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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Odds and Ends.

Sheep growers near Roseburg, Ore.
are offering $40 per head for every coy
ote killed.
There are more than six and a half
million of farm families in the United
States, and they produce enough food
for themselves and the other 100000
families who live in the cities and
towns
The telephone Is now being Target,
used In the country districts for the
benefit of the bedridden persons. who
are connected with church pulpits and
are thus enabled to hear the sermon
and singing.
Luther Burbank's thornless cactus
which promises to be valuable forage
plant grows to a length of about three
feet by one foot wide, three inches
thick, and has a surface similar to that
Of a watermelon.
A twenty-three-acre apple orchard re-
Gently sold by John Touchette of Cen
terville, H.. for $50, 700 cash. The or
chard is twenty-one years old and its
annual crop has brought from $4,000 to
| $4,000 for several years.
A bill has been introduced in Con.
gress to establish postal savings banks
| which are to pay 2 per cent to the de-
| positors and to be under the superyis-
ion Of the Postmaster General and Sec.
rotary of the Treasury
Expert peach growers Of Michigan
say that the hard freeze Of last wear
will prove a benefit, us it really cleared
out and rid the State Of hundreds Of
worthless orchards New ones will be
planted to take their place
The International Harvester Com
pany has been found guilty on forty
two counts by Kansas jury at Topelza
for violation Of the trust law. The
penalty is $1,000 on each count, but
the company has taken an appeal.
New England farmers make good
money by selling FERNS which grow
plentifully in the rockyh ighlands. Pick.
ers are paid 40 cents per 1000, tied up
IN punches Of twenty-five and delivered
at the railroad station. A crop can
only be picked every second year.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Miss WOse,

The train was jolting, jolting on;
l watched her from my corner seat,
Seeing her little dangling feet.
And curly head down dropped upon
The cushioned arm-rest, all the while,
With eyes turned to the window-pane,
She gazed on fitting hill and plain,
Patient and still through many a mile.
I went and coaxed her sit with me;
ring,
My matchbox, purse, and everything
A child could have wish to see,
Asking: Nov tell me what's your
name,
And where you live?" She said twas
"Wose,"
And named the town from which l
came.
"You live in B.? Perhaps, Miss Rose,
l know your pa. WHAT'S his name, now"
Twas Med" Net what?" She
didn't know.
| thought I'd trace him, anyhow.
"What does he do?' Il put it so,
Since 'tbusness'' she'd scarce compre
hend.)
The bright eyes dropped, a blush came
slow;
She looked the car from end to end,
Then back to me, and very low
"He whips me sometimes" said my
friend.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

Homemade Post or Wen Driver.
Posts may be driven with speed and
economy on many farms, if well sharp
ened and the right method is followed.
A real post driver is one Of the most
easily made things and one Of the
most useful that farmer can get up
Uprights are bolted across to sled,
or rough plank sled may be made for
the purpose.
The standards may be - or Is feet
high. To them is bolted a cross bar
which supports the hoist for the
weight. For this a block Of iron or
lead weighing not less than 20 pounds
must be obtained. and it must have a
staple or ring in it so it may be lifted.
The post is placed where 1t is to be
driven and the weight lifted and al
lowed to fall on it. A little practice
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
The Baby's EscaDe.

A Mrs. D. one day last summer was
on her way with her baby boy from
California to Colorado. The child was
only one year old, and the mother, with
unspeakable carelessness, allowed it to
crawl around on the floor Of the car,
while she talked to some of the other
passengers. She was all the more care
less in that the door of the car was
standing open. When the train was
about twelve miles from Albuquerque,
and going at full speed, the baby was
suddenly missed. There could be only
one solution of the mystery-the baby
had evidently crawled out onto the
platform and fallen off Fortunately,
a station was soon reached, and a
party Of men went back with a hand
car, to bring the body of the boy to
the distracted mother. But they found
a lively little body, few miles back,
for the child had not been injured al
all, but was playing in the sand by the
side of the track
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Meow! Me-o-o-o-ow

There was no use going on with the
reading. Pussy had gained the day.
Papa paused. The sexton, who was ad-
justing a window, went out Marjorie,
obtaining mammals consent with be-
seeching face and hard squeeze Of
the hand, followed breathlessly.
"Oh, l know it's my King Richard !"
she exclaimed, as the sexton opened
the cellar door.
Sure enough, out sprang the cat,
grimy and wild-eyed. Marjorie, re
CARELESS of coal dust and cobWebs,
caught him in her arms, hugging him
and calling him scores Of pet names as
she carried him home.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Re ON the Safa Side

If the herd milk Is separated on the
home farm and only the cream sent to
the factory there is no danger Of the
patrons getting an infected supply of
skim milk from a source outside their
own farms. The farm separator will
protect him from acquiring tubercu.
losis from the neighbours herd, which
may be spread through the medium of
the skim milk returned from the cream
cry. Farmers and dairymen who are
feeding young stock the creamery
SKINNED milk should by all means
have a good separator and by so doing
insure their herd against Infection
T. L. Rlsley.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Lost King Richard.

King Richard was missing. 1t was
dinner-time, and his majesty was not
in the habit of being absent at this
hour. Indeed, no one could recollect
that such a thing had ever happened
before
Messengers ran in all directions to
seek him.
kitty, Kitty cried Bess, down
the garden.
Poor pussy, come to dinner" coax
ed Rob, prying into all the corners Of
the cellar.
As for Marjorie, she had been look
ing everywhere, and when she found
1t was all Of no use, she just sat down
and cried.
"There's no good in that" said Rob.
He'll come back, just as soon without
It,"
But Marjorie was inconsolable. King
Richard was her own pussy, and nat
urally she felt worse than any one else
At least, so said Marjorie. The others
secretly believed that they cared quite
as much for King Richard as Marjorie
did, only they had more self-control
Supper-time came, and still his maj
esty had not returned. Bess cried, too,
then. And when the clock struck s,
which was bedtime, and still he had
not been found, the grief was univer-
sal.
This was Thursday. On Friday the
children secured the neighborhood,
seeking for tidings of their pet. All in
vain. King Richard was not seen or
heard Of
''To think how he may be suffering
somevhere." moaned poor Marjorie
Rob was anxious about King Richard,
too.
BY Saturday night all hope was
given up, and when the children went
to church on Sunday, and took their
places in the minister's pew, they wore
sad little faces.
At the end of the anthem papa stood
up in the pulpit. 1--WE will sing the
ninety-third hymn" he announced, In
his deep, rich voice.
New" came from somewhere. The
little folks In the minister's pew start
ed, and looked at one another.
"'From all that dwell below the
skies-'"
Meow! Meow"
The children were quiverlng with ex
don began to smile. Papa read louder
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Should Be More Hedgeroxvs.

There ought to be more hedgerows
than there are Oh central western
FARMS for when grown they not only
serve as fence which will turn live
stock, but provide birds which nest in
shrubs the best possible protection dur
ing the summer season. OF all his
friends in the animal kingdom outside
of the farm animals none render the
farmer more valuable service than the
and he Is not only doing them a kind
ness, but helping himself in a very
definite fashion, If he so manages
things that they can have as many
nesting places as possible.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Seed Per Acre.

1t will require bushels Of oats to
seed an acre; barley, bushels; tim
othy, 6 quarts; tobacco, 2 ounces; blue
grass, 2 bushels; clover, white and al
sike, 6 to s pounds clover, red to 10
quarts clover, Lucerne or alfalfa, Is
to % pounds red top, 1 to . bushels ;
millet u to l bushel; orchard grass, ?
bushels; buckwheat, u bushel; broom
corn, 1-3 bushel; corn, broadcast, 4
bushels; corn, i'll hills, 4 to 8 quarts !;
corn, in drills, . to 3 bushels; popcorn
2 quarts; sweet corn, 6 quarts; poas,
garden, to bushels; potatoes, 10 to
T. bushels; rutabagas and turnips, to
2 pounds; mixed lawn grass, 3 to 4
bushels; rye, ~ to ? bushels; vetches,
2 bushels; wheat, IL to 2 bushels.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

1t is q noted fact that where legumes
are grown on land, say two-ffths of
the time, which certainly should be the
case, the nitrogen supply is held. 1t is
also we'll known that the feeding Of
the crops grown on the same farm, the
proper care of the barnyard manure,
and its application to the lands, will
return all the fertilizing ingredients
with the exception Of such as compose
the animal body, and such other prod
ucts as wool, cheese and butter as are
sold from the farm. They are actually
lost to the soil forever. This loss is
represented on phosphorus and POTASH
um compounds, and can be supplied in
three distinct ways only. They can
be purchased in the form of feeding
stuffs for farm animals, finding their
way to the soil through the manure !;
or, they may be secured directly by
commercial fertilizers; and again by
the subsoil running down to a depth Of
or 4 feet from the surface.
Roots of all crops go down into the
soil from to 6 feet, and take directly
the ingredients from the subsoil, and
upon their decay tend to increase its
porosity. This assists the capillary
movements Of water, which reacts as
an agent to carry fertilizing ingredi-
ents as they become soluble in the low
er soils up to near the surface, where
they are readily available to the feed
ing roots of succeeding crops.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Sees in the Dark.

II tell you," began the first clubman,
there never was a cat like my
Wife"
"Oh, come, now" protested the 9th
er, that's a pretty rough thing to say"
"Oh, you misunderstood me- I mean
to say 1t doesn't matter how dark it is
when T get home, she can always see
what my condition is"-Philadelphi
Press.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
How Did They Catch Him.

Tom was one day watching his moth
er prepare some sandwiches.
'What are you making them Of
mother?' he asked
"Of deviled ham," said his mother
handing him the can to look at.
Tom gaZed for moment at the ia.
miliar red figure on the label, and then
asked In hushed tones:
Mother, how did they catch him?'
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Exhaustins the Soil.

When a country has been farmed for
forty years or more strictly on a grain
farming basis, things begin to look
pretty desolate, unless legume crops
have been raised extensively: and, as
a rule, where such short-sighted meth
DDS Of farming are in practice the value
Of legumes is given little heed.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

Will enable one 10 uTlNe pOolS ia sui
that seems too hard. The rig Is useful
also in putting down driven wells.
To drive a well IL inch pipe is pre-
ferred. The lengths should not be
over 6 feet. The first pipe to be driven
must have a point of iron or steel.
Any blacksmith who is an expert at
welding can readily make point solid
In the end Of the pipe, and then bore
numerous A-inch holes in 1t for the
first IS inches Of it's length above the
point. Before driving coupling must
be screwed down tight and fast on the
thread that Is to connect it to Its mate,
so the thread may not be injured. Also
on top of this coupling must always
rest a block of lead or seasoned hick-
DRY, to receive and distribute the con-
cussion, to preserve the pipe from de-
struction
The pipe is driven the same as a
post, another length being attached as
fast,as one Is sunk In the ground. One
rule must never be forgotten: Each
length of pipe must be threaded so long
that it screws into the coupling and
rests (buts, they call it), on the end
Of the pipe beneath 1t. This prevents
splitting the coupling and leaky joints.
Julius Brown, In Farm and Home.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03
Experimenting with Lambs.

The Iowa Experiment Station re-
Gently marketed some lambs that had
been fed to determine the value of diff
ferent rations. Lot one was fed man.
gels, lot two sugar beets, lot three corn
silage and lot four grain and alfalfa.
There was no material difference in
the condition Of the lambs In lots one
and four at the finish. While the lot
given corn silage was in better shape
than the one given sugar beets, 1t was
not as good as lots one and four. 1t is
the claim of English shepherds that
succulent feeds are necessary in secur-
ing good finish on lambs, but the
above experiment indicated that while
the lambs fed such feeds made better
gains than others, there was not
enough difference to warrant the buy
ing Of such feeds.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

For Picking Cherries.
With the aid Of an improved fruit
gatherer designed by an Indiana man,
the most delicate of small fruits, such
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

as cherries, can be
severed from their
stems without mutila-
ton, injecting or soil
ing Of the fruit in the
least, and without the
necessity Of the hands
Of the person coming
in contact with the
fruit. AS shown In the
illustration, the gath
erer Is Of a size to be
aoSily- marir,,,1,+ Tod ~
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

S"'A1S ny
the hand. In one end Is an opening,
to freely admit the fruit, a stationary
blade and movable blade being placed
in advance Of the opening. By this
novel arrangement Of the fixed blade
and the disposition Of the movable
blade and its arm, the movement Of
the one blade past the other, besides
effectively severing the stems, tends to
impel the severed fruit into the open
ing. In practice the device Is held in
either hand, and as the stems of the
fruit are cut it slides down the incline
and into the receptacle When the lat
ter Is filed the contents are easily dis
charged through the hinged lid at the
end.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-06-03

will enable one to drive posts in soil
that seems too hard. The rig Is useful
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
A CHINESE STORY.
The Noted Liar Who Had a Fairly
Competent Spouse.

The Noted Liar Who Had a Fairly
Competent Spouse.
A noted liar once told friend that
he had at home three precious things
a bullock which could run 500 miles a
day, a fowl which crowed at the begin
ming of each watch, day and night, and
q dog that could read books. The friend
intimated that he would lose no time In
seeing these marvels with his own
eyes. The man did not expect this, as
his house was somewhat distant, so he
went home and told his wife that he
had got caught at last and that tomor-
row the man would arrive and he
would be disgraced.
"Never mind" said the spouse.
Leave that to me. 1t will be all right.
only you must keep out Of sight"
Next morning the visitor arrived and
being met by the mistress, asked where
her husband was.
"He has gone to Pekin," she replied.
"When will he be backT
ain eight or nine days"
"Why, how can he be so quick"
"He has gone off OIL our fast bullock
and so can do 1t easily"
81 hear you have also wonderful
fowl" said the visitor. And, behold, as
he was speaking small cock crew.
"That's it," said the wife. "He crows
at the beginning of each watch and
also when a visitor arrives"
II would also like to see the learned
dog" he said.
"Ah," said she, Il am sorry; but, you
see, we are very poor. and so he keeps
q school in the city."-Scrap Book.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
eft Him In Doubt.

A certain young artist in New York
who is on terms of comparative init
macy with the janitor Of the apart
ment house wherein he maintains his
studio is in some doubt whether the
said janitor Is cynic or something o.
an art critic, or both.
Zone day while doing a bit Of repair
work in the studio" says the painter
mike scrutinized bit Of my work
with ominous solemnity. When indi
Gated portrait Of myself the blow
fell. Said /:
".Tbe paint on this is badly cracked
which spoils the likeness
with no more expression in his
countenance than Is to be seen In the
face of a representative Of Buddhs
Mike replied:
"'Not at all, SIR"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31

so THE LITTLE WILD BIRD GAME BACK
TO HER CAGE"
py. She was always afraid that my
father would take me away from her
they were separated, you know. And
so we were always hiding. always shut
In. And after she died l was sent to
a school in a big city and lived all OF
my girlhood behind high walls.
when became my own mistress
bought a bungalow out here, and be-
cause had lived always under strict
rules ! said that would live without
any-that I would not even enter the
bondage of matrimony-and until you
came was as free as bird"
"And now you are not free?" He put
the question eagerly.
Her grave eyes met his steadily.
NO" she said; "you-you have made
me question. am very happy when /
am with you, fishing or learning songs
or hearing you tell Of your travels.
the greater happiness.
"But when am alone / think Of the
city where you would take me and
that you would have a right to say
whether l should go or come, and
feel as If were again behind high
walls"
Her eyes were dark with queer
kind Of terror.
Poor little wild bird" said Leslie
tenderly; "they kept you Gagged too
long"
He made her sit down beside him
while he led the conversation cheer
fully into other channels, and after q
time he taught her more songs, and
their voices rang out melodiously IN
the still October air. And all about
them was the glory Of autumnal col
oring, the red and gold and green of
the mountain side, with a sapphire sky
above.
And when their song was finished
Leslie said, Tomorrow am going
home"
She caught her breath quickly. ITO
morrow"
YES; at half past 10 at night Will
you wave me farewell"
"You go by the river road%
Eyes"
81 will be on my porch" she prom
ised. "You can see me In the moon
light"
He took her hand and for a moment
stood looking down at her. Then he
said softly: 81 shall not try to tell you
how hard 1t is for me to go without
some hope. Perhaps some day you will
feel differently"
Again the frightened look came into
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
@66eMOUNTAIN
PRINCESS.
BY JEROME SPRAGUE.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Press.

Far up on the mountain Leslie heard
her singing, and he smiled as he recog-
nized a song that he had taught her.
She was still singing as she danced
down the broad aisles Of the forest to-
ward little stream where he was fish
ing.
"You look like a dryad," Leslie said.
"in that gray green gown, but dryads
don't sing songs from the latest music
al comedy"
Its a pretty song" she said grave
iy, "and I should like to see the COM
edy."
eff you will let me take you to town
you can see everything" he Informed
her.
She laughed. THAT'S the seventh
time in seven days that you have ask
ed me to marry you. And will al
ways tell you that am welded to the
mountains"
"You are welded to an idea. You
think that you can be happy all your
life living up here, but you can't"
"You think should be happier with
your"
ST know it." he said eagerly.
She shook her head.
''But I shouldn't be free. Here / am
mistress of my own domain. There
is no one but old Aunt Dolly and I'm
Gle Fred to consider, and as long as
they have a comfortable Preside and
the magazines and novels that l order
from town they are content. And my
servants are the mountain people. For
the rest, I have the birds and the
bees and the butterflies"
Leslie's eyes twinkled. "And how
long have you lived alone with the
birds and the butterflies"
"Since May" she told him.
"And now it is October. What OF
the winter days that are coming
when the birds fly south and the but.
terflies die and the bees lie close In
the hollow trees"
"Then there Will be the beauty Of the
dead forests and the snow on The
mountain side and the winter skies
and the freedom"
He smiled at her. THAT means sc
much to you-freedom."
She nodded. eff you had known my
life as a child. Mother was SO unhap
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
STUPID SHEEP.
They Are About the Most SenseIess Of
All Animate.

They Are About the Most Senseless Of
All Animals.
A Colorado ranchman declares that
no animal that walks is as big fool
as q sheep.
1--WE have to watch them every min
ute, and If vigilance is relaxed for an
instant the entire flock Is likely to
practically commit suicide. In han
ding most animals some degree Of self
help or intelligence can be relied on to
aid the owner in saving their lives, but
sheep seem to set deliberately to work
to kill themselves.
IF caught in storm on the plains
they will drift before the wind and
die Of cold and exposure rather than
move a hundred yards to windward to
obtain shelter in their corral. To drive
sheep against the wind Is absolutely
impossible. I once lost over 1000 head
because l could not drive them to a
corral not 200 feet away.
"In the corral they are still more
foolish. Ii storm comes up they all
move down Wind until stopped by the
fence Then commences the proceed
ing so much dreaded by sheepmen
known as 'pilirg.' The sheep will
climb over each others backs until
they are heaped up ten feet high. OF
course all those at the bottom are
smothered Not one has sense enough
to seek shelter under the lee of the
fence, as a horse or dog would do.
"Again, if a sheep gets into quick
sand its fate teaches nothing to those
that come Immediately after, but the
whole flock will follow it's leader to
destruction. No more exasperatingly
stupid animal than a sheep walks. =
st. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
Enolish al She Is Uttered.

what Is the cabbageT inquired the
departing patron, who wished to go to
the railway station from the hotel.
"What's the whatY' exclaimed the
clerk, losing his clutch on the perfect
English he usually handed over the
counter.
whats the cabbage? said.'
IT know you did, but do not quite
get your meaning"
"Oh, you don't7 You know what
cabbage is, don't your"
IT guess I've seen enough OF 1t t.
know. used to live in the suburbs
Of Chicago"
"Wen, what is 1t from here to the
depot?"
IT suppose 1t is just what it Is every
where else-that Is, vegetable
which,
The departing patron interrupted
with violence.
Jaw, say" he protested. you ought
to be plowed under or fortified OF
something. Cabbage is cab fare. ain't
it7'-Lipptncott's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-31
She Got a New Pair.

Sarcasticus and his wife were going
to the theater
twill you please go in and get my
goats off the dressing tabler' said
Mrs. 8.
"Your goats?' queried the puzzled
Sarcasticus. "What fangle have you
women got nOw?"
"I'll show your snapped the wife,
and she sailed away and soon return
ed, putting on her gloves.
"Are those what you mean? Why,
call those kids
II used to-" replied Mrs. Sarcasticus,
but they are getting so old am
ashamed to any longer"
He took the hint.-Pearson's Week