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Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
Non-FreezIng We'll House.

The building is feet square with 7-foot posts. The framework was constructed out of rough 2x4 material. The building is located upon a solid concrete foundation about 6 inches above the surface of the ground.
 The siding Is first grade pine ship Tapping. The roof is shingled. On the inside of the building a sheet of build ing paper was put on next to the studding and sealed with second grade pine matched sheeting. This makes a very warm building and one that will resist freezing in the coldest of weather.
 The door is double sheeted with an air space between so that 1t is tight, explains the Prairie Farmer. The windows are double glass and we'll packed. I have been in this well house when the weather was 12 degrees below freezing and the pump was in the best of working condition.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
ROAD DRAGS.
Good Work In One Illinois County asi
 Example of What Can Be Done.

Forty-three reports from Mclean county rural mail carriers, to the Bloomington Qn.) Pantagraph, show that the King road drag has been used on 212 miles of road in the latter part of November and that there were 364 road drags owned upon these routes. These reports represent two-thirds of the rural routes of Mclean county.
 Every carrier who in any way indi- cated the results of road dragging 40 out of 43-gave a good recommen- dalton of the drag, many of them in strong terms, and not one of them had a word of failure to report when the drag had been properly used.
 While the report shows that one- third of all the drags were not in use, there was a special reason for this condition; this was in the rush of corn-husking time, and no doubt many of these drags will be put to work now that husking Is finished.
 This report from limited territory shows as much road dragging and more than twice as many drags as were reported for this county a year ago by the Illinois highway commis- sion. ..
 An examination of the 43 reports shows that some dragging was done upon 31 routes, the smallest amount being one-half mile, and the largest Is miles, the latter being the route out of Covel
 Nine routes had each ten or more miles of dragged road and the aver age number of miles dragged upon the 31 routes was six and three-fourths. In Normal and Dry Grove townships all the roads of principal travel are to be dragged, and Hudson township is seeking to do the same thing.
 Very significant is the many times repeated remark of these carriers that the road drag is good thing 'if used'' or eff properly used" Several of these reports show that winter and spring use of the drag, especially when the roads are wet enough for the mud to smear, bake and harden is much better than dragging when the roads are dry enough for the dirt to roll up or crumble.
 One of the lessons that has been learned in Mclean county is that the road should be dragged when the sur face is in paste-like condition.
 The most progressive of our road draggers are learning the exceeding value7of dragging the road just before a freeze, and during the winter when ever it thaws enough so that the sur face can be smoothed by the drag This cheap, simple implement Is work ing itself into favor with the people wherever it is properly used. and il can no longer be said that there Is nc sure and economical way of great i'm provement to our earth roads.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
ITEMS.

Pleasant, friendly, unselfish ways carry their own welcome with them wherever they go.
 Know that you know something, and you'll then have someone who will believe that you know 1t.
 The farmer can better afford to pay s75 for a good COW than $25 for a common COW, but it Is impossible to make some farmers see the point.
 A COW is a mere machine for the conversion of food stuff into con- densed product, and if the best results are desired from the food the SOW eats she must be kept quiet, con- tented and above all things com fortable.
 Believe in the betterment of the human race and while believing make 1t so as far as you are con- cerned. There will be one knave less to cope with, and therefore you will have made a success of your be- lief.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
HUMUS FOR THE SOIL.
Necessity of Restoring This Element
 Where it Has Been Exhausted.

An extensive chemical survey has and it has been found that humus is one of the principal factors in soil fertility found to be lacking in that state. Commenting on the loss of humus and the means of replacing it, the investigator, Charles A Mooers of the Tennessee station in bulletin 78 lately issued makes these observa- tions:
 One of the soil constituents which is well known to decrease under usual cultivation is humus, as the dark colored organic substances which re- suit from the decay of vegetable mat. ter, etc., are called. The value of vegetable matter in the soil can hard ly be overestimated. Especially is this true in the south, where the climatic conditions through a large part of the year are favorable to oxidation and consequent loss of humus from the soil. .s
 In addition, the prevailing soil tex ture, and the hilly and rolling nature of the country, are such that except on well-set grass land there is a con tinual loss of the best of the soil by washing. This loss of surface soil may have something to do with the maintenance of the mineral plant-food supplies, which are, to a certain ex- tent, renewed in this way; but, on the other hand, it takes away the humus and it's chief plant-food constituent, nitrogen, both of which are found in only meager quantities in the sub- soil. ~|
 Furthermore, with this loss of hu- mus there is a decided deterioration in which structure, or tilth, of the soil, which dries out sooner, bakes worse, and is more troublesome to handle than when first cultivated.
 For these reasons particular atten- tion should be given to the building up of the soil by the incorporation of vegetable matter, and to its retention by deep blowing to prevent washing, by the growing of cover crops, and in some cases by the use of embark ments and the like.
 The disfavor with which many farm. CTS look upon commercial fertilizers comes as result of relying too much on small applications of the mineral elements without either making ade- quate applications of farmyard ma nure or following system of cropping which would in and of itself do much toward the maintenance of soil fertili. ty especially with respect to the SUD- plies of both vegetable matter and nitrogen.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
Marks Her as a Failure.

If COW appropriates all the nour ishment taken from her food to build up fat cells and does not divert it to the udder to be drawn off in the form of milk, she is failure as & milker and belongs nowhere else than with the beef cattle. On the other hand, fl COW has the milk-producing quail ties, is small of stature and appro priates practically all of her food to the cause of increasing the milk sup ply, she Is pretty apt to be a success as a dairy COW and a safe investment for speculation in that particular class of specializing.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
MOUNTAINEERING WELL HOUSE.
One Which Can Be Built Away from
 Framework of the Windmill.

Where it is not convenient to con- struct a we'll house inside and to the framework of the windmill the ac- companying illustration will furnish some excellent suggestions for the con- struction of building that will serve the purpose. The well proper is To- cated inside of the windmill derrick, but by the employment of walking beam the pump is set outside of the derrick inside of the we'll house.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
Butter Flavor.

Not so very much is known about the causes which affect the flavor of butter. The latest investigations con- clude that 1t depends upon bacteria, which after using some of the materi- als in the butter, form a by-product and gives its odor.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

Plans are on foot for the establish ment in the near future by the federal department of agriculture of three sta tions in the west for the breeding of army horses and mules. Careful note will be taken of those individuals and breeds which seem to develop the lar gest measure of hardness and endur- .ance. -,
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

Those owners having farms for sale or contemplating the sale of them should remember that when farm is listed with an agent with the under standing that he is to have a commits sion, said commission is only 'collecti- ble on the bona fde sale of such prop erty by Its agent.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
Feed Glover on Farm,

It is believed that the fertility re- sulting from feeding clover hay is equal in value to the price of the hay itself Therefore all the clover hay possible should be fed on the farm,
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

and place a length
 of IF or Pinch pipe through the center. The end should be placed on blanks which are we'll soaked or oiled, and the pipe braced to keep 1t exactly in the cen ter. Fill the cyl finder with good
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

On the assumption that a bird will eat between 100 and 1000 insects in the course of a day a student resid- ing in the state of Massachusetts has figured out that in that state the birds consume daily 21,000 bushels of in sects. On the same basis the amount consumed in some of the larger states would be as high as 100000 bushels.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

A western orchardist put the ground in his orchard to good use last season by raising 19,OOO quarts of strawberr lries on a single acre of it. The berry crop did not pull seriously on the land. while the cultivation given the bed was just what it needed and the best possible treatment for the growing trees
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

Once in awhile one runs across fel- low who scents himself up with some rank cologne for the purpose of con- cealing some smell of the stable, and this in spite of the fact that this per fumery is as obnoxious to many as is the odor which it is desired to con- ceal. A proper application of warm soft water and soap beats cologne all hollow as a cleanser and disinfectant.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

Walnuts or butternuts the meats of which are shriveled with age. but which are otherwise sweet and good, may be greatly improved by placing them out of doors, throwing a pail of water over them and allowing them to stand overnight. The nuts seem to ab- sorb moisture sufficient to plump the kernels.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

Other conditions and equipment be- ing equal, silo will just about double the capacity of farm to support dairy cows. The keeping of these means in turn more manure, which also means better crops and more stuff for, the sflo. With the silo things work fin a spiral and always toward higher az. ricuatural plane.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

concrete, and when it has set tip 1t
 over and build frame for it, so you
 can hitch a removable tongue at eith-
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20
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A HOMEMADE ROAD ROLLER.
Implement Which Will Help Put the
 Road in Good Condition.

If you need road roller get heavy sheet iron cylinder, stand 1t on end
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

CT side. The frame should be made of good, strong hard wood we'll braced. The cuts show plainly just how the roller is made and put together.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

In these modern days of refined ker- osene it beats all the stripes of Ian tern that one will now and then run across. We have in mind a dingy me diaeval contraption that we saw in use not long since. It did not give as much light as full fledged firefy, while the antics that had tor be resort ed to to get the thing lit were gro tesque indeed. While the maintenance of such a luminary may be easy on a fellows pocketbook (which is very questionable, 1t surely is tough on his patience and his optic nerves.
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

While it is deemed necessary by most beekeepers to put the hives, in the cellar or some other warm place of storage during the winter months, 1t is a well known fact that wild swarms seem to survive the winter in very good shape with no other shield from the cold weather than is to be found in the hollow of bur oak tree. We know of a nearby case of this kind where the bees kept through three successive winters. Whether they finally died of exposure or starvation we have no means of knowing |
Connecticut western news., 1908-02-20

A sensible system of crop rotation is not only the best thing for the soil it. self in the maintaining of its original fertility, but Is the best general reme- dy known for many of the pests which are "a curse to plant and animal life. Rotation Is recognized as an effective preventive of the wireworm. corn root worm and corn root louse and Hessian fly, while the rotation of sheep from pasture to pasture and the blowing up of fields in which they have fed are recognized as etfective preventives of the stomach worm. There Is everything to gain and noth- ing to lose by rotation.
 In localities where they are to be found the quail Is one of the very best friends that the farmer and gardener has. BOdwhfte Is a wholesale con- sumer of potato beetles and chinch bugs as we'll as weed seeds. In the stomach of one of these birds have been found a hundred potato beetles and in the stomach of another over 500 chinch bugs. If f1ocks of these pretty little fellows gather round your barn or feed sheds as winter comes on, give them a cordial welcome, together with a little grain once a day if their usualfood supplies are covered up. If as a result of your kindness they are enabled to live through the winter, they will more than repay you for all that you shall have done for them.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24
will practically retire the insur-
gents from the field.

"Two YEARS ago this week we
issued the first issue of the Her
aid, says Editor Nelson. Yes,
two years ago Nelson landed in
Billings county and next June lie
will cast his first vote ut Billings
county election. Being Il can
didatc for office, in casting his
first vote, he can vote for himself.
j. +. Arnold, candidate for coun-
ty treasurer, will also have the
honor of casting his first vote in
Billings county for himself.
These gentlcmen's long resi-
dcnce here certainly entities them
to something at the hands of the
taxpayers.
Carpetbaggers!!
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24

Hon. l.. Il. HANNA, of Fargo,
candidate for Congress, who has
been campaigning this week in the
northwestern part of the state, is
inpressing the voters very favor
ably. The newspapers all speak
|of his candidacy in very flattering
terms. At Warick Wednesday
night. after addressing a mass
meeting, he was rendered a ban
quet by thirty-tive of the business
men of that place. Hon. A. j.
Gronna, the other stalwart candi.
date for congress, is also very pop
ular, as will be demonstrated lat
er on when he gets onto the plat
form. His advocacy of the Gov
eminent s Guaranty of bank de-
posits and the Grain Inspection
Bills are attracting national notice
of him in congress.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24

lloN. G. \. JOHNSON, candidate
for governor. who had just COM
plrted IL week 5 visit in northwest
ern counties of the state, declared
ut Fargo that he had found the
stalwart sentiment to- he growing
hourly in strength.
The men who have no political
axes to grind, he says, and who
are true republicans desire success
at the election. Consequently,
they disapprovc of the bitter at
tacks made by the insurgents on
party leaders. lie thinks that the
stalwarts will make such show
ing at the Minot Convention as
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24

GEORGE NELSON. of NedOra and
Marmarth. doing business on wind.
can cover more space and say less
than any editor we know. In his
last issue he actually tries to be
funny. His editorial ON the auto
mobiles reads something like the
composition of Il ten year old
school child.
There is an old saying: 1.-The
good Lord deliver us from our
friends. =
Mr.. Nelson tells us about the
friends of Ferris wanting to con-
troll the delegates to the state con-
vention. This means Mr.. Ferris.
Does not Nelson know that
Ferris is a United States official
that all such officials are forbidden
by law to take I'm active part in
politics, especially to try to con-
troll delegates to sucl, conventions
as that to he held ut Minot! If
Mr.. Ferris has no respect for the
laws of the United States, he
should have some respect for the
orders of President Roosevelt
For many years Mr.. Ferris has
prostituted the post office politics
No, MIR. Nelson, the Chronicle
has net lain down: we have not
commenced yet. Before the cam
paign ends some of Mr.. Nelson
friends will be jumping sideways
and cndways.
The editor of this paper Ina,
taken occasion to look up the rec
ord of some of the candidates fol
office and is determined that tn,
voters shall know what kind OF
men they arc voting for. "a dcvi
ma Y dare III private life bu,
when he poses before the public
as IL little Moses and wants to bt
indicted into office under an as
sumcd guise as !, man. it S time t,
call halt.
We will now take up the pair
Mctir"gor and Nelson, and VIVA
a fine pair they make! We vii
try to make this SO plain that any
one can understand. First. tia,
j. A. McGrcgor and George Mel
son are members of the Mcdor;
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24

school board by appointment of
Supt. Kitchen. A young lady
has been teaching school there for
the past two years; shortly after
she commenced her first term she
found it necessary tocxpel the son
of j. "A. McGregor; otherwise she
has given satisfaction to ninety
per cent of the parents. Some
time since it was determined by
Nelson and McGrcgor that the
wife of Mr.. Nelson. who has four
small children. should have the
school for the next term. COM
mcncing September 1908. AS
these school directors only hold
office until the June election, it
was decided to appoint Mrs. Nell
son at the April meeting; or in
other words she was to bcappoint-
ed ON the 18th day of this month.
Things were going along nicely
until the morning of the 18th inst
ant, when the present teacher
made an application in writing.
This application was not acted up
ON. neither was Mrs. Nelson ap-
pointed.
Mr.. Nelson, why was one of
these women not appointed!
Was it because Won had learned
that if your wife were appointed
You and Mc(iregor would lose
one hundred votes!
Don t say your wife was not
expecting the school for everyone
in Medora knows she was.
Now let S see what manner of
men you are. MIR. Nelson has !,
wife and four small children and
two newspapers, and is candidate
for clerk OF court. Mr.. McGreg-
or is county auditor and IL candi-
date for reelection. The young
lady, who made application to be
re-appointed as teacher of the Me-
dora school, has her own wav to
make in the world. Yet YOU
would throw in with Mc(iregor tc
take the bread out of single wo.
mans mouth. But if you got
what you wanted the taxpayers
could pay your debts.
What manly men you are!
What credit you are to tho
county!
But when it came to votes YOU
were both towards
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24
OUR,cREED:

Hate for hate and ruth for ruth.
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth:
Scorn for Scorn and smile for smile:
Love for love and guile for guile:
War for war aMt! woe for woe.
Blood for blood lntl blow for blow.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24
j. w. Brinton, Editor

SuBscRlprloN price $3.50 per year in
advance. Advertising rates 20 cents per
inch for display and 10 cents per line for
readers. Special rates to regular patrons.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24

ALEX MCKENZIE gave out his
estimate Il few days ago that the
>stalwarts will have 800 of the +4G
delegates at the Minot Convention.
with the probability of getting
twenty more. G. A. johnson,
stalwart candidate for governor,
another close student of the stu
alton, says that he is positive that
the stalwarts already have 334
delegates assured.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-04-24

If you want to buy or sell any
thing in the meat line see j. G.
Gilc. 21-23
Gle will pay the highest price
for anything that is fit for beef.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-02
DOCS IN
BED; WIFE KICKS :
HIM OUT
PAUL wElaERe SAYS SPOUSE
INSISTS THAT THEY SLEEP
WITH PAIR OF Ours; COURT
WILL GRANT HIM DIVORCE.

Alleging that when he objected 10
sharing their bed with two dogs. his
wife knocked him out, Paul Weiberg
asked Judge Rohnert for divorce
from Martha Weiberg. Thursday
morning.
Paul testified that his wife was the
owner OF two dogs for which she ex-
hibited more affection that she ever
displayed toward him. One OF her
ways for showing her love for these
animals was TO take them TO bed with
her and her husband The husband
said he objected strenuously 10 shar-
Ing his couch with the dogs, which
kept him awake the greater part OF
the night hunting mosquitoes. He
said his wife's parents also endeavor-
ed TO persuade her 10 allow the dogs
10 have bed OF their own. But It
was OF no use. Mrs. Weiberg could
see nothing Objectionable in sharing
her bed with the dogs, and she re-
fused TO remove them. The husband
also testified that his wife was away
from home a great deal and neglected
her household duties. He was promis-
ed a decree.
Katherine Ranney. an out-spoken
woman with a loud, rasping voice.
asked for a divorce from her husband,
Samuel. 10 whom she was married in
Grand Rapids in 1856. She testified
that Samuel was away from home
about two-thirds OF the time. alleging
that he would go away for few days
every time he got mad. During these
trips Samuel forgot 10 send home any
money. his wife testified, and she will
probably get decree on the grounds
OF non-support
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-02
BOYS FOOT CRUSHED
N IN ELEVATOR

Four-year-old Joseph Lawton, whose
home Is at No. los Bethune-ave. west,
met with a painful accident in the
county building, Thursday morning.
when his foot was caught between the
1oor of one OF the elevators and the
around floor OF the building.
The elevator. in charge of Clarence
y0ateley, had just descended. and the
car, instead of stopping on a level
with the floor. dropped three or four
Inches. The conductor first threw
open the door and then gave the car
y slight Jerk upward. The Lawton
boy. accompanied by his mother. had
already started TO leave the car and
one OF his feet was caught as the car
was brought into place.
Little Joseph tainted from the pain
and his mothers hysterical cries
brought persons from all over the
building to the scene OF the accident.
The little lad showed his pluck when.
on reviving. he said:
1T hurts, mamma. but | won't make
any noise"
Coroner Parker examined the in.
5ured foot and found that some OF the
small bones had been crushed, but the
Injury will not result in the loss OF the
foot The injured lad was taken home
The father. Joseph Lawton, who is
employed in Hudsons store, tainted
when he found his son IN the cor
oner's Office.