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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-12-15

The Ranch stands for the welfare of
the people who live on the ranches.
1t it did not it would belle it's name.
One of the things that the people liv-
ing in the country have been calling
for is the parcels post. 1t goes with
out saying that the voice of the resi-
dents in the rural districts is unani-
nous for this long felt need but their
pleadlngs have thus far been without
avail. Nearly every other civilized
country on the face of the globe has
the parcels post aud the farmers of
the United States are denied this
privilege. Just the other day | clip
ped the following statement from one
of our daily papers: POSTMASTER
General Hitchcock has ordered that
placards be posted in all United
States post-otfices calling public at
tention to the parcels post service to
foreign countries. During the past
few months parcels post conventions
have been entered into by this country
with practically every civilized nation
of the world.
Some one may want to say, "Why
is not that evidence of the use of the
parcels post?" Yes, it proves that
we can use it with other countries
while we are denied this privilege in
our own country. Let me quote the
following from the Housekeeper !:
''The largest package one can send
through the mails from Minneapolis
to st. Paul for instance is four pounds
weight, and for this you are asked to
pay sixteen cents a pound. But if
you want to send a package to anyone
OF twenty-four foreign countries you
can send it for twelve cents a pound
and the postmaster will let you send
a parcel weighing eleven pounds. -
Let me further illustrate this point:
l could mail package weighing four
pounds from Seattle to Paris for 48
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-12-15

cents, II miles away, would be obliged
to pay "a cents. Thus it appears that
it is misfortune to be an American
in America so far as sending packages
through the mail is concerned But
people living in England, Germany
and France and most other civilized
countries, have very decided advan
tage over the people of the United
States in the use of the pal cells post,
both as to rates and the amount to be
sent. [ again quote from the House
keeper as follows: "In London the
Government runs motor wagons in all
directions into the country for the
delivery of parcels, and this service
is being extended until presently it
will cover the entire country. Parcels
up to the weight of eleven pounds are
carried through the British mails,
while in some other countries the
limit is much higher. Italy. Chile.
Cuba, the Netherlands and New
Zealand are the only other countri es
holding the weight of the same maxi
mum as Britain. In Germany and
Austria packages weighing ITO pounds
are received and in Belgium the limit
is 1872 pounds. In France it is 80
pounds. In the United States alone
the limit is as low as four pounds,
while tho rate is so high, sixteen cents
pound, as to make the service pro-
hibitive for ordinary use. A broad the
rates vary, but they are always aimed
to be not much above cost. )" This is
a very fair presentation of the case.
Practically we have no parcels post at
all.
Why is it, we may ask, that the
farmers of this country, constituting
large majority of the population,
Boosting at the same time that this is
government of the people, and ny
the people and or the people," Ca
not get what they demand and what
they certainly ought to have? This
is burning question and the answer
should be given. 1t is not a very
difficult matter to answer this ques
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-12-15

companies furnish the only convenient
medium for the transmission of small
parcels from one place to another.
The express companies, with a very
small Investment in tangible property,
furnish this convenience and exact,
in the aggregate, from the public a
price disproportionately high to the
cost and to the capital investment.
Through contracts with the trans
portation lines they have practical
monopoly of this field. The only
break in the monopoly will come when
congress provides for parcels post
service at least as liberal as that en-
joyed by people in other countries"
This is very clear presentation of
this matter and the farmers of the
United States should be very grateful
that so able an ally as the P. [. has
been enlisted in this war. Just think
of it, capital of So, 00O.0 paying a
regular dividend of 10 per cent and
at the same time accommodating sur
plus of S24, O00 600. But when we
remember that these express COM
panies are largely composed of the
directors of the railroad companies,
we can see how the thing has been
done. These express company mana
gers have virtually made a contract
with themselves and of course on very
liberal terms for the express COM
panies. Honest and plain people have
often wondered why such railroad
managers as Hartman, Hill and many
others starting as poor men, have be-
come immensely wealthy in very few
years. All, for tricks of the trade,
the Standard Oil company is not the
"only pebble on the shore" We must
revise Bret Harte's quaint saying and
make it read-''For ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain the
heather Chinese is not peculiar. -
Let us remember that this big melon
with it's S24, 600, 900 surplus represents
Ohly OhO VI UhO hNO pebhAOO' VO
have no reason to doubt but the others
did equally we'll. Think of these COM
panIes paying it's stockholders 10 per
cent and then piling up surplus of
S12O, 600, 600 No wonder that these
express companies have ''moved
heaven and earth and hell itself" to
prevent congress from passing reason
able parcels post law.
But when we remember the COM
position of these express companies
and these enormous profits they have
accumulated, there is no great wonder
that Preside Roosevelt and his Post
master General, Meyer. failed to get
through Congress a very moderate and
reasonable bill for parcels post.
The whole railroad system of the
country with it's untold millions had
to be reckoned with and the railroads
won. Senator Pratt, of New York, so
feeble that he had to be lead to this
seat, had power enough to defeat any
measure that looked to the establish
ment of the parcel post Behind him
was the greatest and most powerful
Continued on page l4)
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ton. Someone has very pertinently
answered that there are five reasons
why the great mass of the people are
denied this privilege which is enjoyed
by the citizens of the most despotic
nations on the face of the globe. And
pray, what are these five reasons?
They are the five express companies
of the United States. Is it true that
these corporations protected by the
laws of this free land, are able to
keep the people from enjoying this
great blessing? Such is most certain
ly the case. The question may again
be asked, Chow can these five COM
panies which do not contain one per
cent of the people, manage to still
hold on to this special privilege? We
can better understand the answer to
this last question when we learn who
the people are that make up thes
express companies. They are, in a
large majority of cases, the directors
of the various railroads of the coun-
try. Don't be mislead at this point.
The railroads do not own these ex-
press companies. Usually the di-
rectors organize these express COM
panies as private enterprises, separate
and apart from the railroad companies
and whatever profits are derived from
the express business, goes into the
pockets of these directors. These eX-
press companies do not own much
stock and are capitalized at very
low late, but the profits are enormous.
l want here to copy very sensible
editorial recently appearing in the Sc
attic Post Intelligencer, enttle d
"Cutting Big Melon.'
Sin the language of Wall street,
Wells, Fargo q Co, have cut melon
of gigantic proportions. The minority
stockholders have been protes ting
vigorously for many years that the
profits of the company we're not
divided up, as they should be, not
withstanding that the stock of the
company has always paid a regular
dividend of 10 per cent. on its capital
ization, nominally of So. 600, 900. Now
the company has divided among it's
stockholders S24, 900, 900, or three
times the par value of It's stock. 1t
has also tripled its capital and offered
the new stock to the holders of the
present stock at par. This is probably
the record in melon cutting.
"The interesting thing to the public
about this distribution of accumulated
earnings is that the company which
has made such tremendous profits on
it's ostensible capitalization has little
Tangible property of any kind in the
nature of plant. It's assets OF value
consist merely of its contracts with
the railroads and other transportation
companies to do carrying for it. The
company owns no transportation and
none of the plant through which it
carries on its operations. There is
nothing tangible or assessable about
the properties through which it ac-
cumulated undivided profits of enor-
nous amounts.
"The great profits of this and other
express companies are made through
the fact that, in the absence of par
cells post, such as is enjoyed by the
people of other countries, the express
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CONTINUED on page l4)
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
MONEY MADE N LIVE STOCK
IN CENTRAL CANADA.

w. ]. Henderson, visiting Seattle,
writes the Canadian Government
Agent at Spokane, Wash, and says:
Il have neighbors in Central Canada
raising wheat, barley and oats for the
past 20 years, and are now getting
from the same land 20 to 30 bushels Of
wheat per acre, 40 to 60 bushels Of
oats.
1T was the first week of May when
got my tent pitched, but the farmers
all around had finished putting In
their crops, so only got fifteen acres
broke and seeded. They advised mo
as it was late not to put in much
wheat, SO put in five acres Of wheat
and ten acres oats, one-half acre pota-
toes and vegetables. All kinds of veg.
etables grow we'll up there, sweet corn,
tomatoes. onions, carrots. peas, beans,
cabbage. My wheat yielded about 20
bushels per acre, for which I got 76
cents, others got 80 cents; oats
threshed IS bushels per acre, for which
I got IS cents per bushel. You see
was three weeks late in getting them
In, still was satisfied.
From my observation, there is more
money made in stock, such as cattle,
horses and sheep, as prices are high
for such, and 1t costs nothing to raise
them. as horses live the year around
out on the grass. In fact, farmers turn
their work horses out for the winter,
and they come in fresh and fat in the
spring. Cattle live out seven or eight
months. They NOW the prairie grass
and stack 1t for winter and give oat
straw. My neighbors sold steers at
$40 each, and any kind of a horse
that can pillow, from $4,000 up. raised
60 chickens and 5 pigs, as pork, chick.
ems, butter and eggs pay well and al.
ways a good market for anything q
man raises. SO have every reason to
be thankful, besides, at the end OF
three years get my patent for home
stead. I heard of no homestead sell.
ing for less than $4,000. so where I'M
der the sun could an old man OF
young man do better?"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
MANAGING POULTRY TO
GET THE BEST RESULTS
The Kind Of Building Needed Arranxement-Bv j.
W. Clark, Pennsylvania Experiment Station

Poultry is found thriving and yield
ing good returns in SO many styles
Of houses that it is difficult to lay
down any hard and fast rules. The
tendency at present is toward cheaper
houses with better ventilation. The
dollhouse style of housing poultry dur
Ing the winter has not been satisfac.
tory, many Of the houses being damp
and the air in them anything but
agreeable. Disease has been quite
common and the results in many
cases have been disappointing.
Poultry houses should be so ar
ranged as to admit plenty of sunlight,
especially in winter months, as it as
sists very materially in warming the
house and making fowls CHEEKY. 1t
also dries up moisture and is one of
the best agencies for killing microbes
and disease germs. Windows should
be arranged to come we'll up under
the front. This will permit the sun
10 shine we'll toward the back part
Of the house. Winter is the most i'm
portant time for plenty of sun and
as it is lower in the heavens during
the winter months, hence the impor-
lance of having the windows higher.
At least one-third of the front of a
poultry house should be gabled or
open to the south. 1t should face the
south or southeast. Windows should
be arranged to slide back or to be
removed in some way. On bright
mild days no covering is necessary
over the opening; on windy or cold
stormy days muslin curtain should
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Sling for Sick Horse.-To improvise
a sling for supporting horse on his
feet, fold a canvas stack-cover so as
to pass under the belly, then roll it on
pieces of scantling from each end
so as to form hammock of the prop.
err length. BY the use Of chains and
singletree the sling can be support.
ed from above. Straps or ropes must
be used at both ends to prevent the
horse from falling forward or back
ward. Last winter he held a horse in
such sling for three weeks.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
Combined Colony and srooder House.

SomoIneo SoIony ana 6roooer Rouse.
be used, unless very cold, when the
windows may be kept shut to prevent
the combs being frozen. BY getting
the fowls accustomed to the condi.
ton as cold weather approaches
they are better prepared to stand
lower temperature with no Injurious
results.
Each bird Of the Plymouth Rock,
Wyandotte and such breeds requires
about nine inches Of perch room, Leg
horns, etc., about eight inches and
Brahmas and Cochins ten inches.
Roosts should be made lower or near
the fosr. Fowls of the heavier
breeds cannot fly high, and those of
the lighter breeds frequently injure
the soles of their feet in jumping
from high perches, causing humble
foot. When dropping boards are used
they should be moderately low down
to admit easy cleaning. Dropping
boards should be made of matched
lumber and should be 20 inches wide
for one roost and three feet for
two, the first being placed ten inches
from the wall. Most poultrymen pre-
fer roosts two by three inches wide,
with edges rounded slightly. Nests
are usually made from IL to Is inches
square. If placed near the floor they
are apt to induce egg eating. Dark
nests prevent this.
Cement floors are the cleanest and
II properly constructed, and dry and
warm and give good results. Six
inches ct coal cinders rounded we'll
down close with some fine material
on top, sand will answer, and one to
one and a half inches sand and ce-
ment, one cement and two sand will
make a strong enough floor for a
poultry house.
Colony houses have many things to
recommend them. They can be used
for several different purposes and
be moved from place to place with a
horse, insuring fresh land for rear
Ing chicks on. Breeders can be
placed in these early in the spring
and after the chicks are old enough
to do without heat the breeders may
be removed and perchcs put up. This
makes an ideal house till very late
in the fall. Laying hens can be win
tered in colony houses with as good
results in egg production as in larger
houses. Ventilation can be arranged
in colony houses much the same as
in larger ones. The two cuts here
show the shed roof and gable roof.
The shed roof is ventilated by muslin
curtains on upper part of windows,
the gable roof house by straw loft
with lattice in each gable to admit
the air to pass over and through the
straw, which is held up by wire net.
ting fastened to the sides of the roof.
A muslin curtain was used on up-
per half Of windows shown in figure.
On mild days this was hooked up H.
side during a great portion of the
day and was let down during the
night. Although the temperature
on some nights during the time reg
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

STATE OF G I1e. s's co o. TOLEDO {.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that hs b ssoios
partner Of the firm Of F. J. CHENEY Il Co. 6oins
business in the City Of Toledo. County and etatS
sforesaid and that said nrm will pay the sun Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and evarv
case Of CATARRH that cannot BIO cured BY nc US a
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
this 9Th day Of December. <. D.. 1855
sa4L A. W No GLEASON SON..
:. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials, free,
F. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo O
Sold by all Druggists 7so.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
Willing to Take q Chance.

Willing to Take Chance.
The other evening particularly
woebegone and souseful looking per.
son stopped James ]. Buckley on East
Sixth street, New York.
Gimme dime for a bed, won't you.
mister?" asked the stranger In that
half whisper they always use.
Buckley looked at him for minute
thouehtfully. WELL" said hs seri.
ously. bring the bed around and let
me see It. II think it's worth the
price III give you dime for It, Of
course"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

istered over ten degrees below zero.
the combs of the birds were not at.
fected except a Leghorn cockerel
which had been purchased and came
from a warmer pen. Fowls will stand
considerable frost If accustomed to it
The buildings are single boarded.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
Hole in New French Coins.

The French chamber is to be asked
shortly to sanction the minting of
some new nickel coins to the value OF
s3,O00,O0O. There will be two new
pieces of and 10 centimes, and these
will have a hole in the center, after
the manner of the Belgian nickel
coins. Thenames of the new coins
and their weights are still under con-
fderation. The hole in the center
Sill effectually prevent any confusion
nth existing silver coins.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

much disordered. containing sediment.
and my rest was broken at night. Re-
lief from those troubles came soon
after I started taking Doan's Kidney
Pills, and continued treatment entire.
~ freed me from kidney trouble. The
cure has been permanent"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

given me, and am recommending it
70 ell my friends: Mrs. w. s. FORD,
1888 Lansdowne st., Baltimore, Nd.
Tho most successful remedy in this
country for the cure Of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia E: Pink
stood the test Of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. Ithas cured
thousands Of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, IT.
Irregularities. periodic pains, backache,
that bearing. down feeling, 11atulency,
indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
# you are suffering from anyof these
ailments a7s 1zs1 dGn 1a qR a heRs 1sysS
table Compound trial.
II you would like special advice
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for It. She has guided
thousands to health, free Of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Sore throat leads to Tonsilitis, Quinsy
and Diphtheria. Hamlins Wizard Oh
used as gargle upon the first symptoms
all three of these dread diseases.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

A Domestic Eye Remedy
Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws.
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
gists for Murine Eye Remedy. Try Nu-
rine in Your Eyes You Will Like Murine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18


says: Attacks Of
backache and kid.
ney trouble be.
gan to come on
me, lasting often
for three weeks
at a time, and l
would be unable
to turn In bed.
The urine was
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

PILES CURED IN g TO IA DAYs.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to euro any cass
q ttching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles In
70 II Gays or money refunded. 5Oc.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Feet Ache-Cse Aliens Foot-Ease
Ovof testimonials Refuse limitations Sand fno
Tree trial package. A. g. Olmsted, lie Roy. n. ".
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

1T MELTs IN YOUR MOUTH,
That Gee Whiz pure sugar syrup with
butter scotch flavor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

When a man finds a nice, old.fash-
Toned we'll he also finds that not long
ago cat fell in 1t.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Learn to paddle your own canoe BE-
fore offering to steer the other fol,
lows boat.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Be as scrupulous about your own
scales when you sell as you are about
the other fellows when you buy.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

from 1rregular1-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope Of
ever being well
when I began to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt as though
IT,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

The arguments Of most men sr,
sound-and that's all.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tecthing, softcns the gums reduces n.
lsmmstion, allays pain. cures Wind collie sc bottle
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
BROKEN REST.
A Back That Aches All Day plsturhs
Sleep At Night.

Thomas N. Mccullough. aal So.
Weber st., Colorado Springs. Colo.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

The better you behave the better
you'll get along. Now try It
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

LIES q gamble and every man has
a chance-unless he's Wall street
lamb.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

If honesty is only policy" your
patrons will never know when to be-
lieye you.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

When husband is mean, patience
IN his wife is never regarded by any
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

Feed Right to Get tho MiIk.-Keep
the milk flow up by careful feeding.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18

The amateur gardener raises NOR
blisters than vegetables.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-02-18
AFTER
F0URYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. four years
my life was Q misery to me. I suffered