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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

A few years ago the lard in
what 10 known as the Cheyenne
bottoms was considered almost
worthless excep. for pasture and
that poor. Now you will notice
that whenever the land has::been
properly prepared and alfalfa
sovn there is Q good setting and q
good crop produced. Thirty two
years ago it looked like q lake and
the water was miles vide without
q break and this season there wss
hardly enough water for good
duck hunting. There were thou.
sands Of geese and ducks thirty
two years ago and no one expected
it would ever be anv thing else
but Q duck pond and now, especial
~ along the edges good farms are
being made. The last Of this land
has been homestesded within two
years and quite q settlement been
made. Since much Of it has been
broken up it is natural that q
large amount of the surface water
that runs in from Deception creek
is taken uD and it will not be long
until the hunting field will DO con-
fined to few Of the deeper ponds
which are in most cases leased BY
hunting clubs. We expect to see
this bottom under q system Of
drainage and cultivation and crops
raised that will be . surprise to
many within 4 very few wears.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08
Csliursaes Hsstlls PYssrsn,

MONDAY, MAY IL.
7;30 p. m. Song Service .... =,
Great Bend Choir
Sp. m. Sermon. ] c. Hall
TUESDAY, MAY IL
8; 30 a. m. Praise service. J. L.
Rutan. '-
ga. m. Disciplinary Business
1890 a. m. Sermon..A. o. Ebright
1880 a. m. Sacrament Of the Lords
Supper. . n.,
$780, p. m. District Stewards
meeting)
200 p. m. Praise service w. E
Dunlap
2:30 p. m. The Church's Opportu.
nifty in China :. W. L. Alexander
3;l5 p. m. The condition Of the
Holy Spirits Importation R. L.
Selle
4. 30 p. m. Exegesis Rom. S.14
L. A. McCaffree
7;SO p. m. Song Service
:. Great Bend Choir.
500 p. m. Sermon c. E Wood
WEDNESDAY, MAY Is
$50 a. m. Praise Service E. T.
Julian.
900 a. m. disciplinary.
1000 a. m Exposition. 2 Cor. 4.6
II F. E. Gordon.
HOO Sermon, Eph. 3:l4-19
H. ]. Donaldson
1;S0 p. m. Praise service
J. H. 0igg:
200 p m. Relation Of children to
the Kingdom. -. -. R. E. Martir
800 p. M Our College Hour
F. E. Mossman
$50 p. m: The Methodist Brother
hood. j. A. Holme.
400 p. m. Our cal to the ministry
A testimony meeting
7;SO p. m. Sorg service
Great Bend Choi
Sp. m. Sermon c. H. Woodward
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08
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Commenting on On article 3D.
vertised to appear in the May
issue Of Appleton's Magazine.
Henry Ford. designer Of the fam
Gus Ford. and president of the
Ford Motor Company. asserts that
the automobile has already sound
edthe death knell Of the horse, and
that within . generation the horse
will be regarded Is q curiosity. Il
rare animal. in Q class with the
buffalo.
II say this with oil seriousness.
for I am convinced Of ito truth.
The horse will be entirely supper
seeded and, in time. the specie will
become extinct. From Q sanitary
standpoint. the horse hos no more
right to be allowed to travel in the
streets OF our cities than has the
COW. or the sheep. or the pig. and
just as surely as we now have
laws to prohibit that, so surely
will it, inside Of ten years. be
against the law TO drive q horse
through those streets. At one
time all animals had the freedom
of our streets. now only the horse.
Il say ten years. but that is the
outside. / look for it in FIVE. for
already considerable agitation has
been started and public sentiment
is commencing to side against the
horse, and IN favor of humanity.
Your health and mine, the health
of our children, is mensced daily,
because we permit the horse on the
paved thoroughfares of this city.
The air we breathe is laden with
dust which the horse is contami.
mated, and fever and sickness
abounds where there should be
none.
And from a utility view point
the horse is doomed. There is
nothing that has been accomplish
ed with the aid of the horse that
the automobile cannot do more
speedily and at a lower cost.
For pleasure or for business.
il commercial life. or in argicul.
tural. the self propelled vehicle is
superseding the horse and will
continue to grow in popularity and
usefulness. Having outlived its
usefulness and disguised US BY
its filth, the doom Of the horse is
FASTENED.
so l say, in our time we shall
look on the horse as q curiosity,
an animal only found in zooloQi-
cal gardens and here and there il
private herds, like the buffalo
herds now owned by few indi
viduais''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

ccording to figures given . cut
BY the state tax commission, the
assessed valuation of all property
in Kansas this year will be near
the three billion mark. an increase
of $50 ner cent over last years
valuation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

,Chas F Rathburn came in from
Old Mezico Saturday evening for
. few days visit and will probably
GO from here 10 Oklahemai M
Rathburn hss lately been in FL
Paso drBdton. Texas and SAYS
that times are strictly on the bum
in and about FL Psso Nothing 10
do and that you are asked for q
|niokle ora dime twenty times q
day oy men who reilly need. it.fol
lsomething to eat 90
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

The ladies of Clay Center have
a new method of raising money
for the library. They are gather
ing up all the old papers. books.
magazines, etc., enough to make a
car load, which they will ship to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08
Kansas City,.sell, the proceeds to
90 to the library fund.

The sidewalks in front of some Of
the business houses need repairing.
Many are badly worn. In some places
the iron bolts stick up an inch above
the rock and are dangerous. They
are to narrow and a sixteen foot walk
west side of blocks so-1o9 and ia
would be greet Improvement. e
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

Oh and ". Il. Bstman left Sat
uray for Indiana to visit their
brother. A. J. Batman. who has
ben quite sick for some tina.
Mike Batman Of Kiova county
will join them at Hutchinson and
make the journey with them. The
brother in lndiara is an old sold.
Ter apd nearly seventy year, Of
age. re
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

Rudolph Steuri, FIVE miles north
Of the city on the Hoisington road
will bold . public sale Of stock.
implements, and household goods
on Tuesday. May 18th: commenc-
ing ct 10 q. NJ.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

Edward..D and wife Of Chill
ocothe, Missouri are Writing Mr.
and Mrs John Kelley and family
of Pawnee Rock. Mr.. Dahm
formerly lived in Liberty town.
ship..
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

Mr. and Mrs R F Sonndecker of
Emporia were here Saturday and
Sunday looking over the city with
a view Of locating here They
went from here to Garnet
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

Among the people that went to
Larned Sunday were W. 7. Hart
Cleve Gilmore, Chas. johnson,
Emmet Putnam. Ernest Putnam:
Art Dick, Fred Merritt Lot
Ewalt. Frank Brinkman. Arthur
Griffith and Jack Richards.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-05-08

Miss Anna Martin principle
Of the Albert school was here Sat-
'urday. The school closed Friday
and appropriate exercises were
held. Miss Martin will 20 to Der
home in the west part Of the state
for vacation. The Albert folks
would be pleased to have her re-
turn fnr..the next term.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
Selecting Dairy Cows.

While there may be no infallible rule
by which a man can be governed in Sc
Letting a high-class dairy COW, there
are many points that will assist and If
carefully considered will prevent dis
appointment as a rule. Remember that
a COW is a machine and is intended to
change the different products on which
she is fed into something of more value.
There are two distinct types Of these
machines. One manufactures OR con-
-verts feed into beef; the other into
milk. There is a very decided and pro-
nounced difference in the type of the
animal that makes beef and the one
which manufactures milk. In the dairy
type we have an animal, that Is angu-
lar, thin, somewhat ~loose-jointed and
with prominent bones. She is wedge
shaped from the front, with q lean
head, moderately long face slightly
dished and a general contented express
sion Of the features. The muzzle is
large, mouth large, nostrils wide and
open, a clear, full bright eye, a broad,
full and high forehead, ears medium
size, fine texture, covered with fine
hair and orange yellow inside. The neck
is thin, moderately long, with little or
no dewlap, and the throat is clean.
Wide space between the jaws, the
withers lean and sharp, the shoulders
lean and oblique and the chest deep
and wide, which indicates vigor and
constitution.-Field and Farm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
IlGE JmA2LAERS
eSA %gRE

/. Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, $4.OO
to $4.62; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; wheat, No. 2, 97c to SOC;
corn, No. 2, 5Sc to SOC; oats, standard,
49c to soc; rye, No. 2, Sac to S5c; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $l1.5O; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to Doc; eggs, fresh, 24c to &c; potatoes,
per bushel, soc to 65c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to 5000; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $40; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $500; wheat, No. 2, &c to Csc;
corn, No. 2 white, SOC to SEC; oats, No. 2
white, 49c to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $6.1O; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to 1925;
wheat, No. 2, $1.O1 to $1.O2; corn, No. 2,
soc to SEC; oats, No. 2, Acc to SOC; rye,
No. 2, 75c to 79c. 1.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $5.25;
hogs. $500 to $40; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, $1.O4 to $1.O6; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 55c to SIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to SIC; rye, No. 2, SEC to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2, S1.OO to $1!O2; corn, No. 3
yellow, SOC to Coo; oats, No. 8 white,
sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, Sic to S3c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.OS to $1.1O; corn, No. 3, SIC to 59c;
oats, standard, SOC to 52c; rye, No. 1,
SIC to SIC; barley, No. 2, $1.O1 to $1.03;
pork, mess, $12.47.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $5.75; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $4.55; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.S5.
New York-Cattle, $500 to S6.4O;
hogs, $3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.o4 to $1.O5;
corn, No. 2, 65c to &c; oats, natural
white, 54c to SIC; bitter, creamery, &c
to Bic; eggs, western, 22c to 25c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.OO to
S1.O2; corn, No. 2 mixed, SIC to 5Sc;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 52c to 53c; rye, No.
2, Sic to S3c; clover seed, prime, 5000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
CHICAGO,

While the curtailment Of production l.
Farious industrial branches continues.
there are evidences of a favorable mature
FOR steady improvement TO take place
soon. With the banks ROW virtually A"c.
to specie payment and discount opera
lions extending. it is not surprising that
the volume of business, as reflected by
bank exchanges, makes the best eEiibit
IN nine weeks, the comparative decline
being the lowest in that period.
Following, the extra time taken to make
necessary repairs to plants, resumption
became general and quickly reduced the
number of workers made temporarily idle,
and the Indications now turn for the bet
ter at the furnaces, mills and FORCES.
Some substantial bookings appear in
iron, steel and wire, and faiY orders CONS
forward in furniture, ~boxmaking, foot
wear and vehicles. Little change is eN-
rected in prices Of finished products. but
a feeling that costs may be lowered is to
some extent causing hesitation where
much capital is involved.
Weather conditions advanced the Jan
usry clearance sales in retail lines, stocks
undergoing satisfactory reduction. and 81
considerable increased number of visiting
buyers attended the wholesale markets
for ~stal'es, textiles, boots a2'.i shoes, cloth
ing and foot products. Me. camille coIlec-
lions throughout the West are irregular,
some sections RENTING promptly, while
at Others tho defaults il diuaIe weakness,
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number SO, against IS last week ana
rs a year ago. Those with liabilities over
$1,000 number 7, against l last week and
3 in l9O1.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24

Why do not the farmers put up more
of their pork, cure it and sell it in the
summer? This would bring more profit
than marketing the hog to the butcher.
The American Agriculturist has made
a careful estimate of the waste in
slaughtering hogs at home, which shows
facts that will be profitable to the pork
raiser. Take a hog weighing at home
200 pounds, on a basis Of a 5-cent mar
ket, live weight. Its value is $40. If
fat, the hog loses about 20 per cent, or
40 pounds, leaving 16O pounds edible
portion, Approximately the dressing
will be: Two hams, 30 pounds; two
shoulders, "a pounds four strips ba-
con-, IS pounds; spare ribs, head, feet
and backbone, 80 pounds, leaving about
As pounds for sausage and lard. The
meats to be smoked will increase about
10 per cen in weight in the pickle,
but lose about the same as the dress
ing weight. The following are very
conservative prices for q country-dress-
ed hog: Thirty pounds ham, at IA
cents, $4.2O; % pounds bacon, at Is
cents, $4.2O; a pounds shoulder, at 8
cents, $2.16; 45 pounds lard or sausage,
at 12h cents, $500; % pounds back
bone, spare ribs, etc, at 6 cents, $1.50 !;
soap fat, about % cents total, $17.91;
cost Of hog, $40; profit, $7.91.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
Stoppfnc Losses.

Winter is a good season for farm
ers to count III the losses they have
sustained and find out how they may
be avoided in the future. A little stu
dious reflection will convince many a
farmer that there are many continu-
GUS and unnecessary leaks on his farm,
which might be stopped. Little wastes
are often a great source of loss. Feed
ing fodder in the barnyard manure
teaching under the caves of the barn,
cold stables hat make it necessary
to provide extra rations to counterfeit
the rigors of winter, not having a place
for everything in the barn, so when
wanted no unnecessary time is lost in
hunting for things, and many other lit
tie things that In the long run become
really expensive obstacles.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
NEW YORK.

Financial affairs show further and
marked improvement, and money is more
plentiful and easier to obtain, but the
gain in trade and industry proper is still
largely one of sentiment, because bust
ness is quiet, the country over, railway
earnings and bank clearings are below a
year ago, collections are slow, though
better than a month ago, and industry
is as a whole on short time, with the
larger centers reporting a great number
of unemployed.
In trade lines the general report is one
Of backward business. Mild weather is
still a bar to the widest activities in sea-
sonable goods North and West, and re-
tailers are stimulating tagging demand by
reduction sales. Southern trade shows
little more life than a week ago. Some
lines report after-holiday collections as
better than those of December, and in
some cases better than anticipated, but
they in few cases are better than slow
to fair.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Jan. 9 number asa,
against 345 last week, 2S3 in the like
week of 1907, 2S6 in 1906, 295 in 1905
n 315 in 1904. Failures in Canada
this week numbered 60, against 81 last
week and p in this week a year ago.
Bradstreet's Review.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24

on or sleigh box. Use two strong
white oak poles to make the derrick
and sweep. The upright, B, may be
cut from my strong piece of lumber,
or made up by spiking together two
pieces of 2X4 studding. 1t should be
u to 10 feet long and well braced at
the base, as shown in the sketch. The
bottom should be smooth in order to
slide freely over the ice.
The sweep, c., should be about IS
feet long, or over, with a rope attach
ed to each end. The sweep is pivoted
on top of the upright, 3, from ne-
quarter to one-third projecting over,
where the ice tongs are attached. The
remaining portion, with the rope, d,
attached gives plenty Of leverage for
lifting the heavy cakes.
After a season Of cutting ice, the
two icemen proceed to lift out and
load tlp One seizes the tongs and
catches onto the floating cakes, while
the other man presides at h rope, D.
The sleigh should be in the handiest
position to swing the sweep around
and land the cake of ice into the box.
The combination style Of ice-house
represented in the illustration is not
the best for all purposes, yet has some
features to recommend it. The sides
of the building are nine feet above the
ground and the height of the dairy
seven feet. The outside walls of the
ice-house are made of two-inch planks,
ten inches wide, set upright, with inch
and a half planks nailed on the inside.
They are weather boarded on the out
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
NEWS OF MINOR o IT.

A large increase in the national guard
of Hawaii is urged by the War Depart
ment in a communication to the terrific
rial officials.
President Roosevelt was the subject of
considerable criticism at the annual din
ner of the Hotel Association OF New York
City at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Stockholders of the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company OF Washing
ton, D. c., decided to make William
Loeb, Jr., q director and ultimately pres
ident of the company.
Three hundred Chinese lost their lives
in a Canton restaurant during a panic
resulting from fire in a moving-picture
machine. The crush caused the building
to collapse.
Concessions granted the union trolley
men by the Rapid Transit company of
Philadelphia, Pa, were approved at a
ratification meeting. The men will go
back to work.
Parents who ''fail to put their children
in proper physical condition to profit by
the work of the schools" should be pun
ished, is the opinion of Superintendent
Maxwell of the New York schools, as re-
vealed in his annual report.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
Berry Culture.

An authority says that on an acre
OF rich, cultivated land $500 worth of
berries may be grown. and that AN acre
should produce at the rate of 200 BUSH
els.
Causes for a short crop may be laid
at the door of land deficient in fertil-
ity or plant food. Such land should
have composted manure applied and
turned under and top dress. Ashes
should also be broadcasted. Another
reason is improper preparation of the
soil. Pillow deeply and harrow until
fine, light and mellow. Again, there is
a poor crop when varieties are planted
that are not adapted to that particular
kind of soil and climate. This can be
determined either by the success of
neighboring farmers of that locality,
or by testing a limited number Of
plants. Failure often comes from set
ting poor plants; only hardy, vigorous
plants should be purchased. Careless
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
source. Of Manure value.

The plant food in a ton Of manure
varies greatly with the materials used
for feed and bedding. Thus wheat
straw contains per ton about ten
pounds Of nitrogen, two pounds of
potassium timothy hay contains about
twenty-four, three and t~wenty-four
pounds of these respective elements and
clover hay about forty, five and thirty
pounds respectively of nitrogen, phos-
phorus and potassium. At 10 cents a
pound for nitrogen, 10 cents for phos-
phorus and 6 cents for potassium the
value of these clements is $2.T6 in a
ton of wheat straw, $40 in timothy
hay, $S.40 in clover hay and $9.42 ! n a
ton of alfalfa hay.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
FLIES DO.
This Insect Is the veritnble Angel
of P~estilcnce.


of PestiIcnce.
One by one the plaques of Egypt are
being abolished by science. The frogs
were abolished long ago by the drain
tile. The fleas are checked by insect
powder, and the darkness that could
be felt has melted away before the arc
ilsht. The sixth plague still remains
IN full slcry. The fly is always with
us. The great DR.. Radcliffe used to
declare that the three worst annoy
ahces or life were smoke, flies and ir-
relevant questions. Humanity has
hitherto accepted these with a patient
shrug of the shoulders as among the
inevitable.
AT last the worm has turned. 1t Is
proceeding slowly to put on smoke con-
sulners, and has declared a war of ex-
termination against the fly. The mo-
tives which whe.t hitherto easily
blunted purpose are supplied by sci
ence. They are, first, tina flies carry
disease; second, that their very pres
ence is a sign of dirt.
That the fly is frequently the angel
of the pestilence has long been suspect
ed, says Golfers in an important ar
ticle, but its most vivid and impress
sive demonstration was furnished by
the disgraceful death rate from ty-
phoid, one of the most s%candalous of
the many murders Of official stupidity,
in u camps in the South during the
+Danish-American war, 1t was clear
" proved by the eminent commission
OF expert. who investigated the sttu-
alton postmortem, that the principal
means Of the spread of this dreaded
disease was the fight of flies from the
eXcreta Of the earliest cases to the food
exposed in the camp kitchens, carry ing
the typhoid germs on their legs and
probOsces.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
6 Fe4e SEcw WoMEN.


1.-THE true orator is the man who can
make people laugh, cry and feel what
he says. In truth, the genuine orator
n the man who has humor enough in
his soul to bring the smile to the face,
lpathos enough in his heart to bring the
tear to the eye and dignity enough in
his bearing to persuade or move men.
is an exponent of the spoken word.
is a pilgrim moving toward the
Nome of the ideal. He is the embodi-
ament of earnestness, enthusiasm and
0~9loquence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. CatRrrh
Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you must take internal rem
edles. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by one
of the best physicians in this country for
years and is a regular prescription. 1t is
composed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect COM
bination of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills FOR constipation
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24
Ice harvesting.

Every year the use of ice increases.
1t is not merely n luxury, but becomes
Il Necessity as soon as its value is
known by experience. Ice in the dairy
is almost Indispensable for holding
milk and cream at 4 proper tempera-
turc.
Ice should be cut with a saw into
blocks of regular size, so that they will
pack solidly into the ice house without
leaving spaces between them. A regu-
lar crosS-cut saw with one handle re-
moved will answer the purpose.
The ice derrick is convenient and
safer to use for lifting h cakes from
the water and hosting into the wag-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-24

The Evening Wisconsin company, Of
Milwaukee,, Wis, has published a series
in five colors, showing the. animals at
the Washington Park zoo, III the city of
Milwaukee. A set will be mailed you
upon the receipt of u cents (coin CT
stamps. Address The Evening Wiscon'
sin company, Post Card Dept, Milwau'
kCe, Wis.