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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
CHAPTER ".
THE JANIToR,s STORY.

Godfrey glanced at his watch. 1t was
after 8 o'clock. The rain had almost
ceased, but the wind was still high. He
turned back to the building and found
the janitor sitting just inside the door.
He had endured the ordeal OF inquisi-
ton by police and reporters and was
rather limp.
May / use your telephone a mo-
ment?" asked Godfrey.
The janitor waved his hand toward
the booth. Godfrey called up his Of
flce and asked that a photographer and
an artist be sent up at once. The read
ers OF the Record demanded illustra-
lions with every story, and the paper
always did it's best to please them, at
whatever cost OF labor. ingenuity, or
money. That done, Godfrey went back
to the tanitor and sat down beside him.
After all, he told himself, he had as
yet only half the story; he must get
every detail from this man, and he saw
that 1t would be necessary to proceed
d~elicately, for his companions temper
was evidently badly ruffied. He was a
thick-set, choleric man. with a short
ness Of breath which perhaps argued
some weakness Of the heart. Godfrey
studied him now for q moment before
he ventured to open fire.
We'll" he began, at last, you look
as though those fellows had about worn
you out, Mr.
Higgins is my name" said the jani-
tor. Simon Higgins"
"Oh, yes; / remember now. / sup
pose they asked you about a million
questions?
"A milIion!" echoed Higgins, with
scorn. Ten million'd be more like i'll
But 1t wasn't so much that, as that
they wouldn't believe me when I told
EN- a thing. They seemed Z think ]
was lyin'!" I..
Godfrey nodded alphabetically.
That does get on a man nerves.
he agreed. II feel a little upset, myself
wont you try a smoker"
Higgins took the cigar.
Its agin tn rules" he said, 'but I
don't keer; ! need It" and he bit of
the end.
They sat together for a in
silence, listening to the tramp OF feet
In the halls overhead, the opening and
closing Of doors, the subdued murmur
Of voices. At the stair-foot beyond the
elevator, they caught a glimpse. nov
and then, OF a policeman pacing back
andgforth.
They're searchin' tn house." OBJ
served Higgins, at last, with a grimace
Of dlsdain. II turned tn keys over T.
them. Much they'll findi"
Nobody there, chr 1t was not really
a question; IL seemed mora a siGn OF
polite interest In oodfrey'S part.
THAE
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
WINTER FEEDING sTUFFs.

During the last few years various
commercial dairy foods have been sold
to dairyman at from $22 to $50 a ton.
The basis of many Of these foods is
ground alfalfa, so 1t would appear that
many have been paying rather high
prices for foodstuffs, which he ought
to raise himself. Many dairymen have
been slow to give up wheat bran and
use alfalfa, mainly because bran haA
always been held as the greatest win
ter milk producer OF any Of our food
stuffs. When good wheat bran could
be bought at $12 a tor there was no
urgent need of finding a substitute. but
now bran sells at $40 to $21 a ton, and
It is q good time TO do some figuring.
1t is estimated that one and one-half
pounds Of alfalfa hay is equal to one
pound OF bran. The Tennessee expert.
ments show that with alfalfa hay ar
$40 q ton and wheat bran at $50 a tor
there would be a saving Of $3.50 or
every 100 pounds of butter IL alfalfa
hay is substituted for bran.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
BLUE GRASS AND CANADA THIS.
TIE.

1t is surprising what a lot OF deviltry
may be found In a bag Of grass seed.
Iowa farmers have taken the bull by
the horns. They began first by get
ting a law passed prohibiting the sale
of ~adulterated seeds in the state, and
now they are going after weeds. Iowa
farms are not the only ones which are
in a sorry condition, due to weeds. The
condition is common all owe the CEN
trail and western states, and 1t Will take
heroic measures now to down them.
We have got to make a front attack on
weeds by cutting them down before
they seed, and then make a flank move
ment and cut off all weed seeds in seed
grain or grasses.
Frequently a blue grass pasture VIII
show UP Canada thistle. and we won
der how they got there. Canada thistle,
as the name implies, m from Can
ada. So does Canada blue grass come
from Canada. The fact that much Can
ada blue grass Is sold for Kentucky
blue grass shows the probable source
OF the thistles. Canada blue grass and
Canada thistles ripen about the same
time, so IL is a very easy matter to get
them mixed. You will ind the
seeds OF Canada thistles In pure Ken
lucky blue grass, for their periods OF
ripening are not the same. When buy
ing blue grass seed get the genuine
Kentucky article. Sometimes merely
running the fingers through the grass
will disclose the spine Of the
thistle.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
FOUND QUIZ.

A Trained Nurse Made Discovery.
No one is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than q
trained nurse.
Speaking Of coffee, a nurse Of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: IL used to drink
strong coffee myself, and suffered
greatly from headaches and indiges-
ton. While on a visit to my brothers
/ had a good chance to try Postum
Food Coffee, for they drank 1t alto
gether in place of ordinary coffee. In
two weeks after using Postum / found
I was much benefited and finally my
headaches disappeared and also the In
digestion.
Naturally / have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has been
left off and Postum used.
II observed a curious fact about
Postum when used among mothers. II
greatly helps the flow OF milk In cases
where coffee Is inclined to dry It I'D,
and where tea causes nervousness.
IL find trouble In getting servants
TO make Postum properly. They most
always serve 1t before It has been boil
ed hong enough. II should be boiled IS
to 20 minutes after boiling begins ana
served with cream, when 1t Is certainly
delicious beverage" Read .sThs
Road to welIvilie' In pkgs. '.Thsrs's
4 Reanon."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
PATRIOTIC MUSIC MOST POPULAR
Stirring Concert Program Arranged for
Iowa People at Their Fair,


Patriotic music Is most popular. No
high class concert Is complete without
something to suggest love of country
and to sir h better impulses of the
people. 1t Is In recognition OF this
fact that the program already arranged
for the opening concer for the week
Of music at the Iowa State fair is to
be a strictly patriotic production. This
beef arranged by Professor Innes
for his great band, and 1t was given
in part with immense success at the
Fourth of July celebration at the
jamestown exposition. 1t is described
as a phaHtasy OF all popular patriotic
and 0 u stirring airs arranged In
series to make completed whole. This
musicaa America tells a story with
out words. 1t will be given on the aft
ernoon of August rs, opening the mu-
steal program of the fair, and the
Inaes band OF fifty pieces will give two
concerts daily thereafter.
These state fair concerts have be-
come a source of great enjoyment to
a good many thousands OF Iowa peo-
right at the head OF the list. Il has
given concerts all over the world and
1t carries with it a number of the very
best sdotsts Of the world.
In general the amusement features
of the state fair this year will be-. H
posstbae, just q little ahead OF anything
ever before given. They include
Payne's new "Vesuyius" for the spec
tacular night show, the new double
-airshtp on which Knabenshue carries
one or two passengers on each trip a
fine line OF vaudeville and the usual
races and other attractions.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
FARM WITH A PLAN.

The best money crop is the one com
monty grown on western farms, and
little attention is given to working
out a definite plan or rotation OF
crops. For the good Of the land every
crop should fit into a well thought
u plan. II is one thing to farm
h~aphazard, putting in whatever we
think is going to be the best money
crop, and 1t is quite another thing
to plan the crops for the various
fields for a period of years and stick
TO Ii. A good cropping system tends
to keep all the fields OF the farm In
prime condition, and besides, will make
sure of putting crops on the fields
where they viii give the highest
yields. The man VINO stands out on
a working system for his farm and
changes IL because some particular
crop happens to be away up in price,
Is on a par with the live stock breeder
who changes about from hogs to sheep
and sheep to cattle, with the result
that by the time he gets stuff ready
to market prices are apt to be away
down. These rapid fire changes don't
pay. Stick to your system.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
wArcH THE ALFALFA SEED.

The demand for alfalfa seed is sure
70 bring into the market a great deal
Of poor seed, and one might as well
understand that it will be impossible
to get anything like a stand when old
and impure seed is sown. Good seed
should run from 90 to 95 per cent. pure,
and should terminate say 80 to 95 per
cent. The usual amoun sown per acre
Is fifteen pounds. Seed which Is SO
per cent. pure and 95 per cent. Will
grow, at is cents per pound, would cost
about 80 per acre, while seed which is
80 per cent. pure, and terminates only
80 per cent, at Is cents per pound, would
cost $3.50 per acre. 1t Is a fact that
much OF the alfalfa seed coming onto
the market is very poo stuff, and not
so per cent. will grow. Don't fool with
dark colored or shrunken alfalfa seed.
when alfalfa seed becomes dark or
black not 10 per cent. will grow. The
dark color indicates dead seed.
Another thing to look out for when
buying alfalfa seed is impurities and
authorizations. Trefoil, bur clover and
sweet clover are used as adulterants,
and common impurities are buckhorn
and dodder. 1t is rot an easy matter
to detect these a~dulterations and i'm
purities, and the safest plan is to buy
seed from dealers who are willing to
give a guarantee covering both purity
and vitality. The state experiment
station will no doubt test any seed,
without cost to residents of the state.
The writer will test for adulterants any
samples OF alfalfa sent in by readers
of this paper, but cannot undertake. to
make vitality tests. Z
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
Awkward.

The man who thought he had the knaclr
Of saying pleasant things calculated to
warm the cookies OF the oldest heart was
revisiting the town In which he had spent
a summer twenty years before.
I'm Misc M. l don't know that you re-
call .me.p said a coquettish spinster. an
preaching him in the postofnce the day af-
ter his arrival.
most beaming smile and wrung her hand.
Recall you,'' he echoed, reproachfuIly.
"As IL one could help 1t. Miss M. why.
you are n of the landmarks OF the
town"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
A Gao of Greed.

Mayor Weaver, OF Philadelphia, was
~Condemning the greed OF a certain corr
poration.
Really he said, ''the greed is so
enormous as to be laughable. 1t is like
the man in the barber shop.
THE barber, at the end of the shave,
said to this man:
"'Will you have bay rum, lavender
water, eau de cologne, alum. magne-
stun or powder on you face, sir?'
Amy extra charger the man asked.
"'No, sir
Then I'll take all of them"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
DAIRY NOTES.

A wisconsin dairyman says he Is
opposed to dehofning calves with caus-
tic potash. He says 1t causes a good
out of many of them. He prefers to use
clippers after the calves have become
mature. @
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
Womnn,a MAJ.

Going Into a prominent stove the other
day, and after being directed 70 the proper
"G1ve me aspair OF iady's shoes, please"
What size7" asked the salesman.
"Oh, 40 matter. They're for my wife.
and abe wont be pleased anyway"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

The chaff piles when the straw
blowers are used do not have as much
grain Is used to be found under the
old fashioned stackers. All shrunken
and broken grains now go into the
measure. For this reason clean and
grade all seed grain.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19
FARM FACTS.

An Iowa man got rid Of the thistles
In his pastures by cutting them off with
a hoe just as they began to bloom, and
then salted the stub and turned in his
sheep.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

When a COW persists in holding up
her milk the trouble, more than likely,
is the result of harsh handling. Some
times it is necessary to change mixers.
Cows are resentful. and they remem-
Der bad treatment. Gentleness and
regularity of milking will induce most
cows to give down milk freely.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

- 49, 81 yItus' DAnes and ali nervous Dtssfnas
- Permanently Cured by Dr.. Klins's Great
Nerve Rcseorsr. Send for Free 3a uiAl bottle and tfoatss.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

You can't get rid of ~cockleburs by
blowing under the plants containing
ripe seed. These seed have most per-
sistent germs and will bob up after
four or five years. 1t is an annual,
20 IL 1t is cut before the seed ripens
o can head it off.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

The successful dairyman is thee n
who improves on his methods year at
ter year., for improved methods usually
mean more profit. I have In mind a
dairyman running only six cows; He
last year experimental with alfalfa
(three-fourths of an acre.. This year
he has taken off that patch i've tons OF
as nice hay as you ever saw. He is
now preparing to SOW ave acres. Next
year he will have ten or eleven cows
to milk. ~ VIA.
1t will not do TO feed the heifer
calves, intended for the dairy, too
duce a tendency to take on fat, and
this is to be guarded against. The
object now is to build up a strong,
healthful body and a sound digestive
system.
Some cows are such persistent milk
ers that they milk right up to parturi-
ton, unless they are dried off. Ten
months constant milking Is enough.
The COW really needs two months rest,
and the coming calf will be stronger
IL the mother is given the rest. With
these persistent mixers 1t takes nice
handling TO dry them off so that no
Injury results.
1 corn mas mace q very Iu1uTlant
growth this season and a fine lot OF
fodder should be put up on every farm
where COWS are kept. A ton Of shredded
corn fodder has the same feeding value
as a ton of the best timothy hay. Why
not sell the hay and fill UP everything
with corn fodder2
The best mining scheme is not in the
same class Of investments as good
I ~wwr ~ - Anak thA onHnnkI ~ tnNFnokWNAnt
a careful man a. a Is in. good
cows and good dairy equipment. The
returns are quick and they will increase
as fast as you develop h business.
Not all men make good dairymen.
but most men make a success of the
business IL they stick to II. If you
like cows and are willing to study
dairying as a business, go in. II IT
Is merely a makeshift from some other
business which Is not paying, my adj
vice Is stay out.
J ;: is a poor plan to change the feed
ing place or have irregular hours OF
feeding cows. When cows are properly
cared for they will stay out in the pas
ture all day and as feeding time comes
near they will come up to the gates.
II the cows are fed at regular hours
they wont stand around bawling an
hour or two before feeding time. They
soon learn to get TO the gate about the
time you are there to let them In.
The October dairy calf win pan out
the best, providing II Is given proper
care. Keep them growing. This does
not mean that they are to have grain
exclusively. They must have some
rough, bulky food so that their diges-
tive system will be fitted for future
hard work.
Keep the good old cows. They are
really 10 their prime at 8 TO 10 years
old. and II, these old cows bring you
a few heifer calves they are doubly
valuable just now when good cows
are so scarce. The writer once owned
q grade Shorthorn that was a good
! miuker for fourteen
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

$3.50 .. E# .. 1851 ..u
A subscriber asks whether alsike
clover is as good as red clover and
whether it seeds the same az, red
clover and when grown on low land
clover. Alsike is a liner plant than red
with fescue or red top makes good
hay. Only n crop may be taken,
that is, 1t cannot be cut for hay and
afterwards mature seed, as does red
clover.
II is quite a nice job to get tiles
to fit SO that there won't be any kinks.
In the first place, the bottom Of the
trench should be level, and then see
that the tiles lay evenly on the bot
points are looked after IL Will save
trouble after a while.
Wild mustard has appeared this year
on many farms where 1t has not here
tofore been seen. This weed is an an
nual and may be subdued by keeping
the plant from ripening seed. If seed
ripen and fall, look out for trouble for
nve or six years, for these seeds live
that long.
Keep the sheep In the pastures, and
around the meadows and fence n
They will do more effective work in
cleaning out weeds than all the other
stock put together. Sheep have a pc
culiar liking for weeds.
Although this has been a very fay-
orable season for clover growth, yet
too much clipping will injure the
plants n put them In poor condi-
tion for winter. Even IL the growth
Is, heavy / should prefer to clip the
clover back and let IL stand. When
the crop Is cut h first season for
hay the chances are against it max
ing sufficient growth afterwards for
winter protection.
The man who il. doing early fall plow-
Ing Is getting ct the weeds at the right
time, and he is putting mis- ground In
the best condition for catching and re-
tanning the water needed for next sea-
sons crops.
The question of trust proof oats
hobs up again. We have none.
Perhaps the nearest we have Is the
RED Texas" but that has not proved
entirely resistant, in the central oat
belt.
Farmers who use the drill for seeding
find in 1t many advantages over the
old method OF sowing broadcast. With
the drill less seed is required, because
all the seed Is covered. Even germina-
ton is secured, because all the seed is
in at a given depth. Winter wheat will
stand thawing and freezing better II
drilled in.
For early seeding 1t may do to scat
ter fodder on the pasture, but by all
means At up the feed yards with good
racks and here put all the cOarge feed.
Xuh0ea ponEo 49, ~~AA~ go .L~-- 49,.
should not be more than forty inches
hfUh
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

Keep the good old cows. They are
really is their prime at 8 TO 10 years
old. and II, these old cows bring you
a few heifer calves they are doubly
valuable Just now when good cows
are so scarce. The writer once owned
"a grade Shorthorn that was a good
milker for fourteen years.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

For early seeding 1t may do to scat
ter fodder on the pasture, but by all
means ht up the feed yards with good
racks and here put all the coarge feed.
When racks are made for sheer they
should not be more than forty inches
high.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-19

1t will not do 10 feed the heifer
calves, intended for the dairy, too
much fattening food. 1t is apt to pro-
duce a tendency to take on fat, and
this is to be guarded against. The
object now is to build up a strong,
healthful body and a sound digestive
system.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-20
Deep We'll Pump for O. r. s N.

workmen are today installing a
deep well pump at the arteslan well
In the round house and with this ma
chinerY the water supply at the round
house IS to be furnished, says the La
Grande Observer. gz
The pump Is duplex, resembling
four steam cylinders set compactly on
four-foot frame. The water head
is IA inches, the two cylinders at Z
inches in diameter and the stroke IL
inches. When this pump gets to
working. which will be some time to-
morrow, 1t, will pump 500 gallons per
minute into the reservoir adjoining
the coal chutes. 49,
This vast amount Of water will be
brought from the earth's interior pro-
vided that 1.-The supply will be MAIN
taineds This will be definitely known
about six hours after the pump is
started, according to E. Teter, who is
installing the pump In the capacity OF
foreman of water service on the
Huntington-Umatill division.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-20

When b municipality can lessen Its
cost of Insurance over $1,000 year
Il is certainly worth while investi-
eating. Baker City is at that point
right now. For several weeks this
paper has been endeayoring to find
out what the reduction in the rates
on fire insurance would be IL instead
of volunteer Tire department there
was q paid department here. Through
the assistance of Wilbur Halliday
information has been obtained which
is positively authentic. This infor-
nation comes direct from the special
surveyor of the board Of underwfit-
ers who says II Baker City will In
stall q fire alarm system. a chemical
engine, and paid fire department the
rate of Insurance will be reduced at
least 15 per cent, thus saving to prop
erty owners. here over $1,000 year.
The city has horses and plenty of
them which could be used on the
engine and with reasonable invest
wept he.eouipmsnt fr9ud be, made
to komply ,witR the ,hderwrhers' de-
manfs.-Baker City Herald. ,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-20
Nem industry for pocatelIo.

N specimen. of the finest pressed
brick ever made in the west lies on
the, main desk of the Tribune office.
The legend, "The Tribune, September
17k'07," adorns the brick,s which was
presented to this office by the Poea-
tello PreEed Brick & Manufacturing
companyE The brick With a num-
Der of others, was pressed in a hand
press and,burnt in an improvised giln
by Superintendent Wall OF the COM
pany. other specimens are ON exhi-
bition al the office6of the Bannock
Abstract company. They are of the
finest quality aud coios and show that
the clay from which Rhey are made
is the finest forfthe purpose ever DIS
covered. 1t is Nhe ihtention Of the
company to putin Plant with a
daily capacity OF 20, po brick and
have it in opsfation tygthe first OF
the year. Later on arrangements viii
be made, for the Manufacture Of I'll
ing and hollow ware Posatello Trb-
unS - ~ 10" it
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-20
Recovered His Fortune.

Ralph Cowden, formerly of Cald-
well, was handed the nice sum of
$4,000 by order Of the court at Boise
day or, two ago. Some years ago,
a band of sheep beloning 10 Mr.. Cow
den was, attached and sold on. 'the
claim that Mr.. Cowden did not own
the sheep. the parties putting up an
indemnifying bond, and it was. on this
bond that Mr.. Cowden sued. The
matter has been dragging through the
courts for years, but was finally de-
cided in Mr.. Cowden's favor and the
money paid over.--Nampa Leader.