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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-09-03
COW TESTING ASSOCIATIONS.

COW TESTING ASSOCIATIONS n
The dairy division e the Mlnnesota
experimental station is carrying on d
very important work among the dairy
farmers Of the state in organizing test
ing associations. The general plan is
similar to the one that has been
followed in Michigan with such good
results.
The patrons of a local creamery
Keep record Of the individual cows
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
Fashions for Children.

The juvenile frock and coat, as well
as the juvenile petticoat and under
clothing, have all more or less changed
in actual form in the past few months.
Waist lines have gone up higher, or
have entirely disappeared. Though
empire" waist effects are seen in the
larger and smaller girls frocks, what
are called the princess shapes are the
only ones now being made by those
who cater exclusively to the needs of
growing children. These long, I'M
belted garments are, in their more
elaborate forms, given front panels
and long, much-ornamented yokes, that
are suggestive of the fancy brassiere.
Some have narrow bretelles which OBJ
literate the shoulder seams. Others
are provided with fancy guimpes, and
are trimmed around the neck line with
rufies or fancy bands.-Harpers Ba-
Ear
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
WAYS and Means.

The new tendency in style renders
necessary number of little make
shifts that are interesting, such as
stiffening the bottom of the long stole
or one side of diagonal drapery, run
ming bit of canvas in the hem at one
side Of the skirt in order that the one
may hang straight in contrast with the
soft folds into which the other natural
ly falls on account Of Its own weight;
weighing the hem Of skirts, tabs or
drapery corners; constructing lining
corset instead of having an entire lin.
ing; wiring, instead of boning the
stock, and utilizing elastic bands to Sc.
cure the extremely close-fitting effect
that is required in the long sleeves.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
RI BEL S
-vsurs IN tneIr DEAN.

To destroy young dandelion plants
by spraying, dissolve two pounds of
sulphate of iron in a gallon of water
stirring with a stick to hasten solu-
ton, and apply with a hand sprayer.
Use one gallon solution to one square
rod grass plot. If the first application
is not completely successful, spray a
second time. Repeated spraying will
be rewarded by the eradication of the
plant.
The grass and clover will be black
ened and appear killed, but this need
cause no alarm; they are not mortally
injured and in few days recover and
grow with increased vigor.
The solution can be made and
sprayed over a square rod plot Of grass
In less than half hour. Freshly cut
lawn grass leaves are very susceptible
to injury by spraying with sulphate of
iron solutions; therefore, do not spray
a lawn to kill dandelions for several
days before or after cutting.
Sulphate of iron may be applied In
large quantities $50 pounds to square
rod to a lawn without permanent in
jury to the blue grass.
Remember that sulphate of iron dis
colors cement walks and linen.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
KILLING DANDELlONS.
How the Pestiferous Little Plant Can
Be Exterminated.

The dainty little dandelion," which
is considered charming flower In
some sections of the country, is con-
sidered great pest in others. The
plant thrives best in cool climates,
hence it is abundant in north central
ATTITUDES and comparatively rare in
most south central and southern lati-
tudes.
In some places the dandelion is so
hardy and prolific that it invades and
becomes established on almost every
square rod of uncultivated land. 1t
multiplies rapidly by its seeds and by
root budding or division. 1t some
places and in some years it has been
known to blossom every month of the
year. 1t produces a multitude of small
seeds, each provided with a unique
parachute device by which they are
carried in every direction and to great
distances by the lightest breezes.
The long, slender flower stock at
the top of which the composite blossom
and seed cluster are borne is sent up
in a days time. If one flower stalk
becomes mutilated or destroyed new
one is Immediately produced from la
tent buds and rich stores of plant food
in the thick underground stem and
root. 1t is a. strong competitor for
place and life in the race for existence
with the strongest plants, and on &C.
count of great vigor and prolifcness
1t is called success from the plants
point of view.
1t many section the dandelion has
become a great pest in lawns, entirely
crowding out desirable grass plants.
Repeated mowings have no effect upon
1t, and the only means by which many
are able to eradicate it is in digging
out the roots by hand. This is long
and laborious process, often attended
by unsatisfactory results, for if only
a few small roots remain they soon
multiply and again take possession Of
the grounds.
AS the result of three years sue
cessful work, says the Journal Of Agri-
culture, the following facts win prove
of great interest to every owner Of
blue grass lawn:
Young ds1delion plants are killed by
spraying with a 20 per cent. solution Of
sulphate of iron. Old plants are badly
injured, the foliage being wholly de-
stroyed. but the growing bud is not
killed and the old root sends up new
foliage. Applying dry sulphate Of iron
TO the heart" (growing bud) yof the
cid plant produces death. Repeated
spraying of middle-aged and old plants
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
MuIehInu Potatoes.

Seven years experience at the Ne
braska experiment station indicates
that mulching is q fairly satisfactory
way of growing potatoes on a small
scale. although the method is prac.
ticable only when the mulching mate
rial can be obtained very cheaply. Old
hay or straw should be spread about
four inches deep just before the plants
appear and after the ground has been
narrowed once or twice after plant
ing. Rather large seed pieces should
be planted two or three inches deep
and the hills should be placed 1918
CT 12x24 inches.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
WIRE sPLIcER.
One Can Easily Be Made from q
Strip Of Iron.

The neatest and strongest splice
can be made with this little instru-
ment 1t is made Of a strip of iron 1
inch wide and h-inch thick. One end
is cut narrow and is bent into hook
large enough to fit neatly the largest
wire to be spliced. At the sides of
this two notches are filed, as shown
at the left. At the right the splicer
is seen in position on the wire. The
arrow indicates the direction in which
to turn to make the splice. A pair of
large pincers or wise should be used
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
COMBINING CoIors.

When two colors do not look well to
gether separate them with white when
ever possible. Many persons possess
an idea that every combination can be
toned" with black. This is mistake
Black lowers the tints when placed
in contact with them, but it becomes
dull in itself, besides imparting a GER
tain amount of dizziness to the colors
White, on the contrary, takes tinge
of the colors 1t seeks to modify, thus
lessening the dead wilderness and at
the same time lessening the intensity
of the tones with which 1t is combined.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
sELF.sUPPoRTINo TREES.
Unique Method Of One orchardIst In
Supporting Limbs of Tree.

A friend In British Columbia tells
us OF the method Of holding up the
branches OF fruit trees, which is pic
tured in the illustration taken from
the Rural New Yorker.
| am going to tell you of contriv-
ance | noticed in an older orchard
some miles from here. For supporting
the branches the orchardist had ia
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
RUTTER-MAKINe ADVICE.
Practical Suggestion from Woman
Who Is Experienced Hand.

Mrs. A. Joseph, woman farmer,
has written a very interesting article
on butter making. She writes as fol-
lows:
When butter is high, why should we
buy 1t when 1t can be made at home
with very little expense and trouble?
With two good cows one can have
all the milk and cream needed for
the table and cooking and at the same
time make enough butter for family
of six, seven or eight.
Never keep COW that gives less than
200 pounds of butter fat per year, as
1t will take about $50 pounds of but
ter fat to keep her, and you want
some profit.
Alfalfa, meal and middlings are by
far the best and cheapest food, and
of course she should have hay food
also. 1t is well to give her some green
and if near cider mill and the pulp
can be procured it will make excellent
food.
Do not keep a COW in a dark barn
or shed that does not admit the sun
! light. Put windows in it that will
let in the light and sunshine to every
corner. This will help keep off the
dread tuberculosis to which many
cows are subject.
The milk should be kept clean, and
after straining Gf one has no sep
arator) should be poured into ordi-
nary milk cans and kept in cool,
dry place.
Some claim that if the milk is
cream will rise more quickly. 1t is
also remarkable that If the pantry,
milk house or wherever the milk is
kept is light the cream will rise better
and be a. richer color.
When the cream becomes thick
enough skim it carefully and see that
no milk is mixed with it. Set 1t in a
large crock to sour. When 1t becomes
thick and sour it is ready for churn-
ing. A little over two quarts of cream
will make two pounds of butter.
If one has no churn very mex
pensive way of churning Is the fol-
lowing:
Place the cream in a cool milk
eggbeater beat the cream with long,
quick strokes-just the stroke you
would use in beating eggs.
Do not stir around, as it spoils the
grain of the butter. Continue beat
ing until the cream becomes thick and
forms into little grains.
Remove the beater and stir the
cream with a small-sized butter pad
die until all the grains are gathered
together.
Save the buttermilk, as it can be
used for a good many things If one
has no pigs to enjoy it.
Drain the butter well; press In sew
eral places with the paddle and place
under a faucet of cold water, or pour
the water over it, repeating several
times and taking care to drain as
much of the milky water out as pos
sibIe each time.
When it is thoroughly drained wash
the paddles in cold water and sprinkle
with salt. The butter should also be
sprinkled with salt, about a table
spoonful to each pound of butter.
Mix the salt in thoroughly with the
paddles. place it on cool plate or
mold into whatever shape is desired.
Wooden butter molds are good and
small stamps can be bought for q
small sum, but one can form the but
ter nicely with the paddles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
The Wire spIIcer.

TO hold the two wires between the
coils while turning the splicer. The
splice as finished appears above. The
length Of the handle may vary. II the
splicer is to be used for net wire. of
course the handle cannot be longer
than the width of the mesh. Other
wise. or z inches is about right for
No. 5 wire. If It is to be used only
for small wire, says the Farm and
Home. the length of the handle should
be reduced for the sake of convent
euce,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
Roumanian EmbroIdery.

The French dressmakers are doing
all sorts of clever things with Rouma
MAN embroideries. These are very
brilliant in tone and semi-barbaric in
design.
They are used on hats, on frocks. on
blouses and coat suits. They make
very smart waistcoats, revers and
pocket flaps on serge and broadcloth
coat suits.
They are widely, used on evening
cloaks. The latter word is now widely
revived and everything that was q
wrap is now cloak.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-04-07
seIf-supportins Fruit Tree.

ken lateral shoots opposite each other
on adjoining branches and twisted
them round each other about foot or
foot and half from root of branch.
In time the twisted side shoots grew
into one piece, and if the branch ever
breaks off it will be break beyond
the splice and not split from where
it joins the tree. This may be an old
device, but l had never heard Of or
seen 1t before, and it is worth telling
Williams news., 1909-04-03
May Affect Assessments

In a communication to Assessor J. w. Began of Pima county, the Consolidated Telephone, Telegraph & Electric company of Tucson states that the law passed by the last legislature. levying tax of one per cent on the gross earnings oi telephone, telegraph and express companies, exempts it from the usual county assessments on its properties, according to the advice of it's attorneys.
 In the event that this contention should be found correct, it is stated that it will mean a difference of about $35, ,0O0 in the county assess ment rolls.
 The one per cent tax is to be paid directly to the territory.-Tuc- son Citizen.
Williams news., 1909-04-03
Making Good.

There is no way of making lasting friends like "Making Good;" and Doctor Pierce's medicines well exemplify this, and their friends. after more than two decades of popularity. are numbered by the hundreds of thousands. They have made good" and they have not made drunkards.
 A good, honest, square deal medicine of known composition is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It still enjoys an inn mense sale, while most of the prepara- 1 tionS that have come into prominence in the earlier period of it's popularity have "gone by the board and are never more heard of. There must be some reason for this long time popularity and that is to be found in it's superior merits. When once given fair trial for weak stomach, or for liver and blood affections, it's supe- rior curative qualities are soon manifest; hence 1t has survived and grown in pop ular favor, while scores of less meritorious articles have suddenly flashed into favor for brief period and then been as soon forgotten.
 For a torpid liver with it's attendant indigestion, dyspepsia, headache. per- tongue. with bitter taste, loss of appetite, with distress after eating, nervousness and debility. nothing is so good as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It's an honest, square-deal medicine with all its ingredients printed on bottle-wrapper - no secret, no hocus-pocus humbug, therefore don't accept G substitute that the dealer may possibly make little big ger profit. Insist on your right to have what you call for. Don't buy Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip. tion expecting it to prove "cure- all." It is only advised for woman's specidl ail- mentS. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. Less advertised than some preparations sold for like purposes, it's sterling curative virtues still maintain it's position in the front ranks, where t stood over two decades ago. As an i'm vigorating tonic and strengthening nerv- inc it is unequaled. It won't satisfy those who want rboOze," for there is not drop of alcohol in it.
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the o7igi- nnI Little Liver Pills. although the first pill of their kind in the market. still lead, and when once tried are ever afterwards in favor. Easy to take as candy-oue to three dose. Much imitdted hut ncuer eQlldLed.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

NEWS comes from Phoenix to the effect that the prohibition people are to have the segregation bill closely examined, in the hope oi finding it unconstitutional. It ap. pears that they have been encour. aged in the hope by persons who claim to know. The Courier would hesitate before indulging in d con- stitutional discussion, but il does seem that the more important thing to be considered is, whether or not the law in question is fair to all persons on both sides of the ques. tion. It would appear that the pro. hibition people would gain more support by favoring fair law than by quibbling over technicalities. The segregation bill is in fact a very simple matter, giving cities the right to decide whether or not they will adopt prohibition. It is nothing more than right that each commu- nity be allowed to govern :itself.- Prescott Courier. ..----~
Williams news., 1909-04-03
James G. BIaine's Real Ambition

One of the unexpected things about Mrs. J. G. Blaine's letters is the revelation made quite casually in the course of the correspondence that MT. Blaine's real ambition was not for the presidency. As a matter of fact he ran for the presi- dency only once, and in the opin- ion of a good many historians, was actually elected in 1884. Senator Hoar, in his Autobiography" says no serious student now denies that MT. Blaine was prevented from election by fraudulent counts in the Long Island city districts of New York state. In any case, MT. Blaine. according to the sidelights thrown upon his character by his wife's "Letters," had set his own thoughts upon the portfolio of state rather than upon the position of chief executive. Mrs. Blaine re- marks that as they were driving past the state department building, after President Gar6eld's assassina- ton, and her husbands retirement, Mir. Blaine said: "Here I expected to raise my Ebenezer for eight years, at least" Again, during a dinner party given by Andrew Car negie, at his castle in Scotland, Mrs. Blaine says, writing to one oi her daughters: "Last night your father delivered himself of one of the most brilliant sketches of what he had intended to do in the eight years of Garfeld's presi- dency, and the state department. that I have ever listened to, even from him." That MT. Blaine was a great secretary of state has lately been conceded by another dis tinguished holder of the portfolio, EHhu Root.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

1w~ Ara3s' H54s:.a' E E: g. E.,
 No. 75l. Meetings held every Tuesday evening. Visit ing brethern invited
 J. D. Raudebaugh, P. W. P. FEE. Fousha. W. P.
 H. c. Sanders, W. V. P. W. Mccartney, W. Sec. J. H. Hudson. w. Treas.
Williams news., 1909-04-03
exceptions and prove the rule.


 Too often only the scantiest thought is given by young men as to what they will do with their lives. They will decide they say after they have secured start somewhere. The world is large, the opportunities are many, and the thing which pays best at first is the chief thought. All the while, too, they are looking for "something better" which usually means some thing more congenial or with more immediate money in it, regardless of future considerations. A peculiar thing about most such persons, also, is that they are animated with a sort of unreasoning hostility toward their employers, who. they think, do not appreciate their abilities and give them no chance of ad- vancement.
 Much of the blame for the fail ures of the world lies with the home, which is only another way of saying that the past generation had the same faults as the present. Our schools systems, too, are de- fective in that the education they supply is not always helpful guide to youth. These faults are easy to point out, but remedies are difficult to devise. Young men will have to help themselves. First, ! they should choose vocation-not an easy task, but necessary. Then they should be thorough, and thor oughness is a habit which must be learned early or it is never learned at all. The good enough theory won't do. The happy-go'lucky search for jobs will never bring success. The world owes nobody anything but chance, and if it is not taken it is not the worlds fault.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

CHAMP CLAKR tells the truth when he says that the right way to meet a deficit is to cut down. expendi- lures. Now if he would go a step further and specifically indicate where the cuts should be made and incidentally inform the public how he and his party voted on the vari- ous appropriation bills whose enor- nous expansion is responsible tor the deficit, he would be a real ben
 efactor. He will not do so, for while the democrats loudly vail over in- creasing expenditures they are al- ways found voting for every meas- ure that helps to roll up the nation's s expense bill.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

ON what is said to be good au- thority the statement is made that Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry in the depart ment of agriculture, will be contin- ued in his position by the present administration, notwithstanding the hostility to him on the part ol many interests connected with the food preservatives.
Williams news., 1909-04-03
TUBERCULOSIS WILL DIE OUT

Dr. Latham, a noted London physician, gives the white plague life of thirty or forty years, at the end of which time, he says, tuber- culosis will have disappeared as completely in civilized countries as have leprosy and cholera.
 How medical science has SUD- pressed many deadly diseases is related in connection with this prediction of the end of consump- ton. Smallpox is the most strik- ing example. Sixty years ago smallpox accounted for a large per centage of the deaths in England. Now deaths from that disease are among the lowest in mortality returns.
 , Cholera epidemics have long been unknown in England. Medical science has also rendered hydro phobia preventable.
 Of diseases conquered by sani- tary methods directed against the specifcic germs themselves, ma laria and yellow fever are the most important. A scientific campaign is being carried on in Central Af- rica against tn mysterious "sleep- ing sickness"
 Dr. Latham, who made this most surprising statement, is one of the most noted English physicians of this day. He is physician and lecturer on medicine at St. Georges hospital, London; assistant phy- sician at the Brompton hospital for consumption and diseases of the chest; general physician to the York road lying-in hospital, and physician of the Royal Society of Great Britain. He was born in 1867 and is the son of Dr. P. w. Latham, professor of medicine in the University of Cambridge.
 Such predictions are of great interest to the people of Arizona, where we see the terrible sufferings brought by the white plague upon the rich and the poor alike, but we would feel more certain of the learned professor being right if we knew how this result was to be brought ahout.-Phoenix Gazette.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

A POLITICAL writer of near biog. raphies says that the late Senator Allison of Iowa could have walked all the way from Washington to the capital of his native state on row of piano keys and never have made a sound, and that the present 'Sen- ator Stone of Missouri could walk home to the Show Me state from the national capital on an omelette souf11e and never dent the froth That is going some for a gumshoe politician.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

"THE billion dollar congress- which raised such a howl from the public an incredibly small number of years ago has been succeeded by a two billion dollar congress, and unless all signs fail in less than twenty years we shall have con. gress appropriating three billion
 dollars for administering the gov ernment. Something besides but ter and eggs has gone up n,price.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

GRAND CANYON LODGE No. IA, K. of F., VI Meets every Thursday evening in l. o. O. F. hall. Visiting brethern cordially welcomed.
 F. E. Fousha. c. c.
 A. D. Adams, V. c.
 R. M. Reese. K. of R. and 8.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

CONGRESS will be given an oppor-
 tunity to vote on the statehood bill when it convenes in regular session in December. Representative Ham ilton of Michigan, who will un- doubtedly continue in the sixty. first congress as chairman of the house committee on territories, af- ter conferring with President Taft, announced that he would at that time reintroduce the bill which was passed by the house at the last session. - '. :
Williams news., 1909-04-03

One hundred thousand immi- grants a month, which is the pres- ent rate, emphasizes the necessity for a government bureau for the unemployed.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

We'll, it will be several days yet before the Arizona contingent at Washington will be called upon to put up their overcoats at their uncle's in order to get back home; but the time is coming. They can't all slide into a soft snap.-Phoe. nix Democrat.
Williams news., 1909-04-03

A South Carolina negro was ar- rested for cruelty to animals be- cause he twisted a mules tail. The charge should have been changed to attempted suicide.