The
race finished with the geese first and
the turkeys nowhere"
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-11-06

are to be worth raising. A few gen,
erations Of poorly hatched incubator
stock will result in under-sized birds,
weak in constitution, that will not pay
for their keeping
When Matching with hens but little
difficulty is experienced if good ma
tured quiet hens are used. Some hens
are vicious, others nervous and unfit
to sit. Hens should be tried day or
two before trusting them with the
eggs. Nearly all of the larger breeds
make excellent mothers, and when
Leghorns and Minorcas can be in
duced to sit they make very good
mothers, as they are more active in
protecting their chicks from enemies
and in finding foor for them Although
as class they are non-sitters, lnd1v1d-
ually some of them are most persistent
sitters.
Sometimes valuable eggs are lost
by hens leaving the nest, but this sell
dom happens unless driven to it by
lice, mites or feas. On large plants
of course hens are not used for hatch
ing, except now and then even when
several hundred hens are kept all the
Matching is done by the natural meth
3D. About twenty hens will be set at
one time in a building reserved for
the purpose. The eggs are tested the
same as when incubators are used,
each hen given fifteen or more fertile
eggs and the hens left without eggs,
reset.
And with the chicks we meet with
more loss. Over-crowding is the most
frequent cause; next is improper feed
ing. Sventy-fve chicks are as many
as should ever be placed in an individ-
ual brooder. There is nothing to be
gained by Matching out large numbers
of chicks unless one is able to pro-
vide ample room for them, for they
are sure to crowd and become over
heated and made susceptible to colds
and their vitality weakened at the
start, or perhaps a whole bunch of
them will be smothered outright.
Don't get "chummy" with an incuba-
tor man, like one man we knew, and
be induced to buy unnecessary incu-
bators and hatch out lot Of chicks
to die Keep cool, and look we'll ahead
before each step that is taken
In feeding it is more frequently the
quantity that hurts instead of the
quality, unless the food is actually
spoiled or indigestib1e. One should
remember that chicks appetite is al
together out of proportion to it's
digestive capacity for the first six
weeks. After that their digestive or
gans become stronger, their power of
assimilation greater, and there is not
then much danger of over-feeding.
One of the most trying disappoint-
ments we have to bear is in buying
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
FARMERS RESTLESS
IN VICINITY OF
HENSAL
Feared That Seeding in That
Neighborhood Will Be De-
layed Several Weeks.

Pembina county, especially in the
vicinity of Hensal. a town midway
between Crystal and Cavalier. is COW
cred by snow a foot in depth and the
continued cold weather of the past
week is causing some concern to the
farmers. W. n. Husband. a prominent
implement man Of Hensal. also pro-
prietor of one of the large farms in
Pembina county. is a business visitor
in the city today and in conversation
with an Evening Times representative
bore out the above conclusions.
Yes, the farmers are becoming very
uneasy and restless" said Mr.. Hus-
band. at looks as though the back
ward season talk has some foundation
for l am afraid we won't be able to
get started on the farm work for two
or three weeks-perhaps longer if the
weather continues. This will bring
seeding we'll up into the first week in
May. AS you come Grand Forksward
from Hensal the snow gradually slopes
away and at Grafton water takes its
place. There is any amount of water
between Grafton and Grand Forks but
this will disappear rapidly when the
ground becomes softened."
Mr.. Husband returns to Hensal to-
night.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
THE LATE SPRING.

The lateness Of the present spring
has already caused some of the peo-
pie, who are able in their imagi-
nations to read the goose bones and
other means of determining future
weather conditions, to predict that the
crops in the northwest will be a fail
ure this season. So far there is moth
ing to justify the theory. 1t is true
that the season is late and the farm
work has not been advanced to any
perceptible degree throughout the
state this spring. But the weather
conditions which are abnormal here
are the same in nearly every other
section of the country. Missouri is
now having low temperature and
snow storms which will destroy all the
fruit which was not killed by frost
before this time. The same thing may
be said of the weather throughout the
eastern states. So that We are not in
this latitude suffering any special
weather condition due to the locality.
Should the temperature rise in
few days to what it should be at this
season of the year, the atmosphere
will almost Immediately assume the
degree of warmth which it would have
possessed, had the season opened two
weeks ago. With this normal condi-
ton in the weather the ground will
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
G[AOST0NEREFU
STATEMENT TO
PRESS
He May Be Arraigned and
Plead Guilty Late Today
Is in Nervous Condition.

PROT" Paul Gladstone was brought
here from Superior last night by Sher-
if Hanson and spent very restless
night in his second story cell in the
county Jail. A fellow prisoner was
placed alongside to act both in the
capacity OF comforter and guardian.
The prisoner absolutely refused to see
anybody except his attorney. A rep
resentative of the press sent up q note
but Gladstone steadfastly maintained
his silence. Fellow prisoners. how
ever, say that he Is nearly broken
down. His nervous system is COL
lapsing and he is in what might be
termed religious frenzy repeating
over and over again tho words, II
want to die like Jesus Christ. l want
q crown of thorns on my head and l
want to be crucified on the cross"
goodly portion of the morning
was spent in perusing the bible. Tho
only statement made by the prisoner
to the newspapers was to the effect
that there were no hundred of children
at the depot to meet him and jeer
him. There were only seven or eight
boys said he.
At a late hour this afternoon, moth
ing had been done in the case with
reference to arraigning the prisoner,
but it is believed that when he is
brought up in the court, either late
this afternoon or tomorrow, a plea of
guilty will be entered and a sentence
will Immediately be imposed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

soon be in such condition that farm
work can be prosecuted with vigor.
The only drawback will be that farm
ers will be compelled to rush their
work more than usual. They will be
forced to work long hours and to
keep, so to speak, full steam ahead.
There is one condition which the
late spring will make which should
have some effect upon the production
of the greatest crop the northwest has
ever grown. The moisture which now
lies on the ground will in large
measure penetrate the soil when it
melts at this season and will become
sort of storage reservoir of water
which will materially assist in supply
ing the moisture necessary to give the
young grain plants fair start.
While there are some things in the
lateness of the present spring which
are causing delay to farming oper-
ations Throughout the state, they are
nothing that will in any way be detri-
mental to successful season, the
prophets of evil and the pessimists to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

qualification of personal grudge and
the vindication of a personal spite,
when the correct source of such in
formation was pointed out to it, and
it was dared to make good it's state
ment.
\ newspaper with the high sense OF
justice and the moral conception of
right that would entitle it to news
paper credibility, would have admitted
it was wrong or would have proven
the truth of the statement contained
in its news story. The morning
democratic organ has done neither.
The Evening Times does not pretend
to speak for Senator Hansbrough. The
candidate of the Times for the sena-
torship is the republican who is the
choice of the majority of the party.
But it does believe in fair play and
honorable treatment. If the morning
democratic sheet is offended at Sena-
tor Hansbrough because the printing
steal was exposed during the time he
was a stakeholder in this paper it
should have the courage to say so. If
it's information as to the political tur-
pitude of the senator was secured at
first hand while he and the owner Of
that paper were sleeping in the same
political bed, it should say so. If the
moral delinquencies which have given
it the political ague were those to
which the owner of that same paper
was a party, the truth should be
known.
But do not be a coward. ii the
story printed in the Herald and the
meaning which that paper conveyed
if that story were correct, the people
of the state want to know it. Stand
up and make good that statement.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
LUMBER COMPANY WON SUIT
Robertson Lbr. Co. Gets Judgment
Against st. Anthony & Dakota
Elevator Co.

This morning the attention of Judge
Templeton in the district court was
occupied with a hearing in the case
of the Robertson Lumber Co. of this
city against the St. Anthony & Da-
kota Elevator Co., the amount involv-
ed being in the neighborhood of $3.50.
The suit has some interesting feat
ures. 1t seems that the Robertson
Lumber company held first mortgage
on crop belonging to Heindrick
Spenst. a farmer living twelve miles
from Munich. Dawson and Byfield, of
Dresden, held second mortgage, on
the strength of which they seized the
grain and disposed of it to the eleva-
tor company. The suit against the
latter was then instituted and judg-
ment. in full was given for the plain
tiff. Attorney j. H. Bosard acted for
the lumber company and Guy c. H.
Corliss for the defendant.
1t will now be in order for the de-
PENDANTS to bring action against the
Dresden firm.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
M|NT0 ROLLER
MILLS BURNED
Hot Box Starts Blaze Resulting
in $4,000 Loss-To Be
Rebuilt at Once.
Special to The Evenin. Times.

Special to The Evening Times.
Mimic, N. D.. April 19.-F1re which
broke out in the Mimic roller mill
last evening about 9 o'clock had
gained such Roadway when discovered
that it's progress could not be
stopped and the entire plant, except
ing the engine. boiler and engine room
was completely destroyed. The loss
will be about $4,000 and the insur-
ance $4,000.
In addition to the destruction of the
plant, about 1000 bushels of wheat
and 500 sacks of -four were burned.
A hot box is supposed to have been
responsible.
Lynch Bros. who owned the mill,
purchased it in 1906 from o. C. FUELS
dorf. The plant will be rebuilt and
equipped with more up-to-date ma
chinery.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
SOCIETY IS Formed
Continued from page ~

Continued from page ~
mote the agitation and discussion Of
international questions.
The society now has now upwards
of 400 members. chiefly located in New
York. Washington, Philadelphia. Balti-
more, Boston and other eastern cities.
No attempt has been made to interest
the public generally or the bar or
faculties of the west. because its Off
GERS wanted to have something to
show before seeking general support.
Efforts are now being made to enlist
the support of the faculties of law
schools throughout the country, in
structors and students in diplomacy,
history and political science, judges Of
the principal courts and members Of
bar associations. Membership will not
be limited to the United States, but
the people of the other American re-
publics. Great Britain, Canada. Aus
trailia and other English-speaking
countries will be invited to join the
society.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
se.tine.t to be 1nculcated.
IN DESPERATE STRAITS.

The editorial of the Wednesday
morning democratic organ of this
city, born of cornered desperation,
not only merely shows the dishonesty
of that paper in attempting to mis-
represent news story concerning
Senator Hansbrough, but proves that
it will not, when confronted by the
truth or by reason, admit the one or
recognize the other.
The Herald has a perfect right to
criticise Senator Hansbrough as the
Times has the right to criticise that
paper. We concede to it the right to
do so and certainly reserve the same
|to ourselves. But there is this differ
)ence The Evening Times recognizing
THE great truth that it is human to
err, comedies that it may be mistaken
at times and when it is, does not hest
tate to admit it. The morning democra-
falsehood, refuses to do so. The Times
has been allied with the republican
party in this state since its inception,
and those who own it and who direct
it destinies have been the servants of
that party for twenty years and more.
There was time in the history of
that party when the present proprie-
tor of the Herald was as closely al
lied to it-ostensibly-as any man in
it. He was accepting the places at
the public trough, which according to
the logic of that organ at this time,
meant that he was corrupted by the
party and was fed that he might be
controlled. Whether the state oil in
spectorship was given for corrupting
purposes we do not know. But it
would seem that the abundance of in
formation which the democratic organ
has of Senator Hansbrough must have
been largely acquired at the time he
was used as the tool of the proprietor
of that paper to arrange with the
treasury department for the settle
ment of his obligations to the Grand
Forks National bank of this city at
fifteen cents on the dollar by means
of the story of bankruptcy, or else
was obtained at the time Senator
Hansbrough was considering the in
tegrity and character of the same per-
son when he was an applicant for
the position of register of the United
States land Office in this city. But
with all its information secured
through affiliation with the senator. it
has yet wholly failed to meet the
proposition of proving the truth of a
statement made in its columns for the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
DIED At ADVANCED AGE
John Arveson Succumbed Mt Home OF
Son In This City Thursday Even.
ing ut 8 O'Clock.

John Arveson. aged SO years, died
last evening at o'clock at the home
of his son. Andrew ArvesOn. 119 Cot
tonwood street following an illness en-
tending over the last few weeks. Mrs.
Arveson, his wife, died about a year
ago. The deceased was born in
Sweden. and came to Grand Forks a
number Of years ago. having made his
home with his son for some time.
There are four surviving children,
Andrew Arveson, Mrs. c. Abraham
son, Towner; Mrs. S. Johnson, Will
low City and a daughter in Australia.
The funeral will be held on Monday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
SECOND EXHIBITION TONIGHT
Y. ". C. A. Physical Department Will
Put on q Big Show This Evening
in Association Building.

The second of the exhibitions put
on by the physical department of the
Y. NJ. c. A. will take place this even
ing. Several additional features have
been secured for the program. Gun
der Running, who is we'll known for
his work in the gymnasium. will be
present. as will Caleb Sheppard. the
bicycle artist. Another additional
feature is some fine pyramid work by
the boys. The program includes sew
eral musical numbers by the Y. NJ. c.
A. orchestra.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

At page eleven the senate journal
Of the late legislature, of January
S0th, reads as follows: Resolved, that
the committee of the whole condemns
as manifestly unfair, grossly inaccur-
ate and untruthful, the published re-
ports OF the session of the senate on
the 26th inst, and of the republican
caucus of the same date. in the Bis
marck correspondence of the Grand
Forks Herald of the 9th.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
US. ORDERS new
20,000.T0N SHIPS
Two Battleships of the English
Dreadnaught Glass to
Be Built.
Associated Pres. to The Evening Times.

Associated Press to The Evening Times,
Washington, April 19.-Secretary
Metcalf has signed the plans and
specifications for the two 20,O00-ton
battleships to be built for the United
States navy. They are to be of the
general type of the Dreadnought of the
British navy. The plans will be sent
to two navy. yards and such private
shipbuilding firms as signify their in
tention to make bids. They will be
sent out on April 20 and bids will be
opened on June 20.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
APPOINTMENTS MADE.
Two Northern Pacific Men Receive
Fine Promotions.

Announcement of the appointments
of John c. Poore and G. A. Mitchell
as assistant general passenger agents
Of the Northern Pacific was made yes
terday. This makes division of the
position of assistant general passen-
ger agent vacated by A. B. Smith on
Feb 1, when he became traffic man
ager of the consolidated electric lines
controlled by the New York Central
lines. The appointments went into
effect Immediately.
Both men will make their headquar-
tiers at st. Paul, Mr.. Poore being in
side man and Mr.. Mitchell outside
man.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

1t is reported that Japanese Elk.
clusion League. formed on the same,
lines as the Japanese and Korean Ex-
olusion League of San Francisco. has
been organized in Seattle. The Cen
trail Labor Council of that city is aid
ing In the movement.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

Chicago-Hogs, 10000: wheat 90.
last year. 81 corn, $50; last Year "a:
oats. 217; last year, 80. '''
ISL nsinneapolis-wheati s4s; last year,
Dnluth-Wheat. 50; last year. "A.
AWlntniipegsI:,Wheat. 1853; last year, 1874.
Wheat, $4,000 bushels.
Corn, 41,000 bushels.
AntWerp Close-Wheat unchanged.
Paris Close-Wheat unchanRed: fionr
unchanged to Y higher. 'lour
Budapesth CioseSWheat ex h,e,
Berlin Close-Wheat y higher.
bradstreet's Weekly Clearances
Corn, 100000.
Clearances-
Wheat and flour 100000 bushels.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
APPOINTED ANOTHER DEPUTY
State Bank Examiner Oliver Knutson
Names J. B. Mooney of Lang
don as Assistant,

1t was announced today that State
Bank Examiner o. Knutson had named
j. B. Mooney of Langdon as one of
the deputy bank examiners. Mr..
Mooney is we'll known over the en-
tire state. and his appointment will
be welcomed news for his many
friends. IL
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

William Randolph Hearst is endeav-
oring to determine whether he swal-
lowed the democratic party last fall
or whether the democratic party
swallowed him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
RECEIVES NEW CAR.
Lawrence Mccoy Receives Machine
For Which He is Agent,


Lawrence Mccoy. who has taken the
position of local agent for the Thomas
Flyer. has received one of the fancy
cars put out by that firm. The auto
mobile is beauty, and Mr.. Mccoy ex-
poets to push the sale of them in this
part of the state during the coming
simmer. The car is $4,000 machine.
and is one of the finest in the city.
The company manufacturing the ma
chine has two plants. one at Buffalo,
N. Y, the main factory. and one at
Cleveland. Ohio.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

The Los Angeles local of the Bar
tenders International union has 260
members. The average wage scale
is $21 a week, with ten-hour day.
The International recently has been
making a great gain in membership.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

The Pink Paper says Governor
Burke's Arbor day proclamation was a
readable "ducument." The Pink Pa
per probably referred to that Macau-
layan sentence, Forest trees are of
mighty importance in the economy of
nature" or else to that new departure
in natural history about the songs of
sweet BIRDS"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
WANTED IN THIS STATE.

Hinckley, Mimi. April 19.-On a
wire from a North Dakota sheriff,
Deputy Marshal Webster arrested
Frank Pierce, aged 10, living with his
parents here. Pierce recently return
ed from North Dakota, accompanied
by halfbreed boy and when arrest
ed confessed to stealing two horses
and selling them. He Is in Jail await
ing the arrival of the North Dakota
sheriff. The halfbreed is also in Jail.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES SPEAKS.

Albany, Ca. April 19.-Johns Temple
Graves, editor of the Atlanta Georgian
and News, who recently created a
sensation at the Chattanooga Bryan
banquet by advocating the nomination
of Roosevelt at the next democratic
convention, will speak at today's SEES
sion of the Georgia Chautauqua. Much
interest attaches to his address, as
1t Is expected he will re-affirm his
Chattanooga declaration. Senator
Bob" Taylor Of Tennessee will adj
dress the Chautauqua this evening.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-19

Mayor Wood of alley City, according
to the Times-Record of that city, an
nounced that he would have his ap-
pointments acted on by the council
here and now. The story is likely I'M
true.