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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24
POTATOES in
NORTH DAKOTA
Through the Grand Forks Herald J. Dex
ter Pierce Tells of Potato Growing in
the Vicinity of Larimore and Gives
Pointers for Handling the
5 TuberS,

A few years ago, the attention Of one
of our most enterprising citizens, John
Pfer, was called to the possibilities of
the potatoe crop as money maker, land
the, special adoption of our soil to its
production. In the spring Of 1906 he
/, planted 525 acres as an experiment.
The land chosen for the purpose was an
average piece of sandy loan which had
! never been fertilized. A strict account
was kept of all expenses, allowing So. 90
per acre for rent of land. The crop
yielded 10000 bushels and made net
profit of So, POSTS or $41.73 per acre.
The following season this land produced
36 bushels of wheat per acre, and the
second crop 27 bushels.
The result of this experiment was so
favorable, both as to direct profit and
the effect on succeeding crops of wheat,
that the potato crop has become part
of the fixed rotation on every farm in
this vicinity. Nicely cultivated fields,
ranging in size from 40 to so acres
each can be seen in every direction,
where formerly mixture ofwheat, wild
oats, and mustard offended the discern
ing eye. The yields have varied from
80 bushels on poorer, shallow plowed
land, to over 300 bushels, on better
and we'll cultivated, all without fertil-
izers.
The leading variety raised is h e
Early Ohio. This does not yield 80 we'll
as later varieties, and does not sell so
we'll as white potatoes, in most markets.
When kept in good, sound condition they
bring better price for seed in some
of the southern markets. The second
place is held by the Burbank, which is
a good yielder and fine selling variety.
The Green Mountain comes next. This
is large yielding white variety. It is
not so smooth as the Burbank, but is
a better cooking variety.
We handle our potatoes almost en-
tirely by machinery This is necessar-
lily 80 when they are raised on so large
T a scale. The seed is cut and planted,
the crop4cultivated, sprayed and dug
all by machinery. So far, as a rule,
they have been picked up by hand, but
an ingenious Larirnore man has invent
ed machine for picking them up. 1t
is said to work perfectly. Mr.. Pifer
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24

The old fashioned way of dosing a
weak stomach or stimulating the heart
or kidneys is all wrong. DR.. Shoop
first pointed out this error. This is why
his prescription-Dr. Shoop's Restora-
tive-is directed entirely to the cause
Of these ailments-the weak inside or
controlling nerves. 1t isn't so difficult,
says DR.. Shoop, to strengthen a weak
stomach, heart or kidneys, if one goes
at it correctly. Each inside organ has
it's controlling or inside nerve. When
these nerves fail then those organs
must surely falter. These vital truths
are leading druggists everywhere to
dispense and recommend DR.. Shoop's
Restorative, Test it few days, and
see! Improvement will promptly and
surely follow. Sold by Donovan Drug
Co.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24
DEATH THE
pROFLIGATE KING.
Leopold, Of Belgium, Who Died on the
18th Instant, Most Case-Hardened
Old Reprobate That Ever Dis
/, qraced q Throne.

Leopold, King Of the Belgiums, died at
\ the villa of his morganatic wife near
Brussels, following an operation, on
Friday, the 18th inst, and scarcely had
the body Of the old monarch been ar
rayed in the uniform of q lieutenant
general to lie in state, before bitter
:imbroglio between Baroness Vaughan,
Leopold's wife and longtime friend,
and his disowned daughter, Princess
Louise Of SAKE Coburg, broke out, the
latter by legal process and against the
protests of, the baroness, driving the
former from the villa lin which the old
reprobate died and sealing the same
against her re-entry.
ss LEoPoLD's CAREER
q. Leopold g career has been one of def
ance of the conventions and utter in
difference to the decencies of life as un-
derstood by civilized people. So notori-
ous have his shameless acts made him,
none have been found brave enough to
defend him. He has brought royalty
into disrepute more than any other
monarch and has furnished powerful
ammunition for. TIL e socialists, ever
alert for arguments against monarchial
forms of government.
CONSCIENCE OF KING NEVER SUFFERED.
s Never free from charges of inhuman
cruelty or Incredible licentiouness, Leo
pold has lived through storms Of adverse
. public opinion and only in the last few
wears has his conscience o his ;ex-
chequer seemed to suffer. Then he was
forced to sell the bulk of his art treas
ures and to relinquish his grip on the
! Congo, where he was credited with bar
barities with which, by comparison, the
historic tortures Of the Inquisition be-
came acts Of mercy. ..s
$. It is as the admirer and patron of the
stage beauties Of Paris that the Belgian
monarch first became known to the
world. When people hardly knew the
name Of the man who reigned at Brus-
sells, they could tell who was the friend
Of Cleo de Merode, Lame de Pougy, the
Princess de Ghimay and, more recently,
] the Baronsss.de Yaugk han, his morgan
attic wife. who set all: Europe by the
ears BY her assumption OF royal airs.
The woman, the daughter of 3 Toulouse
janitor, he never renounced, and her
status will be one to puzzle the various
court historians.> S:
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24
To Rural Patrons.
Postoffice Department.
Office of 4th Asst. P. M. Genl.
Woahinufon n = noo IN

washington, u. C., Dec. III.
To the Postmaster, Bowbells.
Sir: From recent count made by
rural carriers in one of the counties in
the state of New York of coins deposit
ed by patrons for the purchase of stamp
supplies, it was found that each carrier
in the county was collecting an average
of lis one-cent coins each week. This
average applied to all the routes in
operation throughout the country would
give the enormous total of about 3OO,-
000, 900 one-cent coins:
AS most of these coins are deposited
loose in boxes, it is desirable that you
and the rural carriers, in tactful and
polite way, put forth your best efforts
to induce patrons to provide themselves
with stamp supplies in advance of their
needs, and to equip their boxes with
suitable coin-holding receptacles. 1t
should be explained to patrons that the
picking of loose coin from boxes not
only results in needless hardship and
suffering to carriers in winter weather,
delays the delivery and collection of the
mails, but frequently results in actual
money loss to the carriers, for if, in
collecting coins from boxes, they drop
them into the snow or on the ground
without recovery, they are required to
replace the amount out of their own
funds. Respectfully,
P. V. DEGRAW,
Fourth Asst. Pm. General.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24

Leopold's first queen and the only one
the Belgians will acknowledge, was Ma
rie Henriette of Hungary, daughter OF
the Archduke Joseph, an austere woman
of great pietS and virtue. Her sudden
death of a broken heart soon after an
attempt at suicide is still remembered
by readers of newspapers. This was
one of the many tragedies of the Bel
gian royal family. Another was the
sad fate of Carlotta, sister of the king.
crazed by her husbands death, whose
fortune Leopold used to gain possession
of the Congo, where, if stories be true,
and they are constantly repeated, un-
heard Of atrocities were carried out by
royal orders. Hands and feet Of natives,
men, women and children, were cut off
because they did not come in from the
forests with the required quantity of
rubber for the enrichment of the king
and his various loves. It was recently
announced that Leopold had disposed of
the African holdings to the Belgian ma
tion, but doubt seems to exist in certain
quarters as to the good faith of the
parties connected with this great real
estate deal, and within the past few
months an organization was effected in
London to take-the Belgian Congo from
the Belgians and place it in the hands
of a sort Of international trusteeship.
Sir Conan Doyle was at the head of
this management and contemplated a
trip to America to inaugurate cam
paign Of education and protest.
WAS HAPPY, BUT LEARNED TO WANDER.
The one bright spot in the long life CT
the Belgian monarch was his courtship
of Marie Henrietta and the marriage of
the two. It was in 1855, when Leopold,
then the Duke de Brabant, was 18 years
old, that he accompanied his father, Leo
pold l., to the court of Austria. There
he fell in love with the archduchess, a
year his junior, then counted beauty,
but who later developed into an angular
austere woman, who concealed warm
heart under cold, naughty exterior. 1t
was the one pure love of Leopold's life,
and for several years the couple lived
together'happily. Leopold became king
and soon after the scrapegrace in him
began to manifest itself and sorrows
crowded thick and fast upon the young
queen. Infidelities she forgave, but the
crowning sorrow came with the death of
her son, the young Duke of Brabant,
when he was 10 years old.
Then came vituai separation and the
execration of his subjects for Leopold
and love for. the queen. Public feeling
was outraged by the king, who brought
his favorites to the court and persisted
in presenting them to his queen. So flag
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24

rant was Leopold's conduct in this re.
gard that there was great public out
cry and in the case of the notorious
American, the Princess de Chimay, the
woman was openly Stunned as though
she was leper. 3.s Nh. "
: From affairs of the heart Leopold
turned his misdirected efforts to affairs
Of the pocketbook. To keep up his
various establishments much money was
required and when Macmillan was ex-
ecuted and Carlotta, Leopold's sister,
became raving maniac, he seized that
unfortunate woman's fortune and went
into the rubber business in the Congo.
Later, when the world protested agains t
his inhuman methods in Africa and his
revenues began to dwindle as conse-
quence, he sought to recoup his fortunes
by creating second Monte Carlo at
Ostend, and for a time that resort be-
came the real gamblers paradise.
STORY OF GILDED, SHAMELESS VICE.
Leopold's manner of :; life spread a
curse over his entire family. His eldest
daughter, Princess Louise, who married
Prince Philip of Saxe-C Coburg Gotha,
became entangled with n Austrian
lieutenant Of hussars, and after her
lover was imprisoned she was declared
insane and confined in an asylum.
The second daughter, the Princess
Stephanie, lost her first husband, Crown
Prince Rudolf of Austria, in the shocking
tragedy at Meyerling, in 1880. In@l900
Princess Stephanie incurred the displeas-
ure of her father by her marriage with
Elmer, Count of Lonyay, and she was
never restored to royal favor. The esca-
pades of the two daughters filled the
courts Of Europe with scandalous gos-
sip-fit supplements to the stories of
the misdoings Of the father. -
The story of Leopold II. is one of
gilded, shameless vice and almost un7
believable inhumanity. ,.'> =.
King Leopold was IA years old. Four
years ago, at the age of 20, he was
boasting of an expected heir to be born
to the Baroness de Vaughan. He is a
descendant of Francis, Duke Of SAKE
Coburg, and his father, Leopold l., re-
fused the kingdom of Greece before he
accepted that Of Belgium. When not
engaged in women's intrigues he gave
much time to exploration and geograph-
ical research. He early manifested an
interest in Africa and in 1876 organized
the African international association,
the aim of which was to utilize african
discoveries. Later he assisted Stanley
in the exploration Of the Congo, and in
1885 the Berlin conference established
the Congo Free State and conferred its
sovereignty upon King Leopold. z
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-12-24

that there were 100000 bushels of
potatoes raised in Grand Forks county
this season. One cent per bushel would
be $4,000 or many times as much as
would be necessary to employ man in
each of the several markets.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
Modern Woodmen Install.

On Tuesday evening, January 5.
the Modern Woodmen of America
and the Royal Neighbors of America
had their joint installation Of off,
GERS, which proved a glorious sue
cess. About 500 Neighbors and
friends were present. After the
newly installed officers were escort
ed to their respective places, recess
was declared and an excellent supper
was served by the Royal Neighbors
Then games were played and a gen.
eral social time was enjoyed far into
the wee sma' hours before anyone
was aware that the gray dawn was
rapidly stealing upon them. Every
body reports having had good
time, and the names Of about 20
new candidates were secured. The
Modern Woodmen OF America is an
active and enthusiastic body OF
workers and the greatest success
will crown their endeavors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
Sugar Factory a Necessity.

With irrigation in this valley, the
sugar beet would become one of the
most profitable crops that can be
grown on our lands. Sugar beets
are a desirable crop in many of the
western states, notably Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado, Utah and Mon
tana. The business has been intro
duced in the Grand Ronde Valley,
this state and has become very sue
cessful there. In the vicinity of
Grants Pass all the different var
ieties of the beet grow TO perfection
and 1t is quite certain the cultiva-
tion of the sugar producing kind as
a business will be highly profitable,
as the ripening season here is much
longer than in the Grand Ronde VAL
ley. In this section beets can be
ready for the factory fully 60 days
earlier than in more northern por-
tions of the state. With the aid Of
irrigation, two and possibly three
distinct crops could be matured and
our mild climate will permit manu-
featuring to continue all winter. A
beet sugar factory at Grants Pass
would add greatly to the prosperity
of the city. When irrigation has
become an established fact there will
be practically no difficulty in induc-
ing some of the sugar manufacturers
to put in plant at this point They
will require a guarantee of the culti-
vation of a certain acreage before a
factory will be located and this we
can give. In the Grand Ronde
valley the company failed to secure
the required guarantee. so was oblig-
ed themselves to put in 1000 acres
and the business of growing beets
became so profitable they have con-
tinued the cultivation of this large
acreage. A sugar factory is nee
essity.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
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Mrs. Rudolph Harness of Rose
burg is visiting friends in Grants
Pass.
Miss Agnes George came from
Ashland Thursday and after spend
ing some time here with her sister.
Miss Lucie, will visit her parents at
Kerby.
Neatsfoot Oil at Hair-Riddle
Hdwe. Cos.
Mrs. Alice Mallory returned to
Grants Pass Monday, after having
spent several months in Portland.
She was accompanied by Mrs. w. E.
Mallory, who will remain some time.
Rev. Robert Mclean went to Ash
land Tuesday to assist in special
meetings being held in the Presby-
terian church. He will return in
time to occupy his pulpit here Sun
day as usual.
Look up bargains in heating
stoves at Hair-Riddle Hdwe. Co.
is 1t
The Gillette-Riggs Realty Compa-
pany has been dissolved, L. G. Gil
lette taking the Portland Office and
E. l.. Churchill and ]. G. Riggs re-
tanning the Grants Pass business.
These two gentlemen are among our
most reliable business men and
everybody wishes them success.
Mrs. E. H. Harris gave dinner
parry last evening. The guests were
delighted with the coffee. Mrs. Har-
ris always uses Folger's Golden Gate
whole roast and grinds it herself, not
too fine; pulverized coffee is bitter.
James D. Duncan of Grave was in
Grants Pass Thursday making out
the papers for the sale of his 41S-
acre farm four miles from Leland,
formerly known as the Harkness
place. When Mr.. Duncan bought
the place four years ago 1t was badly
run down and he made many i'm
provements. While the selling price
is withheld 1t is safe to say that Mr..
Duncan has made considerable more
than 100 per cent on his investment
besides what the place has produced
during the time.
w. ]. Gardner & Co. are selling
Mems so cent cotton fleece lined un-
derwear for 80 cents. 1-15-3t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
First Baptist Church.

Sunday. January IT, morning wor-
ship is at 10:3O, subject Of the mes
sage by pastor: THE Church with a
Lampstand." Bible school in charge
of r. X. Hackett at 11:45. Young
Peoples meeting at 6 6;30-"Leaving
the City of Destruction" the first
topic in the Pilgrims Progress series
is the subject; Orville Whipple is
leader. At 1880 is the evening SER
vice; sermon on the subject: The
Hospitality of Jesus. A cordial
invitation is extended
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
YOU MUST LOCK YOUR
POST OFFICE BOX

Postmaster Donnell has received
notice from the Department to the
effect that parties who leave their
combination boxes unlocked will be
refused the privilege of having their
mail come in box. In the Grants
Pass post Office there is one section
of combination lock boxes which, in
order to lock, requires the turning
OF one of the combination knobs,
and It is these to which the order
refers. 1t has been the custom of
some to leave their boxes unlocked
and some valuable mail matter has
been stolen.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
st. Luke's Episcopal Church.

Morning prayer, litany and SER
mon at II o'clock; subject" Con-
firmation. or Joining the Church" :"
Evening prayer and sermon at 1880
o'clock; subject, Living for others" >"
At the morning service a special col
lection will be taken for the suf-
ferers in Sicily.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
BUSINESS POINTERS.

LIT. rlanagan,
Physician and Surgeon.
Go to Coron for Plumbing.
J.E.Peterson, PioneerInsuranccMan
M.Clemens, Prescription Druggist.
A splendid line of Royal Charter
Oak Ranges at Coron's.
Alfred Letcher. Registered Opto-
metrist and Jeweler In Dixon's old
stand, Front st. Eyes tested free.
An up-to-date line of ladies shoes
at Gardner & Co.'S
Cooperative prices on new and
second hand goods at the Head
quarters" City Hall building.
Neatsfoot Oil at Hair-Riddle
Hdwe. Cos.
Headquarters" for bargains in
new and secondhand goods City
Hall building. 9Th St. 12-1l-tf
Steel Cable for stump pulling In
sizes from y to% in. carried in
stock by Hair-Riddle Hdwe Co.
1-S-2t
All trimmed hats at SO per cent
discount at Mrs. Waughtal's.
Page Fence is erected without ex-
ira cost-ask ]. ID. franklin.
Page Fence-over $4,000 rods In
use In So. Oregon Ask J. ID. Frank
lin. 12-1S-tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
David Briggs and son. Ray, we,

David Briggs and son. Ray, were
In town this week on business.
George Birdseye has accepted a
position with the Golden Rule Store
and win commence work there about
irst of the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vincent and
their S-year-old son arrived in
Grants Pass from Sheridan, Wyo.
last Friday and have determined to
make this their home. They ship
ped their household goods before
starting and as soon as these ar
rive they will go to housekeeping.
Mr.. Vincent for number of years
occupied an important position in
one Of the largest mercantile estab-
lishments in Sheridan. He thinks
Of becoming a fruit grower.
A. 7. Lewis of the Grants Pass Art
Studio has Just installed an 11x14
outnt especially for family groups.
large heads and children's pictures.
taken instantaniously. BY the
amount Of work they are doing the
People must think It is the right
place to get the best work. 1-S-2t
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
DIED

COLWELL-At Grants Pass, Sun
day. January 10. Chester. son IL
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ID. Colwell, aged
Is years.
Funeral Monday, and interment
at Granite Hill cemetery.
GILMORE-At Merlin, Ore, Satur-
day, January 3, 1909, Mrs. Maud
Gilmore, aged "a years, months.
LAWS-At Wolf Creek, Friday,
January s. 1909, Mrs. Alice Laws,
aged SO years, 8 months and "a
days.
The funeral and interment were
held at Woodville, where a son of
the deceased is living.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15

To whom 1t may concern
Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership hereto existing between
l.. G. Gillette, j. G. Riggs and e. l..
Churchill under the name of the Gil
lette-Riggs Land Co., was on Janu-
ary /, 1909, dissolved E. l..
Churchill and J. G. Riggs will con-
tinue the Grants Pass Office under
the name of Churchill-Riggs Land
Co., and l.. G. Gillette take over the
Portland office.
The Churchill-Riggs Land Co. will
assume all liabilities of the Grants
Pass Office. e. l.. CHURCHILL.
j. G. RIGGS.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
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LOCAL svENrs



Douglas county has levied an as
sessment of 10 mills for the coming
year. This will raise S23S,SS4.56,
$1O6,000 of which will be used for
roads.
A number of local Elks went to
Ashland Saturday to be present at
a roundup, at which a consider
able number of Klamath Fallites
were added to the herd.
One of the Knox boys, living south
of the city, last Saturday killed one
of the finest specimens of Golden
eagle that has been seen in this sec
tion for many years. 1t measured
eight feet from tip to tip.
Marshfield will have a full COM
pany of coast artillery in the near
future, in accordance with a recon-
mendation of Adjutant- General w.
E. FINER of the Oregon National
Guard.
SoiS healhel dl t1dlr-Rluule
Hdwe. Co.'S.
One of the ammonia compressors
of the Medford ice plant exploded
Saturday morning and turned loose
considerable amount of that pun
gent gas. Although sections of the
iron tank flew to considerable dis
tance no one was hurt.
$10.S5 will get S14 heating
stove at Hair-Riddle Hdwe. Co.'S.
is 1t
Rustlers are at work in the Bo-
nanza country. Henry Vinson
liveryman Of klamath Falls lost
26 head of horses which were pas
tured on his place near Bonanza.
They were traced to San Jose, Cal,
but the thieves have not been heard
from.
You can get three pairs of Child
ren's Hose for 20 cents at Gardner
& Cos. 1-15-3t
w. G. Guyton, who left Grants
Pass recently for Cottage Grove
writes the Courier that he has seen
lots of good country and he thinks
they will stop there for a time. He
writes: I'VE find good class Of
people. churches and good schools.
But when we look back on the Pass
1t looks good to us, for we have
many friends there and If any think
of leaving there, this is the next best
place. Don't forget to send the pa
per for we are lost without it.
ILLS Imbler and son Monty and
cousin. Frank McCauley of Dayton,
Ore, and G. E. Howard. have re-
turned from a prospecting tour on
upper Chetco. They posted notices
on several promising prospects and
did the assessment work on the
claims Of the Chetco Copper Co.'S
property, in which the gentlemen are
interested, One of the incidents of
the trip was a bear hunt which end
ed with Mr.. Bruins skin being
brought to Applegate where it will
furnish rug for Mr.. Imbler's home.
Mr.. Imbler on a previous trip, two
years ago, found the bears den and
on his trip they awoke him from his
wintar elaan and did execution with
a Winchester as the bear was coming
out of his hole. He weighed about
200 pounds and 61s gallons of oil
we're secured. On the trip out the
men saw IA deer, IL of which were
in one drove. Deer are quite plenti-
full on the side of the divide toward
the Coast.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
First Christian Science Society.

Christian Science service will be
held In the w. o. w. hall Sunday,
January II, at IL a. m. Subject
Life. Wednesday evening service
at 1880 p. m. in the Reading Room
in the opera house block, north hall.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-01-15
Seventh Day Adventist.

German meeting at the Seventh
Day Adventist church Sunday after
noon at o'clock. ALI are cor
daily invited to attend.