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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-03
Wednesday Evening.

Praise service.
Christian Teaching for thd Modern
Christian, Professor Charles Noble,
Grinnell.
Address, Rhys. Rees Lloyd, M. A. d.
D.. Chicago
Adjournment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05

drug stores and the country hotel of
presidents are prepared from the raw
material.
The St. Paul reporter discovered that
Gustaf Johnson. a blacksmith, had
emigrated from Sweden about fifty
years ago, settling in st. Peter He
had been a heavy drinker in his native
land and came to America In the hope
that he might reform. He did reform
for few years. He married Caroline
Haden, a Swedish girl, also an immi
grant. She was utterly alone in Amer
lea. The blacksmith installed her in Il
two room house near st. Peter. For
few years the brawny arms of GUSTAV
and the little ones who came, John be
ing the first baby. born in 1861. Then
required an attack of the old malady.
the old disease, which in the system
of the village blacksmith demanded al
cohol. The blacksmith became a
drunkard. Like many others Of his
unfortunate class. he went from bad
W WOISC J. ilIdily lOCul UutuOil-
ties placed him in the poorhouse, where
after some years he died.
Mrs. johnson was left with six chill
dren to support. John was only twelve
years old, but he arose to the occa-
sion. He insisted upon quitting school
so that he might help. He got job in
grocery store. A grocer's boy has no
snap of job. but some Of them have
rnap as individuals. John Johnson
they probably called him Johnny then
got $40 month, which he turned
over to his mother. He found time TO
deliver 'laundry" washed and ironed
by his mother, his splendid heroic
mother and also to deliver papers on
the carriers route-the town paper
After two years of this grocers boy
life he got job in the drug store III !
slightly higher rate of pay. From this
time on his mother quit taking n
washing. John supported the family
In the years following three Of tie
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
John johnson of Minnesota
One Of the Common People, Foceu In Character Who Looms
Up In the Presidential Limeight-How He made
Good Despite the Adverse Circumstances
of His Early Life.
of His Early Life.

A TTER all, the American people de-
n spise snobbery. There is but a
IA very small class among us that
apes aristocracy and puts an
cestry upon a pedestal to kiss the dirt
at its feet. For proof of this we have
only to look to Minnesota, wherein
dwells Il man who in these ante-cam-
paign days is being exploited for
presidential nomination by thousands
of men who never saw him and never
heard of him until three years ago
Why this mans presidential boom?
Just because he has "made good de-
spite the fact that his father died in
the poorhouse and his mother took in
washing. Nobody disputes the popu
lar assumption that Governor John A.
johnson is an able man and of pres
idential dimensions But, for all that
he never would have been mentioned
for the presidency save for this poor
house and washerwoman story. Upon
this foundation we base the proof that
America, heart, head and hand, is still
essentially anti-snob.
In 1904 the Democrats of Minnesota
nominated for governor a country edi-
tor, the ST Peter Herald man. John
johnson was a pretty good country
editor. too, but there were some 100
others in Minnesota. st. Peter is a
small town. and the Herald is small
paper But it is not necessarily true
that small paper in small town has
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
Strike Settled Without Riots.

The way Governor Johnson settled
a strike last summer shows his power
as a conservative official. The miners
in the Mesaba range went out, and
there was imminent peril of violence.
Instead Of sending his state militia to
the scene Governor Johnson himself
went alone. He talked with the strike
leaders and with the employers. He
visited the strikers and heard their
grievances. lie gave them good ad-
vice. If they remained orderly, he said.
no troops would be sent. but if they
became violent he would be forced to
quell their violence with soldiers. The
strike was settled without riots.
Some persons take pleasure in COM
pairing John Johnson with Abraham
Lincoln. This is due to the fact that
both men had immediate ancestors of
the kind that. as a rule, do not pro-
duce society swells. Johnson seems
to have much of the homely honesty
of Lincoln ana more dignity than
Honest Abe" Whatever he may turn
out to be in the future, we must go
back to the original thesis and assert
that if Johnson had been candidate
for head Sheik of Fifth avenues Four
Hundred or for chief chimpanZee of
the Newport set that lunatics circular
would have defeated him. But he was
running merely for the governorship
of the plain, common, sensible, intelll-
gent people Of an American common
wealth
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
Real Journalist With a Real Job.

After nine years in the drug store
John johnson became journalist. In
the cities journalist is sometimes de-
scribed as a newspaper man out OF
Job. In ST. Peter John Johnson was
real journalist with real job, pay
ing for half interest in the Herald,
for which friends who believed in
him had put up the money. Johnson
had paid off the undertaken. He had
bought In the two room family home
stead, which was about to be sold for
taxes, and he had added other rooms
and improvements.
So this was the story discovered by
the st. Paul reporter. 1t was so mag
nificently true that American Mime
sofa arose gloriously to the occasion.
President Roosevelt carried the al
ways Republican state of Minnesota
by majority of 161, Ago "a hun
dred thousand above the normal ma
jority. But, hold John Albert John
son, Democrat was elected governor
by a majority of 7,S00-not very
large majority that, and yet he turned
81 400 votes to get it.
The country editor closed down his
desk at st Peter, probably saying to
Henry Esslcr: iii be back in two
years. Try to keep the subscribers i'll
line, and don't let the ads. get away
from you. Keep the jobwork going"
Then he went to work at his new
job in st. Paul, his office being in Min
nesotas fine new state capitol build
ing. Did Johnson as governor of a
great state pose as sickly sentiment
tai friend of 1.-The common peepul:"
Not Il bit Of it-not he. Johnson made
no pretcnse of being ultra Democratic.
He wore good clothes, the prevailing
style, and cut just as dignified a figure
at a gubernatorial reception as he had
cut in the editorial sanctum at St Pc
ter. He had sense enough to adapt
himself to his environment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05

little sisters died, and John Johnson
was in debt to the undertaken. The
drug store. The little public library
was in the same block. He read many
books from the library, being chiefly
interested in history. Meanwhile he
studied pharmacy. too, and eventually
he became a registered pharmacist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
Champion Political Joke.

Minnesotas normal Republican ma
jority Is between 10000 and 10000
The Democrats had little or no expec.
tation of electing Johnson. One reason
they picked him for the candidacy was
that he was Swede and would get
the Scandinavian vote, which in Min
nesota is considerable factor. They
hoped he, at any rate, would make
decent showing. and most of them
would have been satisfied with that
But Johnson, having accepted the
nomination, made a systematic cam
paign. His opponent. State Auditor
Dunn, was not altogether popular in
his own party. Dunn's unpopularity
helped Johnson. against whose record
nobody had anything to say. John
sons popularity increased as Dunn's
decreased. Something had to be done
for Dunn. Then somebody done it.
The manner of doing it. the madness
of its method, mast St4nd forever as
the champion poii,;cal Joke Of the
ages. Did you ever see boomerang?
A boomerang is a curved club. When
thrown by one who knows how it
makes turn around in the air and
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05

comes back to the thrower II the
thrower doesn't look out, the boomer
ang will smash his face.
Ten days before election some boom
erang thrower in Minnesota printed
and distributed circular setting
forth that Candidate Johnson's father
had been drunkard and had died in
the poorhouse and that his mother
had taken in washing. You cannot
find in Minnesota today the thrower
Of this political boomerang. Most like
ly he is and was then an inmate of the
asylum for the insane.
Some supporters of Johnson, too
much excited to know golden oppor-
tunity when they met face to face,
were perturbed by this circular and
urged the candidate to make strong
denial of the statements.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
He Made Good.

johnson also had the moral and men-
tai backbone to make him Johnnyon
the-spot with his new job. He had
had no experience as an editor when
he took hold of the st. Peter Herald.
but he made good. He made good
also as governor of Minnesota. Do
you want proof? Then read the cleo
ton returns Of 1906. Normally the
Republican candidate should have won
by about 10000 majority. AS a mat
ter of fact, johnson won by 10000 ma
jority. Somebody asked him how he
did it,
Il only tried to make good" replied
Johnson
No boomerang was thrown in the
second campaign. If Johnson had not
made good in his two years term as
governor he would have been sent
back to the st. Peter Herald Office.
As it is, he now stands in the glare OF
the presidential limelight. The wash
erwonan circular promulgated by the
unidentified asylum inmate made him
governor. but as governor he made
good himself Those years of struggle.
of self cffacement. of mother love and
brotherly devotion in St. Peter gave
him the stamina to make good. When
some one asked him what he consid
cred the most important result Of his
administration as governor he replied:
Law enforcement. We have brought
about conditions by which the state
officers obey tho law themselves and
enforce it,
But Governor johnson did not stop
at enforcement of the laws on the
statute books. BY his influence h
brought about the enactment of neN
laws TO meet conditions. One thing T..
did was to have the legislature Sj>r
him a board Of tax equalizers. john
son appointed three of the best men III
the state. Under the law this board
had only advisory powers. The SOY
ernor used his discretion. The stcc
trust has immense mines In northeis!
Minnesota. These mines We're take!
on valuation of S3S OOO.OOD vince
Johnson took office. Now they are tax
cd on valuation of $194,OOO,0O and
the poor taxpayer feels better The
electric railways uniting st. Paul and
Minneapolis are paying twice as much
taxes as they paid before the advent
of Johnson. Tax dodgers have been
wincinG since Johnson became gov
orOOr
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-05
GOVERNOR JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA.

a small man at the head Of it. Plenty
of instances to the contrary might be
cited, but Johnson's is enough For
fifteen years Editor Johnson had run
the editorial end of the Herald. while
his partner. Henry Essler. had run
the mechanical end. Both took hand
at the business end. Johnson became
secretary and then president of the
State Editorial association. So the
other editors knew him, and they liked
him.
Johnson had served one term as a
state senator, and some Of the politl-
clans knew him and liked him too. But
he was defeated for reelection, being
Democrat in Republican district.
and when his party placed him at the
head Of the state ticket he was plain
John Johnson country editor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12
FRONT or aRANARY.

ucts that now go into the pockets of
the grain Spectator.
The illustration shows u plan of a
granary for corn, wheat, oats and 9TH
er grain built along practical lines, and
wherever built it has proved entirely
satisfactory. The main feature of this
house Is the lower floor. The outer
walls are boarded or sided up tight,
contrary to the usual manner of build
ing corncrib. The house sits about
three feet above the ground on oak or
cement posts, as the builder may de-
sire. The floor of the crib is built Of
by inch or inch Stats placed
one and half inches apart. The inte-
rior wall Is built In the same way.
This allows free circulation Of air at
all times, but keeps out all rain and
snow. This, with the elevated floor,
makes 1t entirely rat and weather proof.
The driveway walls are boarded solid
from the floor down to the ground.
This allows the hogs and poultry to
pick up any corn that may fall through.
1t Is said that corn held In such a crib
not only brings better price, but that
1t does not lose In weight the same as
corn held In the usual manner.
The crib Is % by 40 feet ON the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12
AIDED HER RIVAL.
Romance Of London Society Leader
and Diamond Necklace.

HcUanSo OF Lonooh society Leader
and Diamond Necklace.
The jewellers Of Bond street could IL
they liked tell many an amazing story.
There Is no need to dilate on the fasci-
nation which scintillating gems exer-
else upon the feminine mind. That fas-
cination is fact and may serve to ex-
plain mortal enmity which existed
recently and probably still exists be
tween two well known society leaders.
To one OF them a highly placed admir-
er mentioned his intention to purchase
diamond necklace. knowing that the
lady possessed more than a superficial
knowledge OF the value of stones, he
begged her to select for him what he
required. The price he was prepared
to give was FL 800. The lady jumped
to the conclusion that such a request
could have but one meaning wiz. that
she herself was to be the eventual re-
cipient Of the gift She thereupon Wis
tied the jewelers. shop and inspected
his stock, but ut the price she was en-.
powered to give saw nothing that par
sticulariy took her fancy. A fascinating
piece OF workmanship. however. did at
tract her, the price Of which was 1900
guIneas. The desire to possess It be-
came irresistible. She arranged with
the jcweIer to send the necklace to the
purchaser and invoice It to him at the
agreed upon price, while abe gave her
own check for the balance. Then she
went home and awaited the arrival OF
the gift. Some days passed. but there
was no appearance Of the necklace. A
horrible doubt which assailed her be-
came certainty day or two later
when she saw the identical necklace
she had helped to pay for sparkling on
the neck of a younger and more beauti-
ful rival.-Grand Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12
Mix Powder.

The manufacture of milk powder has
now reached stage where the process
Ii considered success in business
way, and the trouble is to find a salts
factory market for the product. The
greatest field seems to be In the sale Of
the powder made from separated milk
from large creameries. The -skimmilk
can be bought at a price which brings
the milk powder to very low cost
For wholesale purposes It can be pack.
ed In bags like -four at very little cost
Tor handling and light cost for trans
portation as compared with the liquid
milk Large quantities are expected to
be used by the biscuit and cracker man.
ufacturers; also by the bakers and con.
fectioners In the manufacture of milk
bread, cakes and pies and such prod
ucts. AS 1t wiz keee for any length Of
time, 1t should find a market on ship
board and for other uses where sup
ply Of fresh milk cannot be had. 1t is
believed that large business can be
built up without interfering to any
great extent with the market for fresh
milk
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12

XIII the small weeds and you win
never have large ones.
A dead weed never goes to seed.
Mustard Is better In the kitchen than
In wheatfe.d. Pub 1t up by the
roots.
Persistence brings reward with Can
ada thls.,cs. but It takes lots OF per-
slstencc. Don't let the thisties seed.
Sometimes It is well to salt them after
cutting
The best tine 10 cut sweet clover Is
when It IS In blossom II Is hard upon
your tools. but harder upon the clover.
Better hoe cornfield four times
when the weeds are small than once
when thcy are big It's cheaper.
II doesa't pay to cut burdecks with a
hoe, Tsa spade and cut deep.
X Dragging corn either when II Just
comes up or at three or four inches
viii save lots Of trouble later. Use a
spike tooth harrow.
10 unto your weeds as ron would
hare your Seighbor Go unto his Farm
Journal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12

met with goods that are put up In as
honest and attractive style as those
that are shipped from that section.
The remedy lies in the hands of the
growers. If they desire to have their
fruit recognized as equal to California
fruit they must make 1t so attractive
In style and honest and uniform In
quality that the buyer or the consumer
VIII not make invidious comparisons
when he sees it by the side of the Cal
ifornia product. Quality and flavor
will have weight In determining which
fruit to use. but II our home grown
fruits are put up I'm an honest manner
and undesirable varieties are kept off
from the market we can meet the COM
petition and hold our home markets.
This problem of handling and market
Ing fruit Is not one that can be solved
by individual effort alone. 1t requires
cooperation on the part of the various
fruit growers. One man may succeed
in establishing reputation for high
grade fruit, but at the best his reputa-
ton would only be local, whereas If a
large number of the leading fruit grow
ers would combine and organize aud
have their fruit put up In uniform
style and In large quantities by expe-
rienced packers, so that their brand
would establish first class reputation,
the demand for their fruit would equal
IL not exceed that for the California
fruit. What we need to do Is to organ
lie and do our grading, packing and
marketing In as businesslike manner
as the Californians
Our growers must learn to utilize
their inferior grades at home and mar
ket nothing but the very best and In
uniform packages. By so doing they
viii obtain more money than by plac-
ing the whole lot on the market. Ev-
cry grower should grow the best vari-
eties. put them up In nice, clean, uni
form packages and place them In thr
hands Of dealers who understand thei.
business. Let every package contain
full weight. The most important mat
ter after the growing OF the fruit Is
the selection of the package In which
to send II to market. No fruit should
be sent In any but neat and attrac-
tive new package of the form and size
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12
HORSE SENSE.
Some Sensible Advice In Regard to
Collars and Their Use.


The closely padded, III fitting, soft
collar means suffering and shortens
the life for the horse
Years ago | gave up the hot, sticky
pad" said an intelligent farmer, land
have used only the close fitting, hard
leather collar. which we have endeav-
ored TO keep clean. This clean collar,
with good washing of the shoulders
noon and nights. has generally sufficed
to keep them free from soreness. Still.
during the constant use of the riding
cultivator In our cornfields the necks
sometimes get sore, caused by the
weight and the moving of the collar
across the skin at each step of the
horse. We are all inclined to use col
lars too large for the horse Much
pains should be taken in the first fit-
ting OF the collar. and II 1t is thorough
ly soaked and placed on the horse
while still wet 1t will usually shape It.
self to the shoulders Another thing,
we try to avoid too low draft. The
way double harnesses are usually made
all the weight comes on the horses
necks. and there is a constant tend
ency to lower the draft even until It
comes nearly to the point of the shoul- |
der. This should be overcome as far
as possible. The draft should be high |
enough to insure an even bearing the |
entire length Of the shoulder and nei- |
her should the girth be buckled tight |
enough to cause any draft on the top
,f The neck. In fact, girth is unnec-
'ssary and need never be used except
where the traces are attached to the
Dad above right angle TO the horses
shoulders. Steel collars are In use near
is, and am going to try pair this
pring. think the principle is right.
md they strike me as being very con
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12
AND FARMER
ADAMS q DENTON. Proprietor.
Thursday. November ". 1908
WEIGHT OF A HORSE.
Bad Guesscs Made by Men UnskiIleo
In Horseflesh.

Bad Guesscs Made by Men UnskiIled
In HorsefIesh.
Many people. even among those who
frequently make use of horses. have
little idea what an ordinary horse
weighs and would have much difficulty
to guess whether given animal stand
Ing before their eyes weighed 500 or
1900 pounds. Yet they would have
no such difficulty with man and prob
ably be able to guess, especially IL they
were good Yankees, within ten or twen-
ty pounds Of his weight The govern
ments of Europe have long been pur-
chasing and weighing horses for the
military service and transferring them
from carriage or draft employment to
the various branches of cavalry and
artillery. The animals are ordinarily
assigned according to weight. The
French military authorities find that
an ordinary light carriage or riding
horse. such as In the United States
would be called good little buggy
horse" weighs from 300 TO 400 kilo-
grams-say from 500 to 900 pounds.
Such horses MS these are assigned to
the light cavalry corps. The next
grade above. which In civil life passes
as coupe horse" or carriage horse /
OF medium weight, ranges in weight .
up to $50 Kilograms, about 1850 /
pounds. This horse goes to help mount (
the cavalry Of the line.
Next come the fashionable coach
horses" of persons Of luxury. which
weigh from 800 to $50 Kilograms, or
nom 1000 to nearly 1900 pounds
These horses go to serve the purpose
or drill for the cavalry belonging to
the reserve military forces. Above
these there are still two grades of
heavy horses. The first are those used
for ordinary draft purposes and are
commonly found drawing the omni-
buses OF Paris where such vehicles
ire still In use. These weigh from
LOO to 1900 pounds. The heaviest
horses are the Clydesdales and Per
'herons, which are oxen In size and
strength and which weigh from 600 to
700 and sometimes even up to 900 kilo-
rams-that is, from 1900 up to near
y 1000 pounds. None of these Per-
herons Of the heaviest weight are :
sed In the military service, but some
4 the lighter ones are employed for
raft and artillery purposes.-Buffalo
commercial.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12
The Fruit Patch.

The government horticulturist says
many persons with small lots may
plant what are known az dwarf fruit
trees. In proportion to size dwarf
trees are more fruitful than stand
ards" They come into bearing sooner
and are therefore Of special value for
use In limited Enclosures or fruit gar
dens. Besides the advantage Of dwarf
ing, grating may be turned to good
account, enabling the owner Of trees
to Increase his variety Of fruits. Sim
gle trees have been made to bear as
many as 100 varieties Of apples.
II you set out fruit garden. take ad-
vantage OF the space under and he
tween the trees by planting strawber-
ries, blackberries, raspberries. cur
rants or some other small fruit. vege-
tables may also be planted about the
trees.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-12

most popular where the fruit Is ship
ped. The human eve Is the great bay
er OF fruit.
Apples that arc sold fer FIRST class
fruit should be handed Il a careful
manner while being picked and thea
carefully laid IN piles on the rround
where the san cannot reach them or
removed 70 the barn for few days
and left m piles. so ne 70 permit some
Of the moisture 70 evarorate and the
akin 70 bccoune toughcned. ~ which
condition the frpit Will stand up bet
tev while being sAipbed and keep long
er when packed than Il wfD when put
into The barrel a 1Ast - Il q picked
frpu IN trea