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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

erandfathers not only navigated the river In
keelboats. but lay fat behind the goods the boats
were loaded with while they were being shot AZ
by Indians along the banks.
II is almost IL not quite as hard now TO mag
inc what the world meant before the age OF
steam as II is TO think what will be its mean
ing in the age of the perfected airship and aero
plane. Every contrast possible in the st Louis
centennial week of paseants Is challenge to
look backward and forward In the attempt TO
find out what a hundred years already mean. as
the first success in the attempt to find what 1t IL
to mean shortly for this generation and for the
grandchildren of this generation in 2009.
The makers of the centennial week program
were keenly alive to the opportunities for spec
tacular effect suggested by the most striking
events of the worlds progress The aeronantic
events such balloon races. aeroplane and diri
gibe balloon contests, suggest the future posi-
bilities Of transportation in contrast with those
OF 1909. For comparison with automobiles and
aeroplanes the bateau of Lacledes day. with its
stumps mast. its cordele and its sweeps. Is an
educational feature of the water pageant which
includes crafts of all the kinds which now ply the
waters of the Mississippi The Yelled Prophets
pageant. unique and picturesque. is another fea-
ture which is full of romantic interest The edu-
cational parade. the parade representing 5000 of
st. Louis industries the procession OF thou
sand mayors and the other events which find a
place the program all sugge4 that great
week for St. Louis its centennial week is still
greater. 1t belongs to hundred years OF his
tory-making for the continental United States.
The city of st. Louis founded by Pierre
Leclede Lisuest in 1884. The territory west of
the Mississippi river was then in possession Of
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

country believing that a change of air
would do her good. She was pining
for her husband and he was pining
for her. but he bad no assistant, SO II
he took vacation the paper must
stop. Hale listened and returning to
his hotel sat down at his desk.
Before he got up he had written
with that ready pen of his enough ar
ticles on topics of contemporaneous
interest to fill his friends editorial
columns for a week. Returning to the
sancum he threw his copy on the
editors desk with the remark:
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
mys1,,leH RiIER XzEL1 a4r m 1908

steamboat in 1877 1t had more than doubled It's
population OF 1910 in 1920. From 1000 in 1890.
two decades Of steamboating II 16.469 In 1870
About that time 1t began its great transcontinenta
work with the prairie schooner" reinforcing the
steamboat in overland transit. With the trans
continental overland movement. to Oregon as well
as California growing In 1850 it had 1850 people
and was beginning Its work the f1rst pioneer OF
railroads TO the Pacific. After bringing the first
locomotive west OF the Mississippi in 1882 It more
than doubled its population in that decade. reach
ing 1s5,5s1 in 1860 With the foundations OF the
states now west of the river already laid along its
first trade routes In 1860. 1t advanced In the next
two decades to 35o.552 people. Chicago was pass
Ing 1t In population then. without being able to
take from it its historical place the first great
city Of the west" the pioneer and founder of the
west Of the present Since 1880 1t has doubled Its
population once more. advancing from 100000 to
over 100000. At its present rate of increase re-
sponsive to that OF the Mississippi valley. St Louis
Ia doubling business in little over 10 years Its
bank clearings increased from $292 100000 in 1869
to 1901. 900 900 in 1908. Its tonnage of merchan-
disc received and forwarded 20.162.000 tons
for the first six months of this year. Its bank
resources reported June 49, 1902 at 1886 1871. 900.
more than double the total of the tenth back.
Such figures illustrate much more than local
progress. They are mid-continental before they
become locel in the sense that the people OF the
whole area between the Allegheny and Rocky
mountains are now exerting new energies and util-
izing new forces Of growth. unforeseen even as
late as 10 years ago As the percentages OF this
growth are of course greatest west OF the Missis-
sippi river st. Louis has almost made Itself over
in Is years in growing up the growth of
the country. Since 1t began work for the world
fair celebrating the Louisiana purchase. 1t has
learned to look back itself in the last decade of
the nineteenth century old ST. Louis" In
looking back to the older St Louis of 1909 It can
boast that as frontier outpost 1t led the
Of the continental United States. In looking for
ward. in its centennial year. it that the
greatest results of the history it has made only
the beginnings of greater results. which belong to
the Immediate future O the continental itod
States whose progress makes the frontier town Of
1909 the midcontinental city of 1909
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
When to Milk Heifer.

A heifer should be bred to freshen
at "a to 30 months. old. depending on
the size and condition of the heifer at
the time of breeding. 1t Is held by
the best breeders that II 1s- we'll to
milk the heifer. at leastl1A to- IL
months before permitting her to &c
dry. as the first period OF ;factation
tends to establish the length of the
lactation periods that follow. The
heifer should be bred. however. SO
that she would have about two. and in
some cases three. months rest, de
pending upon the size and growth OF
the animal.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
RAvAeEs OF LOCO" WEED
stoekmen Were Right in Aseribing
Poisonous Properties to Plant.

1t was evident that the first thing
to do in the field experiment was to
prove whether the loco weeds did or
did not produce the disease. That
there was some disease causing loss
there was no question. The pictures
show some of the animals at different
stages of the investigation. Horses
and cattle were furnished by the Col
orado Experiment station, which CO.
operated in the work, and at later
stage in the investigation another CO.
operative experiment with the Nebras-
ka Experiment station was carried on
in western Nebraska. writes c. Dwight
Marsh in American Review of Re
views. Two similar pieces of land
were selected: one was freed of the
loco and in the other the loco. which
was there in an abundant crop. was
left standing. The stock was divided
and part pastured on the loco pas
ture and part on the loco-free pas
ture. Other animals were fed In the
corrals purple and white loco which
were cut for the purpose.
The results of these experiments
proved very interesting. The animals
in the loco pasture ate freely of the
weed; their coats became smoother
and they gained rapidly in flesh. Ev-
erything pointed toward the probable
ity of the non-poisonous character of
the plant This opinion was strength
ened by the failure to find, in the
Washington laboratory. any evidence
of poison.
After some weeks OF feeding. how
ever, it was noticed, somewhat sud
denly. that one or two of the cattle
stumbled as they walked. A series
of symptoms followed rapidly upon
those first noticed. and in short time
our animals began to die. Before the
end of the season nearly all the ami
mails to which had been fed any con-
siderable amount of loco were dead.
while those that were kept In the
loco-free pasture remained perfectly
we'll The first seasons work proved
conclusively that the stockmen we're
right in ascribing poisonous proper
ties to the loco plants. Loco would
kill, and the manner of death showed
those symptoms which the stockmen
claimed to be characteristic of To-
coed animals. Further work in Wash
ington laboratories was confirmatory
of the field work. and the demonstra-
ton was complete OF the poisonous
character of the loco weeds.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

Even If an orchard does have rea-
sonable care and become a source Of
revenue it is always facing a peril
which is more pronounced In an irri-
gated country than elsewhere. In
good years like the present the
branches bend low in early summer
with the weight Of promising fruit
and the owner cannot bring himself
to thin the crop for the sake of the
tree. He props the weighted limbs
with old boards and prongs only to
End later in the season that the wind
breaks down the brittle branches or
the fruit is too small to be OF any
commercial use.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
JOKE CREDITED TO DIR. HALE

friend writes in the Woman's Home
Companion. He was constantly fol-
lowing the last of his four famous ad
monitions and leading a hand him
self-his own hand. Once on a time
his travels brought him to a town
where a friend OF his was editing a
daily newspaper.
when he called on him this friend
unfolded a tale Of woe. His wife was
seriously i'll; she had gone into the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
CARING FOR BERRY BUSHES
Time for Tipping Raspberry 10 When
Long, Slender Branches incline
Toward Earth.

Many of our readers have Black
Cap raspberries as well as the pulple
Columbian and Schaffer red rasp-
sprouts. but must be tipped to prop
agate new plants. The process Is
SO simple that anyone who can handle
a spade may succeed with the work.
The opportune time for tipping rasp-
berry bushes Is when the long. slen-
der branches incline toward the earth
and form roots on the terminals on
irrigated ground. Nature must be
assisted in the covering of the ter
minals to insure a full supply Of
plants. A spade Is the ideal imple-
ment to use for the purpose. Thrust
the blade into the soil and push the
handle forward which will open the
earth to receive the tips OF the rasp-
berry bushes. With one hand grasp
the slender cane and hold the ter
minal in the opening while the spade
is drawn out with the other. The
soil will Immediately I'LL the cavity
which should be firmly packed with
the foot to keep the branch in the
new home. where roots will soon form
on each and every lateral twig or
terminal thus covered. These root
ed ends will become Independent OF
the parent plants as soon as they
take food for growth from the soil
However. 1t is best to leave them
undisturbed until they are needed for
planting next spring. II large num-
Der OF plants are desired the parent
bushes should be pinched back to
about three feet when the growth is
well established. This treatment will
produce large number Of lateral
shoots. each of which may be tipped
as suggested.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06


scores OF other western cities and in actual thou
sands Of other Incorporated towns which, IL they
are not already great. not unduy modest in
their expectations of becoming The invi-
tation to a thousand mayors of American cities
to participate In the festivities shows that st.
Louis fully appreciates its position the pioneer
city Of the great west
As there were less than 200 houses. including
outhouses and barns. in the St Louis which incor-
porated In 1902 It could not have had much
900 people The town already the chief seat
OF the western fur trade with its trading stations
pushed to the headwaters OF the Arkansas and far
towards the sources Of the Missouri and the Vel
lowstone. Doing business wholly by barter with
almost 40 money in hand. In sight In circula-
tion with resources represented almost wholly by
the spirit OF Its 800 people: with the and rife
and blacksmiths sledge its Implements with
the onehorse cart. the keelboat and canoe as its
transportation facilities. the little town. when 1t
Incorporated. already looked its work as that
OF opening up the United States of the future to
the Rocky mountains and beyond them to the Pa
cihc In 1905 1t had lost Meriweather Lewis. but
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
Provide for Comfort.

In raising chickens for profit. do not
waste money in making houses and
equipments look like pictures, but pro
vide plenty Of comfort for the birds,
and do not overlook that caring for
them ought to be thought of when
building or furnishing the house, to
the end that the work can be done
quickly and with ease.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

Archimedes had just announced that
IL he had a lever long enough and a
fulcrum on which to rest 1t he could
move the earth.
IF you can't move the earth.
shrieked suffragette. turn the 1op
over to us, Well do it,
But the journalists and historians OF
that day, being men exclusively. mean
IL blue penciled that part OF the
story.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
.MRlGlV7 AERoRANT cNRRWWc oRl1LAE

France. Laclede landed at the foot OF what IL
Market street. organized the village and
resided there for II years. He named the new
site st. Louis in honor Of Louis XIV. the reignins
sovereign of France. The territory trans
ferred by France 20 Spain by secret treaty in
1862, but II was not announced in the new village
until October. 1854 In 1903 Spain retroceded the
sovereignty to France and on April 80. 1903
France sold all the territory west of the Missis
sippi river. known the Louisiana purchase. to
the United States for $1,000 900. Napoleon re-
marking: This accession of territory strengthens
forever the power Of the United States"
With less than thousand inhabitants when
the whole country had not quite and a
quarter million in 1909. st. Louis emerged from
the OF the keelboat and progue to pioneer the
steamboat western rivers. Loading Its first
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
Great Preacher Had Fun with Girls at
Summer Resort-Practicai
Aid to Editor.

An old friend OF the late DIR. Ed
ward Everett Hale contributes several
characteristic stories of the flood OF
reminiscence which has followed the
great preachers death
DIR Hale was pre-eminently man
Who practiced shat he preached" bis
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

mind. In point OF
fact in st. Louis II
is only a matter of
the third generation
between keelboat
and aeroplane- In
1907 the first air.
ship on record as
crossing the Missis-
sippi river crossed
Il at st. Louis dur
ing the information
al contests of that
year. 1t is something
to remember now as
part of the record to
which belongs the his
tory of the first loco
motive crossing the
Mississippi at st. Louis
in 1852 to complete
the work OF the st.
Louis argonauts OF
1s49. crossing to the
Pacific in their "prai-
rie schooners."
II we suppose aero
planes and airships
circling in the air
above the ST. Louis
keelboat landing of a
hundred years ago we
may imagine. II we
can, how they appear
IN the men whose
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
Fall lIttera.

The man who raises pure bred hogs
rarely breeds twice year; but the
commercial hog raiser finds it profit
able to get filters both in the spring
and fall. The fall litter is the more
expensive to raise. but unless there is
an unusually large supply Of hogs in
sight, the market prices will be better
than for the spring litters.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
A Terrible Shock.

Mrs Homer-"Mrs. DeStyle expert
enced a terrible shock this morning..
and is now i'll with nervous prostra-
ton
Mrs. Neighbors - Indeed. What
caused the shock?"
Mrs. HONEYWELL you know she
has been a semi-invalid for years and
heI physician told her there was
prospect of her complete recovery"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
GRAFT FOWL BONE on JAW.

An unusual surgical operation was performed at
st. Joseph's hospital In Omaha, recently. A por-
ton of the jawbone of Lucreta Norris was re-
moved and piece of chicken bone inserted In the
place of diseased section f.i- .f CO.
The girl is six years DID, and born with a
uniformed jaw. 1t was to remedy this that bone
from a freshly killed chicken was Inserted.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06
Just So.

"a man gets a lot Of things in this
world that he doesn't want" observed
the thoughtful thinker.
YES" replied the student OF hui
man nature. land a woman wants
lot of things she doesn't get"
And seeing there is no chance Tor
an argument, they lee 1t go mt that.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

Excuse me. ma'am." said the man
at the door, but I'm a dealer In sec
ond-hand pianos"
well. | have a piano. said the
woman. And, il l didn't have one,
wouldn't buy a secondhand one."
II know" continued the man. but
the man next door said he hoped
could induce you to sell yours"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

81 notice that there are not so many
efforts made to induce us to live the
simple life. nowadays" observes the
man with the peeled nose.
You do. do you?" SCOTS the nan
with the unmanageable ears. How
about the new tariff"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

Don't you want to make . record
that posterity Will read with admir-
Ing INTEREST,"" Yes" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. Blu. such an ambition
seems far beyond the bounds OF pos
sibility. 1t Is becoming harder and
harder to get up a biography that will
not be thrown aside by nine readers
out of ten to make room for best
seller"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

II notice that since Clerkleigh got
into dissipated habits he dosen't use
the perpendicular style in his hand
writing
mo and he dosen't use 1t in his
walk, ether
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

Senator. may / ask what you really
think of the new tariff?'
"As to that, young man. l must re-
fer you to my record"
But you haven't any record. SEN
ator. You voted on both sides OF the
question"
Then should probably talk on
both sides of it. Good morning.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

well. can live in hope now.
What's happened?"
Some of my rich relations have
taken up aeroplaning. Detroit Free
Press.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

There. now you can go and visit
your wife, '"-Boston Herald.
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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

A man that makes a fortune now
Is called a thief and bandit.
'Tis thus the poor abuse the rich-
But then-the rich can stand 1t
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-06

He MIGHTY activities and marvellous progress the
world seen in the past 100 years strikingly
illustrated ia tbs Centennial celebration of the incor
poration of St. Louis. Picturesque pageants with
everything in the way of the spectacular which is
most likely to stir the imagination of the spectator
Into approaching the work OF the past through con-
trasts with the present feature the weeks program.
The greater part of the history OF early st. Louis
e really fit for the unwritten American epic
poem than it is for mere Its work frontier
in the first half of the nineteenth century made
city Of the United S;ctes in the
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-08-26
HOW TO DETECT THE SAILOR.
Seafaring Man Always Walks with
Palms Of His Hands Turned
Backward.

A visitor who prides himself on his
knowledge Of nautical affairs was
chatting with friend outside the Flat.
Iron building. "see that man comingr'
he asked. Can you tell what he is
by the way he walks?"
why, no." replied the New York.
er who was with him.
Hes sailorman Of some sort.
Look at his hands. No landsman ever
walked that way. A sailor always
walks with the palms of his hands
turned behind him and the backs
turned forward. the way he Is walk.
ing. Look at that landsman over there.
He swings his arms with the palms
OF the hands turned toward his body
and the backs out. You can always
detect the man who is accustomed to
the sea that way"
whats the explanation" inquired
the other.
"Why. there isn't any that know.
1t may be because the sailor gets the
habit of balancing himself in rough
weather by the use OF his arms, but !
don't believe that's the reason. It's
Just one Of those things you can't &C.
eD;S- e."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-08-26
MAKING ANTIQUES" TO ORDER
Famous on Pottery o. England cIss.
srA issatated In Fao4ortes o.
tAo con&lnoak

And sun de manufacture OF an.
dQues goes merrily on An Engtish
authority declares thas there 10 not
Q variety a famous Old English pot
terry that b not initiated on large
scale for tie English market Contin-
entail factories are the sinners mostly.
A urn IN Hungary sends out such ex.
oealent copies that many collector
rs deceived. This firm, Il Is said, has
initiated nearly all the important Ger.
am1cs Of Europe and the east. An.
other. French firm, has simply food.
ed the market with clever limitations
OF Worcester. Derby and the rest. The
beginner who pins his faith to the
mark Is making mistake. The gold
anchor is always found on spurious
Chelsea: only experts know that no
gold anchor at all is found on the
earliest and finest Chelsea. A case
IN the courts brougt: out lately a
trick the German im:tators had for
hiding these spurious marks from the
custom house officials. They simply
paste a label with the familiar Made
IN Germany" printed on it over the
mark. The "old china" case tried in
London not long ago revealed the
extent OF this imitation business. but
1t is doubtful whether people will not
go on being deceived Just the same.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-08-26
Masked Bandits
Hold Up Saloon
Proprietor Looks on While Men
Rifle Till and Obtain $l57.

Through mud and puddles
of water and in the pouring
rain, finding their way chiefly
by binding lightning flashes.
police from the second pre-
cinct station early today scour-
ed the northeast side in an ef-
fort to come upon the track of
two holdup men who thrust
revolvers into the face of a
saloonkeeper and while he
held his hands in the air took
$l57 from his till and made
their escape. 1t was the Sec
ond saloon holdup in three
days. Four men had been
brought in as suspects at an
early hour today.
Frank aaron, proprietor of a
saloon at 800 Marshall street
Me-, was counting his money
at II :O5 p. IN. when two men,
masked with blue handker-
chiefs, entered. They held re-
volvers to his face and told
him to throw up his hands.
He did, and quickly. They
took the money from the bar,
where he had been counting
it. There was S157 in cash
and $11.3O in checks. On the
way out they took 4 revolver.
Jaron telephoned the police.
The work of the two men is
characterized as that of pro-
fessionals.
The men are described by
aron as small. Each wore a
soft gray hat. The description
does not coincide with that of
any of the three men who at
tempted to hold up the Paul
Podany saloon Thursday
night.
The four men arrested were
found at Fourth and Washing
ton avenue S.
They gave the names of
James Mari, Bruce Marr, John
Mcmahon and Joseph Katz.-
Minneapolis Journal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-08-26

commissioners.
The old fight over bensodate
is to be overshadowed by the
question of federal regulation
of food laws.
Preliminary committee meet
ings occupied the time today of
the delegates. The committee
on the Model Food law attract
ed the most attention and
Chairman Ladd, who will urge
favorable recommendation of
the Model Food law, in place of
the federal law adopted by
many states, set with his COM
mittee. Manufacturers, state
commissioners and others in.
terested have been in invited to