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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
A Farmers Opinion, B'GOsh

A Clifton correspondent of the
Pierce County Herald expresses his
appreciation of the recently circu-
lated History of st. Croix Valley"
in the following eloquent manner:
"Old timers of this township to
the number of fourteen, good men
and true, yielded up fifteen simo-
Icons each, coin Of the realm, few
days ago and received in return two
volumes, substantially bound in
buckram, of the long expected His
tory of ST. Croix Valley.
These highly priced massive vol
umes are very imposing as viewed
from the shelves of our library, flank
ed on either side by Talmadge's
Golden Gems of Religious Thought
and the Worlds Congress of Re-
ligions, both valued works that
have been in our possession for
many years. It's mighty restful
and refreshing, after we've separat-
ed the COWS from the tactical product,
chained up the dog and allotted to
the growing piglets their diurnal
portion of food, to tilt back in the
old rocking chair, and with our
stockinged feet in the oven absorb
the biography of our neigh5ors and
our neighbors' children, even unto
the second and third generation.
While it i'll becomes an uncultured
tiller of the soil to criticise a work
so thorough and comprehensive, we
cannot but believe, however, that a
few of the poetic gems produced by
the gifted ones of this county and
iu6iciously interspersed among the
many pages of chronology, bio
graphy and geneology would have
served to tighten and brighten this
great work-sort of strengthen its
literary excellence, as it were. A
heart throb or two from the Bard of
Beldenville, triolet from Terry, a
little quotation from John Bou-
stead's locals in rhyme, judiciously
trimmed, or even one of the Wink
led Rhymes mans poems cut on the
bias would have been appropriate
and very welcome to the student of
history as he explores the pages of
this great work.
Anyway, that's the opinion of a
fool farmer, B'Gosh!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
Treating Potatoes to Prevent
SCab

Potato scab is a fungus disease
which may be prevented in the crop
by simple treatment of the seed po-
tato, if the crop is planted in soil
that is free from the scab. The
horticultural department of the Col
lege of Agriculture. University of
Wisconsin, suggests that when po-
tatoes are grown on limited scale,
they may be treated by placing the
seed potatoes in burlap sack be-
fore cutting them and by soaking
them for an hour and a half in a
mixture consisting of one quart of
40 per cent formalin solution in 80
gallons of water.
A better method for treatment on
a larger scale, it is suggested, is to
crate the potatoes and expose them
in tightly closed room for SO or 48
hours to the gas given off from "a
ounces of potassium permanganate
in large dish pan, over which has
been poured four pints of 40 per
cent. formalin solution. The form
aldehyde gas thus created kills the
scab fungus without injury to the
sprouting power of the potatoes.
If the room in which the potatoes
are treated has more than 1000 feet
of cubic space, the proportion of
material used should be increased
accordingly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

A young man with practical
knowledge in his head, skill in his
hands and health in his body is his
own letter of references. Mix him
up with sixty millions of others, and
you will find him again, as he will
have habit of being on top. Throw
him naked into a desert island and
he will be at the head of something.
He does not go whining over the
land, blaming fortune and saying
he has no chance butg3es cut and
does it again and better. Men that
can do things either with head or
hands, are the men that are wanted
and the demand is as great here
and now as it has been at any time
since the beginning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
Badger Corn Growers Should
Test Seed

The value of the field crops of
Wisconsin is estimated at 100000
900 annually and this great valuation
can be increased one-fourth or $685.
100000, by careful grading and test
ing of Seeds" says Prof. r. A.
Moore of the College of Agriculture,
University of Wisconsin, in urging
the Importance of seed testing.
There is no seed which varies more
in quality and vitality than corn,
and farmers cannot afford to take
the risk of planting INFESTED or un-
graded seed. A few hours of care
full work may mean double the yield
for the year"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

The report of the special commit
tee appointed by the National Civil
Service Reform League to investi-
gate the political activity of the
Federal Office holders. recently made
public, clears Mr.. Roosevelt of the
allegations made during the last
campaign to the effect that he coerced
certain Federal Office holders into
the support of Mr.. Taft for the Re-
publican nomination. After scan
ming the lists of the Presidents ap-
pointments for a considerable period
prior to the national convention, the
committee finds that evidence is
wholly lacking to sustain the charges
made, and that, as matter of fact,
Mr.. Roosevelt advanced the cause
of Civil Service by SO amending the
civil service rules as to prohibit
employees in the competitive service
from taking part in political cam
paigns.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
BUY SELECT SEED

Every farmer should carefully
grade his seed as we'll as test it, SO
that only well-formed, vigorous
grain is used for planting. The
seed buyer should insist on purchas-
ing the seed corn in the ear, and the
scoop shovel method of handling
seed corn, taking it at random from
the bin, should be carefully avoided.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
TO GET GOOD STAND

A bushel of seed will plant six or
seven acres, and few poor ears in
that amount will cause a very I'M
even stand. Five or six bushels of
corn can be tested by the ear method
in two or three hours if they are
spread out in rows on long tables
and numbered to correspond with
the grains that are placed in the
testing box. The removal of one or
two bad ears from each bushel may
mean a uniform crop, as compared
with one that has many vacant
patches.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

1t is not likely that the maximum
rates of the Payne bill will be ap-
piled at any time to more than a
tenth of our importations, for un-
questionably foreign countries with
double scales of duty will stretch a
point to enter our market freely
when all that is necessary to obtain
that advantage will be to treat the
United States with the same liber-
atty that is extended to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

The old slogan that The penalty
Of treason is DEATH" seems to have
no terrors for Anarchist Emma
Goldman. There is no reason why
it should, SO long as the United
States authorities tolerate her public
utterances advocating the abolition
of all forms of civil government.
That she might see how her theories
would work out, Emma ought to be
placed, with 999, 999 other anarchists,
upon an otherwise uninhabited
island capable of producing susie
nance for the entire mob, and left
there for period of ten years, with
out seeing anyone amenable to the
restrictions of civil government.
We think that such an experience
would prove an excellent panacea
for her anarchistic rantings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

President Taft's offer of the
British Ambassadorship to Presi-
dent Eliot, of Harvard, is an indica-
ton that he does not wish to make
the Court of ST. James a hospital
for a played out politician. Prof.
Eliot will soon close his fortieth
year as President of Harvard, from
which he will then retire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

Much criticism is heard of Missis-
sippi's determination to carry out
her idea of having the likeness of
Jefferson Davis engraved on each
piece of the civil service the State is
to give the battleship bearing her
name. The best that can be said
for the scheme is that it is in bad
taste and doubtless Jefferson Davis,
a gentleman by birth and breeding,
would be the first to condemn it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

When the Payne tariff bill which
passed the House is returned from
the Senate its most intimate friends
will fail to recognize it. The mea-
sure will doubtless finally be adj
justed by conference committee,
before being agreed to by both Sen
ate and House.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
A SIMPLE WAY OF TESTING

To test seed corn requires simply
a shallow box or pan in which clean
sawdust may be placed and mois-
tened. The selected grains of corn
from tip, center, and butt of each
ear are placed on its surface and
covered with several thicknesses of
wet cloths. This box should be set
in a warm place and the grains al
lowed to sprout. Boiling the saw
dust will prevent molds appearing
to interfere with the test.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
Advertised Letters

List of unclaimed letters in the
Postofice at River Falls for the
week ending April 10, 1909.
Mr.. William Guam ~
Mrs. Marion Burnley.
c. c. GLASS, P. M.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

In spite of the tariff war there are
many signs of returning prosperity.
The treasury receipts in March were
8,761 900 larger than the receipts
for March 1908, and the gross re-
ceipts of the New York Postoffice in
March were nearly 100000 larger
than the gross receipts for March
1908.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
nine men

Winnipeg, Manitoba, is now the
most ambitious city in the Domiu-
ion of Canada. She now claims
population of one hundred and
twenty thousand, and has caused
surveys to be made from which COM
petent engineers estimate that she
can become sea port city for an
outlay of eighteen or twenty million
dollars, and she proposes TO cause
the improvement to be made. Win
nipeg has the Exposition fever, and
is said to have already raised two
million dollars in support of a pro-
iect of Worlds Fair there in 1912.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

Nineteen counties in Michigan re-
Gently went dry and Cincinnati
liquor dealer is said to have esti-
mated the loss to the liquor inter-
ests of that city alone at two million
dollars, as result of the drying
up" process in those nineteen coun-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

Evidently the State Senate is not
satisfied with the result of the joint
committees Sen atorial primary
probe, and proposes to do some
probing without any assistance from
the Assembly. The La Toilette
members of the Senate are admit
ting the weakness of their cause
when they decline in advance to ac-
cept the findings of committee of
which they formed part, based
upon an investigation covering
period of several weeks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

Several weeks ago Kansas edit
or advertised the fact that he had
lost his umbrella, and requested the
finder to keep it. He now reports:
"The finder has done so; it pays to
advertise. FIX.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

The following published appreci-
alton of President Taft seems to fit
the bill" perfectly: big, friendly,
wise, faithful, honest, angry, stub
born, unselfish, patriotic, unassum-
ing"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

Jeremiah B. Dunn, second oldest
member on the Spokane, Wash,
police force, died of pneumonia
March Is at his home in that city.
Mr.. Dunn was born in St. Remi,
province of Quebec, in 1913. In
early manhood he moved to Burk-
hardt Mills, Wis, where he married
and resided as employee of the
Burkhardt Co.'s plant. In 1890 he
moved with his family to Spokane
and joined the police department,
which at that time numbered but
nine men,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15

Governor Davidson testified that
the twelve hundred dollars turned
over to him by the chief game warden
came in two installments, instead
of three, as sworn to by the game
warden. This is immaterial, how
ever, SO long as they agree as to the
amount. The Governor states that
he still has the money, and is ready
and willing to turn it over to its
rightful owner. According to the
chief game warden's evidence it
should be refunded to "Uncle Ike. !"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-15
FRANK L. BAKER
Express and Baggage Line.

Leave orders at the Telephone Central or
private phone No. "a. Special attention given
collecting Baggage from and delivering to all
parts ofthe city. All kinds Of dray and team
work promptly attended to. Charges moderate
Wood for sale and delivered to all parts of city,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
OLD TIME ENGLISH.
Words as They Were Pronounced In
Shakespchres Day.

The innovation of pronouncing
Shakespeare's words as they were
probably pronounced in his own day
was carried out at fete arranged at
University college. London. The ex-
pertinent inspired this comment by the
Manchester Guardian:
For lone touch of nature" Shake
speare probably said "own tooch Of
natter" and. very much like a modern
Irishman. he would say. "A haste that
wants discoorse of rayson." 1t would
be "Loov's Labber's Lost and the
"Midsoominer Neecht's Drame" Scraps
of Hamlet" would sound thus:
"a haste that wants discourse of rayson
Would have moorned longer
"Be they as pure French vi as grass
lgraceI."
"a broken VOICE and his whole foonction
shooting lsuitngl
With forms to his conSayt."
ITO take arms against a say of troobles."
Our ancestors of even some 100
years ago said "Room" for Rome.
cheer" for chair. "obleeged" for
obliged. greet boul" the lou" as in
out for great bowl" and. further
back. Milton would say billing water"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

l. X. jameson, of the Lowman d
Hanford Co.. Seattle, with X. M.
Arms of the same city, were among
the hundreds of guests Of the week
at Moclips-b y-the-Sea.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Troutman mad
as their guests during the week, at
Ell Retro Cottage Mr.. and Mrs. {.
II. Benlanda nd Miss Maud Craw-
ford. all of Pendelton, Oregon.
DR.. and Mrs. Edward Lycan, OF
the Moclips Beach Hotel have Deeh
entertaining number of their reia-
tives for ten days. In the party
were Mr.. and Mrs. II. s. Kellogg and
daughter Lila, of Los Angeles, Cal,
Mrs. Serela Batkins, OF Lompoc'
Cal. and Mrs. Abbie Persons, OF
Spokane, Wash.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
ELMA.

Mrs. II NJ Herring left for her
home in Centralia Thursday morn
ing
Mr.. and Mrs Will Combs are en-
joying an extended visit at the ex-
position.
Miss Lillian Jones is spending a
week at the exposition with her
mother and sisters.
Mr.. Hale of the Beaverdale Gel
cry Gardens, is building a fine new
barn near his residence.
Mrs +. f. Jones of Aberdeen, who
has been visiting he father in Elma,
returned home on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Frost of Sioux
Falls. Dakota, whit their baby, are
visiting her uncle, E. c. Kibbe.
Miss Ella Mcintosh of Bathgate,
Dakota, who has been the guest of
Mrs. A. f. Leroy. returned home on
Thursday.
Mrs. Rose Cameron, of Los Angeles,
Cal, has been spending the week
with her cousin, Mrs. f. S. Taylor,
in Elma.
The Second Annual District rally
OF the Ladies of the Maccabees will
be held in knights of Pythias hall
Elma, September ..
Mrs. Sherborno Kansas City, who
has been visiting her sister. Mrs
Chas. Allison, left for Olympia
Thursday to visit her mother before
returning home.
Mr. w. p. O'Donnell, wife and son
of Gloucester, Ohio, are visiting the
family of his brother, Senator Jack
O'DOnnell, at Tacoma. Mr.. O'Don-
nell spent several days last week
with his brother at Elma and White
Star
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
MONTESANO.

Mrs. Otis GoOdell, Of kennewick,
is visiting her mother, Mrs Flora
Madcalf.
Born, in Montesano, August 20,
1909. to Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Flint, a
10-pound girl.
Mr. and Mrs Eldridge Wheeler
left for Seattle Wednesday afternoon
to visit the exposition.
Born at the Blue Ribbon Celery
Farm, to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hale,
a baby girl, weighing seven and a
half pounds.
Mrs. Sol. Medcalf and son, Gerald,
and Miss Edith Crane, left Wednes-
day evening for Moclips, where they
will remain for some time.
]. b. Kesterson has men on his
contract grading and gravelling Riv-
er street and the alley between Pho
neer and Wynooche and Main and
First streets.
A. J. Minkler sold 20-horse power
traction engine to Chris PhrsOn. 1t
will be used in hauling logs for Geo.
Arand and in hauling gravel.
News of the death of Mrs. Joe
Beardslee, who went to Moses Lake
a short time ago for her health, was
received with deep regret by Mont
f,;o Il; al,
Contractor r. Morgan has the work
of construction of DR.. M. Jaynes'
house, on Broad street. well under
way. It will contain eight rooms,
bath and closets and will be modern
in every particular
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Real Thrjllers,

Talk of dime novels" exclaimed
the insurance man. "You ought to
read a detective bureau report on an
insurance case if you want a thriller
Our company carries a great deal of
burglary insurance and. Of course.
when q robbery occurs to any Of our
customers we put detectives on the
case. The reports that these men
send in are simple statements of facts
boiled down hard and containing moth
ing but what is absolutely essential
to the business. but for intense interest
they beat any novel | ever read or ex-
pect TO read. Occasionally after a
case is Finished and has become an
Gent history | get out these reports
and read them to group of my
friends, ana no play can hold more
absorbed audience. The actual trailing
of a criminal by detectives and the
marvels Of ingenuity on both sides are
world heaters for dramatic situations
and eXcitement."-New York Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
IN CHENALIS COUNTY
tens OF !nte.CSf From all Sections
of ChchaliS County, Gathered by
aberdeen Herald respondents
and Cleaned from Our County
Exchanges.
HOQUIAM.

j Bean, an aged man. is reported
quite i'll at his home on the East
Side.
Mrs. Webb Graves is entertaining
her sister, Miss Anna Crowford, from
Oregon.
Miss Rose Shipman of Corvallis
is the guest of Miss Gladys Richard
son for few days.
A. Anderson of Port Townsend was
a visitor in town Saturday looking
over the city with view of locat-
ing
The lloquiam baseball team is
planning a trip to Raymond next
Sunday and Muggsy Hackett, man
ager is trying to sign a good team
r. r. Dawly and son Richard left
yesterday morning for Seattle, to
visit the exposition. They will return
Wednesday.
a. =. Irving of Pressure Isle. Maine,
was visiting in IIoquiam last week
with 3. Il. Topper of Tacoma, who
is also a former citizen of Maine. Mr..
Irving is in the real estate business
in Pressure Isle.
At a meeting of the school board
Friday night $4,000 was voted as
the estimate for the current expenses
of the district for next year. OF this
amount $4,000 has been expended in
repairing the school BUILDINGS and
getting them in readiness for the
coming term.
Albert Beckman, sailor t. years
of aye, died at the Hoquiam General
no. .)ital Friday after lingering
illness He was admitted to the hos
pital and operated on for abdominal
tronhle He has wife in Finland.
The hody is being held until word
can be secured from his brother, who
reside at Berkeley, Cal, as TO the
disl H-tl OF the remains.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
NAPOLEON'S FAREWELL.
The Most Dramatic Scene In the His
tory of Fontainebleau.

tory of Fontainebleau.
1t was at Fontaineblcau that Napo-
Icon received he pope in 1904. 1t was
at Fontainebeau that he imprisoned
the pope-the apartment which served
as his prison is still shown-in 1872
and 1913. Finally. for Nemesis would
have it so. it was ut Fontainebleau
that Napoleon signed his abdication
coming down the horseshoe staircase
at the head of Cour du Cheval Blanc
and placing himself ut the head of the
guard as if for review.
For twenty years" he said. -! have
been we'll content with you and you
have always been with me on the path
of glory. With your help and that of
all the brave men who are still loyal
| could have carried on the war for
three years longer. but France would
have suffered, and did not wish that
to happen.
Il might have dicd-that would have
been caSy-but | would not. | prefer
to follow the path of honor and to
write the history of our exploits.
Il cannot embrace you all. but | will
embrace your general. Come. General
Petit. Bring me the eagle. Dear eagle.
May these kisses find their echo in
every brave mans heart.
Farewell. my children"
That surely is the most pathetic as
1t is also the most dramatic scene in
the whole history of Fontainebleau.-
II. P.'s London Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
OAKvILLE.

Mrs, Geo. Harris is visiting rela-
tivrs in Centralia.
Mayor Fitzgerald, accompanied by
his wife left for Tacoma today.
Miss Raoma Mcclellan of Sumner
il visiting with her friend Miss Rose
Goist this week.
LcRoy Myers and wife are going
to Nina. Mr.. Myers is to take
charge of a milk ranch there
\. !. Moore returned from Carr
LOCK-, ILL.,, last Saturday evening after
an absence of five years.
Miss Peall Hunter returned to hel
home in Hoquiam Wednesday after
several days visit at the home of heI
parents, Mr.. and Mrs II. Hunter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Light or heavy hauling. Quick
A. A. Star Transfer Co. Tel.
IA
The Retort Eruc.ite.

the derivation of words. had occasion
to store his furniture while proceeding
to the continent in quest Of the origin
of the term "juggins." During his re-
searches in Berlin he received from
the warehouse company the following
letter: Strive have the honor to in
form you that the mattrass you sent
to our store had the moth in it. Since
the epidemic would expose the goods
Of other clients to injury. we have
caused your mattrass to be destroyed"
The scholar replied: Dear Sir-My
mattress may. as you say. have had
moth in it, but am confident that it
had an e. in it ALSO" -London King.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
A Good Listener.

The Mistress-Katie, you should not
talk so much.
The Maid-No, ma'am.
mo. You should understand that it
is your place to listen"
II do that, ma'am."
II never saw you when you were,
then"
NO. ma'am; you never saw me when
was listening because l was on the
other side Of the keyhole, ma'am."-
Yonkers Statesman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
An Optimist.

"Pa. what is an optimism
"An optimist. my son, Is the man
who makes himself believe 1t will not
rain tomorrow because he doesn't pos
sess an umbrella. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30
Reproved Again.

II am told that there are some fine
scores to the credit Of Herr Batontap-
per-" ventured Mr.. Cumrox during
lull in the artistic conversation.
My dear" said his wife, I'VE were
discussing music, not baseball"
Washington Star.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-30

Planked Fodder.
"Going down to Atlantic City"
what is the attraction"
BOARD is cheap"
but what kind"
Board walk"