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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22
Public Opinion

Some newspapers are now making
an attempt to have public opinion
assert itself upon the question of
tariff revision and are urging upon
voters the Importance of flooding
President Taft and their members
of Congress with letters insisting
on tariff revision.
Our advice to voters would be to
save their stationery and postage
for some other sort of correspond
ence. In President Taft's letter of
acceptance, in his speeches during
the campaign and in his inaugural
address, he clearly expressed him
self as being heartily in favor of the
kind of tariff revision that the peo-
pie demand. Then why flood him
with letters asking him to force tar
if revision?
Public opinion was never more
definitely indicated upon any public
question than it was last November
upon the question of tariff revision.
Every member of the sixty-tirst
Congress knows the attitude of pub
lie opinion upon this question now,
just as we'll as he would know it aft
er being flooded with letters from
his constituents asking him to favor
tariff revision. Then why waste
your stationery and postage in
writing TO your member of Congress
upon this subject?
The way for public opinion to make
itself effective in matters of National
or State legislation is to elect men
to represent it in Congress and state
legislatures who cannot be control
led by the agents of special privilege
corporations. Until public opinion
does this it can hope for but little
that will ameliorate the condition Of
the common people. The special
privilege people pull together and
get results. The common people
are divided and because Of this are
at great disadvantage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22
New University Catalogue

The new catalogue of the Universe
ty of Wisconsin, book of 625 pages
describing the institution and its
courses of study, is just off the press.
It shows 1921 students enrolled
this year in the five colleges of ag-
riculture, law, engineering, medi-
cine, letters and science, and the
graduate school. Beside the gen
eral courses in the liberal arts, the
colleges of letters and science now
includes special courses in chemis-
try, commerce, journalism, music,
pharmacy, and the training of teach
ers. In the college of engineering,
the catalogue shows, there are civil,
mechanical, electrical, and mining
engineering courses and the course
in applied electro-c chemistry. The
college of agriculture embraces the
long, middle, short, and dairy
courses, the farmers institutes,
home economics, and the agricul-
tural experiment station. The first
two years of medical work are given
in the school of medicine, and
three year course is offered in the
law school. The extension division
has departments of instruction by
correspondence and lectures, debat-
ing and public discussion, and gen
eral information and welfare work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

Announcement is made that the
bronze statue of James J. Hill
which is to be placed in the center
Of the grounds of the Alaska Yukon
Exposition, is about completed.
The statue, of heroic size and to be
mounted upon a granite pedestal,
will be placed permanently, at the
close of the exposition, on the
campus of the state university at
Seattle. The statue is tribute
from the people of the Northwest to
the genius Of Mr.. Hill in the con-
struction Of the Great Northern
Railroad, and has been paid for by
popular subscription.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

The excellent work performed by
the wireless telegraph station at
Fort Worden, on Puget Sound, is
made the subject of a report from
the chief officer of the army at that
station. The station at times com
municates with San Francisco and
it has no difficulty at night in ex-
changing messages with the station
at Cape Blanco, 325 miles distant,
and with Table Bluff, California,
SIS miles distant. Constant com
munication is maintained with sta
tons within a radius of from ESQ to
800 miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

The State Senate is now conduct
irg sideshow on its own account,
with a view Of satisfying itself more
fully concerning Stephenson's style
of conducting an aggressive Sena-
torial campaign. In an incidental
way the Senate investig ating COM
mittee has brought out the interest
ing fact that the chief game warden
retains in his possession thousands
of dollars belonging to the state,
being the proceeds of confscated
game sold by him. 1t is when re-
formers get to quarreling among
themselves that the true inward
ness" of sham reform movement
becomes apparent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

One noticeable feature of the Sen
atorial primary investigation is this:
The campaign managers of all the
other Senatorial candidates testified
that, in their opinion, the large
amount of money alleged to have
been expended by Senator Stephen.
son in the primary campaign could
have been employed in an entirely
legitimate manner in organizing sc
large a state as Wisconsin for E
Senatorial contest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

The University of Wisconsin won
third place in the national inter-col-
legiate championship rife meet with
a score of 9l8 out of a possible 1000,
the State College of Washington be-
ing first and Columbia second.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

Some of the Wisconsin reformers
are beginning to fear that the re-
form bandwagon is becoming a lit
tie rickety. Should the vehicle COL
lapse and the Democrats inaugurate
an investigation there would be
plenty Of entertaining music.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

The first wireless station in the
Northwest will be located in ST.
Paul on the roof of the new Saint
Paul." the ST 100000 hotel which re-
places the old Windsor and occupies
the same site, and which will be
completed this year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22

When the people get entirely right
themselves there will not be much
trouble about having the govern
ment riqht.-Duluth Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22
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 ofcity
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22
HOGS

The hog pric es advanced generally cents
higher to-day although some quotations noted
spots 10 cents higher than Saturday. Run was
moderate-quality good Prices ranged from
az tn :. on with the bulk from $50 to $50.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22
Weekly Market Letter
CATTLE

Cattle receipts were moderate, the supply OF
butcher grades being on common order. Very
few good killers. Prices were unchanged from
last weeks close Veals and bulls steady.
STOCKERS AND FEEDERS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-04-22
oIONI1A41AN'o tA47I = = -
,ood to choice feeding steers 900

Stockers and feeders little more active
but no change noted in the price level from
the close last week.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
The Bronus Farm
j. B. Ayle of.Riga Has Seed
ed Practically His Whole
Farm to Bromus-Got His
First Start From a Ten
Cent Package OF Seed.

J. B. Ayle, Riga farmer, was In
Minot Tuesday enroute to Nebraska
where he has filed on $50 acres Of
ranching land, under special act
He has retained his farm at Riga,
which has nearly all been seeded
down to Bromus grass. Mr.. AylA
started growing bromus With ten
cent package of seed and saved
enough seed the first year to seed
down twenty acres the next. The
bromus grw so we'll that he decided
to put his entire farm into the grasA
and accordingly sowed seventy acres
more this year. He has been making
money from it, for he gets about
twelve bushels of seed from the acre,
which has sold readily at SLIP q
bushel. He has the hay left, which
however Is not as good as the hay
cut when the bromus is in blossom.
Such hay will cut two or three ton0
to the acre, and the cattle and h0rseo
do well on it, Mr.. Alye has named
his farm 1.-The Bromus Farm" on aa-
count Of the crop he has raised, and
It Is known as such for miles around
His soil is sandy, and bromus seemD
to do we'll in this kind of soil. He
says bromus is the very thing -
kill out the foul weeds, even Russian
thistles giving way to the grass. Et~
cry farmer should grow some bromuG
grass.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
Farmers Are Inter.
ested In Cencus

The farmers of the United States
are naturally very much interested
in the census of agriculture and
farms that will be taken April Is,
1910, as one Of tn SUBJECTS to be
covered by the thirteen decennial
census. Many are showing their in
terest by writing to the census bur-
eau for the purpose of making COM
ments upon census information re-
garding agriculture as presented in
the past. The director of the CEN
sus welcomes all such suggestions
and gives them careful considera-
ton, as he is anxious to have the
results of the coming census CORES
pond as nearly as may be to the
desire of the people most interested
In addition to studying carefully
these questions the director has on
his own initiative requested certain
professors of economics and agricul-
ture of the more important univer-
stiles of the country and other per-
sons who have specialized in ag-
riclutural matters, to come to Wash
ington for a short time for the pur-
pose of studying carefully and crit
icizing plans now under way. Espe-
cially is it desired to obtain their
opinion relative to the questions to
be asked and their form, as the re-
suits to be obtained will so largely
depend upon the character of the
schedule and the manner in which the
questions are propounded. These
suggestions, coming from outside ex-
perts, are proving to be of great val
ue, and it is believed that in con-
seqeunce of this preliminary study
more valuable and accurate data will
be obtained than could otherwise be
secured. After these special stu
dents and experts have made their
preliminary studies formal confer
ences are held in the Office in which
the whole matter Of the character of
the schedules and the best methods
of securing the Information are
thoroughly gone over.
The department II also seeking to
secure the advice and cooperation,
as far as possible, Of the officers and
experts Of the department OF agri-
culture, of the state agricultural
colleges, farmers societies and like
organizations.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
A. G. Short Talks No. "a.

Prepared by O. w. Dynes. Asst.
Prof. of Animal Husbandry.
The poultry house may be too
warm.
Ventilation is of more importance
than warmth.
There must be plenty Of light, and
plenty of room.
A building 14x1S feet is large
enough for so hens.
Such a building should face east.
it may be built of single thickness
boarding, tar-papered, with shed
roof. Bank it well with manure.
Have three window frames in the
front. The center one OF these should
have the glass removed, and be COW
cred with duck cloth, to give ventila-
ton without draft.
This curtain window, as it Is call
ed, is giving good results wherever
used. Try it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
! Never Knew

I never knew the art required
To fry an egg;
And it has always made me tired
To find dreg
Within my morning coffee cup;
And have spurned
My breakfast toast, if / got up
To find it burned.
I never knew how much Of art
1t takes to broil
A beefsteak to delight the heart
And not to spoil
The luscious flavor Of the meat;
And German fried
Potatoes seemed a simple feat
Until / tried.
I never knew the great finesse
A cook must show;
I never even tried to guess,
But now I know;
For while my wife has been away
I ran the shack
And did the cooking! Hip! Horray!
She's coming back.
And never more I'll make complaint
If toast is burned.
And coffee seems to have a faint:
For I have learned
By sad experience and rude
And bitter smart;
That even cooking breakfast food
Is quite an art.
Detroit Free Pres.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
May Branch Out.

The members of the American So
ciety Of Equity are ambitious. The
more enterprising have big plans in
store for their own interests and for
the benefit of the state. In the
course of a conversation with one OF
these the other day-The Forum was
informed that after grain marketing
was adjusted other important mat
ers would be taken up.
Naturally the grain market prob
lem holds the center Of the stage.
North Dakota is most widely known
for it's wheat. It Is the big industry
the greatest source OF wealth for
the fickertails. It is no wonder that
the growers are doing some hustling
in an effort to secure more equitable
prices. But after that has been
adjusted the equity society will
still have other important problems
to solve. Many members Of the So
ciety-while mainly interested in
grain-raise live stock as side is
sue. They believe the time is ripe
for a great equity packing house in
North Dakota and Fargo's regarded
as the logical location.
Others see immense possibilities in
the establishment OF equity -four
mills, wooden mills, linen mills, can
ming factories, and dozens OF other
industries that would utilize the mat
ural products of the state.
OF course all this speculation is
somewhat on the "irridescent dream"
order at Present-but it is potential.
There is no reason why the farmers
can't handle their products more
skillfuNy than in the past. II they
can't secure proper prices for their
products in one way, rnere are oth3
methods that can be profitably fol-
lowed.
If the member" of the American
Society of Equity will eschew poll
tics-confine \ their membership to
fnen actually engaged in agri-
culture-and exclude outsiders so
as to avoid too many conflicting
interests and ambitions-there is no
limit to what they can accomplish to-
ward the improvement of the agri.
cultural conditions IN North Dakota
The Forum believes the members
are, for the most part, intensely
interested in their organiza-
ton and earnest in their efforts to
make advancement. They cannot af-
| ford to be side-tracked through the
! political or other as pirations of any
selfish, wouldbe leaders.-FargC
Forum.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
BIG OATS AND RIG STEER

The Darlington Independent is re-
spansible for the following: VIM.
Montgomery, six miles west Of town,
gets the belt for the best paying crop
of small grain ever raised in the
country. He had in fifty acres of "a
new variety Of oats this season that
have weighed out IS bushels to the
acre. Every bushel will be taken at
about dollar a bushel by his neigh
bOrs, which means that Mr.. Mont
gomery will get over $4,000 from his
fifty acre field. Two years ago he pur-
chased q bushe1 OF the oats al, 50.
The yield last year was sufficient
that nifty acres could be put in crop
this season. The oats are excep-
tionally heavy, running over twenty
bushels n weight over measure to
the acre. They are of good quality,
as well az great yielders.
Mr. Montgomery is also the owner
of the champion steer Of the world.
The animal now weighs over $500
pounds and IL not fat. The steer
was exhibited here at the race meet
year ago and at that time tip
ped the scales at 3,1OO: He has been
growing steadily and has not yet at
tanned his full growth.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
About Grain : !: - . .
Inspection

Inc gram growers are IOlU Dy Inc
board of trade men that there Is noth>
ing to their complaints about not re-
ceiving fair treatment in the dockase
board of trade men held in Chicago
during September devoted large
part of their proceedings to giving
advice to the wheat growers of the
northwest. Speaking Of federal In.
spection J. C. F. Merriss said: 'Thi0
whole thing emanates from North Da>
kota; what they need up there n
tanning mills to clean the foul stun
out of the" wheat" MIR. Merrill Is 4
member of the Chicago Board Of
Trade and his advice will no doubt
be followed by the Flickertail farm-
ers, to quote him further: "thS
farmers are somewhat ignorant and
many of them are dishonest. | know
of instances where they have mixed
sand with the wheat. Then they conn
plain of dockage."
A we'll informed man who has been
Investigating the dockage question,
learned from a member of the board
of trade in Minneapolis, that the
wheat growers, received fair treat
ment, that he knew of instances
where the board of trade men had
made heavy losses because dishonest
farmers put filthy wheat in the ends
of the car
Senator McCumber, speaking TOR
federal inspection said: II know OF
instances where the grain growers OF
my state have been deliberately rob"
bed by board of trade men. Cars or
wheat have been docked 2 POUNDS
where there was not even the slight"
est trace of dirt, have seen cars OF
wheat shipped that had been cleaned
for seed. I examined them myself.
There was no trace of dirt yet when
the renters come to hand they show
ed these cars had been docked
bounds. Now if the methods of tho
board of trade are honest, why 60
they spend such large sums of money
in maintaining lobby at Washing"
ton to defeat inspection?"
The Society of Equity has had re-
ports of hundreds of instances where
shippers to Duluth and Minneapolis
terminals were made to suffer heavy
dockage, when there was little or no
justification for sodoing, in fact these
instances upon investigation proved
TO be down right robbery of helpless
men. If all Of this dirt is really 70
be found in the grain, what Is tho
matter with giving the dirt to the
men who shipped it? Why, not let
him sell it at SIS ton, put the
money in his pocket and not IN tire
pockets OF the board of trade menr
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
General News

Agricultural. College News Service,
Hugh J. Hughes, Reporter.
Barley and Rejected wheat good
for hogs.
The hog industry is becoming one
of Importance in many parts of North
Dakota. One thing that has retarded
it was the lack of corn for fattening
purposes, and the common idea that
without corn you cannot probably
raise hogs.
In order to find out the facts in
the case Dean Shepherd, Director Of
North Dakota Experiment Station,
and w. B. Richards, Professor of An
imal Husbandry, recently carried out
some feeding trials using corn, bar
ley, and rejected wheat for purposs
of comparison.
The results of the corn-barley
trials are summoned up in the fol-
lowing statement: There is not a
wide difference between the results
we may expect from a hundred pounds
OF barley when compared with corn
for fattening hogs. The difference in
the quality of pork produced in favor
of Barley, as will be shown later in
this Bulletin, should compendate
sufficiently to make it approximate
the value of corn.'
Under market prices OF $3.50 per
cwt. the barley feed brought SEC per
bushel, and the corn 81 cents, In ad-
dition to this is the fertilizer value of
the manure retained on the farm,
making the price for each fair.
The rejected wheat trial shows
slightly to the advantage Of wheat
as compared to barley, and a little
less feeding value than corn, bushel
for bushel. In the trial, the market
value of the hogs being $5.75 per
cwt. the wheat returned &C cents per
bushel, without allowing for the value
Of the manure. The lot fed rejected
wheat did not carry as great a depth
OF flesh as did the corn-fed lot, but
the conclusion reached regarding the
quality of the carcasses. is that 1.-The
quality of pork produced is even bet
ter than that produced by corn"
This Bulletin No. "a, may be held
by applying to the Director of the
experiment. station, Agricultural COL
lege, North Dakota.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04
Hen House Should be Warm
New Idea for Window Which Will Give Plenty
Of Ventilation and Still Exclude the Gold
and the Snow

Prof. o. w. Dynes, assistant in
poultry husbandry at the A. c. says
that the hen is the poorest housed
creature among the farm animals.
The average farmer gives his horses
and cattle reasonably good quarters
but lets the hens shift for themselves.
The hen house during the winter is
frequently damp, dirty and generally
unsanitary. The fowls simply ex-
list until the warm breezEs of spring
goves them liberty. r..
ITO get results the poultry house
need not be an expensive one" said
Nj. Dynes. "a warm house, in ne
common acceptance of the term, is
not unnecessary. Proper ventila-
ton is Of more Importance than
warmth, cleanliness, than handsome
architecture.
Good sanitation is the key note Of
successful poultry housing Oh the
farm as we'll as anywhere else. To
get this there must be plenty OF light,
adequate ventilation without exces-
sive cold. and plenty Of room for
the fowls. A few basic principles
Of poultry house construction should
bs observed by every poultry keeper.
"A cheap, Inexpensive poultry
house which will be found very en-
niam$ NOV ho h,,flh nhnd rnne .A~S>
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-04

can be we'll banked with manure thus
ensuring greater protection from the
winds. The curtain window is an
essential part Of the plan OF this
house. 1t is made. of eight or ten
ounce duck cloth and is placed
lengthwise on the front of the build
ing. Two ordinary sized glass win
dows placed in an upright position
should flank the curtain window on
either side. This arrangement is sat
isfactery for plans holding not more
than fifty hens. A building AXIS
feet should accommodate that num-
Der with comfort.
"The curtain front window comes
nearer to solving the problem of ven
tilation in poultry houses than any
other system. It allows the fresh air
to percolate through the cloth thus
avoiding drafts and preventing the
damp0ess which occurs in lily ventil-
ated houses. 9 1t is coming into gener-
al use everywhere. The curtain front
window may be placed on any build
ing wo~thy OF the name 81 poultry
house and invariably with good re-
suits. If the reader of this article
owns q flock of poultry let him try
the experiment. Take out one Of the
glass windows IL you do not care to
out q new opening and replace It
with the ducking stretched On =
light frame. You will soon find that
this gives you drier quarters. heal
thier birds and fuller egg basket