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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
A pepleted TreasurN.

Wife-Haven't you any change about
you?
Husband-No, my dear This morn
ing the president OF my bank borrowed
my last Quarter.-New York Life.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
Universal Fad.

Gunner wonder what will be the
first communication We receive from
Mars?
Guyer-Oh. souvenir postal. OF
course.-Chicago News.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10
One or the Other.

She-How do you like your part in
the new play?
He-Not for a cent. die In the first
act.
She-Well, suppose 1t had to be you
or the audience.-Judge.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

II Is not permitted TO N, most elui.
table of men 20 rc judge IA his own
saSo Pascal
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-01-10

Quartz blanks at the Courier osies.
ou,oa dsiivssy-rns wesaiy or~~oslaa
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
m,lllon. strangely Di.appe.r.

According to statistics recently pub,
lished the French people in the last
century or so have made away with
S1,65S, 100000 in actual specie. n no
one knows where it has gone. 1t is
gold, silver and bronze coin which
should have been in circulation in 1909
was $3,OJG, 600, 900. The Oldest gold
pieces now current in France date back
to 8 and the silver to 1852. In the
circulation full account has been taken
of all the moneys, withdrawn by tho
mint. All allowances made, 1t has been
found that the foregoing figure is that
of currency which should have been
eXtant in France last year.
By a computation it has been deter
mined that the amount Of money in cir
culation at present in France is worth
only S1.:lDS. 100000, comprising, rough
ly, SoGO. 0GO, GOO gold. S40O,O 600, 600 sill
yer. and the rest bronze coin. The
deficit reaches accordingly the figure
given. Where hay these millions
gone?
Accidents. fires, shipwrecks, the IT,
demnity paid to Germany after the
year 1STn-11. account for q portion estI-
mated at n fourth. How has the re-
mainder Disappeared? Exports Of coin
are. roughly speaking. compensated by
imports of foreign money. Have the
French people some 81, 600, O0O. 600 in
cash boarded up secretly somewhere,
for which the statistics cannot &C.
countp
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Prehfstoric Bacteria,

Mciern discoveries concerning the
origins of diseases have brought the lit
+le organisms called bacteria into such
prominence that search has of late
years beer made to ascertain if they
existed during the early geological
periods. Not long ago a French sclen-
fist. NJ. Regnault, announced the dis
covery of bacteria in coal. A long con-
tinued research confirmed the evil
dence that bacteria were probably CO
eval with the first appearance Of or
ganic life on the earth. These bac-
terra attacked vegetable tissues, as well
as the bones and teeth Of animals, but
as Il rule they belonged to species OF
bacterial organisms quite distinct from
those Of to-day.-Philadelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
NATIVE ESKIMO CLOTHES.
light In Weight, Soft In Texture
and Absolutely Cold Proof.

light in Weight, Soft In Texture
and Absolutely Cold Proof.
When winter set in and Eskimos be-
gan to visit the ship, it O o became
apparent that they were ouch better
clothed to meet the cold than were the
white explorers, though the latter had
everything that money could command
In the way of IN approved arctic out
Sit" The Finnish boots, or "~Finnskor,"
used by Nansen and other arctic ex-
o~lorers, were eXcelled both in light
ness and warmth by the native boots.
A single fur coat of deerskin made In
Norway weighed rs much as an entire
EstHno suit Of outer and inner gar
merits, with boots and mittens incl1d-
I'd. and was stiff as wet sailcloth,
while the native garments were SOFT
as a kid glove. A well-made Eskimo
lsuit-socks and boots, underwear, trou-
sers. and coat with hood-weighs ten
u eleven pounds, about as much as your
spring suit, and in it you could sit COM
! fortHbly on a block of snow, with your
back to the wind. fishing through a hole
in the ice, with Il temperature OF 90
| degrees T.. as the writer has repeatedly
done, feeling cold nowhere bu. on the
face. the only part of the body that
must be left uncovered. We ound a
1eerskin shirt with the hair turned In
warmer, lighter and more comfortable
than Il wooden. and a cap unnecessary
when the hooded coat is worn. There
was not an item of the arctic clothing
that was not adv~antageously replaced
by garments bought from the Eskimos.
no one wore garments Of European make
If he was able to get his hands on the
Eskimo equivalent.-V. S%tefansson In
Harper's Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
90 BUSHELS OF OATS TO THE
!. ACRE.
What Mr.. KaItenbrunner Hns to

h Mr.. Hns to
Say About His Grain Crops in
Central Canada.
Writing, from Regina, ~Saskatche-
wan, Central Canada, MI. A. kalten-
Drummer writes .
"Some years ago l took up a home
stead for myself, and also one for my
son. The half section which we own
adjoins the Moose Jaw Greek is a low,
level and heavy land. We put in 70
acres of wheat in stubble, which went
20 bushels to the acre, and 80 acres of
summer fallow, which went % bushels
to the acre. All the wheat we harvest
ed his year is No. l hard. That means
the best wheat that can be raised on
the earth. We did not sell any wheat
yet, as we intend to keep n part for
our own seed, and sell the other part
to people who want first class seed.
for there is no doubt if you SOW good
wheat you will harvest good wheat.
We also threshed 1900 bushels of first
class oats out of 100 acres; SO acres
has been fall blowing, which yielded 80
bushels per acre. and 80 acres Stubble,
which went 80 bushels to. he acre.
These oats are the best kind that can
be raised. We have shipped three car
loads Of them, and got 80 cents per
bushel clear. All our grain was cut
in the last week of the month of Au-
gust before any frost could touch it.
notwithstanding the fact that we
Mkhave had a late spring, and that the
4 weather conditions this year were very
n adverse and unfavorable, we will make
IN more money out of our crop this year
than last.
IN "For myself I feel compelled to say
" that Western Canada crops cannot be
Knocked. even by unusual conditions,
Information regarding free home
stead lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta may be had on application
to any Canadian Government Agent.
whose advertisement appears elsewhere.
He will give you information as to the
best route and what it will cost you
to reach these lands for purposes of
inspection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
RELIGION AND REFORM.

Because Minneapolis is infested with
blind pigs, the licensed saloonkeepers en-
terrain hard feelings toward the brew
ers. The retailers association has passed
a resolution pledging the members to buy
from no brewer no sells to any one be-
sides a licensed dealer.
Gov. Warner of Michigan states that
no laxity will be permitted in enforcing
the anti-liquor law in those counties
switch voted dry" at the recent cleo
ton, Officers Of the law in those coun-
ties which have adopted local option. will
be expected to keep theh bailiwieks dry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Farming Old and New.

When the late Robert G. Ingersoll
was a farmer boy in Wisconsin the
farm was not the place it is now. He
has left a description Of early rural
life as he recalled it:
'They used to haul wheat twenty
miles In wagons and sell it for 35 cents
a bushel. They would bring home
about 300 feet of lumber, two punches
Of shingles, a barrel of salt and a cook
stove thai never would draw and never
did bake. In those blessed days the
people liven on corn and bacon. They
had Door houses. The rain held the
| roofs in perfect contempt, and the snow
| drifted joyfully on the floors and beds.
They had no barns. The horses were
kept in rail pens surrounded with
straw. Long before spring the sides
would be eaten away and nothing
would be left but the roof. Every
| thing was lone in the hardest way.
Everything about the farm was disa-
| greable. Nearly every farmers boy
| took an oath hat he would never cul-
| tivate the soil. The moment they ar
| rived at the age Of 81 they left the des-
| olate and dreary farms ana rushed to
| the towns and cities"
Those were the days before farming
| was a science. Now the bright youth
intended for agriculture takes at least
| the short course at the university. He
learns things about soils and crops and
the selection and care of stock that the
| oId-time farmers never dreamed of. He
farms not by the sweat of his brow,
but by the aid of machinery. The farm
Is equipped with ~commodious buildings,
and the farmhouse is a comfortable
home, sometimes with pretensfons to
architecture. 1t has a telephone and
1t may be heated with hot water. There
Is a rural delivery mail box not far
from the front door, and good roads IA
cilitate the easy transportation Of the
product Of the farm to a not distant
railway station.
The Western farmer of today is one
of the most prosperous and Independent
citizens of the republic.
wisconsin boys of this generation
should think twice before they desert
the farm-The Evening WISCONSIN.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
EHec of Mother ON Chick.

Prof. Gowell of the Maine Agricul-
tural College is one Of our most able
experimenters, and his methods could
be followed with advantage by all
poultry men. In addressing q recent
gatherings of poultry men he said:
'The constitution that you find in a
chick comes from the treatment the
mother hen has. Constitution is some
thing that is born with the animal,
and you cannot get it into the animal
after it is born. 1t ome from in
heritance, comes from the parent that
produces the egg, and IL hat parent is
kept In a good state Of vigor and
health we are able to get from 1t an
~ofspring that will last"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Even Buds Grow old.

According to a government botanist
at Washington, there is reason to be-
lieve that buds share in the growing
old Of the parent plant. He illustrates
his meaning in this way: Suppose the
average life of an individual plant
say a tree-to be 100 years, then a bud
removed when the parent plant is 80
years old will also be virtually 50
years Of age, and if transplanted by
grating will be able to live on the
graft only so years more.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Woman railway Workers.

In the South OF France one may see,
1t the little wayside stations, women
attending to the signals of the half dez-
n daily trains; while the companies
regularly economic at the level cross
ngs by employing female labor. The
husband can be seen at work at his
dnes upon the hillside, while the wife
waves the green flag and keeps the chill
tren quiet.-Detroit News-Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
CnmphOr Tees.

ALI true camphor is supplied by
Japan and China, 80 per n by the
former n 20 per cent by the latter,
according to the Pharmaceutical Era.
In obtaining campher, the trees are
destroyed. Both countries have passed
laws compelling the planting of youn:
camphor trees. China being more radi-
cal than Japan in this particular, ns
for every camphor tree that Is cnt
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

Dinguss-Shadbolt, l haven't asked
you for any money for a long time.
have /?
Shadbolt-No: you never asked me for
any money for a long time. You always
wanted it for Just a day or two" That's
why you're not going to get any this time,
Dinguss. Air feels a little like snow,
doesn't it?-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

DR., j. II. Wilson, chairman of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Commission,
places the loss in the South as the re-
suit OF the ravages Of the fever tick at
$4,000, 900 annually. This is considered
a very conservative estimate, as the
loss has been placed a. $4O,0OO,O00 by
other authorities.
These losses are not h result of the
fever, for ~quarantined cattle do not
have it. The loss is caused by the raw
ages of the tick, which sucks the blood
Of tbs animal and keeps it in al ema-
ciated condition, thereby preventing its
full maturity.
Al evidence that the tick 10 capable
of reducing cattle to a point where
short pastures and cold rainy weather
during the winter season results in q
heavy mortality, he has presented fig.
ures showing that during 1904 and 1905
the death rate among cattle in the tick
infested area was $50 per cent, as COM
pared with 3.12 per cent above the ma
tional quarantine line, Notwithstanding
the Fact that the cattle above the line
encounter severe winters.
Tick eradication eerns a necessity if
the Southern cattle grower expects to
receive the full reward of his labor,
and both the national and state govern
ments should come to the aid of the
cattlernen in their efforts to get rid of
the pest.-San Antonio Express.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

ney troubles but Tor
Doan's Kidney Pills.
for when I started
using them I was III
constant pain with
my back, and no 9th
er remedy had been
of any use. The kid
ne,y SecretionS were
irrnnular and I WAS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
The Tuscan Farmer.

The Tuscan peasant stands in the
peculiar position Of being neither Il
proprietor nor a dependent, writes
Helen Zimmern in the Youths Com
pan!on- He is, instead, the partner
in an industry. According to this meth
cd Of farming, which Is called mezza-
dria, the proprietor OF the land pays
all the taxes, advances all money re-
Quired, furnishes capital for the pur-
chase Of cattle and keeps in repair the
dwelling house. The peasant In re
turn works the fields, attends to thu
live stock and to ether home indus
tries. sells the products-in short, Is
the absolute master Of the land that Is
confded to him. He works the soil
exactly as If it were his own and then,
at stated intervals in the year, divides
the products and profits with the real
owner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Testing Seeds for the Farm.

resting SeeOS TOT the ArHns
The other day a rascal was found 70
have made a small fortune by %chopping
up palm leaf fans and selling he stuff
at a dollar a packet, containing q pinch
or two of the precious dust-which was
said to be the seed Of a rare exotic
flower. So writes w. G. FITZGERALD in
the Technical World Magazine.
He advertised widely, and numbered
professional florists among his victims.
True, he disclaimed responsibility for
the terminating power Of his seed"
but this is a common warning eve on
the wares of reputable seedsmen, so
that the buyers planted, watched and
watered with pathetic zeal until at
length an angry lady laid the swindler
by the heels.
Now farm and flower seed of the
highest quality is costly stuff. So min
ute is that of the calceolaria that the
actual cost of producing the finest
| strain exceeds ten times the weight Of
the seed in purest gold. A~i.oonette
seed, too is by no means cheap, yet that
Of the begonia is at least sixty times
dearer; and a liberal allowance for q
50 packet is measured in altiny spoon
with an outside diameter of three-six-
teenths Of an inch. And yet in that
small spoonful there will be enough
seed to produce more than 100 stately
begonia plants.
The writer goes on to describe the
careful testing seeds undergo at the
hands of the government inspectors
and an interesting series Of photo.
graphs illustrates the text.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Entirely s~uperauous

"a word to the wise Is sufficient"
remarked the man with the quotation
habit.
Wrong again." rejoined the contrary
person. "A word to the wise u unneo.
essary."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

nervous and lacked energy. But Doan's
Kidney Pills gave me prompt relief and
continued use cured me-"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Fostcr-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
AZ HIS worst.

The Doctor Cat the concert)-Hear her
squeak on that note? It's q crime for
any one to try to sing who can't sing.
The Professor-It isn't a crime in her
case. It's only A minor fault.-Chicago
Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
Geological Post cards-second Series.

If you are a collector or dealer of
postal cards, you will be interested in
an attractive set of eight cards just pub
lished, showing the most valuable wild
animals in the Ringing Bros Menag-
erie. a set will be mailed you for Ice.
Special prices in lots to dealers. There
is q great opportunity to make money
in selling these cards to collectors or the
general public. Address The Evening
Wisconsin Co., Post Card Dept, Mil.
Waukee. Wis.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

The Census Bureau estimates that
there were 100000 animals slaugh-
tered at the various stock yards In the
United States last year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

A horse weighing 1900 pounds Is
about right for farm work. 1t n not
advisable to have him heavier.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

down, five new ones must be planted.
Japan has planted 100000 young trees
since 1900, to which are to be added
100000 planted this year, and here
after 10000 annually.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

The development Of the watercress
growing industry in Dorset, England, Il
enormous. One farm alone employs forty
persons in picking, packing and rrepar
Ing the cress for the market.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

1t seems the seedless apple 10 a fall
urA Horticulturists claim 1t is only
a novelty, and cannot be recommend
ed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

The milk bringing better prices is
ill the more reason why You should
weed out the poor cows II increase
the margin Of your profits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

If the failure to get a start in clover
is due to the same causes as with al
falfa, it is quite likely that in a good
many cases Insufficient seed is sown to
give a proper stand. Especially is this
the case where no nurse crop is sown
and where, If the clover plants do not
get a good start of the weeds, the
weeds will swamp the clover and
smother it out. True, clover seed is
expensive, but this furnishes addition
al reason why, if it is worth while
sowing the crop at all, enough should
be sown to produce a satisfactory
Stand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
AcT F0R SICK W0MEN,


Vulcan had just put four new horse
shoes on the feet of the Centaur.
Easiest job 1 ever did" he said to
the by%standers.. "Hc stood perfectly still,
and when l handed him the fly brush he
kept the flies away himself"
Making a handsome discount from his
usual price, he asked his customer to
drive himself to has shop whenever he
needed any more work.-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

A good formula for making grafHnG
wax is: Rosin 4 parts by weight ;
beeswax 9 parts; tallow ! part.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

CONGRESSMAN MEEk;SON COMMENDS PE-RU-NA.
~ have used several bottles of Peruna and 4 feel greatly benefited s
! thereby from my cafarrh of the head I feel encouraged to believe that )
I II / use II short time longer I viii be fully able to eradicate the {
! disease of thirty years. sfanding"-DAvidM eeA:sOn. 8
OTHER REMARKABLE CURES.
Nj. Jacob Davis Gaena, Stone county, Mo-, writes: u have ~n in bad
for thirty seven years. an after taking twelve bottles Of our .Peruna /
a1 Cared" Mr.. G.. N. Peterson, 1872 South Main st, Council Bluffs, Iowa, writes:
Z csnAs tell you how much good Peuna has done me. Constant n6nement
. my store began to tell ON my health and I felt that was gradually breaking
down. I tried several remedies, but obtained 10 permanent eief until took @
A SINCERE RECOMMENDATION.
Mr.. D. I. Prossr, Bravo, AMsgan Co., Mich. writes. Two years age r
was ahy afflicted with caarrh of the stomach. i had had a run of typhoid
fever, ws very depleted. 1 could find nothing l could eat without causing dis
tfess n seurst stomach. Finally ! came to the eoncuson that ! had eatarrh e
Ia after taking three or our bottles I vas entirely cured of stomach trouble
nd can nov eats anything"
Manufactured by pERUNA DRUG MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Columbus. ohie
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

In very many instances poor results
on the farm are due more TO farming
methods, or rather to the lack of them,
than anything else.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

n visus- Dance and al Nerves. Dissasss
Rev1ansntlY Cured ~ y. Eias's 9rsas
Nerve AssAsssE. 0nd fer Free - tial hsAals eaA sesasiss.
Or 4 Il. KLINE, u. al ArsA oarssA RhtlAAsiDAlA, p
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01
WoMEN'S

Are the Source of Most "omen's
Sickness.
Mrs. Rebecca Mock. 1895 E. Rich
street. Columbus. Ohio. writes: II be-
lipye ! would still b. a victim of kid
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

A South Dakota farmer recently
traded for a herd Of Shetland ponies
what is supposed to be nj Of the
largest horses in the world. The ami
NAL in question stands eighty-one
inches high and weighs nearly 5000
pounds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

One set of people seem to be too lazy
to breathe. while others r SO busy
with their business affairs that they
forget that they have a body and a
soul to care for. Between the two
there is room for a very happy me-
dunn. .a.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

Tuberculosis germs die hard. Ac-
cording to scientists they may live for
six months in dry, dead material.
Nothing short Of ten or fifteen hours
of sunlight or an hour in boiling Wa
ter will give them a case of pneumonia,
while freezing seems to be invigorat-
ing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

The permanent prosperity of all coun-
tries depends mainly upon the system
OF agriculture pursued.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

Throw out the stalks of corr that
have fungus growths on the II Then
burn them. These fungus-growth STALLS
should never be found with corn stalk
shocks. -...
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

Fhere is no better place To cart the
ashes than the cabbage plot. They
should never be used on the potato
patch, for the reason that the lime in
the ashes is apt to assist in the pro-
duction of seal on the tubers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

The Importance of good feet on
horses is an old story. However, from
the way people disregard the need OF
giving proper care to this matter in the
colt, as well as the mature horse, ii
calls for constant reiteration-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

Don't place any dependence On the
free government seeds sent out by the
congressman. The best seeds are none
too good. Procure the catalogues Of
reliable seedsmen and order from
them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

The total clip Of wool in the United
States for 1907 was 29S.2o4. $50 pounds,
including the washed and unwashed
product. OF the total output there
were 13O,359, 11S pounds Of secured
wool, valued at S7S,263. 1855.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-01

In 1890 the city Of Philadelphia
maintained Il town bull"