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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07
TRADES DAY, SUCCESSFUL.
(From San Jon sentinel.)

(From San Jon Sentinel
San joins first trade day was a
bowling success, and that is a fact
that no one eau deny.
The town was full Of traders all
day long and each n Of them had
from n to 4 dozen horses each.
The sight reminded US Of a small
town In another state where the edi,
tor Of the Sentinel used TO live several
years ago In that town Saturday was
always the biggest day Of the week
and Monday was q close chaser. But
on saturday IL was almost an absolute
impossibility to get through the streets
on account Of the number Of vehicles
that were there, and this was what
brought IL to our mind so plain in San
Jon last Saturday. For q time last Sat.
urday vehicles Of all descriptions,
horsebae kers aud crowds on foot were
so thick in the streets Of San Jon that
one had to lock TO the four different
directions Of the compass at the same
time in order to keep from buttiBg into
someone or getting butted into.
There were several trades made and
several cash sales, In other words many
horses went TO new homes last Sstur.
day night.
On account Of the shower Of rain
the a~uetiOneer failed TO get out on the
street on schedule time, but after the
rain he got busy and cried of quite =
biz Of stun which all brought a fair
price and sOms Of 1t an extra good
price.
All the merchants did q good bust.
ness. The stores, cold drink stands,
and other business houses were crowd.
cd all day.
Every n believes that the next
trades day, which win be Saturday
September 4th, will be won better
than this n was, for IL win DO q
great dssi better advertised.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07
ANGEL. TELLS NEGRO TO
BURY HIMSELF; POLICE
ORDER RESURRECTION DAY

Chicago, III, July 2p.-Following the
injunction of ap angel, as he said, VII.
liam Haskell, q negro preacher, buried
himself to the neck In the ground be.
hind his house. Then he covered his
grave with a white mantle, lighting II
with seven candles.
An immense crowd gathered TO
which the police made way with din
Guilty.
81 made q solemn promise TO the
angel to remain buried seven days -
said Haskell to y policeman.
at is resurrection day right now, "
retorted the policeman. arise from
your grave or we u turn on the hose, -
Haskell dug himself out with a com
plant OF the lack q, religious liberty
In this country.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07

PROM San Jon seniineLN

From San Jon Sentinel)
During the past few weeks we rave
received many inquiries from farmers
in this vicinity, a. to what course to
pursue in the collection Of damages
from owners Of stock that destroys
the crops and breaks the fences down.
This will be explained by section l.,
Chapter 20, Of the session laws of
1909; which says, Every gardener,
farmer, planter, or other person hay
ing lands or crops that would be in.
jured by tresspassing animals, shall
make a sufficient fence about his land
in cultivation or other lands that may
he no injured, the same to correspond
with the requirements of the law of
this territory prescribing and defining
II legal fence. When any trespassing
shall have been lone by any cattle,
horses, sheep, goats, hogs OF other 1--we
stock upon the cultivated or inelosed
grounds of any other person, when the
same is fenced As provided by section
! hereof, but otherwise, such person
may recover any damages thereof by
suit in any court having Jurisdiction
aud a person 8 o damaged is hereby
given u lien OF all live stock Of the
same kind and brand belonging to the
owner Of such trespassing animal or
animals for security Of his damage and
costs, but in no case shall he have a
lien provided for here nor shall he be
entitled TO recover any damages, under
any circumstances, for such trespass,
unless he has such lands and crops EN-.
closed by 9 legal fence"
Now the question "what is a legal
feneef' arises in the farmers mind
and he Is AS much in the dark as ever
so we turn to section J, Of Chapter -
which says when q fence il con.
strueted Of barbed wire and posts;
there shall not be less than four wires,
well stretched and firmly fastened to
the posts, the top m at least four
feet from the ground, and the bottom
wire not more than one foot from the
ground, the wires not to be over twelve
inches apart. The posts not to be
more than 20 feet apart and firmly set
in the ground to a depth to at least W
feet and TO be not less han three in.
ches in diameter at the smaller end.
When the posts are more than SIX.
teen feet apart there shall be stays
-four feet long and at least one inch
thick fastened to the wires not more
than eight feet apart.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07
suocnssruL SCIENTIFIC
METHODS USED

The rainfall In northeastern New
Mexico has been below the average this
year and yet many Of the dry farmers
who have pursued scientific methods
are going to have good crops. Grains
will be somewhat late on account Of
the long dry period, but the gardens
that have been carefully cultivated
re producing large crops Of many dit
ferent vegetables. II is hoped that this
section will be strongly represented at
the III Paso fair In November.
FL Paso Herald
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-07
WESTERN MEN L Z

An Iowa man Is at the head Of the
two bigges, banks in Chicago. A
census OF the big men who are doing
things In eastern cities would show a
large proportion Of the western born
and western reared men who nave gone
east and gained precedence there of
of the natives.-Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
CHAMPION sHoRrHoRN BULL.

COW, and care should be taken that he
comes from a good milking strain. He
should be pure bred in order that his
characteristics may be well fixed and
consequently have more influence than
grade dam. de should show vigor
and good Individual type. Such a sire
need not cost more than one-tenth of
the grade herd which he heads, yet he
may have the most influence in the i'm
provement Of the herd.
Indeed. the pure bred sire Of good
individual merit costs more than a
grade and for reasons that should be
evident to every thinking person. AS
general proposition it costs from
two to three times as much to grow
bull as it does to grow steer. In
short. it takes more feed and better
care.
Needless to say, good sire is a
pure bred sire. A sire Of any other
description should never be used il it
is the hope to make any progress in
improving the herd. A good many
men have been led to believe that a
grade sire is as good as a pure bred
sire. 1t may be possible to point out
instances here and there where a
grade sire has impressed his get with
his own qualities. but this is the ex-
ception. not the rule. The rule holds
good so often that it is not safe to
break ii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
Dairy Nuquets.

Give the COWS a grain ration every
day.
This extra food will be more than
paid for every day in the increased
amount of milk. and. besides, the drop
pings will he so enriched that the pas
lures will be fortified sufficiently to
pay for the extra grain.
Be sure that the cows have all the
pure. clean water they can drink with
out walking long distances for It.
In the opinion Of some, the quantity
Of water drunk by cow is an impor-
tant test OF her value as a mixer.
MIX that is well cooled and carefully
strained will keep much longer than
that which is not thus treated.
Pasture will produce more milk than
soiling on rye, alfalfa or oats. but
when the grass begins to fail 1t is well
to have silage to fall back on.
Invite your city customers out to see
low you make the butter they buy of
you. They will think more of you
after that-if you have everything in
apple pie order
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
The ROYAL Assent.

lie roy lie veault' (the king wills III
is the form of words in which the
English king is accustomed to signify
his royal assent to a bill which has
passed both houses Of parliament and
is ready to be made statute law.
They are. however. not the only
form Of old Norman-French words
which has survived and is still In
usage In the British parliamentary
system. Thus, for instance. when a
bill is sent up for consideration from
the commons to the lords it is Endorsed
by the clerk with the words, ''Soit
baille aux seigneurs" Qet 1t be sent to
the lords), and when the converse op.
Grafton takes place the corresponding
words are "Soit baille aux communs."
The royal assent to money bills is
more deliberately expressed. lie roy
remercie SEES bons sujets. accepte leur
benevolence ct ainsi lie veult" (the
king thanks his loyal subjects, accepts
their gift and so wills it,. For private
bills still another form of assent is
used. "Soit fat CONNIE II est desire
Get IT be done as desired).
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
Old Time Quackery.

The eighteenth century was the gold
en- harvest time of the quack, against
whom some Of the fercest shafts OF
Hogarths satire were directed. The
quack loved to surround himself with
an atmosphere Of mystery, which was
calculated to impose upon the creduli-
ty of his victims. His room was be-
decked with skulls and skeletons. A
brisk trade in quackery was carried
ON by women. ]. G. Wright In his
book. "The Good Old Times" records
the fact that in the year 1889 "a Mrs.
Joanna Stephens was awarded $1,000
by the English government for
proper discovery made by her for the
cure of the stone This proper dis
covery,'" adds Mr.. Wright. consisted
of a powder. decoction and pills. the
last named being formed from calcined
snails. with carrot seeds, hips and
haws, the compound being burnt to
blackness and then mixed with soap
and honey"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
Nsweomb's Definition of Magnet"
Personally Newcomb was an agree

EtIsOuouy INeWCOuU was du dkree-
able companion and a faithful friend.
His success was due largely to his
tenacity OF purpose. The writer's only
personal contact with him came
through the Standard Dictionary, OF
whose definitions in physical science
Newcomb had general oversight. On
one occasion he came into the Office
greatly dissatisfied with the definition
that we had framed for the word
"magnet"-a conception almost impos-
sible to define in any logical way. We
had simply enumerated the properties
Of the thing, course which In the alb
sence Of authoritative knowledge OF
their causes was the only rational pro-
-cedure. But Newcombs mind demand
ed logical treatment, and, though he
must have seen from the outset that
this was forlorn hope. his tenacity Of
purpose kept him. pencil In hand, writ
ing and erasing alternately for an hour
or more. Finally he confessed that
he could do no better than the follow
Ing pair Of definitions: Magnet, body
capable of exerting magnetic force"
and magnetic force, the force exerted
by a magnet" With a hearty laugh
at his beautiful circulus In definiendO
he threw down his pencil. and the Inn
perfect and illogical Office definition
was accepted. North American Re-
view
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04

It, but fellow from town got it. He
bid in way that you could see he'd
keep bidding till kingdom come, So
Austin finally quit
What sort of a looking man was
hep asked Ethel.
"Oh, fat. pudgy. homely man..
Probably some secondhand dealer
Maybe; and he bought all the best
things-all your parlor and bedroom
things, all the very things you would
have chosen"
II am glad stranger got them. 1t
call on the neighbors and see them
using our things"
Early the next morning Mr.. Sturgis
went to town. He came back looking
more cheerful over his purchases than
he had looked in months. Ethel was
left alone very often during the next
week. Mrs. Lake taking advantage Of
having some one to leave In charge OF
the house. One afternoon Mr.. Sturgis
asked Ethel to go over to the forty"
and select site for their cabin. He
declined to accompany her. as he had
to go to town. Mrs. Lake was In the
midst Of breadmaking. go Ethel sad
died a horse and rode toward the
"forty." Suddenly a disagreeable
thought struck her.
IF Mrs Lake has sent Austin over
here to see me III never forgive her."
She rode slowly, with her eyes glued
to the horses name. wondering IL she
had been wise to reject Austin's love
and protection. She didn't raise her
eyes until she turned in at the forty"
Then she stared In amazement. Here
stood trim little house with a neat.
broad porch and blinds.
"This is what Mrs. Lake and father
have been so mysterious over she
thought. with sudden enlightenment.
"But how could II have been built in
so short time?
She dismounted and went up the
steps. A card lay on the steps and
some advertising matter "Oh, I see
one Of those portable houses! won
der IL the door is Open"
1t was. and with its opening came
another surprise. Here were all her
household goods arranged as they had
been in the old house. She passed
through the living room. dining room.
kitchen and then into her fathers
bedroom. She opened the last door.
All her personal things were here and
many more beautiful new furnishings.
What did 1t mean? Then she grew
faint She knew-Austin! Had he
dared? She could not take them un-
less
She heard a knock at the door. and
life awaiting her. Could she? A mo-
ment elapsed before she summoned
courage to open the door.
On the threshold stood a tall. 1.-THE
limbed man.
"Will" she said family.
He clasped her to him.
at took you two years to forgive"
she murmured reproachfully.
Dearest. | got your note only ten
days ago 1t was In the secret dra wer
to your desk. You forgot to mail It."
"How could l. But how did you
come by it?''
81 am the new auctioneer. I didn't
know you lived in these parts till Mrs.
Lake took me to tag your things. She
told me how you would miss your
desk. and l made up my mind to bid
1t In. Casually opened secret draw
er and found the letter l had all the
things bid in. The next day your ia
Their came to see me. and we fixed up
this surprise"
Then these things are yours"
"No-ours. We are going to live here
with your father"
"Will. did Mrs. Lake know too"
Eyes; she was our right hand man."
81 have misjudged her never
dreamed she could keep a secret"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
STOCK vAGARIES

Try an open bride on the skittish
horse. 1t is quite likely the things he
cannot see with a blind bride on that
cause him to shy and keep on the look
out for something to scare at.
Care With Angora Bucks.
Care should be taken in feeding the
bucks. Don't overfeed them, says
Wool Markets and Sheep. One pint
Of corn or wheat at feeding is sufii-
cient. with plenty of hay and rough
age. IL overfed they are liable to be-
come foundered.
Fattening Hogs.
1t is a good rule in fattening hogs
never to feed quite as much as they
want or not enough so they will waste
any. They will take the next feed
better and do better. At the same
time be sure TO keep pens and sleep
ing quarters well cleaned out.
Feed For Colts.
The colt should have a variety Of
feeds. so that 1t may build up the va
rious tissues OF it's body. Clover hay
and wheat bran contain necessary min
eral matter for the building of bone.
Flaxseed meal In small quantities Is
good for keeping the colts bowels in
good condition and for making the coat
sleek.
The Brown Swiss Cow.
Statistics show that a well kept
brown Swiss COW fed on cut grass or
hay. with plenty OF pure fresh water.
will yield as much as ten quarts OF
milk daily throughout the year. 1t Is
also said that the globules Of butter
fat Of this breed are usually larger
than those. OF the other European
breeds Of cattle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
comets and Great Man.

Ii Is somewhat remarkable how Of
ten the death OF an eminent person
has been marked by the appearance Of
a comet A certain writer, indeed, aft
er going through list of comets for
coo years. says that 1t Is las III God
and nature intended by comets to ring
the knell OF princes. esteeming bells
In churches upon earth not sacred
enough for such illustrious and emf
nent performances" To mention only
a few. Lotharius the Younger. Louis
H., Charles the Bald, Theotillon. bish-
op of Tours; Henry III. and Richard /.
had their knells thus rung by comets.
Even in Shakespeare's time the comet
was considered q fitting accompani-
ment to the obsequies Of kings:
Hung be the heavens with black. yield
day to night.
Comets. importing change Of times and
states.
Brandish your crystal tressss in the sky.
And with them scourgs the bad rsvoitisg
xAss have eonssa,sd Unite nsary's ssatA.
--Londoa Outlook.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
MRS. LAKES SECRET.
She Kept 1t Well, Though She
Loved to Talk Things Over.
BY BELLE MANDATES.

copyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Press
"Ethel. don't you go up to the house"
said the moon faced woman coming
out on the porch of the farmhouse
Twill only harrow your feelings"
"It seems like Sinking to let you go
for me-" said Ethel Sturgis, "but do
dread to see the familiar things again. -
"I'll go to town and get that new
auctioneer and drive him to your
house to tag the things. Tomorrow
I'll 60 to the auction and finish the
business. and you won't have to CO."
"You have been so kind to US, Mrs.
Lake." said Ethel wistfully as the
comely. good natured woman slapped
the reins over the broad backed horse
and drove down the road.
Then the girl returned to the house
and vigorously applied herself to
household tasks. She dared not be idle
long enough to think and remember.
It was two years since she and her IA
Their had left the little town in the
east and bought the farm that was to
bring them prosperity. Things had
gone very wrong from the START A
cloudburst. the Hessian fly, her IA
theirs illness and the failure of bank
brought about the loss of the farm.
All they had left was a forty acre
piece. Their household goods were to
be auctioned on the morrow to enable
them to buy the stock and implements
for their little remnant of land. Their
kind hearted neighbor had invited
them to remain at her house while the
sale was in progress, and she insisted
that they continue to accept her hos
pitality during the construction Of the
little cabin her father purposed to
build on the forty"
Toward evening Mrs. Lake returned
from her expedition.
1--WE got them all tagged, Ethel"
she said cheerfully. "That auctioneer's
a dandy. got him interested in your
pa. telling him what chunks your bad
luck had come in"
Ethel WINGED. She knew her neigh
boris propensity for talking over
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
BULLS OF QUALITY.
II Is Money Well Spent In Buying a
Good Sire.


A good many men tell themselves
every year that the next bull they buy
will be a much better one than they
ever bought before. This is indeed a
good resolve. and it is one of the first
signs Of progress. But so often these
influence when it comes to the act of
buying, and the temptation to save
few dollars by buying a cheap bull is
yielded to, in which case hope for any
material improvement in the succeed
ing crop Of calves must be left behind.
The influence Of good sire. we feel,
will bear repeating often, and we beg
to quote from The Business Of Dairy
ing" as follows:
Let us follow up this matter and
see what a good sire is really worth to
a dairyman. With the first progeny the
male has furnished half the qualities,
provided the parents are equally pre-
potent. But the COW has but one calf
year. while the bull may have sired all
the calves in the herd. IL 1t is OF ordi-
nary size and IL he Is strong individ-
ual Of good type the chances are that
he will be more prepotent than the
cows. particularly IL 1t is a grade herd.
His influence then will be as much and
possibly more than all the cows in the
herd taken together. With each gener-
alton Of calves the improvement in
creases. and the good qualities become
more finely fixed, while the defects
from the dam decrease. and In time
the bull may become practically the
whole herd.
IL he has been well bred and his in
fiuence has been good it is possible for
the sire to be the means Of more than
doubling the production and hence the
profits OF the herd. Looking at this
from business standpoint, then. the
evidence is clear that the most careful
attention should be given to the selec-
ton of the sire. His ancestry is of
even more Importance than that of the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
SIL0S IN DEMAND.
The Vast Number Erected Indicates
Their Utility.


Their Utility.
Little need be said concerning the
stave silo. The number of these silos
erected annually and the general salts
faction expressed by the owners are
indications of their efficiency. In some
cases the farmer purchases his own
materials and constructs the silo him
self, but he generally buys the ready
made silo, and in view of the growing
scarcity of lumber and the difficulty of
procuring proper material at the gen.
eral lumber yard the latter way would
appear to be the most advisable. There
are a number Of reliable firms manu-
featuring stave silos.
Suggestions may be offered at this
point:
However open the cracks between
slaves may be while the sllo IL empty.
these cracks should be closed when
the silo is filed. Otherwise losses
must occur because of penetration Of
air through the cracks into the ensi-
lage; hence the Importance of intelri-
gent tightening Of the hoops.
Every unsound stave should he re-
jected when selecting lumber with
which to build a stave silo or in pur-
chasing a ready made one. Sapwood
and worm eaten pieces are unfit for
siio construction. The writer recently
inspected the slaves OF silo erected
seven years ago which was being
moved to a new foundation.
One stave was too badly rotted to be
OF further use. The other slaves were
In good state OF preservation except
for some rofting at the lower ends
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-04
Affected by Food.

The meat of all animals is affected
by the food they eat. For instance,
the ducks that live on fish have a fishy
flavor. The flesh has disagreeable
taste when the fowls are fed on on
ions. When swine are fed on beech
nuts the bacon from the pigs has the
finest flavor. while hogs allowed to
feed on sinking. filthy Stops and on
dead animals furnish food unfit for
human beings. There is no excuse for
not feeding the soundest. cleanest,
freshest food and fresh and pure wa
ter. There is much In feed.