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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-28

Strengthened his collar, and they did
the same, and one of them smiled .
trifle. He didn't hesitate any longer,
but deliberately stopped down and
turned up his trousers.-Idaho Falls
Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-28

none too many for the needs of the
trade and We believe the fore part of
next week sheep will sell better and
that lamb receipts must be held down
or sellers will have to take lower
professionalism Stockman.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-28

c. ]. F. Petersen, one of the old
timers of this valley, has moved to
town and will take things easy from
now on. Mr.. Petersen has resided on
his present ranch for 80 years.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-28
Chicago Sheep Market.
Weekly Market Report.
Chicago, Nov. 10, 1908.


Weekly Market Report.
The supply Of sheep and lambs
shows a decrease of around 10000
head this week, but an increase of
over 10000 as compared with the cor
responding time one year ago. This
increase over year ago is rather
startling to everyone in the business.
as we have all been anticipating light
receipts throughout the season, but
when we go down to the market each
morning and find 80 pre- cent of the
supplies are natives it demonstrates
thta this is a great big country and
that here are many people in hte
sheep business we do not know of.
Probably 80 per cent of the arrivals
here each day during the past two
weeks, the commission men had no
advice Of, and had no idea what the
supplies were going to be. While
the trade has been pretty active, and
we have had really good market
considering the heavy supplies, yet
1t Is unfortunate in our opinion, that
receipts should be so heavy just at
this time. In other words, we believe
If this stuff was held back and mar
keted judiciously, fat lambs would be
selling from so to rs cents per hun
dred higher than they are now. Not
only that, but it would hold up the
mutton situation, as heavy supplies
always glut the derssed trade, and
makes 1t as hard to &c tri dof the
dressed meat as 1t is the live stock.
Thanksgiving coming next week,
supplies must be held down or there
will be very bad break here. Every
one is taking hold of this fat stuff en-
deavoring to hold the market up IL
supplies let up, and while It does
show a little advance compared with
last week, yet there is altogether too
much fat stuff coming. "
On the other hand, there Is a great
shortage of feeders. Ten times as
many as there could be sold at strong
prices IL they were to be had; in fact.
feeding lambs are selling at fully as
high or higher prices than fat lambs,
which only goes to show the big de-
mand for feeders there Is here.
II the supplies OF fat lambs were
westerners, 1t is pretty certain the
feeders would take hold of them IL
fat. AS 1t Is, the packers have the
best OF the game as they know the
feeders will not buy the natives.
1t does not look as If the eastern
feeder will be able to fill his feed lots
this winter. However, perhaps a lit
tie later on, we will get heavier sup
plies of "warmed-up" lambs and sheep
from the nearby states and feeders
will get all they want. Feeders do not
want as many to feed this year as
usual on account Of the high cost of
grain and hay as well as the bad deal
they got up against last year
The export trade Is practically moth
fng, very few exporters being Old sale
and none wanted.
The general lamb trade closed at rs
cents lower today than the opening
Choice lambs are not quotable above
$685. late today. Sheep are almost
unsaleable at rs cents decline and
no one seems to want them at any
price late today. However, there are
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
WOMAN'S CLAIM ON GLACIER.

Mrs. Mary e. Hart, formerly Of Los
Angeles, who has just returned to Seat
tie after visiting Alaska, has the distinc-
ton of being the first person to stake
out mining claim on a glacier while it
was still in action.
Sidney Noise, with the local architect
firm of Hunt & Gray, was on board the
Seattle, which has just returned from
a trip to the Klondike, and he states
that for the first time in nine years pas
sengers were able to make a landing at
Muir Glacier, near Skagway.
The glacier is considered far from
safe, but Mrs. Hart, with natural love
of adventure, stepped triumphantly
ashore and was followed by others eager
for the experience of landing upon the
forbidding ice field.
It was found that the moraine, a de-
post freighted with precious ore, which
is always carried with the ice in this
section, had already become quite solid,
and Mrs. Hart forthwith staked out a
claim.
Mrs. Hart has passed a number OF
years in Alaska and is conversant with
the mining situation there, having owned
and superintended the work in several
claims. In order to gain experience she
at one time worked with pick in her
own mine.-Los Angeles Examiner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Too Observant.

Much is said in these days about the
Importance of training the young to hab-
its of observation. 1t is well to keep
ones eyes open, but as there are two
sides TO every shield, so there are times
when it is not a mans first duty to see
everything that is going on.
A farmer hired a man, the story goes,
and put him into his field to work. Aft
er a while the farmer came along and
accOsted the new hand:
did you see a carriage go down the
road a while ago."
Eyes, l did. One of the bosses was
a gray boss and the other was a roam,
and lame in his off leg"
II thought l heard some men shoot
ing over there on the edge of the
woods?"
Eyes; one of them was Col. Cotton;
he was the tall one. The second one
was Maj Peters, and the third one was
Tom McSniffer. Col. Cotton had one OF
them new-fangled breechloadin' guns
what breaks in two"
did you see those wild pigeons fly
over just nowY'
A.See 'em. Rather. There was nine
teen of them. They lit in that old corn
field down yonder."
well, you see too much for a man
that is hired by the day. Here's your
wages. When l want man to keep
watch of what is going ON I'll send. fol-
.you."-Detroit Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
MOUNTAIN SLIDING.
A Hawaiian Small Boy Simply "Drops
Down the Edge of the Scenery"

Water sports are by no means the
ONLY vigorous athletics INDUCED IN Dy
the boys of Hawaii Mountain climbing
is a favorite pastime, for there are peaks
1000 feet high within easy walking dis
lance of any part Of Honolulu, and ON
the island of Hawaii there are two
mountains fully $4,000 feet in height.
Sometimes the Honolulu schools give
picnics on the mountain sides that the
pupils may gather land-shells. 1t is on
these excursions in search of land-shells
that the Hawaiian schoolboys revel in
the once national sport-mountain slid
ing.
A very steep mountain side is selected,
where the grass is long and sloping
downward. Every one gathers his own
ii leaves-the ii leaf is something like
the banana leaf, but not nearly so long.
With a bunch of ii leaves in his hand,
the first boy steps to the edge of the
Side, grasps the leaves by the stems in
both hands, places the leafy part under
and drops down the edge of the scenery
like a flash. / was assured that it was
an easy matter to regulate the speed OF
descent, by merely grasping the ii stems
firmly and lifting them upward, this
acting as a brake. l longed for the
thrill of dropping down over the edge OF
a mountain, and upon my brief sled of ii
leaves began the descent. l went like
the wind; it seemed as though my breath
| would be taken away from me, or that l
| would plunge head over heels, to be
| dashed to pieces among the trees below.
| thought of my brake and drew up on
the ii leaves with all my might and
came up with a jerk that pared every
bone in my body. There | sat, looking
downward almost perpendicularly, held
! in position only by few ii leaves rest
ing on the smooth, slippery grass, but
the sliding grass is nearly a foot long,
and it is only after it has been repeat
edy slidden over and beaten down that
| it approaches perfection in the eyes of
| the Hawaiian small boy, and sometimes
leads to accidents, when, for instance,
the thin layer of ii leaves wears out be-
meath the slide, gentle tug at the stalks
| parts the sled and sends the slider down
ward in a most uncomfortable and I'M
| graceful manner, all arms and legs.
Lucky is the victim of such an accident
if he is not stopped in his downward ca
reer by the trunk of tree.-St. Nicho-
laS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
AUSTRALIAN FISHERMEN.
Their Dexterity in Use of Hard Wood
Spear-Landing a Catch.

The aboriginals of the Australian
coastal regions, like most of the native
South sea islanders, are extremely clev-
err fishermen In the case of the Aus
tralian native tackle is often confined to
a slender hard wood spear, grOtesquely
carved.
Armed with such a weapon the ''black
fellow" will take perch upon some con-
venient rock and gaze steadily into the
wonderfully transparent blue water. In
tuition and long observation seem to
supply an almost uncanny knowledge as
to the habits and haunts of different fish
at stated times, and it is no uncommon
feat for this type of fishermen to rise
suddenly to his feet and send his rude
spear hurtling through thirty feet of
clean through the body of big schnap-
per, a fine mullet or jew fish, almost as
long as the fisherman is tall.
Then the native leaps into the water
and wades or swims ashore, dragging his
prize after him by the gills.-London
STANDARD.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
EYEsIGHT WAS IN DANGER

From Terrible Eczema-Baby's Head
q Mass of Itching Rash and Sores
Disease Cured by Cuticura.
"Our little girl was two months OLD
when she got rash on her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead OF
better and we thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, and would scratch
until the blood came. This went on
until she was five months old, then l
had her under our family doctors care,
but she continued to grow worse. He
said it was eczema. When she was
seven months old started to use the
Cuticura Remedies and in two months
our baby was different girl. You
could not see sign of sore and she
was as fair as a newborn baby. She
has not had a sign of the eczema since
Mrs. H. f. Budke, LeSueur, Mimi, Apr
Is and May 2, or
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Nitrogen from the Air.

A detailed account of the progress or
the works now in course Of erection on
the falls Of the Svaelgios at Norodden,
in Norway, for the separation OF atmos-
pheric nitrogen, on the system OF
Messrs. Birkeland and Eyde, is given
in La Nature. These works are the
property Of French company, and the
available power is stated at $4,000
horsepower. A second undertaking on
far larger scale is now in course OF
construction to make use Of the falls
of Rjukan, where not less than ESQ.,
900 horse power will be utilized. Pho
tographs show that the buildings are
now completed, and that much of the
machinery is in place. The factory is
contained in two separate divisions,
the hydro-electric generating station
and the chemical works. Details OF
the revolving furnaces, with the inter
nal electrodes and the fame arcs, are
given.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Under SUSPICION.

For three Sundays in succession the
pastor of a west side church was glad
dened by the appearance of a backslid-
ing husband in his wife's pew. Then
suddenly this gratifying exhibition of an
awakened conscience ceased. One day
car.
ST have not seen you at church fo1
some time" said the preacher.
mo" was the candid reply. Il had
to give it up. My wife got so suspicious
l couldn't stand it,"
"Suspiciousv' exclaimed the parson.
eyes" said the man; "she's got it into
her head that / was up to some awful
deviltry outside. that was trying to
1 could say or do could convince her 9th
erwise; so. to show her that 1 was living
a square life l had to stay away from
church. New York Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Ration for Cows.

Experiments conducted last year at
the West Virginia Agricultural Station
90 to show that, while ration of grain
given to cows that are on pasture may
keep them in somewhat better physical
condition and keep up their flow of
milk, the increase in butter fat is not
sufficient to pay for the cost Of the
grain ration. This would seem to be
on the assumption of flush pasture
and that the cows would eat additional
grass to take the place Of the higher
priced grain ration.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24

An experienced date grower of Cali
fornia who visited the lower Rio
Grande region of Texas two years ago
discovered large numbers of date palm
trees, some of them very old but all
of which were barren. He proposed to
pollenize the trees artificially and
share in the proceeds, proposition
which was eagerly accepted by the
owners. Hundreds of these trees are
now bearing delicious fruit. The poor,
crippled and sick Mexicans Of that sec
ton regard the man as a sOrcerer and
when he visits them they fall upon
their knees and beg him to cure them
of their infirmities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 1O5
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
Full Paw for Peary.

Civil Engineer r. E. Peary, U. S. NJ,
whose search for the north pole has
absence of six years, expiring in April,
1910. stands a chance of receiving the
full pay of his relative rank of COM
dander, $4,000 a year, from May 13 dur
ing the remainder of his leave period.
1T has been discovered that the new
navy pay laws. which went into effect
with the approval of the naval appro-
cial rate of pay for naval officers on
leave. Under the rate of pay which
IPeary has been receiving while on leave
his income from the government amount
led to $4,000 year. Under the new con-
EDITIONS he will receive $500 more a
year, or the full pay of his grade, until
he resumes his duties as civil engineer
in the navy nearly two years hence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
FAcTs FOR SICK WOMEN.
He Wanted to Raise Some.

II received this morning one of the
funniest letters that ever appeared in
my mail since I left the BENCH" said
the Iowa congressman.
''TeIl me about it," said the man from
the Bay State.
ssWef." continued the other, "a con-
stituent wrote me that he understood the
department of agriculture had developed
a seedless tomato, which, to his mind,
ought to be mighty good thing. He
wanted to raise some of them right
away"
'WeIrY'
Well" rejoined the Iowan, she said
he wished l would send him some of
the seeds by return mail. Boston Her
alG
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24

The disk harrow is tool that is
almost indispensable on an up-to-date
farm. For working land that is infest-
ed with weeds that spread from their
root systems the disk harrow is the
only harrow that should be used. 1t
cuts the roots where they lie and does
not drag them from one part Of the
field and transplant them in another.
With plenty of horsepower it will do
the work of a pillow on some kinds of
soil, especially in fruit orchards,
where a pillow is liable to tear up large
roots and start suckers to growing up
where the root is cut.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
To Prevent Tomato Rot.

The disease often attacks plants that
are not sprayed. 1t is first noticeable
as small black or brown spots on the
leaves and stems of the plants, occur
ring first on the lower and older leaves
but with favorable weather it spreads
rapidly till the plant is defoliated and
the spots on the stems have coalesced
into irregular blackish patches. If q
piece of bark with these spots be eX-
amined under high power microscope
innumerable small, crescent-shaped
bodies may be seen. These are the
fruiting spores of the fungus. Spray
with Bordeaux mixture
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Let Women Run Incubator.

Please do not get the idea that the
incubator is SO everlastingly automatic
that you do not need to give it any at
tention. The result with the use of an
incubator is a great deal like the re-
suits with the use of other things. They
will be in proportion to the effort you
make to great extent. OF course l
am not personally acquainted with you,
but as a long-distance proposition l
would a heap sight rather you would
turn your machine over to your wife.
The women folks have more natural
good sense in raising poultry, and you
can bet your boots they look after the
pennies and dimes in whatever they
undertake. While a man that is accus-
toned to dealing in big money often
overlooks seemingly immaterial things
that 60 to make the use Of incubatOrs
and brooders q success.-M. NJ. John
son, Nebraska.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Spraying to Kill Weeds.

1t has been proved that such weeds
as false-fax, wormseed, mustard, tum-
bling mustard, common wild mustard,
shepherds purse, pepper-grass, bell
mustard, corn cookie, chickweed, dan
delion, Canada thistle, bindweed plan
tain, rough pigweed, king-head, red
river weed, ragweed and cocklebur may
be destroyed by spraying the field with
a or per cent solution of copper
sulphate, using about eighty gallons of
water per acre.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Craving MangeIs.

Mangels grown continuously on the
same land for four years, yielded over
nine tons of roots, containing one ton
of dry matter, while ON land under ro-
tation they yielded thirty-four tons of
roots and four tons of dry matter per
acre. at the New York Cornell Expert
ment Station. From $4,000 to 10000
plants of mangels, rutabagas and n.y.
brid turnips, and from 10000 to 10000
plants of carrots, per acre, are sug-
gested as proper stands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
The Bigger Man.

Some good stories are told regarding
Sir Antony mcdonnell, who is cred
der-secretaryship of Ireland, a post he
has now held for five years. Here is
one of them: On one occasion he told
Lord Ashbourne, the Tory lord chan
cellor of Ireland under the last admins
tration, that he believed threefourths Of
the trouble in Ireland was due to Off
cialism. The lord chancellor was
aghast I'm astonished," he said, that
you should say such a thing to me"
"Oh! I've said that to a bigger man than
you" retorted Sir Antony, with his
comprehensive smile who was that?'
asked Lord Ashbourne, incredulous. 1.-THE
King" said Sir Anthony. The rest was
silence.-Tit-Bits
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Remedy for ScOurs.

One who has tried it recommends
corncob tea for calves and colts trou-
bled with scours. 1t is. made as fol-
lows: The corncobs are chopped up
into inch pieces and put into a kettle
with enough water to cover them, and
are then STEPPED over a slow fire. The
fluid is then drained off and cooled, and
used as a drench for the affected ami
mails.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
The Latest One.

very much annoyed by the exceeding
laziness of the native workmen under
him. He resolved to make them
ashamed of their Incidence, so one day
when they were all lined up he said:
1--WE got nice, easy job for the LATEST
man in the company. Will the LATEST
man please step forward"
Fifty-nine of them stepped forward,
but one remained behind.
'''Why didn't you come forward with
the others?' he asked.
Because I'm too lazy" was the reply.
philadelphia Ledger
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Hired Man and The Horse.

Every man who works on a farm
ought to know how to care for horses.
By "care" it is not meant that he
should know just enough to feed a
horse, but he must know how to take
care of a mare in foal, how to break a
colt and how to feed it to the best ad-
vantage. He should know all about
horses feet and something about shoe
ing. too. Many man has dropped
into a fine and permanent job because
he knew these things. Horses are the
most valuable animals on the farm, of
course, and the man who can take the
best care of them is the most valuable
help.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Humane Slaughter of Animals.

The American Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals will
shortly. begin experiments with new
method for killing animals. Henry
Bergh, the treasurer and former presi-
dent of the society, has invented an
air gun of large size. working like a
pneumatic hammer. The society some
time ago offered reward of $500 for
an improved and humane method for
Strengthening purposes. Mr.. Bergh
thinks his invention fulfills the require
ments of the society for an improved
device for Strengthening animals.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Scandinavian Dinner Custom.

A strange custom obtains in Norway,
Sweden and Denmark. At dinner par
ties, if the guests are not evenly
matched as regards numbers, it is a
custom for one man to offer his arm to
another if the ladies are not sufficiently
numerous, and in this strange manner
the guests go in to dinner. The fashion
we are told always appears grotesque
to the foreigner, and is without charm
and without grace.-London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Machine Hoe HELPS.

The machine wheel hoe is a great
thing in the garden. 1t makes garden
work a real pleasure if you have one
of the modern combined drill and wheel
hoe arrangements. They are not costly
and not hard to operate. Any one that
has garden as big as a town lot can
afford to have one, as it will save it's
cost the first season and will last for
twenty years. You can do as much
work with one of them as ten men
with hand hoes and do it better.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Chilly Location.

-'Is this the only seat for the concert
you have leftT7
"Yes. but it's an exceptionally good
one for so hot a night"
How soT'
"Well. Mrs. A. occupies the seat on
the right and Miss B. on the left, and
you know there's a very decided cool
ness between them. Boston Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Wakes Up Too Late.

Many a farmer has built a ten-room
house after he got rich and the chill
dren had all been married and gone
TO homes of their own, and then lived
with his poor old wife in the kitchen
But while he was getting rich he
housed his cattle better than he did his
family. When his pride finally woke
nm il was too late.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24
Fruit Tree BOrers.

August is the time to look for borers
Dig the soil away around the stems of
fruit trees to the depth of inches,
scrape the bark with knife, and if
any sawdust or exuding gum is found
it is time to get to work. Dig out the
borer and wash the uncovered parts
with a mixture of soft cow dung, lime
wood ashes and little crude carbolic
acid. Then return the SOIL The ounce,
dwarf pear and peach trees are par
ticularly affected by this pest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24

pain l was despairing of ever being
cured when Doan's Kidney Pills came
to my notice and their use brought
quick relief and a permanent cure.
am very grateful"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-24

jury from the nudge and usually give
a better yield of seed. When 80 per
cent of the heads are dead brown
color the mower may be set to work.
The illustration shows finger-like
moving machine attachment for bunch
ing and laying the clover out of the
way of the horses.