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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

changed their mines when / got |,
handling them. You'll see later. But
for now you've goi to stay here. and
If you get out. and / find you rambling,
you'll be shot like crows. You quite
understand"
He shut the messroom door and
locked it and once more went to the
main cabin. The tall man lay exactly
as he had fallen, and from Underneath
his neck five tricklets of red spread out
across the stopped tablecloth like the
fingers of a monStrous hand. The lamp
light fell also upon other smearings of
red where Mutt had CROPPED his way
round the paneling. Kettle leaned up
against the rail of the sideboard and
wiped his face with a napkin. Perspira-
ton had loosened the coal dust, and the
skin came out white with only here and
there n smudge of the old Crime.
Surprising" ne safd 10 himself, I'VE
We're robbed now, and there was a trial,
who's to prove / didn't put the pork
knife in that man? 0 Lord, what 8
hat it's getting!"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
WHAT is A GOOD COW?

This question was put to me a few
days ago, as l was looking over a very
promising herd of COWS in Jasper
county, Iowa. A good dairy COW is one
that will pay her owner a net profit.
That is about all there is to it. Look
at the COW from a business standpoint.
Let us stop all this foolishness about
this breed or that breed, and get down
to what the individual COW will do.
There are certain outward signs which
point to good dairy material, but no
dairy has ever been established on a
profitable basis by judging cows on
their looks. In determining just how
good a COW IS we must know how
much milk she gives in a year, how
much butter fat that milk contains,
and how much it has cost to keep her
the year. We must know MI about
these three things. The amount of
milk given during the year, and
knowing the of butter fat it
contains, will not show the cows value
unless we know just what her feed
has cost. Right here is where so
many busy farmers fall down. It takes
time and pains to weigh and test milk,
and to weigh and keep track of cost of
feed. Many will do one part and then
guess at the other. That destroys the
value of any Of the work.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
TIMOTHY Hay S +

While there is no question that good
bright timothy hay is about the only
kind in demand for feeding horses, yet
many nave about made up their minds
that it is not profitable to grow one
to one n a half tons on $1OO-an-acre
land. True if n could dispose of his
timothy hay at prices ruling during
the last six months, he could afford to
sell it and buy other forage. Timothy
uses up the soil faster thar clovers,
and does not usually give as large a
yield. For these reasons clover is the
more profitable crop to grow, and it is
far richer in feeding value. Farmers
have been feeding too much trashy
stuff, and among this must be classed
over-ripe timothy. Other forage crops
should be grown. An acre planted to
fodder corn, we'll put up and shredded.
will furnish -four time as much good
feed as an acre of timothy; and an
acre of corn put up as silage will fur
nish even a greater amount of feed.
Sorghum makes fine feed and will yield
three or four times as much as tim
othy. 1t looks like poor business to go
right on growing timothy when we,
knoW that it is a money-iosing propo-
SitiOn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
c. i. MAckAY's 100000 CASINO


From the New York World.
The 100000 casino and clubhouse
at Roslyn, L. l., built for Clarence 81.
Mackay from plans drawn by the late
stanford White. is almost finished. 1t is
132x133 feet and contain marble from
Alabama, stone from Maine, limestone
from Indiana, cement from England.
steel work from rance and thing from
Italy. The ennis court is an exact re-
production Of the court Of the old
French prison where the game wah orr
ginated as a pastime by the prisoners.
The game differs greatly from the
usual lawn ennis. The court has a
cement floor and sides and is 10 feet
.long and 3SR feet wide. Above 1t is a
glass roof forty-six feet from the
cement floor.
The building is constructed mainly
Of clfnker brick with stucco and half
timber front. It is but one story high.
although there is a high roof over the
porch, the plunge and the
women's bathroom. The building faces
the buildings of the Bronx in view on a
clear day.
There is a porch 40x10 feet at the
entrance to the building. Eight Cortn-
THAN columns Of cement support the
porch roof. Entering from the porch
there is the Dedans salon, with hand
some red furniture, tables and side
boards of mission style, red velvet cur
tains, all Of which cost about $40, 900.
The other rooms are just as handsome
Nv furnished. The stone Fireplace In
the sailor cost several thousand dollars.
AT the right OF the salon is,the plunge
room finished in Alabama marble, with
a 12x20-foot pool and shower and
plunge baths and massage rooms. The
Gaustavina thing overhead is a novelty
here. n the floor thing is Italian. The
Women's reception and bathroom, east
of the Salnn# iG fitted I'M Sirnj1ar. fN tlaT
plunge room. There is also a squash
court for women.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
DAIRYtNe RESTORES LAND.

The enormous crops grown during
the last five years have used up soils
At a very rapid rate. This thing can
aot keep up always, and already many
heretofore profitable grain farms are
showing the effects of this exhaustion
Of fertility. Grain farmers are natur-
ally turning to the dairy COW as the
salvation of their lands, and she will
40 great things, providing she is given
me right care. The gospel of the cow
IS "a good thing to preach. even if many
DO undertake to handle her in the same
way they have their wheat lands
take everything you can, but give back
only the least amount possible. That
sort of a deal will not pay any better
with cows than it does with wheat
!ands. Give the good mich COW a
:hance to convert the best grain and
Sorage crops grown on the farm, into
milk, and then do your part in turn
ing that milk into money, and putting
pack onto your fields all the manure
and the COW will actually build up your
fields.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
HAY FOR YOUNG STOCK.

On most farms there is usually a field
that will produce the finest quality Of
hay. Frequently this is an upland
piece of clover, which has not grown
SO rank as the bottom fields, and on
account of the lighter crop it is handled
better and cured out nicer. A very
sensible stockman tells me he always
saves the crop off this kind of a field
for his young stock, and he uses extra
care TO cut if at just the right stage,
and cure it nice and green. This hay
is not 80 woody as the heavier growth,
md 1T is not e SO apt to mould or
become musty. Young animals need
something during the winter to tempt
them, and nothing will do it like nice,
understanding clover hay, when the
leaves, and not big coarse stems, form
the bulk of the crop. Just for the
calves sake, take some extra pains in
laying in the winter supply of clover.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
z FALL CONS.

Somehow it is difficult to get some
aairymen to look with favor upon the
fall COW. l do not understand why it is
SO, unless it is q little more work to
AXE care of both COW and calf during
The winter than it is during the spring
and summer. o many of the cows
which dropped alves during April or
May are holding out? How many will
hold out during fly time late pas
lures? Does it not look better to have
The cows dry during September and
October and nave them come fresh dur
ing November. BY this time the fly
season is over and her grain feed Will
be turned into high priced products.
She is at her best when it counts for
most, and h comes onto grass in the
spring at a period in lactation when
cows usually fall off. The fresh grass
will increase her flow and she will do
well until clear up into midsummer.
The increased cost of handling the fail
fresh COW is not sc much as one would
think.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
Continued Next Week,lT
THE RICH DRIFTING TO HOTELS
New York city's Permanent Hote,
Population Not less Than $4,000.


From the Chicago Record-Herald,
The rich are drifting to tho
cities as well as the wage earners.
They are going to the hotels and bfe
apartment houses to live rather than
creating homes. 1t is said that the
permanent hotel population OF New
York city Is today not less than 49,
600 and everybody who Is familiar with
the city knows that as fast as the big
hotels are opened they are filled with
permanent boarders and casual nat
rons like the big apartment house in.
Washington; although it is difficult to
detern1ine where the people all come
from.
There are 1876 new, up-to-date. high
priced hotels In New York city. where
the rates for lodging alone in the hum
blest rooms are al least $3.50 a dav.
and range from $4 to $6 a day with
a bath and without meals. 1t is stated
that 5000 families have given up their
homes and are now permanently estah-
lished in the hotels and apartment
houses. chiefly to avoid the
"a the expense of housekeeping. i
sctffseulty OF getting servants, the enor-
fsmou Increase in wages of all domes-
tics, the increase i'll the cost OF food. the
trouble of marketing and other cares
and auxtetfes connected with house,
keeping are thus avoided, and far
those who are able to pay the bills
there is a greater degree of luxury and
comfort, with absolute independence
from care. for the same money in =
Well appointed hotel than san be had
In an ordinary residence. -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
Calling Him Down.

IN ner own nome In the country Mrs,
Marshall was a woman OF dignity and;
sense in the affairs of her daily life. saws
Stray Stories, but when she took one Of,
her rare trips to town she was SO keenly
on the lookout for impositions that she
sometimes acted impulsively.
II took down one impertinent vo,,np
man today" she announced proudly to
her husband on her return from one OF
these trying holidays.
II was glancing into the window OF a.
hardware shop where there We're some
nice table knives, and / suppose / NAV
have stood there some time; but I wasn't
blocking the way or troubling any one in
the least.
All of a sudden a young shopman step-
ped out into the window, and right against
the glass, close to where / was STANDING
he puts a great card with the words Iron
Sinks on It."
well. what" began Mr.. Marshall. b,,.
his wife waved him into silence.
I'D stood enough already from the car
conductors, and so on" she said firmly
land I'd no idea of letting that pass. So
1 stepped into the shop and went9rfeht nm
to the young maj and 1 said:
"'Did you think 1t was a good Joke TO
place that card right into my face and
eyes? Or did you suppose that L needed
to be told that iron sinks?"
II spoke very sarcast.c-like. and he he-
a to color up; SO 1 saw my ADVANTAGE
and I said: You'd better have another
card printed with Feathers Float ar
some such thing on 1t, and when you see
another respectable woman from the
country. old entksh to be your mother
you can put that under her nose. I'd keen
a number of those cards on hand If / were
you And then I marched out before ba
had a chance to say a word.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
SOAKED IN COFFEE

Until Too Stiff to Bend over.
When | drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, rvous and bill
lousness much of the time, but when 1
went to visit a friend 1 got in the hab-
1t of drinking Postum.
II gave up coffee entirely and the
result has been that / have been en-
tfrely relieved of all my stomach and
nervous trouble.
Ny mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now and, with
out coffee in the house for two years,
we are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in her
4 for years and was an invalid. She
was not able to do her work and could
not even mend clothes or do anything
at ali where She would have to bend
forward. If she tried to do a little
hard work she wouls get such pains
that she would have to lie down for
the rest Of the day.
A last I persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee n she did so and has used
Postum eve since; ; the result has been
that she can now do her work, can sit
LOT Q whole day and mend inc can
sew on the machine, n she never
reels the least bit of pain in her side:
IN fact, she has got well, and it shows
coffee was the cause Of the whole tron-
bic.
could also tell you about several
neighbors who have been cure,i
oy Quitting coffee and using Postum in
It's place" There's a Reason. Look
IN package for the famous little boop
The Road to Melville"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
Edna May on Widows.

- had the honor" said a New York
club man. Ito attend the dance in Lon
don that Edna May gave at the SAVOY on
her retirement from the stage.
Il found the young lady as pretty as
ever. In fact, she had improved. Physi-
cally and mentally she had improved, and
at supper her mots, her witticisms, kept
her neighbors smiling.
"A she ate her coupe Jacques, 1 heard
her say that 1t must be very difficult to
be a widow.
:" Difficult to be a widow?' said Joseph
CoJne. How do you mean diffcuIt?'
Well said the beautiful actress, with
her demure and arch smile, If one is a.
widow one must assume all the modesty
of g1rlhood. without being allowed to
feign Its ignorance"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

Professor Swain,so ii the Boston schoo,
Of Technology, has been made a docfo-
OF laws by the University OF New YORK.
IN consideration of his scientific re.
searches n eminent engineering work.
For more than twenty years DR.. Swat,
2 been q prominent member Of the
Massachusetts railroad commission.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
FARM FAcTs.

Cement is coming into wider use now
on farms than ever before. An Iowa
1eader asks whether it would make a
good floor for grain bins. where rats
and mice are nulnberless. Such floors
would be all right, providing the drain-
age is good; or if the floors are raised
from the ground far enough to permit
ventilation to keep the cement dry.
The great cement storage anks keep
grain, for any length of time, per-
fectly.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08
DAIRY NOTES.

A thing which puzzles many is why
one dairyman makes money out Of the
business while another one. perhaps
alongside the first, just breaks even at
the end of the year. The two sell their
milk or butter fat daily at the same
creamery and are paid the same rate.
The trouble is In the cost of production.
The difference in the cost Of foods
grown, and the value. of their foods,
may account for the difference. FIence
tae value Of the food, and the capacity
of the cows turns the tables one way
or the other.
On many farms milk is set in shallow
pans, which are put away from twelve
to fourteen hours for the cream to rise.
There is always more or less difficulty
In keeping the milk sweet, for not many
have ice, nor have they even cold wa
ter conveniences. These. pans should
be carefully scalded after ach skim
ming, care being taken that the work
is not hurried, SO as to leave a scald
they should be cooled; and, If they can
be taken right out of cold water, as
they are wanted. for the new milk. so
much the better.
The cows are in clover all right this
year; n the most encouraging thing
is copious summer showers will insure
a prolonged pasturing season. The re-
suits. of good pastures are already
showing up. in the increase of milk
delivered at creameries over the cor
responding month Of last season, also
in the better quality Of milk.
Don't allow the cows which freshened
last spring to ever think Of a holiday
for several months yet. They will be
all the better for constant milking, n
two months is enough of a holiday n
way.
prudent to crowd a heifer the first e
of milking. The essential thing is not
crowding SO much as it is keeping her
at work n up to a good flow right
through the season. In order to secure
this 1t may be necessary to feed some
grain during the fall. but that is as far
as the crowding ought to go.
Many cows have been troubled this
spring with caked udders. A practi-
cal d%airyrnan, who has handled many
of these cases, uses a salve made OF
four ounces of gum ca.nphor n one
pound Of fresh lard. This should be
applied to the udder three times a
day. In ordinary cases it will reduce
the Inflammation in a few days.
Not all COW are good cheese cows.
II q COW gives milk containing more
than 5 per cent. of fat her milk is too
rich for economical cheese making.
Hence a very good butter cow may
not be q good cheese COW.
August is usually a very hard month
In the dairy business. After such an
abundance of grass it is difficult to
get into the way of feeding grain. But
as We get into the fall the cows need
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

The careful orchardist will see hat
any tree which has been injured re-
selves prompt attention. Wounds made
by careless c~ultivators should be bound
to keep out water until the scar is
hea;ed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

When buying fruit trees, shrubs or
vines it is always safest to get first
grade stock. There is not much differ
in price. but n big difference in
quality of first and second grade stock.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

Why do not more people grow cur
rants for market? With such varieties
as North Star, Victoria and Red Dutch,
1t Will pay, and these sorts will be
found Easy for cultivation and hardy.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

The best looking orchard I have seen
this season is one in which the disc and
harrow have been going nearly all sea-
SON.. The disc is driven lengthwise,
crosswise, in a most any way to
get at the ground. There are no weeds,
and the ground is mellow as an ash
heap. I am fearful, however, that so
much cultivation has produced more
new growth than is really good for the
trees.-L. G.. B.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

son. Inc DISC is driven lenSInWlSe,
crosswise, in fact most any way to
get at the ground. There are no weeds,
and the ground is mellow as an ash
heap. I am fearful, however, that so
much cultivation has produced more
new growth than is really good for the
trees.-L. G.. B..
An old fruit grower tells me h a the
pick is the best too he has ever found
to use around apple trees when the
ground has become too firm. He sinks
the pick eight or ten inches into the
soil and merely prizes loose the dirt,
without disturbing the roots.
Some people dislike to lose any fruit,
and would rather have two bushels of
measly, worm eaten apples than one
bushel Of fine, perfect specimens. That
may be the reason why some will not
h out their fruit, but one might sus-
pect that something else was the real
reason.
With so much moisture in the ground
1T will not do to cultivate too late In
the orchard. We need from now on
conditions that will ripen up the wood
that has been made this season. Trees
that go into winter with immature
wood are not in fit condition to stand
freezing weather.
A subscriber asks which are the best
red n black ~raspberries. The Miller
n Loudon are good red sorts, and in
black caps, the Cumberland and Kan
sas are as good as any.
On thousands of western farms
where cattle are fattened during the
winter, the feed lots are situated on
side hills on an elevation for the pur-
pose of drainage. The best drained
feed yard is the n where all the ma
nure can be saved.
Not many farm horses are as well
broke as the ponies of western herd
ers. l have seen more than ono ~
these wild, dashing ponies ridden into
Town on a run stand for hours without
tchin The loose reins were dropned
down over his head and he would NOT
bulge until the reins were gathered m
We talk too much to horses and tba,,
become confused. 10y
There is enough back-breakinp wor1,
to do without using the scoop shovel ~
unload grain. Put in a portable dunn
The team will do Fra
rest, n II Will take only a few min
utes TO crib a big load of corn.
Mudding In oats has cost farmer. IL
the central west millions of lila This
year. This practice, even with J InIars
ably dry growing season, is not advis-
able; and when wet, cold weather fnI-
lows right on top Of oats sown In MI
there is not much hope for a crop.
correspondent says that when grain
Is properly shocked it is a great -savinas
to thresh out of the shock. The tro,,hIs
is that shocks are hurriedIy set IN and
are not made to withstand rain o..
WIND. with the result that much erain
is damaged before the thresher gets
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

Ascorrespondent says that when grain
to thresh out of the shock. The +ro,,hIs
is that shocks are hurriedIy set IN and
are not made to withstand rafn "a
wind. with the result that much raj,
is damaged before the thresher rats
around. Ssl4
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

Not all cows are good cheese cows.
II q COW gives milk containing more
than 5 per cent. of fat her milk is too
rich for economical cheese making.
Hence a very good butter COW may
not be a good cheese COW.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

An old fruit grower tells me that the
pick is the best tool he has ever found
to use around apple trees when the
ground has become too firm. He sinks
the pick eight or ten inches into the
soil and merely prizes loose the dirt,
without disturbing the roots.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-08-08

Mudding In oats has cost farmers in
the central west millions of dollars this
year. This practice, even with a toler.l
ap,s lTy growlng season, is not advis-,
lows right on top of oats sown In ma
there is not much hope for a crop. I,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-12-02
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS

Louis Stringer went 10 Albany
this morning on business.
Miss Edna McFarlane returned
this morning from Woodburn.
Father A. A. Moore left this morn
ing for Portland on bnsiness.
William Osborn is transacting
business in the metropolis today.
George Rudolph. the fruit dealer,
returned this morning from a busi-
ness trip down the valley.
Miss Audrey Davis left this morn
ing for Mt. Angel, where she is az
tending school.
Mrs. A. j. Conger, who has been
visiting Salem relatives, has returned
TO her home In Portland.
Mrs. C. d. Carnes. the well-known
pianist. of the Peerless orchestra,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-12-02
PATTONS' BOOK STORE


has returned from Portland, where
she spent Thanksgiving.
Dean Kimball. of the Kimball in
'stitute, went TO Portland. this morn
ing on business.
Roy Bean, the "Uneda Biscuit
man." left today for Albany on
business, after a visit in this city.
Rev. NJ. j. Hickey, editor of the
Occidental Magazine, spent Sunday
with Father A. A, Moore. of this
city.
Ralph Dean and Hovey Belknap,
after visiting relatives in this city,
left this morning for their homes
near Corvallis.
Mr.. and Mrs, l. Holsman, after a
visit to the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. NJ. Haines, of this city, re-
turned this morning to their home
in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Goltra and
daughters, who have visited Mrs. Col
tra's father, DR.. John Reynolds, of
this city, left this morning for their
home in Portland
Mrs. S. A. Mcdaniel and son. Roy,
of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who have
been visiting Mrs. H. j. Oswalt, of
this city, left this morning for Port
land. where they will spend the win
ter.
Uncle John Baker has gone to Eu-