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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
!. WONDERS OF THE
HIrNT a NJ nm a

The human brain is the most
marvellous machine In the world, says
Harper's Magazine. It occupies less
space In proportion to it's capabilities
than any machine ever Invented.
1t sends a special nerve to every fibre
OF some 500 muscles, to many thousand
branching twigs Of arteries, to every
pinhead area Of the numerous glands
which keep the machine properly
oiled, heated or cooled, to some Is sq.
feet Of skin, which is the outpost
guard Of It's castle, with such COM
pleteness tnat the point Of pin can
not find an area unguarded. It pos
sesses special quarters for the recep-
tion and translation of constant
stream of vibrations that are the pro-
duct Of all things movable and still
In the outer world. On the retina Of
every open eye is a picture of the OUT
er view, a focused imprint of every.
ray OF light and color, and in the
visual chamber OF the mental palace
stands a vibrascope, a magic lantern
that receives the retinal picture Ia its
billion speeding series Of light waves
and throws them upoH Its mental
screen as living, moving picture Of
light and shade and color. In the
chamber Of sound is vibraphone,
over whose active wires passes every
wave of sound, from the dripping Of
the dew to the orchestral fortissimo,
from the raucous screech OF the loco
motive to the signing OF the wind
through the meadow grass In the
chambers set apart for scent and taste
and touch are the secret service
guards to report upon the air and food
which give sustenance to the palace,
and upon the solid qualities OF the
tactile world. And, wonder Of I'll
wonders, this complex human brain
can think in all languages or il no
language, and even conceive Its own
physical mortality.
Detroit Free Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

Norman Rogers came down from
Butte county Tuesday and brought
along his cunning wildcat kitten in
box. Norman is a member Of Co.
E. 4th Regiment State Guardsmen,
and will take his wildcat with him
as a company mascot to the state en-
campment at Watertown. The kit
ten makes handsome pet but 1t
will never outgrow its natural in
stincts to steal chickens or dig its
claws into human flesh If enraged.
This is the little cat Norman and Gid
Glendinning found while out foraging
for firewood on Grand River. Nor
man is under the belief that its
mother was dead when they found 1t
as it was nearly starved. If the old
cat had been around the boys would
have had ample reason to know what
full grown wild cat can do when in
fighting trim. Mr.. Rogers reports
the Canton colony prosperous and
happy and all had good time on the
Fourth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

(known on both continents as "Old
Nicola who sent him, while a
young man to Paris, where the young
conjuror by his dexterity, attracted
much attention as he depended main
ly on sleight of hand and address,
showing extraordinary skill in his
school of magic. For twenty-five
consecutive weeks he appeared in the
Egyptian Theatre and while there
created perfect furore. Try as they
would none could fathom the strange
power this young American was sup
posed to possess. Old French mas
ters, who witnessed his mysteries, de-
clared them to be the most inexplic-
able conjuring effects that had ever
come within the scope Of their exper-
fence. His feats are little short Of
the supernatural; his work is original
and clever, presenting a series Of en-
tirely new illusions that battle all at
tempts at solution. We are told that
the poet Is born not made and this is
equally true of the magician. Nico-
las whole life has been devoted to
the art of mystifying and he is fully en-
titled to be styled "THE PRINCE
OF MAGIC"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

Cant0n's Old Cannon
TT WAS MADE FOR CANTON'S CENTENNIAL CELE-
BRATlON WHEN THE EFFORT TO STEAL
THE ELK POINT CANNON FAILED

the care Of the militia company then
commanded by DR.. Brown. It seems
that DR.. Brown had the gun mounted
at cost of $40 or !Sl2, and when he
left here he carried the gun away be-
cause no one would pay him for the
expense he assumed Voluntarily
Brown had no right to the cannon
and the writer had no knowledge of
its removal until he sold it to parties
down at Nashua, Iowa. Brown s
act was disgraceful because he knew
the gun was presented to the city of
Canton and he could acquire no vested
right in the gun under any circum-
stances. The mount was his but the
cannon was not. 1t was one of the
best and safest guns ever made, brass
bound and handsome.
Canton will have booming 4th of
July in 1909, and John Smith of Par
ker must be invited to come and
bring old Prohibition along, the
gun he made to celebrate statehood
with. John Smith may not be as
we'll known in romance and story as
the Gunmaker of Moscow, but he is
no less famous as a mechanic and a
patriot. The Fourth of July without
a cannon lacks one of the principal
elements of a due and proper obser-
vance of the day. A national salute
to the 46 stars on the flag at sunrise
would make the Sioux Valley echo
and the boys jump out of bed in a
hurry. John Smith can make whole
celebration himself.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
Old Timers Remembered.

William Blatt, one of the pioneer
merchan is in Yankton, but now OF
Chicago, was in Canton recently and
the writer and family enjoyed most
agreeable visit with our old friend of
territorial days. We discussed old
times and old timers and found that
nearly all the prominent men in
Yankton in 1870 have gone to their
reward, and their were many bril-
liant men in that splendid group who
battled for supremacy in those days.
There was General Todd, Gen. Trip,
Chief Justice BARTLETT, DR.. Burleigh,
Major Dewitt, DR.. Potter, Hon. S. L..
Sphinx, Col. Moody, Hon. George n.
Hand, d. T. Bramble, Major j. Shaw
Gregory, Henry Bonesteel, U. S. Mar
shall Litchfield, John Treadway, DR..
Wilson, Enos Stutsman, Rev. DR..
Hoyt. Rev. Jos. Ward, Major Lyman,
Governors Edmunds, Faulk and Bur-
bank, Major Washburn, Jacob Brauch,
John Lawrence, Hon. M. K. Arm
strong, Hon. Geo. A. Bachelor, Gen.
Pierce, DR.. J. B. Van Velsor, Hon.
John Pope Hodnett, Judge Brook
ings, Hon. A. G. Fuller, Judge
French, Turney NJ Wilkins, Major
Stone, Captain James L. Kelley
and Hon. James S. Foster.
Those who were prominent in 1870
and still doing duty are General Will
liam Henry Harrison Beadle of Madi-
son, Hon. Charles II. Mcintyre, now
of Denver, Major Joseph Hanson,
Hon. Geo. w. Kingsbury, M. p.
Gilman, Sam Buckwalter, and Judge
BARTLETT Trip of Yankton, Surveyor
General Williams of North Dakota,
Squatter Governor f. NJ. Zeibach of
Gregory county, Hon. Herman Eller-
man Of Aberdeen and Abe Adler and
VIM. Blatt of Chicago.
Judge Shannon, Gen. McCook,
Banker Wfntermute, Gov. Penning-
ton and others of note came after
1870.
The names of many of them will be
found on the maps of North and
South Dakota and all are worthy of
the distinction accorded them. Tripp
county was named after Gen. William
Tripp and not the Judge, and seven
teen of those named as residents of
Yankton in 1870 have been likewise
honored by different legislatures.
Mr.. Blatt is prominent mason,
and when grand master OF tie s5asas
was accorded the unusual distinction
of having the 80 80 degree conferred up
on him in this state by special dis.
penSatfOn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
Mark Twain Oh Prohibition.

"Crossing the Atlantic with Mark
Twain last summer" said a w. G. T.
U. woman, II asked his opinion of
the prohibition law. His reply was
very characteristic, very humorous.
81 am a friend of temperance, and
want it to succeed, he said, "but l
don't think prohibition is practical.
The Germans, you see, prevent 1t.
Look at them. / am sorry to learn
that they have just invented a meth
cd of making brandy out Of sawdust.
Now, what chance will prohibition
have when a man can take a rip saw
and 20 out and get drunk with a fence
rail? What is the good of prohibition
if man is able to make brandy
mashes out of the shingles on his
roof, or if he can get delirium tire.
mems by drinking the legs off the
kitchen chairS?'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
would this year mire down at the very

would this year mire down at the very
time the wheat should be cut.
Nothing can be said as yet about
the spring wheat crop. While it is
reported as in good condition, it has
to meet with all the chances Of rust
and blight, so that any estimate is
at the very best guess work, with the
chances against a bumper crop OF
anything more than the average.
Hence we see no reason why, where
farmers can avoid 1T, any of the small
grain should be rushed on the market.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
Rev. /. Williams Testifiss

Rev. l. W. Williams, HuntingtI
w. Va, testifies as follows: This
to certify that used Foley s Kidn
Remedy for nervous exhaustion ar
kidney trouble, and am free to 50
that Foley's Kidney Remedy will d
all that you claim for it, I. M. Hell
mey s. Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
To Stack or Thresh out OF the
Shock.

the farmer will have to solve very
soon, and solve it in the light of his
climate and the conditions prevailing
on the farm. We have not the slight
est doubt but that it would be better
for large majority of our readers in
the corn belt, proper to stack their
grain, let it go through the sweat and
then thresh out OF the stack instead
of the shock. It involves little more
labor, but the advantages are so great
that this can safely be disregarded
even when labor Is as scarce as it is
this year.
Where the habit of threshing out
of the shock is general, the grain must
be rushed to market. It may be said
that the high price prevailing this
year will render it more profitable to
rush it at once upon the market; but
our readers must remember that this
immediate demand will be met by the
winter wheat sections in the south
ern part of our territory, where
threshing out of the shock is almost
compulsory, and that by the time the
farmer in Iowa, central Illinois, and
north, is ready to put his grain on the
market from the shock the demand
will be fully supplied. Grain threshed
out Of the shock in a humid climate
does not keep well, whereas If stacked
and allowed to go through the sweat,
it can be kept for one or two years
and marketed at leisure.
The great objection in the minds
Of many farmers to stacking their
grain is that by the time the grain is
ready to thresh the threshermen have
threshed the shock grain in the neigh
borhood and will not return until that
season is over. Hence it is necessary
for farmers in neighborhood to agree
as to which method they will follow.
If they will agree as to either method,
everything will work smoothly. II
they do not agree, there will be more
or less difficulty. Hence we suggest
that this matter be taken up at the
very first convenient opportunity and
one of the two methods determined
on.
There are large sections in our
territory, and especially in the west
and northwest where no other method
but thresheng out of the shock is
practicable. This Is another reason
why stacking should be resorted to liz
the humid section. The market will
be glutted with the shock threshed
grain; and il farmers in the humid
section thresh out of shock also, the
entire crop has to be marketed in the
early part Of the season, and conse
quently at lower prices. For it must
be remembered that somebody must
hold the grain from the time it is
grown until it is consumed. The
cheapest place to hold it is on the
farm, thus securing at the same time
a better quality.
There is nothing at present to indi
cate that a good quality of wheat
oats, or barley will be drug on the
market this year. There have beer
imm ense losses In the winter wheat
belt In all the western states, particu
larly in Oklahoma and parts o.
Kansas, through. the exceeding wei
weather that has, prevailed In those
sections for the last month. There
lare large areas of winter wheat O
Twenty to thirty bushels per acre thai
cannot be harvested at the propel
time, not merely on low lands but Q,
lands which in ordinary years woult
be as hard as rock, and where horse
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
Tennessee's stingiest Man.

Gallatin claims to have the stingiest
man in Tennessee, if not in the world,
and premium is offered for his super
ior in closefistedness. He got married
to a home girl to save expenses. They
walked around the square for bridal
tour He bought her a nickel's worth
of stick candy for wedding present
and then suggested that they save the
candy for the children. Danville Ad-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

Foley's Orino Laxative, the new
laxative, stimulates but does not irri-
tate. 1t is the best laxative. Guar
anteed or your money back /. M.
Helmey & Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

Do not fail to see Nicola, the fam
GUS magician, on Saturday afternoon
and evening Of this week. It will
pay you to come many miles to see
this modern man of magic and mysr
terry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

Operation for piles VIII not be nce-
essary if you use Man Zan Pile Rem
edy. G.: xansced Price SOC Sold by
I. M. Helmey & Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

Mrs. T. A. Keep, Miss Ruby Durkee
and Norman Rogers returned ffo1
Butte county Tuesday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

The City Council met IN regular
session Monday evening.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
Money in Poultry Raising.

Should any one doubt that poultry
can be raised at profit in the vicin-
ity Of Pullman, he should interview
w. M. Priest, the we'll known poultry
man of this place. Mr.. Priest In
formed the Tribune this week that he
received $50 for his eggs during me
month of January, the product OF
about 400 hens says the Pullman
Tribune.
He shipped the eggs to Spokane
and received 40 cents a dozen Tor
them during the time the price was
25 cents a dozen at this place. This
month he believes the number OF
eggs will be greater than last, a the
weather conditions have been more
favorable. He estimates that 1t costs
81 to feed hen for year when the
greater part OF the feed Is purchased,
but as he grows much or his feed
the cost is much less.
The average yield OF a hen Is ~
dozen eggs a year at an average price
of 25 cents a dozen, leaving a clear
profit of s1.25 for each hen. How
ever, Mr.. Priest says that hens can
be bred to produce 12 dozen and over
Of eggs year. He says for egg pro-
ducers the white leghorns have given
the best satisfaction Of any strain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
OVERTAXED.
Hundreds OF Pendleton Readers Know
What 1t Means.

The kidneys are overtaxed;
Have too much to do.
They tell about it in many aches
and pains
Backache, sideache, headache,
Early symptoms of kidney ills.
Urinary troubles, diabets, Bright's
disease follow.
Mrs. J. T. Galloway, living on c
street, Elgn, Ore, says: Judging
from the benefit j derived from the
use of Doan's Kidney Pills can only
speak of them as being a reliable
remedy for the kidneys. 1 used them
principally for severe pain across my
back, which had annoyed me for some
time. The results that followed the
use of the first box were so benefi-
cial that continued taking them and
since that time my back has given
me hut little trouble. I cheerfully
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
At the Church Of the Redeemer.

At the Church of the Redeemer
the lItany will be said tomorrow
morning and in the evening the
shortened form of prayer and Len
ten address will be given at 4 o'clock,
by Rev. Charles Quincy, rector.
Few Murders In Yukon
According to r. J. Eilbeck. high
sheriff of the Yukon territory, the
region of the northland made famous
by the discovery of the Klendike gold
fields, is safer for human life than
is Seattle or any large metropolitan
city on the American side of the
boundary Ellbeck has been the high
sheriff of the Yukon territory for
seven years past. and he says that
there has been no murder In the Yu-
kon in the past three years.-Seward
Alaska, Gateway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
SUFFERED AGONY
WITH SALT TRHEUM
On Hands, Arms, and Facefor Three
Years-Spent HundredsOf Dollars
In Seeking a Cure-Hands Be-
came a Solid Sheetof Sores No
Rest from Awful itching Until
CUTlCURA REMEDIES
EFFECTED A CURE

"I had salt rheum for three years on
my hands, arms, and face and I thought
II would get all over me. / tried four
or five doctors but they failed and my
husband has spent hundreds Of dollars
in trying everything we could hear Of.
But grew worse and worse, my hands
itched awfully and could get no rest
at all. / was just in agony all the time
because when they did not itch they
were 80 dry and crackly that was mis-
cradle and when they cracked, they bled.
The nails Of my finger and thumb began
TO come of, and my hands were solid
sheet Of sores. Several Of my friends
told me TO try the Cuticura Remedies
30 ] got a cake Of Cuticura Soap and q
box Of Cuticura Ointment and from the
first my hands began to improve and
now they are well, and think that the
Cuticura Remedies are worth their
weight in gold, and ! advise every one
that has skin trouble TO use them. Mrs.
Omie Parkerson, 1889 / tn Ave-, Nash
vile, Tenn, Jan. %, Feb. IL, and Mar.
81, 1907"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
FilIpino Lad Dying at La Grande.

Pedro" a young Filipino boy who
has been at the Grande Ronde hos
pltal for several months. is in very
critical condition and is not expected
to survive the night. says the La
Grande Star. Pedro is about IT
years Of age and is the only native Of
the Philippine Islands who ever lived
in La Grande.
He came to this country with At
torney George Cochran, to whom he
became attached when the latter held
government position a few years
ago at Manila. The friendship be-
came so strong between the two that
when Mr.. Cochran left the islands for
the United States Pedro came along
with his His health began to fail
last fall and "a few weeks ago he was
placed in the hospital, where he
would be enabled to receive medical
care. From the time of his arrival
at the institution he has been grow
ing worse and his death is only a
matter OF a few hours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06

The committees appointed at the
meeting of the Fair association and
citizens last week have selected a
4O-acre tract belonging to John Nc.
Donald and lying at the first turn of
the road west OF town and Just north
OF John Womack's house, as the fair
grounds. They will report at the call
of the president. The grounds Sc
lected will admit of fine race track
and ball grounds as well as plenty
Of room for buildings and the best Of
ground.-Wallowa Sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
Sultan Weds No. @.

Paris, Mar. 5.-According to ad-
vices from Morocco, Sultan Hulai
Hafid is now celebrating his sixth
wedding since his proclamation as
sovereign in Marrakosh few months
ago. The bride in the present nup-
tials Is daughter of the Kaid Ghlowl
a powerful supporter. 1t is alleged in
Fee that Mulai Hafid is collecting
taxes to pay for his numerous we'd
dings.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06

DIR. LYNN X. BLAKESLEE, CHRO-
mic and nervous diseases, and dis
eases Of women. Judd building. cor
ner Main and Court streets. Office
phone, main ~. X-Ray and Electro
Therapeutics.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06

The Blue Mountain creamery broke
its record for this season of the year
Saturday, when its patrons brought in
over 1000 pounds of cream. Later on
In the season, when the grass comes,
this amount would not attract any at
tention. but IT shows conclusively how
the dairy industry of this country is
growing. Notwithstanding the large
amount Of cream that is being receiv-
ed the creamery is behind with its or
ders.-La Grande Observer,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
samples on the Menu.

Samuel Gompers, while attending
the convention of the National Civic
Federation in Chicago, got into an ar
gument with a banker. At the end of
one of the bankers assertions, Mr..
Gompers retorted gayly:
"Yes, it is possible to say a good
word for almost any state of things,
isn't it? 1 remember once, in a very
untidy chop house in Syracuse, hear
ing a guest exclaim, as he took up a
soiled bill Of fare:
by Jove! what an excellent idea
samples of the various dishes glued
to the menu Washington Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
ANGoRA GOAT ASSOCIATION.
TO Adopt Rules for for Shearing.
Grading and Baling MohaIr.


Preliminary organization has been
effected for the Southern Oregon An
CORA Breeders association, with C. e.
Harmon president and Charles Me-
serve secretary, says the Medford
Southern Oregonian. Another meet
ing will be held in Grants Pass on
Saturday, February 30, when con-
stitution will be adopted, officers
elected and rules and regulations
governing shearing and the grading
and baling of mohair adopted. The
expense of marketing the mohair is
to be borne by those shipping, each
shipper paying his per cent of the
amount, as is done by the members
of the fruitgrowers' association.
The membership is open to Angora
breeders in Rogue River and Ump-
qua valleys, and from the interest
taken 1t is expected that about all of
the owners of goats in Josephine,
Jackson and Douglas counties will
Join. There are some 5000 goats in
the three counties, nearly haf owned
in Josephine county.
AS there will be only about a car
load of mohair in southern Oregon
this spring. it will all be shipped to
Grants Pass, where 1t will be baled
and loaded To enable the mohair
from Jackson and Douglas counties
to be shipped to Grants Pass for load
ing, application has been made to the
Southern Pacific for special rate on
these in transit shipments. There is
a likelihood that this low rate will
be granted, as the company has shown
great interest in the development of
the Angora industry along its lines.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
AMONG THE EXCHANGES
OF THE
INL AND E M PIRE

southern limits OF the city. 1t is To-
Gated on what is known as the Leeper
property and lies just to the south OF
the land which the company has plat
ted and divided into five acre tracts
It has a gentle northerly slope, just
sufficient for convenient irrigation,
and the soil is peculiarly adapted to
the growing Of apples.
The orchard company is to be In
corporated with a capital stock OF
$50, 900, divided into 800 shares, OF a
par value OF 500 each.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
WHY SOME PEOPLE FALL.

Some people fall down in their
daily work because they are physical
ly unable to stand 1t, and because
they do not know that Sexine Pills
will build up the whole body, as well
as the nerves. 81 box, six boxes
So, with full guarantee. Address or
call the Pendleton Drug Co. This is
the store that sells all the principal
remedies and does not substitute.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06

PETER WEST, DIVORCE LAWYER.
Office COS Garden street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-06
Baker city las Another Guess:

The Baker City Herald says that
100000 pounds Of Grant county
wool will be hauled to Austin and
shipped to Baker City for the sales
days June 22 and July IL. And all
this will be brought about on account
Of small reduction in the rate on
wool from that city to eastern points.
Baker City will have to show an en-
tlrely different business spirit toward
the people Of the John Day valley be-
fore that city, will be made the wool
shipping point for this section. Shan
iko, Heppner, and Pendleton will no
doubt continue to control this very
important trade until railroad is
built through this county and then
we will have a wool market at home.
Blue Mountain Eagle.