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The Dickinson press., 1908-10-24

II. +. Beeman has the contract for
erecting q broom house for I. N. Har-
tuns Id the western part Of the city.
Ed. Burthieume recently arrived from
St. Paul and has filed, on homestead q
few miles southeast Of town.
The golden wedding Of MI. and Mrs.
Bonaventure Kunz Of South Dickinson
will BE- observed at St. Joseph's church
next Tuesday at 1880 o'clock.
al general meeting Of st. Joseph's
churchwil be held al p. N. Thursday,
October.s29. Right Rev. John Stanley.
D. D., bishop Of North Dakota, will
preside.
Rev. W. j: Brown Will hold services
in Medora next Tuesday evening and on
alternate Tuesday evenings from that
time on. At the service last week a
Sunday school was organized.
Joseph Fisher returned Monday from
Chicago. where he went with cattle two
weeks ago. He reports that his top price
for steers was S.. Is and that the steers
right through averaged $40 per hum
dred.
The Catholic church at Novi Hradec
will be dedicated Friday, October 80. by
Bishop Stanley He will also hold con
frmation at the same time. A large
number Of local people are planning to
attend.
MI. and Mrs. 0. S. Chase were delayed
in Dickinson several days on account of
the rain and did not get started for their
home south of Mott until the middle of
the week. It had been about a year since
they visited relatives in this city.
d.. G. A. Mathews of Napoleon was
in Dickinson on Tuesday to look after
the estate of his late brother. Henry
Mathews. The doctor believes that the
Northern Pacific will be willing to make
a fair settlement on account Of, the death
of his brother in the Allard passenger
train wreck and it will not be necessary
to take the case, into the court.
After the regular meeting of the
Knights of Pythias held in Odd Fellows
hall Monday evening a social dance was
enjoyed by about 80 members and invited
friends. R. E. Brown and daughter,
Miss Lyla, furnished music on the violin
and piano. At II 80 refreshments wert
served by the X. P.'s, after which
dancing was continued until about 1 80.
Those who attended report a most socia
time.
The bids for the new Carnegie librar.
will be opened BY the committee mex
week Wednesday. This is the third dat
that has been set. The delay is owinl
to. the fact that some Of the contractor
intending to make bids could not set
the plans Of which there are only tire
copies. 1t is expected that this is tn
last postponement although all the de
Hays have been unavoidable.
The Dickinson press., 1908-10-24
Harold 3. Stratton

News was received here last week of
the death of Harold B. Stratton at
Bowling Green, Ohio, October S. 1t
will be recalled that Mr.. Stratton was
the young nan who was so severely
injured. in a cattle train wreck at
Medora three years ago. He was so
badly injured in this wreck that he was
brought here to the Smith hospital and
for several months remained at that
institution.
His mother came to this city and re-
manned with him until he was able to
be moved to his home. Both made
many friends during their stay here.
The following account of his death ID
taken from the Daily Sentinel Tribune
Of Bowling, Green:
..HaEoidFB BENJAMIN Stratton was born
May 3. 1883, in Bowling .Grsen. Three
years ago he had the misfortune pt
being injured in a railroad wreck at
Medora, N. D.. from the effects Of
which, he never fully recovered. The
four months he spent in the hospital at
Dickinson at this. time. revealed to gil
his tue worth. He Q won the
friendship of everybody in that strange
city and tie love; and respect for those
who; % :tenderly cared for him at that
time, continued all through, his life. So
bravely did he bear his suffering during
that time that he won the hearts Of
even the hardest of those western men
and they all called him the boy with
the iron will He had q severe attack
Of pneumonia this last spring and at
the close of school went to Northern
MICHIGAN and it was while there that he
contracted his last illness, acute bron-
chitis and nervous prostration which
was Of two months duration.
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wringer of her vital parts. and
shooed her back to the barn. and then
they took me TO the managers office,
and tainted away.
When came to the one-eyed man
ager had a bandage over his nose
WneTe me nHfidlG or INC -C1OTnUS2wfTnIr-
er nit him when he tried to turn the
handle back TO release the pressure
on the cows bananas. and he was so
mad you could hear him isis" like
when you drop water on a hot griddle.
He got up and took me by the neck
and wrung II Just like | was a hen
having its neck wrung when there is
company coming and he dropped me
'kerpmuk' and said | had ruined the
best COW on the place by nattening out
her private affairs so that nothing but
skim milk could ever get through the
teats, and he asked me what In thun.
der ! was doing. milking a COW with
as that strike did In five minutes
the manager came out and said he
wouldn't grant a thing and besides
we were locked out, and couldn't eyer
get back into the place unless we
crawled on our hands and knees and
stood on our hind feet like dogs, and
barked and begged for food.
For a few minutes not word was
said, then the boys pitched on to me
and another boy that had brought on
the strike. and gave us good licking,
and made us run to the woods. and
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into a house. A pussy woman gu
me under her arm and said: POO
dear, every bone in his body is busted
but saw him first, and | am going %
nave him mended and keep him for
souvenir" and | hung my legs aHa
arms down so | would be heavy, TH''
she dragged me to the house. Az
said was pie, pie, pie" and she say
was starving for pie, and when the
got us In bed, with nice night shlru
on, they crowded around us and Be
gan to feed us, and we took eyerythns
IRON soup to mints, and went to sleep
and the last thing | heard was balloon
talk, and the women who drew me Y
the shuttle said: "The ways Of Prov
dence are past finding out" and as
rolled over In bed | heard my chuu
in another bed say; you can bet you
sweet life,' and then the people ~
gan to go away, talking about the na'
row escape OF those dear boys, and %,
pussy fat lady held my hand an'
stroked my aching stomach until loHi
after midnight, and then she tip'o"
OFF TO bed.
| spoke 10 my chum ana said w
II work out all right?" and n
groaned and said; Gee. but | ct Do
much, | otter have saved some oil y
for breakfast" and then we went y
sleep In nice feather beds instead o
those beds at the orphanage made .
breakfast food.
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Ccopyrlght, BY shorisiory PUB Coz
By DON MARK LEMON

thief Quick, boys, let's cut him down
and give him respectful burial fore
he's had the time to be insulted!'
There was wild break for the
door and Wilkins went down and was
walked all over; but. mad as a hornet.
he was not the last to reach the To-
cality Of the hanging.
You're pack of fools!" he shout.
ed to his companions. And the next
mothers son of you catch with a
shirt on, I'll hang for stealth the
shirt"
The lrishman almost wept. Boys,
twas an error av judgmint and not
av heart. Cut him down and tell him
3d."
The face Of the Man under the Tree
had swung around to the west, and,
as the little body OF remorseful set
tiers drew near, peaceful smile
gathered upon the hanged mans lips
and suddenly his eyes opened wide
and looked down at those beneath
Holy saints in hlvin" cried the
freshman, kneeling in his saddle
Look at himl"
One of the eyellds of the Man under
the Tree trembled and for n moment
closed over the eyeball The specta.
tors could scarcely believe their own
eyes. The Man under the Tree was
winkng.
"Cut him down." Numbered VIII
kins.
"Cut him down yoursllf." groaned
the lrishman. The dlvil I'll touch It.
It's ghostl"
AT these words shudder went
amongst the men and each seemed
without the power of motion.
wilkins braced himself in his seat,
took steady, deliberate aim at the
lariat Just above the head OF the
hanged man. and fired The hair thong
parted as clean as from a knife cut.
and the Man under the Tree landed
I'm the soft earth. upright and rigid
on his feet. instead of falling prone,
as decent corpse would have done
II was with the greatest doubt and
trepidation that the others watched
Wilkins AT he freed the Man under the
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By HON. GEO. w. PEG

till doomsday. and that was the worst
orphan He ever saw, and he pushed
me out of the room.
The boys met me when came out
of the presence Of the one-eyed man.
ager and we went off into the woods
and held an Indignation meeting. and
passed resolutions condemning the
management of the orphanage. and |
suggested that we form a union and
strike for shorter hours and more food.
and If we did not get it, we could
walk out, and make the orphan school
business close up.
We discussed what we would do and
say to the boss, and just before sup
per time we lined up in a body before
the house and called out the manager
and made our demands, and gave him
10 minutes to accept, or out We would
go, and tell you we looked saucy
| never saw anything act as quick
from the COW, and got the clothes
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failed to milk that COW and she gal.
loped all over the place, and kicked
my liver around where my spleen
ought to be, the oneeyed warden of
the place told me | must practice on
that COW till | got so that | could
milk her with my eyes shut, and that
| wouldn't get much to eat until |
could show him that was a he-milk.
maid of the thirty-third degree.
told him ] saw machine last
year at the state fair that had a sue.
ton pump that was put on to the
cows works and by touching a button
the milk and honey flowed into pail,
and If he would get such a machine |
could touch the button all right. He
said the orphanage couldn't afford to
buy such machine. but II / wanted to
invent any device to milk COWS could
60 ahead but II was up to me to pro-
duce milk, one way or another.
Well, an Idea struck me Just like be-
Ing hit with a baseball bat, and in a
short time ! was ready.
got a clothes wringer out of the
laundry and went to corral the COW.
l thought II a clothes wringer could
squeeze the blue water out of a wash
tub of clothes. It would squeeze a pail
of milk out Of a COW, so | took my
clothes wringer and the milk pail and
got under the COW and gathered all
her four weiners together in my hands
and put the ends of them between the
rubber rollers, Just easy, and the boys
gathered round TO see where my I'm.
ventive genius was going to get Oft
Rt. Then when my audience was all
ready to cheer me, II the machine
worked, ! took hold OF the handle of
the machine, which was across my
lap, and turned the crank with a quick
motion. until all the cows weiners
went through between the rollers, and
/ noticed the COW flinched. and lust
then one of the sophomore boys
threw a giant firecracker under the
cows basement near the milk pail,
and when me -sxViUstun- uHl1rr- 1Irgr
when | was cranking her up second
time and turning on the high speed
clutch, the COW bleated as though she
had lost her calf, and she went up
into the air like the COW that jumped
over the moon. and she went across
the country on a cavalry charge, with
me hanging on the handle of the
wringer with one hand. on her tail
with the other, and the boys giving the
orphan school yell and the COW bel.
lowing like whole drove OF cattle
that have smelled blood around
slaughter house.
Gosh, but ! never had such an ex.
cursion. The COW went around the
house and on 10 the porch where the
manager and some women were, and
finally rushed into the kitchen. and
everybody came and pried me loose
a clothes wringer, when l ought TO
have known that a clothes wringer
would squeeze the milk up into the
second story of the COW.
| It'd him ( had never been a dairy
farTleI, anyway, and COW was a
rev proposition to me. and he said
could so and live on bread and water
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Tree OF the moose about his neck and
severed his bonds; but, instead of fan
ing down. a corpse, or vanishing like
a ghost, he gratefully stretched his
limbs. cleared his throat. licked his
congested lips, and, singing out the
Irishman, addressed him pleasantly
II somewhat hoarsely:
Good afternoon. sir"
At these words the superstitious III.
bernian collapsed. looking for all the
world with his great, lank arms aud
legs, like some queer kind of game, all
tentacles. thrown across his horses
saddle.
Wilkins. not having seen the man
hanged. was less affected than the 9th.
ers, and he was the first TO find
speech.
we owe you an apology, sir" he be,
gan, rather lamely.
The Man under the Tree held up
his hands deprecatingly mo apollo
gy, no apology, sir; no occasion to
apologize. like a pleasant joke now
and then as well as any man"
AZ these reassuring words all the
remainder Of the company, saving the
lrlshman. found speech, and many
were their eIacuIaITons Of wonder and
delight as they dlsmounted and crowd.
ed around the Man under the Tree,
Why. you or'nary cuss' cried the
former speaker OF the quorum "you1l
hold whisky yeti"
whisky" said the Man under the
Tree medltatively. "Whiskyl II
seems to me I have heard that word
before. All" lie took one OF the
several TASKS hastily preferred him.
and holding Il high over his head,
cried Gentlemen toast Here's 10
the man who likes whisky when it's
good and men when they're little
bad--Myselfi"
This toast was drunk with the high.
est approval and the Man under the
Tree proposed second.
Here's to the man you can't hang.
for his windpipe is silver, and the
rope only tiokles him and makes him
laugh Myself"
There was crash Of broken glass.
and the Man under the Treo drank
the toast alone, for those about him
had let drop their TASKS in sheer sur.
prise.
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once the idea of rotation OF
crops on a few small fields near the
farmstead In which the crops may be
conveniently pastured. A hog pasture
plowed up makes one Of the most de.
sirable places 10 grow corn.
Such a piece Of corn land, n fenced,
could very easily and profitably be fed
OF with hogs. Corn land dlsked and
well prepared is an excellent place to
grow any kind of grain crop, and
clover sown with the grain crop on
such soil has an excellent chance of
being in good condition for pasturing
the following year. Thus a productive
three-year rotation is naturally worked
out. See Fig. /.
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lcopyrlghl. lpOs. by VI. Q. Chapmanl

There is no encouragement for in
ventive genius in this orphans home
that am honoring with my patronage
always supposed that an orphan
age was a place where they tried to
make an orphan feel that 1t wasn't
such a great loss not to have a regu-
lar home among your people, as long
as you could be lovingly cared for in
big lunches by charitable people.
who would act like a high school to
you, and when you got diploma from
an orphans home you could go out
into the world and hold up your head
like a college graduate but can see
from my experience at this alleged
home that when we boys get out the
police will have tab on us, and we
will be pinched like tramps
What encouragement is there to
learn anything but being chambermaid
to cows? Gee, but | never want to
look a COW in the face again. When
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ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENT
OF FIELDS FOR FENCING
Carefully Worked Out System Rotation for Hog
PasturinS-By ID. A. Gaumnitz. M s. MnneSota.

Since fencing Is quite an item in the
cost of pastures and in hogging of
corn the arrangement Of fields in
such way as to use the least possible
amount of fencing and still have the
hogs near the farm buildings so they
may be sheltered. watered and fed
economically is essential The fact
that clover Is one of the best crops for
pasture and that 1t cannot be depend.
ed upon to live for more than one
years pasturing, will suggest at
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cred rotation may be laid out in.
telligently and to At most any farm.
The following plans are offered as
suggestive OF how several farms have
been replanned to allow for rotation
for hogs. These plans are chosen to
show how the suggestions In this arti.
Gle may be applied to farm condi,
lions. They also show the value and
economy OF planning farm for a
definite purpose, The amount Of
fencing required per acre to inclose
the hog lots on these different farms
varies from i6 to 30 rods.
Note Pigs 3 and 4 show an S0-aere
farm situated In southeastern Minnesota
The li-acre held In the northwest cor
ner has been divided into three fields
which, with the four-acre field In the
southwest corner makes four fields OF
approximately the same size. This pro-
Nides for a four year rotation for hogs.
Three hundred and forty-eight rods OF
fencing are required 20 inclose II, or about
= rods Der acre, when the whole Ia
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ga Aeses
sa- Rsses

Note.-Figs. 5 and show 24O-acre
farm also located In southeastern Min.
nesota. The arrangement, shape and size
OF the fields In the small rotation for
hogs Is better than In the preceding plan,
and the cost OF fencing Is less. But 3ig
rods OF fencing are required to inclose
the four five acre fields II the whole of
the fencing Is charged against the three
fields used, 25 rods OF fencing are re-
quired per acre. The cost of building and
paintaining that amount OF fence divided
BY the number OF years II viii last will
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charged against the three helds used each
year. Such a rotation viii accommodate
conveniently six or eight brood sows and
their litters The winter feed FOR the
sows the grain fed 10 the sows and pigs
during the summer to supplement the
pasture. ana In some years few weeks
feed for the pigs In The fall TO ut them
for market will necessarily have to
be provided from some other part OF the
farm. Even though another ten acres Of
land Is needed to supply the extra feed,
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when we got nearly out n,
turned ana all the bravo a..
were going to break up tho c
were down on their seats ON - paa
begging liKe dogs to be tss~
because supper was ready
chum AMI me were pulBns
timber, wondering where
meal was coming from.
We we're the only boys in th..
Of strikers that had sand en-.
stand up for union prlncinlas
is usually the case the fello.
had the most gravel in tbe,s
had little else. and | was =.
hungry in my life.
A diet OF fried bull heads m,
milk. and sour bread for n sas
in the orphanage had left me ~
appetite that ought to have hsa
course banquet at once, but Wa -,
on for hours, and finally s,,..,
railroad track and followed |, N
town.
My chum stopped at a fre,yA,
on a side track and began n \
around one of the oil boxes ON a n
and when ! asked him what Ne
going to do. he said that to ar
man the cotton waste and the
in a hot box Of a freight car wa,
as good ms a shrimp salad, and n
gan to poke the stun out OF m.
box to eat 1t. lie said the lly.,
tramps were often saved by eatIn,
of hot boxes. ! swore that ~
never eat no hot box banquet n
pulled him away from the box "a,
as a brakeman came along VII,
hook and can of oil and a bueLa
water to cool II off, and we escanas
| told him we would have a /,
supper all right, IL he would stiei
me.
We went into the little town A,
was getting dark, and all the ma,
were out doors looking up into
sky, and saying: There II is. | So.
and | asked a man in front OF t,
loon what the excitement was Al
and he said that they were wateI
the balloons from st. Louis. about
miles away, which were sailing ia
east.
Did you ever have an idea a,
you so sudden that II made you Al,
Well, | was struck with one so Al
that II made me smoker, and | nm
my new chum away and told him
we would get supper and plac
sleep, and that was TO go into
woods near where the people d,
looking up into the air, and whe
balloon went over, after It got I
and dark. we could set up a yell
though murder was being done
when the crowd came to scr what
the matter he could say we fell on
a balloon, and landed in a tree
squirmed down to the ground.
Well, I didn't want to lie, but
chum. who had once been in a ref
school, did not care so much Al
lying, so he was to do the talking
| was to be deaf and dumb, as tho
the fall from the balloon had knoc
me silly.
Well, when we saw a light In
sky over us and the people were
ing wild over thinking they saw
loon, we began to scream like
cats, and groan like lost souls, and
for help, help" When the pc
came on the run, and when they "a
us with our clothes torn, and our
standing on end, and our eyes bull
out, my chum, the old liar,
when we were leaning over the ba
of the balloon to see what town
were passing over, we fell out
tree, and were so hungry.
Well, the way those good pc
swallowed that yarn was too com
and they picked us up and tool
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Four fields permanently fenced
near the farmstead would make a
more desirable rotation than would
three fields, and the cost OF fencing
will be less since the fence would be
in use three years out OF four. rath-
er than two years out OF three.
In laying out rotation for hogs
the number that II is desired to keep
should be decided upon-then the size
OF the fields can be determined. The
larger the fields used, other things be-
ing equal, the cheaper the cost of fenc-
ing per acre, and the more convenient
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ly the fields are worked. However. II
is not advisable to fence hog tight
very much more land than can be
conveniently utilized by hogs. as
cheaper fences that are Just as effec-
tive may be used for cattle.
Some of the important points to
consider In laying out a practical 70.
tation for hogs are: First, number
of animals to be kept; second, con.
venience in feeding while In the field;
third, shape of fields so that they may
be easily worked; and fourth. the
least possible number OF rods OF fenc-
ing TO the acre iAclosed With these
points before one. and each consid-
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the prospect OF profitable returns is good
for the labor cost OF producing pork is
here reduced to the minimum.
The remainder of the farm IL divided
Into three iS-acre fields. for rotation
OF corn. grain and clover The whole ar
rangement makes the farm well adapted
TO dairying and hog raising.
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seours In Plgs.--Pigs suffering
from seours may be helped and many
times cured by feeding them milk that
has been boiled and TO which a pint OF
scorched -four has been added for each
gallon.
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Alfalfa.-Alfalfa not only provides
an excellent crop during its own life
time, but II prepares the soil for much
better subsequent crops.
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Clear, Cold Waterloo not force
the stock to drink flthy, warm water.
Let them have il fresh every day.
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Grade Your Produce. the
markets are loaded down with all
Kinds of truck, careful grading and
parr1rrT Trrr or -rtrIf-r rrur trrrCv rrr-r1rT
grower Good stock neatly and hon,
estiy put up in the right kind of pack.
ages viii always sell for fair price.
Keep the immature, imperfect stun
at home for the pigs and poultry. This
VIII reduce packing and freight bills,
and help to hold up the market Don't
Kill the goose that lays the golden
egg by shipping everything you raise
regardless OF quality. Observation at
the loading stations and in the
markets shows that many growers are
doing this every year