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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-08

power is said to be D. M. Hartsough.
He first broke the sod for so much
per acre. After years of experiment.
ing, this man, in 1900, made one
cylinder gasoline motor and put it
to practical use at Valley City. In
1903 he made a wo-cylinder and in
1904 he completed four cylinder
motor. After thorough test a COM
pany was organized and the manu-
facture of the engine was connec-
ed In Minneapolis. This company
was known as the Transit Thresher
company, with ID. M. Hartsough the
inventor, president, and P. j. Lyons
treasurer and general manager, with
other North Dakota people interest
ed, financially, some of them be-
ing prominent Bismarck men.
Reason for Name.
The name was given on account Of
the fact that it was discovered that a
separator could be attached to \ the
motor and threshing done while the
motor was travelling. This appear
led to be good thing for 1t saves
much labor in taking the machine
| to the shocks Of grain instead Of
making such long hauls to the ma
chine. As no other engine had been
built that had power enough to
move itself over the field pull the
separator and thresh the grain at
| the same time. It was proven to be
of very great power and to have
wonderful mechanical ingenuity. But
the next step was to show its value
as q power for plowing l
AS a Power for Flowing.
No one thing Is to determine the
success or failure Of grain growing
| in North Dakota as that Of ploWing.
That the old slip shod way Of hog
Iging' In the grain is past and can
not be doubted !. 1t simply ruins the
Isoi1 and the poor returns break the
man who tries 1t.
Il
Labor is too high priced and compe-
ltition too close to go on In the old way
!. and something has to be done to re-
Idnce the cost Of production and keep
lup the fertility Of the soil or sooner
or later this country is not going to
give returns sufficient to enable the
ltiller to make a living.
1T has been demonstrated time and
lagain that land properly titled will
resist drouth much better than land
that is only partially titled. It has
also been established beyond doubt
that the most important, as we'll as
1.-The most expensive part of this TIL
ling, was the blowing. But in
Iplowing the essential is cheap motive
power and speed.
IT the power is not cheap the cost
takes away the profit, and if not
strong and speedy, It is impossible
to do the work at critical periods Or
to do enough during the season to
make IT pay.
IA Gasoline Mule.
The automobile is now consider
led the highest type Of surface trac-
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-08

two gangs Of. four plows in the
gang. ' 'ss RI
Down in Kansas they are using
this motor with good results. q. w.
Denny has a $500 acre farm thirteen
miles from st. Francis, and Jerry
Lyons has 1900 acres within seven
miles Of that town. Recently 8 re-
preventative of the Kansas City Star
was sent out to these farms to see
the motors at work, and in report
ing the result of what was seen the
paper says: 3'On the Denny farm the
motor, was busy discing big field
which had been broken last spring.
Hftched behind the big numbering
car were three sets Of discs, two
four-horse, and one eight-horse af-
fairs, moving along with "a steady
pace of three miles per hour, the
machine dragged the discs over a
lateral area of 26 feet with as much
ease as though putting along road,
piling the once broken soil along in
little burrows ready for narrowing
and seeding. The field was a mile long
and about 800 feet wide, so that at
the longest circuit of the field, the
machine was discing about eight
acres Of ground. The circuit took
about an hour. AS geared up for
work the motor weighed about six
tons. A steam engine of the same
kind and power would weigh about
three times as much. o..r..,s
"FWhen we have done with this,
said II. G. Denny, son of the farm s
owner, We will cross disc it, but
when we do that we will hitch thirty
feet of harrows behind and do the
narrowing as we disc. We can pull
the three discs and the harrows at
the same time. Then we will hitch
on three drills and drill n the
wheat. We are working along the
Campbell system Of farming - dry
farming they call it, LIZ. LII 4.-
sMr. Lyons said: ri expect to har-
vest with my motor, but I'll do my
fall blowing at the same time, hitch
ing my binders far enough behind
my eight plows to drop the bundles
on the plowed ground
g sd = e i y
1t is a little hard to understand
how that motor develops much more
power than other gasoline or steam
engines and about the only, way to
account for it is the way the drive
wheels are constructed and operate,
and the power transmitted. The ave-
rage steam engine can do but little
more than propel itself over the soft
ground of a plowed field and in
marshy ground it is useless, while
with the Transit motor it does not
sink down so deep as it is of light
er weight. and then the size OF the
wheels keep so much more surface
on tn ground all th time.
A Bright Future.
That there is unlimited possibili-
ties in this engine cannot be doubt.
ed, whether viewed from the stand
point Of the manufacturer or the
farmer. And that 1t is a North Da.
kota invention and managed by
North Dakota people is an honor to
the state, and when II is considered
that every part of the world is In
terested in cheap power for traction
purposes on the farm, it is evident
that there is to be a wonderful fu-
ture for the invention
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-08
d Go to Richholt's today for Butter
scotch. Try It It's fine. ~

The Roney Boys Concert Company
OF Chicago will be heard in the Ath-
eneum Tuesday evening, November
10th, under the auspices Of the Young
Mems association. Tickets rs cents;
children SO cents, Now on sale at
Knowles & Haney's.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-08

ttIOH duu lie IFaHSN #'LnreSnGf en-
gine is about the same to an automo-
bile that mule is to a race horse.
A, race horse is not a very desira-
Bile plow animal. Neither is an au-
tomobile. But good mule is a safe
and desirable form Of power for such
purpose. IL This traction motor is
built upon the same plan as the four
cylinder automobile, except that Il 1t
is constructed for hauling a heavy
load instead of developing a, high
rate Of speed. That high speed can
be developed there is no doubt, but
in doing so it will reduce the pulling
power somewhat. The machine from
"a distance looks very much like a
large lose cart loaded. The drive
wheels are eight feet. high and are
strongly built. The engine is of the
four cylinder type and placed on top
of the motor between the drive
wheels The steering gear is sim
pie and efficient. The manufactur-
ing cost is light and the simplicity
of construction does away with the
great danger of breakage and heavy
repair bills.
Will Eliminate Horse Power.
From time immemorial something
has been coming along to do away
with the horse. But he has not been
done away with yet. Still, when
anything is found that will do more
work in a less time and more econ
omically. there is a tendency to use
the new method instead Of the old.
That steam, il properly applied, is
cheaper than horses, cannot be
doubted. That gas is cheaper than
either steam or horse power is Ger
tain. but in many cases the means
of the application Of the power to
the ends desired, was such that the
full force was not obtainable.
Therefore on rough or stony
land, in soft ground or under any
other than ideal conditions, animal
power was the only available power
that would do the work in the way Of
pulling the plow. But with the high
prices Of horses, feed and labor it
makes farming expensive. In any
country the soil must be plowed
well and deep if the farmer wants
good crops and in order to make a
profit the ploWing must be done at
a reasonable expense. Here Is where
it is claimed that this motor beats
everything else known.
Cheap Motive Power.
Experiments demonstrate that
with the Transit gas engine land that
cost nearly three dollars an acre to
break with horses was broken for
sixty cents per acre. In neither case
was the cost Of the propelling power
considered. but it took twelve five
horse teams to do the same amount
of work done in day that the en-
gine did and it took twelve men
to operate the ploWs and care for
the horses, and three for the engine
and plows. Sixty horses would buy
several engines and the oats con
sumed by sixty horses costs more
than four times the gasoline consum-
ed by the engine. This test was
made on the Glover farm, at Clio
yer. N. p.
Result or Tests.
In fifteen days work on the Muir
farm at LaMoure, 1t is said, there
was plowed in dry stubble 271s acres
per day, using about one gallon of
gasoline per acre. In this work the
engine pulled nine plows.
AT Ipswich in South Dakota, on
the Laper farm, the result OF break
ins was the game as the test
at the Glover farm, only the Laper
people used three gangs of three
plows each and the Growers used
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-08

The Roney Boys Concert Company
of Chicago viii be heard in the Ath-
eneum Tuesday evening, November
10Th under the auspices of the Young
Mems association. Tickets IS cents,
children 50 cents. Now on sale at.
Knowles & Haney's.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-08

Roney's Boys Tuesday Atheneum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY.

dispatch from Altoona, Pa, to the
Philadelphia North American says:
Between sobs. Miss Mary Bannon. a de-
mure little telegrapher, told a corOner's
jury this afternoon that she was respOn-
sible for the wreck on the CreStOn &
! Clearfield railroad last Monday, in which
John +. McNellis, an engineer, lost his
life and seven others were seriously in
jured. Miss BannOn was operator at the
tower at Kaylor. She declared that she
had received orders to hold one train
on a siding until another passed, but be-
came confused and transmitted wrong in
structiOns to the operator at Cresson
1 The young woman almost collapsed when
she finished her testimony. The jury
held Miss Bannon responsible for the
wreck. 1t is doubtful if she will be in
dicted, on account of her youth and sex.
The verdict of the coroner's jury to
the contrary notwithstanding. Miss
.Bannon was not responsible for the
wreck She was no more responsible
than is the bullet that speeds from the
weapon of an assassin into the heart of
his victim. The really responsible per-
son is the individual who hired young
girl to perform the important duties OF
railroad telegrapher. Whoever did
that took an awful chance, and he must
have known he was taking it, There
are women telegraph operators, some
in the employ of railroads. who are en-
tirely accurate, who have their wits
about them at all times.
But even those women who have been
thoroughly tried and tested are very
rarely left where they might by any
possibility cause a wreck Nearly al
ways their work is carefully supervised
during every moment of their working
day. Most of the railroad men upon
whom devolves the responsibility OF
employing operators are very careful
about their work. They secure men of
known reliability when they can, and
when they ara not absolutely sure of
their men they maintain watchfui
supervision over them.
The Altoona coroner's jury was cow
ardly, because it did not go back far
enough. 1t should have eXOnerated the
girl and inquired into the reasons why
she was stationed where she was. And,
having ascertained the responsibility,
it should not have hesitated about pro-
claiming it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
Human Blood Highly Maontfed.

The part of the Blood that give.
It red color is the mass of micros-
copic bodies called red corpuscIes
These also carry oxygen, the great
Supporter of life, to every organ Of
the body.
In anaefnia these red corpuscles
are reduced IN number and the
patient becomes pale and weak.
1t Is the oxygen they carry that
enables the stomach to digest food.
Reduce the Quantity and Indigestion
follows.
1t Is the oxygen that makes II
possible for the kidneys to throw off
the uric acid constantly forming.
Lacking it the uric acid poisoning
causes rheumatism.
There Is also close and scientific
ally recognized relation between the
member of red corpuscles IN the
blood and the health of the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually
and unexpectedly increase the num-
Der of red composites IN the blood
and therefore increase its oxygen
carrying capacity. In this way
they cure anacmia IN the most direct
way and give color to the cheeks
and lips, prevent and core stomach
!routie and rheumatism and have
proved of wonderful value in ner-
vous troub1es.
No claim Is made for this remedy
that is not substantiated BY hun
3reds of well-established cures. If
Fou are sick and the treatment VOC
IRE taking does not prove beneficial,
Tou owe It to Yourself to try
DIR. Williams Pink Pills
soc. per box; six boxes S. 90 at al druggists
Dr.. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady NJ Y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

There are many admirable features
in the bill introduced by Senator Knox
on Wednesday for the establishment of
a system of postal savings banks. The
dispatch which tells of the introduc-
ton of the measure gives no indication
of the sentiment of the senate on the
subject. 1t is very much to be hoped,
though. that the bill willie be enacted
into law. AT various times during the
last fifteen or twenty years efforts
have been made to induce congress to
authorize a system of postal savings
banks. Up to this time. however, the
efforts have been unsuccessful
The Knox bill provides for the open
ing of accounts of from 81 up, the de-
positors to be paid interest at the rate
OF per cent per annum. Anyone over
10 years of age who is sound mentally
can open an account. One attractive
feature is the provision which exempts
the deposits from taxation and from
seizure or detention under legal pro-
cesses against the depositor. National
repositories are TO be established in the
immediate vicinity of the places from
which the money is drawn in order to
prevent any Capitalization of the funds.
Withdrawals may be made at any time
and checks drawn on the accounts ex-
actly in line with private banking
methods.
It would be impossible to estimate
the value Of postal savings banks to
the general public. The absolute Sc
curity they would afford the small de-
positor, the individual who can least af-
ford to lose his money, is in itself suf-
ficient 10 justify the adoption of the
checking convenience. interest on de-
posits and other points that viii COM
mend themselves 10 the public, it would
seem that no rational excuse can be
offered for delay in placing the meas
ure on the statute books.
other nations have the postal savings
system. England has had it for many
years A short time ago Austria Gel
ebrated the quarter-centenniaI anniver-
sary of the installation of her system
Some statistics from that country may
be OF interest at this time. Austria
is not a rich country. but the people
patronize the postal savings banks.
There are more than 2,OOe, 600 depos-
itors, with a total of s45, 900, 900 deposits.
That is less than half as much as a sin
gle savings bank in New York has in
its vaults and on its books, but it is
very fine showing for Austria
The accounts were active, too. Last
year the checking department took
care of 46.OOO,O0O transactions, involv-
ing altogether $4,000, 600, 600. A large
proportion of this sum was not actual
iy handled. for 100000 items. involv-
ing more than $4,000. O9O. GOO, were taken
care o. by debit and credit entries. In
Austria the postal savings authorities
look after the investment of the funds
of depositors. buying for them safe Sc
curities of every description. The ex-
perience in Austria and in England has
been that the postal savings banks do
not compete with private Institutions,
and many of the best known American
bankers believe the same rule would
prevail here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
coNvlcTloN OF sIoEssEL

The conviction of General Stoessel, at
the close of a long -draWn-out court
martial, was not surprise to people
who have been following the proceed
ings. A sentence of death was i'm
posed, but it was accompanied by a
recommendation that it be committed
to ten years imprisonment. It is like
ly that the car viii assent to the mild
er punishment. That Stoessel surren-
dered Port Arthur long before there
was any actual necessity for surren-
dering was abundantly proven, if the
witnesses against him told the truth.
According to their testimony. the
garrison was in excellent condition to
further withstand the Japanese as
saults. Instead of being nearly out Of
ammunition, as Stoessel claimed at the
time, there were hundreds of thousands
of cartridges for the rifles. great stores
of shells for the artillery and an album
dance of small arms. Also the supply
of provisions of every necessary de-
scription was ample The health of the
garrison had been undermined it is
true, by long hours of harassing duty,
but the men were not in such shape
that they could net fight.
Without in the least desiring TO min
imize the brillif1t work of the Japan
ese-for it was brilliant-the fact re-
mains that StoesseI should have held
out longer. And many of the higher
officers under his command urged him
to hold out. AS subsequent events
showed, Stoessel could have gained lit
tie for his country by holding out long
er. But this fact is not to his credit,
because he did not know there was no
hope of relief from any source. Kuro-
patkin could not have reached him, but
il he had held his ground Nosfs army
could not have been released to go to
the aid of Oyama and hurry the crush
ing of Kuropatkin.
There might, indeed, have been some
chance for Kuropathn TO rally his
forces or to receive reinforcements
from home. StoesseTs early surrender
ltldut liilS lilDOSslulc. gun there VIII
be not a little sympathy for him. The
Russo-Japanese war showed that the
Russians are the poorest fighters in the
world. The men, both in the army and
the navy. manifested no patriotism.
Most of the time theys were mutinous,
and always they performed their duties
grudgingly. StoesseIS working tools
were of very poor quality.
If Americans or Englishmen had gar
risOned Port Arthur, Japan would new
er have captured it. We say that with
all confidence, for Americans or Eng
lishmen would have fought as long as
one of them was left alive, and then
their shades would have gone out
against the Japs. But Stoessel couldn't
have won with an American or an Eng
lish garrison. because he did not have
the qualities of leadership.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
lChicago Trihune.l

Impatient Husband Cat foot of stair
way)-For heavens sake, Maria how
much longer is it going to take you to
get ready? I've been waiting forty min
utes for you.
His Wife Observation-Disclosures we were
married, John, GU used to say you would
necessary.
Impatient husband mutters something
under his breath to the effect that he
has more sense now than he had then,
but makes no audible rejoinder)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
SW EET MASS.
(Chicago News.l

The old dragon lamp burned low.
.-Oh. Edwin" she whispered as she
nestled closer to his big Apollo Shout
ders, lit does seem that-that our hearts
run together"
And a very peculiar expression came
over Edwin's face as he held up five
sticky fingers.
what do 1 care about hearts running
togther." he snapped THAT blamed
package of home made fudge you gave me
has run together in my pockets and
ruined my new gloves"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21

Here's something good from Phila-
delphia. The Public Ledger says: The
man who lives by no rule and has no
ambition to reach the century mark is
more apt to approach it than the one
who adopts 'health-giv fads. takes
exercise by rote and lodges microbes
sedulously." There certainly is a lot
OF comfort in that doctrine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21

Somebody has dug up the fact that
George Washington was a descendant
of King Edward l. Well, what Father
George did to King George III ought
to entitle him to forgiveness for the
offense that has been pulled on him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
WHERE WAS JAKE BIS?

louisville COurier-Journal)
The presidents angry defense of his ad-
was surely an admission that
his administration needed defense
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21

However, the council might put forty
coats of whitewash OF Jake without
proper mar to serve as street super
visor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
HENRI is GETTING Wise.

tRiehmond Times-Dispatch)
Let the women talk" says Henry Wat
terson, resignedly. having evidently Tough
as long as he is going to on the other sid,
of the fence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
WOULD BOIL HIM IN OIL.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.)
IL a certain well-known person had his
way. il goes without saying that it would
be all night with Chancellor Day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21

The STANDARD Oil company, it will be
noted paid it's usual quarterly divi-
dend of sI5 per share. II would never
do for John D. TO feel the pinch of hard
times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
Nor eETTINe Hor ARoUT IT.

Baltimore SUM
Fairbanks is running for the presidenC
just like an icicle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
AND 1T ISN'T so.
(Chicago Journa

Chicago Journal)
Speaker Cannon says he never swore in
his life, and when the speaker says d thing
is so it is so, even it is isn't so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
EXCEPT that 500. 900.
Philadelphia Press.)

lPhiladelphia Press.)
If the statement that Bryan has picked
hudson Harmon to run with him on the
Democratic ticket is true the business of
the Denver convention is done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
UNPRINTAsLE OPINION,

New York Commercially
Mighty interesting reading matter might
be made out OF McCurdy's idea of Hughes
for president But McCurdy won't tell US.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21

The Philadelphia Record will GER
tainIy go into the mat re faker" class.
It prints a story about a dog thai
catches fish.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
so DIFFERENT FROM THEODORE

Chicago News
Governor Hughes at Ieast, shows no
symptoms of requiring an ice pack to cool
his brain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
LOOK AT GEORGE BERNARD!

Denver Republican,
William +. Curtis says ex-SecretaFy
Shaw is too breezy for Wall street But
oreezlness seems TO run in the Shaw fam
ily
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
WASHING AMMUNITIoN

milwaukee Sentinel)
Colonel WattersOn is laundering away
at the New York smart set again. Why
use bucl1shot on butterflies, colonel?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
ROUGH ON oVERMAN.

(HouSton Post.)
The president recently mistook Senator
Jeff Davis for Senator Overman of North
Carolina
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
IT'S VOTES HE WANTS MOST

Boston Herald)
Governor Hughes now has the floor q
we'll as the ears OF his cOuntrymen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
BEFORE AND AFTER,

0S52-Bert Earsiey, Pleasant Green.
Fannie Cockeril. Pleasant Green