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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1908-04-25
Helps the Farmers to Detect
Crop Pests.

touching on cotton anU Kindred
staples of Louisiana has been got
ten out by the crop pest commits
sion, and is appended. The sug-
gestions offered, AS we'll as the
treatment recommended, are of in
estimable benefit to cotton plan
ters at this season of the year,
when the plant is just beginning
to attain it's growth.
1.-The time has now arrived when
the young. cotton plants will be
subject to the attack of a number
of insects. 81.
while the boil weevil il the
enemy most to be feared, after the
cotton has reached the fruiting
stage, the one likely to do most
damage to the cotton just MS it ap-
pears above the ground, and short
Iy afterwards, is the cowpea-pod
weevil.
For several seasons past these
weevils have been abundant dur
ing April and May, and there is NO
reason for believing that they will
be less numerous this spring than
heretofore. The following inform
alton concerning this pest, and the
suggestions for avoiding it's inju-
ry, are therefore not amiss at the
present time.
THE cowpea-pod weevil is
small black beetle, about the same
size as the boil weevil. The ap-
pearance of the cowpes-pod wee
vii upon young cotton plants dur
ing April and May, often causes
great alarm to farmers, who mis-
take it for the boil wevil, and IA
it sometimes feeds upon the cotton
quite vOraciously for Il few days.
is pest of some little consequence
when exceptionally abundant.
Treatment of the cotton plants
with Paris green, or other arseni-
cal poison would b. of doubtful
efficiency rs the insect. after tear
ing off the surface tissue, feeds on
the inner portion of the stems
where poison could not be made
to reach.
fortunately, expensive treat
mrnts involving an outlay for poi
sons aud labor. are entirely unne-
cessary, for the farmer can save a
good stand of cotton, despite the
attacks of these insects, by judici-
Gus management of the "cbOp-
pings" The attacks of the COW.
pea-pod weevil are not long con-
tinued, and it is very rare indeed
that they destroy over one-half of
the plants.
"Chopp'ng of the cotton should
he delayed until the bulk of the
damage is OVER, or as nearly to
that time AS circumstances will
permit, SO that, while the insects
are at work, their injury will b.
distributed among the greater
number of plants.
when cowpeas appear above
ground the cowp-a- pod weevils
leave the cotton and turn their at
tention to the cowpeas, where they
remain for the balance of the sum.
mer. Although it is not impossi-
bic that this weeviI may in future
years increase to such an extent az
to be a serious enemy of cowpeas,
it's injury TO the cowpeas crop thus
far has consisted mainly in reduc-
ing the yield of seed; the yield of
hsv and forage has not been ina
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
WILL FORM A FARMERS AL
LANCE AND EXCHANGE.
PreIiminaries for Organization Dis
cussed and Another Meeting Called
for Tuesday-Wiil Go After Facto-
ries for Billings.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Farmers of the Yellowstone valley
residing in the vicinity of Hesper farm
west Of Billings, held a meeting last
night at the Hesper school house and
discussed the feasibility Of forming a
farmers alliance and organizing a
farmers exchange to handle their
products. AS a result of last nights
gathering it has been decided to hold
another meeting next Thursday night
at the school house to which all hus-
bandmen of the valley will be invited
and at which the organization will be
perfected.
There were between twenty and
thirty farmers present last night.
They were enthusiastic about the pos
siDilities Of such an organization.
1t is the intention to have the ex-
change not only handle the products
OF the farmers, acting as a commits
sion agent and procuring buyers but
to go after factories and industries
for Billings, seeking those which will
consume their products.
Some of the leaders in the meeting
last night declare the organization of
the alliance. will be a profitable adven-
ture for all who join.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
N. P. OFFICERS
GET OUT WARRANTS

j. H. Bierbower. special agent OF
the Northern Pacific railway, who has
been in the city for the past twenty
four hours, returned to his headquar
tiers at Livingston last night.
There were four warrants issued
from Justice J.. l.. Mann's court charg
Ing that many parties with petty lar
ceny from the Northern Pacific com
pany.
August Kayler, was found guilty OF
having goods in his possession which
belonged to the railroad company and
he vas fined 81 and costs.
Mark Todd was arrested last night
charged with petty larceny. He had
some meat racks from refrigerating
cars in his possession. He claims that
he bought the racks from another par
ty. He is out OF bonds.
Sebastian Glassner plead guilty to
petty larceny and vas fined 81 and
costs. He also had goods belonging to
the company in his possession.
sJohn Doe, a Bohemian, is also in jail
on a charge sworn out in Judge
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
NEWS FROM WoRDEN.

Worden, Mont, Dec. Nv. B. Rus
sell is building a log hen house.
a surpries party was given at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hot last Satur.
day evening, the occasion being the
birthday Of Mr.. Hof. About 81 guests
were present, and a pleasant evening
vas spent.
A. L. Makinson left Monday for a
visit to his old home at Tecumseh,
Nebraska.
Miss Haw attended the Teachers
Institute at Billings.
Miss Makinson is recovering from
a severe indisposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. o. Smith are home
from an extended visit with relatives
in Carbon county.
The Pumpkin-pie social was we'll at
tended.
MI. and Mrs. Ed. M. Wheatley and
daughter, Miss Ruth, were Billings Wis
ilors recently. They expect to spend
the winter in the county seat.
Phillip Rudio lis assisting Profes-
sor Cox with his farm, work.
Mr.. Paterson and Harry Krause
have been helping work on the e
brick store in Huntley.
James Haw is entertaining a cousin
from Roundup.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
HELENA WOOL MEN
ENDORSE WAREHOUSE
RESOLUTIONS COMMUNICATING
DR.. KNOWLES ARE PASSED.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
A. G. Logan returned yesterday from
Helena where he attended the meet
ing of the state live stock board and
the representatives Of the Montana
Wool Growers association and the rep.
resentative of the Chicago Association
of Commerce and some prominent
wool men, when the proposition to es.
tablish a wool warehouse for storage
purposes in Chicago was discussed.
Mr. Logan says that the meeting
vas most successful and that a large
amount Of wool was pledged to the
new warehouse and many Of the lead.
ing lockmasters took stock in the
company, which is to be formed to
build the warehouse.
Mr.. Logan says that the board en-.
dorsed the administration of DR.. M. e.
Knowles and complimented him high.
ly on the stock conditions in the state.
At the present time he says there is
no scab in Montana.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
GOOD INSTITUTION
IN CARBON COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT HARMON SAYS
INTEREST is GREAT.
From Saturdays Daily,

~ ooOuAu0y . o011y. Ss&@4 8E rE%Ne-
Carbon county is holding a most
successful teachers institute de
clared State Superintendent Of Public
Instruction Harmon, who was in Bill
ings last night on his way from Red
Lodge to Helena. Mr.. Harmon had
been attending the institute. which
will adjourn tonight, but was com
PEELED to return to Helena to attend a
meeting of a subcommittee of the
state board of education.
Mr.. Harmon says that unusual in
terest is being manifested in the meet.
ing by the teachers Of Carbon county.
Or. Bell and Miss Hopper who were
instructors at the Yellowstone county
institute, are acting in a similar ca
pacity at the Carbon county organiza-
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
SUIT 0 DIVORCE.

Mrs. Lolita E. Boyer yesterday COM
menced suit for divorce from Oscar
Boyer.
According to the complaint the
couple married In Fargo, N.
Oak, October 8, 1907. The plaintiff
claims that her husband had failed
to properly support her and she has
been compelled to earn her own liv-
ing. sidell and Allen are attorneys
for the plaintiff.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08

Photos for Xmas Gifts.
All $500. $3.50 and $500 photos for
$3.50 per dozen. The 'Nppet Studio,
20 North Twenty-ninth St, Billings.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
INCREASE IN
LAND PRICES.
BIG HORN REALTY TAKES BIG
JUMP.
IRRIGATION The CAUSE
Land in the Vicinity of Hardin In
creases in Value From $40 to $45
Per Acre-Irrigation Does Wonders
in the Big Horn Valley.

G. N. Cardozo, a civil engineer who
is in the employ of Henry Gerharz,
the surveyor, has returned from the
Big Horn valley, where he was super
intendent of the earthwork on the
TWo-Leggings canal, one of the new
irrigation enterprises of that valley,
being built by eastern capital.
Land in that section has advanced
about $50 per cent in value and the
increase is due to the new irrigation
bitches that are being established
there.
The earthworK on the Two-Leggings
canal is all completed and a force Of
men are at work putting in the head
gates, syphons and fumes. The ditch,
which will have 10000 acres under 1t
is 25 miles long and will cost approx
imately $4,000.
Thomas Higgins is the contractor
in charge of the work and with the
completion of the Two-Leggings ditch,
the valley will have three canals
which will give water to the majority
of the land in that vicinity.
The T~wo-Leggings ditch has been
formerly known as the Hardin ditch.
and the e name was given to it
officially on Friday. All Of the water
for irrigation comes out of the Big
Horn river. The valley is one Of the
most fertile in the entire United
States.
At the recent bids for Indian lands,
many of the quarter sections were bid
for at the rate of $45 per acre and
that is considered a gr~ound-door
price. The land in that section sold
a year ago for $40 an acre and a few
years ago could have been purchased
for from 81 to $40 per acre.
The Farmers ditch is one of the
other %irrigating enterprises which is
being built by the farmers Of that sec
ton, mutually, will irrigate about $500
acres and will be 10 miles in length.
The farmers estimate that they can
build the ditch complete at a cost Of
about So per acre, which will be a.
small outlay. considering the benefits
to be derived.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
a. G. SMITH OF PoMPEY,s PILLAR
TALKS.
MEETING LAST NICHTIEGG MARKET BRISK.
Last Springs PulIets Are Now lay
ing and Eggs Find Ready Market
al Fifty Cents Per Dozen-Mixed
Breeds Best.

From Saturdays Daily.
A. G.. Smith Of Pompers Pillar, a
prominent rancher and poultry raiser
spent yesterday in the city purchas.
ing supplies and will leave for his
home this morning.
MI. Smith has made a G Of
the poultry business in a limited way
and he intends branching out, enlarg.
ing his pens and continuing in the
business. He has made large profits
out of the chicken and egg business
and at the present time has 800 spring
pullets laying steadily. He finds a
ready market for eggs at SO cents per
dozen and ships some of his product
to Butte, where he has a few choice
customers and there he gets a much
higher price.
a mixed breed chicken is the best
layer in the opinion of Mr.. Smith and
a combination of the Black Minorca
and White Plymouth Rock are the
best producers of eggs, according to
his experience.
The secret in having year around
layers, he says, is in providing good
feed and warm houses and have them
situated in a place where they can
have sun during the entire day.
Mr.. Smith has some Of the finest
blooded White Plymouth Rock chick
ems in the northwest. The coming
year he will raise chickens for mar.
ket and will go into the business on
a larger scale than ever before.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
VISITORS YESTERDAY.

The following is a list Of visitors
who registered at the chamber Of
commerce.:
P. v. O'arien, Mexico, Mo-; Geo.
B. French, Chicago. ILL.,; F. G. Sauer-
man, Joliet, Mont; j. F. Frazer,
Mound City, Mo-; R. H. Henderson,
Seymour, ILL.,; H. J. Brands. Missoula,
Mont; Geo. N. Shaw, Chicago, ILL.,;
Geo. F. Rush, South Bend, Ind; Dan
iel J.. Coyne, Chicago. Ill.; John L.
Smith, Tacoma, Wash; Geo. g. Bott,
Tacoma, Wash; James L. Gibson.
New York.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
DAT YIELD CLOSE
TO THE RECORD
IS. o. EATON RAISES 900 BUSHELS
ON 10 ACRES.

7. o. Eaton, who purchased the
old Ford ranch in the Yellowstone
valley last July had ten acres under
pats which will about get the prize
for production and will make the-east-
ern farmer go some to beat.
The crop OF oats weighed up 900
bushels and measurek2s6 bushels and
melted Mr.. Eaton a little over $500
sold at the market prices at the time
the crop was threshed. "A Had Mr..
Eaton kept his oats until this time
he would have been able to get a
much better price, as he he sold them
for about $1.35 per bushel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.
School House Will be Erected in the
Cove District.

A. K. Wick, c. E. Barngrover and
Minor Yorke, ranchers from the VI
entity Of Rimrock, a new station on
the Billings & Northern railway, In
the Cove district. were in the city
yesterday on business.
A e school district has just been
created there and they have been
elected trustees for the first year.
They were in Billings making ar.
rangements for the erection OF a new
school building which will be built
there as soon as practicable.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
MRS. SYDNEY FOX IS Ill.
wife Of District Judge Sick in Red
Lodge with Typhoid.

Mrs. Sydney Fox, wife of Judge Fox
of the district court, is reported quite
sick with typhoid fever at her home
in Red Lodge. Her condition last
night was slightly better.
Judge Fox arrived in Billings last
night and will probably leave for
Helena this morning. He came from
Portland, Ore, where his father, who
recently died in Victor, Colo, was
buried. A telegram was sent to him
informing him Of the illness Of his
wife.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
COOK FOUND GUILTY.
Fined $500 and Costs for AssauIting
Arthur Petit.

James H. Cook was yesterday
found guilty Of assault in the third
degree upon the person Of Arthur
Petit and was fined in a sum of $500
and costs, amounting to $21.60. Petit
anG Cook are partners in the hack
business and have had some difficult
ty, which resulted in physical force
being resorted. Day before yester-
day Cook had Petit in court and yes
terday Petit retaliated.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
%"roUcHED" FOR TEN.
Refused to Give His Name and Also
Refused te~-RroaeenfA

Refused to Give His Name and Also
Refused to-prosecute.
Miss Nit, whoever she might be,
at least that wal the name she gave,
is confined in the matron's depart
ment at the city jail. Miss Nit is &C
cused on the police blotter of being
intoxicated and having committed pet
ty larceny. It is alleged that she
touched" a party in the bad lands for
a ten-case note. The man who was re-
lieved of the $40, however, changed
his mind and refused to prosecute her.
and she is held o a charge Of being
intoxicated and those who saw her last
night could hardly deny the charge.
She will be released on bonds. when
she gets sober.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-12-08
Mann's court. His case will probably

lMann's court. His case will probably
come up Monday.
Mr.. BierboWer in discussing the ar
rests said:
we do not want to p%ersecute any
one, but we are determined that this
stealing of company property must
stop. The company hires men to pro-
tect it from robbery and if we do not
draw the line on the small things, we
will soon find that We are being
robbed right and left. All we want is
that the property of the Northern Pa
cific railway is let alone. As I said
before, we do not want to have any
trouble, but we are simply going to
see that the law is obeyed."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03


Pacific Coast the Dakotas Montana Idaho and
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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Milton Junction

E e Frink of Amigo and 2 E Frink
of Chicago, who were here to attend
their mothers funeral, returned toNtheir
respective homes Monday.
Calvin Hull and M FL Ansley have
moved their hunting cottage onto the
foundation of the old busted Vincent
botel In driving a pipe for water Sun
day vein was struck that has given
them fine flowing we'll
Mrs Teresa Oviatt, who has recently
made her home in Milton, and Mrs w G
Oviatt of Milwaukee have been storing
their goods this week. G B Gray has
rented the Oviatt house and will occupy
it next week.
Mr. and Mrs lafayette Coon, like the
robin, have made their outdoor appear
ance Sunday they were guests of Mrs
Eliza Coon at Milton. Mr. Coon is IS
and Mrs Coon IS years old. Their
friends will be pleased to know that
these estimable people are in good
health.
The tenant house on the Scott Robin
son farm at Otter Creek took fire from a
heated chimney about o'clock We'd
nesday night and was totally destroyed.
Harry Robinson, son of the owner, occu-
pied the place and only part of his
household goods were saved, the fire
having gotten under such Roadway be-
fore it was discovered. The building
was covered by $4,000 insurance and the
household goods by $500.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Our Special Offer.

We send you the Magazine for 1
year to any out Of town address
for 35c, which includes Pattern
Free, to be selected any time dur
ing the year. People who reside
in GAINESVILLE call at the store for
the magazine about the 9th of
each month. The next time you
buy Pattern simply pay us zoe
more and get this instructive, en-
PERTAINING Magazine for whole
year, which tells about so many
things Of interest to women ex-
elusive of the 30 pages or more
describing the latest patterns.
McCalrs Large Catalogue con-
tanning 600 or more Illustrations
should be in every home. It is
only 10 cents.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
CORRESPONDENCE.


The Rock County Telephone company
has notified it's subscribers that COM
mencing April Office phones will be at
the rate of So per month and that extra
desk phones will be S125, and 81 will be
charged for extra wall phones.
Death relieved thirteen year-old John
nv Terrell of his suffering Thursday
evening. He was the son of Mrs Mary
Ferrell who resides at No 3 South Acad-
envy street, and was wounded on Thurs
day, March IL, by % caliber rifle bull
les which entered his back near the left
hip. The accident occurred at point
half mile north of the Croak brewery,
the frearm carried by youth named
Cunningham being discharged in some
unaccountable manner while Farrell was
walking in front of him. DR. George FL
field probed for the bullet but could not
locate it, and within the past day or two
lockjaw set in. The sympathy of the
entire community will go out to the be-
reaved mother.
Hays Brothers & Peters, the local con-
tracing firm which completed the great
locks and power house on the Chicago
drainage canal at Joliet last fall, just
closed a contract with the National
Surety company of New York to con-
struct the projected government irriga-
ton dam at Bellefourche, S d. This
work was undertaken by Ormond &
Cook of Denver, who failed to complete
the contract, and in now devolves upon
the bonding company. When completed,
the dam will hem in a lake several miles
square, and the water will thus become
available for an area of over 100000
acres in South Dakota and Wyoming.
The construction work will cost $1,000
600 and it will take three years to finish
it The dam is to be $1,000 feet long, 20
feet thick at the base, % feet wide at
the top, and $50 feet high. Clay, rein
forced with concrete, will be the, mater
ial used.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Evansville

Mrs Owen Jones has resigned her po-
sition in the Grange bank, which she
has held ever since the bank resumed
operations in it's new quarters.
Mr. and Mrs Allen Baker contemplate
making a trip ito Scotland and other
European points this summer, and eX-
pect TO leave some time during the
month of June.
The school board has engaged F J
Lowth, formerly principal of the Clinton
schools, as principal of this school for
the coming year So far there has been
only thirty eight applications for that
position.
Monday, Judge Grimm granted di
vorce to Mrs Winifred Parker from Silas
] Parker, whom she married on "A ugust
81, 1906, and who left her five weeks
after the wedding and has not been
heard of since.
Miss Carrie Brunsell OF Evansville and
Ole A Westby of Porter were united in
marriage at the First Lutheran parson-
age Ia Stoughton, Rev Dietrichsen per-
forming the ceremony. The bride was
attended by her cousin, Miss Hilma
Erickson, and Fred Brunsell, brother of
the bride, acted as best man.
Mrs e M Patterson and two boys in
tend to leave for the Pacific coast in a
few days, where she expects to witness
the arrival of the American war vessels
into the harbor of San Francisco. Ere
their return, trips will be made to Texas,
where they formerly resided, and other
prominent places.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Mccall
Patterns,
1OC and SC.

There are more Mccall Patterns
sold in the u. S. than any other
make. Thousands Of women in
Southern Wisconsin can tell you
WHY. Women use them once
and swear by them because: They
are so easy to understand. They
are cut on such graceful lines.
They are economical They are
made in such a large variety of
styles. Our stock of Mccall Pat
terms is very complete and we
usually have any style or size de-
sired.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Cambridge

u s Senator Knute Nelson of Mime
sofa made brief call at Jacobson's last
Sunday.
5 Lars Nelson was taken to the Milwau-
kee hospital last week to have his leg
treated. Mr. Nelson has been suffering
with blood poison in his leg since shortly
after Christmas, and it was thought he
was getting better until last week when
the limb began to swell again.
James Scobie, Sr, received telegram
dispatch announcing the death of his
brother John, which occurred in the far
west Deceased will be remembered by
many of the old citizens. as he lived here
when boy. He was about 70 years of
age.
Papers were drawn and signed last
Monday calling for the transfer of own
ership of Frank Woelffers two lots in
this village. The same were purchased
by Lewis Benson for consideration OF
Sc, 300. Possession will be given May L.
The Bjoin farm Ia the western part of
Christiana township was sold Monday
by Deputy Sheriff Erdahl to Ole Klong-
land for $1,000. 1t comprises 1853 acres
of good land. There were only two bids,
the other being by Ed Ell Bjoin, an heir.
The father died worth about $4,000
which he distributed among his children
mostly before his death. The sale was
made in settlen ent of the estate in pro-
ceedings brought by Ed Ell Bjoin, now a
resident of Rice Lake.
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the wonderful good it does. 80 cents,
Tea or Tablets.-W. Ct. Atwell
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-04-03
Low Fares to the Pacific Coast.

One-way colonists tickets on sale daily
until April 30 to Seattle, Tacoma, Spo-
kane, Portland, Victoria, Vancouver, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, and many other
Pacific coast points. S38 from Chicago;
proportionately low rates from points
west of Chicago. 81 for double berth in
tourist sleeper from Chicago. Your local
agent will furnish complete information
regarding fare from your station, routes
and train service, free.-F. A. Miller,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Apr 4-18.