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ACROSS THE BORDER.

the governor of each state general instruction for the taking of the census in 1910. Each state and territory is to be divided into small areas or wards and censustakers will be appointed for each. A com mission will be appointed in the capital of each state to supervise the work.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: The big reduction plant of the Butters Co., pala Mines, Ltd, at Copala, Sina- ioa. is in operation and giving very satisfactory results. The plant cost S30OO0O gold and is one of the most complete plants for direct cyaniding in Mexico. All the ma chinery is operated by electricity. It is believed that a production of $1,O00,000 a year will soon be at tained.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: George F. Milliken, of New York, d mining engineer we'll known in the United States and Mexico, is completing a thorough examination of the Santo Domingo mines in the Hostotipa- quillo district of Jalisco. He re- presents London and New York interest, and very heavy invest ments in the stock of the Santo Domingo Mining Company depend upon his report.
 Mexican Herald: Dr. P. NJ. Monroe has been unanimously reappointed as surgeon to the American hospital for the ensuing year, the appointment being made at a meeting of the board of man. agers of that institution. In recent years it has been the custom of the board to appoint two surgeons who are responsible to them for the efficiency of the hospital service. The appointments are made for one year. Dr. Monroe's colleague has not yet been named.
 Mexican Herald: Charles l.. Seeger and J. L. Lawrence left last night for Guadalajara for the pur- pose of making a delivery of an automobile overland to the west ern coast of Jalisco. The trip is of interest because of the fact that the road over which the machine must run for stretches of six or eight miles is extremely narrow and barely affords space enough for the machines to run. Only one ma chine has ever made the trip over this road and the gentlemen anti cipate very interesting and novel trip.
 Mexican Herald: Reau Camp bell is registered at the Iturbide. Mr. Campbell comes in advance of large party of tourists who will reach this city Friday. This ex- eursion is the first of the parties which the Americans Tourists as- sociation will bring to this city and occupies special train. There are one hundred and three people in the party and it will remain in the capital for one week. After seeing thls city and taking in the various points of interest about the city the party will visit southern points including the ruins of Mitla, Pue- ola, Orizaba and possibly Veracruz,
 Mexican Herald: The rumor has been spread among the work ihgmen of the La Guadalupana
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But few of the wofkingmen were ready tO work. and as these were threatened by the strikers, the higher employees of the factory went to protect them, armed with revolvers. The police deparment was notified and a detachment of mounted police forced the strikers to disperse. An agreement has been entered into among owners of cotton mills in this city, not to admit in their mills these trouble. some people.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: The ex- tradition case of Wm. F. Walker, the fugitive New Britain, Conn, banker, recently arrested in Lower California, will have to take it's re- gular course through the district court where he was arrested and then be reported to the foreign of flee in Mexico City. The report that the Mexican government had decided to turn him over to the U. $. authorities is untrue.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: The last St. Louis Mexico City special will leave St. Louis February z. The last special will leave Mexico City February II. Owing to the fact that the St. Louis Mexico City special has proven a financial failure for the Gould Lines it must be stopped. It has been a very profitable train for the National and it's passenger officials regret very much that it cannot be con tinued.
 Mexican Herald: The scientific society Pharmaceutical Mexicana" has held an important session, dur ing which interesting works were read by Prof. Juan B. Calderon and Prof. Miguel Cordero. The committee appointed to call upon Vice-president Corral to ask his support reported that MT. Corral was willing to do all he could for the progress ef the association, and that he would speak to Dr. Liceaga on this matter. The association intends to make several amend ments to the drug store regulations. It is also intended to establish a practical school for pharmacists, where diplomas will be issued to all those who, after an examina- ton, prove to be able to fill the post of clerks in drugstore.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
TIE
General Demand

Of the Well Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; q laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be.
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its eI-
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir OF, SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remarb
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co, only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price City cents
per bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24

Put on as much well-rotted stable
manure as will cover the ground pretty
evenly. Plow this under and at inter-
walls through the winter, If burning
wood, scatter the ashes over the ground,
or save until there Is a good load a
couple of tons of these may safely be
used to the acre. Apply before time
to plant: pillow again and pulverize the
ground thoroughly so that manur n
ashes are well incorporated, then plant
and the yield. W on ground too poor
to grow white beans, will be surpris-
ing. q. .
1t is possible to grow from ten to
twenty potatoes of marketable size in
soil so treated, when using small pota-
toes for seed, though the previous crop
of potatoes hardly paid for the dig
ging.
If manure is not at hand then humus
and nitrogen may be secured by plant
ing a crop Of cow peas and blowing
under after the seed has been picked.
If still early enough to get a stand
of rye his may be sowed as a cover
crop, and when the proper season comes
pillow the rye under and before plant
ing apply q commercial fertilizer with
a high per cent of potash and phos.
phuric acid.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.

spent $500 ON Doctors and Rene
dies, but Got No Relief-Cuticura
Cures In a Week..
upon the limbs and between the
toes my skin was rough and sore, and
also sore under the arms, and I had to
stay at home several times because Of
this affection. Up to a week or so ago
l had tried many other remedies and
several doctors, and spent about three
hundred dollars, without any success,
but this is to-day the seventh day that
l have been using the Cuticura RENE
dies (costing a dollar and q half)
which have cured me completely, so
thai | can again attend to my business.
| went to work again tonight. l had
been suffering for eight years and have
now been cured by the Cuticura Rene
dies within a week. Fritz Herschlan,
"a columbus Ave, New York, N. "
March 20 and April 6, 1906"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
Misunderxtood.

OF Henry James. who, to the distress
of many of his admirers, is revising
"Daisy Miller THE Portrait OF a La
dy,' and his other early works, a Chi
cago publisher said the other day:
Here is something funny that hap
pened during Mr.. James visit to Phila-
delphia. Two houssmaids in the down
town house where he stopped were dis
cussins han.
"'He's 4 very inicky, fussy gentle
man. said the first.
"'Indced. you're right he Is the 9TH
er agreed warmly. He caught me
using one Of his razors the other morn
ing to pry open a stiff window with,
aud kicked up an awful row. Some
folks hate n ~ of fresh air.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
Development Of Marshes.

rr
Louisiana embraces within its boun.
daries an area which is, in its pres
ent condition, as useless to its people
as a corresponding area on the high
seas.
Yet, according to the Southern Farm
Magazine, this now worthless area,
something over 100000 acres, is the
greatest body of fertility In the world,
except probably in the Amazon flood
plain.
The cultivated portion of the allu-
vial district south of Red River is to-
day supporting the densest agricultural
population in the United States-a
population of $50 to the square mile
of cultivated land, emitting entirely
the urban population of New Orleans.
Based upon what the alluvial lands
are now doing, the, undrained lands Of
Louisiana-lands to-day wholly unoc
cupied-are capable of supporting, not
counting the cities which would exist
there, over 100000. a population ex-
ceeding any one of the forty States Of
the American Union.
Holland, on an alluyial area q, 750,-
600 acres) considerably less thar one
half of Louisiana's undrained area,
and with a fertility not up to the
Louisiana standard, supports about 81
100000 people, and up to the highest
standard Of Europe. Holland is almost
a synonym for wealth.
Beyond question, the drainage of the
remaining marshes and swamps in the
United States is the most important
natural development awaiting us, and
is sure to be done by the present gen
Grafton. Scores of drainage projects
are now actively under way, and thou
sands Of acres have already been
brought under cultivation with most
satisfactory results.
The production of these new lands
far exceeds that Of the older cultivat-
ed lands Of this famously productive
delta, and, except where reclaimed by
companies for the purpose OF sale, they
are rarely offered at any price. Here
the drainage movement Is getting mo
mentum, and 1t will not stop until
south Louisiana has become the rich
est agricultural community Of its size
in the world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
IE]E MA2[XL5RS
s IL
4ssi ylsSa sssss--
S@s -GggIG1e

. 49,.
hlcago-Cattie common to prime.
'f4.oo to SHlo; hogs. prime heaVy' SUD
to SOP; sheep, tair to choice. SS.'8'
TO SGD; wheat, Ne. :, SIC to !'2c:
corn, No. Z, o9c TO orc: oats, standard
dc to o2c; rye No. =, aoc TO .'oc' nay.
liho,nsi 80, $3.50 az 80
70 si-oo. Ou.. Goe s'"'s.y
- - 49,
pr p"she'' ~
latfi', S4.oo to S".oo: hogs'
ai.oo 70 ft'.so; Sheep' S-.,'o 10 T.'"',
Wi,eat' 40
seiioM' : ~ ) 90, 20 VIZ
~ : = :
Milwaukef-9 heat No, northefh.
Sly" 70 Ni."t Sofh' No. , -
oats, standard .lZc 70 a"c rye. NO. !,
soc TO Sic; barley, NO. = . to SC:
pork, mess, slS.3'.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice Shipping steers,
S4.0o to $500 hogs. fair to choice. $500
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
NEW YORK.

Easter trade at retail, though affected
in sections by unfavorable weather, is on
the whole fair. Collections show slight
improvement at a few centerS and filling
in orders by jobbers are a tritle better, but
reports from leading industries are no
more favorable. rather more weakness is
noted in iron and steel and fall trade in
leading lines is still disap%pointingly back
ward. The dullness in building lines
expenditures for the first quarter being 40
per cent below 1907-affccts all the lines
of materials and export and import trade
are ebbing. indicating the first decrease in
foreign trade from the preceding fiscal
year noted for five years past.
IT, The number of idle hands is as large
as for some time past, wage reductions
curtail buying power and the number of
failures continues far ahead of a year
ago. Business in pig iron is very light
and lower prices have been made to at
tract even the small business going. Fin
ished iron and steel are likewise quiet
and rail orders are only fair. Plates are
exceptionally dull. and fabricators OF
structural material, particularly in the
Chicago district, have named some low
quotations on business recently booked,
altnouSll there Is. no evidence that the
shapes have brought lower than list
prices.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending April 16 number 261.
against , last week. 167 in the like
Meek of 1907, 1G1 in 1906. 1913 in 1905
and 100 in 1904. Canadian failures for
the week ending April 1G number %.
against % last week and IS in this week
a year ACCOMPLISHMENTS Commercial Re
,,nrt .. r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
A Paris Rcstaurant.

The Partisan men IRE not likely to
grumble at being asked to dine in
dress clothes in any particular London
restaurant, for they have in Paris one
dining place where this unwritten law
has always been enforced. No man
eve goes to dine at the Armenonyille
in the Bots de Boulogne without put
ting IN his dress clothes. Why fash
ion has decreed that a Frenchman may
dine at n OF the boulevard restaur-
ants In tenue de vile, but must wear
a s~wallowtail coat when he drives to
the big park of Paris to dine, no one
knows. 1t is custom, and there to q
Partisan is the end of it.-Bellman.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
TEE CALL OF THE SOIL.
Days of Financial Stress Make Farm
LuuLs Look Rich.

LAnuS LOOK ftIcns
A staff contributor Of a Southern
newspaper has taken up the question
of the return to the farm Of many who
had forsaken it for the glitter of the
city. He says: 1T is a well-known fact
that the history of this government
shows that those men who have been
most successful in life and who have
left their impress upon its people and
it's institutions as statesmen, soldiers,
~inanciers, have as a rule been those
whose youth was spent OF the farm,
n it is to such as these that there
comes with overmastering power THE
CALL OF THE SOIL. More especially
does it come with redoubled persuasive
ness, greater power n sweeter plead
ing to the man of affairs when the
clouds Of financial unrest begin to dark
en- the sky; when the. cry of panic
causes people to lose their wits and act
like stampeded cattle; when with rea-
son or without reason there arises be-
fore him the specter Of ruin, grinning
In his face and waving its gaunt arms
in threatening gesticulation.
The pitiable state into which some
men were brought by the recent flnan-
cial furry, which happily is now pass
ed. suggests these reflections. Some
We're ruined and a very few became in
sane because of their losses. Two or
three took their own lives.
1t is when such times come
that the statesman, the great finan-
cier, n the man of affairs becomes
tired of the struggle. He lays down
his pen, turns from his desk and
listens to THE CALL OF THE SOIL.
There are hundreds Of cases through
out the United States Of those who
have money in the banks and are look
ing for investment in lands. No
Investment is better or safer. Take
for instance, the lands in West
ern Canada that can be bought
at from $40 to $15 per acre
which yield a revenue equal to and
often greater than their original cost.
These lands make a certain invest
ment. During the past two months
large investments in these lands have
been made, some intending to use the
lands for farming purposes of their
own, others to resell to farmer
friends. The agents of the government
of Canada located at different points
throughout the United States have in
their possession particulars Of districts
in which there are free homestead
grants of $50 acres, each accessible to
railways, markets, schools, churches
etc. These are valuable lands. These
agents will be pleased to give informa-
will tell all about the railway rates,
etc.
-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
30gAx, NATURES DlSlNFECTAH1.
CLEANSER and PURIFIER

Everybody realizes the necessity OF
drains and utensils in which may lurk
the germ Of a dreaded disease.
Health is a question Of cleanliness
and prevention. Et
Most people are familiar with the use
of disinfectants in their ordinary II
all of which are unpleasantly asso-
ciated with disagreeable odors, on
which are depended to kill the conta-
gion (Which disinfectantS must of ne
cessity be of Il more or less dangerous
character) and must be used for this
purpose and for no other, and in conSe-
Quence kept from children and careless
handling.
There is, however, within the reach
of all our readers a simple, safe and
economical article that will not only an
swer for every disinfecting purpose
but can also be used for q multitude OF
domestic cleansing and purifying pur-
poses-Borax.
BoraX is a pure. white harmless pow
der coming direct from Natures labor
atory: in fact Boray has often been
called Natures Cleanser and Disinfec-
tnnt."
Two t~nbleSpoonfuls OF Borax in a
pailful Of hot water poured down the
gg~ease-choked pipes of a sink, or flushed
through Il diSease-laden drain. cieanses
and purifes it, leaving it cleau and
sweet.
Bed clothing and clothes used In a
sick room can be made hyglenically
clean and snowy-white, If washed in
a hot solution of BoraX water.
Kitchen and eating utensils, used
during illness will be kept from all pos
sibility of c%ontagion If Borax Is used
when washing them. Pure as snow and
harmless as salt, and because 1t can
be used for almost every domestic and
medical purpose, Borax must be consid-
cred the one great household necessity.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
CHICAGO

K. q. Dun " Co.'S weekly review OF
trade in the Chicago district says:
Easter trade in personal needs rose to
satisfactory proportions and retail sales
generally made n seaSouable recovery,
higher temperature stimulating the de-
mand in leading lines. Favorable wealth
er conditions at interior points induced Il
Wider absorption OF light weight apparel.
end there is increase in the receipt of re-
orders requiring immediate shipment.
Late buyers have found the reduction
OF stocks better than was expected and
many now find ii difficult to obtain all the
goods required. Visiting merchants from
the Northwest select more freely in the
principal staples and report their local
conditions Frightening. there being a large
inflow of settlers and numerous new
towns ~spring;ug UP under the influence
of railroad extensions through promising
territory.
Forwarding by ;he wholesale houses
continues exceptionally large in dry goods.
food products, housewares and hardware,
ana there is also increasing activity in
vehicles. camping and sporting goods,
Mail orders from road men make I'M i'm
proving Exhibit in clothing, woolens, foot
wear and furniture for fail deliveries. and
the outlook affords more encouragement
with the sustained high prospects III ag-
rivulture. Provisions disclose some de
cIin, i'll rhe cast-bound tonnage. foreign
orders being smaller. but there is return
Jig strength in the markers for hides and
leather, and wool displays increasing con-
sumption.
Mercantile collections in the West and
Southwest make a good showing. bank de-
posts steadily grow and further ease APP
pears i'll the discount rate for accommo
dution. Financial conditions do not in
dictate that liquidation has run its course.
cut commercial defaults include none of
nCtuble significance. and the volume of
payments through the banks again is seen
to compare fayorably with that of a year
ago.
Operations in the prominent manufac-
lures present no material change as to
production. More interest is noted in
real estate and construction. Shipments
OF lumber have gained and more hands
find work in the yards and at planning
Llills. Furnace and plate mill outputs
remain much less than normal, but addi-
tiona contracts for rails and structural
steel extend the period of assured activ-
ity.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 21. against % last week and
II a year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number &, against 10 last week
and 8 in 1907.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
Green Forage for Hogs,

An especially timely bulletin has Just
been issued from the Missouri Expert
ment Station by Dean Fl. J. Waters,
giving the results Of some experiments
to determine the value of different for
age crops for hogs.
Thirty-six pigs weighing about fifty
pounds each were fed in lots on differ
ent forage crops In connection with corn
until they were ready for market, accu-
rate account being kept Of the cost OF
gains made. In cheapness Of gains the
feeds used ranked as follows: Corn
and skim milk, cheapest: corn and al
falfa, second corn and red clover,
third; corn and blue grass, fourth {;
corn and rape; fifth; corn and ship
stuff, sixth.
A saving Of about rs per cent a hun
dred in the cost gain was affected by
using green clover instead Of fresh blue
grass. A saving of 81 a hundred was
| effected by using alfalfa instead of blue
grass.
When 1t is realized that alfalfa
comes on early and when properly clip
ped stays green all summer and until
the very hard freezes Of early winter
its Importance as a hog pasture is ap-
parent. Clover yields more forage per
acre thar blue grass, and as shown by
these experiments has a much higher
feeding value. IT is of the utmost i'm
portance therefore to provide this sort
of pasture for hogs rather than to re-
quire them to run on 4 blue grass pas
ture. or even worse than blue grass, a
timothy pasture, or even far worse
| than this. to confine them in a dry lot
in the summer time.
This bulletin recommends a success
sion of crops for profitable hog pasture.
The bulletin is for free distribution and
may be had by addressing the Experi-
ment Station at Columbia, Nc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
This is good advice for the

return. This is good advice for the
average dairyman and stock keeper.
There will be much cleaner milk If
the udler is wiped off with a damp
cloth and the long hair clipped off the
uGder and TANKS and tail before milk.
ing.
Cream of low test simply contains
more skim milk. Take d quart OF
cream testing 40 per cent and ado a
quart of skim milk and you have two
quarts OF cream testing 20 per cent.
There is Il cause for low tests.
In the Island of Guernsey three cows
are kept en- an acre of land. The land
is very fertile and the cows are kept
tethered and fed on the soiling sys-
tenn. r
The more food a cow can be induced
to eat. the more milk she will produce.
Cows do o usually consume more food
than they can properly digest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business Trans
actions. and financially able to carry out any
obliga lions made by his firm.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Tolcdo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. 80.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24

Michael Callahan. a section boss for
the Southern railroad, has a keen
Gaelic wit. One warm afternoon while
walking along the railroad tracks he
found . section hand placidly sleeping
beside the rails. Callahan looked dis
custody at the delinquent for a full
minute and then remarked:
"Slape on, We lazy spalpeen, Shape
on, fur as long as you Shape you've got
n job, but when you wake up you amt
got none.'-Iippincott's Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-24
Dairy Notes

Home dairy butter making for pri-
yate city trade is the most profitable
way to dispose of the dairy product.
It imposes more work upon the dairy
man and his family, but gives an indie
pedence unknown to the market milk
producer.
Speakers at the Eastern dairy COLI
yentions ond farmers Institutes are adj
They say that the days OF low-priced
feeding grains have gene By, never to