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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30
WAR CLOUDS PASSING

Eastern newspapers freely predict that
if there is any political strife at Wash
ington il viii be between the conserva-
tive, and the insurgent members of the
two houses of congress- II is found
practically impossible for the insurgent
TO carry on n controversy with the presi
dent. He is doing too many things
which the insurgents approve, thus re-
moving any basis for a quarrel. II is
predicted that there may be GOODNESS
between the president and the extreme
conservatives, and there may be dis,
agreement between the president and
the extreme radicals, such rs laFollette,
jeff Davis Senator Tilman ct al. He
will not give those men such species
of radicalism rs they announce that they
want, but he will satisfy the more con
sentative insurgents. The president is
not much on the quarrel He believes
IN accomplishing his ends 10y diplomatic
and peaceful methods, He is fun of
good nature and optimism, He will
win by peaceful means, such ends ms
We're reached by Roosevelt with the
Big Stick. Already the news from
Washington is less and less war-lil<e.
IL is known that the president dio not
refuse to see, nor did not he snub Senn-
tor Dolliver He has too much sense to
do thing like that, Such proceeding
would he unlike Taft,
Some of the Insurgents who love war
will he disappointed, They are looking
for trouble, and the absence of it will
make them unhappy, but the country
will rejoice, The country wants 60 pro-
coed to business, There Is n general
WEAKNESS of politics Des Moines Capt.
tai.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30
SHORT HORNS AT AUCTION
In Heated Sale Pavilion at Harlan
Iowa, Tuesday, January IL. 1910

35 cows and heifers, bulls out of the
cows and heifers, ) of them are pure
Scotch and the balance are on the best
of foundations and with from three 10
five Scotch crosses The cows are large
and weighing from 400 TO 1850 and the
heifers will grow to be fully as large
They are good mixers and ALWAYS grow
splendid calves. A part of them are
broke to milk. All cows and heifers
are bred to my excellent herd bull, Lord
Champion 2nd, except those having
calves mt foot About fifteen of them
will have calves ut foot. Two of the
Scotch cows have pure Scotch calves at
foot. OF the bulls, are pure Scotch
and the balance have from three To five
scotch crosses. Among them are my
herd bull, Lord Champion 2nd son OF
King Champion, tracing, in one more
cross To, Imp. Sweetbriar eth He was
bred by G. a. Saunders of Greeley Stock
Farm. The Younger Scotch bulls are
Cruickshank Nictorias and one Duchess
of Chester All of them are broad. backed
low down. blocky fellows and fully com
petent Ia improve any herd.
T%RMS: Cash or one years time AT
= per cent,
Send for Catalogue
GEO. II. MILLER
X. +, ID. No. 2.
Harlan, Iowa.
Col. Gro. H. BELLOWS,
and Others. AUCTIoNEERs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

either 1t is SO with most of the things
that printers and editors eat and the
only general commodity that has gone
down in price during those years has
been newspapers They have gone down
in trying to compete in price with adj
vertlSing sheets that do not figure on
cent from their circulation. but the
country weekly must make its circula-
ton a revenue producer, and therefore
we are Obliged to ask something near
what our paper is worth We do not
anticipate that there will need to he
any further increase i'll the next decade
ut least but we feel sure that the day of
the dollar country weekly is past. We
expect to earn money and if our sub
Scribers feel as we do when we buy but
ter, eggs, meat, etc, they will he glad
to know that the increase is enabling
someone to prosper.
The Coon Rapids Enterprise copies
the above and then adds the following:
Every country weekly the size of The
Enterprise, ought to have$ s. year, and
we doubt very much if one subscriber
ont of %. especially among the farmers.
would make any sort of kick if the
price was increased to this sum by its
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

local paper of the size of The Enterprise.
Ten years ago it cost but So month to
issue The Enterprise. now it costs $40.
We increased the size. to be sure from
4 column to column quartO. but the
cost of labor print paper, etc, has ma
terially increased. If present prices CON
tinue for year or so longer every
column paper should raise its price to
81 90 =
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30
NO. 50
SHAW is AGAINST 1T

After silence of two or three years.
Hon. Leslie NJ, Shaw, former governor
of Iowa, and secretary of the treasurer,
has appeared ON the platform in a speech
against the establishment of IA central
bank as part of our monetary system.
In this he will have a large following
because he expressed the fear that such
an institution would be controlled bv
the trusts or small coterie of the high
financiers of the country Secretary
Shaw spoke in part rs follows;
There are two diseases prevalent in this
country, either of which is liable to
prove fatal One is Wall-Street mania,
and the other is Wall-street fohia | do
not think that have been sadly inocu-
lated with either but am frank To say
that IL seems To me quite unamerican to
place with any group of men the power
To contract or expand currency at will
and to grant or with hold credit TO any
bank, to any merchant and to any cor.
poration mt pleasure. Ii was charged,
and rs vigorously denied, that the atliili.
uted banks of New York during the pan
ic of 1907 simply withdrew credit from
the group of men who controlled the
Tennessee coal and iron, called their
loans, and finally adjusted the matter
by taking over the property ut fraction
of its admitted value, upwards of 800,
600, 900, and paid for il in United States
Steel securities, without the exchange of
u dollar in money, Assuming the charge
to be lihelous, IL still illustrates what
could be done were u group Of men pos
sessiug the requisite disposition to be in
control OF the central bank OF u set of
New York resolutions given out some
years ago by Josh Billings, remember
but one Resolved, That if man tells
me II mule won't kick, I'll believe him,
but | won't so near the mule.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30
Pay Your Subscriptions

ordinarily we expect pretty good re-
turns from our subscribers during the
months of November and December
BIT this year owing to the bad condi
ton of the roads most of the time and
the very cold weather part of the time,
many people could not come to town ex
cept to do Il little shopping for Christmas
and they were then too busy to think Of
anything else. Now that the holidays
're about over and the sleighing is good
we hope that all of our subscribers who
are i'll arrears will come in and pay up
TO date. And in order to even mp it
might be a good thing to pay year in
advance. We know that dollar or two
is IA very small sum TO most of our pat
lpns, but the whole sum we have 10
carry costs us not less than hundred
dollars year in interest
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

Col. II. n Carper and w. o. Henry
auctioneeI's are the ones who can sell
your property and get hest prices. Stock
sales II speciality, Write, wire or phone
65 Audubon, Iowa. 3itf
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

DO not have your underwear hung
ont on the line TO be frozen and cracked
mt have it washed and Steam Dried at
I he City Laundry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

For good Horse Blankets and Lap
Robes so 10 Martin Larsens Audubon,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
induce OF.

and made me feel like a new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. p. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me. 81 was a great SUD.
ferer from female disease. The doc
tor said 1 would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia Il
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months" -
Mrs. S. A. WILLIAMS, r. F. ID. No. II
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case Is o difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
Illumination, liberation, displacements.
tibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing down
feeling, indigestion. dizziness, and nor
vous prostration. 1t costs but tribe
to try it, and tho result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
POSSIBILITIES OF
ALFALFA BREEDING
Wo=k Just Beginning Receive Of
Experiment Stations.

The great Elasticity Of the genus of
plants to which alfalfa belongs in it's
adaptability to soil and climate is
strongly emphasized when we compare
the extremes of the types. The wiry
stems, the low.spreading, much
branched habit and extreme hardness
of Turkestan alfalfa present such
contrast to the large, rather stiff, tall,
upright and little-branched stems of
the sub-tropical Peruvian alfalfa, that
one would little suspect that he was
dealing with plants of the same origin.
This adaptability, or in other words
ability to become acclimatized, has al.
ready been explained by the fact that
within any one of the given types
many variations as to form, habit, Wig
or, drought and cold-resistance occur
which need only to be selected by soil
and climatic factors killing out the less
suited individuals in order that type
may be established. What, therefore,
has been done by the slow process of
natural selection may be fastened and
emphasized by the conscious selection
and propagation Of the best plants.
There is thus opened, in this wonder
fully plastic and variable group, a field
for the breeder, pregnant with the
probability of the most profound sue
cess.
The breeding of this forage plant is
Just beginning to receive the serious at
tention of the experiment stations and
the United States department of agri-
culture in the alfalfa-growing states of
the west and southwest. BY compar-
alive study Of the adaptability of re-
gional varieties it is clear that the
work of the agricultural explorer must
now give place largely to that of the
plant-breeder, and that we must in the
future look to the improvement of our
own rather than the introduction of
new varieties for the amelioration Of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

Of two plants. growing side by side in
the breeding plots Of the botanical de.
partment of the Kansas station, one
showed an average Transportation rate
for equal areas Of leaf surface nearly
twice as great as the other. It is but
natural to suppose that, other charac-
teristics being equal, the plant show.
ing the least loss of water would be
most suited for dry region. Close
pollinated seeds " the above-men.
toned plants have been secured and
1t is proposed to test by similar meth
DDS the Transportation rates of the off
spring Of each in order to determine
to what extent these characters may
be inherited, and whether by this meth.
cd there may not be isolated and prop.
agated, at once, extremely drought-re
sistant strains.
Alfalfa is susceptible to several dis
eases. All of these are capable of do.
ing more or less serious damage, and
there is as yet no practicable method
of controlling them known. It would
seem, moreover, that the only method
in which there is offered any large de.
gree Of hope for success lies in the
possibility of securing more disease.re.
sistant strains by selection and breed
ing.
An ideal alfalfa plant should be very
leafy. This is so for two reasons. In
the first place, the greater the leaf sur.
face spread out to the light the greater
the assimilating power of the plant.
and hence the more rapid and vigor-
GUS growth. In the second place, the
leaf forms more palatable and diges
tible food than do the stems.
In selecting plants for breeding.
habit Of growth must be considered
This should be as nearly upright as
possible in order that all Of the stems
may be cut by the mower.
While relatively small number of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

alfalfa growers produce this plant 70,
the purpose of harvesting the seed
still the question of seed production is
one of prime importance. No bette
emphasis on this point could be made
than to call attention to the presen'
high price of alfalfa seed. The higf
probability Of easy improvement alon:
this line is suggested by extreme vari
ations with respect to the seeding abil
ity Of different individuals found il
any ordinary alfalfa field. For instance
in ono experiment at the Kansas e.
pertinent station bulletin 1919 SON.
plants produced only 0.4 seeds per ter
gram weight of stem and leaf, wherea
from other plants in the same field
high as 1877 seeds per ten-gram weisl
were harvested. That these chara,
tiers are strongly heritable is shown Ii
the following, quoted from Bulletin 10
of the South Dakota experiment St;
ton:
I'm the pedigree rows of 1906 a gel,
eral tendency toward uniformity wa
observed in the plants from the SAN.
selection. For example, all the plant
in pedigree row No. 1928 exhibite
exceptional forage qualities as cor
pared with the plants of other row
grown, whatever the source, and a
the plants of pedigree row No. 65-7
bore heavily Of seed pods, while other
from the same original source wer
light bearers Of the pods"
However, in the breeding of alfalfa
the fact must not be lost sight of tina,
it must be prominently forage plant
and that If the productivity of seed b:
Increased it must not be done at the
expense Of the forage value.
Productivity is, of course, the mos,
important Of the qualities to be sought
in the improvement of alfalfa, and may
be said to include all the others de.
scribed. Thus, in order to be produc.
tive Of the largest quantity Of the best
quality Of hay, the plant must be
hardy. vigorous, disease and drought.
resistant, very leafy, and of such habit
Of growth as to be harvested with
ease and without great loss from low.
lying and PROSTATE stems.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM

The following is never failing rem
sdy for rheumatism, and if followed
up it will effect a complete cure Of
the very worst cases: mix one-half
pint of good whiskey with one ounce
Of Toris Compound and add one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each
meal and at bedtime" The ingre.
dents can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

than all other diseases put together. and until the as
few years was supposed to be tncurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
20 cure with local treatment. pronounced 1t ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
eese and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. j. Cheney
Co.. Toledo. Ohio. is the only Constitutional cure on
the market. 1t Is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspooniul It acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the SYSTEM They offer one
hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send
Tor circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
TAKE Hans Family pills for constipation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

our alfalfa crops. Especially is this
true for the states of: the middle west,
notably Utah, Colorado, Kansas and
Nebraska. These states are the home
of the American type of alfalfa, aud in
them no other alfalfa has been able to
compete with it. When, therefore, the
breeder has found that strain or type
of alfalfa which is most suited to the
locality within which he must work,
it is from this strain that he should
look to draw his materials for further
selection and improvement. He must
first study the needs of his locality
and determine what lines of improve
ment are most necessary in order to
increase the yield or feeding value.
When this is done he may intelligently
seek out and select for breeding pur-
poses those individual plants which
seem most likely to possess valuable
characteristics.
For what points should we breed? In
the first place, hardness and vigor are
indispensable, in order that the plant
may not be driven out by weeds or
killed by severe weather conditions.
Moreover, hardy, vigorous plants will
live longer, be more productive, and
the expense Of reseeding will not be so
frequent.
Another aim Of the breeder of alfalfa
is to secure plants Of greater drought
resistance, in order that the area over
which this valuable plant can be
grown with profit may be further ex-
tended into the semi-arid regions and
that better crops may be secured in
the drier sections in which 1t is al
ready grown. Drought-resistance in a
plant depends either upon its effect
iveness in gathering water from the
soil or its ability to retain 1t when
gathered, or upon both. Obviously the
best way to determine the drought
resisting qualities Of plants is by
means Of comparative tests in dry sec.
lions, but where this is impracticable
preliminary test may be made BY
measuring the quantity Of water trans.
PRED by . given amount Of Leaf surface
in, a given time. The importance Of
such tests u suggested b. the tact that
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
TOLD TO USE curIcURk.
ARsr specialist Failed to Cure Her In.
tense itching Eexema-tiad Been
Tortured and Dlsflaured But
Wac Soon Cured Of Dread Humsr.

II contracted eczema and suffered
Intensely for about ten months. At
times thought I would scratch my
self to pieces. Ny face and arms were
covered with large red patches, 80
that was ashamed to go out. was
advised to 60 to q doctor who was
. specialist in skin diseases, but
received very little relief. tried
every known remedy, with the same
results. Thought would never get bet.
ter until friend of mine told me to try
the Cuticura Remedies. So I tried them,
and after four or i've applications of
Cuticura Ointment was relieved of
my unbearable itching. I used two
sets OF the Cuticura Remedies. and
am completely cured. Miss Barbara
Kral. Highlandtown, Nd, Jan. 9, '0s."
\. Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

was Doan's Kidney Pills. Three boxes
made complete cure and during five
years past have had no return of the
trouble"
Sold by all dealers. Soc box. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
PATENTS.
Lit Of Patents Issued Last Week to

Lit Of Patents Issued Last Week "a
Northwestern inventors.
Reported BY Lothrop & johnson,
patent lawyers, 80 Pioneer Press
building, st. Paul, Mimi; o. Ander.
son, Pelican Rapids. Minn.,- fan blast
regulator; F. L. Barber, st. Paul,
MIMI. draft rigging for cars; H.
Clouston, Antler, N. D., automatic
stoker; N. Lambert, Rolla, N. D.,
respirator: ]. E. Lappen, LIE Roy
Mimi, faxfelt; X. Setter, New Ulm
Mimi, automatic drinking fountain
F. Van Camp, ST., st. Thomas, N. D.,
grain door.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
A Modern Amendment.

A fox came upon some grapes in an
arbor. and. though he tried repeatedly
to reach them, there was nothing do
ing.
When he paused to rest, a mink
who had witnessed the performance
suggested:
There are lots of others just as
good within easy reach"
"Oh, no." replied the fox, with q
wag of his head; those high ones
that I can't reach are the only ones
that look good to me-"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
A Boston Touch.

Once upon a time De Wolf Hopper
met Boston person in that town
whom he had not seen for . long
period Of duration.
Hello: how are you? Where have
you been?" said Hopper in hts hearty
way, giving the New York pronuncis-
ton the word "been."
Please don't say bin but BEEN"
Sorry, but can't" pleaded the big
fellow. II never had Q bean in my
mouth in my life. not sven in Boston"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Hard Lines.

Wife (rather nervously)-oh, cook.
I must really speak to you. Your
master is always complaining. One
day it Is the soup. the second day it is
the fish, the third day it is the joint.
In fact It is always something or 9TH
or.
Cook with feeling)-Well mum,
I'm sorry for you. It must be quite
lawful to live with q gentleman of
that sort.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Our Own Ministries,

"Mistah Walkah, kin yo' tell me
de diff'unce tween a countahfeit bill
an a deceased sexton?"
NO, George; that's a hard one.
What is the difference between a
counterfeit bill and a deceased sex
ton?"
de one am a close resemblance an
de uddah am dead ringer"
Ladies and gentlemen, the renown.
ed tenor, Sig. Kanchoo Killim, will
now sing the popular ballad, Lift
Your Head from My Shoulder, Dar
ling; This Is a Borrowed Coat"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Chance for a sandmaster.

Conway, which is in need of a band
master, has issued the following ad-
vertisement: He must be a cornet
player, and between performances he
will be required to act as a range
minder, inspector of hawkers, boats
and carriages, storekeeper and such
other duties as the town clerk may
from time to time direct"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Plutoeratla Greed:

Goodman Gonrons-Yes. promised
I'd divvy with 70. but the4 vas whom
had 20 cents. I've got 8 cents now.
That CANT bs divided In two skal
parts. an I'm goin' to keep Il Ill
m'self Sect"
Saymold storey-Yes. I sec, blame
We! rs just % I've allus said: the
rich Is CROWN richer an the poor -
CROWN poorsri"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Love-.

Howard-And how did the plain
widow Perkins capture the fastidious
Nawker?
Coward-Oh, took him out in her
car and showed him q few hundred
Of her building lots
Howard-Ah! see. A case Of love
at first site.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Well Aimed.

The Lady-Tell ME truly. count, do
you think we American women are
spoiled?
The Count-Ah, madam, eef you are
spoiled now, eet must be Eat you were
very nice before.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

bled with kidney
complaint from the
time Of the Civil war.
There was constant
Pain in the back and
head and the kid.
ney secretions were
painful and showed
a sediment. The first
remedy to helm me-
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

this valuable mo6.
cine, Lydia E. Pink-
hams We getabls
Compound. I s6.
fered from terKibls
headaches, pain In
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous and 50
weakIcould hardly
stand. Lydia 4
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound no
stored me to health
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
Time and Money.

Prof. Stone-To the geologist
thousand years or so are not counted
as any time at all.
Man in the Audience-Great Scot!
And to think made temporary
loan of two pounds to a man who
holds such views!
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21
MORE
PINKHADl
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nit is with pleasure
that I add my testimonial TO your
already long ist-hopingtha IL may
induce others to avail themselves OF
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

And the man who thinks he knows
it all soon shows how little he really
does know.