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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

Canadian correspondence:
What are the settlers of Western
Canada-and most of all the farmers who
have cmigrated from the United States
doing this year," / was asked by the
editor of one of our big American maya
zines a short time ago, by which | was
assigned to travel through the great whea
provinces of the Dominion West to dis
cover just what the conditions were there,
and how the many thousands of Ameri-
can farmers in this "Eldorado of Wheat"
were prospecting.
This was my fourth journey through
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. L
followed close upon the 10000 good Amer
lean farmers who left the States to make
new homes for themselves in these PROV
inces last year-and in different words,
this was how 1 answered the question
of the editor quoted above:
Imagine first of all, q train of forty-ton
cars Idol miles in length-a train, in
other words. which would reach from
New York City to Denver, or from the
Canadian border through the States of
North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas, and for go
miles down into old Mexico, and you will
have some idea of this years production
of grain in the three great provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
In other words, it will take more than
100000 cars to carry the grain production
OF these provinces alone this autumn.
1t a person We're standing at one point.
and this grain rain passed him at the
rate of twenty miles an hour, he would
have to remain in that one spot for just
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

year. Under ordinary conditions the new
settler makes a living during his first year.
lie builds himself a cabin or a rude board
home, and if he has not much capital Of
his own he works a part of his time for
his ~neighbors, for work is always plenty
and wages good. The second year, how
ever, he has in his own grain. 1t is a
common saying throughout Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta that "the settler
makes a good living the first year, builds
himself a good home the second, and is
independent the third
Until / had become thoroughly acouaint-
ed with these thousands of my people who
have emigrated to Western Canada, and
with the conditions now existing among
them, l was inclined to believe with other
hundreds of thousands of Americans that
Canada's wheat lands were considerably
oyerestimated. There are a large. num-
Der of lar companies in the United
States whose promoters very much dis
like to see good American farmers taking
UP land in Canada when they have vast
tracts of their own to dispose of. One
of the "stories" frequently seen in Amer
lean papers is that the good homestead
land, or free land, of the Dominion is al
ready taken up. Millions of acres Of the
best land in the world are now open to
American settlers in Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta, and these acres are Of
fered to them absolutely free, with
taxes so low, after they have gained
possession, that they may almost be count
ed as nothing.
To-day three great railroads stretch
across Western Canada, and within a few
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

three days and three nights to see the
end OF it.
1t would carry past him more than
l0O,000,0OO bushels of the best wheat in
the world, 100000 bushels of oats and
2O,o0o,0OO bushels Of barley, for these
figures, according to very best estimates
that can be given at the present time,
show what the settlers of Western Canada
have raised this year in the way of grain.
Never in the history of any country
has there been a more prosperous year
for farmers than the present one in the
Dominion West. So enormous has been
the grain production that nearly 25,O0O,-
600 pounds of binder Irvine were required
for the crops Oats this season
have gone as high as one hundred
bushels to the acre, while over large areas
of country the average has been as high as
eighty and ninety bushels. The wheat
yield has been as high as fifty bushels to
the acre, and from figures already in it
is believed that the total will show an
yield of between twenty and TWEEN
ty-five bushels to the acre throughout the
three provinces.
1t is difficult for one to understand
just what Western Canada means to the
farmer until he takes at least one trip
through thar country. AS yet the vast
grain lands of the three western PROV
inces, with an area large enough to sup
port the population of a nation, have
hardly been scratched. In other words, it
may truthfully be said that the tremen-
dous production of these provinces to-day
is that of a few pioneers. Last year
sixty thousand of the best farmers in
the United States took up new homes
for themselves there, and from the sta
tistics Of the past two or three years each
one of these settlers will be harvesting
from 500 to 1000 bushels of grain next
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

miles or each side of these roads the
great part of the population of settlers
hive. Beyond these narrow belts are
millions of acres of the best land in the
world and it is safe to say that within
ten years it will be almost entirely taken
up-and American farmers will occupy a
great portion Of it. No farmer in this
country has to carry his crops far, for
every few miles along the railroads towns
or stations are laid out, and at every
place there is a huge elevator, and some
times several of them, each holding from
10000 to 10000 bushels.
A few paragraphs back, 1 made tho
statement that many American land com
panies are trying to give the impression
that the free homestead lands of the Do
minion are about gone. To show how
ridiculous this is, I will give the figures
which have been secured through w. j.
Kennedy, of the Department of Immigra-
ton. who has made an exhaustive inves-
tigation of this subject. According to
the results of his investigation there are
at the present time more than 10O,-
GOO free homesteads already surveyed
and awaiting settlers, and in addi-
ton to those there are vast tracts of the
best land in the world which nave not
yet been surveyed, and which will be
homesteaded.
And from my long experience in the
Dominion West, / confidently believe that
during the next two years nearly all Of
these homesteads viii haye been taken up
by good American farmers-the farmers
from our own States who are making
Western Canada what it is to-day. Years
ago the best advice in the world was,
Young man, go West" To-day it has
changed in a small way. Now it is:
Young man, go to Western Canada"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08
WlNTERINc 4

May times it is asked how to wfn+ar
goats says the ASriculturist. Goats viii
winter well on corn fodder, but they viii
winter better II the fodder Is mixed With
brush. They should BIO likewise furnished
with 2 dry place during rains. Timothv
nay Is not good for goats. but clover hay
mixed with fodder is all right. Kids must
cone very early in order to produce kids
the next year. For this purpose it is best
TO have kids come In the latter na,t n
May. Sheep n goats do well on ira
same pasture. but they should not Be kent
together IN close quarters. Ii so Won viii
have no lambs. Goats may be purchased
at from s. to IS per head. In wtnterins
they will stand q great deal Of ro,rh
treatment providing they can get brush
II they get poor during the cold weather
little fodder and they win get wen sraing
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

that can be made from it, the subject
deserves deliberate consideration.
AS a key to the problem we will sug.
gest that succulent feed, provided at ali
times of the year, and properly used with
the grains and forage crops Is the SURE
method by which the continuous growth
of animals can be kept Up. IL we depend
on the pastures alone in the summer time
we are likely to fall in a measure, for the
weather Is treacherous and rains do not
always come just at the time needed. II
In the winter there are no roots or silage
provided there will be a lack in the es.
senttals to maintain the juices in the sys-
tenn, and consequently there will be q
check in regular process of the system and
a deterioration in quality. Better to pro-
vide succulent supplemental feeds in both
summer and winter, as 1t Is in a business
way an insurance against loss and a
guaranty for success and profit.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08
One SUMMER Ninht.

/ remember well. one summers night
A clear, soft, silver, moonlight, thou ana !
Sat a full hour together. silently:
Looking abroad into that pure, pale
heaven.
Perchance thou hast forgotten; but my
arm
WA on thy shoulder. and thy clustering
locks
Hung lightly on my hand. and thy clear
eye
Glisten,d beside my forehead. and 81
length
Thou saIdsts lis lime We went crest:
and then
rose and parted for the night; no
word
Bur thoseSwere spoken, and we never sinca
Have told each other OF that moment.
Afford
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-10-08

Coai keeSs best under sea water.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
When Eynloslves EyaIode.

A popular notion that explosives
will go of" by any simple method is
wrong. Many Of the most powerful
explosives imaginable may be kicked
about, may be set OF fire or may be
shot out of a gun, and unless the
proper agency for exploding them is
employed they will not go off, and
will do no damage. The reason for
his may be explained by an illustra-
..cn. Consider a CRATE full of coal.
here is there enough Of what we
nay call explosive energy to throw a
aousand pound weight through a foot
u solid steel-if only It could be lib.
rated. But there can be no explosion
without oxygen, and the coal in the
CRATE will not burn faster than the
supply Of Oxygen in the air which
reaches it will permit If the coal
could be furnished all at once with
enough air to cause its complete
burning, it would explode with as
great violence as if it were 20 much
dynamite.-St. Nicholas
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
.-on novMeor -oa A HOTEL,
American Tourist in Havana Was Put
Down at the Wrona Gate.

The old Spanish hotels OF Cuba, set
behind high walls and surrounded by
wilderness of trees and flowers,
have entirely passed away. Modern
taraYansaries have risen flush on
every side Of the Central Square and
advertise the attractions Of their 200
rooms, the occupants OF which run
races with each other every morning
for the possession OF the single por-
celain bathtub.
An American tourist grew Teary re-
Gently of paying IS a day and - cents
extra for bathing privileges at one Of
inc new hotels in Havana. Consulting
an aged and dilapidated Baedecker,
he ran across the name of the famous
OLD S2'a'day Spanish managed Inter-
rationale. The address of the ancient
hostelry was not given, and the Ameri'
can, Tor obvious reasons felt a delica'
cy at asking its whereabouts at the
desk Of the hotel he wanted to leave.
SO, as he could not speak word OF
Spanish, he repeated "lnternationale,"
'lnternationale," successfully to a doz-
en- cabmen on the Central Square, and
when they shook their heads and
spread out their elbows he merely laid
1t to his inability to speak their Ian
guage.
Finally, however, he found one cab
man who seemed to understand him,
and was soon being whired, at a three
legged gallop, along the southeastern
boulevard which leads to the old
fashioned suburbs of the town. He
was put down outside the ten-foOt high
adobe wall and carefully.locked iron
gate of a picturesque, ramblin, three
and-fower.scgeened homestead, and
began pulling impatiently at a rusty
wire which connected, at some dis
lance, with a bell.
For fully five minutes there was no
response. Then a bent and palsied
n,su'seryant hobbled down the walk.
He refused TO open .ae gate and he
and the American had an argument
in their respective languages. The
exhibition of money seemed to make
the old man particularly angry. At
length the American grew disguised
and went-over to the fonda on the
other side Of the.street o., .... .
why wouldn't they let me into tho
hotel over theree' he asked the Yam
kee representative of some American
railroad interest he found in the bar
room, The Yankee burst into a shout
of laughter The "Internationale" was
no longer a hotel 1t had become a
nunnery The famous old Spanish hos
telry closed its doors during the Span
ish war, and its owner sold the prop
erty to the church.-New York Times.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
Reflections of a Cynical Dinner Guest

Reflections OF a Cynical Dinner Guest
The first man who invited somebody
to dine with him must surely have
been terribly bored in his own house!
Agreed But what about the first
person who accepted an invitation?
The idea of people assembling in
order to absorb food is certainly not
a natural idea; the lower animals
never invite each other to dinner
on the contrary!
Where in the world do all the dis.
notwithstanding buffers come from?
Remember how few people there are
among all those you are acquainted
with who possess the attributes nee.
essary in a successful serving.man
You have, all the time during which
the soup is on the table, to rack your
brains for something to say to your
neighbor.
If, by the middle Of the fish, you
have found nothing to say you must
reconcile yourself to the knowledge
that you have already been written
down a dull blockhead.
The last word or the last play is
your safety buoy, unless, as some.
times happens, you have the misfor-
tune to be next to a lady who has
mo time to read or never goes to
the theatre"
Pray heaven in such a case that
there has recently been a nice little
catastrophe of sorts which will allow
you to remark that 1T is terrible"
in order that your neghbor may re.
tort" yes. truly awful"
However noisy the general CONVEX
sation may be. it is sure to come to
a dead stop at the precise moment
when you decide to take advantage
of the babel Of tongues to say some
thing very confidential to your neigh.
Dor!
In spite of all their drawbacks, Ger.
tain dinners might be delightful were
not the consciousness ever with you
Of the big stain you made right in the
middle Of your shirtfront during the
FIRST course!
when you go out to dinner you
ought. TO be able TO leave YOUR stoin.
%ch at homee-TGrAnd,, Mag9Npe3s4 !
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
A BAD Rarnain.

A story is told of the famous Rich.
ard Brinsley Sheridan that one day,
when coming back from shooting with
an empty bag and seeing a number Of
ducks in a pond, while near man
was leaning on a fence watching them.
Sheridan asked: Co.
What will you take for a shot at
the ducks?'s 30.
Well" said the man thoughtfully,
'Ill take half a sovereign" .t
Done" sid Sheridan, and he fred
into the middle of the -Aock, killing a
dozen Or more I'm afraid yyg9 made
a bad bargain" said Sheridan, lauEhr
fngY-- 'i'"''"'A' -'' ~ .''''''" -
. btidont lnoyi about that, @.thel han,
,replieA, They're not ny apcksEd-Tbel
ClnIi tlaH Au aEs ~ ma. II,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
a s.n- " THE srnlsr.

Don't tell me OF your losses, friend
Don't beg Of mel shall not lend
Nor give to you, 50 there's an end
10 you, MaH Street weeper.
Carnegie sHys It's Just like cards
This specu alton OF your pards;
Your plains this steel man disregards.
''An l my brothers. keeper7'
What! Come and help, you say? Oh no!
The market suits me, let It go!
There's billions made OF others woe,
And shear.ng Of the sheep, Sir,
In gambling there's no gratitude,
In business We cut platitude,
And, IN my iron attitude
Am l my brothers Keeper"
] am a bold bad, hungry bear
] claw and clutch now, everywhere,
And lambs ! never. never spare %
Spring lamb was never cheaper.
Don't show again your white, wan face;
I'm growing, in the same old place;
At ghosts like you / make grimaCe-
IAN / my brothers Keeper
Walter Beverley Crane, in the New
York Times.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
Reflections from Clouds.

When the sky is overcast at night
faint glow is often observed in the
sky at a distance from an observer in
the country. This is usually a refec-
ton of the illumination OF street lamps
in a nelghboring city. The higher the
reflection the nearer must be the
source Of the light, while the lower it
is, the further away is the place iof
origin. Oyer in England there, has
been some guessing liHy the pages59f
4 scientific paper Nature'0 about Tie
etl1seee d aAndsaas ,%hlSh .tbeE pte-
nomeaaR can be detsetedIa Snstandes
in which the ,light,remaHated' from
,places from two testwelye- 7.
.ssIf .ArIp6 saa5lf were cited, and a,Sor.
Tespo4aefa tsione9 ore ip-ghi@ hs,
the Interval att ~ Itlle4off.
a guess like the LAST nesds te2be seors
rotated before being fully accepted
but does not appear TO ;be utterly un.
reasonable. -New York Tribune,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
Aerial Topography.

This is not such a contradiction in
terms as il may seem. Recent explor-
alton of the atmosphere has revealed
an astonishing defniteness Of arrange
ment in its layers, although, of course,
the details are continually changing.
Recently Capt. c. H. Ley, in England,
has directed his studies of floating bal
looms to a solution Of the question Of
the influence on the state Of the air
above it. He finds among other
things, that the disturbances produced
by hills and valleys are transmitted
to an Unexpectedly great elevation. af-
fecting the lower and middle strata
throughout. A general effect noticed
is that the velocity of the wiRd, or Of
a current of air, is increased over a
hill and, diminished over a valley. He
thinks THAT similar observations, gem
thrallSS ,ltwould furnish us
with p. real topography of the air
Youths Companion.
u 'f....fg - / "a & 'tHsT
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
,%TAkiAs TROUSERS OF.

LlefebJf5n aged four was playlk&
init IN, the gaDd, when suddenly he
came running into the house, crying
- S;It! = ttek eehs,
and see this bug; hA i3a3iaKiflY his
strense5ezSffl ll1sII9s had ,tOSAd al bcutst'
copliIB Q b ~ its Old shell-TfS Dot'
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
2 Easily Arranged.

The calcium fwas out Of order 1i'
Il can't do my best without a glare,
ayerred The star.
81 can fix that" responded the inn
pressario 'Tll station one Of the other
prima donnas in the wings. kansas
CITY Journal
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22

iAiort6n Converse, a philanthropic
citizen OF ,Winehendon Mass, has
given $4,000 for a soldiers memorial
building in Rindge, N. H., where he
was born.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
NIN.I IAIMaYs Klekdnn.

iS,A post Is up against Il even when
paid 81 per wore"
hAs to 1i6&?'N n" zee ...'
i HAS to stick TO the meter Can't
run in few extra words. Washing
ton Herald.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22

tVhe average English woman has
the advantage in height over the
American Of two inches.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22

The weight Of the human heart aver
ages from nine TO eleven ounces
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22
NAME SPELLED 81 WAYS.
Admiral RozhestVensy Proves Pun
zle to Wrlters-Admlral Very's
Comment.

The recent premature announce
ment OF the death Of the Russian Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky has caused
Lieut.. Commander Frank Marble, u.
s. NJ. to find out many ways there
are, right and wrong, OF spelling the
name OF the Russian commander in
the battle Of the Sea Of Japan. There
are just 81 such ways, according to
Commander Marble, and Rear Admir-
al Samuel w. Very, U. s. ~. has TAX
en- Commander Marbles table as the
subject of an interesting letter that
he has written to Col. William c.
Church, the editor Of The Army and
Navy Journal, which letter appeared
in yesterdays issue Of that paper.
The recent premature announces
ment Of the death of a prominent on
Ger Of the Russian navy" Admiral
Very writes to Col Church, land the
subsequent contradiction, have re-
viyed the diversified spelling of the
name in the daily press, as well as
in journals more or less intimately
associated with naval matters The
correct spelling is used by a very
limited number of writer's. and
many others use the spelling which
is correct in the French language.
from which the greater part of our
information was derived in the begin
ming Of Rozhestyenskys prominence
in the war with Japan, and from
which at the present time many
translations are appearing.
But in rendering into English It
is incorrect to retain the j, which in
French represents the sound, of the
corresponding Russian letter, but
which in English should be replaced
by the compound 'zh.' The adjective
derived from the noun 'rozhdestvo,'
meaning birth or nativity, and in a
more restricted sense Christmas may
be spelled with or without the rOzh-
destyensky or rozhestvensky, but the
proper name, Rozhestvensky, is in the
case of the Vice Admiral spelled
without the d. The name is &C
cented on the second syllable, RIOS
zhest.ven-sky.
81 give herewith a list, for which I
am indebted to Lieut.. Commander
Frank Marble, U. S. NJ, of 81 spell
ings Of the Russian name, all except
the 33d and Seth taken from newspa-
per articles. Note particularly the
lavish use of the alphabet in No. o."
The table is prepared by Command
err Marble and to which Admiral Very
refers is as follows:
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-10-22

HduluLu 10 SUN puhNHnb Nho
scientists.
Experiment shows mat with the ex'
ception Of a small portion OF the air
near an open window and what might
be called the leakage Of air at the
rear end, or when both doors are open'
the draft Of air through the car moves
with the car. .
The tantalum lamp is very desirable
from the fact that II Is OF high EN-
cheney, DIt it Is not adapted for many
Of the fixtures at present in use, LOT
the reason that 1t must hang vertlcaI-
ly, whereas more often than not the
lamps in the existing fixtures hang at
an angle. An adapted has been re-
Gently invented by which the discrep'
ancy is overcome.
Professor Schiaparelli the head OF
the ltanan expedition in Egypt, Is
making Roadway in his Investigations
Of the metropolis at Alint. Some 2Oo
Egyptians are at work and a great
number of funeral objects are being
constantly brought to light, besides
many inscriptions which are OF great
interest in connection with the early
Egyptian history. In each Durylns
place the explorers have found an
efigy of the uefunct carved in wood
An inventor in Algeria, Africa, has
devised and had patented an air tube
for supplying air to tree roots. The
tube is made of ceramic ware and Is
almost indestructibie. Placed in the
ground beside a tree, with the top
slightly above the surface to admit
the air, the young roots find their way
through a number Of holes. Expert
ments have proved, says Popular Me-
chancs, that the growth of vegetation
las been greatly advanced by Its use.
Red lights have been proved to be
visible 10 a greater distance than
green. In recent tests on a clear dark
night, a red light of one candle power
was clearly discernable at one mile;
one OF three candle power al two
miles; ten candle power, through bi-
nocular, at four miles, and thirty'three
candle power at five miles. On an ex-
ceptionslly clear night white light
of 3,2 candle power could be dstin'
guished at three miles l72 candle
power at five miles
The blue sky reveals itself as the
hemispherlcal vault OF the armament
in the absence Of clouds is the far
depths CT the air sending back to the
oi,eryer some part OF the solar IL
Elimination which they receive. The
light thus returned to the eye is blue
simply because the particles Of the
cir are OF such exceedingly diminutiye
size that they can effectively deal with
only the smallest of the luminous vi
brations-that is, with the blue I'M
dulatlons. There are a few faint In
terminglngs Of the other colored rays
in the blue Of the sky, but they are
in such trihing quantity that the blue