Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

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flying at Panama is such that nothing
but the wet climate prevents the
whole canal zone from being marked
by a pillar of cloud by day. The num-
Der of cubic yards of dirt ~eXcavated
has been steadily increasing for some
months. 1t is estimated that at this
rate excavation would be completed in
thirty-two months, or, allowing for
emergencies, by January /, 1911. Both
the cost of labor, in wages paid to the
men, and the cost of housing II feed
ing them, are now considerably higher
than were provided for i'll the estl~
mates of the earlier engineers; but lt
is the opinion of Colonel Cocktails, as
expressed to committees of Congress,
that the cost is amply justified by the
better health and greater cOntentmelt
Of the men, and by the larger amount
of work they are accomplishing. Low
priced labor is VIGOROUSLY the most eX-
pensive. An important change i'll the
plans of the canal is the location of
dams and locks at MiratorcS when
the engineers had previously placed at
La Boca. MiratlOreS was the original
location, but bOrings showed that what
had been taken for bedrock was only
a shallow ledge underlaid by soft ma
terial and La Boca was substituted.
More extensive boringS. however, dis
covered the true bedrock but Il
short distance below the ledge, AID
so the original plan will prevail.
This will be greatly to the .advnnt-
age Of the completed canal, because
tho 1n,l-c orI do ,c OF To ROrD rDIlI
have been shelled by a hostile feet
from a distance of four miles, whereas
at Miraflores they will be four miles
farther inland. and completely hidden
rom the coast.
After a while there may be Il new
venue of employment for the farmer
When the frost is on the pumpkin and
the corn is all in, he may be found
down at the little red schOOlhOuSe with
the youngsters of his neighborho0i
lined up before him doing stunts like
this: willie Green, What is poth$o
blight and how can it be ~prevent"l:'
'Charl:ie Brown, what is cats >!nHt.
md what is the renr!y:' Ter | ~"
Sam has an idea that agriculture
should be taught in the public ~sril""iS.
The national government has II" 3u-
thOrity to compel public schools tC
adopt agriculture as Il part of IL"
study course, but it is doing its best It.
encourage the states to follow the SUI.
gestiOn. AS a substantial encourages.
ment $4,000 has been appropriated
for each state which will take up the
plan. the fund to be used for the spec
ial preparation of agricultural teach
ers for the public schools. The gen
eral plan contemplates an additional
room or annex to public schools where
experiments may be made and prac-
teal farming demonstrated. 1t is ar
gued that even if a pupil becomes a
business or professional man. never
returning to the farm. a practical
knowledge Of farming will be Il Waltz
able asset to him. Special instruction
is recommended according to locality.
In the corn belt chief attention would
be given in corn growing. and IN the
wheat, cotton. and tobocco belts the
courses would favor those products.
In addition there would be. Il general
outline of farming of all kinds.
A protest against the raising of car
tie and sheep on open plains under
conditions that mean wholesale death
TO the animals from cold. starvation
and thirst has been submitted to prCsi-
dent Roosevelt by a committee Of the
American M Association, con-
sitting of Sydney Richmond Taber OF
Chicago, chairman; Mrs. Caroline
Earle White of Philadelphia and Mary
Howe Totten of Washington. The
committee says that according to
United States government reports L.
345. 0 cattle and 100000 sheep died
March 81, 1905.
The Navy Department has begun ne
gotiations with Captain Alma Clark.
inventor of a secret device for locating
ships in the dark or fog without the
aid of a searchlight, to obtain eXclus-
i've use of it. Clark is OF duty at one
of the ports of Boston, and even his
brother officers have been kept in ignor-
ance of the invention for fear that
some foreign spy may get hold of the
secret.
Charles BOttineau, at one time CHER
of advisers of the Mississippi Chippe-
was, and later at the head Of Turtle
Mountain band Of Indians of North Da'
kota, died in Washington at the home
of his nephew, Judge J. B. ,Bottineau'
The county of Bottineau, n. D., was
named in honor of the elder Bottineau~
He was So years of age.
The United States National Museum
has lust received a beQuest from the
late Stephen Decatur Smith, through
lis son, S. Decatur Smith. Jr.. OF Phll-
a%delphia. of a plain gold ring. formerly
the property of Commodore Stephen
Decatur. given him by his fellow officer.
Richard Somers. at Tripoli. in 1904. q,
A bill making it a misdemeanor for
amusement places to discriminate
against persons wearing the uniform
of the army or navy. the national
guard or naval reserves, has been
passed in the Senate of Rhode Island.
President Roosevelt and many naval