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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

injuries were dressed by physician.
Today his condition was much i'm
proved. The accident occurred i'll
front of the Memorial Christian
church. Tie horse became fright
ened and made sudden lurCh.
throwing The driver out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Count the
Pennies

The little things that count are
the pennies. The nickels and
dimes that most people don {
count in their expenditures are
the ones that waste your dol
lars. Place your dollars with
this strong bank for safe-keep-
ing and the accumulation OF
interest. Our financial stand
ing is of the highest, and we
offer exceptional advantages,
We invite you to open an ac-
count with 81 or more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Does This Mean You?

Indigestion. sour stomach, constipa-
tion-then headache. backache and a
general miserable feeling. Do you know
that the pleasant herb tea Lanes Fam.
lily Medicine. will remove all these
troubles almost Immediately? If you
do not know 1t. get a package today at
any druggists or dealers Go cents).
and you will be glad we told you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

Salvation Army Barracks. 100 Seven
teenth street. Captain A. Schasse and
Lieutenant Williams officers in charge.
Services as follows: Praise meeting at
3 p. m. Junior meeting and bible
class at p. IN. and salvation meeting
at s D. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
THROWN FROM A WAGON
Hubert Barth Sustains Injuries i'm
an Accident.

Yesterday afternoon about 5
o'clock Hubert Barth, son of Charles
Barth, proprietor of the Eagle bak,
cry, 1109 Third avenue, was thrown
from a delivery wagon which he was
driving and was badly injured about
the knee and left thigh. The lad
was removed to his hone and his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
ADJUSTMENTS

At the Airdome. The Callcote
Stock company will present tomorrow
at the Airdome the southern drama,
Tennessee" This is the first time
it has been given in Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Family Excursion july s.

To MuScatine on steamer Helen
Blair. Leaves Rock Island II a. m
returns Z p. m. IS cent dinner will
be served at 1890. Streed's orchestra
aboard. Fare so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

Stolen bases-Cuthbert. Bell. Two
base hits-R. Smith. Johnson, Cos
grove. Miller. Struck Out-By Gilbert,
,; by Miller, l. Bases on balls-Of
Miller, 1. Umpire-Earle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

Two base hit-Vandine. Three base
miscellaneous. Daringer Stolen bases
Tay lor, Lerchen, Backoff Bases Oh
balls-Of Wilder, l. off Weakley, :;
off Engman. 4. Struck Out-By Wilder,
/, by Weakley, 6; by Engman, 3. I'm
piTe-Clark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

White Simmons.-Miss Gertrude Sim
mons of this city and Leo p. White of
Tampico, formerly of this city, Wee
married at Clinton Wednesday after
noon much to the surprise of their
friends The ceremony was performed
by Rev. T. NJ. Evans of the First
Methodist church. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. Simmons
.Z110 Fifth avenue and at the time IF
her marriage was employed at the
cigar counter of the Lafayette hotel
Clinton, and was formerly employed 81
The cigar counter of the Harper. Mr.
White is the son of the late John w
White of the Woodmen office and is
a well known stock raiser of TampicO
He is a graduate of Lake Forest col
lege and attended the high school OF
this city. Mr.. and Mrs. White came
to this CITY to visit at the home of the
bride and will next week leave fol
Tampico, where they will make then
home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

West End Sunday school, 700 Sixth
street Sunday school at 2:3O p. N
Prayer meeting Friday evening
1890. w. B. Barker, superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Twenty-third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues Services at 1915
q. m. Sunday school follows morning
service. Topic, God"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
Abbott Gets Indian Job.

Washington, July 3.-President
Taft today nominated Fred Fl. Alb
bolt of Nebraska to be assistant COM
missioner of Indian affairs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

firecrackers or other noise making de-
vices on the trip.
The Ruth was up and back and the
Columbia was here from Burlington.
The stage of water was 665 at 6
a. m. and eco at noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

The Helen Blair will take a family
excursion to Muscatine Monday. The
boat will leave Rock Island at II
o'clock. Dinner will be served on the
boat. Captain Blair will permit no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
DistiIIers Are "Boneheads.,

Peoria, H., July 3.-Boneheaded
playing on the part of Peoria AMI
ability to hit Gilbert lost bush league
same to Springfield. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

ISociety news. written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
must be made known, to insure relia-
billy. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

ing at $3.50 p. M; B. G. M. club meet
ing at 2:15 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03
PRODIGALS GET BIG
END OF THE LUCK

Continued from page Three).
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

Y. M. c. A.-Corner Nineteenth
street and Third avenue. Mems meet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-03

ARGUS. "s all the time-THE
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Modern pairiea.

= ! 49, I E. y . /
Two hundred dairy farms IN dozen
states were investigated and inspect.
ed and rated according to modern
standards, of dairy sanitation. Out Of
the 200 places inspected. the highest
Scoring dairy was entitled to 99.s
points The average. score Of the 200
inspected was 1904 out OF the posi-
pie 100 points Some Of the stables
were found to be badly ventilated,
badly built and too small for the mum.
Der of COWS kept.
An examination Of the milk pals
and the strainers used on these 200
farms made clear the fact that these
things are often not as clean as they
might be, and as clean as people us
ing them imagine. Traces of old milk
We're found in many seams and Gov
ers, and in only IS places could all the
milk utensils be pronounced super
ftcially clean; that is, thoroughly
washed and scalded and given. q full
score for that condition. Mix coolers
were found In use on as farms. Not
over ten thermometers were found III
use on the 200 farms, and IN at least
1876 instances Of 200. positive knowl.
edge regarding the temperature OF the
milk could not be obtained except BY
the use sof the Investigators oxn Their.
mnmeter. ss /,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
PINCHoT ON CONSERVATION.
While Passing Through Chicago Dis
cusses Subject and Tells of
Taft's Plans,

Clifford Pinchot, chief forester of the
United States, passed through Chi
cago the other day on his way to
Washington. Discussing the work of
the national conservation commission
he said:
President Taft will urge upon con-
gress the necessity of making an an.
preparation for conservation work.
and IL congress responds to the presi.
dents request the money will be ex.
pended for the benefit of forests.
waterways together with water power
sites, lands and mineral deposits,
General interest among the people
of the country has been aroused. The
thing to do now is to devote our at.
tention to specific problems. Control
of the water power resources of the
country Is probably the greatest single
task confronting the people Of the
United States.
There may and probably will be at.
tempts at reaction. But / do not fear
them, because I believe public sentt.
ment Is too strong to allow any such
efforts toward removing the safe.
guards from public resources to pre-.
vail. No private corporation in the
future ought ever to be able to secure
q grant of public resources in perpe-
tuity Grants already existing should
be limited wherever possible
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19

Washington, who c. cried to the secre-
tary OF agriculture berries that
weighed over four ounces each, said
that he personally would prefer to
grow berries on a pavement with six
inches of good soil on it. AS a gen.
eral rule, plants will be productive in
proportion as the soil is firm.
l can thoroughly recommend this
method. After the soil is well pre-
pared, take the 15-inch marker and
mark it both ways. Then set plant
at each cross, leaving every third row
vacant for a path. Now the plants are
In their new places, and will COM
mence their seasons work at once.
Each one will send out mass OF
roots in all directions, from IL to rs
inches in length. They are willing
workers and will never cease day nor
night until stopped by freezing wealth
er in November.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
MODERN FARMS IN THE WEST
Immense Ranches Being Cut Up Into
Tracts of 1eo and $50 Acres
Production Is Doubled.

The so-called intensive farming"
which is to his country brother what
System" is to the city man, has
already taken firm root, and the vast
ranches of the west are being broken
up into 1G0 and 2S0-acre tracts, and
their production doubled, says the
Washington Post. The farmer has
found that by putting his energy into
more compact area his financial re-
suits can be the same as when his
kingdom extended over half town
ship. By doing little figuring he
has found that by turning his wheat
fields to corn, barley and clover, and
this again into butter, beef and NUT.
ton, he is getting larger and more
certain return for his outlay. This is
partly the reason why the leadership
in wheat production has gone from the
state OF Minnesota, but thereby she
has gained in dairy products, so that
to-day she leads the world. Many far
mers in that state raise no wheat,
while many more plant only a small
percentage of the acreage that was
their custom ten years ago.
While 1T is hardly possible for
man OF no means, unless he has the
capital of experience, to enter into
farming, yet, for the man with a few
hundred dollars at his command there
is no opening so easy of access that
Affords the opportunity for sure and
profitable return. The west to-day Of
fers more opportunities for the man of
small means than it ever did in the
golden days of 40.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Door Rolls Aside.

perfectly sure that the loaded fork or
sling clears with the coarsest hay, the
door is safer made IL by 10 feet
where the dimensions of the barn will
permit this.
Where the barn has a hip roof and
It's width is SO or more feet, the doors
may be made to roll aside on an over
head track, as represented in illustra.
ton, where the door is made in two
sections. These doors could also be
hung on side hinges and made to swing
out. So; too, could they be made to
roll aside on the inside of the barn,
If this We're thought to be more de-
sirable. !;
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
PROSPERITY OF THE FARMER
Three Times as Much Corn Raised
This Year as in 1ss6-Greater
Than Bumper Crop of 'o6.

This year we shall raise 100000
600 bushels of corn. 1t is hard to
realize what that means, says writer
in Success Magazine. 1t is harvest
greater even than the bumper crop OF
1906. These 3,000,0O0,00 bushels will
be worth to the farmer over billion
and half of dollars, or over three
times as much as the corn was worth
in 1906. Last year the value of all
farm products in the United States
was almost eight billions of dollars;
this year it will be over eight billions.
This is more than the entire wealth
of America in 1850 In 1850 the farms
of the United States were worth less
than four billions, to-day they are
worth twenty-eight billions. Every
day the farms of the country are
worth s3,400,000 more than they were
worth the day before.
1t is a good thing for the people at
large that the farmers are getting
their share of the general increase in
wealth. The sS,000,000OO0 that they
get each year amounts to only $500
apiece when distributed over all the
farmers and farm laborers in the
country. But the per capita amount
is growing and is bound to grow still
more
During the next 90 years we are
going to see a great revolution in
farming. Agriculture is to be more ia
telligent and more intense, new plants
are to be introduced, a better use is to
be made of the land, and an, acre will
produce twice as much as it now pro-
duces. The benefit of this new pro-
duction should not be monopoliZed by
railroads, elevator companies and har-
vester trusts. 1t should go to the far
mers and to the people, and it should
show itself in better food, clothing
and housing and in more widespread
education for the great mass Of us.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19

the Rural Home. The buds of a
fruit tree are in a sense distinct life
history. Its mission is to grow for a
time to produce other buds ny division
OF itself for the perpetuation of the
tree, and finally to flower, to fruit,
and then perish.
From this point of view the fruit
tree represents crop of buds of diff
ferent ages. Each season one Of these
crops finishes it's course of Towering
and fruiting, and another crop is
brought into existence to take the
place in due time Of the crop that has
fulfilled its mission
Now the fruit growers problem is
easily stated. 1t is to so treat his
trees as to have the largest number of
buds in condition to fruit to their best
capacity each season, and at the. same
time bring on other healthy buds 70
perpetuate the life of the tree, and to
fruit the next succeeding years. If
his tree is not fully grown, it is imper-
ative that the crop of young buds that
1t brings forth shall be larger than
the crop of buds that he permits to
fruit. Barring only the question of
winter killing, If his methods of cul-
ture are correct, there would seem to
be no more reason why he should
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
Care 81 Sheep Pastures.

Sheep nre especially pastoral ami.
mails and close choppers. A typical
pasture is % clean pasture with a
dense. growth of short grass. SO closely
covering the ground that they will not
pull up the roots s.,s 5s
An old pasture is dangerous to the
flock and too costly in this advanced
age OF agriculture. 1t Is more or less
infected with Sleeps worst enemy, in,
iternal parasites vi
a good dressing of air-slacked lime
on an old pasture two weeks previous
10 the flock being turned out will give
good results for the labor.
Stagnant or pond water should be
guarded against, as it is liable to be
cont minated with larvae of the pesti.
lent parasites. The flock should be
supplied with pure water In troughs
pumped from deep wells,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
DRY FARMING is HARD WORK
There is No Mystic Spell to Produce
Plant Life in Semi-Arid Dis
tricts-Labor Needed.

In high attitudes, with 10 to IA
inches precipitation utilized under al
terllate or biennial systems, every
crop possible OF production under irri-
cation is probably grown without ir-
rigation.
With precipitation of Is to "a
inches, many farmers in high alti-
tudes are cropping annually.
Then again, many farmers under all
of the above named conditions are
failing continually.
Bankers fail when they refuse to
bank along legitimate lines
Merchants fail when they attempt
to conduct their business without due
regard for the requirements of their
trade.
Farmers fail in every part of the
world and under the most favorable
conditions unless they endeavor to
educate themselves into the methods
necessary for their particular soil, eli
mate and markets.
Dry farming demands unceasing la.
hor. There is no mystic spell to pro-
duce plant life in semi-arid district
The price of success is woodwork
work the expenditure of energy
enough to meet the immediate require
ments of each section Of land and
each crop. E
An "easy-going" farmer should not
attempt dry farming, neither should a
man who is financially unable to pur-
chase the necessary machinery and to
support himself while transforming
his farm from the time hardened prai,
RE to a productive field.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
VARIED USES OF THE EGG
Hen Produces One of the Most De.
'icious Morsels to the HUI.
man Palate.

The uses of the egg are varied. AS
a food it is uneXcelled The invalid
and the strong use the egg without
question as to it's high nutritive dual.
tiles, and IT. has never yet been sue
cessfully substituted or adulterated
Eggs vary greatly in flavor and
quality. Undesirable flavors may be
detected in the egg after feeding the
hens heavily on foods OF strong or
high flavor. II fed In sufficient guam
tity, beef scrap will give an odor to
the egg, 1t is important that no beef
scraps should be fed except Of good
quality. Onions will give an undesir-
able flavor In the egg, Sand if suf-
ficient quantity be eaten by the hen
the eggs will 45e unfit for use.
1t has been shown that certain
foods affect the color Of the egg; feed.
ing alfalfa literally will give yolks Of
high color.
The size of the egg is Influenced by
factors under the control Of the poul-
TRUMAN. Eggs from fowls having free
range where worms, insects and green
food were obtained weighed more
than eggs from similar hens kept in
small yards.
! Eggs for the fancy market should
weigh not less than 20 ounces per
dozen. with quality and color unob-
tectionable The color of the shell is
immaterial, though in some markets
the white shell egg and In others the
brown shell egg brings the higher
price. There is no difference. how
ever. I'M quality between the brown
shell and the white shell egg. q =
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

{.
Lettuce is soothing TO the nerves.
Sulphur is an Ingredient of celery;
eating the plant helps keep off rheu-
matism.
Making ground around the pear
trees too rich invites blight. Wood
ashes are the best fertilizer for the
pear.
Raising peaches has been a discour
aging business for the last four years,
but it's getting time for things to turn.
The apple shippers associations es.
innate Of the apple crop for 1909 is
about ten per cent. greater yield than
in 1908.
The small orchard is, as a general
thing, most sadly neglected. "A little
pains will bring these orchards into
profitable production.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
WITH LITTLE RAIN
Fundamental Ideas Are the Storage
Of Limited Rainfall in the Soil
to Raise Crops.
(By Prof. J. d. Tinsley. Soil Physicist and
Field Expert, New Mexico Ex-

(By Prof. J. d. Tinsley. Soil Physicist and
Field Expert, New Mexico Ex-
pertinent Station)
Dry farming is term which has
been introduced in recent years to
designate an agricultural method DIFF
fering from the production of crops
by an abundance of rainfall and by
irrigation. This farming with a limit
ed rainfall, while having become wide
ly known only within the last few
years, is not a new thing in New Mex
leo, for in certain sections the In
dams and Mexicans have practiced it
for long time, especially with corn
and beans. The Indians usually Sc
lect the sandy land at the mouths Of
arroyos and thus take advantage of
the natural mulching of the sand
and the irrigation from the flood
waters Of the arroyos. The Mex
lean name of it is temporal farm
ing, to distinguish it from farming by
irrigation Dry farming conditions
range from the conditions found in
humid climates to those where the
rainfall is so small that only an oc
casional crop can be obtained. The
fundamental ideas of dry farming are
the storage of the limited rainfall in
the soil and the growing of those va
rieties OF crops which can mature with
Il minimum amount of water. 1t does
not at all imply the growing of crops
without water. There are two prin-
xt,N
the amount of rain; that Of growing
a crop every year and that of only
planting once in two years, saving
the moisture from the first to assist
the crop during the second season.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19

fail in having his crop of flower buds
ready to open each spring than that
the nurseryman should fail to have
crop of salable trees ready to sup
ply his patrons.
The conception of the bud as unit
of production is not wholly new,
though it will be new to many Amere-
lean fruit growers. In Europe the
fruit tree has long been cultivated
more or less from the standpoint of
the bud. But the pottering methods
Of training and trying fruit trees
practiced in European gardens are
impracticable in our land Of high
priced labor and extensive culture.
And yet the bud standpoint is un-
questionably the correct one. What,
then, can we do? We must make an
economical compromise between their
slow and tedious methods and happy
go-lucky no-system. We must find way
of pruning trees SO as to better control
the growth and to place the buds more
on an equal footing as regards light
and space.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
POULTRY NOTES.

Gather eggs every day and when a
new nest is found keep those sonar.
ate from the freshly gathered ones.
Have your buyer test them and pay
what they are worth. This will not
lower the value of good eggs.
Keep out small and double yolked
eggs to use at home. The very small
eggs bring lower price in the mar
ket and the objection to the double
yolked ones Is that they break easily
in shipping.
Two hundred and forty egg" hens
are scarce and probably always will
be. They produce but few that come
up to their standard. Sometimes the
fault Is on the part of the male.
Hatch ducks by incubator or use a
chicken hen.
Keep supply OF copperas water
where the fowls can obtain 1t.
s. Keep down the weeds and grass.
where the small chicks must 60.
+ It is better to. begin the poultry
business in the fall than in the
spring. Beginners should remember
this
Give the poultry houses a heavy
coat OF whitewash. This is one OF the
best treatments for lice and mites.
Orange boxes make excellent nests,
They are cheap and can be burned up
IL you are SO neglectful as to allow
them to become lousy. Z
One rooster is sufiicient flor ten or
twelve hens or pullets.
Vegetables OF some kind should be
fed the poultry the year round; cab
bage. potatoes, beets. turnips, etc.
Ash ~ the mineral portion OF most
Feeding stuffs. and lis, used largely In
making bones, eggshells, etc.
The man who said the best poultry
mens on TIC, sfafnds lare women. knew
what he wasstalking about. !.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-11-19
DOOR IN GABLE OF STABLE
Several Ways of Arranging Entrances
to Permit Reception of Hay
One Method.

There are several ways of arranging
doors in the gable end of barn to
permit the use of a hayfork. Where
the hay is removed from the load with
sings, the door must have a width
nearly equal to that of the load itself,
and in the diagrams the. door is repre-
sented as II feet wide by II feet high,
says Country Gentleman. To make