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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
Great Crops in
Western Canada


Canadian Correspondence:
During the early days in the growth
of the crop in Western Canada, as well
as throughout the ripening and garner
ing period, there is yearly growing an
increasing interest throughout the Uni
ted States, as TO the probable results
when harvest is completed. These
mean much to the thousands of Ameri-
cans who have made their home in
some one Of the three Provinces that
form that vast agricultural domain, and
is Of considerable interest to the
friends they have left behind them.
The year 1909 is no disappointment;
it Will bring comfort and happiness,
wealth and luxury to those who are
following agriculture as 4 pursuit in
the country 10Y occupying so much OF
the attention Of the wOrld-of this con
tinent IN particular. Reports from the
grain fields warrant the note of opti-
mlsm that has been so prominent dur
ing the past few months. The crops of
wheat. oats and barley ave been har-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08

thing IN her name revealed to the
startled soul Of the young Quaker thai
he WIS about t. come upon a discov.
cry that would shake the very foun.
dalton OF his life; for q moment he
could not speak.
David" she said, in a voice that
sounded like an echo of a lons-dead
past. the fear that the sins Of thy
parents should be visited upon thee
has tormcnted every hour of my life.
l have watched thee and prayed for
thee as no one but a mother who has
DRUM the bitter cup to it's dregs could
ever do. / have trembled at every
childish sin. In every little fault l
have beheld a miniature Of the vices
OF thy mother and thy father-thy
father! Oh. David, my SONNY SOM"
The white lips parted, but no sound
issued from them. She raised her
white hand and clutched at her throat
as if choking. Then she trembled.
gasped, reeled, n fell orward into
his arms.
In a moment more, the agitated
heart had ceased to beat, and the Sc
cret of her life was hidden in it's mys-
FERROUS silence. The sudden, ineXpiica-
BILE and calamitous nature Of this event
came near unsett1ing the mental ball
ance of the sensitive and highly or
sanized youth. Coming as it did upon
the very heels of the experiences which
had so thoroughly shaken his faith in
the old life, he felt himself to be the
target for every arrow in the CULVER
of misfortune.
(To be ~continued.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
cHnDREN SHOVEL IT.

e1est % TAsir wars Drink IN the
Nornin6.
"a year ago ! was . wreck from
eo6ee drinking and was On the point
q giving up my position In the school
room because Of nervousness.
Il was telling q friend about It and
she said. We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum, and it is such 4
comfort to have something we can
enjoy drinking with the children
wa astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
Of coffee, but she said Postum was the
most healthfrl drink In the world for
children as well as for older ones, and
that the condition Of both the chill.
Aren and adults showed that to be .
tact.
my drst trial was Z failure. The
cock boiled It four OF, I'VE minutes and
1t tasted 20 nat that I was In despair
but determined to give it one more
i1rial. This time we followed the di-
1sctions ana boiled Il .1fteen minutes
sAfteF the boiling began. It was : de-
seaded success and / wa completely
Won ~ its rich. delicious favor. In Z
0Aott time ! noticed Z decided I'm.
provoment II my condition and kept
G1ov68 better and better month after
nth until nov I I'M perfectly
3s6atAy,a ard DO my work II the school
1som VIII 1850 and pleasure. I would
nGEanoEuTn 70 the nerve-deGtfoying
sogelM eoRee tor any money.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08

vested and it is now safe to speak OF
results. Throughout the entire grain
growing area of 100000 square miles
there has been a uniform production
and a high average. Careful
place the yield of spring wheat at ~
bushels per acre, winter wheat at over
40 bushel n oats exceed SO bushels
per acre. Barley also has proved an
abundant yield. What will attract the
reading public more than volumes OF
figures will be the fact that those who
have been induced through the influ-
ence of the Government to accept of
$50 acres of free grant land, or, by the
persuasion of friends to leave their
home State of Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio,
Nebraska or the other States from
which people have gone, have one
well. Financially, they are in a better
position than many of them ever eX-
pected to be, and in the matter of
health, in social conditions, they have
lost nothing.
The column of Canadian newspa-
pers are filed with accounts of this
years harvest. writer's vying with each
other in giving the proper coloring to
their reports. These make xhilarating
reading to the man who has interests
in that country. Lethbridge people
claim it to be the keystone Of Southern
Alberta, while Calgary people claim
the same for their district. 1t was in
this district hat the growing of win
ter wheat in western Canada original
ed. Its success there led the farmers
east and west of it to experiment and
what can now be said of one part may
well be said of the whole. In a few
years from now these great plains over
whose breadth for years roved hun
dreds of thousands of heads of cattle,
following the millions Of buffalo that
once grazed their grasses, will be a
solid grain field covering a territory of
over 10000 square miles, and very lit
tie Of it but what will yet be worth
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
IN complain Of" He didnt Know
-. 10. tha nioneering OF hlD

IN complain Of" He didn't Know
though. for the pioneering OF
f~orefathers was discomfort n haio.
shin. The opening up and %
of western Canada. with It's ra'iio
lines TO carry one to almost the N'
most part of it, the telegraph 'ihe W
flash the news to the other oS,s
world, the telephone 10 tax " -
The daily and weekly man
service which brings and carries ~
to the friends in distant parts u
schools headed by college-preu 60
highly = certificated teacherS' No
churches manned by brilliant diVlneS'
the clubs: the social and festive me-
what is there about any OF this 10 give
to the man who goes there u '
his home the credit of being a pioneel:
Nothing! He might as well De ~ "N'
of the old middle west states
A few years ago when TINS cou,t.S
was not as well known as to-daS n.y. ~
was some justification in long "'i"--
ATTEMPTS to educate the reader on CON
ditions there, to tell him OF It's So,
graphical relation with the ohlVc'
States, but with about 4OO,OOo Ahie'!
cans now there writing back 10 no.
friends. with the Il OF lllera'"
that has been placed in the MONIES "
farmers in every State of the Chlo"
and the thousands of columns deScriP-
tive of the country that ave appeaieu
in newspapers and magazines 1t "o"'N
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
Not to BE Trapped.


"Concede nothing" was the advice
OF a well-known politician concerning
a certain famous disputed election.
His policy was followed to the letter by
the man Of whom the Chicago Trib-
une tells. On the relief train that
had been rushed to the scene of the
railway wreck was a newspaper re.
porter.
The first victim he saw was a man
whose eyes were blackened and whose
left arm was In a sling. With his hair
full Of dirt, one end OF his shirt collar
flying loose and his coat ripped UP
the back, the victim was sitting on
the grass and serenely contemplating
the landscape.
"How many people are hurt?" asked
the reporter, hurrying up to him.
II haven't heard of anybody being
hurt, young man." said the other.
"How did this wreck happen?"
IT haven't heard Of any wreck"
'You haven't? Who are you any
how?'
II don't know that it's any of your
business. but I'm the claim agent OF
the road"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
str.i. to Keep Up Appearances.

Strait to Keep UP Appearances.
There are plenty Of people. in all Of
our large cities, who do not allew
themselves enough to eat, and practice
I'll sorts Of pinching economy at home
n society.
What terrible Inconvenience, hard
ship and suffering we endure ON 90
count Of other peoples eyes and opin-
tonsl What slaves. what fools We
make Of ourselves because Of what
sthef people thinki How we scheme
and contrive to make them think We
: ether than we really are.
II II other peoples eyes that are
s~xpensive. It is other peoples eyss
that make Is unhappy and discomfort
~ with our lot, that make N strain.
and struggle, and slave. In order .
keep mp false appearances.
The suit, the hat must be discarded,
Dot because they are badly worn. but
because others will think It strange
That We do mot change them.
The effect Of all this false living,
this constant practice of deception in
03k004 04SODp IA WI AdAAVA ~ AAvAA0D
our dress, Is undermining the Ameri-
can character, running eur genuine
ness. making US superficial. unreal
false.
No man can really respect himself
when he is conscious that he II sailing
under false colors.
II you ars wearing clothes and liv-
tng IN luxury which you cannot AFFORD,
eheSs things label you all over with
6~alsshood, and are perpetual Witnesses
against you. There is only n Dos-
0ibls result upon the character Of false
hood. whether acted or spoken. and
that II perpetual deterioration. Il
does not matter whether you wear
lies. tall lies, or act lies, the eject
upon Eyepr character Is the same
Orison SWEET Marden in Success Mag.
axine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
THE END.
Ira of IL Young Woman Lone.
some in the City.

Tragedy of Il Young Woman Lone.
some in the City.
LONELINESS drives her to DEATH
the newspape headline proclaimed.
Thousands of people read the item that
evening, the tragedy of a woman's life
told in three hundred words. She was
a young woman-early in the thirties.
She had been a school teacher in a
small city, happy with work and
study and friends, but finding it diff
cult to support herself upon her mea-
ger salary, had accepted a position as
bookkeeper for a firm in a large city
several hundred miles from her home.
The work was not difficult and the
salary was ample, but she missed her
old friends, and-the newspaper told
the sequel a year later.
It was a pitiful case. Many consci-
e%ntious people, reading of it, reproach-
ed themselves that such a thing could
have been possible; but after all, were
people to blame?
IN that city we're over three hundred
churches, each with it's own social Or
CARNATIONS and opportunities. The
stranger went to one on n OF her
first Sundays in the city. AS 1t hap
pened, 1t was a church noted through
out the country for its splendid Bible
classes and happy church life. She
was cordially welcomed and invited to
join them, but she never went a sec
ond time. She told n Of the few
people to whom she spoke Of her life
that somehow she wasn't interested"
There was in the city an active
Young Women's Christian Association,
with numerous classes and social
events each week. She went down
there one night and looked over the
schedule: she found but one class h
thought she would care to join, and
that. upon investigation, proved too
elementary. So she never went again.
An art school was her next expert
ment. She Joined a class In design,
but took only one lesson. Nobody
ta1ks-there isn't a chance to get ac-
q%uafnted," she said; but when the
teacher suggested other classes where
the work allowed conversation, she re-
fused to try them.
Just before her death she happened
to say chat she had not read a book
for a year, yet the city had a fine
public library with every facility for
readers. several unusually good tech
nical libraries. and a number Of cir
culating libraries and reading-rooms.
There was also a university, with
evening courses for u%nclassified stu
dents and university extension lee
lures.
In the office where she worked were
a dozen other girls and women-pos-
sibly some as lonely as she. She re-
fused all their ~overtures. The Young
Women's Christian Association, vart-
GUS settlements and numerous churches
were making constant appeals for
workers, and some Of the appeals
reached her, stranger though she was.
She passed them all by. Night after
night she sat alone In her room brood
ing over her loneliness, until at last
1t seemed to her that she could endure
1t no longer. So the end came-infln-
itely pathetic and tragic, but-whose
was the blame?-Youth's Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
M c

The European capitals are just b.
ing connected by telephone.
The Ohio State University will CON
duct a wireless course next year.
Illuminated signs are a feature Of
some of the subway cars in New
York. The sign tells the name Of the
next stop.
Three million dollars will be spent
in building a subway for electric carr
under the harbor at Sidney. Nev
South Wales.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
A Taking Machine,

Brother-How did you like m,
friend, Mr.. Smith.
Sister-Why. he yawned three time,
while I was talking to him.
Brother-Perhaps he wasn't yawn
Ing. He may have been trying to say
something.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08

Something that's Just housey, and We.
not belonging to the wrapper family, is a
little hard to find. The house gown shown
here is a pretty solution of the problem.
Hnexpensively developed in silk muslin, il
is charming. If a warmer gown is desired,
it would be very pretty in one of the fancy
cha1lies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
4 Forcxone Concluaion

Everybody thinks that Amelia Il
such a sweet girl. and l can't see it,
you can't? Why, man, her father
made a big fortune in the sugar bust
ness"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-08
Ready fo. rrial.

"The charge is desertion. What'n
be your defense?'
Temporary insanity, or I never
would have married her"
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

do not think there Ia anyone so
old. So young. 30 pretty. 90 homoly
no Thin. fat. dianguvcd or COMEDY
that Hho can afford 20 cease striving
for tho beautiful Everyone OF un
makes tho world a iittlo brighter TO
someone by looking our BEST. and
even II there DC no one nj all TO see
us. We have the pleasure OF giving
satisfaction 20 that most important
being In the world ourHclt
Fortunately there Is In us love
FOR the beautiful |, rs that instinct
which makes tho little girl pull
down her mothers head and tuck
flower In the thinslng locks or that
causes her 90 bodcck herself with
dalBiea or clover blossoms
Expense and beauty do not necea-
sarily go hand In hand. A i2-cent
lawn comes In as pretty colors as do
more costly materials.
Every woman longs for really
good dress. She sees her more pros
porous neighbor with "A allken gown
and longs for the time when sho may
have one also. IL matters not that
IL is not appropriate. that the chill
dren viii soil and rumpie II and that
tho dust OF the roads will make Il
dingy, Reason tells her that IL Is
not the thing for her and still she
wants II. and she should have IL. too.
III her husband can AFFORD II. Her
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10
e~yW THE HOME CIRCLE yAvo
i~osM 10 4.n
May, of aa,A,rAe
Out in the Fields.
BIZ Eii-absfh ~. Brou ~ ing.

The fears OF what might come 70 pass.
cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass.
Among tho new-mo~n hay:
Among the husking of the corn.
where drowsy peoples nod.
Where I'll thoughts die and good arc
born.
Out In the fields with God
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

To HE LITTLE CARES that fret
~ ted me.
49, lost them yesterday
Among the fields above tho sea.
Among the winds at play.
Among the lowing of the herds.
The ruatliuk OF the trees.
Among the singing OF the birds.
The hummlng OF the bees.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10


-, propria,oiy dressed. A 40
go man appropriately dressed 10
wclj-drcasod. The nurses costume
ls n good example o, suitability. i,
ia OF wash material. and therefore
IA sterile as boiling and hot irons
can mako H. 40 rufF1ca. lace or en-
broldcry bodeck IT, Tho cloth IN
strong. set thin enough for summer
~car I,a lines arc straight. simple
and becoming Tho dress could DO
81 unbloachcd cotton and serve the
purpose JUS, IA wcll Il might be
~ Banning rod. have stripes three
inches wlde or spots "a big as aau
Gers Instead II IL neither Hombro
nor too light. II tnakea everyone.
~ho,hcr tall or short. hiaek-hairci or
goldl.lockcd look hcr best. and
shocks the ponslblll,lcs OF neither the
alex nor tho ~sll
From the dgcaa OF tho nurse 10
that OF tho housc~ltc la bit n shor,
atop Tho germ in the Kitchen Is
scarcely losa important than that OF
tho sick room. I, IL not only tho
cause Of most OF our alekacHa but
also Is the cause 81 tho spelling OF
our foods, Therefore. where once
40 wore our cast.o1 nktr,a and old
waists now wc wash thom. mako
them over FOR the children. and have
our garments for the Kitchen simple.
la fxtt
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

OF mans mind. tus,
IA his reason for spending enough
on tobacco TO buy Ave gowns ia be-
yond the intricacies Of her mind. In
buying her that dress he purchases
for her. no; so many yards OF mate
rial. but peace. satisfaction and Z
sense OF self-rcspect the cause OF
which can be- found only In our pr!-
NAL natures
Tho Clothes Every Woman Needs.
II 4; Is possible. every woman
should have a fow simple house
dTcasea tno, wrappcrsl. n fcw ahlrt
waists. a skirt TO wear with them. q
pretty summer dress. a good sui, for
street wear and nice walls, 10 wear
With IL. A raincoat Ii an economical
addition. OF course. many women
do set along With ieAs. bu, 40 %
men know that wc would rather s.sy
at homo than so anywhere and rot
DO dresacd as ~oll as tho rest. IL
all right TO talk ahou, rising above
clothes. Tho woman who does II Is
usually appreciated neither by herself
nor By her friends. masculine or
fomlnln.. We can. however. DO well
yet simply gownod Tho trouble
comes when wo try to rival or ou,-do
others
Buyins shc Good" Drvxs.
Nowadays dress making Is CON-
para,ivcly simple affair with pat
terms for everything from a baby's
bib TO tho moat elaborate gown. II
Ia simply question OF obeylng the
markings The choosing OF tho ma.
t"rial. color and style Is our own
snair.
In deciding on a suit. Il is hardest
TO choose. Serge catches dust.
smooth cioths-like broadcloth-
show the apots. cashmere and hcnr!-
eta arc too thick for summer 100
thin for winter. A brillIantine for
summer and chcviot for winter are
perhaps aa satisfactory as anything.
Color Is a thing TO be chosen with
care. The tone that Will make the
skin look the ciearest can be decided
oaly by hold different colored ma"
teriais TO the face and noting effects
As rule. grays. blacks and whites
look we'll on the elderly. blue on the
fair. and pink on those with hint
OF cream and red In the skin. Red
and purple should be avoided by tho
large or norid. Nature never MADE
mistake. and IL the color OF the
hair or eyes Is carried out. the enect
Is sure 10 DO pleasing,
Lines and general style mean
much but the effect 1. lost without
good. well-mado corsets. The very
slight person can seldom disregard
them because she must avoid sloyen-
illness. and the woman OF excellent
development must certainly give
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

WOMAN well-dreascd In APP
propriately dressed. A NO
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-11
,urueR popsoN DEAD.

,.,,er Dodson, age %, and a well
Young man Of West Hickman
pow e,lled to the great beyond. Sun.
mcrning. after one weeks Illness
n.. Of death IL said to have
I. .ome kind Of brain trouble.
ol..,.ed is survived by a wife.
II, Miss Kate Barnes, to whom
/ "a. married about eight months
Y. ms parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
Ip,,.oo Of West Hickman. also sur
Aim besides four brothers-John
|r,,rn Augustus and Cecil.
,n,,sr was born and reared In the
~.,,nle nelghborhood. near this
II. was a member Of the Meth
~, church and Elm Camp Nos, w.
a. In which be carried $4,000 In
,unnce.
funeral services we're conducted at
D.,vpvIllo Chapel Monday. by Rev.
,,hsny. after which the remains
-. hurled with woodmen ceremon-
b
us reputation was that OF a good.
,..s Young man. and he possessed
"a, friends who will be grleved to
,,r NJ his untimely death. The rel
Ave.. have the sympathy OF the en-
he community
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-11
WADE UP or GREED.
,,,.. o, Mall order Houses 30 In
,rpret.d by q Country Editor.

rN,se commandments make up the
,,,,loue Of the mail order house.
ne, vere not written on stone by
v,..s but they are thoroughly undcr-
900 and frequently bumped into by
,,yobe Who deals with the catalogue
al order concern. and thoroughly In
l,,,s the business side OF these con-
srns
You shall sell your farm produce
n, cash wherever you can. but not 20
~ w. 90 no, buy from you.
4 You shall believe our statements
ma buy all you need from Us because
W rant 20 b rood To you. although
70 are not acquainted with you
: You shall send In the money In
,tv,noe 70 give US q chance to get
a. roods from the factory with your
ronsy. meanwhile you viii have 10
vat patiently a few weeks because
Cat 10 our business method.
You shall buy your church bells
rd Interior church fixtures from IN
nd forward the money in advance.
iu that IL our business method.
s You shall collect from the bust
s.s men IN your vicinity A. much
roney a. you can for the benent OF
your churches Although we got more
nonsy from you than they DO. still II
d lEalns, our rules TO donate money
icr building country churches.
9 You shall buy your tools from
10 Gad be your own mechanic In order
h drive the mechanic from your vieia-
~ Tor We wish u 40.
You will induce your neighbor
10 buy everything from Us. as we have
non 'or -more money.
{ You shall often look At the bean
uful pictures IN our catalogue 40 your
wishes will Increase and you will send
h biz order. although you are not
h immediate need Of the goods: 9TH
srvise you might have some money
len TO buy necessary goods from your
boL merchants
= You shall have the mechanics
Ai, repair the goods you buy from
Is book the bill. 80 that you can send
he money for his labor TO us for new
goods otherwise he win not notice
our influence.
10 You shall believe us In prefer.
snoe 70 your local dealers.
H. You shall. in case Of accident |
Sickness or need. apply 10 local deal
~ for aid and credit, ~ We do not
NOV you.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-11
Foreigner, In Circus Business.

The circus used TO be an American
institution" remarked an oid.time cir.
Gus man the other day. But things
have changed l went into the dress
lasroom Of a show and nearly all OF
Tie performers are foreigners. There
are few good American circus per.
loriners any more. There are no per.
formers such as we used to have.
old Bob Stickney was there. lie does
manage act with a team OF horses.
even though he's 81 years old now.
ne used to be the best bareback rider
% The road, outside OF Jimmy Rob.
.as0n. but there are mighty few OF
ue old'timers left. and there never
~ Ne any an good."-New Ysrk
Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-11
Not In Ais Line.

How DO look this EVENING"" quer-
led the woman whoNwas fishing for a
compliment
Don't ask me" replied the mere
man, who was nothing II not practical.
Consult an oculistl
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-11
Accounted For.

Barber (rather slow)-Beg pardon,
gray.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY wonder. Look at
the time I've been here.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-11-11
NOT PUDDING PROOF.

"The proof Of the pudding is in
the eating" remarked the optimist.
"You can't prove it by me-" de-
slared the Observation-Disclosures
Sunday Magazine